1. 前言:新天國與新教會的信仰

首先, 將本書中所講述的真實的基督徒信仰, 也就是新天國和新教會的信仰, 分別以總體和具體的形式概要地說明。作為接下來全書的引言, 或作為進入聖殿的大門, 又或作為詳細內容的概要。此信仰被稱為新天國和新教會的信仰, 因為天人(angel)組成的天國和世人組成的教會, 如同一個人的靈魂與肉體, 內外一致,行動如一。因此, 若教會之人活在良善與真理之中, 對於思想內在而言, 他就是天國的一名天人。在肉身死後, 他便進入天國, 照著良善與真理在他裡面聯合的狀態在那裡安享極樂。當知道, 在主現在正建立的新天國中, 這樣的信仰是新天國的引言,入門和概要。

9254. Verses 4-9 When you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him. When you see the ass of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would cease from removing [it] for him, ¹ you shall surely remove [it] with him. ² You shall not turn aside ³ the judgement of your needy one in his dispute. You shall keep yourself well away from the word of a lie; ⁴ and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked. And you shall not accept a gift, ⁵ for a gift ⁵ blinds those whose eyes are open and perverts the words of the righteous. And a sojourner you shall not oppress; and you know the soul of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

'When you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray' means unauthentic good and unauthentic truth with those who are outside the Church. 'You shall surely bring it back to him' means teaching and correcting. 'When you see the ass of one who hates you lying under its burden' means falsity that does not accord with the Church's good, as a result of which they will perish. 'And you would cease from removing [it] for him' means not receiving truth. 'You shall surely remove [it] with him' means nevertheless exhorting and striving hard to correct. 'You shall not turn aside the judgement of your needy one in his dispute' means not destroying the small amount of truth with those lacking in knowledge. 'You shall keep yourself well away from the word of a lie' means detesting falsity arising from evil. 'And do not kill the innocent and the righteous' means detesting the destruction of good, interior and exterior. 'For I will not justify the wicked' means that such malevolence is contrary to Divine righteousness. 'And you shall not accept a gift' means detesting any kind of gain. 'For a gift blinds those whose eyes are open' means that gain prevents truths from being seen. 'And perverts the words of the righteous' means that it causes things which are seen to look like the truths of good. 'And a sojourner you shall not oppress' means that those with a desire to receive instruction in the Church's truths must not be molested with evils of life. 'And you know the soul of a sojourner' means their desire and life. 'For you were sojourners in the land of Egypt' means that they were protected from falsities and evils when they were molested by those from hell.

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