"当他们走近的时候，他看见城，就为之哭泣，说：'你们若是知道，就连你们自己，尤其是在你们这个时代，属于你们平安的事，也该知道！ '但现在它们却从你们的眼睛里藏起来了。"(路加福音19:41,42 ).

"'耶路撒冷的女儿们，不要为我哭泣，要为你们自己和你们的儿女哭泣...........因为他们若在绿林中行这些事，在枯木中又要作什么呢？"( 路加福音23:28,31).

耶稣为耶路撒冷流泪。 妇人为他而哭，他叫她们为自己和孩子们哭泣。 在胜利的时刻悲痛，在荒凉的时刻悲痛。

棕枝主日的故事是有讽刺意味的，因为在它的欢呼声中，笼罩着背叛、审判和受难的阴影。 愤怒的众人要求他被钉死在十字架上，难道这群愤怒的人，就是五天前称颂他为王的众人吗？ 为什么主明知必将发生的事情，却要凯旋而上？ 祂这样做是为了宣布祂，从神的善中得来的神性真理，将统治万物；给我们一幅图画，让我们看到祂的威严，将永远存在。 然后，客西马尼和髑髅地的事件让我们知道了这威严的性质----他的国度确实不属于这个世界。

我们可以想象一下棕树节的场景吗？ 众人在欢呼雀跃，欢呼雀跃，然后他们看到他们的王在哭泣。 这不是一个短暂的时刻，而是持续的哭泣，使福音书的作者听到了这一幕。 他们的呼喊声在看着祂的悲痛时，他们的呼喊声是否已经平息了，当祂向他们所住的城宣告灭亡的时候，他们是否感到惊奇呢？ "你们的仇敌必在你们周围筑起堤坝，包围你们，把你们四面围住，把你们和你们的儿女们都压在地上；他们不会在你们身上留下一块又一块的石头，因为你们不知道你们的时间，所以不知道你们要来的时候。" 然后，也许是随着他的骑行，欢呼声又恢复了，那些奇怪的话语也就忘记了。

还有另一个讽刺；因为百姓高呼说，和平来了。 "奉耶和华的名来的王有福了! 天上有平安，至高无上的荣耀！" 然而，当耶稣哭泣的时候，他对全城的人说："你们若是知道，就连你们自己，尤其是在你们这个时代，那些使你们得平安的事，也是你们所知道的。 但现在它们都被你们隐藏起来了。"

这宏伟的全景说的是每个人内心的世界。 正是在我们的心中，在道的属灵意义上，耶稣在我们的心目中，在我们的心目中，耶稣得胜了。 当我们看到他的真理的奇妙，感觉到他的大能胜过万物，我们就会赞美他。 棕枝主日的所有事件都告诉我们，当我们承认主，可见的神，通过我们里面的道来统治我们的心智。 这是个大喜乐的时刻。 就像棕枝主日的众人一样，我们感觉到这异象将扫除一切邪恶，主将很容易在我们里面作我们的王和神。

这样的幸福时光确实临到我们，我们可以在其中欢欣鼓舞，欢呼我们的主和王。 "在天上的平安，在最高的荣耀！" 平安是通过与我们所见的主联合而来。启示录解说369:9，11). 然而，主自己也知道，那些不知道平安的人必有争战。 这也是主在他的话语中警告我们的。 在主的时代的自然耶路撒冷，统治者们用虚假来破坏真理，他们给基督徒带来了许多的痛苦。 在我们心目中属灵的耶路撒冷，有一些虚假的价值观，会破坏平安。 在我们到了天堂之前，我们对主的异象和我们的自爱之间将有一场争战，而我们的自爱将滥用真理来使之发生。

所以，主在橄榄山上，在橄榄山上，当他俯视这城的时候，他就在那里哭泣。 祂的哭泣是怜悯的标志，因为祂为我们里面那些会伤害我们的、与我们的平安相对立的状态而悲伤。 (天国的秘密5480; 启示录解释365 [9]；参看： 365:11, 340). 然而，祂的悲痛是一种积极的力量，它是一种怜悯的力量，正在努力消除这些状态。 耶稣应许耶路撒冷将被彻底摧毁----连一块石头都不留。 诚然，自然的耶路撒冷被夷为平地，但这不是祂的意思。 祂应许我们----甚至在祂警告我们即将到来的争战时----祂必得胜，我们的耶路撒冷----我们作恶的借口---将不能成立。 它们将被祂的话语所毁灭。 (参看 阿卡纳-科尔斯蒂亚6588 [5]; 启示录解释365 [9]).

