The number "two" has two different meanings in the Bible. In most cases "two" indicates a joining together or unification. This is easy to see if we consider the conflicts we tend to have between our "hearts" and our "heads" -- between what we want and what we know. Our "hearts" tell us that we want pie with ice cream for dinner; our "heads" tell us we should have grilled chicken and salad. If we can bring those two together and actually want what's good for us, we'll be pretty happy. We're built that way -- with our emotions balanced against our intellect -- because the Lord is built that way. His essence is love itself, or Divine Love, the source of all caring, emotion and energy. It is expressed as Divine Wisdom, which gives form to that love and puts it to work, and is the source of all knowledge and reasoning. In His case the two aspects are always in conjunction, always in harmony. It's easy also to see how that duality is reflected throughout creation: plants and animals, food and drink, silver and gold. Most importantly, it's reflected in the two genders, with women representing love and men representing wisdom. That's the underlying reason why conjunction in marriage is such a holy thing. So when "two" is used in the Bible to indicate some sort of pairing or unity, it means a joining together. In rare cases, however, "two" is used more purely as a number. In these cases it stands for a profane or unholy state that comes before a holy one. This is because "three" represents a state of holiness and completion (Jesus, for instance, rose from the tomb on the third day), and "two" represents the state just before it.

141. 十六、天堂的四个方位

天堂和尘世都有东、南、西、北四个方位，都取决于各自的太阳：在天堂，取决于天堂的太阳也就是主；在尘世，取决于尘世的太阳。然而，它们之间有着很大的区别。首先，在尘世，被称为南方的地方是太阳在地球上方最高点的地方，北方则是太阳在地球下与之相反的位置；东方是春分或秋分时日出的地方，西方则是此时日落的地方。因此，在尘世，四个方位都是由南方来决定。 ¹ 然而在天堂，东方是天使看见显为太阳的主所在地方，西方与之相对，南方在右，北方在左，无论天使的脸和身体朝哪个方向转动，都是如此。因此，在天堂，所有的方位都是由东方来决定的。主看起来是一轮太阳，其所在的地方被称为“东方”（oriens），因为显为太阳的祂是一切生命的源头（origo）。此外，只要天使从主那里接受热和光或爱和聪明，就说主在他们当中“升起”（exoriri）。出于同样的原因，主在圣经中被称为“东方”（oriens）。 ²

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