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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...
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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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As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
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Egyptians represent those who are in natural science, thus the natural, but the Hebrews, those who are of the church, thus respectively the spiritual. The...
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'Reuben,' in the highest sense, signifies omniscience. In a spiritual sense, he signifies wisdom, intelligence, science, and faith. In a natural sense, he signifies sight....
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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.
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Issachar,' in the highest sense, signifies the divine good of truth, and truth of good. In a spiritual sense, he signifies celestial conjugial love, which...
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Also, Benjamin signifies the Word in its ultimate sense (Deut. 33:12)
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'Naphtali' in a supreme sense, signifies the proper power of the Lord’s divine human. In a spiritual sense, he signifies temptation and victory and a...
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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...
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Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
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'To satiate' relates to the extent of a person's will, for good or evil.
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The human mind is composed of two parts, a will and an understanding, a seat of loves and affections, and a seat of wisdom and...
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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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The symbolic meaning of "seeing" is "understanding," which is obvious enough that it has become part of common language (think about it; you might see...
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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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Angels do give us guidance, but they are mere helpers; the Lord alone governs us, through angels and spirits. Since angels have their assisting role,...
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War in the Word represents the combat of temptation when what is good is assaulted by what is evil or false. The evil that attacks...
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'Taskmasters' denote falsities which bind people in slavery.
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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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Cities of the mountain and cities of the plain (Jeremiah 33:13) signify doctrines of charity and faith.
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'Pharaoh' signifies scientific ideas, or the natural principle in general. 'Pharaoh' signifies false ideas infesting the truth of the church. Pharaoh,' in Genesis 40, represents...
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Egyptians represent those who are in natural science, thus the natural, but the Hebrews, those who are of the church, thus respectively the spiritual. The...
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'Lives' is used in the plural, because of the will and understanding, and because these two lives make one.
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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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'A midwife,' as in Genesis 26, signifies the natural level. Midwives,' as in Exodus 1:15-21, signify receptions of truth in the natural principle.
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The term 'Hebrew' is used in the Word to signify anything relating to service, whatever its nature may be. Hence Abraham, in one passage only...
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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...
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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 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...
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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....
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When the Bible speaks of "Jehovah," it is representing love itself, the inmost love that is the essence of the Lord. That divine love is...
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The word "woman" is used a number of different ways in the Bible – as a simple description, as someone connected to a man ("his...
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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....
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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....
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