9371. THE INTERNAL SENSE.

Verses 1-2. And He said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and bow yourselves afar off; and Moses, he alone, shall come near unto Jehovah; and they shall not come near; and the people shall not come up with him. “And He said unto Moses,” signifies that which concerns the Word in general; “come up unto Jehovah,” signifies conjunction with the Lord; “thou and Aaron,” signifies the Word in the internal sense and the external sense; “Nadab and Abihu,” signifies doctrine from both senses; “and seventy of the elders of Israel,” signifies the chief truths of the church which are of the Word, or of doctrine, and which agree with good; “and bow yourselves afar off,” signifies humiliation and adoration from the heart, and then the influx of the Lord; “and Moses, he alone, shall come near unto Jehovah,” signifies the conjunction and presence of the Lord through the Word in general; “and they shall not come near,” signifies no separate conjunction and presence; “and the people shall not come up with him,” signifies no conjunction whatever with the external apart from the internal.

35. 7. Ye are like those who are waiting for the Lord, when He will return from the wedding. Blessed are the servants whom the Lord when He cometh findeth watching, whether He cometh in the second watch, or in the third. Be ye ready, for the Son of man shall come in an hour when ye think not. If the servant say, The Lord delayeth His coming, He will come like a thief, etc. (Luke 12:36-46).

Behold [your house] will be left unto you desolate. Ye shall not see Me until [the time] come when ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Luke 13:35).

The days will come when ye shall desire one day of the Son of man, and ye shall not see, for as the lightning, so shall the Son of man be in His day. It shall be as it was in the days of Noah and in the days of Lot. Even thus shall it be when the Son of man shall be revealed (Luke 17:22-30).

That day is called night (Luke 17:34).

Remember Lot's wife, who looked back to Sodom (Luke 17:32).

When the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth (Luke 18:8)?

This is the stone which the builders rejected (Luke 20:17-18).

There shall not be left a stone upon a stone of the temple (Luke 21:5-6).

That there will be wars, rumors, earthquakes (Luke 21:9-11).

The powers of the heavens shall be shaken, and then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven (Luke 21:26-27).

Take heed to yourselves lest that day come upon you suddenly, for as a snare it shall come upon all, therefore watch ye all to stand before the Son of man (Luke 21:34-36).