AE 433a [2]
... no one is in heaven, or comes to it, unless he acknowledges the Lord and loves Him. To love the Lord is not to love Him in respect to person but to live according to His commandments...
In that day you shall know that I am in My Father,
and you are in Me, and I in you.
He that has My commandments and does them,
he it is that loves Me.
If any one loves Me he will keep My words;
and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him
and make Our abode with Him.
He that loves Me not keeps not My words.
(John 14: 20,21,23,24)
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
AE 430c - loaves & fishes
AE 430c [15]
... "twelve" signifies all things...
The twelve baskets of fragments that remained
from the five loaves and two fishes with which the Lord fed
five thousand men besides women and children.
(Matthew 14:15-21; Mark 6:34-44; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:9-13)
Each particular here, with the numbers themselves, is significative;
"The five thousand men besides women and children,"
signify all who are of the church that are in truths from good;
the "men" signifying those who are in truths,
and the "women and children" those who are in good;
"loaves" the goods and
"fishes" the truths of the natural man;
"eating" spiritual nourishment from the Lord;
the "twelve baskets of fragments"
the knowledges of truth and good therefrom in all abundance and fullness.
... "twelve" signifies all things...
The twelve baskets of fragments that remained
from the five loaves and two fishes with which the Lord fed
five thousand men besides women and children.
(Matthew 14:15-21; Mark 6:34-44; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:9-13)
Each particular here, with the numbers themselves, is significative;
"The five thousand men besides women and children,"
signify all who are of the church that are in truths from good;
the "men" signifying those who are in truths,
and the "women and children" those who are in good;
"loaves" the goods and
"fishes" the truths of the natural man;
"eating" spiritual nourishment from the Lord;
the "twelve baskets of fragments"
the knowledges of truth and good therefrom in all abundance and fullness.
Friday, April 28, 2006
AE 427b - the good of love is
AE 427b [9]
...for as the good of love is heavenly, and thence mild, patient, and modest,
so the evil opposite to that good is infernal, hard, stubborn, and shameless.
...for as the good of love is heavenly, and thence mild, patient, and modest,
so the evil opposite to that good is infernal, hard, stubborn, and shameless.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
AE 423 - "the living God"
AE 423
...the Lord is called "the living God" from the Divine love,
for love is man's very life,
and the Divine love is the source of the life of all.
...the Lord is called "the living God" from the Divine love,
for love is man's very life,
and the Divine love is the source of the life of all.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
AE 422a - "And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun"
AE 422a
And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun (Rev. 7:2),
signifies the Divine love going forth from the Lord.
This is evident from the signification of "angel,"
as being something Divine proceeding from the Lord;
for "angel" in the Word means,
in the nearest sense, an entire angelic society,
but in a general sense "angel"
signifies every one who receives Divine truth in doctrine and life;
while in the highest sense "angel"
signifies something Divine proceeding from the Lord,
and in particular Divine truth...
"the rising of the sun" or the "east" signifying the Lord's Divine love,
and "to ascend therefrom" signifying to go forth and proceed;
so here "the angel ascending from the rising of the sun"
signifies the Divine love going forth from the Lord.
And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun (Rev. 7:2),
signifies the Divine love going forth from the Lord.
This is evident from the signification of "angel,"
as being something Divine proceeding from the Lord;
for "angel" in the Word means,
in the nearest sense, an entire angelic society,
but in a general sense "angel"
signifies every one who receives Divine truth in doctrine and life;
while in the highest sense "angel"
signifies something Divine proceeding from the Lord,
and in particular Divine truth...
"the rising of the sun" or the "east" signifying the Lord's Divine love,
and "to ascend therefrom" signifying to go forth and proceed;
so here "the angel ascending from the rising of the sun"
signifies the Divine love going forth from the Lord.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
AE 419f - portions of Psalm 107
AE 419f [23]
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do work in many waters.
And He spoke, and made the wind of the tempest to stand,
and He raised up its waves on high.
He made the tempest to stand still,
and that their waves might be hushed.
(Psalm 107:23, 25, 29)
This treats of temptations and of the deliverance from them.
"The wind of the tempest," and thus
"the waves of the sea lifted up," signify temptations;
and as spiritual temptations come through falsities breaking into the thoughts,
which is the source of remorse of conscience and grief of mind and spirit,
these are signified by "the wind of the tempest stood,
and He raised up its waves on high;"
deliverance from them is signified by
"He made the tempest to stand still, that the waves might be hushed."
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20107&version=31
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do work in many waters.
And He spoke, and made the wind of the tempest to stand,
and He raised up its waves on high.
He made the tempest to stand still,
and that their waves might be hushed.
(Psalm 107:23, 25, 29)
This treats of temptations and of the deliverance from them.
"The wind of the tempest," and thus
"the waves of the sea lifted up," signify temptations;
and as spiritual temptations come through falsities breaking into the thoughts,
which is the source of remorse of conscience and grief of mind and spirit,
these are signified by "the wind of the tempest stood,
and He raised up its waves on high;"
deliverance from them is signified by
"He made the tempest to stand still, that the waves might be hushed."
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20107&version=31
Monday, April 24, 2006
AE 419a - two lives
AE 419a [2]
For there are two lives, which should make one in man,
the life of truth and the life of good;
the life of truth is the life of man's understanding,
while the life of good is the life of his will;
for truths have their seat in the understanding
because these constitute the understanding,
while goods have their seat in the will
because these constitute the will.
"Soul and heart," in the Word,
when mentioned together, have a similar significance.
