344. 7006. That this is the meaning of these words, was revealed to me in a remarkable way. Without revelation such words cannot possibly be understood. It was dictated, but in an amazing way in my thought, and my thinking was guided to an understanding of these words, and was firmly concentrated upon the individual words by a mental image, as if being held by a heavenly force. So this revelation took place consciously. We will speak elsewhere about other kinds of revelation, which are many, if God the Messiah sees fit. Revelation is also accomplished in another way, when the thought is visibly lit up by a certain light, and the writing is so guided that not even the smallest word can be written differently. But at times this happens rather unconsciously, at others so consciously that the finger is borne along in writing by a higher force, so that if it wished to write something different, it could not possibly do so. And this kind takes place not only together with an understanding of the subject, but also, as has happened in varying ways once or twice, without any understanding - so that I did not know the series of subject matter until after it had been written down. But this only occurred very rarely, and only for the purpose of informing me that revelations have also been made in this way. Those sheets were deleted, however, because God the Messiah did not will that it be done in this way. Neither is it allowed them to dictate anything aloud, even though I have been spoken to aloud for such a long time, almost continuously. But when it was being written, they kept quiet. These matters will, if God the Messiah deems it fitting, be spoken of more fully elsewhere, so that people may know what revelations were once like in times past, in the earliest Church, then in the representative Church, and finally in the symbolic one. From this they can learn that there is not even a jot in the Books of Moses, of the prophets and of David that was not inspired; and therefore, that heavenly matters are inwardly contained under the shapes of the earthly elements expressing them, which belong to the letter. [Inspiration; Prophet]