19. 'Loving us and washing us from our sins [in His own blood]' signifies Who out of love and mercy reforms and regenerates men by means of His Divine Truths out of His Word. That 'to wash us from our sins' is to purify from evils, thus to reform and regenerate, is plain, for regeneration is a spiritual washing. That 'by His own blood', however, is not understood the passion of the cross, as is believed by many, but the Divine Truth proceeding from Him, can be established from many passages in the Word. It would be too tedious to adduce all of these here, but they will be adduced below (n. 379, 684). Meanwhile the things may be seen that have been stated and demonstrated concerning the signification of the Lord's blood and flesh in the Holy Supper, in THE NEW JERUSALEM AND ITS HEAVENLY DOCTRINE, published at London in the year 1758 (n. 210-222); also concerning the spiritual washing that is regeneration (n. 202-209) there.