2576. “看哪, 这要给你在与你一起的所有人面前作遮眼的” 表理性真理对属灵真理来说就象一个遮盖物或一件衣裳. 这从 “遮”, “眼” 和 “看” 的含义清楚可知: “遮” 的含义稍后会予以论述; “眼” 是指认知之物, 这从圣言中的众多经文看出来; “看” 是指理解 (2150, 2325节). 谁都能看出, 本节的每个细节都有若非通过某种内义就无法揭开的奥秘. 例如, 经上说他给了一千锭银子, 但这一千锭银子没有给她的丈夫, 却给了她的哥哥; 还有 “这要给你在与你一起的所有人, 并众人面前作遮眼的”; “她是清白的” 等细节. 事实上, 很多历史推理取自字义, 它们全都没有任何属灵之物, 更不用说神性之物了. 这就是圣言的性质.

至于理性真理对属灵真理来说就象一个遮盖物或一件衣裳, 情况是这样: 人的至内在之物属于他的灵魂, 而外在之物则属于他的身体. 前者就是良善与真理, 灵魂从中拥有生命, 否则灵魂便不是灵魂了. 而后者则从灵魂得其生命, 并且它们当中的每一个都象一个身体, 或也可说, 象一个遮盖物或衣裳. 这一点尤其从来世可见之物清楚看出来, 如从呈于眼见的天使就能看出来. 他们的内在从脸上闪耀出来, 而外在则表现在身体和衣着上, 并且表现得如此充分, 以致在那里谁都能仅仅通过他们的衣服就知道他们的品性. 因为每位天使都是真实的实质, 因而是有形的本质. 在圣言中, 被看到的天使也是如此, 经上描述了他们的相貌, 如在主的坟墓中所看到的那些天使 (马太福音 28:3; 马可福音 16:5); 宝座周围的二十四位长老 (启示录 4:4) 等等. 这不仅适用于天使, 还适用于圣言中提及所有其它事物, 甚至无生命之物. 它们的外在都是遮盖物或衣服. 如约柜和它周围的帐幕. 约柜因是至内在的, 故代表主自己, 因为它里面有十诫; 而约柜外面的帐幕则代表主的国度. 而那里的每一个 “遮盖物”, 也就是幔子和帘子则代表主国度, 即三层天中外在的属天和属灵之物. 这从以下事实明显看出来: 帐幕的样式是在西奈山上被指示给摩西 (出埃及记 25:9; 26:30). 帐幕的圣洁由此而来, 而非来自它里面的金, 银和雕刻物.

由于此处所论述的理性真理对属灵真理来说, 就象遮盖物或衣裳, 还由于摩西书描述了帐幕的遮盖物或帘子, 故为了说明, 我们解释一下幔子的具体含义. 至于帘子的含义, 蒙主怜悯, 我会在别处予以阐明. 帐幕有三种幔子: 第一种是用来隔开圣所与至圣所的; 第二种被称为帐幕门帘; 第三种被称为院门之帘.

关于第一种, 也就是幔子本身, 即约柜前的帘子, 我们在摩西书中读到:

你要用蓝色, 紫色, 朱红色线和捻的细麻织幔子, 以巧匠的手工绣上基路伯. 要把幔子挂在四根包金的皂荚木柱子上, 柱子上的钩要用金作, 柱子安在四个带卯的银座上. 要把法柜抬进幔子内, 这幔子要将圣所和至圣所隔开. (出埃及记 26:31-34; 36:35, 36)

这种幔子代表理性良善与真理的最接近和最内在的表象, 也就是第三层天的天使所在的表象. 这些表象被描述为蓝色, 紫色, 朱红色线和捻的细麻, 其红色代表爱之善, 白色则代表它的真理. 包柱子, 以及作钩子和带卯的座的金银也具有同样的代表性. 至于颜色具有代表性, 可参看1042, 1043, 1053, 1624节; “金” 表爱之善, 参看113, 1551, 1552节; “银” 表真理, 参看1551, 2048节.

由此可见帐幕的幔子裂为两半 (马太福音 27:51; 马可福音 15:38; 路加福音 23:45) 表示什么, 也就是说, 主通过驱散一切表象而进入神性本身; 并且祂同时打开了经由祂变成神性的人性而通往祂的神性本身之路.

