4170. “你羊群中的公绵羊, 我没有吃过” 表良善的真理, 因为祂没有拿走他的任何东西. 这从 “公绵羊” 和 “吃” 的含义清楚可知: “公绵羊” 是指良善的真理, “母绵羊” 表示良善, 因而 “公绵羊” 表示良善的真理, 因为公绵羊是母绵羊的伴侣; “吃” 是指变成自己的 (参看3168, 3513, 3596, 3832节), 因而是指取得, 因为凡变成自己的东西, 都是从他那里取得的.

All changes of place in the Bible represent changes in spiritual state. “Entering” – usually used as entering someone’s house or “going in unto” someone – particularly means adopting a spiritual state that is compatible with someone else in order to communicate with them or be conjoined with them. This is easily seen in the fact that a man “going in unto” a woman is sort of a Biblical euphemism for a physical relationship. In a broader sense, all the spiritual changes we go through in our lives involve “entering” and “leaving,” so when the Bible uses the phrasing “going in and coming out,” it symbolizes someone’s entire spiritual life.

To enter, as in Genesis 7:1, signifies to be prepared.