1231. “路德” 表对真理的认知. 这从以下事实清楚可知: 对真理的认知是以这样的方式获得的, 即经由仁爱通过主, 因而藉着理性和知识经由信而获得的. 这也清楚可见于以西结书:

波斯人, 路德人, 弗人在你军营中作战士; 他们在你中间悬挂盾牌和头盔, 彰显你的尊荣. (以西结书 27:10)

这论及推罗. “路德人, 弗人” 表认知, 被说成是在她的军营中作战士, 因为认知在理性的帮助下有助于捍卫真理, 也就是 “悬挂盾牌和头盔”. “弗人” 表对圣言的外在认知 (参看10:6).

7048. 'And He ceased from him' means that they were allowed to be representative. This is clear from the meaning of 'ceasing from him', that is to say, from killing him, as their being allowed to be representative. For the statement that Jehovah sought to kill him meant that a representative Church could not be established among that nation, 7043, and therefore when it says here that 'He ceased from him' the meaning is that they were allowed to be representative, that is, a representative of the Church, but no actual Church was allowed to be established among that nation. It is one thing to represent a Church, and another to be an actual Church, as is evident from the fact that even those who are wicked can represent a Church, but only the good can actually be a Church; for representing a Church is something entirely external, see 3670, 4208, 4281.