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.

10819. Since the Father is within the Lord, and the Father and the Lord are one, and since people must believe in Him, and whoever believes in Him has eternal life, it is evident that the Lord is God. That the Lord is God is the teaching present everywhere in the Word, as in John,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father. John 1:1, 3, 14.

In Isaiah,

To us a Boy is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulder; and His name will be called, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6.

In the same prophet,

A virgin will conceive and bear [a son], and His name will be called God with us. Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23.

And in Jeremiah,

Behold, the days will come when I will raise up for David a righteous branch, who will reign as King, and will prosper. And this is His name which they will call Him, Jehovah our Righteousness. Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16.