479. 'Calling the name' or 'calling by name' means in the Word knowing a person's character, as shown already. Here it means knowing the character of the Most Ancient Church, which was as follows: Man was taken from the ground, that is, was regenerated by the Lord, for Adam is the ground; afterwards when he became celestial, he was above others Man by virtue of faith inherent in love to the Lord.

10231. 'And to the children of Israel it shall be as a remembrance before Jehovah' means thus the preservation of the Church and of all things the Church has by the Lord. This is clear from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as the Church, dealt with in the places referred to in 9340; from the meaning of 'a remembrance', when done by Jehovah, as preservation, dealt with in 9849; and from the meaning of 'before Jehovah' as by or from the Lord, dealt with in 10146.