9456. THE INTERNAL SENSE
Verses 1, 2 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and let them take for Me an offering; from everyone whose heart is willing,* you are to take My offering. 'And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means instructions regarding the holy things of heaven which had to be represented. 'Speak to the children of Israel' means the representative Church. 'Let them take for Me an offering' means the interior things of worship which were going to be represented, which are the real requirements. 'From everyone whose heart is willing' means that all things should be offered out of love, and so in freedom. 'You are to take My offering' means the real requirements for worship. * lit. from with every man (vir) whom his heart moves of its own accord