9470. “母山羊毛” 表由此而来的良善, 也就是说, 来自相爱之良善的良善.

“母山羊毛” 之所以表示这种良善, 是因为 “母山羊” 表示外在人或属世人中的纯真之良善 (参看3519, 7840节);

“羊毛” 表示属于该良善的真理. 然而, 由于此处所表示的是良善, 而非真理, 所以原文其实没有说 “母山羊毛”, 只说 “母山羊”, 在其它地方也是这种情况, 如下列出埃及记的经文:

凡手艺精巧的妇女把所纺的蓝色, 紫色, 染过两次的朱红色线和细麻都拿了来. 凡有智慧心里受感的妇女就纺母山羊.(出埃及记 35:25, 26)

“纺母山羊” 表示由母山羊毛所织成的东西.

“羊毛” 表示来自一个属天源头的真理, 这真理本身是良善, 这一点从圣言中提到它的经文明显看出来, 如何西阿书:

他们的母亲行了淫乱. 她说, 我要随从我所爱的, 我的饼, 水, 羊毛, 麻都是他们给的. 因此, 到了收割的时候, 我必回来收回我的五谷, 也必将我的羊毛和麻夺回来.(何西阿书 2:5, 9)

此处论述的是一个败坏的教会, 它在此被称为 “母亲”; 经上所说的与她行淫乱的 “所爱的” 是指那些扭曲良善和真理的人;

“饼和水” 表示爱的内在良善和信的内在真理;

“羊毛” 和 “麻” 所表相同, 不过是外在的.

但以理书:

我观看, 直到宝座设立, 上头坐着亘古常在者, 祂的衣服洁白如雪, 头发如纯净的羊毛.(但以理书 7:9)

这论及就一切信之真理而言已经荒废, 然后又被主恢复的教会;

“宝座设立” 表示它已完全荒废;

“亘古常在者” 是指属天良善方面的主, 就是诸如存在于上古教会中的属天良善, 上古教会是一个属天教会. 在圣言中, 属天良善被称为 “亘古”,

“洁白如雪” 的衣服表示它的外在真理;

“如纯净羊毛” 的头发表示它的外在良善. 类似的话出现在启示录:

七灯台中间有一位好像人子. 祂的头与发皆白, 如白羊毛, 如雪.(启示录 1:13, 14)

这种真理本身是良善, 因为它是属天良善的外在形式; 在这些经文中,

“羊毛” 也表示这种真理:

大马色人就拿黑本酒和察哈尔羊毛与你交易.(以西结书 27:18)

以赛亚书:

你们的罪虽像染过两次的, 必变白如雪; 虽红如朱红, 必如羊毛.(以赛亚书 1:18)

由于亚伦的衣服代表诸如属于主的属灵国度的那类事物, 因而代表属于真理的属灵事物, 所以他的 “圣衣” 是亚麻布, 而不是羊毛制成的; 因为 “亚麻布” 是指属灵真理, 而 “羊毛” 是指属天真理, 相比之下, 这真理是良善. 因此, 经上在以西结书中说:

祭司利未人撒督的子孙, 他们进内院门必穿亚麻衣; 羊毛必不临到他们身上. 他们头上要戴细麻布裹头巾, 腰穿细麻布裤子.(以西结书 44:15, 17, 18)

亚伦的衣服不是由羊毛, 而是由亚麻布制成的, 这一点从利未记 (16:4, 32) 清楚看出来.

由此可见,

“亚麻布” 表示属灵真理, 也就是信之良善的真理; 而 “羊毛” 表示属天真理, 也就是爱之良善的真理. 由于那些被赋予后一种真理的人无法被赋予前一种真理, 故经上规定不可穿羊毛, 亚麻布搀杂做的衣服 (申命记 22:11). 属天之物和属灵之物之间就存在这种区别, 这二者无法在同一个人里面在一起 (参看9277节所引用的地方).

