9127. “就为他没有流血的罪” 表那么他不会犯有所施暴行的罪. 这从 “血” 的含义清楚可知,

“血” 在至高意义上是指从主的神性良善发出的神性真理, 在源于至高意义的内义上是指良善之真理 (参看4735, 6378, 6978, 7317, 7326, 7846, 7850, 7877节). 因此,

“流血” 表示向神之真理或良善之真理, 以及良善本身施暴. 事实上, 凡向真理施暴的, 同样向良善施暴, 因为真理与良善结合得如此紧密, 以致这一个属于那一个, 或说这一个永远不会离开那一个. 因此, 向这一个施暴, 就是向那一个施暴. 由此明显可知,

“为他没有流血的罪” 表示他不会犯有向真理或良善所施暴行的罪.

人若对圣言的内义一无所知, 只能认为圣言中的 “血” 表示血液;

“流血” 仅仅表示杀人. 但内义并不论述人的肉体生命, 只论述其灵魂的生命, 也就是他的属灵生命, 这生命会永远活着. 在圣言的字义上, 这生命通过诸如构成肉体生命的那类事物来描述, 即肉和血. 由于人的属灵生命源于属于仁爱的良善和属于信仰的真理, 并靠它们来维持, 所以在圣言的内义上,

“肉” 表示属于仁爱的良善,

“血” 表示属于信仰的真理. 在更内在的意义上,

“肉” 表示属于对主之爱的良善,

“血” 表示属于对邻之爱的良善. 但在唯独论述主的至高意义上,

“肉” 是指主的神性良善, 因而是指神性良善方面的主自己; 而 “血” 是指从主发出的神性真理, 因而是指神性真理方面的主. 当一个人阅读圣言时,

“肉和血” 在天上就被理解为这些事物. 当这个人参加圣餐礼时, 同样理解为这些事物, 只是在圣餐中, 饼是肉, 酒是血, 因为 “饼” 与 “肉” 所表相同,

“酒” 与 “血” 所表相同.

但那些像当今大多数世人那样在感官层进行思考的人, 根本不理解这一切. 所以只要他们相信圣餐和圣言因来自神而含有某种神圣之物在里面, 就让他们持守自己的信仰吧. 就算他们不知道这种神圣在哪里; 还是让那些被赋予某种内在觉知, 也就是能在高于感官的层面上进行思考的人考虑一下, 在以下经文中,

“血” 是用来表示血,

“肉” 是用来表示肉吗?

人子啊, 主耶和华如此说: 你要对天上的各种鸟和田野的各种走兽说: 你们聚集来吧! 要从四方聚集来吃我为你们所献的祭物, 就是在以色列山上所献的大祭物, 好叫你们吃肉喝血. 你们要吃勇士的肉, 喝地上首领的血. 你们要从我为你们所献的祭物中喝血喝到醉. 你们要在我席上因马匹和战车, 并勇士和一切的战士而饱足. 我要这样将我的荣耀立在列族中.(以西结书 39:17-21)

启示录:

我又看见一位天使站在日头中, 向飞在空中的一切鸟大声呼喊说, 你们聚集来赴大神的筵席! 可以吃君王的肉, 千夫长的肉, 壮士的肉, 马和骑马者的肉, 并自主的, 为奴的, 小的大的, 众人的肉.(启示录 19:17-18)

很明显, 在这些经文中,

“肉” 并非表示肉,

“血” 并非表示血. 这同样适用于约翰福音中主的 “肉” 和 “血”:

我所要赐的粮, 就是我的肉. 我实实在在地告诉你们: 你们若不吃人子的肉, 不喝人子的血, 就没有生命在你们里面. 吃我肉喝我血的人就有永生, 在末日我要叫他复活. 我的肉真是可吃的, 我的血真是可喝的. 吃我肉, 喝我血的人住在我里面, 我也住在他里面. 这就是从天上降下来的粮.(约翰福音 6:51-58)

主的 “肉” 是指祂的神性之爱的神性良善, 祂的 “血” 是指从祂的神性良善发出的神性真理; 这一点从以下事实可以看出来: 它们都是滋养一个人的属灵生命的食物. 这解释了为何祂接着说 “我的肉真是可吃的, 我的血真是可喝的”, 又说 “这就是从天上降下来的粮”. 由于人通过爱和信与主结合, 故祂还说:

“吃我肉, 喝我血的人住在我里面, 我也住在他里面”. 不过, 如前所述, 只有那些能在高于身体感官的层面上进行思考的人, 尤其那些信主爱主的人才能明白这个问题, 因为主把他们从其肉体感官的生命提升到其灵的生命, 因而从世界之光提升到天堂之光; 在天堂之光中, 对物质事物的概念, 也就是在心智中通过肉体所获得的印象会逐渐消失.

