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出埃及記第35章

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1 摩西招聚以色列全會眾,對他們:這是耶和華所吩咐的,叫你們照著行:

2 日要做工,第七日乃為日,當向耶和華守為安息日。凡這日之內做工的,必把他治

3 當安息日,不可在你們一切的處生

4 摩西以色列全會眾耶和華所吩咐的是這樣:

5 你們中間要拿禮物獻給耶和華,凡樂意獻的可以拿耶和華的禮物來,就是、銅,

6 藍色紫色、朱紅色線,細麻,山羊毛,

7 染紅的公羊皮,海狗,皂莢

8 點燈的,並做膏香料

9 紅瑪瑙與別樣的寶,可以鑲嵌在以弗得和胸牌上

10 你們中間凡裡有智慧的都要耶和華一切所吩咐的:

11 就是帳幕和帳幕的罩棚,並帳幕的蓋、鉤子、板、閂、子、帶卯的座,

12 櫃和櫃的杠,施恩座和遮掩櫃的幔子,

13 桌子桌子的杠與桌子的一切器具,並陳設餅,

14 臺和臺的器具,盞並點

15 的杠,膏和馨料,並帳幕口的簾子,

16 祭壇的銅網,的杠並的一切器具,洗濯盆和盆座,

17 院子的帷子和帷子的子,帶卯的座和院子的簾,

18 帳幕的橛子並院子的橛子,和這兩處的繩子,

19 精工做的禮服和祭司亞倫並他兒子在所用以供祭司職分的衣。

20 以色列全會眾從摩西面前退去。

21 裡受感和甘樂意的都拿耶和華的禮物,用以做會幕和其中一切的使用,又用以做衣。

22 裡樂意獻禮物的,連帶女,各將器,就是胸前鍼、耳環(或作:鼻環)、打印的戒指,和手釧帶獻給耶和華

23 凡有藍色紫色、朱紅色線,細麻,山羊毛,染紅的公羊皮,海狗的,都拿了來;

24 凡獻子和銅給耶和華為禮物的都拿了來;凡有皂莢可做甚麼使用的也拿了來。

25 中有智慧的婦女親紡線,把所紡的藍色紫色、朱紅色線,和細麻都拿了來。

26 凡有智慧、裡受感的婦女就紡山羊毛。

27 眾官長把紅瑪瑙和別樣的寶,可以鑲嵌在以弗得與胸牌上的,都拿了來;

28 又拿香料,拿點燈,做膏

29 以色列人,無論女,凡甘樂意獻禮物給耶和華的,都將禮物拿來,做耶和華摩西所吩咐的一切工。

30 摩西以色列人猶大支派中,戶珥的孫子、烏利的兒子比撒列,耶和華已經題他的名召他,

31 又以的靈充滿了他,使他有智慧、聰明、知識,能做各樣的工,

32 能想出巧工,用、銅製造各物,

33 又能刻寶,可以鑲嵌,能雕刻頭,能做各樣的巧工。

34 耶和華又使他,和但支派中亞希撒抹的兒子亞何利亞伯,裡靈明,能教導人。

35 耶和華使他們的滿有智慧,能做各樣的工,無論是雕刻的工,巧匠的工,用藍色紫色、朱紅色線,和細麻、繡花的工,並機匠的工,他們都能做,也能想出奇巧的工。

   

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Apocalypse Explained#1170

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1170. "And every pilot (gubernator), and all who are employed upon ships, and mariners, and as many as do work on the sea."- That this signifies all those who believed themselves to have wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge, and had confirmed the falsities of doctrine and of that religion by reasonings from the natural man, is evident from the signification of ships, which denote knowledges of truth and good, as well as doctrinals in each sense, see above (n. 514). And because wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge (scientia) are from the knowledges of truth and good, therefore by a pilot are signified those who are in possession of wisdom; by those who are employed upon ships those who possess intelligence, and by sailors those who possess knowledge. It is said wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge, because these follow in such order with those who become wise from knowledges. Wisdom is in the third degree, intelligence in the second, and knowledge in the first or ultimate; they are therefore also mentioned in that order in the Word, as in Moses:

"I have filled" Bezaleel "with the spirit of God, as to wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge" (Exodus 31:3; 35:31).

The meaning above is further evident from the signification of doing work on the sea, as denoting to confirm by reasonings from the natural man, and in this case to confirm the falsities of that religion and doctrine; for the sea signifies the natural man, and doing work thereon signifies to reason, and to confirm by reasonings. Doing work on the sea properly signifies to procure for themselves those things by which they may acquire gain, as well as to sell those things, and to gain by them. But because the gains were described above by merchants and their merchandise, therefore doing work on the sea has here another signification, that is, confirmations by reasonings. That pilots or shipmasters signify those who are wise, is evident in Ezekiel:

"The wise men" of Zidon and Arvad "were thy pilots; the elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were stopping thy fissure" (27:8, 9).

