1167. 在圣言中, “迦南” 或迦南人表仪式, 或脱离内在的外在敬拜. 这从大量经文, 尤其圣言的历史部分清楚看出来. 由于那时迦南人具有这种秉性, 所以当雅各的子孙被引入他们的陆地时, 就允许他们被灭绝. 但在圣言的内义上, 迦南人用来表具有脱离内在的外在敬拜的所有人. 由于犹太人和以色列比谁都具有这种秉性, 故在圣言的预言部分, “迦南人” 特指他们, 这仅从以下两节经文就能看出来, 诗篇:

流无辜人的血, 就是自己儿女的血, 把他们祭祀迦南的偶像; 那地就被血污秽了. 这样, 他们被自己所做的污秽了, 在行为上犯了邪淫. (诗篇 106:38-39)

此处, “流儿女的血” 在内义上表他们摧毁一切信之真和仁之善. “把儿女祭祀迦南的偶像” 表用脱离内在的外在敬拜亵渎信与仁之物, 这样的敬拜无非是偶像崇拜. 所以, “他们被自己所做的污秽了, 在行为上犯了邪淫”. 以西结书:

说, 主耶和华对耶路撒冷如此说: 你的根源, 你的出生是从迦南陆地而来. 你父亲是亚摩利人, 你母亲是赫人.

此处经上明确说明, 他们属于迦南陆地. 至于 “迦南” 表脱离内在的外在敬拜, 可参看前文 (1078, 1094节).

The head is the part of us that is highest, which means in a representative sense that it is what is closest to the Lord. Because of this the head represents what is inmost in us, the thing at the center of our being. In most cases this means intelligence and wisdom, since most of us are in a state of life in which we are led by our thoughts and reason. In the case of the Lord, however, it often represents His perfect love. And in many cases the head is used to represent the whole person.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 577; Apocalypse Revealed 538, 823; Arcana Coelestia 7859, 9656, 10011)