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創世記 20:11

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11 亞伯拉罕:我以為這地方的人總不懼怕,必為我妻子的緣故殺我。

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Arcana Coelestia # 2562

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2562. 'At every place we come to' means all things which after that He would deduce regarding rational truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'place' as state, dealt with in 1273-1275, 1377. The state of the thing which is the subject here is a state of deduction regarding rational truth - that it should be said that rational truth was joined to celestial good, as follows.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1274

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1274. The marvels existing in the next life include the following:

1. Communities of spirits and of angels, as regards position, appear distinct and separate from one another, even though places and distances in the next life are nothing other than varieties of state.

2. Position and distances are relative to the human body, so that people on the right thus seem to be stationed on the right whichever way the body turns. The same applies to those on the left, or in any other direction.

3. No spirits and angels are so far away that they cannot be seen; yet no more come into view than the Lord allows to do so.

4. When the Lord allows it, spirits whom others are thinking about - for example, people who had been known to them in some way during their lifetime - are present in an instant. They come close enough to be heard or touched, or stand a little way off, notwithstanding the fact that they may have been several thousands of miles away, even up among the stars. The reason is that spatial distance is meaningless in the next life.

5. With angels no idea of time exists; it is the same in the world of spirits, but more completely so in heaven. What then must the situation be with the Lord, to whom every single human being is inescapably most fully present and beneath His view and Providence?

These things seem unbelievable but are nevertheless true.

  
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