因此, 凡知道 “血” 表示来自主的神之真理的人也能看出在圣言中,

“流血” 并非表示杀人, 或剥夺一个人的肉体生命; 而是表示杀害或剥夺他灵魂的生命, 也就是摧毁他的属灵生命, 这生命就是对主的信和爱.

“血” 用来论及非法所流的血时, 表示因邪恶所生的虚假而被毁的神之真理, 这一点从以下经文清楚看出来, 以赛亚书:

那时, 主以审判的灵和洁净的灵, 将锡安女子的污秽洗去, 又将耶路撒冷的血从它中间冲走.(以赛亚书 4:3)

同一先知书:

你们的手被血沾染, 你们的指头被罪孽沾污. 他们的脚奔向邪恶, 他们急速流无辜人的血; 他们的思想全是恶念.(以赛亚书 59:3, 7)

耶利米书:

并且你的衣襟上有贫穷无辜灵魂的血.(耶利米书 2:34)

耶利米哀歌:

这都因先知的罪恶和祭司的罪孽, 他们在耶路撒冷中间流了义人的血. 他们在街上瞎逛, 又被血玷污; 他们不能玷污的东西, 竟用衣服触摸了.(耶利米哀歌 4:13-14)

以西结书:

我从你旁边经过, 见你滚在血中, 就说: 你虽在血中, 仍可存活; 我实在对你说, 你虽在血中, 仍可存活. 我用水洗你, 冲去你身上的血, 又用油抹你.(以西结书 16:6, 9)

同一先知书:

人子啊, 你要与这流血的城争辩吗? 向她宣布她一切可憎的事. 你要说, 因你所流人的血, 就为有罪; 又因你所造的偶像, 就被玷污了. 看哪! 以色列的首领各逞其能, 在你中间流人之血. 在你中间有好谗谤的人, 预备流人的血; 在你中间有在山上吃过的.(以西结书 22:2-4, 6, 9)

约珥书:

我要在天上地下显出奇事, 有血, 有火, 有烟柱. 日头要变为幽暗, 月亮要变为血, 都在耶和华大而可畏的日子未到以前.(约珥书 2:30-31)

启示录:

日头变黑像毛布, 满月变得像血.(启示录 6:12)

又:

第二位天使吹号, 就有仿佛火烧着的大山扔在海中, 海的三分之一变成血.(启示录 8:8)

又:

第二位天使把他的香瓶倒在海里, 海就变成好像死人的血, 海中一切活着的灵魂都死了. 第三位天使把他的香瓶倒在江河与众水的泉源里, 它们就变成了血.(启示录 16:3-4)

在这些经文中,

“血” 并非表示所流的人的肉体生命的血, 而是表示他的属灵生命的血, 也就是神之真理, 邪恶所生的虚假就是向它施暴的. 马太福音中的 “血” 所表相同:

叫世上所流义人的血, 都归到你们身上. 从义人亚伯的血起, 直到你们在殿和坛中间所杀的撒迦利亚的血为止.(马太福音 23:35)

这些话表示从古时直到现在, 犹太人一直对圣言的真理施暴, 以致他们根本不愿接受任何内在和天上的真理. 所以他们也不接受主. 他们流祂的血表示他们对神之真理的完全弃绝, 因为主就是神性真理本身, 也就是 “成了肉身的圣言” (约翰福音 1:1, 14). 在马太福音中, 这些话就表示他们对来自主的神之真理的完全弃绝:

彼拉多在众人面前洗手, 说, 流这义人的血, 罪不在我, 你们承当吧. 众人都回答说, 祂的血归到我们和我们的子孙身上.(马太福音 27:24-25)

这就解释了约翰福音中所描述的以下事件:

惟有一个兵拿枪扎祂的肋旁, 随即有血和水流出来. 那看见的人就作见证, 他的见证也是真的; 并且他知道自己所说的是真的, 叫你们也可以信.(约翰福音 19:34-35)

水也流出来的原因是,

“水” 表示外在形式的神之真理, 就是构成字义的那种真理.

