1154. “亚实基拿, 利法, 陀迦玛” 是具有这类敬拜的众多民族, 也表源于歌篾所具有的外在敬拜的众多教义, 也就是仪式. 这同样从提及这些民族的先知书清楚可知. 他们各方面都表教义或仪式, 通常具有两种意义, 有时具有正面意义, 有时具有反面意义. 如耶利米书提及的 “亚实基拿”:

要在地上竖立大旗, 在各族中吹角; 祝圣各族攻击巴比伦, 使亚拉腊, 米尼, 亚实基拿各国听到攻击她. (耶利米书 51:27)

这论及巴比伦的毁灭, “亚实基拿” 表它的偶像崇拜, 或毁灭巴比伦的脱离内在的外在敬拜. 它尤表虚假的教义, 因而具有反面意义. 以西结书提及的 “陀迦玛”:

雅完人, 土巴人, 米设人都与你交易人的灵魂, 他们用铜器兑换你的货物. 陀迦玛族用马和战马并骡子兑换你的货物. (以西结书 27:13-14)

这论及推罗, 推罗代表拥有对属天和属灵事物的认知之人. 和前面一样, “雅完人, 土巴人, 米设人” 表各种代表性或相应的仪式; “陀迦玛族” 也表这些. 前者的外在仪式涉及属天事物, 而后者的外在仪式则涉及属灵事物, 这从他们所交易货物的含义明显可知. 他们在此具有正面意义. 同一先知书:

歌篾人和他的全军, 北方极处的陀迦玛族和他的全军. (以西结书 38:6)

此处, 他们表歪曲的教义, 也就是 “北方极处” 所指的. 歌篾人和陀迦玛族在此具有反面意义.

'Works,' as in Revelation 16:11, signify falsities of faith, and the resulting evils of life.

In Revelation, 'I know thy works,' is said frequently. This makes it clear that 'works' signify, generally, every aspect of the church.

'Works,' as in Genesis 46:33, denote goods, because they are from the will, and anything from the will is either good or evil, but anything from the understanding, like spoken words, are either truths or falsities.

In Genesis 2:2, the work signifies the celestial man, the highest use of God; or the accomplishment when the spiritual man becomes celestial. (Arcana Coelestia 84, 88)

In Exodus 5:9, work signifies assault for the purpose of subjugation. (Arcana Coelestia 7120)

In Genesis 39:11, it signifies the process when the Lord was conjoining Himself with spiritual good in the natural. (Arcana Coelestia 5004)

In Genesis 47:3; Psalms 8:3; 44:1; 63:12, works concern offices and uses which are done for the neighbor, the country, the church, and the Lord's kingdom.

In Exodus 5:4, work signifies that the people were not to be exempted from things that were hard to bear. (Arcana Coelestia 6073, Arcana Coelestia 7104)

In Revelation 2:2, works signify that the Lord sees man's exterior as well as his interior things. (Apocalypse Revealed 76)

In Revelation 2:6, it signifies that people do not want to claim personal merit. (Apocalypse Revealed 86)

In Revelation 2:19, 23, 26, it signifies all things of charity and faith. (Apocalypse Revealed 138, 141)

In Revelation 9:20, it signifies that they did not shun as sins their own things, which are evils of every kind. (Apocalypse Revealed 457)

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 6048)