9806. “你要使你的哥哥亚伦就近你” 表在主的神性人身里面, 神性真理与神性良善的结合. 这从摩西和 “亚伦” 的代表, 以及 “就近” 和 “哥哥” 的含义清楚可知: 此处使亚伦就近他自己的摩西是指神性真理方面的主 (参看6752, 6771, 7014, 9372节);

“就近” 是指结合与同在 (9378节);

“亚伦” 是指神性良善方面的主, 如下文所述;

“哥哥” 是指良善 (3303, 3803, 3815, 4121, 4191, 5686, 5692, 6756节). 由此明显可知,

“摩西使他的哥哥亚伦就近他” 表示在主里面, 神性真理与神性良善的结合, 之所以表示在祂的神性人身里面, 是因为这人身就是实现结合所在之地. 事实上, 主首先使祂的神性人身变成神性真理, 然后变成神性良善 (参看9199, 9315节所提到的地方). 之所以选亚伦供祭司职分, 是因为他是摩西的哥哥; 以这种方式同时也代表天上神性真理与神性良善的兄弟关系. 因为如前所述, 摩西代表神性真理, 亚伦代表神性良善.

宇宙中的每一个事物, 无论天上的还是世上的, 都与良善和真理有关, 好叫它可以成为某种事物. 因为良善是真理的存在, 真理是良善的显现. 因此, 没有真理的良善无法显现自身, 没有良善的真理没有真实的存在. 由此明显可知, 它们必须结合在一起. 在圣言中, 结合在一起的这二者由一对夫妻或两个兄弟来代表; 当论述的主题是天上的婚姻, 就是良善与真理的婚姻, 以及源于这婚姻的后代时, 就由一对夫妻来代表; 当论述的主题是两种供职, 就是审判和敬拜的供职时, 就由两个兄弟来代表. 那些供职审判的人被称为 “审判官”, 后来被称为 “王”; 那些供职敬拜的人被称为 “祭司”. 由于一切审判都通过真理来实现, 一切敬拜都源于良善, 所以在圣言中, 就从人抽象出来的意义而言,

“审判官” 表示基于良善的真理; 而 “王” 则表示带来良善的真理;

“祭司” 表示良善本身. 正因如此, 在圣言中, 当论述真理时, 主被称这 “审判官”, 还被称为 “先知”, 以及 “王”; 但当论述良善时, 则被称为 “祭司”. 当论述真理时, 祂同样被称为 “基督”,

“受膏者”, 或 “弥赛亚”; 但当论述良善时, 则被称为 “耶稣” 或 “救主”.

正是由于属于审判的真理和属于敬拜的良善的这种兄弟关系, 所以摩西的哥哥亚伦才被选供祭司职分. 因此,

“亚伦和他的家” 表示良善, 这一点从下列经文明显看出来:

以色列啊, 要信靠耶和华! 祂是他们的帮助和他们的盾牌. 亚伦家啊, 要信靠耶和华! 祂是他们的帮助和他们的盾牌. 耶和华记念我们, 赐福给我们, 赐福给以色列家, 祂要赐福给亚伦家.(诗篇 115:9, 10, 12)

诗篇:

愿以色列说, 祂的慈爱永远长存! 愿亚伦的家说, 祂的慈爱永远长存! (诗篇 118:2, 3)

又:

以色列家啊, 你们要称颂耶和华! 亚伦家啊, 你们要称颂耶和华! (诗篇 135:19)

“以色列家” 表示那些处于真理的人;

“亚伦家” 表示那些处于良善的人; 因为在圣言中, 凡论述真理的地方, 也论述良善, 这是由于天上的婚姻 (9263, 9314节).

“以色列家” 表示那些处于真理的人 (参看5414, 5879, 5951, 7956, 8234节). 又:

耶和华打发祂的仆人摩西和祂所拣选的亚伦.(诗篇 105:26)

摩西之所以被称为 “仆人”, 是因为 “仆人” 论及真理 (3409节); 而 “拣选的” 论及良善 (3755节的末尾节). 又:

看哪, 弟兄和睦同居, 是何等的美善, 何等的喜悦! 这好比头上的美好的油, 流到胡须, 甚至流到亚伦的胡须, 又流到他衣裳的领口.(诗篇 133:1, 2)

人若不知道 “弟兄 (或兄弟)” 表示什么, 也不知道 “油”,

“头”,

“胡须” 和 “衣裳” 表示什么, 同样不知道 “亚伦” 代表什么, 就不可能明白为何这些事物被比作弟兄同居, 因为从头流到亚伦的胡须, 由此流到他衣裳上的油, 与弟兄有何相似之处呢? 但这个对比的相似性从内义明显看出来, 就内义而言, 所论述的主题是良善进入真理的流注, 经上以这种方式来描述它们的兄弟关系. 因为 “油” 表示良善;

“亚伦的头” 表示良善的至内层;

“胡须” 表示它的最外层;

“衣裳” 表示真理,

“流到” 表示流注. 由此明显可知, 这些话表示良善从内层到外层进入真理的流注, 以及在那里的结合. 若没有内义, 谁能看出这些话包含天上的事物在里面?