祂因怜悯而哭泣，祂应许了哭泣的结局，因为 "祂温柔的怜悯胜过了祂的一切作为"。

在耶稣受难日的时候，肯定会有哭泣的理由。 想象一下这个场景。妇人在十字架后面哀叹。 耶稣一定是被鞭打得血流满面，被荆棘王冠所伤。 他被那些喜欢看人死的人包围着。 那些称他为仇人的人，都认为自己赢了。

他的追随者们都很绝望。 他们从来没有想到祂所培养的梦想会以这样的方式结束，也没有想到他们所爱的领袖会受到如此可怕的对待。 他们为他的苦难而感同身受。 他们为他哭泣。

然后，也许侮辱他的人群在他转向哀悼者的时候，被压制住了。 他用他无限的爱说话， "耶路撒冷的女儿们，不要为我哭泣，要为你们自己和你们的孩子们哭泣。" 他没有想到他即将到来的痛苦， 他为他所爱的人悲伤。 祂必得胜。 正是在他们身上，苦难才会降临。我们还有什么比这句话更清楚地描述我们的上帝来到世上的目标呢？ 祂来了，因为邪恶的人和邪恶的感情给祂的儿女带来了苦难。 祂来是为了在他们哭泣之后给他们喜乐，给他们安慰和希望，最后给他们一个肯定，那就是不应该再有死亡，也不应该有悲伤和哭泣。

当时的妇女确实面临着身体上的悲哀。当我们知道基督徒受迫害，想到有人因为敬拜他们的神而被杀，孩子被夺走，善良的人受到那些不懂怜悯的人的怜悯，真是令人心痛。 的确，主说的似乎是对的，如果他们不生孩子，不为自己的信仰受苦，那就更好了。 "因为确实有一天，他们会说：'贫瘠的人有福了，不曾生育的子宫，不曾哺育的乳房，有福了！'"

但是，主来到人间的真正原因是，在肉体的残忍中，有一个更大的伤害。 有很多人在这个世界上行走，他们不会想到要谋杀别人，但却经常喜欢夺走一些更珍贵的东西--他跟随主的能力。

这就是为什么主说这些话的原因："不要为我哭泣，要为你们自己和你们的儿女哭泣。 耶路撒冷的女儿们代表着全世界真诚的人对真理的温柔的爱。 他们的儿女是来自于对真理的爱的慈爱和信心。 这些都是邪恶的牺牲品，尤其是当它侵袭教会的时候。 这些都是引起内心哭泣的东西，是一种因沉默而更具有破坏性的心灵的悲哀。

"耶路撒冷的女儿们，"他叫他们。 我们对真理的纯洁的爱是与我们自私的理由一起成长起来的。 事实上，它是被自私的理由所统治，就像耶路撒冷的女儿们被腐败的教会所统治一样。 当那些妇女们试图脱离犹太教会的时候，她们被迫害。 当我们对真理的纯洁的爱试图引导我们跟随主的时候，我们的灵里就会遭受试探。 地狱升起，用我们曾经有过的所有自私和邪恶的快乐来诱惑我们，我们确实为自己哭泣。

你看，受苦的不是真理本身! "不要为我哭泣，"耶稣说。 真理是全能的。 是我们对真理的爱被试探了。 受苦的是我们的仁爱和我们的信仰--那爱的孩子--。

"因为他们会说，'贫瘠的人有福了，不孕不育的子宫和不育的乳房有福了'。"在我们看来，那些没有真理、没有理想的人不就是幸福的人吗？ 其实这是一个预言，在教会之外，重新找到教会的人，比起那些把生活中的虚伪带入争战的人，他们的日子会更容易。

在棕枝主日，当耶稣哭泣时，他说耶路撒冷要被毁灭。 正如我说过的，祂实际上是在应许我们里面的邪恶被毁灭。 在耶稣受难日，他也给出了同样的保证。 "然后他们要开始对山说："落在我们身上！"又要对山丘说："盖住我们！"这些看似严厉的话语是一种安慰，因为它们保证，当主的真理在我们里面得胜时，天国就会越来越近。 当那时候，那些诱惑我们的地狱将无法忍受天堂的存在，会把自己遮盖起来，躲起来。