至于第二种幔子, 或帷幕门帘, 我们在摩西书中读到:

你要拿蓝色, 紫色, 朱红色线和捻的细麻, 用绣花的手工织帐幕的门帘. 要用皂荚木为帘子作五根柱子, 用金子包裹, 柱子上的钩子要用金作, 又要为柱子用铜铸造五个带卯的座. (出埃及记 26:36, 37; 36 37, 38)

这种帘子代表比前者更为低级或外在的良善与真理的表象, 也就是说, 它们是理性的中间表象, 是第二层天的天使所在的表象. 对这些表象的描述几乎和第一种一样, 不同之处在于, 这种帘子有五根柱子和五个带卯的座; “五” 这个数字表示相对少许之物, 因这些表象不象至内层或第三层天的表象那样如此一致或属天. 数字 “五” 表少许, 参看649, 1686节. 由于这些表象关注属世之物, 故经上要求这些带卯的座要用铜来铸造, 因为铜代表和表示属世良善 (425, 1551节).

至于第三种幔子, 或院门之帘, 我们在摩西书中读到:

院子的门当有帘子, 长二十肘, 要拿蓝色, 紫色, 朱红色线和捻的细麻, 用绣花的手工织成, 柱子四根, 带卯的座四个. 院子四围一切的柱子都要用银杆连络, 柱子上的钩子要用银作, 带卯的座要用铜作. (出埃及记 27:16, 17; 38:18, 19)

这种帘子代表良善与真理的更为低级和外在的表象, 是理性的最低级表象, 也就是第一层天的天使所在的表象. 由于这些表象与内在事物相对应, 故对它们的描述也差不多一样. 不同之处在于, 这些柱子没有包金, 而是用银杆连络, 钩子是用银作的, 所有这些均表示直接来源于记忆知识的理性真理; 带卯的座是用铜作的, 而铜表示属世良善. 所有这一切表明, 在会幕中, 没有一物不代表主国度的属天和属灵之物; 即所有事物都是照着存在于三层天堂中的属天和属灵之物的各种样式来作的; 还表明, 幔子或帘子表示至内层周围或之外类似身体或衣裳的事物.

此外, “幔子”, “帘子”, “衣服” 或 “衣裳” 表相对低级的真理. 这一点从圣言中的许多经文明显看出来, 如以西结书:

你的篷帆是用埃及绣花细麻布做的, 你的凉棚是用以利沙岛的蓝色, 紫色布做的. (以西结书 27:7)

这论及 “推罗”, 它表示对属天和属灵之物的内在认知, 因而表示那些拥有这些认知的人 (1201节). “埃及绣花细麻布” 表属记忆知识之物 (“埃及” 表记忆知识,1164, 1165, 1186, 1462节). “作凉棚的以利沙岛的蓝色, 紫色布” 表与内在敬拜相对应的仪式 (1156节).

同一先知书:

靠海的君王必从宝座上下来, 除去外袍, 脱下花衣, 披上战兢为衣, 坐在地上. (以西结书 26:16)

这也论及 “推罗”. “外袍” 和 “花衣” 表源于记忆的认知, 因而表较为低级的真理.

又:

我也使你身穿绣花衣服, 脚穿海狗皮鞋, 并用细麻布裹着你, 用丝绸披在你身上. 又用妆饰打扮你, 将镯子戴在你手上, 将链子戴在你项上. 你用衣服为自己在高处结彩, 在其上行邪淫. 又用你的绣花衣服给他们遮身. (以西结书 16:10, 11, 16, 18)

这论及 “耶路撒冷”, 也就是属灵的教会, 描述了它早期的样子, 以及败坏之后的样子. 其相对低级的属灵之物和教义就是 “绣花衣, 细麻布和丝绸”.

以赛亚书:

主万军之耶和华从耶路撒冷和犹大, 除掉众人所倚靠的粮, 所仗赖的水. 到那时, 人在父家拉住弟兄说, 你有衣服, 可以作我们的官长. 到那日, 他必扬声说, 我不做绑扎创伤的; 因我家中没有粮食, 也没有衣服, 你们不可立我作百姓的官长. 主必使锡安的女子头长秃疮. 到那日, 主必除掉华美的脚钏, 发网, 月牙圈, 耳环, 手镯, 蒙脸的帕子, 华冠, 足练, 华带, 香盒, 符囊, 戒指, 鼻环, 吉服, 外套, 云肩, 荷包, 手镜, 细麻衣, 裹头巾, 蒙身的帕子. (以赛亚书 3:1, 6, 7, 17-24)

“耶路撒冷” 表属灵的教会, “犹大” 表属天的教会; “除掉众人所倚靠的粮, 所仗赖的水” 表良善与真理; 官长所拥有的 “衣服” 表构成教义的真理; 所列举的属锡安女子的各种衣服和装饰品表要从他们那里除掉的良善与真理的每一个属和种. 若非此处所提及的每一个事物都表示教会所特有的某种事物, 它们就不是圣言的一部分, 其中每个词里面都有神性之物. 经上所说拥有所有这些物品的 “锡安的女子” 表示那些构成教会的事物 (参看2362节).

