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That such is the meaning of a "camel" and a "needle's eye" is not at
present known, because the knowledge that teaches what is signified
in the spiritual sense by the things said in the literal sense of the
Word has not up to this time been disclosed. In every particular of
the Word there is a spiritual sense and also a natural sense; for the
Word was made to consist wholly of correspondences between natural
and spiritual things in order that conjunction of heaven with the
world, or of angels with men might thereby be effected, direct
conjunction having ceased. This makes clear who in particular are
meant in the Word by the "rich man." [4] That the "rich" in the Word
mean in the spiritual sense those who are in knowledges of truth and
good, and "riches" the knowledges themselves, which are spiritual
riches, can be seen from various passages (as in Isa. 10:12-14; 30:6,
7; 45:3; Jer. 17:3; 48:7; 50:36, 37; 51:13; Dan. 5:2-4; Ezek. 26:7,
12; 27:1 to the end; Zech. 9:3, 4; Psalm 45:12; Hosea 12:9; Apoc.
3:17, 18; Luke 14:33; and elsewhere). Also that the "poor" in the
spiritual sense signify those who do not possess knowledges of good
and of truth, and yet desire them (Matt.
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