4434. “示剑的灵魂系恋雅各的女儿底拿” 表与它结合的倾向. 这从 “灵魂系恋” 的含义清楚可知, “灵魂系恋” 是指一种倾向. 显然, 所指的是一种结合的倾向, 因为就内义而言, 属于婚姻之爱的事物涉及属灵的结合, 也就是真理与良善, 并良善与真理的结合. 就内义而言, 属于婚姻之爱的事物之所以涉及这种结合, 是因为婚姻之爱起源于真理与良善, 并良善与真理的婚姻 (2618, 2727-2729, 2737, 2803, 3132节). 因此, 在圣言中, “淫行或奸淫” (act of adultery) 表示对良善的玷污, “邪淫或卖淫” (whoredom) 表示对真理的歪曲 (2466, 2729, 2750, 3399节). 由此可见, 本章所提到的关于示剑和底拿的一切细节在内义上无非表示 “示剑” 所代表的真理与 “底拿” 所代表的对真理的情感的结合; 因此 “示剑的灵魂系恋底拿” 这句话表示与这种情感结合的倾向.

由于这一整章所论述的主题是示剑对底拿的爱情, 以及他如何想办法娶她为妻, 还由于涉及婚姻之爱的事物表示属灵的结合, 所以我要从圣言证实, 婚姻和涉及婚姻的事物并没有别的意思. 启示录:

我们要欢喜快乐, 将荣耀归给祂! 因为羔羊的婚期到了, 祂的妻子也自己预备好了. 凡被请赴羔羊之婚筵的有福了! (启示录 19: 7, 9)

又:

我看见圣城新耶路撒冷由神那里从天而降, 预备好了, 就如新妇妆饰整齐, 等候丈夫. 七位天使中有一位来同我说话, 说, 你来, 我要将新妇, 就是羔羊的妻, 指示你. 我在灵里被那天使带到一座又大又高的山上, 他将那大城, 就是由神那里从天而降的圣耶路撒冷指示我. (启示录 21: 2, 9-10)

很明显, 在上述经文中, 涉及订婚和婚姻的话无非表示主与教会的结合, 该结合通过真理与良善实现. 因为 “圣城” 和 “新耶路撒冷” 无非表示教会. “城” 表示教会的真理 (参看402, 2268, 2449, 2451, 2712, 2943, 3216节), “耶路撒冷” 表示属灵教会 (402, 2117, 3654节).

玛拉基书:

犹大人行事诡诈, 并且在以色列和耶路撒冷中行一件可憎的事. 因为犹大人亵渎耶和华的圣洁, 因为他恋慕并娶了外邦神的女子. 耶和华在你和你幼年的妻之间作见证, 你以诡诈待她. (玛拉基书 2:11, 14)

“恋慕并娶了外邦神的女子” 表示将人的自我与虚假, 而非真理, 也就是 “幼年的妻” 结合.

以西结书:

你拿你为我所生的儿女献给它们吞噬. 你这淫行还算小吗? 你正是你母亲的女儿, 厌弃丈夫和儿女; 你正是你姐妹的姐妹, 厌弃丈夫和儿女. (以西结书 16:20, 45)

此处论述的是耶路撒冷的可憎之事, 由于它们是邪恶与虚假的产物, 故这一章通过与婚姻直接对立的那类事, 也就是奸淫和淫行来描述这可憎之事. “她们所厌弃的丈夫” 是指良善, “儿子” 是指真理, “女儿” 是指对这些真理的情感.

以赛亚书:

你这不怀孕, 不生养的啊, 要歌唱! 你这未曾经过产难的要发声歌唱, 扬声欢呼! 因为凄凉独居者的儿女比已结婚者的儿女更多. 你不再记念你寡居的羞辱, 因为造你的是你的丈夫, 万军之耶和华是祂的名; 救赎你的是以色列的圣者, 祂必称为全地之神. 耶和华召你, 如召被离弃灵里忧伤的妇女, 就是幼年所娶被弃的妻. 这是你神所说的. 你所有的儿女都要受耶和华的教训, 你的儿女必大享平安. (以赛亚书 54:1, 4-6, 13)

由于 “结婚” 表示真理与良善, 并良善与真理的结合, 故明显可知 “丈夫和妻子”, “儿女”, “寡居的”, “被弃”, “生养”, “产难”, “凄凉独居”, “不怀孕” 分别表示什么; 因为这些事物涉及婚姻. 至于这些说法在灵义上是什么意思, 这在解释部分已多次说明.

