属天的奥秘 # 7780
7780. “直到磨坊后的婢女的长子” 表占据末位的信之被歪曲的真理. 这从 “长子” 和 “婢女” 的含义清楚可知: “长子” 是指信, 如刚才所述 (7779节), 它因表示信, 故也表示整体上的真理, 因为真理是一个人当信的东西, 是信的内容; “婢女” 是指对真理的一种相当外在的情感, 或对记忆知识的情感 (1895, 2567, 3835, 3849节). 但 “磨坊后的婢女” 表示对记忆知识的最外在的情感, 因为 “磨坊后” 表示占据末位的东西. 经上之所以说 “磨坊后”, 是因为 “磨坊” 论及那些属于信的事物. 事实上, 谷粒通过磨坊被磨成细粉, 从而预备制饼; 而 “粉” 表示产生良善的真理, “饼” 表示由真理所产生的实际良善. 因此, “坐在磨坊上” 是指学习并充满诸如服务于信, 并通过信服务于仁的那类事物. 这就是为何古人在描述信之教义的基本要素时, 将它们描述为 “坐在磨坊上”, 将学习更基本的要素描述为 “坐在磨坊后”. 正是由于这种含义, 主在教导教会末期地方说:
两个女人在磨坊里推磨, 取去一个, 撇下一个. (马太福音 24:41)
若非 “磨坊” 表示这些信之事物, 经上永远不会说这些话. 至于 “磨坊” 和 “推磨” 在内义上表示什么, 可参看前文 (4335节). 关于占据首位的信之真理和占据末位的信之真理, 要知道, 占据首位的, 是那些直接从仁之良善发出的信之真理, 因为它们是良善所取的外在形式, 而占据末位的真理, 是赤裸的真理. 事实上, 当真理接连从良善衍生出来时, 它们每一步都远离良善, 最终变成赤裸的真理. 这种真理由 “磨坊后的婢女” 来表示.
Throne
'The Lord's throne' signifies, in general, the whole heaven, and specifically, the spiritual heaven, and by extension, divine truth proceeding, and so, everything of heaven and the church.
In Genesis 41:40, this signifies things that are natural. (Arcana Coelestia 5313)
In Exodus 11:5, this signifies the falsified truths of faith that have wrongly receive attention. (Arcana Coelestia 7779)
'The throne built by Solomon,' as mentioned in 1 Kings 10:18-20, signifies both royalty and judgment.
In Isaiah 66:1, this signifies celestial and spiritual things which when they relate to the Divine are like natural things to man's spiritual and celestial. (Arcana Coelestia 2162[8])
In Matthew 25:31, this signifies judgment. (Arcana Coelestia 4809[3])
In Revelation 1:4, this signifies the universal heaven. 'Throne' signifies heaven and judgment.
'Throne,' as in Revelation 4:2, signifies a representation of judgment, because the things which John saw were representative visions. He saw them as he described them, but they were forms representative of things to come.
In Revelation 8:2, this signifies the church regarding doctrine.
'Throne,' as in Revelation 12:5, signifies the angelic heaven.
'Throne' also signifies the government of falsity and evil in Revelation 2:13, 8:2, Daniel 7:9, Haggai 2:22, and Isaiah 14:13.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 8 [2], 289)
