蓝色
Blue and purple signify celestial goods and truths, and scarlet double-dyed and fine-twined linen, spiritual goods and truths. (Exod. 28:33.) Blue and purple from the...
紫色
'Purple' corresponds to divine celestial good. 'Purple' signifies genuine good.
红色
'Scarlet,' as in Isaiah 1:18, signifies truth derived from good, or truth from a celestial origin, such as is the truth of the Word in...
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...
圣
'Sanctuary' signifies the truth of heaven and the church. 'Sanctuary,' as in Ezekiel 24:21, signifies the Word.
亚伦
Aaron was the brother of Moses. He symbolizes two things, one during the first part of the exodus, when he was Moses' spokesperson, and another...
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...
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...
摩西的
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...
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...
肩
'The shoulder' signifies all power. 'The shoulder,' as in Ezekiel 29:7, signifies the power or faculty of understanding truth. 'To dwell between his shoulders,' as...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
纪念
'For a sign and for a memorial,' denotes that a thing should be perpetually remembered.
四方
'Square' signifies righteousness.
长
'Long' and thence to prolong, refer to good.
四
The number "four" in the Bible represents things being linked together or joined. This is partly because four is two times two, and two represents...
一
A company might have executives setting policy and strategy, engineers designing products, line workers building them, managers handling personnel and others handling various functions. They...
蓝宝石
Emerald, purple, broidered-work, fine linen, coral, and agate (Ezek. 27:16), signify the knowledges of good.
第三
'Three' denotes fullness, and 'a third,' not full.
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...
玛瑙
An agate, one of the precious stones in Aaron's breastplate, signifies the spiritual love of good (Exodus 28:19).
第四
The number "four" in the Bible represents things being linked together or joined. This is partly because four is two times two, and two represents...
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...
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...
环
In Genesis 41:42 and Luke 16:22, 'to give a ring' signifies something that confirms power.
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...
织工
'Woven,' as in Exodus 28:32, signifies the celestial degree, or what relates to the will, because the will flows into the understanding and forms it.
口
In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason...
石榴
'Pomegranates,' as in Exodus 28:34, signify the scientific ideas of good and truth, which are doctrinal matters from the Word in the memory, which is...
中间
The "midst" of something in the Bible represents the thing that is most central and most important to the spiritual state being described, the motivation...
麻布
Linen' signifies genuine truth.
头巾
'A turban' signifies intelligence of truth.
绣花
'Needlework,' as in Exodus 26:36, signifies the scientific principle.
会幕
'The tabernacle' has almost the same meaning as 'temple,' that is, in the highest sense, the Lord’s divine humanity, and in a relative sense, heaven...
柱
A pillar of a cloud by day,' and 'a pillar of fire by night,' as in Exodus 8:21, signifies a state of illustration which is...
带
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “bring” is highly dependent on context, but in general it represents an introduction to a new...
羊
'A ram' signifies the Lord’s divine spiritual nature pertaining to a person. 'A ram' signifies the good of innocence and charity in the internal self....
羊皮
'Skin' corresponds to truth or to falsity in the extremes. 'The skin,' as relates to the grand human, means the natural self. There are spirits...
皮
'Skin' corresponds to truth or to falsity in the extremes. 'The skin,' as relates to the grand human, means the natural self. There are spirits...
桌子
Food and drink in the Bible represent the desire to be loving and the understanding of how to be loving, gifts that flow from the...
灯
(Luke 15:8.) By the woman lighting a candle to find the piece of silver she had lost, is signified inquisition in herself from affection.
油
Oil – typically olive oil – was an extremely important product in Biblical times, for food preparation, medicinal ointment and for burning in lamps. As...
坛
The first altar mentioned in the Word was built by Noah after he came out of the ark. On that altar, he sacrificed clean animals...
香
Fragrant signifies the truth of good.
门
In a general sense, doors in the Bible represent the initial desires for good and concepts of truth that introduce people to new levels of...
祭司
Priests' represent the Lord regarding His divine good. When they do not acknowledge the Lord, they lose their signification of the Lord.
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...
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...
