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出埃及記 39

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1 比撒列用藍色紫色、朱紅色線做精緻的衣服,在所用以供職,又為亞倫衣,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

2 他用線和藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻做以弗得;

3 子錘成薄片,剪出線來,與藍色紫色、朱紅色線,用巧匠的手工一同繡上。

4 又為以弗得做兩條相連的帶,接連在以弗得的兩頭。

5 其上巧工織的帶子和以弗得一樣的做法,用以束上,與以弗得接連一塊,是用線和藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻做的,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

6 又琢出兩塊紅瑪瑙,鑲在槽上,彷彿刻圖書,按著以色列兒子名字雕刻;

7 將這兩塊寶安在以弗得的兩條帶上,為以色列人紀念,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

8 他用巧匠的手工做胸牌,和以弗得一樣的做法,用線與藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻做的。

9 胸牌是四方的,疊為兩層;這兩層長一虎口,寬一虎口,

10 上面鑲著寶行:第行是紅寶、紅璧璽、紅玉;

11 第二行是綠寶石、藍寶石、金鋼石;

12 第三行是紫瑪瑙、白瑪瑙、紫晶;

13 第四行是水蒼玉、紅瑪瑙、碧玉。這都鑲在槽中。

14 這些寶都是按著以色列十二個兒子名字,彷彿刻圖書,刻十二個支派的名字

15 在胸牌上,用精擰成如繩子的鍊子。

16 又做兩個槽和兩個,安在胸牌的兩頭。

17 把那兩條擰成的鍊子穿過胸牌兩頭的子,

18 又把鍊子的那兩頭接在兩槽上,安在以弗得前面帶上。

19 做兩個,安在胸牌的兩頭,在以弗得裡面的邊上,

20 又做兩個,安在以弗得前面兩條帶的邊,挨近相接之處,在以弗得巧工織的帶子以上。

21 用一條藍細帶子把胸牌的子和以弗得的子繫住,使胸牌貼在以弗得巧工織的帶子上,不可與以弗得離縫,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

22 他用織工做以弗得的外袍,顏色全是藍的。

23 袍上留一領的周圍織出領邊來,彷彿鎧甲的領,免得破裂。

24 在袍子底邊上,用藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻做石榴

25 又用精做鈴鐺,把鈴鐺釘在袍子周圍底邊上的石榴中間

26 一個鈴鐺一個石榴,一個鈴鐺一個石榴,在袍子周圍底邊上用以供職,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

27 他用織成的細麻布亞倫和他的兒子做內袍,

28 並用細麻布做冠冕和華美的裹頭巾,用撚的細麻布做褲子,

29 又用藍色紫色、朱紅色線,並撚的細麻,以繡花的手工做腰帶,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

30 他用精冠上的牌,在上面按刻圖書之法,刻著歸耶和華

31 又用一條藍細帶子將牌繫在冠冕上,是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的

32 帳幕,就是會幕,一切的工就這樣做完了。凡耶和華所吩咐摩西的以色列人都照樣作了。

33 他們送到摩西那裡。帳幕和帳幕的一切器具,就是鉤子、板、閂、子、卯的座,

34 染紅公羊皮的蓋、海狗的頂蓋,和遮掩櫃的幔子,

35 法櫃和櫃的杠並施恩座,

36 桌子桌子的一切器具並陳設餅,

37 精金的臺和擺列的盞,與臺的一切器具,並點

38 、膏、馨料、會幕簾,

39 上的銅網,的杠並的一切器具,洗濯盆和盆座,

40 院子的帷子和子,並帶卯的座,院子的簾、繩子、橛子,並帳幕和會幕中一切使用的器具,

41 精工做的禮服,和祭司亞倫並他兒子在所用以供祭司職分的衣。

42 這一切工作都是以色列人耶和華所吩咐摩西做的。

43 耶和華怎樣吩咐的,他們就怎樣做了。摩西見一切的工都做成了,就給他們祝福

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 1143

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1143. And fine linen and crimson.- That these signify truths and goods from a celestial origin, profaned, is evident from the signification of fine linen, which denotes truths from a celestial origin, of which we shall speak presently; and from the signification of crimson, which denotes goods from a celestial origin (concerning which see above, n. 1042), but in this case those truths and goods profaned, because the fine linen and crimson are called the merchandise of Babylon, and Babylon as a harlot and the mother of the whoredoms and abominations of the earth, signifies profanations of truth and good. Truths and goods from a celestial origin are the truths and goods with those who are in love to the Lord, which are called celestial, and are distinguished from the truths and goods from a spiritual origin, signified by the silk and scarlet, which we shall refer to presently. They profane truths and goods from a celestial origin, especially in this, that they have arrogated to themselves the Lord's Divine Power of saving mankind, and thus also love to Him they have diverted [to the pope] as his vicar and to his ministers. But the Lord cannot be loved when the power of salvation is taken away from Him, and a man is loved instead of Him. They say, indeed, that the Lord is loved for giving that power to man, and that he is loved, and also reverently honoured by those who have received that power, and is worshipped by the rest. But love to the Lord cannot exist with such, the love of ruling over heaven and the Church being altogether contrary to it; for that love is the love of self, which is diabolical love, and from this the Lord cannot be loved. Such love, regarded in itself, is rather hatred against the Lord, into which also it is changed when they become spirits, and domination is taken away from them then they also persecute all those who are in love to the Lord. From these things it is evident how they profane truths and goods which are from a celestial origin.