"因为他们若在绿林中行这些事，在干的时候又要怎样呢？" 听众们知道这句话的意思：如果当祂在他们中间的时候，他们拒绝了祂的真理，那么当对祂的存在和祂的神迹的记忆干涸了，他们又会怎样呢？ 从内在的意义上说，绿木是真理，从对真理的热爱中仍有生命力。 即使我们看到道的理想，也会在试探中挣扎。 但当那木头干枯了，当我们无法感受到真理的生命和力量时，斗争就会变得非常艰难。

在这两个画面中----祂在棕枝主日的哭泣，祂悲哀地警告妇女们为自己和孩子们哭泣，主是在预备我们为我们所信的事而战。祂是如何预备我们的呢？ 不仅仅是向我们保证即将到来的试炼，也是向我们保证，既然祂已经显明了祂的大能，就一定会得胜。 在真正的基督教的宗教中，有这样的奇迹，有这样的盼望，有这样的永恒的幸福。 然而，任何有价值的爱，在面对挑战之前，都不会有值得我们保留的。 必须有哭泣的时候：我们仁慈的主为我们的挣扎而哭泣，并从怜悯中给予我们力量；我们的梦想和希望在害怕失去时哭泣。 通过试炼，我们表达了我们对梦想的承诺，祂将我们交付给我们。

在他被捕前不到二十四小时，主又讲到了哭泣。 在最后的晚餐上，他说："我实在告诉你们，你们要哭泣，要哀叹，但世人要欢喜。" 但祂并没有止步于此"你们必忧伤，但你们的忧伤必转为喜乐。 妇人在生产的时候，有忧愁，因为她的时辰到了；但只要她生下孩子，就不再记念那苦恼，因为有一个人降生到世界上，就有喜乐。 所以你们现在有忧愁；但我必再见到你们，你们的心必欢喜，你们的喜乐没有人夺去。"

当他被钉在十字架上，又复活的时候，他们一定以为他的话已经应验了。 现在他们找到了没有人能够从他们身上夺走的喜乐。 也许当他们在逼迫者的手中受苦，在基督徒同胞中找到了喜乐，他们也是这样想的。 最后，当他们打了自己的私下争战，从他的大能中战胜了里面的仇敌，他们知道了他真正的意思。

"耶稣为城市哭泣" "为你们自己和你们的孩子哭泣" 我们对真理的爱将受到威胁，我们对真正的信仰和真正的慈善的希望也将受到威胁。 正是为了这个目的，祂来到世界上，骑着凯旋而来，喝下了被拒绝和明显的死亡之杯--能够将我们的忧伤转为喜乐。 因此，祂也可以说："在世上你们必有苦难；但你们要喜乐，我已经胜过了世界。"阿门。

(参考: 路加福音19:29-44, 23:24-38)

374. Verse 6. A measure of wheat for a denarius, and three measures of barley for a denarius, signifies that the genuine good of the church, as also the genuine truth of the church, is of no account to them. This is evident from the signification of "measure" [choenix] (which was the Greek measure for wheat and barley), as being the quality of estimation, for "measures" in the Word (as was said in the article above), signify the quality of a thing in respect to good and in respect to truth. It is evident also from the signification of "wheat," as being the good of the church in general (of which presently); also from the signification of "barley," as being the truth of that good (of which presently); and from the signification of "a denarius," the standard of estimation, as being as of no account. Because this was the smallest coin, it signifies the least worth, but here as of no account. The reason for this is that "the red horse" (mentioned above), signifies the understanding of the Word destroyed in respect to good, and "the black horse" the understanding of the Word destroyed in respect to truth (See above, n. 364, 372); and when the understanding of the Word in respect to good and in respect to truth has been destroyed, then the genuine good and the genuine truth of the church are estimated as of no account. The "denarius" is here taken as the standard of estimation, because some piece of money must be taken that some price may be expressed in the sense of the letter, since it is said that "a balance was in the hand of him that sat upon the horse," and that "the wheat and the barley were measured;" consequently the smallest coin of all was taken as the standard of the estimation of the price; and as there was no longer any understanding of the Word in respect to good and in respect to truth, a "denarius" in the spiritual sense here signifies as of no account.