But these things may be seen explained above (n. 514).

[2] Continuation.- There are in man two faculties of life; the one is called the understanding and the other the will. Those faculties are altogether distinct from each other, but are created to form one, and when they form one, they are called one mind; they are however at first divided, but are afterwards united. They are distinct, exactly like light and heat; for the understanding is from the light of heaven, which in its essence is Divine Truth or Divine Wisdom. Man's understanding, also, while he is in the world, sees from this light, thinking, reasoning, and forming its conclusions from it. A man however is ignorant of this fact, because he knows nothing of that light and its origin. Again, the will is from the heat of heaven, which in its essence is Divine Good or Divine Love. Man's will, while he is in the world, loves from that heat, deriving all its pleasure and delight from it. A man is again ignorant of this fact, because he knows nothing of that heat and of its origin. Now, because the understanding sees from the light of heaven, it is evident that it is the subject and receptacle of this light, thus also the subject and receptacle of truth and the wisdom derived from it. And because the will loves from the heat of heaven, it is evident that it is the subject and receptacle of this heat, thus also the subject and receptacle of good, thus of love. From these considerations it is clearly evident, that these two faculties of man's life are distinct like light and heat, truth and good, wisdom and love.

[3] It may be clearly seen that these two faculties in man are at first divided, from this fact, that man can understand truth, and from truth good, and approve it, without either willing it or from his will doing it. For he understands what is true, and thence what is good, when he hears, or reads the former; and he so perfectly understands, that he can afterwards teach it by preaching and writing. But when he is alone, and thinks from his own spirit, he can then see that he does not will truth, indeed, that he wills to act contrary to it, and that he actually does so, when not restrained by fears. Such is the character of those who can speak intelligently, and yet live otherwise. This is what is meant by a man's seeing one law in his spirit, and another in his flesh, for spirit is the understanding, and flesh the will.

[4] This disagreement between the understanding and will is perceived chiefly by those who desire to be reformed, but little by others. The reason of its existence is, that the understanding in man is not destroyed, but the will is destroyed. For the understanding is comparatively like the light of the world, by which a man is able to see with equal clearness in the time of winter as in the time of summer; and the will is comparatively like the heat of the world, which may be either absent from the light, or present with it, for it is absent in the time of winter, and present in the time of summer. But the case is this, that nothing but the will destroys the understanding, as nothing but the absence of heat destroys the germinations of the earth.

The understanding is destroyed by the will in the case of those who are in evils of life, when the understanding and will act in unison, not otherwise. They act in unison, when a man thinks by himself from his own love, but they do not so act when he is in company with others; for in the latter case, he conceals and thus removes the love proper to his own will, and when this is removed, the understanding is elevated into a higher light.

[5] The following experience may serve to confirm this. I have occasionally heard spirits converse with each other, and also with myself, so wisely, that an angel could scarcely have spoken more wisely, and I have been led from this to suppose, that in a short time they would be taken up into heaven; but after a time I have seen them with the wicked in hell. I was surprised at this, but was then permitted to hear them talking in a totally different manner, not in favour of truths as before, but against them, the reason being that they were then in the love belonging to their real will and understanding, while previously they were not. I have also been permitted to see how man's proprium is distinguished from that which is not his proprium, for this may be seen in the light of heaven. The proprium resides in the interiors, but the non-proprium in the exteriors, and the latter veils and hides the former, so that it does not appear until the veil is taken away, as is the case with all after death. I have also observed that many were amazed at what they saw and heard, but they were those who judge of the state of a man's soul from his conversation and writings, without taking into account the actions of his real will. From these considerations it is evident that these two faculties of life in man are at first divided.

[6] Something shall now be said of their union. They are united in the case of those who are reformed, the union being effected by means of combat against the evils of the will; for when these are removed, the will of good acts in unison with the understanding of truth. It therefore follows that such as is the will, such is the understanding; or, what is the same thing, that such as is the love, such is the wisdom. The reason why the latter is of the same quality as the former is, that the love belonging to the will is the esse of man's life, and the wisdom belonging to the understanding is its existere. The love, therefore, belonging to the will forms itself in the understanding, the form which it there receives being called wisdom; for since both have one essence, it is evident that wisdom is the form of love, or love in form. After these faculties are thus united by reformation, then the love of the will increases daily, by means of spiritual nourishment in the understanding; for in the understanding it has its affection for truth and good, which is like an appetite that hungers and desires.

From the above it is evident that it is the will which must be reformed, and that so far as it is reformed, the understanding sees, that is, grows wise; for, as was said above, the will, but not the understanding, is destroyed. The will and the understanding also make one in the case of those who are unreformed, or evil, if not in this world, still after death; for after death man is not allowed to think from his understanding except according to the love of his will, every one being at length reduced to this condition; and when this is the case, then the evil love of the will has its form in the understanding, which form, because it is from the falsities of evils, is insanity.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.