6873. Verses 13-15 And Moses said to God, Behold, I am coming to the children of Israel and saying to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to your and they may say to me, What is His name? What am I to say to them? And God said to Moses, I Am Who I Am. And He said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: I Am has sent me to you. And God said further still to Moses, Thus you are to say to the children of Israel: Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham. the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you; this is My name forever, ¹ and this is My memorial from one generation to another. ²

'And Moses said to God' means perception from the Divine. 'Behold, I am coming to the children of Israel' means regarding those belonging to the spiritual Church. 'And saying to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you' means that He who was the God of the Ancient Church will be with those belonging to the spiritual Church. 'And they may say to me, What is His name?' means, What is His essential nature? 'What am I to say to them?' means, What is the reply to be? 'And God said to Moses' means the instruction that is provided first. 'I Am Who I Am' means the Being and the Coming-into-Being of all things throughout creation. 'And He said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel' means the instruction that is provided second. 'I Am has sent me to you' means that the Divine Coming-into-Being will be in that Church. 'And God said further still to Moses, Thus you are to say to the children of Israel' means the instruction that is provided third. 'The God of your fathers' means Him who was the God of the Ancient Church. 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' means the Divine itself and the Divine Human, thus the Lord. 'Has sent me to you' means that He will be in their Church. 'This is My name forever' means that the Divine Human has the essential nature of the Divine itself. 'And this is My memorial from one generation to another' means that It is to be worshipped perpetually.

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