The Heavenly Arcana Disclosed Which Are in the Sacred Scripture or Word of the Lord (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918. Excerpt: ... CONTENTS. 73. When from being dead a man has become spiritual, from spiritual he becomes a celestial man, who is now treated of--verse 1. 74. The celestial man is the seventh day, on which the Lord rests--verses 2, 3. 75. His knowing, and his rational faculties are described by the shrub and the herb out of the ground watered by the mist--verses 5, 6. 76. His life is described by the breathing into him of the breath of lives--verse 7. 77. Afterward his intelligence is described by the garden in Eden, in the east; in which the trees pleasant to the sight are perceptions of truth, and the trees good for food are perceptions of good. Love is meant by the tree of lives, faith by the tree of knowledge--verses 8, 9. 78. Wisdom is meant by the river in the garden. From thence were four rivers, the first of which is good and truth; the second is knowledge of all things of good and truth, or of love and faith. These are of the internal man. The third is reason, and the fourth is outward knowledge, which are of the external man. All are from wisdom, and this is from love and faith in the Lord--verses 10-14. 79. The celestial man is such a garden. But as the garden is the Lord's, it is permitted this man to enjoy all these things, and yet not to possess them as his own--verse 15. 80. And it is allowed him by every perception from the Lord to know what is good and true, but not from himself and the world, nor to search into the mysteries of faith by things sensual and of outward knowledge, through which his celestial nature is destroyed--verses 16, 17. INTERNAL SENSE. 81. In this chapter the celestial man is treated of. The preceding chapter treated of the spiritual man, who from being dead was made spiritual. But as at this day it is not known what the celestial man...