属天的奥秘 # 1487
1487. “耶和华降大灾与法老” 表记忆的知识被摧毁. 这从 “法老” 的含义清楚可知, “法老” 一般表知识, 因此表构成那知识的记忆; 从 “降大灾” 表被摧毁的含义也可知. 至于记忆的知识, 情况是这样: 它们是童年时仅仅为了知道而获得的; 对主而言, 它们是通过对真理的情感出于快乐获得的. 童年所获得的记忆知识非常多, 但主都将它们安排得井然有序, 以便它们能服务于用; 首先, 能使人思考; 然后, 它们藉着思考而有用处; 最后是为了这一切能奏效, 也就是说, 他的真生命就在于用, 是用的生命. 这些就是童年获得的记忆知识所产生的事物; 没有它们, 外在人永远无法与内在人结合, 同时变成用. 当人变成用时, 即当他通过用的目的思考一切 (即便不是凭明显的思考, 也会凭通过明显思考所获得的性情而进行的默想), 并为了用的目的而做一切时, 已起到第一个作用, 就是使人变得理性的记忆知识由于不再有用, 就会被摧毁, 依此类推. 这些就是此处 “耶和华降大灾与法老” 这句话所表示的事物.
Acts of the Apostles 17:24-28
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The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,
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neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
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He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
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that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
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'For in him we live, and move, and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'
