亚伯拉罕
亚伯拉罕（或称亚伯兰，在故事的开头就有他的名字）是圣经故事中的主要人物之一。他是所有以色列子孙的祖先，通过他的儿子以撒，是所有以色列人的祖先，通过他的儿子以实玛利，是阿拉伯人的祖先。他的一生可分为三个时期。第一个时期包括从他在乌尔出生的不为人知的早年，以及后来随父亲他的父亲他拉搬到哈兰。第二部分从亚伯兰被耶和华呼召去迦南开始。它包括他在那里的冒险经历，一直到创世记第17章的事件，据说他已经99岁了，有钱有势--但他的妻子撒莱没有儿子。耶和华再一次向他显现，应许他的子孙要成为大国，举行割礼，并将他的名字改成亚伯拉罕，加上耶和华的 "啊 "声。在他生命中的第三个时期，也是最后一个时期，以撒的出生，撒拉的死（他的名字也被改了），以及从亚伯拉罕在美索不达米亚的亲戚中为以撒找到了妻子。 据说亚伯拉罕死的时候已经175岁了，正如创世记第25章所记载的那样。 但是，我们在这里感兴趣的是亚伯拉罕的深层代表，因为他预言或预示了耶稣在亚伯拉罕在地上生活了几个世纪之后，他为马利亚所生后的生命的最深处。亚伯拉罕代表了神的善或爱。道的内在意义告诉我们，神亲自将生命提供给马利亚体内的卵子，使她能提供一个自然的身体和犹太教的自然遗传，而耶稣的灵魂则作为神性生命的直接拥有者被保留下来。在耶稣的早期生活中，大概到青少年时期，耶稣在他的思想和精神的内心深处，活出了亚伯拉罕的那些有代表性的行为。亚伯拉罕在放牧羊群和管理他的大户人家时，根本不知道这是真的，在耶稣的生命早期，他也没有意识到这一点。随着耶稣的成长，一定有一些感悟，见证他12岁时去圣殿，但直到他完全长大后才完全明白。 再进一步说，不只是亚伯拉罕。 当亚伯拉罕死后，代表的是以撒，他代表着理性的心灵层面，然后是雅各和以扫，他们分别代表着自然的心灵，在心灵中的真和善。 然后，十二支派的试炼，诸王的试炼，以及所有先知的话语，都成为同样的代表。因此，耶稣可以对他在去以马忤斯路上遇到的两个门徒说："愚昧的人啊，心思迟钝的人啊..........从摩西和所有的先知开始，他在所有的经文中向他们阐述了所有关于他自己的事。" 此外，我们每一个人的精神和属灵生活的进步，都是亚伯拉罕生命中所代表的微弱而有限的形象，如果我们努力遵守主的律法和戒律，彼此相爱的话。我们的内心深处也有前往迦南地的旅程，有在埃及勤劳的安居乐业，有在旷野的挣扎，也有扫罗、大卫和亚哈。 我们有自家的亚玛力人，也有非利士人。整个旧约圣经中，都是我们属灵生活的写照。 (以下是按时间顺序，随着亚伯兰/亚伯拉罕年龄的增长，按圣经的顺序排列)。...
仆人
“Servant” literally means “a person who serves another,"" and its meaning is similar in reference to the spiritual meaninngs of the Bible. Our lives in...
说
As with many common verbs, the meaning of “to say” in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Who is speaking? Who is hearing? What...
手
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
大腿
In Revelation 19:16, 'the Lord’s thigh' signifies the Word regarding its divine good. 'The thigh and loins' signify conjugial love, and because this is the...
腿
In Revelation 19:16, 'the Lord’s thigh' signifies the Word regarding its divine good. 'The thigh and loins' signify conjugial love, and because this is the...
下
Generally speaking things that are seen as lower physically in the Bible represent things that are lower or more external spiritually. In some cases this...
耶和华
The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His...
