2014. I will make thee nations. That this signifies that all good is from Him, is evident from the signification of “nations” in its genuine and primitive sense, as being good (spoken of in Part First, n. 1259, 1260, 1416, 1849).

37. And every eye shall see him. That this signifies, that all who are in truths from good will acknowledge Him, is evident from the signification of seeing, as denoting to understand, to perceive, and to acknowledge (concerning which see Arcana Coelestia 2150, 2325, 2807, 3764, 3863, 3869, 4723, 10705); and from the signification of the eye, as denoting understanding and faith (concerning which see Arcana Coelestia 2701, 4403-4421, 4523-4594, 9051, 10569); consequently those who are in truths from good, for these have faith and thence understanding. That the eye signifies understanding and faith is from correspondence; for the understanding is internal sight, and it is this sight which sees by means of the eye, since the understanding directs the eye to its objects, and disposes its many interior parts for reception. This is why the iris and pupil are at one time dilated, at another contracted, now obscure, now lucid, sometimes sparkling, entirely according to the desire and affection of the understanding. For this reason the affection of the thought may, in a measure, be known from the eye. It is from this correspondence that the eye signifies the understanding. The reason why the eye signifies faith also is, because the truths of faith are only in the understanding; the truths that are not there are not in the man (as may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 28-36). That the eye, in the spiritual sense, denotes faith, arises from the way in which the Lord is seen by the angels from aspect; for they turn the faces continually to Him, and see Him by faith and understanding (concerning this turning, see in the work, Heaven and Hell 123, 142, 143, 145, 151, 153, 255, 272, 510).

2807. 'Abraham said, God will see for Himself to the animal for a burnt offering, my son' means the reply: The Divine Human will provide those who are to be sanctified. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing to for oneself', when used in reference to God, as foreseeing and providing - for 'to see' in the internal sense nearest to the literal means to understand, 2150, 2325, whereas in the sense yet more interior it means having faith, 897, 2325, while in the highest sense it means foreseeing and providing; and also from the meaning of 'the animal for a burnt offering' as those members of the human race who are to be sanctified, dealt with just above in 2805. That 'the animal for a burnt offering' is here used to mean those who are spiritual is evident from what follows. The kinds of animals used for burnt offering and sacrifice each had a different meaning. That is to say, a lamb meant one thing, a sheep another, a kid and she-goat another, a ram and he-goat another, an ox yet another, as did a young bull and a calf. And young pigeons and turtle doves had meanings different again. It is quite clear that each kind of animal had its own meaning from the fact that it was laid down explicitly which kind were to be sacrificed on each particular day, at each particular religious festival, when atonement was being made, cleansing effected, inauguration carried out, and all other occasions. Which kinds were to be used on which occasions would never have been laid down so explicitly unless each one had possessed some specific meaning.

[2] Clearly all the religious observances or forms of external worship which existed in the Ancient Church, and subsequently in the Jewish, represented the Lord, so that the burnt offerings and sacrifices in particular represented Him since these were the chief forms of worship among the Hebrew nation. And because they represented the Lord they also at the same time represented among men those things that are the Lord's, that is to say, the celestial things of love, and the spiritual things of faith, and as a consequence of this represented the people themselves who were celestial and spiritual or who ought to have been so. This is why 'the animal' here means those who are spiritual, that is, those who belong to the Lord's spiritual Church. As regards 'God will see for Himself to the animal for a burnt offering, my son' meaning that the Divine Human will provide them, this is clear from the fact that here it is not said that 'Jehovah' will see to it but that 'God' will do so. When both of these names occur, as they do in this chapter, Jehovah is used to mean the same as 'the Father', and God the same as 'the Son', so that here the Divine Human is meant; and a further reason for the usage is that the spiritual man, whose salvation comes from the Divine Human, is the subject, see 2661, 2716.