[2] It is said, "a measure of wheat and three measures of barley," because "one" is predicated of good, and "three" of truths; and "one," when predicated of good, signifies what is perfect, thus also what is genuine; and "three," when predicated of truths, signifies what is full, thus also what is genuine; consequently "a measure of wheat and three measures of barley" signify the genuine good and the genuine truth of the church. "Wheat" signifies good, and "barley" its truth, because all things belonging to the field signify the things that belong to the church; and things belonging to the field, as crops of various kinds, serve for food; and things for food and for the nourishment of the body signify in the spiritual sense such things as nourish the soul or mind, all of which have relation to the good of love and the truth of faith; thus especially wheat and barley, because bread is made from them. (That foods of every kind signify spiritual food, thus the things of knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom, consequently the good and truth from which these are, see Arcana Coelestia 3114, 4459, 5147, 5293, 5340, 5342, 5410, 5426, 5576, 5582, 5588, 5655, 5915, 8408, 8562, 9003. Of "bread" in general, see the work on The New Jerusalem, n. 218; that "field" signifies the church, seeArcana Coelestia 2971, 3766, 9139.)

That "wheat" and "barley" have such a signification is from correspondence, as is evident from the things that appear in the spiritual world, where all appearances are correspondences. There plains, fields, crops of various kinds, and also bread appear; from this is the knowledge that they are correspondences, and consequently that they have significations according to correspondences.

[3] That "wheat" and "barley" signify the good and truth of the church, "wheat" its good, and "barley" its truth, can be seen also from the passages in the Word where they are mentioned, as from the following. In Jeremiah:

Jehovah, who hath dispersed Israel, will bring him together and will keep him as a shepherd doth his drove; for Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and hath redeemed him out of the hand of him that was stronger than he. Therefore shall they come and sing aloud in the height of Zion, and shall flow together unto the good of Jehovah, to the wheat, to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the sons of the flock, and of the herd; and their soul shall become as a watered garden (Jeremiah 31:10-12).

This treats of the establishment of a new church; "Israel" and "Jacob" signify that church, "Israel" the internal spiritual church, and "Jacob" the external; for every church is internal and external. Its establishment is described by "Jehovah will bring him together and will keep him as a shepherd doth his drove, for He hath ransomed Jacob, and hath redeemed him out of the hand of him that was stronger than he;" "to redeem" signifies to reform (See above, n. 328; "out of the hand of him that was stronger than he" signifies out of evil and falsity, which before had possession; the internal joy or joy of heart arising from celestial good and truths therefrom that such have, is signified by "therefore shall they come and sing aloud in the height of Zion, and shall flow together unto the good of Jehovah, to the wheat, to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the sons of the flock and of the herd," "to sing in the height of Zion" signifying internal celestial joy, or such as is in the Lord's celestial kingdom, "to sing aloud" meaning that joy (See above, n. 326, "height" what is internal, and "Zion" the celestial kingdom; "wheat" signifies the good of the natural man, "new wine" its truth; "oil" the good of the spiritual man, "the sons of the flock" spiritual truths, and "the sons of the herd" natural truths; because these are what are signified they are called "the good of Jehovah." That such have intelligence and wisdom from this source is signified by "their soul shall become as a watered garden," for "garden" in the Word signifies intelligence, and "watered" continual growth. "Wheat," "new wine," "oil," "the sons of a flock and of the herd," are plainly not here meant, for it is said, "Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and their soul shall become as a watered garden. "

[4] In Joel:

The field was devastated, the ground mourned; for the corn was devastated, the new wine was dried up, the oil languished. The husbandmen were ashamed, the vine-dressers howled for the wheat and for the barley, because the harvest of the field hath perished (Joel 1:10, 11).

This is not said of a field and its barrenness, but of the church and its vastation; therefore "field," "ground," "corn," "new wine," and "oil" do not mean these things themselves, but "field" and "ground" mean the church, "field" the church in relation to the reception and bringing forth of truth and good, and "ground" the church in respect to the nation that is in it; "corn" means good of every kind in the external man; "new wine" the truth also therein; "oil" the good in the internal man; "the husbandmen that were ashamed," and "the vine-dressers that howled for the wheat and for the barley" signify those who are of the church, "wheat" and "barley" signifying the good and truth of the church; and "the harvest of the field that thus perished" signifying all worship from good and truth.

