As with many common verbs, the meaning of “to say” in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Who is speaking? Who is hearing? What is it about? Is it a command, a message, an apology, instruction? All these things enter into the meaning of “say.” In general, though, “saying” has to do with sharing truth at various levels -- from the most exalted power people can have to perceive the Lord's desires directly to the most basic of orders issued to people at their lowest.

1728. “他是祭司” 表爱的圣洁. 这从圣言中 “祭司” 的含义清楚可知. 称谓主的方式有两种, 即主是王, 主是祭司. 王或王权表神性真理, 祭司或祭司职份表神性良善. 前者是神性属灵的, 后者是神性属天的. 作为王, 主通过神性真理统治宇宙中的每一个事物; 作为祭司, 祂则通过神性良善进行统治. 神性真理是其普遍王国的秩序本身, 其一切法则就是真理, 或永恒的真实; 神性良善则是秩序的真正本质, 其一切事物都是怜悯的表现. 这二者 (即神性良善与神性真理) 都是主的属性. 若唯独神性真理是祂的, 那么凡人皆不得拯救, 因为真理将每个人判入地狱. 但神性良善, 也就是怜悯的本质, 会将每个人从地狱提升向天堂. 在犹太教会中, 诸王和祭司所代表的, 就是神性真理和神性良善. 麦基洗德作为撒冷王和至高神的祭司, 也代表它们.