When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. Swedenborg says the process is much the same on a symbolic level in the Bible. Food represents the desire for good and the insight that comes from that desire for good – […]
Good (as a Bible term)
It seems rather circular to say that “good” in the Bible represents good, but in a general sense it’s true! The case, according to Swedenborg, is this: The Lord is love itself given form and expression through wisdom itself, and that Divine Love and Divine Wisdom flow down into us, into the world and into the […]