同一先知书:

锡安啊, 醒来! 醒来! 披上你的能力. 圣城耶路撒冷啊, 穿上你华美的衣服! 因为从今以后, 未受割礼, 不洁净的, 再不得进入你内. (以赛亚书 51:1, 2)

“锡安” 表属天的教会; “耶路撒冷” 表属灵的教会; “华美的衣服” 表信的神圣事物. 同一先知书:

他们的网不能成为衣服; 所做的也不能遮盖自己. 他们的行为都是罪孽的作为. (以赛亚书 59:6)

“网” 表不能变成衣服的编造的真理; “衣服” 表教义和敬拜的外在真理; 因此经上说 “所做的也不能遮盖自己”.

同一先知书:

我因耶和华大大欢喜, 我的灵魂以我的神为快乐. 因祂给我穿上救恩的衣服, 给我披上公义的外袍. (以赛亚书 61:10)

“救恩的衣服” 表信之真理; “公义的外袍” 表从仁爱流出的良善. 启示录:

在撒狄, 你还有几名是未曾污秽自己衣服的; 他们要穿白衣与我同行, 因为他们是配得过的. 凡得胜的, 必这样穿白衣. (启示录 3:4, 5)

又:

那警醒, 看守衣服, 免得赤身而行的有福了! (启示录 16:15)

又:

我看见宝座上坐着二十四位长老, 身穿白衣. (启示录 4:4)

此处很明显, “衣” 并非指衣裳, 而是指属灵之物, 也就是真理的形式.

这一点同样可见于主论及世代的末了时所说的话中. 那时, 祂叫人们不要回来取衣裳 (马太福音 24:18; 马可福音 13:16), “衣裳” 就表示真理 (参看2454节); 还可见于祂对没穿礼服之人 (马太福音 22:11, 12) 和约翰的讲论中:

你们出去到底是要看什么? 要看穿细软衣服的人吗? 那穿细软衣服的人是在王宫里. (马太福音 11:8; 路加福音 7:25)

这表示他们并不关心教义和敬拜的外在事物, 而是关心内在事物, 因此祂补充说:

你们出去究竟是要看什么? 是先知吗? 是的, 我告诉你们, 他比先知大多了. (马太福音 11:9)

“先知” 在此表教义和敬拜的外在事物.

由于 “衣服” 表各种真理, 故以色列人离开埃及时被命令向她们的邻舍要金银和衣裳, 好给她们的儿女穿戴 (出埃及记 3:22; 12:35, 36).

他们还被命令不可用两样搀杂的料做衣服穿在身上 (利未记 19:19; 申命记 22:11); 并且被命令在衣服边上做繸子, 在繸子上钉一根蓝细带子, 当看见它时, 他们就想起诫命并遵行 (民数记 15:38-40). 过去, 他们还撕裂衣服 (参看约书亚记 7:6; 士师记 11:35; 撒母耳记上 4:12; 撒母耳记下 1:2, 11, 12; 3:31; 13:30, 31; 15:32; 列王纪上21: 27; 列王纪下 5:7, 8; 6:30; 22:11, 14, 19; 以赛亚书 36:22; 37:1). 这种行为表示对以同样方式被撕碎的教义与真理的热忱, 以及谦卑, 因为没有任何属于他们的东西, 这就是衣服的装饰品所表示的.

幔子, 帘子, 衣裳或衣服都表示这类事物, 这一点从当时还是以色列的雅各的预言也能明显看出来:

他把小驴拴在葡萄树上, 把驴驹拴在美好的葡萄树上. 他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服, 在血红葡萄汁中洗了袍褂. (创世记 49:11)

若不通过内义, 没人知道这些话表示什么, 也就是说, “葡萄树”, “美好的葡萄树”, “小驴”, “驴驹”, “葡萄酒”, “血红葡萄汁”, “衣服”, “袍褂” 分别表示什么. 不过, 显而易见, 它们论及主, 祂在此被称为 “细罗”. 所论述的主题是犹大, 他代表主的神性属天之物; 他在葡萄酒中所洗的衣服, 在血红葡萄汁中所洗的袍褂表示主的理性和属世之物, 祂要把它们变成神性.