同一先知书:

我因锡安必不静默, 为耶路撒冷必不息声. 你必不再称为撇弃的; 你的地也必称为已结婚的, 因为耶和华喜悦你, 你的地将要婚嫁. 因为少年人怎样娶处女, 你的众子也要照样娶你; 新郎怎样喜悦新妇, 你的神也要照样喜悦你. (以赛亚书 62:1, 4-5)

人若不了解圣言的内义, 可能会以为圣言中的这类形像描述纯粹是打比方, 和日常对话所用的许多比方一样, 并且这就是为何将教会比作女儿, 童女或处女, 妻子, 因而将信与仁的事物比作涉及婚姻事物的原因. 但在圣言中, 一切事物都是属灵和属天事物的代表, 是真实的对应; 因为圣言是从天上降下来的, 并因从天上降下来, 故就其源头而言, 就是属于字义的一切事物所对应的神性属天和属灵事物. 正因如此, 涉及天上婚姻, 也就是良善与真理的结合的事物落入与它们相对应的事物, 因而落入涉及地上婚姻的事物.

也正因如此, 主将天国, 也就是祂在天上的国和在地上的国, 即教会比作一个人, 即 “为他儿子摆设婚筵, 请许多人来赴席” 的王 (马太福音 22:2-14); 还比作 “拿着灯出去迎接新郎的童女” (马太福音 25:1-13). 主同样称那些属教会的人为 “婚礼之子”:

耶稣说, 新郎和婚礼之子同在的时候, 婚礼之子岂能哀恸呢? 但日子将到, 新郎要离开他们, 那时候他们就要禁食. (马太福音 9:15)

由于同样的原因, 对良善的情感和对真理的情感被称为 “新郎和新妇的欢喜快乐”, 因为天上的喜乐就出自这些情感, 并居于它们里面. 如以赛亚书:

你的众子要娶你; 新郎怎样喜悦新妇, 你的神耶和华也要照样喜悦你. (以赛亚书 62:5)

耶利米书:

有欢喜的声音和快乐的声音, 新郎的声音和新妇的声音, 又有人的声音, 说, 你们要称谢耶和华, 因耶和华本为善. (耶利米书 33:11)

同一先知书:

那时, 我必使犹大城邑中和耶路撒冷街上, 欢喜的声音和快乐的声音, 新郎的声音和新妇的声音都止息了, 因为地必成为荒场. (耶利米书 7:34; 16:9; 25:10)

启示录:

灯光在巴比伦中间决不能再照耀, 新郎和新妇的声音, 在你中间决不能再听见. (启示录 18: 23).

由于地上的婚姻通过真正的婚姻之爱与天上的婚姻, 也就是良善与真理的婚姻相对应, 故在圣言中, 涉及订婚和婚姻的律法完全对应于天上婚姻的属灵律法, 如男人只能娶一位妻子的律法 (马可福音 10:2-8; 路加福音 16:18); 因为天上婚姻的情形乃是这样: 良善只能与自己的真理结合, 真理只能与自己的良善结合. 良善若不与自己的真理, 而是与其它真理结合, 根本就无法被凝聚起来, 而是会四分五裂, 从而灭亡. 在属灵教会, 妻子代表良善, 男人代表真理; 而在属天教会, 丈夫代表良善, 妻子代表真理; 这是一个奥秘, 即: 他们不仅代表这些事物, 还在其一切实际活动中与它们相对应.

