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The Word Has a Spiritual Meaning
That Has Not Been Known until NowBecause the Word is divine, it has a spiritual core. When we are told this, 193
surely we all acknowledge it and agree. Up until now, though, has any-
one known what that spiritual core is and where it is hidden in the
Word? What the spiritual core is, I will show in a memorable occurrence
at the end of this chapter. Where it lies hidden in the Word, I will
explain now.
The Word has a spiritual core because it came down from the Lord
Jehovah and passed through the angelic heavens. As the Word came
down, the divinity itself, which was originally inexpressible and imper-
ceptible, became adapted to the awareness of angels and, further on, to
the awareness of human beings. As a result, the Word has a spiritual
meaning that is present within its earthly meaning much the way our
soul is present in us, the thoughts of our intellect are present in what we
say, and the feelings of our will are present in what we do.
If I may make comparisons with things that appear before our eyes in
the physical world, the spiritual meaning is contained in the earthly
meaning the way the whole brain is wrapped in its meninges or mem-
branes; or the way the branch of a tree is wrapped in its inner and outer
bark; or the way everything necessary for a chick’s development is con-
tained within the shell of its egg; and so on.
Until now no one has divined that this type of relationship exists
between the Word’s spiritual meaning and its earthly meaning. Therefore
this secret needs to be made clear to the intellect, because it takes funda-
mental precedence over all the other secrets I have disclosed until now. It
will become clear if it is laid out in the following order:
1. What the spiritual meaning is.
2. There is a spiritual meaning throughout the Word and in every
part of it.
3. It is the spiritual meaning that makes the Word divinely inspired
and holy in every word.
4. The spiritual meaning has been unknown until now.§193 sacred scripture 273