同样在以赛亚书:

这从以东的波斯拉来, 穿红衣服, 装扮华美, 能力广大, 大步行走的是谁呢? 就是我, 是凭公义说话, 以大能施行拯救. 你的装扮为何有红色? 你的衣服为何像踹酒榨的呢? 我独自踹酒榨, 众民中无一人与我同在. 他们的胜利溅在我衣服上, 我把我所有的衣裳都染污了. (以赛亚书 63:1-3)

此处 “衣服” 和 “衣裳” 表主的人性, 祂凭自己的力量通过试探的争战和胜利使人性变成神性; 因此经上说 “我独自踹酒榨, 众民中无一人与我同在”. “以撒一闻以扫衣服上的香气, 就给他祝福” (创世记 27:27) 具有同样的意思.

主的神圣人性的圣洁本身也是衣裳, 当祂变像时, 这衣裳洁白放光, 如马太福音所描述的:

当耶稣变了形像时, 祂的脸面明亮如日头, 衣裳洁白如光. (马太福音 17:2)

路加福音:

耶稣正祷告的时候, 祂的面貌就改变了, 衣服洁白放光. (路加福音 9:29)

马可福音:

当耶稣变像时, 祂的衣服放光, 极其洁白, 象雪一样, 地上漂布的, 没有一个能漂得那样白. (马可福音 9:3)

亚伦进圣所所穿细麻布圣内袍也是同样的代表物 (利未记 16:2, 4), 他供祭司职分时为荣耀, 为华美的圣衣也一样 (出埃及记 28:2至末尾; 39:1至末尾). 这些衣服没有一个细节不具有代表性.

9642. 'The boards for the south side, southwards' means even to the more internal and the inmost parts [of it], where truth dwells in light. This is clear from the meaning of 'the boards of the dwelling-place' as the good supporting heaven, dealt with in 9634; from the meaning of 'the side (or corner)', when the term is used in reference to the four quarters, as the specific state meant by that quarter, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the south, southwards' ¹ as the more internal and the inmost parts, where truth dwells in light. 'The south' or 'midday' means a state of light, which is a state of intelligence produced by truths, thus also an interior state; for in the heavens the light, and the intelligence and wisdom that accompany the light, increases towards the more internal parts. Further away from those parts truth dwells in shade; and this state of truth is meant by 'the north'. This then is why 'the south side, southwards' means even to the more internal and the inmost parts, where truth dwells in light.

[2] The same things are meant by 'the south' in Isaiah,

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not withhold. Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the end of the earth. Isaiah 43:6.

This refers to a new Church. 'Saying to the north' means speaking to those who are in darkness or have no knowledge of the truths of faith, who are gentiles outside the Church. 'Saying to the south' means speaking to those who dwell in the light provided by cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth, who are people within the Church. This explains why the latter are told not to 'withhold' [those sons and daughters], but the former 'to give them up'.

[3] In Ezekiel,

Set your face the way of the south, and drop [your words] towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field to the south, and say to the forest of the south, Behold, I am kindling in you a fire, which will devour in you every green tree; and all faces from south to north will be scorched. Set your face towards Jerusalem, and drop [your words] against the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel. Ezekiel 20:46-21:2.

'The south' here stands for those who have the light of truth provided by the Word, thus those who belong to the Church, yet who are influenced by falsities which they substantiate from the sense of the letter of the Word wrongly explained. This is why the expressions 'the forest of the field towards the south' and 'the forest of the south' are used. 'A forest' is a state in which factual knowledge is predominant, whereas 'a garden' is one in which truth is predominant. From this it is evident what the meaning is of 'setting one's face the way of the south, and dropping [one's words] towards the south, and prophesying against the forest of the field to the south', and then of 'set your face towards Jerusalem, and drop [your words] against the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel'. 'Jerusalem' and 'the land of Israel' mean the Church, and 'the sanctuaries' there things of the Church.

[4] In Isaiah,

If you bring out for the hungry your soul ² and satisfy the afflicted soul, your light will rise in the darkness, and your thick darkness will be as at midday. Isaiah 58:10.

