Arcana Coelestia # 102
102. Verse 9 And Jehovah God caused to spring up out of the ground every tree desirable to the sight and good for food; and the tree of life 1 in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
'Tree' means perception, 'tree desirable to the sight' the perception of what is true, 'tree good for food' the perception of what is good, 'tree of life' love and faith deriving from love, and 'the tree of the knowledge of good and evil' faith derived from sensory evidence, that is, from knowledge.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. literally, of lives
Ezekiel 29:1-5
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In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
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Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'
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I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
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I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
