945. Wherefore all nations shall come and worship before thee. That this signifies that all who are in the good of love, and in the truths therefrom, shall acknowledge His Divine, is evident from the signification of nations, as denoting those who are in the good of love, and in the truths therefrom (concerning which see n. 175, 331, 625); and from the signification of worshipping, as denoting to acknowledge in heart, and to worship; see above (n. 795, 805, 821). That by all nations such persons only are meant is evident; for there are also those who will not acknowledge the Lord.
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When a man is in that state, then he is raised up from his proprium. For a man is in his proprium when he is only in the natural external, but he is raised up from the proprium when he is in the spiritual internal. This elevation is not perceived by him, except from this, that he does not think evils, and that he turns away from thinking them, and that he is delighted with truths, and also with good uses. Such a man, however, if he advances further into that state, perceives influx in a kind of thought; but still he is not withheld from thinking and willing as of himself. For this the Lord wills for the sake of his reformation; but still he ought to acknowledge that nothing of good or of the truth therefrom is from himself, but from the Lord.
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