2211. Strange things occur in heaven when speech is addressed to man, and likewise through man, for one person comes and speaks, replacing another, so suddenly that it happens in an instant. Sometimes this is clearly noticed, sometimes only by the direction of the discourse. In fact, one spirit may sometimes present himself as another, and counterfeit the other so skillfully that one cannot tell the difference except by searching into the matter. Sometimes many speak at the same time, thus forming a compound person. And they speak in various other ways impossible to recount here specifically, that are so strange that if told about in detail, scarcely anyone would lend them credence. But these ways depend entirely on what matters are to be revealed. These are the switches and like phenomena that occur in the Word of God the Messiah. How those interchanges take place cannot at all be explained to anyone unless he is acquainted with them, and cannot but seem strange to one who does not know about them. That it is so, however, it has fallen to my lot to learn, by the Divine mercy of God the Messiah, from long experience, without which interchanges of this kind, and many other things, could never have been understandable to me. [Speak, Speech] [See WE 2212-25, treating in general of Gen. 41:1-49.] 2226. Now consider those who hold that the works of the law are their Divine worship, believing they are made righteous by works of the law alone, and believing they are worshipping Jehovah, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, and consequently, as they say, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. As for these, it is obvious from what has been said, that they cannot possibly in this way come near to Jehovah, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, the God of Abraham, but that they are professing Jehovah [only] with the mouth. Furthermore, there is no approach to Jehovah except through the One Only Son. Tell how what is impure can approach to what is holy, how can a human so profane approach to Jehovah Himself, except through a mediator who has taken upon Himself the impurities and sins of men, and thus became Righteousness! This is quite impossible. That profane human is as far from Jehovah as Heaven from the earth, as they say, or as the infinite from the finite, between which there is no ratio, as they say. There is no conjunction except by means of the Son, Who is God, and became human for the sake of mediation, so that mankind could thus be led to Jehovah, (but let me set forth these things in a better way, for here they are confused, being disturbed by impure spirits - I surmise, by Jews).