此外, 旧约中涉及婚姻的律法以同样的方式对应于天上婚姻的律法, 如出埃及记 (21:7-11; 22:16, 17; 34:16), 民数记 (36:6) 和申命记 (7:3, 4; 22:28, 29) 的律法, 以及亲密程度的禁令 (利未记 18:6-20). 蒙主的神性怜悯, 这些将在别处分别予以论述. 婚姻的程度和律法起源于真理与良善的律法, 也就是属于天上婚姻并与其相关的律法; 这一事实明显可见于以西结书:

祭司利未人不可娶寡妇和被休的妇人为妻, 只可娶以色列家之种的处女, 或为祭司遗留的寡妇的寡妇. (以西结书 44:22)

此处论述的主题是圣城新耶路撒冷和天上的迦南; 显然, 这些就是主的国度及其教会. 因此, “利未人” 不是指利未人, “寡妇和被休的妇人” 也不是指寡妇和被休的妇人, 而是指它们与之相对应的那类事物.

9. When one knows that all names in the Word signify things, and that the names of the twelve sons of Jacob, or of the twelve tribes, signify all truths and goods of the church in the complex; and in like manner, the names of the twelve disciples of the Lord; and that "Peter," "James," and "John" signify faith, charity, and the good of charity; he can see many arcana in the Word; as for example, why:

The Lord gave the name Peter to Simon, and to James and John the name Boanerges, which means sons of thunder (Mark 3:16-17).

For "Peter," like petra [rock], signifies the Lord as to truth from good, or faith from charity; and "sons of thunder" signify those who from affection, which is of love, receive the truths of heaven. (That "rock" signifies the Lord in respect to truth from good, or faith from charity, see Arcana Coelestia 8581, 10580; in like manner the "stone of Israel," n. 6426; that "thunders" signify Divine truths from heaven 7573, 8914; and "lightning" the splendors thereof, n. 8813; whence thunders were also called "voices," 7573, 8914)

[2] I will here mention some arcana that may be seen by those who are aware that "Peter" signifies faith, and "John" the good of charity. First, why the Lord said to Peter:

I also say unto thee, Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build My church; and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens (Matthew 16:18-19).

It appears from the letter, as if that power was given to Peter, when in fact no power was given to Peter; but it was so said to him because "Peter" signified truth from good, which is from the Lord; and truth from good, which is from the Lord, has all power, thus the Lord has all power from good through truth. (That this is so may be seen illustrated in the small work on The Last Judgment 57.) A second arcanum that may be seen, when it is known that "Peter" signifies faith, is, why the Lord said to him, that:

Before the cock crowed, he would deny Him thrice; which also came to pass (Matthew 26:34).

By these words is signified, that in the last time of the church there would be no faith in the Lord, because no charity; for "cock-crowing," as well as "twilight," signifies the last time of the church (n. Arcana Coelestia 10134); and "three" or "thrice," signifies what is complete to the end (n. Arcana Coelestia 2788, 4495, 5159, 9198, 10127. That the end of the church is when there is no faith, because no charity, see in the small work on The Last Judgment 33-39, seq.).

[3] A third arcanum that may be seen is what is signified by the following words concerning Peter and John:

Jesus saith to Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me? He saith unto Him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love Thee. He saith unto him, Feed My lambs. He saith to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me? He saith unto Him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love Thee. He saith unto him, Tend My sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me? Peter was grieved because He said unto him the third time, Lovest thou Me? And he saith unto Him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love Thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed My sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, when thou wast younger, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when thou shall be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and bear thee whither thou wouldest not. And when He had thus spoken, He saith unto him, Follow Me. Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved, following, and he saith, Lord, What shall this one [do]? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou Me (John 21:15-22).

What these things signify no one can know unless he knows the internal sense, and knows that "Peter" signifies faith, and "John" the good of charity, thus that "Peter" signifies those in the church who are in faith, and "John" those who are in the good of charity.

That Jesus said to Peter three times, "Lovest thou Me?" and that Peter said three times, "Thou knowest that I love Thee," and that Jesus then said, "Feed My lambs," and "Feed My sheep," signifies that those who are in faith from love, ought to instruct those who are in the good of love to the Lord, and in the good of charity towards the neighbor; for those who are in faith from love are also in truths, and those who from this are in truths, instruct concerning good, and lead to good; for all spiritual good that a man has, is gained and implanted by truths.

