Vater
Vater bedeutet im Wort das Innerste, und in den Dingen, die der Ordnung des Herrn folgen, bedeutet es das Gute. Im höchsten Sinne bedeutet Vater den Herrn selbst, den Schöpfer. Bei der Zeugung natürlicher Kinder ist es der Vater, der die Seele oder das innerste Gefäß des Lebens und eine innere Vererbung bereitstellt, und die Mutter, die die gesamte Substanz bereitstellt, aus der die Seele ihren Körper bildet, sowie eine äußere Vererbung. In diesem Prozess kommt die Seele vom Herrn durch den Vater, und nicht vom Vater, da alles Leben vom Herrn kommt.
Der weise Mensch nennt den Herrn seinen Vater und die Kirche seine Mutter, weil seine inneren Lieben vom Herrn kommen, aber durch die von der Kirche gelehrten Wahrheiten Form und Aktualität erhalten. Die so hervorgebrachten Dinge sind die geistigen "Kinder" eines Menschen.
Wenn im Neuen Testament von Jesus und dem Vater die Rede ist, ist damit die äußere Manifestation mit dem Göttlichen selbst als Seele im Inneren gemeint. Weil Jesus von einer natürlichen Mutter geboren wurde, hatte Er einen natürlichen Körper und eine natürliche jüdische Vererbung. Im Laufe seines Lebens, als er von den Höllen versucht wurde, legte er langsam alles ab, was er von seiner Mutter hatte, und ersetzte es durch das, was er von sich selbst im Inneren hatte, den Vater. Indem Er das tat, machte Er sich selbst eins mit dem Vater, der Sein Innerstes war, so dass Er wirklich sagen konnte: "Ich und mein Vater sind eins".
(Odkazy: Enthüllte Offenbarung 170; Himmlischen Geheimnissen 1815, 3703 [4]; Die göttliche Vorsehung 330 [1,2]; Wahre Christliche Religion 103 [1,2])
Arcana Coelestia # 893
893. Verse 13 And it happened in the six hundred and first year, at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters dried up from over the earth, and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and saw out, and behold, the face 1 of the ground was dry.
'It happened in the six hundred and first year' means a finishing point. 'At the beginning, on the first of the month' means a starting point. 'The waters dried up from over the earth' means that falsities were not at that time apparent. 'And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and saw out' means the light, once falsities had been removed, shed by the truths of faith, which he acknowledged and in which he had faith. 'And behold, the face 1 of the ground was dry' means regeneration.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. literally, the faces
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That 'it happened in the six hundred and first year means a finishing point is clear from the meaning of the number six hundred, dealt with at Chapter 7:6, in 737, as a beginning, and in particular in that verse as the beginning of temptation. The end of it is specified by the same number, with a whole year having now passed by. It took place therefore at the end of a year, and this also is why the words are added 'at the beginning, on the first of the month', meaning a starting point. In the Word any complete period is specified either by a day, or a week, or a month, or a year, and even by a hundred or a thousand years - for example, 'the days' mentioned in Genesis 1, which meant stages in the regeneration of the member of the Most Ancient Church. For in the internal sense day and year mean nothing else than a period of time; and meaning a period of time they also mean a state. Consequently a year stands in the Word for a period of time and for a state, as in Isaiah,
To proclaim the year of Jehovah's good pleasure, and the day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all who mourn. Isaiah 61:2.
This refers to the Lord's Coming. In the same prophet,
The day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed had come. Isaiah 63:4.
Here too 'day' and 'year' stand for a period of time and for a state. In Habakkuk,
Your work, O Jehovah, in the midst of the years make it live, in the midst of the years do You make it known. Habakkuk 3:2.
Here 'years' stands for a period of time and for a state. In David,
'You are God Himself, and Your years have no end. Psalms 102:27.
This statement, in which 'years' stands for periods of time, means that time does not exist with God. The same applies in the present verse where 'the year' of the flood in no way means any one particular year but a period of time that is not determined by a specific number of years. At the same time it means a state. See what has been said already about 'years' in 482, 487, 488, 493.
1. This paragraph is not numbered in the Latin.
