382. Et point ne tombera sur eux le soleil, ni aucune chaleur, signifie que dans la suite ils n'auront point de convoitises pour le mal ni pour le faux du mal. — Point ne tombera sur eux le soleil, signifie qu'ils n'auront point de convoitises pour le mal ; point ne tombera sur eux aucune chaleur, signifie qu'ils n'auront point de convoitises pour le faux : que le soleil signifie le Divin Amour et par suite les affections du bien, et dans le sens opposé l'amour diabolique et par suite les convoitises pour le mal, on le voit ci-dessus, No. 53 : si la chaleur signifie les convoitises pour le faux du mal, c'est parce que le faux est produit par le mal, comme la chaleur par le soleil ; en effet, quand la volonté aime le mal, l'entendement aime le faux et est embrasé par la convoitise de confirmer le mal, et le mal confirmé dans l'entendement est le faux du mal ; le faux du mal est par suite le mal dans sa forme. La chaleur et s'échauffer ont une semblable signification dans les passages suivants :

— « Heureux l'homme qui se confie en Jéhovah, il ne verra point quand vient L'ECHAUFFEMENT. » — Jérémie 17:7-8.

— « Tu es devenu un rempart pour l'indigent contre l'averse, une ombre contre RECHAUFFEMENT l'ECHAUFFEMENT par l'ombre d'une nuée il réprimera. » — Ésaïe 25:4-5.

— « Quand ils seront ECHAUFFES, je les enivrerai afin qu’ils s’endorment du sommeil séculaire. » — Jérémie 51:39, 57.

— « Tous sont échauffés comme le four ; personne ne crie parmi eux vers Moi. » — Hosée 7:7.

— « Il ne regarde point le chemin des vignes ; la sécheresse et la CHALEUR enlèveront les eaux de neige. » — Job 24:18-19.

— « Le quatrième Ange versa sa fiole sur le soleil, et il lui fut donné d'affliger de CHALEUR les hommes par le feu ; et ils blasphémèrent le Nom de Dieu. » Apocalypse 16:8-9.

— « Pour dire aux enchaînés : Sortez ; ils n'auront point faim et ils n'auront point soif, et ne les frappera point la CHALEUR. » — Ésaïe 49:9-10.

2362. That 'behold now, I have two daughters, who have not known a man' means the affections for good and for truth is clear from the meaning of 'daughters' as affections, dealt with in 489-491. 'They have not known a man' means that they have not been defiled by falsity, for 'a man' means rational truth, and also in the contrary sense falsity, 265, 749, 1007. There are two types of affection, namely the affection for good and the affection for truth, see 1997. The first - the affection for good - constitutes the celestial church and in the Word is called 'the daughter of Zion' and also 'the virgin daughter of Zion'.

[2] But the second - the affection for truth - constitutes the spiritual church, and in the Word is called 'the daughter of Jerusalem'; as in Isaiah,

She has despised you, she has scorned you, the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you, the daughter of Jerusalem. Isaiah 37:22; 2 Kings 19:21.

In Jeremiah,

What shall I liken you to, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equate you with and comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? Lamentations 2:13.

In Micah,

You, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you will it come and the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. Micah 4:8.

In Zephaniah,

Shout with joy, O daughter of Zion! Make a noise, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! Zephaniah 3:14.

In Zechariah,

Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion! Make a noise, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king will come to you. Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:5; John 12:15.

[3] That the celestial Church, which is the Lord's celestial kingdom, is called 'the daughter of Zion' from the affection for good, that is, from love to the Lord Himself, see in addition Isaiah 10:32; 16:1; 52:2; 62:11; Jeremiah 4:31; 6:2, 23; Lamentations 1:6; 2:1, 4, 8, 10; Micah 4:10, 13; Zechariah 2:10; Psalms 9:14. And that the spiritual Church, which is the Lord's spiritual kingdom, is called 'the daughter of Jerusalem' from the affection for truth and so from charity towards the neighbour, see Lamentations 2:15. Both of those Churches, and the nature of each one, have been dealt with many times in Volume One.

[4] Because the celestial Church exists from love to the Lord which is present within love towards the neighbour it is likened in particular to an unmarried daughter or a virgin. Indeed it is also called 'a virgin', as in John,

These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins; these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes; for they are spotless before God's throne. Revelation 14:4-5.

And so that the same might be represented in the Jewish Church, the priests were commanded not to marry widows but virgins, Leviticus 21:13-15; Ezekiel 44:22.

[5] From the contents of the present verse it becomes clear how pure the Word is in the internal sense, however else it may appear in the letter. For when these words are read, 'Behold now, I have two daughters, who have not known a man; let me now bring them out to you and you may do to them as is good in your eyes; only do nothing to those men', nothing else comes to mind than something impure, especially to those leading an evil life. Yet how chaste these words are in the internal sense is evident from the explanation already given, which is that they mean the affections for good and truth and the blessedness perceived from the enjoyment of those affections by people who do no violence to the Lord's Divinity and [proceeding] Holiness.