属天的奥秘 # 2362
2362. “看哪, 我有两个女儿, 还没有亲近过男人” 表对善与真的情感. 这从 “女儿” 的含义清楚可知, “女儿” 是指情感 (参看489-491节). 她们 “还没有亲近过男人” 表虚假还没有玷污过她们, “男人” 表理性真理, 在反面意义上表虚假 (265, 749, 1007节). 情感有两种类型, 即对良善的情感和对真理的情感 (参看1997节). 前者, 即对良善的情感构成属天的教会, 在圣言中被称为 “锡安的女儿或女子”, 或 “锡安的处女”; 而后者, 即对真理的情感构成属灵的教会, 在圣言中被称为 “耶路撒冷的女子”.
如以赛亚书:
锡安的处女藐视你, 嗤笑你; 耶路撒冷的女子在你后面摇头. (以赛亚书 37:22; 列王纪下 19:21)
耶利米哀歌:
耶路撒冷的女子哪, 我可用什么与你相比呢? 锡安的处女哪, 我可拿什么和你比较, 好安慰你呢? (耶利米哀歌 2:13)
弥迦书:
你这羊群的高台, 锡安女子的山冈哪, 从前的权柄, 就是耶路撒冷女子的国权, 必归与你. (弥迦书 4:8)
西番雅书:
锡安的女子哪, 应当欢呼. 以色列阿, 应当发声. 耶路撒冷的女子哪, 应当满心欢喜快乐. (西番雅书 3:14)
撒迦利亚书:
锡安的女子哪, 应当大大喜乐; 耶路撒冷的女子哪, 应当发声. 看哪, 你的王来到你这里! (撒迦利亚书 9:9; 马太福音 21:5; 约翰福音 12:15)
属天的教会, 或主的属天国度被称为来自对良善的情感, 即来自对主自己之爱的 “锡安的女儿或女子” (参看以赛亚书 10:32; 16:1; 52:2; 62:11; Jer. 4:31; 6:2, 23; 耶利米哀歌 1:6; 2:1, 4, 8, 10; 弥迦书 4:10, 13; 撒迦利亚书 2:10; 诗篇 9:14). 属灵的教会, 或主的属灵国度被称为来自对真理的情感, 因而来自对邻之仁的 “耶路撒冷的女子” (参看耶利米哀歌 2:15). 第一卷多次论述了这两种教会及其特征.
由于属天教会通过存在于对邻之爱中的对主之爱而存在, 故它尤其好比未结婚的女子或处女. 事实上, 它也被称为 “童女”, 如启示录:
这些人未曾沾染妇女, 他们原是童女. 羔羊无论往哪里去, 他们都跟随他, 因为他们在神的宝座前没有瑕疵. (启示录 14:4-5)
这一点在犹太教会中也有所体现: 承接圣职的不可娶寡妇, 要娶处女为妻 (利未记 21:13-15; 以西结书 44:22).
由本节内容可以看出圣言在内义上何等纯洁. 但它在文字上没有表现出来, 如当读到 “看哪, 我有两个女儿, 还没有亲近过男人, 容我领她们出来给你们, 就照你们看为好的对待她们吧! 只是这两个人, 不要向他们作什么” 这些话时, 人们只会想到淫秽的事, 尤其那些过着邪恶生活的人. 然而, 通过所给出的解读明显可知, 这些话在内义上何等贞洁, 也就是说, 它们表示对良善与真理的情感, 以及不向主的神性和神圣施暴的人出于这些情感的享受所感知到的幸福.
Heaven and Hell # 179
179. Because angels' clothes correspond to their intelligence they also correspond to what is true, since all intelligence comes from divine truth. So it amounts to the same thing whether you say that angels are dressed according to their intelligence or according to divine truth. The reason the garments of some angels gleam as though aflame, while the garments of others shine as though alight, is that flame corresponds to what is good, and light to what is true because of that good. 1 The reason some garments are pure white and soft white and do not shine, while others are of various colors, is that divine good and truth are less dazzling and are also differently accepted among less intelligent people. 2 Pure white and soft white correspond to what is true, 3 and colors correspond to different shadings of truth. The reason angels in the inmost heaven are naked is that they are in innocence, and innocence corresponds to nudity. 5
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. [Swedenborg's footnote] Garments in the Word mean truths by reason of correspondence: 1073, 2576, 5319, 5954, 9212, 9216, 9952, 10536; because truths clothe what is good: 5248. A veil means something of intellect, since discernment is the vessel of what is true: 6378. White garments of linen mean truths from the Divine: 5319, 9469. Flame means spiritual good, and the light from it means truth from that good: 3222, 6832.
2. [Swedenborg's footnote] Angels and spirits are seen wearing clothes that accord with their truths and therefore with their intelligence: 165, 5248, 5954, 9212, 9216, 9814, 9952, 10536. Some garments of angels are radiant, and some are not: 5248.
3. [Swedenborg's footnote] Pure white and soft white in the Word mean what is true, because they come from light in heaven: 3301, 3993, 4001 [4007?].
1042-1043, 1053, 1624, 3993, 4530, 4742, 4922. Colors mean various things that are matters of intelligence and wisdom: 4530, 4922, 4677, 9466. The precious stones in the Urim and Thummim, depending on their colors, meant all the truths in the heavens that stem from what is good: 9865, 9868, 9905. To the extent that colors are derived from red, they mean what is good; while to the extent that they are derived from white, they mean what is true: 9476.
5. [Swedenborg's footnote] All the people in the inmost heaven are innocent, and therefore seem to be naked: 154, 165, 297, 2736, 3887, 8375, 9960. Innocence is manifested in heaven as nudity: 165, 8375, 9960. For innocent and chaste people, nudity is not a matter of shame because there is no occasion for offense: 165, 213, 8375.