“水” 表示真理 (参看2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 5668, 8568节).

由此也明显可知被主的宝血洗净是什么意思, 即从主领受信之真理 (7918, 9088节). 由此也明显可知启示录中的这些话是什么意思:

他们胜过那龙, 是因羔羊的血, 和他们所见证的圣言.(启示录 12:11)

“因羔羊的血” 是指通过来自主的神性真理, 神性真理也是 “他们所见证的圣言”.

“羔羊的血” 是指纯真之血, 因为 “羔羊” 表示纯真 (3519, 3994, 7840节). 在天上, 从主发出的神之真理含有纯真在它的核心处; 因为它只感染那些拥有纯真的人, 或说, 除了那些拥有纯真的人外, 没有人对它拥有任何感觉 (2526, 2780, 3111, 3183, 3494, 3994, 4797, 6013, 6107, 6765, 7836节的末尾,7840, 7877, 7902节).

8581. 'behold, I [will be] standing before you there on the rock in Horeb' means the Lord in respect of the truths of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'the rock' as faith, in this instance faith received from the Lord, or the Lord in respect of faith, for Jehovah - that is, the Lord - says 'Behold, I [will be] standing on the rock'; and from the meaning of 'Horeb' as God's law. Consequently the words used here mean the Lord in respect of the truths of faith, which come from His law or the Word. The fact that 'the rock' means the Lord in respect of faith, and on man's side the faith he receives from the Lord, is clear from very many places in the Word, as in Moses,

Ascribe ¹ greatness to our God, the Rock, whose work is perfect. He caused him to ride on ² the heights of the land, and fed him with the produce of the fields; He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock. But when Jeshurun became fat he kicked; he forsook God who made Him, and despised the Rock of his salvation. You have been unmindful of ³ the Rock who begot you, and have forgotten the God who formed you. Their Rock sold them, and Jehovah shut them up. For their rock is not like our Rock. When it is said, Where are their gods, the rock in which they trusted? ... Deuteronomy 32:3-4, 13, 15, 18, 30-31, 37.

From these verses it is evident that Jehovah, that is, the Lord, is the One who is called 'the Rock'. The fact that 'the Rock' is Jehovah or the Lord in respect of faith is made plain by every detail there in the internal sense.

[2] In Daniel,

You were watching, until a stone was cut out, not by means of hands; and it struck the statue on its feet, which were iron and clay, and smashed them to pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold together were smashed to pieces, and became like chaff from the summer threshing-floors; so that the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. But the stone that struck the statue became a great rock and filled the whole earth. The God of heaven will cause a kingdom to arise that will never be destroyed, and also His kingdom will not be left to other people; it will crush and consume all those kingdoms, but will itself stand for ever. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the rock, not by means of hands, and it smashed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold... Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45.

The subject here is the Lord and His kingdom, 'a stone' being used to mean faith, and 'a rock' the Lord in respect of faith. The fact that these things are meant by 'a stone' and 'a rock' is evident to anyone who gives thought to the matter. 'A stone' also means in the Word the truth that composes faith, see 643, 1298, 3720, 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789, 3798, 6426; therefore also the Lord in respect of Divine Truth is called 'the stone of Israel', 6426. The reason why 'a rock' means the Lord in respect of the truth of faith is that 'a rock' is also used to mean a fortress that withstands falsities. The actual fortress is the truth of faith, for this is what the battle against both falsities and evils is waged from.

[3] All this also makes it clear that in the following words in Matthew which the Lord addressed to Peter 'rock' is used to mean the Lord in respect of faith, and also faith received from the Lord,

I tell you, You Are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:18-19.

As regards 'rock' here, that it means the Lord in respect of faith, and faith received from the Lord, and that 'Peter' represents that faith, see Preface to Genesis 22, and also 3750, 4738, 6000, 6073 (end), 6344 (end). It is also evident to anyone who thinks properly that the power to open heaven and close hell for the good, and to open hell and close heaven for the wicked, is the Lord's alone, and that the reason why such power accompanies faith is that faith comes from the Lord, and so likewise is the Lord's; that is, the Lord Himself is within faith. All power in the next life too comes through the truth of faith springing from good, 4931, 6344, 6423, 8200, 8304. One who thinks properly may also conclude that the Lord's Church has not been built on some person, thus not on Peter, but on the Lord Himself, that is, on faith in Him.

