6419. “女儿啊, 她爬到墙上” 表出去与虚假争战。这从 “女儿” 和 “爬到墙上” 的含义清楚可知: “女儿” 是指教会 (参看2362, 3963节), 在此是指属灵教会, 因为该教会是此处所论述的主题; “爬到墙上” 是指出去与虚假争战, 这从接下来的话明显可知: “弓箭手苦害他, 向他射箭, 仇恨他。约瑟要坐在他弓的力量里”, 以此表示虚假与真理的争战。

经上之所以说 “爬到墙上”, 是因为就内义而言, 所论述的主题是虚假向真理发起的攻击, 以及真理抵挡虚假的保护; 事实上, “约瑟” 所代表的属灵教会不断受到攻击, 但主不断保护它。这解释了为何在圣言中, 属该教会的一切都被比作一座城, 这城有墙、外郭、城门和门闩; 向该城所发起的攻击描述了虚假向真理所发起的攻击。也正因如此, “城” 表示教义事物 (402, 2268, 2449, 2712, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493节), “城墙” 表示用来保卫它的信之真理, 在反面意义上则表示用来摧毁的虚假。“墙” 表示用来保卫的信之真理, 这一点可见于以赛亚书:

我们有坚固的城。耶和华要将救恩定为城墙、为外郭。敞开城门, 使守信的义族得以进入。(以赛亚书 26:1)

又:

你必称你的墙为拯救, 称你的门为赞美。(以赛亚书 60:18)

又:

看哪！我将你铭刻在我上; 你的墙垣常在我面前。(以赛亚书 49:16)

“墙” 表示信之真理。又:

耶路撒冷啊, 我在你城墙上设立守望者, 他们终日终夜必不静默, 不停呼吁耶和华。(以赛亚书 62:6)

此处意思也一样。耶利米书:

万军之耶和华如此说, 我要使你们在城墙外与围困你们的巴比伦王打仗所用的战器转回来。我要用伸出来的手亲自攻击你们。(耶利米书 21:4, 5)

又:

耶和华定意拆毁锡安女子的城墙; 祂使外郭和城墙悲哀; 一同衰败。她的门, 都陷入地内; 主将她的门闩毁坏折断。(耶利米哀歌 2:8, 9)

以西结书:

亚发人和你的军队都在你四围的墙上, 你的塔楼也有歌玛底人。他们将盾牌悬挂在你四围的墙上, 使你的美丽完全。(以西结书 27:11)

这论及推罗, 推罗表示良善与真理的认知或知识。

“城” 和 “城墙” 表示这类事物, 这一点从对约翰所看见的从天而降的圣耶路撒冷的描述非常明显地看出来。从这段描述的每个细节明显可知, 该城表示一个新教会; 它的 “城墙” 表示从主发出的神性真理。启示录对此城的描述如下:

从天而降的圣耶路撒冷有高大的墙, 有十二个门。城墙有十二根基, 根基上有羔羊十二使徒的名字。对我说话的, 要量那城和城门、城墙。城墙, 按着人的尺寸, 就是天使的尺寸, 共有一百四十四肘。墙的构造是碧玉的, 城是精金的, 如同明净的玻璃。城墙的根基是用各样宝石修饰的。(启示录 21:10-19)

“城墙” 是指从主发出的神性真理, 由此表示出于仁之良善的信之真理。这一事实从这段描述中所提到的关于 “城墙” 的每个细节明显看出来, 如: “城墙有十二根基, 根基上有羔羊十二使徒的名字”, 因为 “十二” 表示全部 (参看3272, 3858, 3913节); “城墙” 及其 “根基” 表示信之真理, “十二使徒” 所表相同 (3488, 3858, 6397节); 以及 “城墙共有一百四十四肘”, “一百四十四” 这个数字与 “十二” 所表相同, 即都表示全部, 因为它是十二与十二的乘积。由于这个数字在论及城墙时表示信的全部真理与良善, 故经上补充说 “城墙, 按着人的尺寸, 就是天使的尺寸”; 还有其它细节, 即 “墙的构造是碧玉的, 城墙的根基是用各样宝石修饰的”, 因为 “碧玉” 和 “宝石” 表示信之真理 (114节)。

“墙或城墙” 在反面意义上表示用来毁灭的虚假, 这层含义从以下经文明显看出来:

异象谷有溃乱的日子; 。主万军之耶和华拆毁城墙, 呼声达到山上; 以拦带着箭袋, 还有坐战车的人和马兵; 也有马兵在城门前排列。(以赛亚书 22:5-7)

又:

耶和华使你城墙上的避难堡垒倾倒下陷, 落在地上, 直到尘埃。(以赛亚书 25:12)

耶利米书:

你们要上她的墙, 加以推翻。(耶利米书 5:10)

又:

我必在大马色城墙上使火着起, 烧灭便哈达的宫殿。(耶利米书 49:27)

又:

你们要竖立大旗, 攻击巴比伦的城墙, 加强守望, 派立守望人。(耶利米书 51:12)

以西结书:

他们必破坏推罗的墙垣, 拆毁她的塔楼。我也要刮净她的尘土, 使她成为净光的磐石。(以西结书 26:4)

9643. 'And forty bases of silver' means complete support received through truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'forty' as completeness, dealt with in 9437; from the meaning of 'bases' as support, since bases serve as supports; and from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, dealt with in 1551, 2954, 5658, 6112, 6914, 6917, 7999. The bases were made from silver and the boards overlaid with gold because good is meant by 'the boards', 9634, and truth by 'the bases', and good possesses power and on this account lends support through truth. As regards good, that it possesses power through truth, see 6344, 6423, 9327, 9410, and that 'gold' means good and 'silver' truth, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 8932, 9490, 9510. Good possesses power through truth because truth gives shape to good, which means that good also possesses specific quality; for outward shape exists where specific quality does so. The good can then be a real influence among things, in one way or another. So it is that the ability resides potentially in good, but that this cannot be exercised except through truth. Ability so exercised is actual power, consequently power that provides support.

