90. "하나님의 낙원에 있는"은 지혜와 믿음의 진리 안에 내적으로 있는 것을 뜻한다.

낙원에 (사이에, in the midst)는 극 내적인 것 (44, 383)을, 여기서는 더 내적인 것을 뜻한다. "하나님의 낙원"은 지혜와 믿음의 진리를 뜻한다. 그러므로 하나님의 낙원에 있는 "생명 나무"는 지혜와 믿음의 진리 안에 내적으로 있는 사랑과 인애의 선을 가지고 계시는 주님을 뜻한다.

선은 생명의 있음(Esse, 實在)이요 진리는 거기서 나온 생명의 나타남(Existere, 顯現)이기 때문이다. 이것은 <하나님의 사랑과 하나님의 지혜>안에 충분히 입증한 바와 같다. "하나님의 낙원"이 지혜와 믿음의 진리인 것은 말씀 안에 있는 동산(garden)의 뜻으로 분명하다. "동산"은 지혜와 총명을 뜻한다. "나무"는 교인을, 그 "열매"는 선한 생활을 뜻하기 때문이다. 그러므로 "에덴 동산"은 그밖의 다른 것을 뜻하지 않는다. 에덴 동산으로 아담의 지혜를 기록하였기 때문이다. 에스겔서에 있는 "하나님의 동산"도 같은 것을 뜻한다.

"네 지혜와 총명으로 재물을 얻었으며 네가 하나님의 동산 에덴에 있어서 각종 보석으로 단장하였음이여"(에스겔 28:4, 13)

이것은 두로에 대한 것이다. 두로는 진리와 선에 대한 지식 그러므로 총명으로서의 교회를 뜻한다. 그러므로 "네 지혜와 총명으로 재물을 얻었다"말한 것이다. "단장한 보석"은 총명의 진리를 뜻한다.

에스겔서에,

"앗수르는 레바논 백향목이라 하나님의 동산의 백향목이 그를 가리우지 못하며 하나님의 동산의 아무 나무도 그 아름다운 나무와 같지 못 하였도다 하나님의 동산 에덴에 있는 모든 나무가 다투기 하였느니라"(에스겔 31:3, 8-9)

이것은 애굽과 앗수르에 대한 말이다. "애굽"은 과학을, "앗수르"는 합리성을 뜻하며, 여기서 총명이 나오기 때문이다. "백향목"도 같은 것을 뜻한다. 그러나 그의 합리성에 의해서 그가 그 자신의 교만에 빠졌기 때문에 그에 대하여 일렀으되,

"너의 영화와 광대함이 에덴 모든 나무 중에 어떤 것과 같은고 그러나 네가 에덴 나무와 함께 지하에 내려갈 것이요 거기서 할례 받지 못하고 칼에 살륙 당한 자 중에 누우리라 이들은 바로와 그 모든 군대니라 나 주 여호와의 말이니라 하라(에스겔 31:18)

"할례 받지 못한 자"는 인애의 선이 없는 사람을 뜻한다.

이사야서에,

"나 여호와가 시온을 뒤로하되 그 광야로 에덴 같고 사막으로 여호와의 동산 같게 하였나니"(이사야 51:3)

"시온"은 교회가 있는 곳, "광야"와 "사막"은 진리가 없거나 무지한 곳이요, "에덴"과 "하나님의 동산"은 지혜와 총명이 있는 곳을 뜻한다. 이사야 58:11; 61:11; 예레미아 31:12; 아모스 9:14; 민수기 24:6에 있는 "동산"역시 지혜와 총명을 뜻한다.

교인은 주로부터 사랑의 선 안에 있으면 총명으로 서의 동산과 같은 것이다. 그를 씩씩하게 하는 영적 볕은 사랑이요, 영적 빛은 거기서 나온 총명이기 때문이다. 이 세상 동산이 볕과 빛으로 우거지는 것을 우리는 잘 안다. 천국의 동산도 그러는 것이다. 천국에는 주로부터 나온 사랑의 선으로 말미암은 그들의 지혜에 따른 열매가 있는 낙원의 동산이 보인다. 그러나 총명 안에는 있으나 사랑의 선 안에 있지 아니한 사람들 두루(주변)에는 동산이 보이지 아니하고 풀만 보인다. 그리고 인애에서 떠난 믿음 안에 있는 사람들 두루(주변)에는 풀도 보이지 않고 모래만 있는 곳이 보인다.