[4] From all this one can see what kind of errors they are, and how great, which those people slip into who adhere strictly to the sense of the letter of the Word. One can see why leaders of the Church are all too ready to seize on the idea that such power was given to Peter and consequently to those who call themselves his successors, for that idea lends support to what is in their heart. One can see how difficult it is for them to let themselves be convinced that this passage has any other meaning, for each wishes to gain supreme power. All this also shows how vital it is to know what 'rock', 'the keys', 'the gates of hell', and very many other things mean in the internal sense.

[5] The fact that Jehovah is called 'the Rock', and that when He is called this the Lord in respect of faith is meant, many other places in the Word also go to prove, such as the following, which will be quoted without further explanation. In Isaiah,

Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the Rock towards the wilderness, to the mountain [of the daughter] of Zion. Isaiah 16:1.

In the same prophet,

You have forgotten [the God] of your salvation, and have not called to mind the Rock of your refuge. Isaiah 17:10.

In the same prophet,

Asshur will fall by the sword, not of man (vir). Also his rock will pass away by reason of terror. Isaiah 31:8-9.

In the same prophet,

Let the inhabitants of the Rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Isaiah 42:11.

In the same prophet,

Pay attention to Me, you who are pursuing righteousness, who are seeking Jehovah. Look to the Rock from which you were hewn. Isaiah 51:1.

In Jeremiah,

Leave the cities and dwell in the Rock, O inhabitants of Moab. Jeremiah 48:28.

In the same prophet,

I am against you, O destroying mountain, destroying the whole earth. And I will stretch out My hand against you, and roll you down from the rocks, and make you into a mountain of burning. Nor will they take from you a stone for a corner, or a stone for foundations. Jeremiah 51:25-26.

This refers to Babel. In David,

He caused me to come up out of the pit of devastation, out of the muddy clay, and He set my feet upon a rock. Psalms 40:2.

In the same author,

From the end of the earth I cry to You, when my heart fails; You lead me to the Rock high up from me. Psalms 61:2.

In the same author,

I fed them with the fat of wheat, and with honey out of the rock I satisfied them. Psalms 81:16.

[6] Since 'a rock' meant the Lord in respect of faith, and faith received from the Lord, also the wondrous things spoken of in the Book of Judges took place on a rock,

The Angel of Jehovah told Gideon to take the flesh and unleavened bread and peace them on the rock, and pour out the broth. And fire went up from the rock and consumed the flesh and unleavened bread. Judges 6:20-21.

And elsewhere in the same book,

Manoah, Samson's father, took the kid of the she-goats and offered it on the rock. Then the Angel acted in a wondrous manner and ascended in the flame. Judges 13:19-20.

What meaning these things had becomes clear if what 'Gideon' and what 'Manoah, Samson's father' represented is discovered from the internal sense, also what was meant by 'the flesh and unleavened bread' and 'the broth', 'the kid of the she-goats' as well, and 'the fire'. For every single one of these was representative and had a spiritual meaning.

[7] Knowing that 'the Rock' means faith may lead also to an understanding of the reference to Moses' being pieced in the cleft of the rock when he was to see Jehovah, Exodus 33:20-23; for 'the cleft of the rock' means obscurity of faith. It is well known in the Churches that the rock in Horeb from which the water came out means the Lord; but now it has been shown that it means the Lord in respect of faith, and also that it means faith received from the Lord. A meaning similar to that which 'the rock in Horeb' possesses is also meant in the following words in Isaiah,

Say, Jehovah has redeemed His servant Jacob. At that time they will not thirst; in waste places He will lead them. He will make water flow for them from the rock, when He cleaves the rock so that water flows out. Isaiah 48:20-21.

The reason why the people were given the water from no other rock than the one in Horeb is that 'Horeb' means God's law; and the reason why God's law is meant by 'Horeb' is that the law was proclaimed from there. And faith which is received from the Lord is acquired from God's law, that is, from the Word; for through the Word the Lord teaches what faith is and also imparts faith.

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