Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones -- and ultimately from the Lord, who is in a sense the most internal spiritual level of all. This is generally called "influx" and "perception" in the Writings, meaning they are thoughts and feelings that flow in in a complete way from the Lord, rather than being things we have to think about and figure out. On a number of occasions "speak" and "say" are used together; in these cases "speak" refers more to intellectual instruction in matters of thought and "say" refers more to feelings and affections that flow in directly.

1530. 这一事实通过圣言可证明给所有人, 如当主显现给彼得, 雅各和约翰时, 因为那时祂脸面明亮如日头, 衣裳洁白如光 (马太福音 17:2). 祂以这样的方式向他们显现, 唯一的原因是, 他们的内在视觉已被打开. 先知书同样证实了这一点, 如以赛亚书中论及主在天堂的王国时说:

月光必像日光, 日光必加七倍, 像七日的光一样. (以赛亚书 30:26)

启示录中论及被称为新耶路撒冷的主的国度时说:

那城内又不用日月光照, 因有神的荣耀光照, 又有羔羊为城的灯. (启示录 21:23)

又:

不再有黑夜, 他们也不用灯光, 日光, 因为主神要光照他们. (启示录 22:5)

此外, 当主显现给摩西, 亚伦, 拿答, 亚比户, 并七十个长老时, 经上说 “他们看见以色列的神, 祂脚下仿佛有平铺的蓝宝石, 明净如天” (出埃及记 24:10). 由于主的属天, 属灵之物在天使的外在视觉前显为太阳和月亮, 故在圣言中, “太阳或日头” 表属天之物, “月亮” 则表属灵之物.