De Heer is volmaakte liefde uitgedrukt als volmaakte wijsheid. Hij heeft ons geschapen opdat Hij ons zou kunnen liefhebben, ons eigen liefde en wijsheid zou kunnen geven en zo met ons verenigd zou kunnen worden. Dit is de ultieme zegen, voor ons om Zijn liefde en Zijn wijsheid te ontvangen en met Hem verbonden te zijn, en alle andere vormen en betekenissen van "zegening" vloeien daaruit voort.

Deze stroom neemt echter veel verschillende vormen aan in de Bijbel, afhankelijk van wie de zegen geeft, wie deze ontvangt en wat de omstandigheden zijn. Wanneer mensen de zegen van de Heer ontvangen, illustreert het hoe zijn liefde en wijsheid in ons stromen in vormen die passen bij de geestelijke toestand die deze mensen vertegenwoordigen. Wanneer mensen de Heer zegenen, betekent dit een erkenning dat het leven en al zijn gaven van Hem afkomstig zijn, en toont het een verlangen om ze aan te nemen en samengevoegd te worden. Wanneer mensen elkaar zegenen, betekent dit het verlangen om goede verlangens en ware ideeën zoveel mogelijk te delen en samengevoegd te worden.

(Referenser: Apocalyps Uitgelegd 340; De Apocalyps Onthuld 289; Hemelse Verborgenheden 981, 1096, 1422, 3260, 3584, 6091, 6230, 6254, 6430)

8805. 'And Moses went down from the mountain to the people' means application and preparation by the truth from God, in order that truths may be received within good. This is clear from the meaning of 'going down' - when said of 'Moses', who represents the truth from God - as application and also preparation by that truth; from the representation of 'Moses' as the truth from God, dealt with in 8760, 8787, which also acts as an intermediary, 8787, thus which also prepares and applies; from the meaning of 'the mountain' as the Divine within heaven, thus heaven itself; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those belonging to the spiritual Church, thus those guided by truth through which good comes, and governed by good from which truth springs, at this point good in which truths are to be received. It is important to know what is meant specifically by 'Mount Sinai' in this and subsequent chapters of the Book of Exodus, also what is represented by 'the people Israel', and what by 'Moses' as well.

[2] Specifically Mount Sinai means heaven, out of which truths flow in from the Lord. Consequently 'Jehovah came down onto that mountain' means His presence in heaven. And since heaven - in which Jehovah, that is, the Lord, is present - is meant by 'Mount Sinai', Divine Good united to Divine Truth there is also meant by it; for these are what make it heaven.

[3] But The People Israel beside this mountain represent the spiritual Church in respect of good in which the truths of faith are to be implanted. It has been shown already that those belonging to the spiritual Church pass through two states. The first is when they are led by means of truths to good, and the second state is when they are governed by good and consequently by truths. At this point the state is one when they are governed by good in which truths are to be implanted, which state is an intermediate state that comes between those first and second ones. The truths that are implanted within good are contained in those which were declared by the Lord from Mount Sinai and conveyed by Moses to the people.

[4] Moses in this and subsequent chapters represents the truth from God below heaven joined to God's truth in heaven. He therefore represents the intermediary between the Divine in heaven and the good in which truths are to be implanted, the spiritual Church's good, and so represents the intermediary between the Lord and the people.

It is important to know these things for the understanding of what follows below in the Book of Exodus. All this also shows that 'Moses went down from the mountain to the people' means application and preparation through the truth from God for truths to be received within good.