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Arcana Coelestia #9371

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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.

  
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Scriptural Confirmations #12

  
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12. 10. Thou shalt call His name Jesus, He shall save the people from their sins (Matthew 1:21).

The wise men came to adore the infant Jesus, and that He would be born in Bethlehem according to Micah 5:1 (Matthew 2:1-6).

The wise men adored Him and brought Him gifts (Matthew 2:11).

Jesus said to John, It becometh us so to fulfil all the justice of God (Matthew 3:15).

Jesus said to the devil who was tempting, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God; and again, Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve (Matthew 4:7, 10).

A ruler came and adored Jesus (Matthew 9:18).

He that receiveth Me receiveth Him that sent Me (Matthew 10:40).

All things are delivered unto Me by my Father, wherefore come ye all unto Me (Matthew 11:27-28).

They that were in the ship adored Jesus, saying, Of a truth Thou art the Son of God (Matthew 14:33). A woman of Canaan (Matthew 15:25), the disciples (Luke 24:52), a blind man (John 9:38), adored Him.

Multitudes glorified the God of Israel (Matthew 15:31). There is one Rabbi and one Master, that is, He teaches what is good and true (Matthew 23:8,10).

Of the sign of the coming of the Lord and of the consummation of the age (Matthew 24:1 to end).

Then shall there be wars and rumor, and they will say, I am the Christ; false prophets shall arise and seduce many; signifies the heresies in the first times, which were many (Matthew 24:5-14).

The women, running to Jesus, adored Him (Matthew 28:9).

He said, All power is given unto Me in heaven and on earth (Matthew 28:18; Psalms 8:6-7).

  
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The Bible

 

Matthew 2:11

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11 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.