Arcana Coelestia volume 7 - Swedenborg Foundation

ARCANA COELESTIA 3584house” as being after good had applied itself thereto (of whichabove, n. 4977); and from the signification of “over all that he had”as being that all that belonged to it was as it were in its power (ofwhich also above, n. 4978).4980. That Jehovah blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’ssake. That this signifies that from the Divine it then had thecelestial natural is evident from the signification of “being blessed”as being to be enriched with celestial and spiritual good, and that itwas from the Divine is signified by its being said that “Jehovahblessed”; and from the signification of the “Egyptian’s house” asbeing the good of the natural mind (as above, n. 4973). Hence itfollows that by “Jehovah blessed the Egyptian’s house” is signifiedthat from the Divine it then had the celestial natural. The celestialnatural is the good in the natural which corresponds to the good ofthe rational, that is, which corresponds to the celestial of thespiritual from the rational, which is “Joseph” (n. 4963).[2] The celestial as well as the spiritual is predicated of both therational and the natural, that is, of the internal man, which is therational man, and of the external, which is the natural man; for inits essence the spiritual is the Divine truth which proceeds from theLord, and the celestial is the Divine good which is in this Divinetruth. When Divine truth in which is Divine good is received bythe rational or internal man, it is called the spiritual in the rational;and when received by the natural or external man, it is called thespiritual in the natural. In like manner when the Divine goodwhich is in Divine truth is received by the rational or internal man,it is called the celestial in the rational; and when received by thenatural or external man, it is called the celestial in the natural. Bothflow in with man from the Lord immediately, as well as mediatelythrough angels and spirits; but with the Lord when he was in theworld, the inflow was from himself, because the Divine was in him.4981. And the blessing of Jehovah. That this signifies increasings isevident from the signification of the “blessing of Jehovah.” The“blessing of Jehovah” in the genuine sense signifies love to the Lordand charity toward the neighbor; for they who are gifted with these