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.

96. Internal Meaning of Jeremiah, Chapter 30

1-3 Establishment of the church with those who have been in spiritual captivity, or in ignorance of truth. (11)

4-7 Then the last judgment will be executed with those who are of the church. (15)

8-9 Then they are to be brought to the church, and will worship the Lord. (11, 15)

10-11 Then their spiritual captivity will cease. (11)

12-15 They have been infested by evils and falsities, and there is no remedy, (11, 3)

16 but those who have destroyed, will be destroyed. (3, 1)

17-18 There will be a remedy from the Lord, who will restore the church. (11, 12)

19-20 They will be perfected in truths, and it will last. (11)

21-22 This will be done by the Lord, when He will come, and He will be their God. (11, 1)

23-24 He will execute judgment upon the wicked. (15)

7382. Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod. That this signifies the power of internal truth through external truth, is evident from the signification of “hand,” as being spiritual power, which is that of internal truth; and from the representation of a rod, as being natural power, which is that of external truth (see n. 6947, 6948). (That all power in the spiritual world belongs to truth, see n. 3091, 3387, 4931, 6344, 6423, 6948.) As Moses represents the internal law, which is the same as internal truth, and Aaron represents the external law, which is the same as external truth, and as internal truth flows into external and gives it power (n. 7381), therefore by the word of Moses to Aaron, “Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod,” is signified the power of internal truth through external truth.