367. * meant who had lived in light, and yet had embraced idol worship in broad daylight, and who worship the devil; and who are trying to subject heaven to themselves and so, are continually rebelling against God the Messiah [WE 5311-12, SEWE 196, 101 and the paragraph preceding it, 273, 284, 319-20, 353-54]. But these matters are too lengthy to be set forth here.
7506. [Deut. 32:] verse 48 to the end. The subject here is the death of Moses, while previously, in Num. Ch. 20, it was the death of Aaron. What Moses had been like you may see described earlier [WE 3338-40, 3382, 3473 ff., SEWE 80, 86, 241, 251, WE 5679, 7038-39]. What his life was like is now described by his death, namely, that when tempted, he yielded, and this not only once, as we have observed [WE 3479, SEWE 90, the paragraph preceding SEWE 101, WE 7021, 7426, SEWE 366]. But he was in that state when dying that is described here - and that state remains after death - namely, that he shall see the Heaven of God the Messiah across from him, but shall not go there. The same thing is symbolized also by "mount Abarim, or Nebo, in the land of Moab." What Moab stands for may be seen above [WE 7343, 7346, SEWE 360]. For Moab was born from a daughter of Lot, while the father was drunken. From this, as well as many other references, the land of Moab reflects the character of trusting in its own powers, and worshiping the Law in its outward form. On a mountain of that land Moses died; for mountains symbolize the peaks of that wickedness. Their gods or idols were even called rocks or mountains; see this Chap. 32, verse 31.
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