7024. 'And caused them to ride on an ass' means the ideas which would be of service to the new kind of intelligence. This is clear from the meaning of 'riding' as ideas that belong to the understanding, here the ideas which would be of service to the new kind of intelligence which will enhance the life of those who belong to the spiritual Church, 7016 (the reason why 'riding' (equitare) means those ideas is that 'a horse' (equus) means the power of understanding - see the matters dealt with in 2761, 2762, 3217, 5321, 6534); and from the meaning of 'an ass' as truth that is of service, in this instance to the new kind of intelligence, dealt with in 2781, 5741, and also as factual knowledge, 5492.