In the first chapter the subject in the internal sense was the molestation of those belonging to the Church by falsities and evils; and in the second chapter it was the first beginnings and the succeeding states of God's truth among them. The present chapter deals in the internal sense with their deliverance. First they are taught who God their Deliverer is, namely the Lord, and that He will bring them into heaven after they have been endowed with a large amount of truth and good.