9371. THE INTERNAL SENSE.

Verses 1-2. And He said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and bow yourselves afar off; and Moses, he alone, shall come near unto Jehovah; and they shall not come near; and the people shall not come up with him. “And He said unto Moses,” signifies that which concerns the Word in general; “come up unto Jehovah,” signifies conjunction with the Lord; “thou and Aaron,” signifies the Word in the internal sense and the external sense; “Nadab and Abihu,” signifies doctrine from both senses; “and seventy of the elders of Israel,” signifies the chief truths of the church which are of the Word, or of doctrine, and which agree with good; “and bow yourselves afar off,” signifies humiliation and adoration from the heart, and then the influx of the Lord; “and Moses, he alone, shall come near unto Jehovah,” signifies the conjunction and presence of the Lord through the Word in general; “and they shall not come near,” signifies no separate conjunction and presence; “and the people shall not come up with him,” signifies no conjunction whatever with the external apart from the internal.

To worship or adore, in the Word, signifies to acknowledge and believe.

In Genesis 22:5, this signifies submission. (Arcana Coelestia 2794)

In Exodus 24:1, this signifies humiliation and adoration from the heart. (Arcana Coelestia 9377)

In Revelation 13:12, this signifies to acknowledge something as sacred in the church. (Apocalypse Revealed 597)

In Psalm 106:19, this signifies idolatry. (Arcana Coelestia 9391)

In Revelation 13:4, this signifies acceptance of the doctrine of justification by faith alone. (Apocalypse Revealed 579)

Worship signifies also, here, that the common people acknowledge as a holy truth that no one can do good works by or from himself alone, nor fulfil the Law. (Apocalypse Revealed 580)

(References: Apocalypse Explained 805)