[2] Bases also correspond to a person's feet and soles of the feet; in general they correspond to the bones, which lend support to all the fleshy parts in the body. By the feet and likewise the bones truth that provides support is meant, and by the fleshy parts in the body good which supports itself by means of truth.

All things on the natural level resemble the human form, and carry the same meaning as the parts of it they resemble, see 9496.

'Flesh' means good, 3813, 6968, 7850, 9127.

'Feet' means the natural, thus truth that has power from good within it, 5327, 5328.

'Body' means good, 6135.

'Bones' means truth that provides support, 3812 (end), 8005.

[3] So it is also that by 'foundations', which are a general base, the truth of faith and faith itself are meant, as becomes clear from places in the Word where 'foundations' are mentioned, for example in Isaiah,

Do you not know, do you not hear, do you not understand the foundations of the earth? Isaiah 40:21.

A person unacquainted with what 'the foundations' and what 'the earth' mean inevitably takes 'the foundations of the earth' here to denote the inner depths of the planet, even though he may realize, if he stops to think about it, that something other than them is meant; for what meaning can knowing, hearing, and understanding the foundations of the earth have? From this it becomes clear that by 'the foundations of the earth' such things as have to do with the Church are meant. The fact that 'the earth' in the Word means the Church is plainly evident from places in the Word where 'the earth' is mentioned, see those quoted in 9325. And the fact that its foundations are the truths of faith, for these truths serve the Church as foundations, becomes clearer still from the following places: In David,

They do not acknowledge, neither do they understand; they walk in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are unstable. Psalms 82:5.

It is not the foundations of the earth that are unstable but, as is self-evident, it is the truths of the Church with those who neither acknowledge nor understand them and walk in darkness. In the same author,

The earth quaked and trembled, and the foundations of the mountains shook and quaked. Psalms 18:7.

'The mountains' are forms of the good of love, 795, 4210, 6435, 8327, their 'foundations' are the truths of faith. In Isaiah,

The floodgates from on high have been opened, and the foundations of the earth have been shaken. Isaiah 24:18.

Since 'the foundations' means the truth of faith, and 'city' doctrine based on it, therefore also the Word speaks of 'the foundations of the city' when the truth of doctrine is meant. For the meaning of 'city' as doctrinal teachings based on truth, see 402, 2449, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493.

[4] This goes to show what the meaning is of 'the foundations of the city, the holy Jerusalem' in John,

The wall of the city, the holy Jerusalem, had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. Revelation 21:14, 19-20.

A person unacquainted with what 'the holy Jerusalem', 'the city', 'the wall', 'the foundations', and 'the twelve apostles' mean cannot see any arcanum at all that lies within this description. Nevertheless 'the holy Jerusalem' means the Lord's New Church which will take the place of the one that is ours at the present day; ¹ 'the city' doctrinal teachings; 'the wall' the truth protecting and defending, and 'its foundations' the truths of faith; and 'the twelve apostles' all forms of the good of love and the truths of faith in their entirety. From this it becomes clear why it says that there will be twelve foundations, adorned with every kind of precious stone; for 'precious stone' means the truth of faith springing from the good of love, 114, 3858, 6640, 9476, and 'the twelve apostles' all aspects of love and faith in their entirety, 3488, 3858 (end), 6397.

[5] From all this it is evident what is meant by 'the foundations' in those verses in John and also by 'the foundations' in Isaiah,

Behold, I am arranging your stones with antimony, and will lay your foundations in sapphires. Isaiah 54:11.

'Sapphires' are interior truths, 9407. In the same prophet,

Jehovah will strike Asshur with a rod. At that time every stroke ² will be that of the rod of the foundation on which Jehovah will cause [him] to rest. Isaiah 30:31-32.

'The rod of the foundation' is the power of truth. For the meaning of 'the rod' as power, see 4013, 4015, 4876, 4936, 6947, 7011, 7026. And in Jeremiah,

They shall not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations. Jeremiah 51:26.

'A stone for foundations' stands for the truths of faith.

[6] In Job,

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. ³ Who determined the measures of it, if you know? Onto what [were] its bases [fastened]? Or who laid its corner-stone, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God bellowed? Job 38:4-7.

A person unacquainted with what 'the earth', 'its measures', and 'its bases' mean in the internal sense, and also what 'corner-stone', 'morning stars', and 'the sons of God' mean, sees no arcanum at all in this description. He will suppose that the actual earth, and also the foundations, measures, bases, and corner-stone of it are what is meant. Nor will he have any idea at all of what is meant by 'the morning stars sang' and 'the sons of God bellowed'. But a person will pass from darkness to light if he knows that 'the earth' is the Church, 'its foundations' are the truth of faith, 'its measures' the state of good and truth, 'its bases' the actual truths that provide support, 'the corner-stone' the power of truth, 'the morning stars' cognitions or knowledge of good and of truth springing from good, and 'the sons of God' God's truths. These sons are said 'to bellow' when they come into existence, those stars 'to sing' when they rise.

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