171. 至於天國的事物是如何向天人顯現的, 這不是三言兩語就能說清的。在很大程度上, 它們與人間的事物相似, 只是在形式上要更完全, 也更豐富。

通過眾先知的所見所聞, 我們可推知天國有著和人間相似的事物。例如以西結對新殿和新地的描述(以西結書 40-48), 但以理的描述(但以理書 7-12), 約翰的描述(參啟示錄), 還有歷史書和先知書對種種異象的描述。當他們看到那些事物時, 經上就說天開了。所謂"天開了,"就是人的內在視覺(也就是人的心靈之眼)被打開了。因為天國的事物不能透過人的物質之眼看到, 只能透過心靈之眼觀看。當順主所願時, 人的心靈之眼就被打開。彼時, 我們便被帶出肉體感官所處的物質之光, 提升至靈魂居住的心靈之光。我就是在這樣的光中看到存于天國的事物。

When the Bible speaks of "Jehovah," it is representing love itself, the inmost love that is the essence of the Lord. That divine love is one, whole and complete in itself, and Jehovah also is one, a name applied only to the Lord. The divine love expresses itself in the form of wisdom. Love, then, is the essence of God -- His inmost. Wisdom -- the loving understanding of how to put love into action -- is slightly more external, giving love a way to express itself. Wisdom, however, is expressed in a great variety of thoughts and ideas, what the Writings collectively call divine truth. There are also many imaginary gods, and sometimes angels and people can be called gods (the Lord said Moses would be as a god to Aaron). So when the Bible calls the Lord "God," it is in most cases referring to divine truth. In other cases, "God" has reference to what is called the divine human. The case there is this: As human beings, we cannot engage the Lord directly as divine love. It is too powerful and too pure. Instead, we have to approach Him by understanding Him through divine truth. Divine truth, then, is the Lord in human form, a form we can approach and understand. Thus "God" is also used in reference to this human aspect, because it is an expression of truth.