spiritual<\/a> quality being described \u2013 the quality symbolized by the gold, or the frankincense, or the linen, etc. \u2013 is genuine and authentic.<\/p>\n
\nPassages from Swedenborg<\/b><\/p>\n
Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10301<\/b><\/p>\n
10301. ‘Pure’ means devoid of evil. This is clear from the meaning of ‘pure’ as devoid of evil. Because all evil is impure, and all good is pure, the expression ‘being\u00a0purified’ from sins and from iniquities is used. And it has regard to the heart, that is, the will; for the will is meant in the Word by ‘the heart’, 2930, 7542, 8910, 9300, 9495, since love is meant by it, 3883-3896, 9050.<\/p>\n
AC 10296<\/p>\n
[3] The expression ‘pure\u00a0frankincense’ is used because ‘pure’ means that which has been purged of the falsities of evil; and the word in the original language means inwardly\u00a0pure, while another word is used to mean outwardly\u00a0pure\u00a0or clean. The fact that what is inwardly pure\u00a0is meant by that word is clear in Isaiah,<\/p>\n
Wash yourselves, render yourselves\u00a0pure; remove the wickedness of your doings from before My eyes. Isa. 1:16.<\/p>\n
In David,<\/p>\n
In vain have I rendered my heart\u00a0pure, and washed my hands in innocence. Ps. 73:13.<\/p>\n
‘Rendering the heart\u00a0pure’ means being purified inwardly, and ‘washing the hands in innocence ‘ being purified outwardly. In the same author,<\/p>\n
By what will a young man render his way\u00a0pure? By guarding himself according to Your Word. Ps. 119:9.<\/p>\n
And in the same author,<\/p>\n
… You may be\u00a0pure\u00a0in Your judging. Ps. 51:4.<\/p>\n
For the other word that is used to mean outwardly\u00a0pure\u00a0or clean, see Lev. 11:32; 12:7, 8; 13:6, 13, 17, 23, 28, 34, 37, 58; 14:7-9, 20, 48, 53; 15:13, 28; 16:19, 30; 22:7; Jer. 13:27; Ezek. 24:13; 39:12; and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9781<\/b><\/p>\n
9781. ‘Pure, beaten’ means what is [therefore] authentic and perceptible. This is clear from the meaning of ‘pure’ – when it refers to the good meant by ‘oil’ – as what is authentic, for the more heavenly and so more authentic the good is, the purer it is; and from the meaning of ‘beaten’ – when it refers to the good meant by ‘oil’ – as what is perceptible.<\/p>\n
Apocalypse Explained (Tansley) n. 950<\/b><\/p>\n
950. Clothed in linen\u00a0pure\u00a0and glistening white. That this signifies by means of Divine truth, or the Word from the spiritual sense, is evident from the signification of linen, as denoting truth; and when said of the Lord or of the Word, as denoting Divine truth. This is called\u00a0pure\u00a0because of its being genuine; and glistening white from the light in heaven, which light is glistening; for all things that are there are glistening white from it.<\/p>\n
Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9852<\/b><\/p>\n
9852. ‘And two small chains of\u00a0pure\u00a0gold’ means coherence with the good of the whole kingdom. This is clear from the meaning of ‘small chains’ as coherence (the reason why ‘small chains’ has this meaning is that such chains serve to join things together, and when joined together those things cohere, coherence with the spiritual kingdom being meant here because the small chains were fabricated to make [the shoulder-pieces] cohere with the ephod, which represented the spiritual kingdom in general, 9824); and from the meaning of ‘gold’ as the good of love, dealt with in 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 9490. The words ‘pure\u00a0gold’ are used because good from the Divine is meant; for this good is\u00a0pure, and it holds all things in heaven in connection and in an outward form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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