Title: Daily and Yearly Preparation for Heaven
Topic: Salvation
Summary: The daily sacrifices, weekly sabbaths, and three annual feasts prescribed in the Old Testament are a picture of how to prepare for heaven.
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
2 Peter 2:22, 10
Numbers 28:1
Exodus 23:14, 17
Leviticus 23:1, 5, 10, 33
Deuteronomy 16:1, 9, 13-14
Luke 6:1
Acts of the Apostles 2:1; 20:16
Nehemiah 8:13-14
Ezekiel 45:21, 25
Zechariah 14:16
John 7:2, 37
261 - Daily and Yearly Preparation for Heaven
By Jonathan S. Rose
Arcana Coelestia #8040
8040. THE INTERNAL SENSE
Verses 1-2 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Sanctify to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb 1 among the children of Israel, of man and of beast; it is Mine.
Footnotes:
1. literally, The opening of every womb
'And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means instructions given by the Divine. 'Sanctify to Me all the firstborn' means faith - that it comes from the Lord. 'Whatever opens the womb' means which springs from charity. 'Among the children of Israel' means in the spiritual Church. 'Of man and of beast' means interior and exterior good of faith. 'It is Mine' means that it is the Lord's.