"Guardar" en la Biblia generalmente tiene que ver con el control de las acciones reales de la vida, aunque en algunos casos puede significar mantener algo alejado de las actividades de la vida para salvaguardarlo.

El uso más común de "guardar" está relacionado con guardar los mandamientos del Señor o guardar los días festivos o rituales. Todo esto significa poner en acción las verdaderas ideas del Señor en la vida; simplemente conocerlas o recordarlas no es suficiente. En un sentido más profundo, significa adorar al Señor, ya que vivir la vida de acuerdo con su guía es el acto supremo de adoración.

Cuando no es posible actuar a partir de los mandatos del Señor, "guardar" representa recordar y salvaguardar esas ideas verdaderas para poder ponerlas en práctica eventualmente.

(Odkazy: Apocalipsis Explicado 769; Arcana Coelestia 372, 7899, 7989, 8363, 8767, 9072, 9149, 9304)

8767. 'And keep My covenant' means thus leading a good life, and as a consequence being joined [to the Lord]. This is clear from the meaning of 'keeping the covenant' as leading a life in accordance with the commandments, thus a life governed by good, and so being joined to the Lord. The reason why 'keeping the covenant' means leading a life in accordance with the commandments, thus leading a good life, is that the stipulations of the covenant were all the things that had been commanded, which were called testimonies, judgements, laws, and statutes, in particular the Ten Commandments. All these were also called the covenant because it was established through them. The fact that keeping them is leading a life in accordance with them is evident from the meaning of 'keeping' in the Word. Many times it speaks of hearing the commandments and keeping them, and in those places 'hearing' means accepting them in faith, and 'keeping' accepting them in life, that is, leading a life in accordance with them. The reason why 'keeping the covenant' also means being joined [to the Lord] is that in an overall sense 'a covenant' means being joined together, 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804. It has this further meaning because a person who leads a life in accordance with the commandments is joined to the Lord. For the commandments teach about life and also impart life, thereby opening the way to heaven and opening one's eyes to see the Lord.