属天的奥秘 # 424
424. “匠人” 在圣言中表聪明智慧, 有知识的人, 这里的 “铜铁匠人” 表那些拥有属世良善与真理之人. 如启示录:
巴比伦大城必这样猛力地被扔下去, 决不能再见; 琴师, 乐人, 笛手, 号手的声音, 在你中间决不能再听见. 各手艺的匠人在你中间决不能再遇见. (启示录 18:21, 22)
“琴师” 同上, 仍表真理, “号手” 表信之善. “各手艺的匠人” 表拥有知识, 即记忆层面的真理与良善之人. 以赛亚书:
偶像是匠人铸造, 银匠用金包裹, 为它铸造银链. 为自己寻找巧匠, 立起不能摇动的偶像. (以赛亚书 40:19-20)
这说的是那些出于妄想为自己制造虚假, 也就是 “偶像”, 并以貌似为真的方式教导它的人. 耶利米书∶
他们既愚昧又迷糊; 空虚的教义只是个木头; 银子打成片, 从他施带来, 也有从乌法运来的金子; 是匠人和金匠手作的产品; 它们穿着蓝色和紫色的衣服; 全都是巧匠的作品. (耶利米书 10:3, 8, 9)
这些话的意思是, 教导虚假者从圣言搜集资料来捏造自己的发明, 因此它称为 “空虚的教义” 和 “巧匠的作品”. 在古时, 这种人以铸造偶像 (即虚假) 的匠人来表示, 他们用金 (假善), 银 (假真理), 蓝衣 (看似一致的属世事物) 装饰这偶像 (即虚假).
King
![{{en|Meeting of three kings in Potsdam and Charlottenburg, 1709. Frederick I. in Prussia -- August II. (the Strong), King of Poland and Elector of Saxony -- Frederick IV. of Denmark {{de|Treffen der drei Könige in Potsdam und Charlottenburg, 1709. Friedrich I. in Preußen -- August II. (der Starke), König von Polen und Kurfürst von Sachsen -- Friedrich IV. von Dänemark Meeting of three kings in Potsdam and Charlottenburg, 1709, by Samuel Theodor Gericke](/bundles/ncbsw/media/Konigstreffen_1709.webp)
In Genesis 14:1, kings signify apparent goods and truths having the upper hand. In the next verse, they stand for the dominant evils and falsities against which the Lord fought as he passed He grew up on Earth.
In Genesis 14:3, we see that these evils and falsities were unclean; and in Genesis 14:4, that they burst forth later. (Arcana Coelestia 1661-1664).
In Genesis 14:14-15, this signifies that the Lord gained victory over them the evils represented earlier in the chapter. (Arcana Coelestia 1711-1715)
In Isaiah 33:17, a king signifies seeing genuine truth. (Apocalypse Explained 304[31])
In Revelation 9:11, a king signifies one who is in truth from an affection for what is good, and abstractly that truth itself -- here, in the opposite sense. (Apocalypse Revealed 440)