Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in life. This is why the people of Israel built altars of stone, and is also why stoning was a principal form of capital punishment (using truth to destroy falsity, or in the negative sense using falsity to destroy truth). It is also why precious stones are described in such detail on Aaron's breastplate and ephod, and also in the New Jerusalem in Revelation; precious stones represent true ideas directly from the Lord with the various colors showing various forms of love. Stones are not alone in representing truth, of course -- it sometimes seems that almost everything in the Bible represents either true ideas or desires for good. But that makes sense, since our thoughts and our desires together are everything we are in life, and the interplay between them is what life is all about. The many ways they are represented in the Bible reflect the incredible variety in our feelings and thoughts, though we can only distantly understand how those representations work. In the case of stones, in their weight, strength and permanence they tend to represent true ideas that come from a desire for good, the understanding we can have if we are truly good and loving -- and in the highest sense the exalted ideas that come from the Lord's love. Those ideas are ones that are not easily moved or changed, and make wonderful foundations for the things we want to build in our spiritual lives.

7089. “后来摩西, 亚伦来” 表神性律法和源于它的教义. 这从 “摩西” 和 “亚伦” 的代表清楚可知: “摩西” 是指神性律法方面的主 (参看6752节); “亚伦” 是指良善与真理的教义 (6998节). 摩西所代表的 “神性律法” 表示诸如在内义, 因而在天上的圣言; 而 “教义” 表示诸如在字义, 因而在地上的圣言. 从目前关于圣言内义所给出的解释可以看出区别何等之大. 以十诫为例来说明这一点. 严格来说, 十诫被称为 “律法”; 其字义是, 要孝敬父母, 不可杀人, 不可奸淫, 不可偷盗等等. 但内义却是, 要敬拜主, 不可心怀仇恨, 不可歪曲真理, 不可将主的东西归于自己. 这四条诫命在天上就是如此被理解的, 其余诫命也以自己的方式被理解. 因为在天上, 他们只知道主, 不知道其他父; 因此, 他们将孝敬父母理解为敬拜主. 在天上, 他们也不知道什么叫杀人, 因为他们永远活着; 他们将杀人理解为心怀仇恨, 伤害别人的属灵生命; 在天上, 他们不知道什么叫奸淫, 因此将这条诫命理解为相对应的东西, 即不可歪曲真理; 将不可偷盗这条禁令理解为不可从主那里夺走任何东西, 并将其归于自己, 如良善与真理.

这律法, 以及整部圣言在天上就是这样; 因此, 圣言在内义上也是这样. 事实上, 它还要深刻得多, 他们在天上所思所说的, 绝大部分无法以人类的言语来表达, 因为他们在灵界, 而不是在自然界; 灵界的事物远远超越自然界的事物, 犹如非物质的事物远远超越物质的事物. 然而, 物质事物因对应于非物质事物, 故能用来揭示非物质事物. 也就是说, 能用属世的言语, 不能用属灵的言语, 因为属灵的言语不是由物质的话语, 而是由属灵的话语构成的. 而属灵的话语是由转化为属灵大气中的话语, 并由天堂之光的多样性来代表的观念构成的, 天堂之光本身无非是从主发出的神性聪明和智慧. 由此可见, 就真正意义而言, “摩西” 所代表的神性律法是什么意思, “亚伦” 所代表的 “教义” 又是什么意思.