2176. “快准备三斗细面饭, 和一和, 作些饼” 表处于当时状态下主的爱之属天事物. 这从紧接下来所论述的 “饭”, “细面” 和 “饼” 的含义清楚可知. 凡头脑专注于字义或这些话的意思, 尤其专注于它们所描述的历史事件之人, 都不会相信此处包含这类事物. 他不仅思想撒拉被吩咐去预备的东西, 还思想来到亚伯拉罕面前的这三个人, 却不思想这些描述里面隐藏着更深层的事物. 这就是为何他更不相信圣言的历史部分和预言部分一样, 每一个细节里面都隐藏着这类奥秘. 因为这些历史描述会强烈吸引头脑的注意力, 使内在事物变得模糊. 尽管如此, 这奥秘却真实地深藏在这些历史中, 这一点单从以下事实明显可知, 即: 它是主的圣言, 圣言不仅是写给人的, 同时也是写给天堂的. 事实上, 圣言是以这样的方式写就的: 人在阅读圣言的同时, 天使也会由此获得天堂的观念, 因此天堂以这种方式藉着圣言与人类结合. 接下来我将说明 “饭”, “细面” 和 “饼” 在内义上分别表示什么.

Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving relates to the fact that the Lord provides us all with true teachings for our minds and desires for good in our hearts, and for the fact that we need to accept those gifts while acknowledging that they come from the Lord, and not from ourselves. One of the most common and significant uses of "give" in the Bible is the repeated statement that the Lord had given the land of Canaan to the people of Israel. This springs from the fact that Canaan represents heaven, and illustrates that the Lord created us all for heaven and will give us heaven if we will accept the gift.