[5] In Jeremiah:

Upon all the heights in the wilderness the devastators have come; because the sword of Jehovah devoureth from the end of the land even to the end of the land; no flesh hath peace. They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns (Jeremiah 12:12-13).

This, too is said of the church and its vastation; "the heights in the wilderness upon which the devastators have come" signify that every good of charity has perished through evils and falsities, "heights" in the Word signifying where there is the good of charity, and in an abstract sense that good itself, "wilderness" signifies where there is no good because no truth, and "devastators" signify the evils and falsities through which good and truth perish; "the sword of Jehovah devoureth from the end of the land even to the end of the land" signifies falsity destroying all things of the church, "the sword devouring" meaning falsity destroying, and "from the end of the land even to the end of the land" signifying all things of the church; "no flesh hath peace" signifies that there is no longer internal rest, because of the dominion of evil and falsity; "they have sown wheat and have reaped thorns" signifies that instead of the goods of truth there are the evils of falsity, "wheat" meaning the goods of truth, and "thorns" the evils of falsity.

[6] In the same:

Ishmael, who was of the seed of the kingdom, slew Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land, and all the Jews who were with him, and the Chaldeans, also the men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria; but ten men were found among them who said unto Ishmael, Put us not to death, for we have things hid in the field, wheat and barley, and oil and honey. So he forbare, and put them not to death (Jeremiah 41:1-8).

These historical statements describe, in the internal sense, the damnation of those who profane holy things; for "Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon appointed over the land," and "the Jews who were with him," and "the Chaldeans," and "the men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria," mean those who profane, and in the abstract sense, profanations of every kind, "the king of Babylon" signifying the profanation of good and truth. Their damnation is signified by their being put to death, for "to be put to death" signifies to be slain spiritually (See n. 315; but "the ten men who said to Ishmael, put us not to death for we have things hid in the field, wheat and barley, and oil and honey," mean those who have not profaned the holy things of the church, because inwardly they have good and truth; for those who profane have nothing of good and truth inwardly, but only outwardly when they speak and preach, while those who do not profane have good and truth inwardly; this is meant by their saying that "they have things hid in the field, wheat, barley, oil, and honey," "wheat and barley" signifying the goods and truths of the external man, "oil" the good of the internal man, and "honey" the delight thereof; "ten men" signify all who are such, "ten" signifying all persons and all things; that "he forbare and put them not to death" signifies that they were not profane, thus not damned; "Ishmael" represents those who are in the genuine truths of the church, which is also signified by "the seed of the kingdom," of which he was. Such are the things involved in this history, the histories in the Word equally with the prophecies having an internal sense.

[7] In Moses:

Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths going forth in valley and mountain; a land of wheat and barley, and of vine, and fig-tree, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey (Deuteronomy 8:7-8

In the sense of the letter this is a description of the land of Canaan, but in the spiritual sense the Lord's church is described, since this is meant in that sense by "the land of Canaan;" and all kinds of good and truth pertaining to the church are enumerated. The land is called "a land of brooks of water," because "brooks of water" signify the doctrinals of truth; "fountains and depths going forth in valley and mountain" signify interior and exterior truths from the Word, "fountains," interior truths therefrom, and "depths" exterior truths. The latter are said to go forth "out of the valley," because "a valley" signifies what is lower and exterior, where such truths are; and the former are said "to go forth out of the mountain," because a "mountain" signifies what is higher and interior, where truths of that kind are; "a land of wheat and barley, and of vine and fig-tree, and pomegranate," signifies the church in respect to good and truth of every kind, "wheat and barley" signifying good and truth from a celestial origin, "vine and fig-tree" good and truth from a spiritual origin, and "pomegranate" knowledges of good and truth; and "a land of oil olive and honey" signifies the church in respect to the good of love and its enjoyment. One who does not know the spiritual sense of the Word believes no otherwise than that this merely describes the land of Canaan; but in that case the Word would be merely natural, and not spiritual, and yet the Word everywhere is in its bosom spiritual, and it is spiritual when by these words are understood the spiritual things they signify, namely, goods and truths of every kind. (But what "brooks," "fountains," "depths," "valley," "mountain," "vine," "fig-tree," "pomegranate," "olive," "oil" and "honey" signify is shown in Arcana Coelestia, all of which would be too extended to cite here; but many of these things have been shown and will be shown in this explanation of Revelation, and these may be consulted in their places.)