天
"空气 "在《圣经》中代表了思想，但以一种非常笼统的方式--更像是我们感知思想的能力和我们倾向于思考的方式，而不是我们对具体事物的具体想法。 仔细想想，这也是有道理的。我们通过空气看到周围的世界，看到对应于理解。我们通过空气听到，而听觉对应着被教化和服从。鸟儿在空中飞翔，它们代表着具体的思想和观念。而呼吸本身--吸进空气，将氧气传递到血液中--代表着我们对真正的精神理念的理解。
神
主是爱本身，以智慧本身的形式表达。爱是他的本质，也是他的全部。智慧-对如何将爱付诸行动的热爱理解-稍微有点外在，为爱提供了一种表达自我的方式。 当圣经说“耶和华”时，它代表的是至高无上的爱，这是主的本质。那爱本身就是一个完整的整体，而爱也是一个，只适用于主的名字。然而，智慧表达在各种各样的思想和观念中，这些著作统称为神的真理。也有许多虚构的神，有时天使和人也可以被称为神（耶和华说摩西将成为亚伦的神）。因此，当圣经称上帝为“上帝”时，多数情况下是指神圣的真理。 在其他情况下，“上帝”指的是所谓的神圣人类。情况是这样的： 作为人类，我们不能直接将主作为上帝的爱来参与。它太强大了，太纯净了。相反，我们必须通过神圣的真理了解他来接近他。因此，神圣的真理是人类形式的主，这是我们可以接近和理解的形式。因此，“上帝”也被用来指代人类这一方面，因为它是真理的表达。
居住
'Inhabit' refers to good.
住
Many people were nomadic in Biblical times, especially the times of the Old Testament, and lived in tents that could be struck, moved and re-raised...
儿子
'A son,' as in Genesis 5:28, signifies the rise of a new church. 'Son,' as in Genesis 24:3, signifies the Lord’s rationality regarding good. 'A...
以撒
'Isaac' represents spiritual love. 'Isaac,' in Genesis 17:19, signifies the rational divine. 'Isaac' signifies the Lord's divine rational in reference to divine good. Isaac' signifies...
说话
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
给
Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving...
主
In most cases, a "master" in the Bible refers to truth: knowledge, an understanding of the situation at hand, an understanding of the Lord's wishes,...
亚伯拉罕的
亚伯拉罕（或称亚伯兰，在故事的开头就有他的名字）是圣经故事中的主要人物之一。他是所有以色列子孙的祖先，通过他的儿子以撒，是所有以色列人的祖先，通过他的儿子以实玛利，是阿拉伯人的祖先。他的一生可分为三个时期。第一个时期包括从他在乌尔出生的不为人知的早年，以及后来随父亲他的父亲他拉搬到哈兰。第二部分从亚伯兰被耶和华呼召去迦南开始。它包括他在那里的冒险经历，一直到创世记第17章的事件，据说他已经99岁了，有钱有势--但他的妻子撒莱没有儿子。耶和华再一次向他显现，应许他的子孙要成为大国，举行割礼，并将他的名字改成亚伯拉罕，加上耶和华的 "啊 "声。在他生命中的第三个时期，也是最后一个时期，以撒的出生，撒拉的死（他的名字也被改了），以及从亚伯拉罕在美索不达米亚的亲戚中为以撒找到了妻子。 据说亚伯拉罕死的时候已经175岁了，正如创世记第25章所记载的那样。 但是，我们在这里感兴趣的是亚伯拉罕的深层代表，因为他预言或预示了耶稣在亚伯拉罕在地上生活了几个世纪之后，他为马利亚所生后的生命的最深处。亚伯拉罕代表了神的善或爱。道的内在意义告诉我们，神亲自将生命提供给马利亚体内的卵子，使她能提供一个自然的身体和犹太教的自然遗传，而耶稣的灵魂则作为神性生命的直接拥有者被保留下来。在耶稣的早期生活中，大概到青少年时期，耶稣在他的思想和精神的内心深处，活出了亚伯拉罕的那些有代表性的行为。亚伯拉罕在放牧羊群和管理他的大户人家时，根本不知道这是真的，在耶稣的生命早期，他也没有意识到这一点。随着耶稣的成长，一定有一些感悟，见证他12岁时去圣殿，但直到他完全长大后才完全明白。 再进一步说，不只是亚伯拉罕。 当亚伯拉罕死后，代表的是以撒，他代表着理性的心灵层面，然后是雅各和以扫，他们分别代表着自然的心灵，在心灵中的真和善。 然后，十二支派的试炼，诸王的试炼，以及所有先知的话语，都成为同样的代表。因此，耶稣可以对他在去以马忤斯路上遇到的两个门徒说："愚昧的人啊，心思迟钝的人啊..........从摩西和所有的先知开始，他在所有的经文中向他们阐述了所有关于他自己的事。" 此外，我们每一个人的精神和属灵生活的进步，都是亚伯拉罕生命中所代表的微弱而有限的形象，如果我们努力遵守主的律法和戒律，彼此相爱的话。我们的内心深处也有前往迦南地的旅程，有在埃及勤劳的安居乐业，有在旷野的挣扎，也有扫罗、大卫和亚哈。 我们有自家的亚玛力人，也有非利士人。整个旧约圣经中，都是我们属灵生活的写照。 (以下是按时间顺序，随着亚伯兰/亚伯拉罕年龄的增长，按圣经的顺序排列)。...
