四角
'Square' signifies righteousness.
角
'A horn,' when spoken of the Lord, signifies omnipotence. 'The little horn that rose up,' as mentioned in Daniel 7:3-8, signifies the full perversion of...
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...
下に
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...
祭壇
御言葉に記されている最初の祭壇は、ノアが箱舟から出てきた後、ノアが建てたものです。その祭壇で、きれいな動物を主のために犠牲にしました。山は高いところにあるので、主を象徴し、私たちが主と「話す」ときには、この世のものよりも思考を高めなければなりません。祭壇は小さな人工的な山ですが、礼拝に使われると、この思考の高揚を思い起こさせ、火と煙を上げて、象徴的に主に送ることができます。祭壇の多くは、切り立っていない石で作られています。石は真理を表し、人の手によって形作られていない石は、御言葉の真理、汚されていない真理を表します。きれいな獣は善いこと、正しいからこそ行う慈善的な行為を表し、きれいな鳥は教義と行動、何が正しいかについての考えを表しています。ですから、これらのことを提示するということは、私たちが主からそれらをもらったことを認め、主に感謝することなのです。 イスラエルの幕屋では，焼燔の供え物の祭壇は善の承認を表し，香の祭壇は真理の承認を表していました。そのため、扉の外にあったこの大きな祭壇は、自然の善を意味する真鍮で作られ、線香の祭壇は真理から来る主への愛を意味する金で作られていました。
山
'Hills' signify the good of charity.
北
'North' signifies people who are in obscurity regarding truth. North,' in Isaiah 14:31, signifies hell. The North,' as in Jeremiah 3:12, signifies people who are...
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...
側
'Side' signifies good or spiritual love.
十五
Fifteen, as in Genesis 7:20, signifies so few as to be scarce anything.
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...
門
"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...
青
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...
二十
'Twenty,' when referring to a quantity, signifies everything or fullness, because it is ten twice. 'Twenty,' as in Genesis 18:31, like all numbers occurring in...
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...
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...
銀
'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,...
長さ
'Length' symbolizes goodness, here, the goodness of the church, for the same reason that 'breadth' symbolizes truth. This is because 'length means the sweep of...
百
It's a landmark for a young child to count to 100; it sort of covers all the "ordinary" numbers. One hundred is obviously significant for...
五十
God rested on the seventh day of creation. That represents a state of holiness and tranquility that was preserved in the form of the sabbath....
五
Five also signifies all things of one part.
高さ
'Height' signifies the good and truth of the church in every degree.
油
Oil – typically olive oil – was an extremely important product in Biblical times, for food preparation, medicinal ointment and for burning in lamps. As...
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....
幕屋
'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...
前
ほとんどの場合、"before "の意味は簡単です。相対的な時間を評価する方法としても、"誰かの前で "という意味でも、"before "は使われます。しかし，主に関連して使われる場合には，より深い意味を持ちます。主の前に」いるということは、主の前にいるだけでなく、主から善の欲求と真理の理解を受けて、それに従って生きることを意味します。そして、主に関連して時間の評価として使われる場合、「前に」とは「永遠に」という意味であり、私たちが経験する時間ではなく、霊的な状態を指します。
朝
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
主の
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...
主
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...
イスラエルの
'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...
イスラエル
'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...
