HERREN
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...
talade
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
Mose
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...
Se
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...
Son
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....
Juda
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.
stam
'A tribe' signifies the church with respect to its truths and goods, and in the opposite sense, with respect to its falsities and evils. 'A...
Guds
Herren är själv kärlek, uttryckt i form av visdom i sig. Kärlek är alltså Hans väsen, Hans inre. Vishet - den kärleksfulla förståelsen för hur...
guld
'Money' relates to truth.
silver
'Money' relates to truth.
koppar
Brass and iron as in Isaiah 48:4 and Daniel 7:19 signify what is hard.
stenar
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...
trä
'Wood' signifies good, as well the good of love to the Lord as the good of charity towards our neighbor.
Oholiab
Aholiab, as in Exodus 31:6, signifies those who are in the good and truth of faith, like the first or lowest heavens
uppenbarelsetältet
'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...
ark
Det finns tre bågar som nämns i Ordet, Noas ark, bulkarken för barnet Mose och förbundets ark i tabernaklet. Alla dessa tre representerar det mänskliga...
bordet
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...
ljusstaken
(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.
Kläder
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...
Arons
Aron var Mose bror. Han symboliserar två saker, en under den första delen av utflykten, när han var Moses talesman, och en annan efter att...
heliga
The Bible describes many things as being holy, or sacred. The Ark of the Covenant is one very holy object. The inmost chamber of the...
tala
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
Israels
'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...
barn
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....
sabbater
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.
hålla
"Keeping" in the Bible generally has to do with controlling the actual actions of life, though in some cases it can mean holding something away...
tecken
'A token,' as in Genesis 9:12, 13, 17, signifies causing it to be.
släkte
To “generate” something is to create it, and that idea underpins the meaning of a “generation” of people – it is a group that was...
helig
The Bible describes many things as being holy, or sacred. The Ark of the Covenant is one very holy object. The inmost chamber of the...
arbete
'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...
sex
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...
dagar
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...
evigt
In many cases, the use of “eternity” in the Bible is pretty literal, simple meaning forever. This is especially true when the text is referring...
jord
"Jorden" i Bibeln kan betyda en person eller en grupp likasinnade människor som i en kyrka. Men det hänvisar specifikt till det yttre i personens...
himmel
"Luft" i Bibeln representerar tankar, men på ett mycket allmänt sätt - mer som vår förmåga att uppfatta idéer och hur vi tenderar att tänka,...
Sinai
'Mount Sinai,' as in Exodus 19:1, signifies, in the highest sense, divine truth from divine good. 'Mount' means divine good, and 'Sinai,' divine truth, and...
berg
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...
två
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...
sten
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...
Gud
Herren är själv kärlek, uttryckt i form av visdom i sig. Kärlek är alltså Hans väsen, Hans inre. Vishet - den kärleksfulla förståelsen för hur...
finger
The ten fingers signify all things terminated in ultimates.
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