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Προσεχε εις σεαυτον, μη καμης συνθηκην μετα των κατοικων της γης εις την οποιαν υπαγεις, μηποτε γεινη παγις εν τω μεσω σου·
Εξοδος πλήθους 34:12
Arcana Coelestia # 10703
10703. 'He took the veil off until he was going to come out' means a state of enlightenment then. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking the veil off' as causing what is inward to appear; for when the veil was taken off, his face and the gleaming of its skin was evident, and 'the face' means interior things and 'the gleaming' the light from these within what is outward.
'The face' means interior things, see in the places referred to in 9546.
'The gleaming of the skin of Moses' face' means the shining forth or the light from the inward level of the Word within the outward, 10691.
It is called light because the light which enlightens a person inwardly is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. For more about this Truth as the light of heaven, consequently as the light by which angels and spirits see things, and also as the source of the perception and intelligence in the person who is enlightened, see in the places referred to in 9548, 9684. But though it is called light within the outward level of the Word coming from its inward level, this should be taken to mean light in the outward level of the human mind coming from its inward level when the person reads it. For the Word does not shine forth except before the eyes of one who sees things in light from an inner level; by itself the Word is merely something written down. From all this it is now evident why it was that the skin of Moses' face gleamed and what this means in the internal sense.
Arcana Coelestia # 2834
2834. 'And offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son' means their sanctification and adoption. This is clear from the meaning of 'offering as a burnt offering' as being sanctified, dealt with in 2776, and from the meaning of 'instead of his son' as being adopted, that is to say, by the Lord's Divine Human, meant here by 'Abraham', 2833. The adoption of those who were spiritual is described in John,
Jesus said, I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5.
'The vine' is the spiritual Church, see 1069.
