778. 'And wine and oil and fine flour and wheat' signifies that they no longer have a worship out of celestial goods and truths, because they do not have Inwardly in the worship the things that correspond to those named above. These things are similar to those that have been said just above and before, with the difference only that by these are signified celestial goods and truths. Which goods and truths are termed celestial, and which spiritual, may be seen above (n. 773); also that because they do not have them neither are they in the worship pertaining to them; for, as was said above, the goods and truths of doctrine are in worship as the soul is in the body. Therefore worship without them is an inanimate worship. Such is the worship that is holy in external things, in which there is not any holy internal. That 'wine' signifies truth out of the good of love maybe seen above (n. 316). That 'oil' signifies the good of love will be seen in the following paragraph. By 'fine flour' is signified celestial truth, and by 'wheat' celestial good. [2] The reason the truths and goods of worship are signified by 'wine', 'oil', 'fine flour' and 'wheat' is because the drink-offerings and meal-offerings used to be composed of them, and these were offered upon the altar together with the sacrifices; and by sacrifices and gifts offered upon an altar worship is signified, for worship used to consist chiefly of these. That the drink-offerings, which were wine, were offered upon the altar together with the sacrifices can be seen (Exod. xxix 40; Lev. xxiii 12, 13, 18, 19; Num. xv 2-15; xxviii 11-15, 18 to the end; xxix 1-7 seq.; and besides Isa. lvii 6; lxv 11; Jer. vii 18; xliv 17-19; Ezek. xx 28; Joel i 9; Ps. xvi 4; Deut. xxxii 38). That oil also was offered upon the altar together with the sacrifices (Exod. xxix 40; Num. xv 2-15; xxviii to the end). That the meal-offerings, which were of fine flour of wheat, were offered upon the altar together with the sacrifices (Exod. xxix 40; Lev. ii 1-13; v 11-13; vi 14-21 [H.B. 7-14]; vii 9-13; xxiii 12, 13, 17; Num. vi 14-21; xv 2-15; xviii 8-19; xxviii 1-15; xxix 1-7; besides Jer. xxxiii 18; Ezek. xvi 13, 19; Joel i 9; Mal. i 10, 11; Ps. cxli 2). The [cakes of] bread of faces or shewbread (panes facierum seu propositionis) upon the table in the tabernacle were also made of fine flour of wheat (Lev. xxiii 17; xxiv 5-9). It can be seen from these references that these four things, wine, oil, fine flour and wheat were holy and celestial things of worship.