神
在《圣经》中，当文中提到耶和华的本质，即爱本身时，就称他为 "耶和华"。当文中提到爱的表达时，他被称为 "上帝"--《圣经》称之为神圣的真理。 对其他神的提法，无论是正面的还是负面的，都反映了这个意思。在积极的情况下--比如天使和人被称为神，或者主被称为神中之神--这些神代表着从主那里来的真实思想。在消极的情况下--比如当以色列人一再采用邻居的神时--那些神代表着错误和扭曲的思想，攻击善和真。
話
'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...
說
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...
耶和華
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...
埃及
在圣经中，埃及的意思是知识和爱知识。从好的意义上说，这意味着通过《圣经》从主那里获得真理的知识，但从自然的意义上说，它只是意味着要储存和占有的世俗知识。而且即使是来自圣经的知识也不一定是好的：如果我们学习它们的目的是使它们有用，那么它们就充满了天使的思想。但如果只是为了认识事物或为了学问的名声而学习它们，那它们就是。 所以，埃及是一个你去学习东西的地方，但要想成为天国，你就必须摆脱无菌的 "知"，前往迦南地，在那里，知识充满了内心对善的渴望。 有趣的是，当约瑟统治埃及时，埃及是他父亲和兄弟的天堂。这说明，当一个人的内在心灵在学问之地统治的时候，可以学到很多有用的东西。但最终出现了一个不认识约瑟的法老，以色列子民就被奴役了。法老代表着外在的心灵；当它掌管的时候，知道的兴奋和自满会使内在的心灵沦为一种奴役。心灵--就像以色列子民一样--最终会从外在的表象中制造出砖头，或人为的假象。
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。
下
In the Bible, things that are lower down, or under, physically, generally represent things that are lower or more external spiritually. In some cases, the...
水
Water was obviously of tremendous importance in Biblical times (and every other time). It is the basis of life, the essential ingredient in all drinks,...
父親
父亲在话语中的意思是指最里面的东西，在那些遵从主的命令的事情上，是指好的东西。在最高的意义上，父亲是指主自己，是创造者。在自然儿女的生成中，是父亲提供灵魂或最内在的生命容器，以及一种内在的遗传，母亲则提供灵魂用来形成身体的所有物质，再加上一种外在的遗传。在这个过程中，灵魂通过父亲来自主，而不是来自父亲，因为所有的生命都来自主。 聪明的人称主为他的父亲，称教会为他的母亲，因为他内心的爱来自主，但通过教会所教导的真理得到了形式和实际。那些因此而生出的东西，就是一个人属灵的 "儿女"。 在新约中，当谈到耶稣和天父的时候，指的是外在的表现，里面有神圣的本身作为灵魂。因为耶稣是由一个天然的母亲所生，所以他有一个天然的身体和天然的犹太人的遗传。在他的一生中，当他受到地狱的诱惑时，他慢慢地把他从母亲那里得来的一切，换成了他自己里面的东西，即天父。这样做，他使自己与他内心的父合而为一，所以他可以真正地说："我和我的父是一体的"。
兒子
'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...
三
The Writings talk about many aspects of life using the philosophical terms "end," "cause" and "effect." The "end" is someone’s goal or purpose, the ultimate...
愛
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...
誡命
命令是指下达必须做某事的命令，是针对个人或团体的。这是一种命令，而不是建议。 指挥可以有两种方式，或者是出于两种不同的动机。它常常出现在一个组织中，用来强行执行组织工作所必需的命令，如企业、政府或军队，它可以是合法的，或者在家庭中被父母用来维持家庭的秩序。但也可能被一个喜欢权力的人利用，在通过某种方式得到权力后，喜欢把自己的意志强加给别人，以获得私欲的满足。 所以一个动机是爱用，或爱善，另一个动机是为了爱自己，或爱财物。 主从他无限的爱出发，给了人类诫命，因为他就是秩序本身，他知道我们的幸福到永远取决于我们接受他的创造秩序，而这最终是唯一存在的秩序。
慈愛
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...
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...
耶和華的
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...
安息日
In Exodus 31:13, 'verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep,' signifies continuous holy thought about the union of the Lord’s divine with His human.
聖
'To sanctify' denotes being led by the Lord. 'To sanctify' denotes being incapable of being violated.
