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.

48. 据我所见, 在灵界接受审判的万民分布如下:聚集在中间的是新教徒, 按所属国家分别开来。德国人靠近北边, 瑞典人靠近西边, 丹麦人占据西边, 荷兰人靠近东边和南边, 英国人位于中间。围绕该中间区域聚集的是天主教徒, 多数位于西面, 部分位于南面。然后是伊斯兰教徒, 也照所属国家分别开来, 全在西南面。再后是异教徒, 数目巨大, 组成外围。更远处是一个海, 构成边界。

万民在不同方位分布开来, 是依照他们对圣谛的领受能力。因为在灵界, 人的秉性从他所住的方位即可知晓。在某个团体内, 人的秉性也从他所住的方位可以知晓。关于这一点, 可参看《天国与地狱》一书(天国与地狱148-149)。人从一处去往另一处, 涉及的原理相同, 也是照其情感之思维的状态而成就。有待审判的人被引入自己的地方, 也是依照该原理。一言以蔽之, 人在灵界行走的路线, 乃是其心智之思维的真实定位。是故, 在圣言的灵义上, "道路","行走"分别指属灵生命的定位和进展。