'Waters' particularly signify the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual aspects of faith, and also their opposites.

'The waters above the firmament,' as in Genesis 1:7, signify the knowledges in the internal self, and 'the waters beneath the firmament' signify the knowledges of the external self.

'Waters,' as in Ezekiel 47:9, refer to the New Jerusalem, and they signify spiritual things from a celestial origin.

'Many waters,' as in Revelation 17:1, signify truths of the Word adulterated. 'Waters' or 'rivers' signify spiritual, rational, or scientific things pertaining to truth.

'Waters … that go softly,' as in Isaiah 8:6-7, signify spiritual things, and 'waters … strong and many,' signify falsities.

'Waters,' as in Psalms 104:3, signify divine truths.

'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities.

'The waters were dried up from off the earth,' as in Genesis 8:7, signifies the apparent dissipation of falsities.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 17; Apocalypse Revealed 50; Genesis 8)

3009. 其次: “弥赛亚”, “受膏者”, “王” 和神圣真理是一样的, 这从圣言中的许多经文明显看出来, 并且在前面解读中已频繁说明了 (如1672, 1728, 2015, 2069节). 主自己在约翰福音也是这样教导的:

彼拉多就对耶稣说, 那么你是王吗? 耶稣回答说, 你说我是王, 我就是王; 我为此而生, 也为此来到世间, 好给真理作见证. 凡属真理的人就听我的声音. (约翰福音 18:37)

由此明显可知, 主正是由于神圣真理本身才被称为 “王”. 王之所以被膏, 因而被称为受膏者, 是因为他们被膏所用的油表示良善 (886, 2832节). “王” 所表示的真理源于良善, 因而是良善的真理, 因此王的职份和王代表主源于神圣良善的神圣真理, 因而代表真理里面良善的神圣婚姻; 而祭司的职份则代表良善里面真理的神圣婚姻. 后者由 “耶稣” 来表示, 前者则由 “基督” 来表示.