28.인자가 말씀으로서 주님을 의미하기 때문에 선지자들을 가리킬 때도 인자라고 불렀다. 선지자들을 인자로 부른 이유는 그들이 말씀이신 주님을 표상했으며 그러므로 말씀에서 비롯한 교회의 교리를 뜻했기 때문이다. 천국에서는 말씀에 언급된 “선지자”를 그 밖에 다른 의미로는 이해하지 않는다. “선지자”의 영적 의미는 “인자”와 마찬가지로 말씀에서 비롯한 교회의 교리를 뜻하기 때문이다. 그리고 주님에 대해 “선지자”라고 말할 때는 말씀 그 자체를 뜻한다.

선지자 다니엘을 인자라고 한 것은 다니엘 8:17에서 볼 수 있다.

에스겔 2:1, 3, 6, 8; 3:1, 3-4, 10, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 5:1; 6:2; 7:2; 8:5-6, 8, 12, 15; 12:2-3, 9, 18, 22, 27; 13:2, 17; 14:3, 13; 15:2; 16:2; 17:2; 20:3-4, 27, 46; 21:2, 6, 9, 12, 14, 19, 28; 22:18, 24; 23:2, 36; 24:2, 16, 25; 25:2; 26:2; 27:2; 28:2, 12, 21; 29:2, 18; 30:2, 21; 31:2; 32:2, 18; 33:2, 7, 10, 12, 24, 30; 34:2; 35:2; 36:1, 17; 37:3, 9, 11, 16; 38:2, 14,;39:1, 17; 40:4; 43:7, 10, 18; 44:5

이상으로 신적 인성으로서 주님을 하나님의 아들이라고 하고 말씀으로서 주님을 인자라고 하는 것이 분명하다.

“The eyes are the windows of the soul.” That's a sentiment with roots somewhere in murky antiquity, but one that has become hopelessly cliché because it is both poetic and obviously true. We feel that if we can look in someone's eyes, we can truly know what they are inside. And it's not just the eyes; really it is the face as a whole that conveys this. As Swedenborg puts it, the face is “man's spiritual world presented in his natural world” (Heaven and Hell, No. 91). Our faces reveal our interior thoughts and feelings in myriad ways, which is why psychologists, poker players and criminal investigators spend so much time studying them. It makes sense, then, that people's faces in the Bible represent their interiors, the thoughts, loves and desires they hold most deeply. We turn our faces to the ground to show humility when we bow in worship; we turn them to the mountains when seeking inspiration; we turn them toward our enemies when we are ready to battle temptation. When things are hard, we need to “face facts,” or accept them internally. When the topic is the Lord's face, it represents the Lord's interiors, which are perfect love and perfect mercy. And when people turn away from the Lord and refuse his love, it is described as the Lord “hiding his face.”

(Odkazy: Heaven and Hell 91)