4297. En hij zegende hem aldaar; dat dit de verbinding met het Goddelijk hemels geestelijke betekent, staat vast uit de betekenis van zegenen, namelijk de verbinding, nrs. 3504, 3514, 3565, 3584;

dat het de verbinding met het Goddelijk hemels geestelijke is, staat vast uit wat eerder over Jakob voorafgaat, namelijk dat hij Israël werd genoemd, want door Israël wordt de Heer uitgebeeld ten aanzien van het Goddelijk hemels geestelijke, nr. 4286; wat het hemels geestelijke is, zie ook daar.

7207. 'And I will take you to Myself as a people' means that they will be added to those in heaven who serve the Lord there. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking as a people', when said by Jehovah or the Lord, as receiving among those who are in heaven. For those in heaven are called the Lord's people, which they are also called when they are in the world because so far as their souls are concerned they are at that time too in heaven, see 687, 697, 3255, 4067, 4073, 4077. The reason why the words under consideration here mean that those who belong to the spiritual Church will be added to those in heaven who serve the Lord there is that before the Lord's Coming those people were held back on the lower earth, and were raised into heaven when the Lord rose again, at which point they were added to those there who serve the Lord, see 6854, 6914, 7090 (end).