La Bibbia

 

Amos 1:2

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2 Il dit donc : L'Eternel rugira de Sion, et fera ouïr sa voix de Jérusalem, et les cabanes des bergers lamenteront, et le sommet de Carmel séchera.

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Carmel

  

In Isaiah 16:10, this signifies the spiritual church and its good. (Arcana Coelestia 1971[4])

In Isaiah 35:2, this signifies the celestial church.

(Riferimenti: Apocalypse Explained 376 [1-40])


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Fire

  
Photo by Caleb Kerr

Fire, in the spiritual sense, can mean either love or hatred depending on the context, just as natural fire can be either comforting in keeping you warm, or scary in burning down your house. Our language reflects this, too -- we use concepts like a smoldering hatred or a burning love. So fire signifies a love, either a good love of the neighbor and to the Lord, or, in a bad sense, selfish love of oneself that, if unchecked by conscience, leads to hatred of anyone that opposes it.