248. The Jewish church and Jews. ¹ The statutes, judgments, and laws that were commanded in the Jewish church were somewhat like those of the ancient church: 4449, 4834. How the symbolic rites of the Jewish church differed from the symbolic rites of the ancient church: 4288, 10149. A symbolic church was established for the people of that nation, but there was no real church among them: 4899, 4912, 6304. So they had something that symbolized a church but not an actual church: 4281, 4288, 4311, 4500, 6304, 7048, 9320, 10396, 10526, 10531, 10698. Because of the stubborn insistence of their ancestors and Moses, the Israelite and Jewish people were accepted as a church, not because they actually were a chosen people but rather so that they would symbolize a church: 4290, 4293, 7051, 7439, 10430, 10535, 10632. Their worship was solely external, without any inner worship: 1200, 3147, 3479, 8871. They knew absolutely nothing about inner worship and did not want to know: 301, 302, 303, 3479, 4429, 4433, 4680, 4844, 4847, 10396, 10401, 10407, 10694, 10701, 10707. What they thought of the inner aspects of worship, the church, and the Word: 4865. Their inner natures were foul, full of their love for themselves and the world and of avarice: 3480, 9962, 10454-10457, 10462-10466, 10575. Therefore the inner teachings of the church were not disclosed to them, because otherwise they would have defiled them: 2520, 3398, 3480, 4289. The Word was completely closed to them: 3769. They saw the Word from the outside and not from the inside (10549, 10550, 10551), so their inner self was closed when they were engaged in worship (8788, 8806, 9320, 9377, 9380, 9962, 10396, 10401, 10407, 10492, 10498, 10500, 10575, 10629, 10692). All the same, this people was more capable than any other of being outwardly holy despite the fact that their inner self was closed: 4293, 4311, 4903, 9373, 9377, 9380. Their state at such times: 4311. That is also why they have been preserved to this day: 3479. Their holy outward behavior was miraculously raised up and exhibited to heaven by the Lord, and as a result deeper levels of worship, the church, and the Word were perceived there: 3480, 4307, 4311, 6304, 8588, 10499, 10500, 10602. So that this could happen, they were driven by external pressures to a strict observance of their rituals in outward form: 3147, 4281, 8006. Because they could be outwardly holy without inner holiness, they were able to represent what is truly holy in the church and heaven: 3479, 3881, 4208, 6304, 8588, 9377, 10430, 10500, 10570. Nevertheless, they were not interested in what is truly holy: 3479. It does not matter what a person who symbolizes something is like, because symbolism focuses on the issue and not on the person: 665, 1097, 1361, 3147, 3881, 4208, 4281, 4288, 4292, 4500, 6304, 7048, 7439, 8588, 8788, 8806.

[2] Those people were worse than other peoples; a description of what they were like, including material from the Word of both Testaments: 4314, 4316, 4317, 4444, 4503, 4750, 4751, 4815, 4820, 4832, 5057, 5998, 7248, 8819, 9320, 10454-10457, 10462-10466. The tribe of Judah strayed more than the other tribes: 4815. How they took pleasure in cruelly treating other peoples: 5057, 7248, 9320. That people was idolatrous at heart and worshiped other gods more than other peoples did: 3732, 4208, 4281, 4825, 5998, 6877, 7401, 8301, 8871, 8882. Even their worship, seen in the context of that people, was idolatrous, since it was superficial, with no inner substance: 4281, 4825, 8871, 8882. They worshiped Jehovah in name only (6877, 10559, 10560, 10561, 10566), and only because of the miracles he did (4299). It is incorrect to think that the Jews are going to be converted at the end of the church ² and brought back into the land of Canaan: 4847, 7051, 8301. A copious selection of passages from the Word on this subject-passages that are, however, to be understood in their inner meaning and therefore not taken literally: 7051. The Word was changed in its outer meaning because of that people, but not in its inner meaning: 10453, 10461, 10603, 10604. The way Jehovah appeared to them on Mount Sinai was shaped by their own nature, so he appeared in devouring fire, thick cloud, and smoke like that of a furnace: 1861, 6832, 8814, 8819, 9434. The way the Lord appears to each of us depends on what we ourselves are really like-as a life-giving and creative fire if we are devoted to doing good, but as a devouring fire if we are bent on doing evil: 934, 1861, 6832, 8814, 8819, 9434, 10551. One lineage of that people was of Canaanite ancestry and two others were the result of fornication with a daughter-in-law: 1167, 4818, 4820, 4874, 4899, 4913. Those stories represent the nature of their relationship with the inner truth of the church, namely, that it was like that of union with a Canaanite or fornication with a daughter-in-law: 4868, 4874, 4899, 4913. Their state in the other life: 939, 940, 5057.

[3] Because despite all this that people symbolized the church, and because the Word was composed among and about them, their names-for example, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Ephraim, Joseph, and the rest-have divine and heavenly meanings. In its inner meaning, "Judah" means the Lord in respect to his heavenly love and his heavenly kingdom: 3654, 3881, 5583, 5603, 5782, 6363. An explanation of Israel's prophecy concerning Judah in Genesis 49:8-12, which is about the Lord: 6362-6381. Both the tribe of Judah and Judea mean the heavenly church: 3654, 6364. The twelve tribes represented and meant all the aspects of love and faith taken together (3858, 3926, 4060, 6335), and therefore heaven and the church as well (6337, 6637, 7836, 7891). Their meanings depend on the order in which they are named: 3862, 3926, 3939, 4603 and following, 6337, 6640. The twelve tribes were divided into two kingdoms so that the Judeans could represent the heavenly kingdom and the Israelites could represent the spiritual kingdom: 3654, 8770. The seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob means the goodness and truth that belong to the church: 3373, 10445.

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