1870. It is similar with the Word of the Lord. In every individual expression there visible form is given to an idea, for an expression is nothing but an idea existing in such a visible form so that the sense may be perceived; and each idea has details within it that are so numerous and which cannot enter into man's perception, only angels', that it cannot possibly be believed. And when these are opened up by the Lord, more interior forms present themselves to angels' perception through things that are delightful and happy, and to their sight through things that are representative and belonging to paradise - the former deriving from the celestial and spiritual things of the Lord's love or mercy, the latter from the rays of light flowing from that love or mercy. By means of wondrous experience I have been shown that the Word is inspired not only as to its individual expressions but also as to every individual letter of each expression, thus precisely as it is said, as to the smallest jot. Indeed every jot carries within it something from the affection and life which is common to the whole expression and so which has been instilled in a corresponding fashion into its smallest parts. But without a prior knowledge of many other matters this cannot by any means be explained intelligibly.