4599. “在以得塔那边支搭帐棚” 表其内层事物. 这从 “支搭帐棚”, “塔那边” 和 “以得” 的含义清楚可知: “支搭帐棚” 是指在神圣之物上的发展, 在此是指朝向内层事物的发展, “帐棚” 表示神圣之物 (参看414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 3312, 4391节); “塔那边” 是指进入内层事物, 如下文所述; “以得” 是指状态的性质, 也就是说, 在神圣之物上朝向内层事物发展的性质. 自古时起, 这塔就具有这种含义, 但由于除了约书亚记 (15:21) 外, 在圣言中, 它没有在别的地方被提及, 所以这一点无法像其它名字那样从相关经文得以证实. “塔那边” 之所以表示朝向内层事物, 是因为更内层的事物由巍峨和高耸的物体来表示, 如大山, 小山, 塔, 屋顶等等. 原因在于, 从通过外在感官所感知到的尘世属世物体形成其观念的心智将内层事物看为比其它东西更高的物体 (2148节).

“塔” 表示内层事物, 这一点也可从圣言的其它经文看出来, 如以赛亚书:

我所亲爱的有葡萄园, 在肥美的山冈上. 他把它围起来, 清除石头, 栽种上等的葡萄树, 在园子当中建了一座塔. (以赛亚书 5:1-2)

“葡萄园” 表示属灵教会; “上等的葡萄树” 表示属灵良善; “在园子当中所建的塔” 表示真理的内层事物. 主在马太福音中的比喻也一样:

有一个做家主的人栽了一个葡萄园, 周围圈上篱笆, 里面挖了一个压酒池, 建了一座塔, 把它租给佃户, 就出外去了. (马太福音 21:33; 马可福音 12:1)

以西结书:

亚发人和你的军队都在你四围的墙上, 歌玛底人 (或译勇士) 在你的塔楼中, 他们把自己的盾, 挂在四周的城墙上, 成全你的美丽. (以西结书 27:11)

这论及推罗, 推罗表示对良善与真理的认知, 或那些拥有这些认知的人. “在其塔楼中的歌玛底人 (或译勇士)” 表示对内层真理的认知.

弥迦书:

耶和华要在锡安山作王治理他们, 从今直到永远; 你这羊群的塔楼, 锡安女子的山冈啊, 都必归于你了, 从前的王国, 就是耶路撒冷女子的王国必将归回. (弥迦书 4:7-8)

这描述了主的属天国度. “锡安山” 描述了它的至内在部分, 也就是对主之爱; “锡安女子的山冈” 表示它的直接衍生物, 也就是相爱, 这爱在灵义上被称为对邻之仁; “羊群的塔楼” 描述了其良善的内层真理; “耶路撒冷女子的王国” 表示一个属灵-属天国度由此而存在. 诗篇:

因你的判断, 锡安山应当欢喜, 犹大的女子应当快乐. 你们要绕着锡安山走, 数点她的塔楼. (诗篇 48:11, 12)

此处 “塔楼” 表示保卫构成爱与仁之物的内层真理.

路加福音:

凡不背着自己十字架跟从我的, 也不能作我的门徒. 你们哪一个想盖一座塔, 不先坐下算计花费, 能盖成不能呢? 或哪一个王去和别的王打仗, 岂不先坐下酌量, 能用一万兵去会那领二万兵来攻打他的吗? 这样, 你们无论什么人, 若不撇下一切所有的, 就不能作我的门徒. (路加福音 14:27-28, 31, 33)

凡不知道圣言内义的人必以为主在此通过打比方说话, “盖一座塔” 和 “打仗” 并没有别的意思. 殊不知, 在圣言中, 一切比方都具有属灵含义, 都是代表; “盖一座塔” 表示获得为人的自我获取内层真理; “打仗” 表示凭这些真理争战. 因为此处论述的主题是那些属于教会的人所经历的试探, 他们在此被称为主的 “门徒”. 他们必须背的 “十字架” 表示这些试探; “若不撇下一切所有的, 就不能作我的门徒” 表示若不靠着主, 他们凭自己, 或自己的东西绝不会得胜. 所有这些事就是这样连贯起来的; 但是, 若没有内层意义, 仅仅将涉及塔和打仗的事理解为简单的比方, 那它们就连贯不起来了. 由此可见, 是什么样的光从内义流出.

