圣
'Sanctuary' signifies the truth of heaven and the church. 'Sanctuary,' as in Ezekiel 24:21, signifies the Word.
山
'Hills' signify the good of charity.
居民
Inhabitants,' in Isaiah 26:9, signify the men of the church who are in good of doctrine, and thence in the good of life.
耶和华的
The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His...
暗
"Darkness" is a state without light. "Light" is truth from the Lord, so "darkness" is a state where truth is lacking.
云
In Isaiah 19:1, "Jehovah rides upon a light cloud, and comes into Egypt", signifies the visitation of the natural man from spiritual-natural Divine Truth, for...
後
'A hind,' as mentioned in Genesis 49:21, signifies the affection of natural truth.
代
To “generate” something is to create it, and that idea underpins the meaning of a “generation” of people – it is a group that was...
火
A flame signifies spiritual good, and the light of it truth from that good. A flame of fire, as in Revelation 1:14, signifies spiritual love,...
伊甸园
According to the Writings, “Eden” by itself means love, in most cases the love that comes from the Lord and our love for the Lord,...
马
'A horse' signifies knowledges or understanding of the Word. In an opposite sense it signifies the understanding of the Word falsified by reasonings, and likewise...
路
These days we tend to think of "roads" as smooth swaths of pavement, and judge them by how fast we can drive cars on them....
墙
'A wall' signifies truth in outer extremes. 'A wall,' as in Revelation 21, signifies the divine truth proceeding from the Lord, and so, the truth...
房屋
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
进入
All changes of place in the Bible represent changes in spiritual state. “Entering” – usually used as entering someone’s house or “going in unto” someone...
天
Heavens are celestial and spiritual things. Consequently, they are inmost things, both of the Lord's kingdom in heaven the and in the earth. This also...
星
'Stars' signify the knowledge of truth and good. 'Stars' are frequently mentioned in the Word, and always signify goods and truths, but in an opposite...
大
The word "great" is used in the Bible to represent a state with a strong degree of love and affection, of the desire for good;...
说
As with many common verbs, the meaning of “to say” in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Who is speaking? Who is hearing? What...
哭泣
'Weeping' represents both sorrow and love.
衣服
It is said, in Deuteronomy 22:11, "Thou shalt not wear a garment of diverse sorts; as of woolen and linen together…”. This means that the...
神
The Lord is love itself, expressed in the form of wisdom itself. Love, then, is His essence, His inmost. Wisdom - the loving understanding of...
怜悯
In regular language, "mercy" means being caring and compassionate toward those who are in poor states. That's a position we are all in relative to...
转
Swedenborg says that the Lord is the sun of heaven, and like the natural sun of our world shines on everyone, good or evil. What...
聚集
To gather, as in Genesis 6:21, refers to those things which are in the memory of man, where they are gathered. It also implies that...
会众
A congregation is a group of people with common loves, interests, and purposes. It often refers to a church group. In the Word it is...
新郎
On a human level, a bride represents the affection for what is true, and the bridegroom represents the affection for what is good. Most references...
祭司
Priests' represent the Lord regarding His divine good. When they do not acknowledge the Lord, they lose their signification of the Lord.
坛
The first altar mentioned in the Word was built by Noah after he came out of the ark. On that altar, he sacrificed clean animals...
给
Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving...
新酒
'Must' or 'new wine' denotes evil produced by false.
饱足
'To satiate' relates to the extent of a person's will, for good or evil.
北方
Northern' or 'what cometh from the North,' as in Jeremiah 15:12, signifies the sensory and natural. The natural, in respect to what is spiritual and...
海
Water generally represents what Swedenborg calls “natural truth,” or true concepts about day-to-day matters and physical things. Since all water ultimately flows into the seas,...
上升
It is common in the Bible for people to "rise up," and it would be easy to pass over the phrase as simply describing a...
兽
"Beasts" represent the affection for doing good things, a true desire to do them from the heart. In the negative sense, "beasts" stand for the...
树
'Trees,' in general, signify the perceptions when discussing the celestial self, but when related to the spiritual church, they signify knowledges. A person in the...
木
'Wood' signifies good, as well the good of love to the Lord as the good of charity towards our neighbor.
无花果树
The Writings tell us that the fig tree represents the "natural human," which is our outward life in the world, and the thoughts and feelings...
力
Forces denote the power of truth.
下
"Down" is used many different ways in natural language, and its spiritual meaning in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Phrases like "bowing down,"...
禾场
The floor, as in Matthew 3:12, signifies the world of spirits which is between heaven and hell, and where the separation of evils and falsities...
蝗虫
'Locusts' signify falsities in the extremes, which consume the truths and goods of the church in a person. 'The locusts' which John the Baptist ate...
虫
Caterpillars, mentioned in Joel 1:4, signify the evil of the sensual man.
吃
When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process...
永远
'Perpetual' in the literal sense, means to the end of one’s life, after death, and eternity.
羞愧
To be ashamed (Gen 2:25) signifies to be in evil
知道
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
以色列
'Israel,' in Jeremiah 23:8, signifies the spiritual natural church. The children of Israel dispersed all the literal sense of the Word by falsities. 'The children...
仆人
“Servant” literally means “a person who serves another,"" and its meaning is similar in reference to the spiritual meaninngs of the Bible. Our lives in...
月亮
'The moon' signifies the Lord in reference to faith, and thus faith in the Lord. 'The moon' signifies spiritual good or truth. 'The moon' signifies...
救
To be saved or rescued means getting true ideas that we can hold to even in the face of a storm of false thinking. Sometimes...
耶路撒冷
Jerusalem first comes to or attention in II Samuel, chapter 5 where King David takes it from the Jebusites and makes it his capital. In...