骆驼
A camel (Matt. 22:24) signifies scientific knowledge. Camels are confirming scientifics, and cattle are the knowledges of good and truth (Jer. 49:32.)
十
Most places in Swedenborg identify “ten” as representing “all,” or in some cases “many” or “much.” The Ten Commandments represent all the guidance we get...
黄昏
Since the light and warmth of the sun represent the Lord’s wisdom and love, it makes sense that evening, a time when the light and...
水
'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities. 'Waters' signify particularly the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual...
井
In Genesis 21, 'wells' signify doctrines, both those disputed and not disputed. Without this significance digging wells and disputing about them would have been too...
女儿
Marriages among people – both in the Bible and in life – represent spiritual marriage. Women represent the desire to be good and to do...
少女
The damsels of Rebecca, in Genesis 24:61, signify subservient affections. See Daughter.
喝
Food in the Bible represents the desire for good, and water and other drinks represent the understanding and true ideas we need to recognize what...
以撒的
'Isaac' represents spiritual love. 'Isaac,' in Genesis 17:19, signifies the rational divine. 'Isaac' signifies the Lord's divine rational in reference to divine good. Isaac' signifies...
知道
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
兄弟
There are two ways "brother" is used in the Bible, ways that are still reflected in modern language. One denotes an actual blood relationship; the...
妻子
The Hebrew of the Old Testament has six different common words which are generally translated as "wife," which largely overlap but have different nuances. Swedenborg...
处女
'Virgins,' as in Revelation 14:4, signify people who love truths because they are truths, so from a spiritual affection. 'Virgin' signifies the church as a...
男
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
男人
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
人
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
槽
'A trough,' as in Genesis 24:20, signifies the good of truth because the water in the trough signifies truth, and the trough itself has the...
道路
These days we tend to think of "roads" as smooth swaths of pavement, and judge them by how fast we can drive cars on them....
路
These days we tend to think of "roads" as smooth swaths of pavement, and judge them by how fast we can drive cars on them....
金
Gold means good, and just as gold was the most precious metal known to ancient mankind so it represents the good of the highest and...
手镯
Bracelets (Gen. 25:22) signify truth, and in this passage divine truth, because the Lord is treated of.
告诉
'To tell' signifies perceiving, because in the spiritual world, or in heaven, they do not need to tell what they think because they communicate every...
父亲
Father in the Word means what is most interior, and in those things that are following the Lord's order, it means what is good. In...
地方
'A dry place,' as in Luke 11:24, signifies states of evil and falsity which are in the life of someone who does the work of...
我们
Angels do give us guidance, but they are mere helpers; the Lord alone governs us, through angels and spirits. Since angels have their assisting role,...
草
The word 'straw,' as in Genesis 24:25, signifies scientific truths, because it is food for camels. Straw,' as in Isaiah 11:6, signifies the Word in...
饲料
'Provender' signifies the good of scientific truths. 'To give provender to his donkey,' as in Genesis 42:27, signifies reflection upon scientific ideas, because 'provender' is...
母亲
In general, mothers in the Bible represent the Lord's church on earth, or the church among those who know and follow the Lord. In some...
哥哥
There are two ways "brother" is used in the Bible, ways that are still reflected in modern language. One denotes an actual blood relationship; the...
拉班
'Laban' signifies the affection of good in the natural self, or the affection of external good, and properly collateral good of a common stock. The...
看
To look,' as in Genesis 18:22, signifies thinking, because seeing denotes understanding. Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who...
妹妹
The Lord calls people who are in truth from the good of charity from Him 'sisters,' as in Matthew 12:50. 'Sister' denotes intellectual truth, when...
听
Thanks to modern science, we now understand that hearing actually happens in the brain, not the ears. The ears collect vibrations in the air and...
来
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
房间
'A room' or 'place' denotes state.
洗
It does not take a great leap of imagination to see that “washing” in the Bible represents purification. Washing dirt from the skin is symbolic...
脚
The foot, as in Deuteronomy 33:3, signifies an inferior principle. To set the right foot on the sea and the left on the earth, as...
吃
When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process...
羊
It’s pretty easy for most people to read the Bible and get a sense for what “sheep” means without any help. They are simple, peaceful,...
羊群
It’s pretty easy for most people to read the Bible and get a sense for what “sheep” means without any help. They are simple, peaceful,...
群
A flock, as in Genesis 26, denotes interior or rational good. A flock signifies those who are in spiritual good. A flock signifies natural interior...
牛群
'A herd,' as mentioned in Genesis 32:7, denotes exterior or natural good, and also not good things.