那些陷入爱自己, 爱世界之人的内层, 因而他们用来争战并巩固他们那种宗教信仰的虚假, 也以反面意义上的 “塔” 来表达, 如以赛亚书:

到那日, 人的高傲必降为卑, 惟独耶和华被尊崇; 因为万军之耶和华必有一日, 要攻击一切骄矜高傲的, 和一切自高的, 他必降为卑; 要攻击黎巴嫩所有高而昂的香柏树, 和巴珊所有的橡树, 又攻击所有的高山, 和所有耸峙的山冈, 攻击每一个高塔, 和每一道坚固的城墙. (以赛亚书 2:11-15)

此处以 “香柏树”, “橡树”, “高山”, “山冈”, “塔” 和 “城墙” 来描述这些爱的内层和外层: “塔” 描述了内层虚假; 因而又以高耸的事物来描述内层事物. 然而, 区别在于: 那些陷入邪恶与虚假的人自以为高, 在他人之上; 而那些处于良善与真理的人则自以为小, 在他人之下 (马太福音 20:26, 27; 马可福音 10:44). 尽管如此, 良善与真理仍被描述为高耸之物, 因为在天上, 它们更接近至高者, 也就是主. 在圣言中, “塔” 论及真理, 而 “山” 论及良善.

8989. 'And shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost' means a state in which strengthened and implanted truth [communicates] with spiritual good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the door' as the means by which truth is introduced into good, dealt with in 2356, 2385, at this point strengthened and implanted truth, meant by a Hebrew slave after servitude lasting six years, 8976, 8984, and since 'the door' is the means of introduction it is also the means of communication (for a door is the means by which one room communicates with another); and from the meaning of 'the doorpost' as that truth linked to good, since a doorpost stands between two rooms, linking one to the other. For the meaning of 'the doorpost' as the truth of the natural, see 7847. Who can fail to see that this symbolic act carried out when slaves stayed on contains an arcanum, indeed a Divine one? For Jehovah declared and commanded it from Mount Sinai. People who do not think there is anything holier and more Divine in the Word than that which is seen in the letter must be astonished that these and many more things contained in the present and following chapters were declared vocally by Jehovih. For in the letter they appear to be simply the kinds of matters that nations' civil laws deal with, as is the case with this law regarding slaves, which decrees that any of them who does not wish to go out of servitude should be brought to the door or to the doorpost, where his master should pierce his ear with an awl. In the sense of the letter this does not savour of what comes from God; even so, it is utterly Divine. But this is not evident unless made so by the internal sense. The internal sense is that those imbued with truths alone and not with complementary good, yet nevertheless with the delight in remembering forms of spiritual good, 8986, 8987, have some communication and link with spiritual good.

[2] This was represented by the law that the slave's ear should be pierced at the door or at the doorpost by his master; for the door is the means of communication, the doorpost is that which serves to link, the ear is obedience, and piercing it with an awl is a representative sign of the state in which he is to stay on. This is how these details are perceived by the angels present with a person who reads this command. The angels do not think of a door, of a doorpost, of an ear and the piercing of it, nor even of a slave, but instead they think of the communication and linking together mentioned above. For the understanding which angels have is of the latter kind of things, because they are in the light. And none except spiritual and heavenly matters occur to them, not natural and worldly ones such as the literal sense of the Word contains; for the literal sense of the Word is natural and worldly, whereas its internal sense is spiritual and heavenly. The former exists for men, the latter for angels; consequently the Word is the means through which heaven has communication with and is linked to mankind.

[3] To bring further out into the open the arcana contained in this procedure followed in the case of slaves staying on with their master, something must be said about why it is that 'the door' and 'the doorpost' mean the means of communication and of linking together. Angels and spirits possess dwelling-places, which are in appearance exactly like those in the world, 1116, 1626-1628, 1631, 4622. And - what is an arcanum - every single thing that appears in their dwelling-places is a sign of something spiritual; it also arises out of spiritual things which exist in heaven, and which are therefore present in their minds. Communication between truth and good is presented visually there as a door, and the linking together of them as a doorpost; and other things are presented as the actual rooms, porches, windows, and different kinds of adornment. Nobody at the present day, least of all one who is merely natural, is able to believe that these things are so, because they are not evident to people's physical senses; and yet it is clear from the Word that such things were seen by prophets when their inner eyes were opened to see into heaven. I too have discerned and seen the same things a thousand times. I have also on many occasions heard them say, when their thoughts were being communicated to me, that the doors of their rooms were open, or when they were not being communicated, that their doors were shut.

[4] This explains why 'doors' are mentioned in the Word in places where communication is the subject, as in Isaiah,

Go away, my people, enter your bed chambers, and shut your door behind you. Hide yourself, so to speak, for a little moment, until the anger passes over. Isaiah 26:20.

