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)

100. And hast tried them that say that they are apostles and they are not, and hast found them liars, signifies also falsities, so far as they are able to search them out. This is evident from the signification of "to try," as being to inquire into and search out; and from the signification of "apostles," as being those who teach the truths of the church, and in a sense abstracted from persons, the truths themselves that are taught (of which in what follows); also from the signification of "and are not, and are found liars," as being not truths but falsities; for a "lie" and a "liar" signify falsity (Arcana Coelestia 8908, 9248). From this and what precedes it is evident that "I know that thou canst not bear the evil, and hast tried them that say they are apostles and they are not, and hast found them liars," signifies that they reject evils, and falsities also, so far as they are able to search them out. For in the things written to this church those who are in the knowledges of truth and good, thus in the knowledges of such things as are of heaven and of the church, are treated of (See above, n. 93); here, therefore, it is first said of them that they put away evils, and falsities also, so far as they are able to search them out; for those who are in the knowledges of the holy things of the church need first to know in general what good and truth are, also what evil and falsity are, for upon this knowledge all other knowledges are founded. (For this reason also The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem first of all treats of Good and Truth, n 11-27, and from these it can also be seen what evil and falsity are.)

[2] By "apostles" those who teach the truths of the church are signified, because the apostles [those sent] were so called from their having been sent to teach and to preach the Gospel concerning the Lord and the drawing nigh of the kingdom of God through Him; thus to teach the truths of the church, by which the Lord is known and the kingdom of God is brought nigh. The kingdom of God on the earth is the church. From this it is evident what is meant by "apostles" in the spiritual sense of the Word, namely, not the twelve apostles who were sent by the Lord to teach concerning Him and His kingdom, but all who are in the truths of the church, and in a sense abstracted from persons, the truths themselves. For in the Word it is customary to speak of persons; but those who are in its spiritual sense, as angels are, do not think of persons at all, but their thought is abstracted from persons, and has respect therefore solely to things. The reason is, that it is material to think of persons, but spiritual to think apart from the idea of persons; for instance, where the "disciples" are mentioned in the Word, or "prophets," "priests," "kings," "Jews," "Israel," "the inhabitants of Zion," and of "Jerusalem," and so on. (Moreover, the very names of persons and places are changed with angels into things, see Arcana Coelestia 768, 1224, 1264, 1876, 1888, 4310, 4442, 5095, 5225, 6516, 10216, 10282, 10329, 10432; and that the thought of angels is abstracted from persons, n. 8343, 8985, 9007)

[3] That the disciples of the Lord were called apostles from their having been sent to teach concerning Him and His kingdom is clear in Luke:

Jesus sent His twelve disciples to preach the kingdom of God. And the apostles, when they were returned, declared unto Him what things they had done. And Jesus spake to them of the kingdom of God (Luke 9:1-2, 9:10-11).

In the same:

When it was day, Jesus called His disciples; and He chose from the twelve, whom also He named apostles (Luke 6:13).

In the same:

I will send unto them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute (Luke 11:49).

They are called "prophets and apostles," because by "prophets," as well as by "apostles," are meant those who were sent to teach truths; but by "prophets" those of the Old Testament, and by "apostles" those of the New. (That "prophets" in the Word signify those who teach truths and in a sense abstracted from persons the truths themselves, see Arcana Coelestia 2534.) As the "twelve apostles" signify the truths themselves of the church, it is said in Revelation:

The wall of the New Jerusalem had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (Revelation 21:14).

(That by the "New Jerusalem" is meant the church in respect to doctrine, see in the small work on The New Jerusalem and its Doctrine 6 ; that by its "wall" are signified the truths of doctrine for defense, see Arcana Coelestia 6419; by the "foundations of the wall" are signified the knowledges of the truth, on which doctrine is founded, n. 9643; by "twelve" are signified all truths in the complex, n. 577, 2089, 2129-2130, 3272, 3858, 3913. From this it is clear why it is said that in the foundations of the wall were the "names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.")