The number "two" has two different meanings in the Bible. In most cases "two" indicates a joining together or unification. This is easy to see if we consider the conflicts we tend to have between our "hearts" and our "heads" -- between what we want and what we know. Our "hearts" tell us that we want pie with ice cream for dinner; our "heads" tell us we should have grilled chicken and salad. If we can bring those two together and actually want what's good for us, we'll be pretty happy. We're built that way -- with our emotions balanced against our intellect -- because the Lord is built that way. His essence is love itself, or Divine Love, the source of all caring, emotion and energy. It is expressed as Divine Wisdom, which gives form to that love and puts it to work, and is the source of all knowledge and reasoning. In His case the two aspects are always in conjunction, always in harmony. It's easy also to see how that duality is reflected throughout creation: plants and animals, food and drink, silver and gold. Most importantly, it's reflected in the two genders, with women representing love and men representing wisdom. That's the underlying reason why conjunction in marriage is such a holy thing. So when "two" is used in the Bible to indicate some sort of pairing or unity, it means a joining together. In rare cases, however, "two" is used more purely as a number. In these cases it stands for a profane or unholy state that comes before a holy one. This is because "three" represents a state of holiness and completion (Jesus, for instance, rose from the tomb on the third day), and "two" represents the state just before it.

1296. “来吧, 我们要作砖” 表他们为自己制造虚假. 这从 “砖” 的含义明显可知. 在圣言中, “石头” 表真理, 因此, “砖” 因是人造的, 故表虚假, 因为砖是人造的石头. “砖” 有这样的含义, 可从以下经文进一步看出来. 以赛亚书:

我整天伸手招呼那悖逆的百姓, 他们随自己的意念行不善之道, 在园中献祭, 在砖上烧香. (以赛亚书 65:2-3)

“在砖上烧香” 表出于编造和虚假之物的敬拜; 因此, 经上说这些人 “随自己的意念行走”. 同一先知书:

以法莲和撒玛利亚的居民凭骄傲自大的心说, 砖墙塌了, 我们却要凿石头建筑. (以赛亚书 9:9-10)

“以法莲” 表误入歧途, 视假或 “砖头” 为真的聪明人. “凿石头” 表编造之物. 那鸿书:

你要打水预备受困, 要坚固你的保障, 踹土和泥, 修补砖窑. 在那里火必烧灭你, 刀必杀戮你. (那鸿书 3:14-15)

此处 “踹土” 表虚假, “修补砖窑” 表基于它们的敬拜. “火” 是对恶欲的惩罚, “刀” 是对虚假的惩罚. 以西结书:

你要拿一块砖摆在你面前, 将一座耶路撒冷城刻在其上. (以西结书 4:1)

他还受命围攻它, 其中所预言的事就暗示这敬拜被歪曲. “砖” 表虚假, 这从 “石头” 的含义进一步看出来, 稍后将论述, “石头” 表真理.