Explanation of Deuteronomy 1
Por Alexander Payne
Verses 1-8. A General Summary.
Verses 9-18. The selection of right principles in the mind.
Verses 19-21. Invitation to enter upon the heavenly life.
Verses 22-25. A search into what constitutes the heavenly life.
Verses 26-40. The unwillingness of the unregenerate heart to enter upon it.
Verses 41-46. The attempt to do so from selfhood and defeat in temptation.
Arcana Coelestia # 1730
1730. Verse 19 And he blessed him and said, Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth.
'He blessed him' means the enjoyment of celestial and spiritual things. 'And said, Blessed be Abram by God Most High' means that the Lord's Interior Man had the enjoyment of goods coming from His Internal Man. 'Possessor of heaven and earth' means the conjunction of the Internal Man, or Jehovah, with the interior and the Exterior Man.