[2] That fine linen signifies truths from a celestial origin, is evident from the following passages.

Thus in Ezekiel:

"I clothed thee with broidered-work, I shod thee with badger's skin (taxus), and I girded thee with fine linen, and covered thee with silks; thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver, and thy garments were fine linen, silk, and broidered-work" (16:10, 13).

This is said of Jerusalem, by which the Church is meant, in this case, at its first establishment. Broidered-work and badger's skin there signify the knowledges of truth and good from the Word. Fine linen and silk signify truths from a celestial origin and truths from a spiritual origin; these are described as garments, because garments signify truths, with which good is clothed or invested.

Again in the same:

"Fine linen in broidered-work [from Egypt] was thine expansion, and crimson from the isle of Elisha was thy covering" (27:7).

This refers to Tyre, which signifies the Church as to the knowledges of good and truth; those knowledges are signified by broidered-work from Egypt, truths by fine linen, and good by crimson, both from a celestial origin.

So in Luke:

"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in crimson and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day" (16:19).

The rich man here means the Jewish race, which is said to be clothed in crimson and fine linen, because they possessed the Word, from which they were in possession of goods and truths; goods are there meant by crimson, and truths by fine linen, both from a celestial origin. By Lazarus, who lay at the rich man's porch, are meant the nations who had not the Word.

[3] Because fine linen (byssus), which also is xylinum, signified truths from a celestial origin, and the garments of Aaron represented Divine truths, he himself representing the Lord, therefore fine linen and xyhinum were interwoven in his mitre and belt (Exodus 28:39; 39:27); they were also interwoven in the curtains of the tabernacle and its coverings, because they represented those things of the Church which inclose, and these are truths (Exodus 26:1; 27:9, 18; 36:8; 38:9, 16).

The signification of fine linen (byssus) in the following passages of the Apocalypse is similar:

"The time of the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready; and it was given unto her that she should be clothed in fine linen, clean and shining" (19:7, 8);

The armies of him that sat upon the white horse "followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean" (19:14).

The reason why fine linen signifies truth from a celestial origin is, because that kind of linen was a species of very white flax, of which garments are made. Flax, and also whiteness, signify truth, and a garment made from it signifies according to its brightness, truth pure and clean.

[4] Continuation of the Athanasian Creed.- The hell where those are who are called devils is the love of self; and the hell where those who are called satans is the love of the world. The reason why the diabolical hell is the love of self, is, that that love is the opposite of celestial love, which is love to the Lord; and the reason why the satanical hell is the love of the world, is, that this love is the opposite of spiritual love, which is love towards the neighbour.

Now, since the two loves of hell are the opposite of the two loves of heaven, therefore hell and the heavens are in opposition to each other. For all who are in the heavens have regard to the Lord and to the neighbour, but all who are in the hells have regard to themselves and the world. All who are in the heavens love the Lord and the neighbour, but all who are in the hells love themselves and the world, and hence bear hatred to the Lord and to the neighbour. All who are in the heavens think what is true and will what is good, because they think and will from the Lord; but all who are in the hells think what is false and will what is evil, because they think and will from themselves. It is for this reason that all who are in the hells appear averted, their faces being turned away from the Lord, they also appear inverted, their feet being upwards and their heads downwards; this appearance arises from their loves being the opposite of the loves of heaven.

[5] Since hell is the love of self, it is also fire; for all love corresponds to fire, and in the spiritual world is so presented as to seem at a distance like fire, yet still it is not fire but love. For this reason the hells appear within as if they were on fire, and without like ejections of fire in the midst of smoke rising from furnaces or conflagrations; sometimes the devils themselves also appear like fires of charcoal. The heat which they have from that fire is like an effervescence from impurities, which is lust, and the light which they receive from that fire is merely an appearance of light from phantasies, and from confirmations of evils by falsities; but yet, it is not light, for whenever the light of heaven enters by influx it becomes thick darkness to them, and when the heat of heaven enters it becomes cold to them. They see, however, from their own light, and live from their own heat; but their sight is like that of owls, birds of night, and bats, whose eyes are dim to the light of heaven, and they live in a semi-torpid state. The living principle pertaining to them consists merely in their ability to think and will, to speak and act, and hence to see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. It is merely a faculty derived from that life which is God acting upon them from without, according to order, and continually impelling them to order. It is from this faculty that they live for ever. The dead principle pertaining to them is from the evils and falsities derived from their loves; hence it is, that their life, viewed from their loves, is not life, but death; and therefore hell, in the Word is called "death," and its inhabitants are called "dead."

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.