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...
长老
Elders are mentioned in the Bible mainly in two ways: First the elders of Israel: and second the 24 elders seated about the throne of...
坐
If you think about sitting, it seems fair to say that where you're sitting is more important than that you're sitting. Sitting in a movie...
摩押
'Moab,' in a positive sense, signifies people who are in natural good, and allow themselves to be easily seduced, but in an opposite sense, it...
回来
在《圣经》中，有很多描述人回头看、回头看或回去的例子。在大多数情况下，这是一种消极的，有时是毁灭性的（就像罗得的妻子，当她回望所多玛的毁灭时，变成了一根盐柱子）。一般情况下，这代表着我们的状态，当我们进入到一个新的精神境界，发现自己希望得到旧的安逸和轻松时，回去代表着回到更早的低级阶段。 当 "回 "与物联系在一起的时候，"回 "的意义更多的是字面意义。当有人拿东西回来或给东西时，其精神意义大多是以物与行为人为中心。
卖
'To sell,' as in Genesis 41:56, means transferring to another as their own, because what is sold becomes the property of the one who buys...
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...
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...
死
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
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...
名字
It's easy to see that names are important in the Bible. Jehovah changed Abram and Sarai to Abraham and Sarah, changed Jacob to Israel and...
以色列
'Israel,' in Jeremiah 23:8, signifies the spiritual natural church. The children of Israel dispersed all the literal sense of the Word by falsities. 'The children...
人
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
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...
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...
天
"Day" describes a state in which we are turned toward the Lord, and are receiving light (which is truth) and heat (which is a desire...
见证人
In court, a witness is someone who saw a crime being committed, or observed something that could help determine the guilt or innocence of the...
证人
In court, a witness is someone who saw a crime being committed, or observed something that could help determine the guilt or innocence of the...
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...
都
The number "two" has two different meanings in the Bible. In most cases "two" indicates a joining together or unification. This is easy to see...
女人
'Women,' as in Genesis 45:19, signify the affections of truth. But in Genesis 31:50, 'women' signify affections of not genuine truth, so not of the...
建立
建造东西一般是指把各种比较简单的东西拼凑起来，做成一个有用的、比较复杂的结构，就像用木头或砖头盖房子一样，在圣经中通常是这样用的。在希拿地，人希望建造一座塔，在新约中耶稣建议聪明人要把房子建在石头上。但从代表意义上讲，意思是指建造一个精神和属灵的结构，就像教会的教义或灵性现实的个别概念在一个人的头脑中的个别概念。 建筑材料也是有代表性的。巴别塔是用砖头建造的，砖头是人造的石头，或者说是人造的 "真理"，也就是 "真理 "不是来自神，而是人想出来的属灵的想法。聪明人要建造的房子是建立在天然的或 "神所造 "的岩石上，也就是来自于道的真理。
二
The number "two" has two different meanings in the Bible. In most cases "two" indicates a joining together or unification. This is easy to see...
以法他
Ephrata (Gen. 35:16, 19 and Psalms 132:6) signifies the spiritual of the celestial principle, in a former state, the new state succeeding that, is called...
伯利恒
在圣经中，以法拉和伯利恒之间有很强的关系；它们可能是同一个城镇的两个不同名称，也可能是以法拉描述的地区包括伯利恒。不管是什么情况，它们在《圣经》中都扮演着重要的角色。当然，伯利恒是众所周知的耶稣的出生地，但也是大卫和本雅明的出生地，本雅明的母亲拉结也葬在那里。 原因是以法拉和伯利恒（顺便说一下，还有本雅明）代表了我们属灵的线的一个关键元素，这个元素使我们有可能拥有属灵的生活。 在最深层次上，我们的身份、我们的人性，是由爱所决定的--我们所爱的东西使我们成为什么样的人、什么样的人。但这种爱被锁在我们的内心深处；它不是我们可以直接与他人分享的。要分享它，我们必须给它一个形式--而给它一个形式意味着我们实际上是把它变成了思想，变成了真理。作为真理，它可以被分享，如果我们幸运的话，接受它的人将能够反其道而行之，感受到并内化为真理中所包含的爱。 不过，这个过程，涉及到两种 "量子飞跃"。爱是一种内在的东西，而真理是一种外在的东西（或如瑞典博格所说，爱是天体性的，真理是精神性的），内在的东西和外在的东西是分开的，处于两个不同的存在平面。把爱作为真理表达出来，需要一个特殊的过程，从真理中接受爱也需要一个特殊的过程。这就是伯利恒的意义所在。 伯利恒（和以法拉和本雅明）代表了瑞典博格所说的 "天人之灵"。这就是天体元素--爱--可以向着一种形式推进，可以尽可能地变得 "像真理一样"。与之相匹配的是一种叫做 "精神的天体"，在这里，精神元素--真理--可以尽可能地变成 "爱的样子"。通过这些中间人，爱可以跳过这道鸿沟，有点像神经冲动穿越突触，或者像磁场把两块磁铁拉到一起。这是我们把爱变成有用的形式的唯一途径，也是我们分享爱的唯一途径。 这也解释了为什么约瑟要等到本雅明与他的弟兄们同在埃及时，才能向他们显明自己--约瑟代表灵界的天人，需要与天人的灵界的灵界配对才能沟通。这也解释了为什么主必须在伯利恒出生的原因。祂以人的形式降临，使祂的完美、无限的、神圣的爱能以真理的形式出现，与我们分享。这必须通过把一个内在的、天上的东西----祂的爱----变成一个外在的、属灵的形式----祂的真理来实现。只有通过天体的灵性，也就是伯利恒，才能实现这一点。
犹大
City of Judah,' as in Isaiah 40:9, signifies the doctrine of love towards the Lord and love towards our neighbor in its whole extent.
儿子
A child is a young boy or girl in the care of parents, older than a suckling or an infant, but not yet an adolescent....
妇女
'Women,' as in Genesis 45:19, signify the affections of truth. But in Genesis 31:50, 'women' signify affections of not genuine truth, so not 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...
七
The number 'seven' was considered holy, as is well known, because of the six days of creation, and the seventh, which is the celestial self,...
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...
怀
"Bosom" in general terms means the chest, but more as the seat of the emotions than simply as part of the body. You'd think of...
叫
'To proclaim' signifies exploration from influx of the Lord.
父亲
孕育或被孕育与出生的意义非常相似。它代表一种精神状态，通往下一个精神状态。然而，"Beget "一般与父亲的身份和男人在生育中的角色有关，而生孩子和生育则完全是女人的事情。这就导致了一些深层次的意义。因为男人典型地代表着真正的思想，女人代表着美好的情感，所以 "生养 "往往说明思想可以引导我们去做善事，而 "生养 "往往说明美好的情感可以引导我们去做真正的思想。但这是一条模糊的线，受语境影响，有时还受翻译问题的影响。 事实上，最著名的 "孕育"--耶稣作为上帝的 "独生子 "的地位--与这一模式背道而驰。上帝的本质是完美的、神圣的爱，以完美的、神圣的真理的形式表达出来。在 "孕育 "耶稣的时候，他把自己神圣的真理--他神圣的表现形式--以人的形式，以人的肉体，给了他自己神圣的真理。所以，这就是爱孕育了真理。
大卫
David is one of the most significant figures in the Bible. He was a musician, one of history’s greatest poets, the boy warrior who killed...
大卫的
David is one of the most significant figures in the Bible. He was a musician, one of history’s greatest poets, the boy warrior who killed...
