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The first altar mentioned in the Word was built by Noah after he came out of the ark. On that altar, he sacrificed clean animals...
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'Wood' signifies good, as well the good of love to the Lord as the good of charity towards our neighbor.
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'Long' and thence to prolong, refer to good.
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Five also signifies all things of one part.
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'Square' signifies righteousness.
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'Height' signifies what is inward, and also heaven.
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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...
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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...
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Brass and iron as in Isaiah 48:4 and Daniel 7:19 signify what is hard.
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There is an interesting relationship between facts and truth. It's necessary to have facts if we want to know the truth, but facts on their...
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Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving...
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In the Bible, things that are lower down, or under, physically, generally represent things that are lower or more external spiritually. In some cases, the...
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'Hills' signify the good of charity.
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'Side' signifies good or spiritual love.
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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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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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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...
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'Twenty,' when referring to a quantity, signifies everything, or fullness, because it is ten twice. In Genesis 18:31, 'twenty', like all numbers occurring in the...
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'Money' relates to truth.
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'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,...
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'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...
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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....
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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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Fifteen, as in Genesis 7:20, signifies so few as to be scarce anything.
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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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'Scarlet,' as in Isaiah 1:18, signifies truth derived from good, or truth from a celestial origin, such as is the truth of the Word in...
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'Scarlet,' as in Isaiah 1:18, signifies truth derived from good, or truth from a celestial origin, such as is the truth of the Word in...
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'Meat,' as in Genesis 40:17, signifies celestial good, because 'the meat of the angels' are nothing but the goods of love and charity, which not...
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'Needlework,' as in Exodus 26:36, signifies the scientific principle.
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'A peg' denotes the conjoining and strengthening principles.
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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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Oil – typically olive oil – was an extremely important product in Biblical times, for food preparation, medicinal ointment and for burning in lamps. As...
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'An olive,' as in Isaiah 17:6, signifies celestial remains. 'An olive' signifies love and charity, because 'the olive tree' signifies the celestial church, and so...
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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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Aaron was the brother of Moses. He symbolizes two things, at different stages of the story. During the first part of the exodus, when he...
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'A son,' as in Genesis 5:28, signifies the rise of a new church. 'Son,' as in Genesis 24:3, signifies the Lord’s rationality regarding good. 'A...
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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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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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Since the light and warmth of the sun represent the Lord’s wisdom and love, it makes sense that evening, a time when the light and...
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