[8] In Job:

If I have eaten the strength (of the earth) without silver, and have made the soul of its [masters] to expire, let the thorn come forth instead of wheat, and the wild vine instead of barley (Job 31:39-40).

"To eat the strength of the earth without silver" signifies to appropriate to oneself the good of the church without the truth, "earth" meaning the church, and "silver" truth; and "to make the soul of its [masters] to expire" signifies thus to empty out the spiritual life; "let the thorn come forth instead of wheat, and the wild vine instead of barley" signifies that evil will be held for good, and falsity for truth, "wheat" meaning good, "thorn" evil, "barley" truth, and "wild vine" falsity; for good can be acquired only by means of truths.

[9] In Isaiah:

I have heard a consummation and decision from the Lord Jehovih of Hosts upon the whole earth. Will the ploughman plough all day for sowing? will he open and harrow his ground? when he hath made plain the faces thereof doth he not scatter the fennel? and doth he not put in the measured wheat and the appointed barley and the appointed spelt? Thus doth he chasten him for judgment, his God doth instruct him (Isaiah 28:22, 24-26).

This in the spiritual sense describes the total destruction of the church with the Jewish and Israelitish nation, and teaches that it is of no avail to learn and know the Word except for the purpose of applying its good and truth to the use of life; from this source and no other is intelligence from the Lord. That the church with that nation was wholly destroyed is meant by "I have heard a consummation and decision from the Lord Jehovih of Hosts upon the whole earth," "consummation and decision" meaning the complete destruction, and "the whole earth," the whole church, that is, every thing of it; that it is of no avail to learn and know the Word is signified by "will the ploughman plough all day for sowing? Will he open and harrow his ground?" "to plough for sowing" meaning to learn, and "to harrow the ground" meaning to deposit in the memory. That the good and truth of the Word should be applied to the use of life is signified by "when he hath made plain the faces thereof, doth he not scatter the fennel, and put in the measured wheat and the appointed barley and the appointed spelt?" "When he hath made plain the faces of the ground he scattereth the fennel" signifies when there is preparation by the Word; "the measured wheat and the appointed barley and the appointed spelt" signify the application of good and truth to the use of life, "wheat" meaning good, "barley" truth, and "spelt" knowledges; and that from this source and no other is intelligence from the Lord is signified by "thus doth he chasten for judgment, his God doth instruct him," "judgment" signifying intelligence, and "his God doth instruct him" signifying that it is from the Lord.

[10] In Moses:

Jehovah made him ride upon the high places of the earth, and fed him with the increase of the fields; He made him to suck honey out of the cliff, and oil out of the flint of the rock; butter of the herd and milk of the flock, with the fat of lambs, and of rams, the sons of Bashan, and of he-goats, with the fat of the kidneys of wheat; and thou drinkest the blood of grapes, unmixed wine (Deuteronomy 32:13-14).

This is said of the Ancient Church established by the Lord after the flood, which was in intelligence and wisdom, because it was in the good of charity and in the faith therefrom. This intelligence and wisdom from the Lord is signified by "Jehovah made him to ride upon the high places of the earth, and fed him with the increase of the fields;" the celestial and spiritual goods that they received through truths are described by "He made him to suck honey out of the cliff, and oil out of the flint of the rock; butter of the herd and milk of the flock, with the fat of lambs, and of rams, the sons of Bashan, and of he-goats, with the fat of the kidneys of wheat; and thou drinkest the blood of grapes, unmixed wine," "wheat" signifying here in a general sense all good, and "blood of grapes" and "unmixed wine" all truth therefrom.

[11] In David:

O that My people would hearken unto Me, and Israel would walk in My ways! I would feed ¹ them with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock I would satisfy them (Psalms 81:13, 16).

"Fat of wheat," and "honey out of the rock with which they would be fed and satisfied" signify good of every kind from celestial good and enjoyment thereof from the Lord; for "fat" signifies celestial good, "wheat" good of every kind, "honey" the enjoyment of good, and "rock" the Lord. That those who live according to the Lord's commandments will possess these things is meant by "O that My people would hearken unto me, and Israel would walk in My ways!" "Ways" in the Word signifying truths and also commandments, and "to walk" signifying to live.

[12] In the same:

Celebrate Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For He strengtheneth the bars of thy gates, He blesseth thy sons in the midst of thee. He maketh thy border peace, and satisfieth thee with the fat of wheat (Psalms 147:12-14).