1551. That 'silver' means truths is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth. The most ancient people compared the goods and truths present in man to metals. Innermost or celestial goods which flow from love to the Lord they compared to gold, truths deriving from these to silver. Goods of a lower or natural kind however they compared to bronze, and truths of a lower kind to iron. Nor did they just compare them; they also called them such. This was the origin of periods of time being likened to those same metals and being called the golden, silver, bronze, and iron ages, for these followed in that order one after another. The golden age was the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial man. The silver age was the time of the Ancient Church, which was spiritual man. The bronze age was the time of the Church that followed, and the iron age came after that. Similar things were also meant by the statue which Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream, whose head was of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, and shins of iron, Daniel 2:32-33. That periods of the Church were to follow one another in that order, and actually did so, is clear in that very chapter of the same prophet.

[2] That 'silver' in the internal sense of the Word wherever it is mentioned means truth, or in the contrary sense falsity, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment, and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:17.

Here it is evident what each metal means. The subject is the Lord's Coming, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. 'Instead of bronze, gold' is celestial good in place of natural good; 'instead of iron, silver' is spiritual truth in place of natural truth; 'instead of wood, bronze' is natural good in place of bodily good; 'instead of stone, iron' is natural truth in place of truth acquired through the senses. In the same prophet,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and he who has no money, ¹ come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1.

'He who has no money' ¹ is the person who does not know the truth but who nevertheless possesses the good that stems from charity, as is the case with many people inside the Church, and with gentiles outside it.

[3] In the same prophet,

The islands will wait for Me, the ships of Tarshish at their head, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah your God, and to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:9.

This refers specifically to a new Church, or a Church among gentiles, and in general to the Lord's kingdom. 'Ships from Tarshish' stands for cognitions, 'silver' for truths, and 'gold' for goods, which are those things they 'will bring to the name of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

For your adornment you took vessels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourselves figures of the male. Ezekiel 16:17.

Here 'gold' stands for cognitions of celestial things, 'silver' of spiritual things. In the same prophet,

You were adorned with gold and silver, and your raiment was fine linen and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:13.

This refers to Jerusalem, by which the Lord's Church is meant, whose adornment is being described in this manner. In the same prophet,

Behold, you who are wise, there is no secret they have hidden from you; by your wisdom and by your intelligence you have acquired riches for yourself, and you have acquired gold and silver in your treasuries. Ezekiel 28:3-4.

Here, in what is said in reference to Tyre, 'gold' is plainly identified with the riches of wisdom, and 'silver' with the riches of intelligence.

[4] In Joel,

You have taken My silver and My gold, and My good and desirable treasures you have carried into your temples. Joel 3:5.

This refers to Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, which mean cognitions, and these are 'the silver and the gold they took into their temples'. In Haggai,

The elect of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory. Mine is the silver, and Mine is the gold. The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former. Haggai 2:7-9.

This refers to the Lord's Church to which 'gold and silver' have reference. In Malachi,

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi. Malachi 3:3.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. In David,

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver refined in an earthen crucible, poured seven times. Psalms 12:6.

'Silver purified seven times' stands for Divine truth. At the time of their exodus out of Egypt the children of Israel were commanded that every woman should ask of her neighbour, and of her who sojourned in her house, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, and that they should put them on their sons and on their daughters, and so despoil the Egyptians, Exodus 3:22; 11:2-3; 12:35-36. Anyone may see from this that the children of Israel would never have been ordered to steal and despoil the Egyptians of those possessions in that way if these did not represent some arcana. But what those arcana are may become clear from the meaning of 'silver and gold, garments, and Egypt', and from the fact that what these possessions represented is similar to the words here 'rich in the silver and gold from Egypt', used in reference to Abram.

[5] Just as 'silver' means truth so in a contrary sense it means falsity, for people under the influence of falsity imagine falsity to be the truth, as is also clear in the Prophets. In Moses,

You shall not covet the silver and the gold of the nations, nor take it for yourself, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. You shall utterly detest it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'The gold of the nations' stands for evils, and 'their silver' for falsities. In the same author,

You shall not make gods of silver to be with Me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. Exodus 20:23.

In the internal sense these words mean nothing other than falsities and evil desires, falsities being meant by 'gods of silver', and evil desires by 'gods of gold'. In Isaiah,

On that day everyone will spurn his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Idols of silver and idols of gold' stands for similar things that are false and evil 'Which your hands have made' stands for what is a product of the proprium. In Jeremiah,

They are foolish and stupid; that wood is a way of learning vanities! Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the smith and of the hands of the moulder. Their clothing is violet and purple These are all the work of the wise. Jeremiah 10:8-9.

Here 'silver' and 'gold' quite clearly stand for similar things that are false and evil.

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