two states, the first when he is in truths and by means of truths is
being led to good and into good, the other when he is in good. When man
is in the first state he is in combats or temptations; but when he is in
the second state he is in the tranquillity of peace. The former state
is signified by the six days of labor that precede the Sabbath; and the
latter state is signified by the rest on the Sabbath day (n. 9274, 9431,
10360). The Lord also was in two states: the first when He was Divine
truth and from it fought against the hells and subjugated them, the
other when He was made Divine good by union with the very Divine in
Himself. The former state was signified in the highest sense by the six
days of labor, and the latter by the Sabbath (n. 10360). Because such
things were represented by the Sabbath, it was the chief representative
of worship, and the holiest of all (n. 10357, 10372). "To do work on
the Sabbath day" signified to be led not by the Lord but by self, thus
to be disjoined (n. 7893, 8495, 10360, 10362, 10365). The Sabbath day
is not now representative, but is a day of instruction (n. 10360 at the
end). (A.E., n. 965.)

IV. The Fourth Commandment

The fourth commandment of the Decalogue is that parents must be honored.

This commandment was given because honor to parents represented and thus
signified love to the Lord and love toward the church, for "father" in
the heavenly sense, that is, the Heavenly Father, is the Lord; and
"mother" in the heavenly sense, that is, the heavenly mother, is the
church; "honor" signifies good of love; and "length of days," which such
will have, signifies the happiness of eternal life. So is this
commandment understood in heaven, where no father but the Lord is known,
and no mother but the kingdom of the Lord, which is also the church.