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以西結書 44:25

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25 他們不可挨近屍沾染自己,只可為父親母親兒子、女兒、弟兄,和未嫁的姊妹沾染自己。

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属天的奥秘 #9659

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Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

9659. “必有八块板和它们的银座” 表在各个方面从良善并通过源于良善的真理所提供的支撑. 这从 “八”,

“板” 和 “银座” 的含义清楚可知:

“八” 是指在各个方面, 如下文所述;

“板” 是指提供支撑的良善 (参看9634节);

“银座” 是指通过源于良善的真理所提供的支撑 (9643节).

“八” 表示在各个方面的原因是, 这个数字与 “二”,

“四” 所表相同, 因为它是这两个数字的乘积, 而 “二” 和 “四” 表示结合, 直至完全或完整结合 (5194, 8423, 8877节), 由此也表示完全或完整之物 (参看9103节), 进而表示在各个方面完全或完整之物; 存在于完全或完整性中的事物在各个方面都是如此.

“八” 也表示存在于完全或完整性中的事物, 以及在各个方面的另一个原因是,

“七” 表示从开始到结束的一整个时期 (2044, 3845节), 因此 “第八天” 表示一个完全或完整状态, 然后一个新的开始便由此开启. 这解释了为何男孩在第八天要受割礼 (创世记 17:12; 21:4), 因为 “割礼” 表示通过信之真理从污秽的爱中洁净 (2039, 2046节的末尾,2799, 3412, 3413, 4462节). 包皮对应于这些爱对良善的玷污 (4462, 7045, 7225节), 执行割礼所用的 “火石刀” 表示信之真理, 洁净通过信之真理实现 (2039节的末尾,2046节的末尾,2799, 7044节).

在弥迦书,

“七” 之后的 “八” 也表示存在于完全或完整性中的事物, 以及在各个方面:

当亚述人进入我们的领地, 践踏我们宫殿的时候, 我们就立起七个牧者, 人中八个首领毁灭他. 他们必用剑牧养亚述地; 他必拯救我们脱离那亚述人.(弥迦书 5:5, 6)

“亚述” 表示基于人自己的聪明推理教会的良善和真理; 带来毁灭的 “人中八个首领” 表示从由此而来的虚假中当中完全或各个方面上的拯救;

“人中首领” 是指首要的良善之真理.

“八” 表示完全或完整性, 以及在各个方面, 这一点从关于准许并接纳某些社群到天堂的经历也明显看出来, 对此, 可参看前文 (2130节). 我看见首先被接纳的社群数目有十二个之多, 后来又有八个; 因为被准许并接入天堂的人是那些已经从尘世事物, 也就是从对它们的一切爱中洁净, 后来继续接受教导的人; 那时, 数字 “八” 表示完全或完整之物.

“八” 在圣言的其它地方也具有类似含义, 如经上说, 门廊距离房子 “八肘”, 登 “八个台阶” 上到这房 (以西结书 40:9, 31, 41). 那里描述了一个新殿, 新殿表示主的一个新教会;

“门廊” 和 “台阶” 表示通向良善的真理, 以及从良善回到真理.

人若不知道圣言中所用的数字暗含属灵事物或真实事物, 就不可能看见以西结书中所描述的帐幕, 所罗门的殿, 之后的新房, 新殿和新地的尺寸和数字中的任何这类真实事物, 因而看不见任何神圣之物, 尽管在圣言中, 没有一个音节是没有灵义的. 让所有的聪明人都在心里认真考虑一下,以西结书 40-48章中的尺寸和数字, 以及启示录 (21:17) 中约翰所提到的尺寸和数字, 其真正含义是什么; 在启示录, 经上说天使量新耶路撒冷的城墙, 共有一百四十四肘, 是按着人的尺寸, 就是天使的尺寸; 在另一处经文中说:

“凡有聪明的, 可以算计兽的数目, 因为这是人的数目. 他的数目是六百六十六” (启示录 13:18); 除此之外还有其它许多经文给出的数字. 圣言中所提到的一切数字都表示真实事物 (参看482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 5291, 5335, 5708, 6175, 7973节, 以及说明某些数字的具体含义的地方).

  
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Revelation 16

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1 I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!"

2 The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.

3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.

4 The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

5 I heard the angel of the waters saying, "You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, because you have judged these things.

6 For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this."

7 I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments."

8 The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.

9 People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn't repent and give him glory.

10 The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain,

11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They didn't repent of their works.

12 The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.

13 I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;

14 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.

15 "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."

16 He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, Megiddo.

17 The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came forth out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!"

18 There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men on the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.

19 The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

20 Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

21 Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe.