después
Según Swedenborg, el tiempo y el espacio no existen en la realidad espiritual; son cosas puramente naturales que sólo existen en el plano físico. Esto...
Dios
El Señor es el amor mismo, expresado en la forma de la sabiduría misma. El amor, entonces, es su esencia, su interior. La sabiduría -...
Abraham
Abraham (o Abram, como se le llama al principio de su historia) es uno de los principales personajes de la historia de las sagradas escrituras....
dijo
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...
Hijo
Swedenborg tells us that space and time in the physical world correspond to states of life in the spiritual world. So when the Bible talks...
Isaac
'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...
Tierra
"Tierra" en la Biblia puede significar una persona o un grupo de personas con ideas afines como en una iglesia. Pero se refiere específicamente a...
uno
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...
montes
'Hills' signify the good of charity.
Mañana
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
asno
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.)
dos
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...
Día
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...
ojos
It’s common to say “I see” when we understand something. And indeed, “seeing” in the Bible represents grasping and understanding spiritual things. So it makes...
muchacho
"Youths" or "Young men" generally represent intelligence or the understanding of truth. This is fitting, since adolescent boys tend to be more advanced intellectually than...
mano
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
fuego
Just as natural fire can be both comforting in keeping you warm or scary in burning down your house, so fire in the spiritual sense...
Cuchillo
'A knife' used for sacrifices denotes the truth of faith.
ambos
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...
habló
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
padre
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...
altar
El primer altar mencionado en la Palabra fue construido por Noé después de salir del arca. En ese altar, sacrificó animales limpios al Señor. Las...
ángel
'A messenger' signifies communication.
Jehová
The Bible refers to the Lord in many different ways, which from the text seem indistinguishable and interchangeable. Understood in the internal sense, though, there...
del cielo
El "aire" en la Biblia representa el pensamiento, pero de una manera muy general - más como nuestra capacidad de percibir ideas y la forma...
cielo
El "aire" en la Biblia representa el pensamiento, pero de una manera muy general - más como nuestra capacidad de percibir ideas y la forma...
carnero
'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....
cuernos
'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...
nombre
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...
dice
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...
hoy
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...
monte
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...
jurado
The Lord swearing by himself signifies that divine truth testifies, for He is divine truth itself, and this testifies from itself and means itself. It...
simiente
'A seed' signifies love, and everyone who has love, as in Genesis 12:7. 8:15, 16. 'A seed' signifies faith grounded in charity. 'A seed' signifies...
estrellas
'Stars' signify the knowledge of truth and good. 'Stars' are frequently mentioned in the Word, and always signify goods and truths, but in an opposite...
arena
'Sand,' as in Matthew 7:27, signifies faith separate from charity.
mar
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,...
puertas
"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...
Enemigos
An enemy in the Bible refers to people who are in the love of evil and the false thinking that springs from evil. On a...
la tierra
"Tierra" en la Biblia puede significar una persona o un grupo de personas con ideas afines como en una iglesia. Pero se refiere específicamente a...
voz
'Voice' signifies what is announced from the Word. 'Voice' often refers and is applied to things that cannot have a voice, as in Exodus 4,...
habitó
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...
hijos
Swedenborg tells us that space and time in the physical world correspond to states of life in the spiritual world. So when the Bible talks...
Nachôr
'Nahor,' as in Genesis 22:20, signifies the Lord’s church among the Gentiles.
Hermano
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...
Huz
'Huz' denotes various religious principles and worship.
Primogénito
When the Bible talks about generations or birth order, the internal meaning has to do with the progression of spiritual states and their relative importance....
Kemuel
'Kemuel' denotes various religious principles and worship.
aram
'Syria,' as in Ezekiel 27:16, signifies the church regarding knowledges of truth and good.
Jidlaph
Jidlaph' signifies various religious principles and kind of worship.
bethuel
Bethuel (Gen. 24), signifies the origin of the affection of good.
engendró
Engendrar o ser engendrado es muy similar al nacimiento: Representa un estado espiritual que conduce al siguiente estado espiritual. "Engendrar", sin embargo, está generalmente ligado...
rebeca
'Rebecca,' as in Genesis 24, signifies divine truth which would be joined to divine good of the Lord’s rational mind, which is 'Isaac.'
ocho
According to Swedenborg, the number eight represents something that is complete within itself, in every respect. Two reasons are offered for this. First, eight is...
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