“油” 表示爱之良善 (参看886, 4582, 4638, 9780节);

“头” 表示至内在之物 (5328, 6436, 7859, 9656节);

“胡须” 表示最外在之物, 这一点明显可见于以赛亚书 (7:20; 15:2), 耶利米书 (48:37) 和以西结书 (5:1);

“衣裳” 表示真理 (2576, 4545, 4763, 5319, 5954, 6914, 6917, 9093, 9212, 9216节);

“亚伦” 代表属天良善, 可参看前文.

从亚伦被选供祭司职分, 因而供职最神圣的事这一事实, 人们就能明白犹太教会中的代表是怎么回事, 即: 它们不关注代表的人, 而是关注这个人所代表的事物. 因此, 某种神圣事物, 甚至最神圣的事物也能由内在不洁净的人, 甚至偶像崇拜者来代表, 只要他们在进行敬拜时表面上能营造出一种神圣的氛围. 从以下摩西五经中的细节可以看出亚伦就是这样一个人:

亚伦从以色列人手里接过金子, 用凿子塑造它, 把它铸成一只牛犊. 亚伦就在牛犊面前筑坛; 亚伦宣告说, 明日要向耶和华守节.(出埃及记 32:4, 5, 25)

申命记:

耶和华也向亚伦甚是发怒, 要灭绝他, 那时我又为亚伦祈祷.(申命记 9:20)

至于以色列和犹太民族当中的教会代表不关注人, 只关注所代表的事物本身, 可参看9229节所提到的地方.

Truth, or what is true, is a way of describing what is ultimately real. On a natural level, truth can be thought of as merely what is accurate while in our spiritual development lives, truth can be the learning of spiritually-based teachings or, better, our receptivity to them as divine truths. But Swedenborg goes even further in his explanation of truth, teaching that truth is the form of love, or how love expresses itself.

In a sense, truth is a delivery system for love and because sharing love is the very purpose of reality, this makes truth vitally important. And while truth can come in the form of dry, cold rules and facts, it is at its most pure a thing of indescribable beauty, something that moves us internally.

The nature of truth originates in the idea that Lord in His essence is love itself, perfect and infinite, and that He loves us beyond our capacity to imagine. And just as we want people we love to love us back, so also the Lord has the deepest desire for us to love Him back; His love wants to reach out to us and inspire love in turn.

Love, however, cannot operate on its own; it needs a medium to work in. Think of it this way: to express love for someone, you need a face to smile with, a voice to speak with, arms to embrace with, or various tools you can use to do good, loving things for the people you love. Without those things it’s just a feeling, stuck inside and rather useless. In a sense, if it can’t be expressed, its existence is not really quite complete.

“Truth,” then, could be defined as “the expression of love” or maybe as “love expressed.” This can be pretty profound and beautiful: the expression on a new mother’s face, seeing her baby for the first time - that is truth, on a level beyond words. The feeling in her is expressed, and we take it in and feel a surge of emotion ourselves. At a higher level yet, we might try to image the expression on the Lord’s face when he looks at us, the love pouring from him; that is truth at its deepest.

But truth comes at lower levels too. Think of the ways we love our children - at times that means laying down some stark, black-and-white rules. “Keep your hands to yourself” and “you need to obey me” don’t sound very loving, and making a child take out the trash does not exactly inspire warm feelings and poetic thoughts. But we are in fact loving them when we teach them lessons that will help them be good people, even if that love doesn’t glow from the surface of what we’re saying. The Lord has to handle us the same way at times, especially in the early stages of our spiritual growth. “Thou shalt not kill” doesn’t sound all that loving, and the order to not covet can seem unrealistic and borderline unfair. If we look at them closely, though, we can see that they are loving, and are leading us to be loving people.

So truth comes at many levels and in many forms, shaped and adapted to various ways we can be led to be good and loving. This is why so many different things in the Bible - stones, water, wine, plants, swords and many others - all represent truth; they all have shades of meaning reflecting the many types of truth the Lord uses to lead us.

At heart, though, all truth is a way of sharing love. If we look to that, we will treasure it properly.

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