Arcana Coelestia#487
487. 'Days means periods of time and states in general. This has been shown in Chapter 1, where the 'days of creation' have no other meaning. In the Word it is very common for a whole period of time to be called 'a day', as it clearly is in the present verse and in verses 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 27, 31, below; and therefore the states that belong to periods of time in general are meant by 'days' as well. And when 'years' is attached, then periods of years mean the natures of those states, and so the states in particular.
[2] The most ancient people had their own particular numbers which they would use to mean different aspects of the Church - for instance, the numbers three, seven, ten, twelve, and many which they obtained from these and other numbers - and in so doing incorporated states of the Church. These numbers therefore contain arcana that would require considerable effort to unravel. Really a number was an evaluation of the states of the Church. The same feature occurs throughout the Word, especially in the prophetical. And the religious ceremonies of the Jewish Church also entail numbers specifying periods of time as well as quantities; for example, in connection with sacrifices, minchahs, oblations, and other practices, which in every case have special reference to holy things. Consequently eight hundred in this verse, nine hundred and thirty in the next, and the numbers of years mentioned in the verses that follow after that, embody in particular more matters than can possibly be retold; matters, that is to say, which have to do with changes in the state of their Church in relationship to their own general state. Later on, in the Lord's Divine mercy, the meaning of the simple numbers up to twelve will be given, for without knowing these first of all no one can grasp what compound numbers mean.
Psalms第147章
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Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to Praise him.
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Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
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He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
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He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
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Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
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Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
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Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
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who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
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He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
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He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
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Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
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Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
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For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
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He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
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He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.
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He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
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He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
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He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
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He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know his ordinances. Praise Yah!