六
Like most numbers in the Bible, "six" can have various meanings depending on context, but has a couple that are primary. When used in relation...
工作
'Works,' as in Genesis 46:33, denote goods, because they are from the will, and anything from the will is either good or evil, but anything...
海
Water generally represents what Swedenborg calls “natural truth,” or true concepts about day-to-day matters and physical things. Since all water ultimately flows into the seas,...
給
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...
長
'Long' and thence to prolong, refer to good.
偷
In a natural sense, the commandment 'Thou shalt not steal,' in Exodus 20:15, means, according to the letter, not stealing, robbing, or committing piracy in...
房屋
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
屋
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
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...
驢
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.)
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...
打雷
When the Lord speaks through the heaven, it descends into the lower spheres and is heard as thunder. As He speaks through the whole of...
雷
When the Lord speaks through the heaven, it descends into the lower spheres and is heard as thunder. As He speaks through the whole of...
山
The Writings tell us that the Lord's love is the sun of heaven, and it is natural for us to look above ourselves to the...
摩西
Moses's name appears 814 times in the Bible (KJV), third-most of any one character (Jesus at 961 actually trails David at 991). He himself wrote...
我們
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,...
說話
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
聽
'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...
死
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
近
'Nigh' denotes truth in affinity with good.
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...
以色列人
'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...
銀
'Money' relates to truth.
金
黄金意味着善，正如黄金是古代人类已知的最珍贵的金属一样，它代表着最高级、最智慧的天使的善。这些天使首先是爱主的，因为他们爱主，所以他们的行为无时无刻不从爱出发。所以他们所做的事情都是从爱出发，或者像新教会的著作中常说的那样，他们的行为是 "爱的货物"。这就是黄金所代表的意义。 上帝一种下伊甸园，就在其中创造了一条河，以浇灌它。这条河流出去，分支为四条，所提到的第一条分支，就是比先，包含了"......哈维拉地，那里有金子......金子......是好的"。另一个提到金子的地方是在出埃及记中，主告诉摩西如何建造会幕。如果你留心的话，你会看到在会幕里面主要看到的是金子，墙上的木板都是用金子覆盖的，所有的家具都是木头完全用金子覆盖的，或者是用纯金做成的。那么在话语的最后，圣城从神那里降下来，它是用金子做的，"金子像不透明的玻璃 "好的爱，可以清楚的完全明白。而且它有它的河。这是主的应许，我们可以进入类似伊甸园的状态，只要我们跟随祂，使我们对祂产生爱，并从爱中行动。
壇
圣经中提到的第一个祭坛是挪亚从方舟中出来后所建造的。在那祭坛上，他把洁净的动物献给了耶和华。山代表着耶和华，因为山是高高在上，我们在与主 "说话 "的时候，必须把自己的思想抬高到属世的事物之上。祭坛是一座小小的人造山，但当用在敬拜的时候，就能唤起这种思想的升起，火和烟被送上来，象征性地送上主。祭坛大多是用未切割的石头做成的。石头代表真理，未被人塑造的石头代表真理，未被人塑造的石头代表来自于道的真理，未被掺杂的真理。清净的兽代表着善事，代表着因为正确而做的慈善行为，而清净的鸟代表着对教义和行为的思考，代表着什么是正确的。所以呈现这些东西，就是承认我们从主那里得到了这些东西，并为这些东西感谢祂。 在以色列人的会幕中，燔祭坛代表善的承认，香坛代表真理。因此，这个大一点的祭坛在门外，是用黄铜做的，代表自然的善，而香坛是用金子做的，代表对耶和华的爱，从耶和华那里来的是真理。
羊
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...
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...
石
Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in...
石頭
Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in...
建築
在圣经中，"建立 "其实有两个意思。当一个东西第一次被建造的时候，或者说是最典型的意义上的建造，它的意思是收集相对外在的思想，建立起一个教义体系--从某种意义上说，这是一个你可以使用或居住的结构。不过，在其他情况下，"建立 "是指已经被破坏的东西。例如，从战斗中留下的废墟，可以重新建造。在这些情况下，"建造 "指的是去除我们对邪恶的欲望，这样我们就可以开始一个新的灵性成长阶段。在这些情况下，"建立 "常常与 "兴起 "一起使用，意思是在同一过程中去除错误的思维方式。
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