'Darkness' and 'thick darkness' stand for lack of knowledge of truth and good, 'light' and 'midday' for an understanding of them. In the same prophet, Give counsel, execute judgement, set your shade like the night in the middle of the day; ³ hide the outcasts, do not reveal the wanderer. Isaiah 16:3.

'In the middle of the day' stands for in the midst of the light of truth. In Jeremiah,

Prepare for ⁴ battle against the daughter of Zion; arise, and let us go up into the south, ⁵ for the day goes away, for the shadows of evening are set at an angle. Jeremiah 6:4.

'Going up into the south' stands for going up against the Church, where truth dwells in light from the Word. In Amos,

I will make the sun go down in the south, ⁵ and I will darken the land in broad daylight. Amos 8:9.

This stands for blotting out all the light of truth which is provided by the Word.

[5] In David,

You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the arrow that flies by day, of the pestilence in thick darkness, of death that lays waste at noonday. Psalms 91:5-6.

'The terror of the night' stands for falsities arising from evil that come from hell; 'the arrow that flies by day' stands for falsity which is taught openly; 'death that lays waste at noonday' stands for evil that is openly present in people's lives, and that destroys truth wherever it is able to dwell in its own light from the Word.

[6] And in Isaiah,

The prophecy of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south sweep through, ⁶ it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land. Isaiah 21:1.

In Daniel,

The he-goat of the she-goats made himself exceedingly great, and his horn grew exceedingly towards the south, and towards the east, and towards the glorious [land]. And it grew even towards the host of heaven, and cast down to the earth some of the host, and of the stars, and trampled on them. Daniel 8:8-10.

This refers to the state of the future Church. It foretells that the Church will be ruined by teachings about faith separated from the good of charity, 'the he-goat of the she-goats' being this kind of faith, 4169 (end), 4769. 'The horn's growing towards the south' stands for the power of falsity from this faith directed against truths, 'towards the east' for directing it against forms of good, and 'towards the glorious [land]' for directing it against the Church. 'Towards the host of heaven' stands for directing that power against all the forms of good and the truths belonging to heaven, and 'casting down to the earth some of the host, and of the stars' stands for destroying these, and also even the cognitions or knowledge of good and truth, 4697.

[7] The whole of Chapter 11 in the same prophet describes a war between the king of the south and the king of the north. 'The king of the south' means the light of truth derived from the Word, and 'the king of the north' reasoning about truths which is based on factual knowledge. The shifting fortunes which the Church will experience until it ceases to exist are described by the different phases in the course of that war.

[8] Because 'the south' meant truth dwelling in light it was decreed that the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad should camp towards the south, Numbers 2:10-15. Encampments represented the arrangement of all things in heaven as determined by the truths and forms of the good of faith and love, 4236, 8103 (end), 8193, 8196, and 'the twelve tribes' which formed the camp meant all the truths and forms of good in their entirety, 3858, 3862, 3926, 3939, 4060, 6335, 6337, 6397, 6640, 7836, 7891, 7996, 7997. 'The tribe of Reuben' meant the truth of faith present in doctrine, 3861, 3866, 5542, 'the tribe of Simeon' the truth of faith subsequently present in life, 3869-3872, 4497, 4502, 4503, 5482, and 'the tribe of Gad' works motivated by that truth in doctrine and life, 6404, 6405. From these meanings it is evident why these three camped towards the south; for all things on the side of truth or faith belong in the south because they are in light.

[9] From all this it is now clear what 'the south side' means, namely where the state of truth dwelling in light is to be found. For all states of the good of love and the truth of faith are meant by the four corners of the earth, states of the good of love being meant by the east and west sides, and states of the truth of faith by the south and north ones. Much the same is meant by 'the four winds', as in the Book of Revelation,

... angels standing over the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, in order that the wind should not blow onto the earth. Revelation 7:1.

And elsewhere,

Satan will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth. Revelation 20:7-8.

In Matthew,

He will send angels, and gather the elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. ⁷ Matthew 24:31.

And in Ezekiel,

Come from the four winds, O spirit, and breathe into these killed, that they may live. Ezekiel 37:9.

[10] Because those winds, that is, those four quarters, meant all aspects of good and truth, thus all aspects of heaven and the Church, and 'a temple' meant heaven or the Church, it had been the custom since ancient times to site temples in an east-west direction. This was because the east meant the good of love on the rise, and the west the good of love on the decline. This custom had its origin in representative signs, which were well known to the ancients who belonged to the Church.

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