Arcana Coelestia #1741
1741. 'To Abram' means the Lord's Rational. This is clear from the representation of 'Abram'. In the two previous chapters Abram represented the Lord, or His state in childhood, but in the present chapter he represents the Lord's Rational, and in this case he is called 'Abram the Hebrew', as is clear from what has been stated and shown above at verse 13. His representation here is the same, for no other Abram is meant in this chapter than 'Abram the Hebrew'. The Lord's Spiritual that was joined to the Internal Man is 'Abram the Hebrew', whereas His Celestial that was joined to the Internal Man was represented and meant by 'Melchizedek', as has been stated.
Mark 5:7-13
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and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me."
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For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"
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He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
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He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.
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All the demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."
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At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