银
'Silver,' in the internal sense of the Word, signifies truth, but also falsity. 'Silver' means the truth of faith, or the truth acquired from selfhood,...
驴
Donkeys signify the things relating to the self-intelligence of the sensual man; and camels, the things of self-intelligence in the natural man (Isa 30:6, 7.)
今天
The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a...
心
The heart means love. A good heart means love to the Lord and to the neighbor while a hard or stony heart means the love...
鼻子
'A blast of the breath of the nostrils' signify the same thing as 'his anger and wrath.'
儿子的
'A son,' as in Genesis 5:28, signifies the rise of a new church. 'Son,' as in Genesis 24:3, signifies the Lord’s rationality regarding good. 'A...
回答
一般来说，"回答 "是指一种属灵的接受状态。归根结底，这意味着接受主，主不断地试图将真正的想法和美好的愿望灌输到我们的心灵和思想中。它也可以是在我们的外在部分接受自己的内在部分的引导--承诺使我们的行动跟随我们更深的信仰。 在圣经中，"回答 "经常与 "说 "搭配在一起。在这些情况下，一般来说，它表示的是一种感知的程度加上接受的程度。这意味着你不仅能接受从主那里临到你的东西，而且还能看到它，认识到其中的真理，并认识到这里面的真理，这将使你的生活更加美好。
好
It seems rather circular to say that “good” in the Bible represents good, but in a general sense it’s true! The case is this: The...
听到
'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection. 'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. See...
话
'Word,' as in Psalms 119:6-17, stands for doctrine in general. 'The Word,' as in Psalms 147:18, signifies divine good united with divine truth. 'Word,' as...
衣服
It is said, in Deuteronomy 22:11, "Thou shalt not wear a garment of diverse sorts; as of woolen and linen together…”. This means that the...
早
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
早晨
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
起来
It is common in the Bible for people to "rise up," and it would be easy to pass over the phrase as simply describing a...
女孩
The damsels of Rebecca, in Genesis 24:61, signify subservient affections. See Daughter.
后
按照瑞典博格的说法，时间和空间不存在于精神现实中，它们是纯粹的自然事物，只存在于物质层面。这就意味着，一个精神性的东西不可能在时间上的另一个精神性的东西 "之后 "发生，因为没有时间。而一个精神性的东西也不可能在空间上 "追随 "另一个精神性的东西，因为没有空间。 相反，灵性的现实是建立在灵性状态的基础上，或天使的爱和思想。这些爱和思想以因果链的方式连接在一起，天使们的体验就像我们体验时间一样；一个思想在精神层面上流向另一个思想，而天使们感觉到这种进步，就像我们感觉到一个时刻流向另一个时刻的进步一样。当天使有类似的思想和感觉时，他们体验到的亲近感和我们对肉体亲近感的体验是非常相同的；他们对 "空间 "的概念是整个精神世界中的灵魂所拥有的思想和情感的变化。 当《圣经》将某件事情描述为 "后边 "的东西时，那么，属灵的意义就与属灵状态的递进有关；它是在前边的东西基础上产生的新的属灵状态。由于较高的状态会流入较低的状态，所以 "之后 "的东西往往是较低的、较外在的状态。例如，内心深处对他人的善的渴望，会自动地流向具体的想法，即我们可以做的具体的善事。那么，这些具体的想法，就会 "在 "善的欲望之后。
叫
To call someone or summon someone in the Bible represents a desire for conjunction between higher and lower states of life. For instance, imagine someone...
乳
To 'suckle' denotes taking in good, because 'a nurse,' or 'one who suckles' signifies implanting good. To 'suckle,' as in Genesis 21:7, signifies implanting the...
祝福
The Lord is perfect love expressed as perfect wisdom. He created us so that He could love us, could give us love and wisdom of...
千
As children, most of us at some point frustrated our mothers into using the phrase “if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand...
门
"Gates" in ancient times had a significance that does not hold in the modern world. Cities then were enclosed by walls for protection; gates in...
骑
'To ride' signifies being elevated regarding the intellectual part of the mind. To ride upon a cherub,' as in Psalm 18:9, 10, denotes the Lord’s...
南
'South' denotes truth in light.
来了
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
面纱
'A veil,' as in Genesis 38:19, signifies obscurity of the truth. The first vail of the tabernacle, which was the screen in front of the...
爱
To some degree, there really is no spiritual meaning to the word “love” in the Bible. Why? Because if you truly love another, that is...
安慰
When the Bible talks about someone being comforted or consoled, it generally means that they are being offered ideas that will help bring them to...
