4198. “又叫米斯巴; 因为他说, 愿耶和华在你我中间鉴察” 表主的神性属世层的同在, 也就是说, 在 “拉班” 现所代表的良善里面的同在. 这从 “鉴察” 或 “观察” 的含义清楚可知, “鉴察” 或 “观察” 是指同在; 因为凡观察别人, 或从高处的瞭望塔中看他的人, 都是以视觉与下面的他同在. 而且, 当论及主时, “看” 表示预见和提供 (2837, 2839, 3686, 3854, 3863节), 因而还表示同在, 不过, 是通过预见和提供同在.

至于主的同在, 祂与每个人同在, 但仅限于祂被接受的程度; 因为所有人皆唯独从主接受自己的生命. 那些在良善与真理里面接受祂的同在之人的生命就是聪明与智慧的生命, 而那些不在良善与真理里面, 而是在邪恶与虚假里面接受祂的同在之人的生命则是又疯狂又愚蠢的生命; 但后者仍具有理解和变得智慧的能力. 从他们知道如何表面上伪装和模仿良善和真理, 通过外表迷惑人, 就能看出他们的确拥有这种能力. 如果他们没有这种能力, 这是不可能的事. “米斯巴” 就表示这种同在的性质, 在此表示它在此处 “拉班” 所代表的那些处于行为良善的人, 也就是外邦人当中的性质. 事实上, 在原文, “米斯巴” 这个名就来源于动词 “观察” 或 “看” (watch或looking).

5. Verse 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, signifies predictions from the Lord respecting the last times of the church. This is evident from the signification of "revelation," as being predictions; and since these are from the Lord alone, it is said, "the revelation of Jesus Christ." The revelation, or predictions, are respecting the last times of the church, since those times are especially treated of. It may be supposed that in Revelation the successive states of the church from beginning to end are treated of; these, however, are not there treated of, but only the state of heaven and of the church near the end, when the Last Judgment takes place, thus the last times. The successive states of the church were foretold by the Lord Himself in Matthew 24, Matthew 25; and also in Mark 13; yet what is there given is written in the Divine prophetic style, that is, by means of correspondences; consequently it is of such a character that it can only be revealed and made evident by the internal or spiritual sense. (It has therefore been granted me from the Lord to unfold these things in the Arcana Coelestia, at the beginning of chapters Genesis 26 to Genesis 40 of Genesis; which explanations may be seen in their order, in the following places: n. Arcana Coelestia 3353-3356, 3486-3489, 3650-3655, 3751-3757, 3897-3901, 4056-4060, 4229-4231, 4332-4335, 4422-4424, 4635-4638, 4661-4664, 4807-4810, 4954-4959, 5063-5071)