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262 SWEDENBORG’S CORRESPONDENCE. [Doc. 234.
Gospels" (Nya Försök öfwer Evangelierne) ; fine interpretations
are given in respect to the First Coming of the Lord. I wish
to give here the signification of a manger, of the baptism of
John, and of Elias. A manger signifies instruction from the
Word, because mules and horses signify the understanding of
the Word (see "Apocalypse Revealed, " no. 298) ; and a manger
contains their food ; there being no room in the inn, signifies .
that there was no place of instruction in Jerusalem; where
fore it is said to the shepherds, who signify the church to
come, "This shall be the sign unto you ; ye shall find the babe
lying in a manger” (Luke ii, 12). The baptism of John pre
pared the heavens, so that the Jewish people might subsist,
when God Himself should come down among them. John
signified all the prophecies in the Old Testament respecting
the Lord and His advent; likewise Elias, because he was the
chief of the prophets.
As here [ in Stockholm] they now begin to think more of
charity than before, asserting that faith and charity cannot
be separated, therefore faith alone begins also to be called
Moravian faith.
[EM. SWEDENBORG.]
Stockholm, February, 1767.*
* The date in the original letter is not in Swedenborg’s handwriting,
but was inserted by Dr. Beyer. On the back of the paper is written: To
the Reverend Doctor Beyer.
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