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'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...
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'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...
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'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...
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A ‘virgin’ in the Word means those who are in the Lord’s kingdom. –Secrets of Heaven 3081...
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Like other common verbs, the meaning of "fall" is highly dependent on context in regular language, and is highly dependent on context in a spiritual...
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Like other common verbs, the meaning of "fall" is highly dependent on context in regular language, and is highly dependent on context in a spiritual...
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It is common in the Bible for people to "rise up," and it would be easy to pass over the phrase as simply describing a...
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For something to “fail” in the Bible means there is not enough understanding of truth and desire for good for someone to attain a higher...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Cities of the mountain and cities of the plain (Jeremiah 33:13) signify doctrines of charity and faith.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The meaning of "to seek" in the Bible is pretty straightforward, but there is a bit of nuance: Swedenborg tells us that in most cases...
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The meaning of "to seek" in the Bible is pretty straightforward, but there is a bit of nuance: Swedenborg tells us that in most cases...
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Gilgal signifies the doctrine of natural truth, serving for introduction into the church.
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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...
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When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process...
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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...
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He is said to be 'just' in a spiritual sense, who lives according to divine laws. They on the right hand being called 'just,' as...
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'Justice' signifies both good and truth.
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The word "righteous" has taken on a bit of negative shading in modern language. That may be because we hear it most often as part...
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Is there any difference in meaning between “earth” and “ground”? At first it doesn’t seem so; both refer to the soil making up the land...
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Swedenborg says that the Lord is the sun of heaven, and like the natural sun of our world shines on everyone, good or evil. What...
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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...
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The sun in the Bible represents the Lord, with its heat representing His love and its light representing His wisdom. “Daytime,” then, represents a state...
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The sun in the Bible represents the Lord, with its heat representing His love and its light representing His wisdom. “Daytime,” then, represents a state...
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To call someone or summon someone in the Bible represents a desire for conjunction between higher and lower states of life. For instance, imagine someone...
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'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities. 'Waters' signify particularly the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual...
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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,...
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All changes of place in the Bible represent changes in spiritual state. “Entering” – usually used as entering someone’s house or “going in unto” someone...
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Fortifications denote truths so far as they defend good. Fortifications signify defense against falsities and evils.
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Fortifications denote truths so far as they defend good. Fortifications signify defense against falsities and evils.
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If you truly hate someone, that means you would kill them and destroy their reputation if you could do so without repercussion – not a...
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"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...
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Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
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To build something generally means to put together a variety of simpler pieces to make a useful and more complex structure, as to build a...
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Food in the Bible represents the desire for good, and water and other drinks represent the understanding and true ideas we need to recognize what...
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Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
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Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
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In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
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In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
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In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
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Intellectual things – ideas, knowledge, facts, even insight and understanding – are more separate and free-standing than emotional things, and it’s easier to imagine numbering...
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Time is an aspect of the physical world, but according to Swedenborg is not an aspect of the spiritual world. The same is true of...
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'Wickedness' signifies evil, and 'iniquity' signifies falsities.
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It seems rather circular to say that “good” in the Bible represents good, but in a general sense it’s true! The case is this: The...
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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...
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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...
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The phrase 'in the streets and synagogues' in Matthew 6:2, 5, and Luke 8:26-27, refers to a representative rite amongst the Jews to teach in...
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'A skilled man' relates to the affection of truth, or people who have an affection for truth. Man has the affection of truth when he...
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In the ancient and Jewish churches, 'songs' were prophesies about the Lord, especially His coming in the world, subjugation of the diabolical spirits, and liberation...
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'To pass,' as in Genesis 31:52, signifies flowing in. 'To pass the night,' as in Genesis 24:54, signifies having peace. 'To pass through,' as in...
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'To pass,' as in Genesis 31:52, signifies flowing in. 'To pass the night,' as in Genesis 24:54, signifies having peace. 'To pass through,' as in...
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"Darkness" is a state without light. "Light" is truth from the Lord, so "darkness" represents a state where truth is lacking. Here's a cogent passage...
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"Darkness" is a state without light. "Light" is truth from the Lord, so "darkness" represents a state where truth is lacking. Here's a cogent passage...
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Flight, as in Matthew 14:20, signifies removal from a state of the good of love and innocence. Flight, as in Mark 8:18, signifies the last...
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'A lion' signifies the good of celestial love and the truth from that good.
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Bears represent the power of the literal external stories and ideas of Bible, separate from their deeper meanings. Since they are wild carnivores, this is...
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Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
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'A wall' signifies truth in outer extremes. 'A wall,' as in Revelation 21, signifies the divine truth proceeding from the Lord, and so, the truth...
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'The bite of a snake' or 'serpent,' as in Amos. 5:19, signifies falsification of the Word, from the interior dominion of falsity from evil.
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'To loathe' denotes aversion.
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We tend to think of "despising" something or someone as just a strong way of expressing dislike, but there is a further shade of meaning...
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We tend to think of "despising" something or someone as just a strong way of expressing dislike, but there is a further shade of meaning...
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Fatlings signify celestial goods and the affections thereof, and the delights of those affections. Fatlings of Bashan, as in Ezekiel 39:11, signify goods of the...
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Fatlings signify celestial goods and the affections thereof, and the delights of those affections. Fatlings of Bashan, as in Ezekiel 39:11, signify goods of the...
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Fatlings signify celestial goods and the affections thereof, and the delights of those affections. Fatlings of Bashan, as in Ezekiel 39:11, signify goods of the...
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'Psalteries' correspond to spiritual good.
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'Psalteries' correspond to spiritual good.
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A 'stream' signifies aspects of intelligence.
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'Forty' means completeness because 'four' means what is complete, as does 'ten.' Forty is the product of four and ten. Compound numbers have a meaning...
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'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...
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Damascus and Aroer (Isaiah 17:1, 2) signify the knowledges of truth and good. See Eliezer of Damascus.
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