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According to Swedenborg<\/a>, food and drink in the Bible<\/a> represent the desire to be loving<\/a> and the understanding of how<\/a> to be loving, gifts that flow from the Lord<\/a> and sustain life. Since a table is where we receive these gifts and make them a part of us, it follows that tables in the Bible represent receptacles of good things from the Lord, the places he can fill in our hearts<\/a> and minds<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n Used in a negative way, tables can mean the opposite: Selfish<\/a> places in our minds and hearts that desire evil; we can allow our internal<\/a> “tables” to be filled with hatred instead.<\/span><\/p>\n Passages from Swedenborg<\/strong><\/p>\n Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10341<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9527<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Table According to Swedenborg, food and drink in the Bible represent the desire to be loving and the understanding of how to be loving, gifts that flow from the Lord and sustain life. Since a table is where we receive these gifts and make them a part of us, it follows that tables in the […]<\/p>\n
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\n<\/span>Jesus said, I bestow on you, just as My father bestowed on Me, a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at My\u00a0table\u00a0in My kingdom. Luke 22:29, 30.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>And in Matthew,<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0Many will come from the east and the west and will recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 8:11.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0Also in David,<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0I will fear no evil. You will spread a\u00a0table\u00a0before me in the presence of my enemies, You will make my head fat with oil; my cup will overflow. Goodness and mercy will follow me. Ps. 23:4-6.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0In the contrary sense however ‘table’ means a receptacle of such things as exist in hell. In Isaiah,<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0They go astray through strong drink. They err among the seers, they are tottery in judgement. All\u00a0tables\u00a0are full of vomit. Whom will He teach knowledge, and whom will He cause to understand what is heard? Isa. 28:7-9.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0In the same prophet,<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0You who forsake Jehovah, who set a\u00a0table\u00a0for Gad, and fill a drink offering for Meni. Isa. 65:11.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0And in David,<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0They gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. Their\u00a0table\u00a0before them will become a snare. Ps. 69:21, 22.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n