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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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Canaan signifies a worship in things external without internals, which arose out of the internal church corrupted, called Ham. Thus it is that Ham is...
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Priests' represent the Lord regarding His divine good. When they do not acknowledge the Lord, they lose their signification of the Lord.
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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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The head is the part of us that is highest, which means in a representative sense that it is what is closest to the Lord....
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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...
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In Biblical times, possessions passed from fathers to sons, a patriarchal system that would not be accepted in today's society – but one that is...
เก้า
'Nine' signifies conjunction.
ครึ่ง
Half and double in reference to numbers in the world have a similar signification as the numbers themselves.
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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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To command is to give an order that something must be done, and is directed to an individual, or a group. It is an imperative,...
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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...
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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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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...
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The river Jordan separates the land of Canaan from the lands to the east. This separation represents the division of the human mind into an internal...
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The river Jordan separates the land of Canaan from the lands to the east. This separation represents the division of the human mind into an internal...
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'Manasseh' signifies the will of the spiritual church.
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Ephraim was the second son born to Joseph in Egypt and was, along with his older brother Manasseh, elevated by Jacob to the same status...
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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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Inhabitants,' in Isaiah 26:9, signify the men of the church who are in good of doctrine, and thence in the good of life.
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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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Animals in the Bible generally refer to spiritual activity, the things we actually do on a spiritual level. "Cattle," as typically used in the Bible,...
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Generally in the Bible a "country" means a political subdivision ruled by a king, or sometimes a tribe with a territory ruled by a king...
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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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Gilgal signifies the doctrine of natural truth, serving for introduction into the church.
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Caleb, In Numbers 14:24, represents those who are introduced into the church, and, accordingly, his seed signifies the truth of the doctrine of the church.
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The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
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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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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 "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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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...
เจ้า
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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“Servant” literally means “a person who serves another,"" and its meaning is similar in reference to the spiritual meaninngs of the Bible. Our lives in...
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'Spies,' as in Genesis 42:9, denote people who learn the church's truth only for gain.
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'To view' denotes thinking.
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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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Brethren (Gen. 27:29) signify the affections of good.
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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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'To sware' is a binding.
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Our feet are the lowest parts of our bodies, and they're very useful! In the Bible, feet represent the lowest and most utilitarian part of...
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Fifteen, as in Genesis 7:20, signifies so few as to be scarce anything.
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Five also signifies all things of one part.
เดิน
To walk in the Bible represents living, and usually means living according to the true things taught to us by the Lord -- to "walk...
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Swedenborg tells us that 80, like 40, can represent a state of temptation, when we face and battle our desires for evil – and that...
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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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Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
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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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The Lord is perfect love expressed as perfect wisdom. He created us so that He could love us, could give us love and wisdom of...
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The Lord is perfect love expressed as perfect wisdom. He created us so that He could love us, could give us love and wisdom of...
ชื่อ
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...