"Jerusalem" and "Zion" mean the church; "Jerusalem" the church in respect to the truths of doctrine, and "Zion" the church in respect to the goods of love; "He maketh thy border peace" signifies all things of heaven and the church, for "border" signifies all these things; "He satisfieth thee with the fat of wheat" signifies with every good of love and with wisdom, "fat" signifying the good of love, and "wheat" all things from it, which are goods because they are from good; these things being signified, it is said, "the fat of wheat."

[13] In Hosea:

Jehovah said to the prophet, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her companion, and an adulteress, even as the love of Jehovah to the sons of Israel, who regard other gods, and love flagons of grapes. And I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley (Hosea 3:1-2).

This represented what the Jewish and Israelitish church was in respect to doctrine and worship, namely that by vain traditions it had falsified all things of the Word, though worshiping it as holy; "a woman beloved of her companion, and an adulteress whom the prophet should love" signifies such a church, "a woman" signifying the church, and "beloved of her companion and an adulteress" the falsification of truth and the adulteration of good; "even as the love of Jehovah to the sons of Israel, who regard other gods" signifies the falsities of doctrine and the evils of worship; these are signified by "regarding other gods;" "loving flagons of grapes" signifies the Word in the sense of the letter alone, for "wine" signifies the truths of doctrine from the Word, "grapes" its goods from which are truths, and "a flagon" signifies that which contains, thus the ultimate sense of the Word, which is the sense of the letter, and which they apply to their falsities and evils. "He bought her to him for fifteen pieces of silver" signifies for a small price, "fifteen" meaning very little; "a homer of barley" and "half a homer of barley" signifying so little of good and truths as to be scarcely any.

[14] In Matthew:

John said of Jesus, He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire; whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor; and will gather the wheat into the garner; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire (Matthew 3:11-12).

"To baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire" signifies to reform the church and to regenerate the man of the church by means of Divine truth and Divine good; "to baptize" signifying to reform and to regenerate, "the Holy Spirit" Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, and "fire" the Divine good of His Divine love. "The wheat that He will gather into the garner" signifies good of every kind that is of heavenly origin, which He is to preserve to eternity, thus those who are in good; and "the chaff that He will burn with unquenchable fire" signifies falsity of every kind that is of infernal origin, which He is to destroy, thus those who are in falsity; and because "wheat," "garner," and "chaff" are mentioned, "fan" and "floor" are also mentioned, "fan" signifying separation, and "floor" signifying where separation is effected.

[15] In the same:

Jesus said, The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man that sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares, and went away. But when the blade sprang up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. And the servants of the householder coming said unto him, Lord, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares? Then he said unto them, A man, an enemy hath done this. But the servants said, wilt thou then that we going out gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up at the same time the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the season of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye first the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn (Matthew 13:24-30).

What these words involve is very clear from the spiritual sense, for the particulars here are correspondences. For when the Lord was in the world, He spoke by pure correspondences, because He spoke from the Divine. Here the Last Judgment is treated of when there must be a separation of the good from the evil, and the good are to come into heaven, and the evil into hell. "The good seed in the field that the man sowed" signifies the truths of the church that are from good, "field" signifying the church where these are, and "sowing" signifying influx and reception, thus also instruction; "the man who sowed" means the Lord through the Word, in which are all the truths of the church; "while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares, and went away," signifies that with natural men the falsities of evil flow in from hell, and are received; for "to sleep" signifies to live a natural life separated from the spiritual life (See above 187), and "enemy" signifies hell, and "tares" signify the evils of falsity. What the remainder to the end signifies, can be seen from what is presented in the small work on The Last Judgment 70); for it involves arcana that are there explained; here it need only be said that "wheat" signifies the good of truth, and therefore those who are in good through truths; and that "tares" signify the evil of falsity, and therefore those who are in evil through falsities. That these things are said of the Last Judgment is evident from what follows in the same chapter, where it is said:

He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the seed are the sons of the kingdom; the tares are the sons of the evil one; the enemy is the devil; the harvest is the consummation of the age (Matthew 13:37-39).

"The consummation of the age" is the last time of the church when judgment takes place. From these passages quoted from the Word it can be seen that "wheat" signifies the good of the church in general, and "barley" its truth.

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