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That fat signifies celestial things, and the goods of charity, is evident in the Prophets; as in Isaiah:--
Wherefore do ye weigh silver for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? Attend ye diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness (Isaiah 55:2).
And in Jeremiah:--
I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness, and My people shall be satiated with My good (Jeremiah 31:14),
where it is very evident that fatness is not meant, but celestial spiritual good. So in David:--
They are filled with the fatness of Thy house, and Thou makest them drink of the river of Thy deliciousnesses. For with Thee is the fountain of lives; in Thy light we see light (Ps. 36:8, 9).
Here fatness and the fountain of lives signify the celestial, which is of love; and the river of deliciousnesses, and light, the spiritual, which is of faith from love. Again in David:--
My soul shall be satiated with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise Thee with lips of songs (Ps. 63:5),
where in like manner fat denotes the celestial, and lips of songs the spiritual. That it is what is celestial is very evident, because it will satiate the soul. For the same reason the first fruits, which were the firstborn of the earth, are called fat (Num. 18:12).
from AC 353
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