10198. “亚伦要在坛上烧” 表主对源于爱与仁的敬拜的提升. 这从 “烧香” 的含义和 “亚伦” 的代表清楚可知: “烧香” 是指对源于爱与仁的敬拜的一切的提升 (10177节); “亚伦” 作为大祭司, 是指神性良善方面和拯救工作方面的主 (9806, 9965, 10068节). “烧香” 之所以表示对敬拜的提升, 是因为 “火” 表示爱之良善, 因此凡火里出来的都表示诸如从爱发出的那类事物. 这就是为何不仅光, 而且烟也具有代表性. “火” 表示爱之良善 (参看4906, 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849, 7324, 10055节); “烟” 也代表它, 这一点明显可见于这些经文:

耶和华必在锡安的一切居所上造日间的云, 夜间的烟和火焰的光. (以赛亚书 4:5)

启示录:

因神的荣耀和能力, 殿中充满了烟. (启示录 15:8)

香的烟表示对祷告或祈祷的提升, 因而一般表示对敬拜的一切的提升, 这一点明显可见于启示录:

那香的烟和众圣徒的祈祷一同上升. (启示录 8:4)

Intellectual things -- ideas, knowledge, facts, even insight and understanding -- are more separate and free-standing than emotional things, and it's easier to imagine numbering them as individual things. Our loves and affections tend to be more amorphous -- they can certainly be powerful, but would be harder to measure. Using words like “much,” “many,” myriad” and “multitude” to describe a collection of things gives the sense that there is an exact number, even if we don't know what it is and don't want to bother trying to count. These words, then, are used in the Bible in reference to intellectual things -- our thoughts, knowledge and concepts. Words that indicate largeness without the idea of number -- “great” is a common one -- generally refer to loves, affections and the desire for good. Here's one way to think about this: Say you want to take some food to a friend who just had a baby. That's a desire for good (assuming you're doing it from genuinely good motives). To actually do it, though, takes dozens of thoughts, ideas, facts and knowledges. What does she like to eat? What do you have to cook? What do you cook well? Can you keep it hot getting to her house? Is it nutritious? Does she have any allergies? So one good desire can bring a multitude of ideas into play.