'Shutting the door behind oneself, until the anger passes over' stands for having no contact with evils, which are 'the anger', 3614, 5034, 5798, 6358, 6359, 6997, 8284, 8483. In Malachi,

Will He accept you favourably? ¹ said Jehovah Zebaoth. Who even among you would rather shut the doors, and not kindle a light on My altar in vain? Malachi 1:9-10.

'Shutting doors' stands for not communicating with sacred or Divine things. In Zechariah,

Open your doors. O Lebanon, that fire may consume your cedars. Zechariah 11:1.

'Opening doors' stands for providing access or communication.

[5] In David,

He commanded the skies from above, He threw open the doors of the heavens. Psalms 78:23.

'Throwing open the doors of the heavens' stands for providing communication with the truths and forms of good which come from the Lord in the heavens. In the same author,

I have chosen to stand at the door in the house of my God rather than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalms 84:10.

'Standing at the door' stands for communicating from the outside with good, which is 'the house of God', 3720. In the same author,

Lift up your heads, O gates, and be lifted up, O ancient doors, ² so that the King of glory may come in. Psalms 24:7, 9.

'Ancient doors being lifted up' stands for opening and raising hearts to the Lord, who is 'the King of glory', and so providing communication, that is, enabling Him to flow in with the good of charity and the truth of faith. The Lord is called 'the King of glory', by virtue of the truth that radiates from good.

[6] In Isaiah,

Jehovah said to His anointed, to Cyrus - whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him, in order that I may ungird the loins of kings, to open doors before him, and gates may not be shut - I will go before you and make straight the crooked places. And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and the secret wealth of concealed places, that you may know that it is I, Jehovah, who called you by your name, the God of Israel. Isaiah 45:1-3.

This refers to the Lord in respect of His Human, He being 'Cyrus' in the representative sense. 'Opening doors before him' is providing access to the Divine itself, which is why even in respect of His Human He is called 'God', in this instance 'the God of Israel'

[7] In John,

Behold, I have set before you an open door which no one can shut; for you have a little strength, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Revelation 3:8.

'Setting an open door' stands for communication with heaven. In the same book,

After these things I saw, and behold, an open door in heaven. I heard, Come up here, in order that I may show you things which must take place after this. Revelation 4:1.

'A door' there plainly stands for communication, since a revelation which he was going to receive from heaven is the subject. From this it is also evident that communication is represented in heaven by a door, as stated above In the same book,

Behold, I stand at the door and knock If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. Revelation 3:20.

Here also 'the door' plainly stands for access to and communication with heaven where the Lord is, thus with the Lord.

[8] Similarly in Matthew,

The bridegroom came, and the virgins went in to the wedding feast and the door was shut. Eventually the remaining virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But He replying said, Truly, I say to you, I do not know you. Matthew 25:10-12.

What these words mean in the internal sense, see 4635-4638, where it is shown that 'virgins' are those within the Church. 'Having oil in their lamps' refers to those who have the good of charity within the truths of faith, and 'not having oil in their lamps' to those who have the truths of faith and not the good of charity in them. The door is said to be shut to the latter because they do not communicate with heaven, that is, through heaven with the Lord. Communication with heaven and through heaven takes place through the good of charity and love, but not through truths that are called the truths of faith devoid of good within them. This is why the latter are called 'foolish virgins', while the former are called 'wise virgins'.

[9] In Luke,

Many will seek to enter and will not be able. Once the Householder has risen up and shut the door, then you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But He replying will say to you, I do not know where you come from. Then you will begin to say, We ate in Your presence and we drank; and You taught in our streets. But He will say to you, I do not know where you come from; depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity! Luke 13:24-27.

Here also 'the door' plainly stands for access and communication, as above. Those to whom the door is shut and who knock on it but are not let in are people imbued with the truths of faith received from the Word but not with the good of charity. All this is meant by their eating with the Lord and drinking, and by their hearing the Lord teaching in their streets, when yet they do not live the life of faith, for 'workers of iniquity' are those who do not live that life.

[10] In John,

Truly, truly I say to you, He who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me he will be saved. John 10:1-2, 9.

'Entering by the door' means passing through the truth of faith to the good of charity and love, thus to the Lord. For the Lord is Goodness itself, and the Truth that introduces too, thus also the door; for faith is received from Him.

[11] The use of 'the door' to mean the means of communication seems to be a metaphorical way of speaking, or a comparison. But in the Word they are not metaphors or comparisons; rather they are real correspondences. Even the comparisons made there involve the use of such things as are correspondential, as becomes clear from what has been stated regarding a door, namely that actual doors appear in heaven where angels and spirits reside, opening or shutting in accord with states of communication. So also with every other comparison.

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