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Until Shiloh come.

The scepter shall not be removed from Judah, and a lawgiver from between his feet, even until Shiloh come; and to Him will be the obedience of the peoples. (Genesis 49:10)

“Until Shiloh come.” That this signifies the coming of the Lord, and the tranquility of peace then, is evident from the signification of “Shiloh,” as being the Lord, who is called “Shiloh” from the fact that He pacified and made all things tranquil; for in the original, “Shiloh” is derived from a word which means tranquility. (Arcana Coelestia 6373)

“The chariots of God are ten thousands of thousands of peaceable ones” (Ps. 68:17). Here the “chariots of God” denote those things which are of the Word and of the doctrine thence derived; “ten thousands of thousands” denote the infinite things which are therein. (Arcana Coelestia 3186:2, See also 5321:7)

Because the peace of heaven is the Divine inmostly affecting with blessedness the veriest good in angels, it can be clearly perceived by them only in the delight of their hearts when they are in the good of their life, in the pleasure with which they hear truth that agrees with their good, and in gladness of mind when they perceive the conjunction of good and truth. From this it flows into all the acts and thoughts of their life, and there presents itself as joy, even in outward appearance. This peace may be likened to morning or dawn in springtime, when, the night being passed, with the rising of the sun all things of the earth begin to live anew, the fragrance of growing vegetation is spread abroad with the dew that descends from heaven, and the mild vernal temperature gives fertility to the ground and imparts pleasure to the minds of men. And this is because morning or dawn in the time of spring corresponds to the state of peace of angels in heaven. (Heaven and Hell 288-289)

Happy are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God. (Matthew 5:9)

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