Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9513

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9513. 'Of one piece with the mercy-seat you shall make the cherubs on the two ends' means the reception of all things that belong to worship arising from those two kinds of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the mercy-seat' as the hearing and reception of all things that belong to worship arising from the good of love, dealt with in 9506; from the meaning of 'the cherubs' as admission and access to the Lord through that good, dealt with in 9509; and from the meaning of 'the two ends' as celestial good and spiritual good, dealt with in 9511. From these meanings it is evident that 'of one piece with the mercy-seat you shall make the cherubs on its two ends' means the reception of all things that belong to worship arising from those kinds of good. What celestial good is and what spiritual good is, and what the difference is, see the places referred to in 9277.


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