(That "lambs" signify those who are in the good of innocence and of love to the Lord, may be seen inArcana Coelestia 3994, 10132; that "sheep" signify those who are in the good of charity towards the neighbor, n. 4169, 4809; and that "to feed" is to instruct, n. 5201, 6078)

[4] Faith, as it was to be in the first period of the church and as it was to be in the last, is then described by the Lord. The first period of the church is meant by "when thou wast younger," and its last by "when thou shalt be old." That when Peter "was younger he girded himself and walked whither he would," signifies that in the first period of the church men would imbibe truths from the good of charity and would act from freedom; for to act from freedom is to act from the affection of truth from good. "When thou shalt be old thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee and lead thee whither thou wouldest not," signifies that in the last period of the church they would no longer imbibe truths from the good of charity, thus would not know them in any other way than as declared by another; and thus would be in a servile state; for a servile state ensues when good does not lead. (That "garments" signify truths, see Arcana Coelestia 1073, 2576, 5319, 5954, 9212, 9216, 9952, 10536; and that therefore to "gird oneself" denotes to imbibe and perceive truths, n. 9952. That to "walk" is to act and live; to act from freedom is to act from love or affection, since what a man loves that he does freely, n. 2870, 3158, 8987, 8990, 9585, 9591. That every church begins from charity, but that in process of time it turns aside to faith, and at length to faith alone, n. 1834, 1835, 2231, 4683, 8094.)

[5] Since, in the last period of the church, faith becomes such that it rejects the good of charity, saying that faith alone constitutes the church and is saving, and not the good of life which is charity, Jesus said to Peter, by whom such faith is here meant, "Follow Me; and Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved, following; and he saith, Lord, what shall this one [do]?" By this is signified that faith, in the last period of the church, would turn itself away from the Lord; for it is said of Peter, by whom such faith is signified, that "turning about, he saw;" also that he said of the disciple whom Jesus loved, or of John, by whom is signified the good of charity, "what shall this one [do]?" that is, that he is not anything. But Jesus said to him, "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou Me." By this is signified that the good of charity will follow the Lord, and will acknowledge Him, even to the last period of the old church, and the first of the new. (That the last period of the old church is called "the consummation of the age," and the beginning of the new church "the coming of the Lord," see Arcana Coelestia 4535, 10622) A fourth arcanum that may be seen is, why the Lord loved John above the rest of the disciples, and consequently why John lay on the breast or in the bosom of the Lord (John 13:23; 21:20); namely, because the good of love was what the Lord saw when He beheld John, who represented and signified that good; since it is that good that constitutes heaven and the church (See the work on Heaven and Hell 13-19). A fifth arcanum is manifest when it is known that John represented the good of love, namely, what is signified by the words of the Lord from the cross to the mother Mary and to John:

When Jesus therefore seeth His mother, and the disciple standing by whom He loved, He saith unto His mother, Woman, behold thy son. Then He saith to the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her unto his own home (John 19:26, 27).

By "mother" and by "woman" is here meant the church, and by "John" the good of charity; and by the things here said, that the church will be where the good of charity is. (That by "woman," in the Word, is meant the church, may be seen in Arcana Coelestia 252-253, 749, 770, 3160, 6014, 7337, 8994; that the like is signified by "mother," n. 289, 2691, 2717, 3703, 4257, 5581, 8897, 10490. That to "take her unto his own home" is that these should dwell together, is evident.)

From this it can now be seen how great arcana lie concealed in the Word, which are laid open to those only who know its internal or spiritual sense. Apart from that sense it cannot be known, moreover, what is signified when it is said:

That the apostles shall sit upon twelve thrones, and shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel (Matthew 19:28; Luke 22:30).

By "apostles" here are meant not apostles, but all truths from good, which are from the Lord; thus by these words is signified that the Lord alone will judge all from truths that are from good, thus that everyone will be judged according to those truths.