2571. “亚比米勒又说, 看哪, 我的地都在你面前” 表主对于爱与仁的教义的直觉. 这从 “说” 和 “地” 的含义清楚可知: “说” 是指思考 (参看2506节); “地” 在此是指爱与仁的教义. “地” 或 “陆地” 在内义上具有各种含义 (620, 636, 1066节), 而具体含义则从整个思路清楚可知. 因为当 “天” 或 “天堂” 表教会的内在成员 (82, 913, 1411, 1733节) 时, “地” 或 “陆地” 表教会的外在成员; 它还表教会所在的地区 (662, 1066节); 表教会本身, 在普遍意义上也表主在天上和地上的国度, 因为该国度由迦南地或圣地 (1437, 1585, 1607节) 来代表; 该国度同样由 “新天新地” (1733, 1850, 2117, 2118节) 来表示; “地” 或 “陆地” 因表教会成员, 教会, 以及主的国度, 故也表它们的本质成分, 也就是对主之爱和对邻之仁, 因为它们全系于此 (即对主之爱和对邻之仁, 参看537, 540, 547, 553, 2130节). 所以, “地” 或 “陆地” 表属于教会的爱与仁的教义, 也就是此处 “亚比米勒的地” 所指的. 身为王的 “亚比米勒” 表信之教义, 如前所示; 而他所来并居于其中的地表爱与仁的教义, 信就源自并居于这教义中.

到此为止, 主的思维都是关于信之教义的, 但现在是关于爱与仁的教义的. 其原因在于, 主将人性与神性联结起来凭借的是属乎信的真理, 然而同时也凭借存在于这些真理中的属乎爱的神性良善. 祂是照着人借以变得属灵和属天, 但没有像主那样变成神性, 以至于在自己有生命的秩序而成就这一切的. 但当真理与良善, 并良善与真理的神性婚姻在主里面实现 (这就是亚比米勒将亚伯拉罕的妻子撒拉归还给他所表示的, 参看2569节) 时, 主的思维便是关于爱与仁的教义的, 并且这种思维也遵照秩序; 因为人一旦变得属灵和属天, 就不再通过真理思考, 而是通过良善思考, 然而不是象主那样通过与神性真理结合的神性良善思考. 这就是为何爱与仁的义现在第一次被提及的原因, 尽管就本身而言, 信的教义也一样; 在信的一切事物中, 主的直觉与思维一直来自神性之爱. 正因如此, 爱与仁的教义就是神性教义本身, 是上古教会所培育的教义. 由于该教义与信的教义构成一体, 故他们会逐出那些将它们分离之人 (参看2417节).

Imagine having your mother touch your cheek. Then imagine having your spouse or someone you love romantically touch your cheek. Then imagine having a baby touch your cheek. Then imagine having someone you hate and fear touch your cheek. They're very different feelings, aren't they? They all involve the same nerve endings, stimulated in basically the same ways, but with emotional content that varies to every point of the compass. This is because the sense of touch communicates and actually conveys emotion, communicates and conveys love (both good and bad) between people. That's why the Lord so often touched people as a way of healing them; through touch he could convey His love, which is life itself, to the people he touched. It's also why the people of Israel were not to touch the Ark of the Covenant -- their base loves would be conveyed to the holiness represented by the Ark.