For there are two lives, which should make one in man,
the life of truth and the life of good;
the life of truth is the life of man's understanding,
while the life of good is the life of his will;
for truths have their seat in the understanding
because these constitute the understanding,
while goods have their seat in the will
because these constitute the will.
"Soul and heart," in the Word,
when mentioned together, have a similar significance.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
AE 417a - "corners"
AE 417a [4]
... "corners" signify all things, since they are outermost parts, for the outermost parts comprehend all things from the center to the last circumferences, for they are the last borders. They is why four horns were placed on the four corners of the altar....
[5]
... the ultimates must be preserved because they signify all things; for unless there are outermost things, the middle things are not kept together, but are dispersed, comparatively as the interior parts of man would be dispersed if he were not encompassed by skins.
... "corners" signify all things, since they are outermost parts, for the outermost parts comprehend all things from the center to the last circumferences, for they are the last borders. They is why four horns were placed on the four corners of the altar....
[5]
... the ultimates must be preserved because they signify all things; for unless there are outermost things, the middle things are not kept together, but are dispersed, comparatively as the interior parts of man would be dispersed if he were not encompassed by skins.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
AE 413b - feet signify the natural
AE 413b [5]
...the heavens rest upon the church which is with mankind as a man does upon his feet.
...the heavens rest upon the church which is with mankind as a man does upon his feet.
Friday, April 21, 2006
AE 412e - "Behold I stand at the door and knock"
AE 412e [20]
Behold I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear My voice and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him. Revelation 3:20
But when man from freedom chooses evil he shuts the door to himself, and thus does not let in the good and truth that are from the Lord; consequently the Lord then appears to be absent. It is from this appearance that it is said that Jehovah conceals and hides His faces, although He does not conceal and hide. Moreover man as to his spirit then turns away from the Lord, and consequently does not perceive the good or see the truth, which are from the Lord; this is why it appears as if the Lord did not see him; and yet the Lord sees each and every thing pertaining to man. It is from this appearance also that the Lord is said to conceal and hide His faces, and also is said to set His faces against them, and also that He regards them with the back of the nick and not with the faces....
Behold I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear My voice and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him. Revelation 3:20
But when man from freedom chooses evil he shuts the door to himself, and thus does not let in the good and truth that are from the Lord; consequently the Lord then appears to be absent. It is from this appearance that it is said that Jehovah conceals and hides His faces, although He does not conceal and hide. Moreover man as to his spirit then turns away from the Lord, and consequently does not perceive the good or see the truth, which are from the Lord; this is why it appears as if the Lord did not see him; and yet the Lord sees each and every thing pertaining to man. It is from this appearance also that the Lord is said to conceal and hide His faces, and also is said to set His faces against them, and also that He regards them with the back of the nick and not with the faces....
AE 412c - "faces of Jehovah"
AE 412c [11]
Because the "faces of Jehovah," or of the Lord, signify the Divine good united to Divine truth going out and proceeding from His Divine love, therefore also, "the faces of Jehovah" signify the interiors of the church, of the Word, and of worship, for Divine good is in the interior of these; the exteriors of the church, of the Word, and of worship are only the effects and works therefrom.
Because the "faces of Jehovah," or of the Lord, signify the Divine good united to Divine truth going out and proceeding from His Divine love, therefore also, "the faces of Jehovah" signify the interiors of the church, of the Word, and of worship, for Divine good is in the interior of these; the exteriors of the church, of the Word, and of worship are only the effects and works therefrom.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
AE 411e - studying the Word
AE 411e [23]
...those who love truth and good from the Word are within the Word, for they look at it not from self, but from the Lord.
...those who love truth and good from the Word are within the Word, for they look at it not from self, but from the Lord.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
AE 411c - building your house on a rock
AE 411c [11]
Every one that hears My words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon a rock; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, yet it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. (Matthew 7:24.25; Luke 6:48)
"The house founded upon a rock" means the church and the man of the church who has founded his doctrine and life upon the Divine truth, which is from the Lord, thus upon those things that are in the Word, consequently one who is in truths from good from the Lord. It is said, "who is in truths from good," because Divine truth is not received by any one who is not in good. To be in good is to be in the good of life, which is charity, therefore it is said "he that hears My words and does them;" "doing the Lord's words" is the good of life, for truth, when a man does it, becomes good because it then enters the will and love, is called good. Temptations, in which such a man of the church does not fall but conquers, are signified by "the rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat upon the house, and yet it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock;" for in the Word "floods of waters" and "rains," and also "tempests of wind," signify temptations.
Every one that hears My words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon a rock; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, yet it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. (Matthew 7:24.25; Luke 6:48)
"The house founded upon a rock" means the church and the man of the church who has founded his doctrine and life upon the Divine truth, which is from the Lord, thus upon those things that are in the Word, consequently one who is in truths from good from the Lord. It is said, "who is in truths from good," because Divine truth is not received by any one who is not in good. To be in good is to be in the good of life, which is charity, therefore it is said "he that hears My words and does them;" "doing the Lord's words" is the good of life, for truth, when a man does it, becomes good because it then enters the will and love, is called good. Temptations, in which such a man of the church does not fall but conquers, are signified by "the rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat upon the house, and yet it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock;" for in the Word "floods of waters" and "rains," and also "tempests of wind," signify temptations.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
AE 410c - those in the good of innocence
AE 410c [9]
...those who are in the good of innocence and in the good of love to the Lord have no fear whatever of evils and falsities which are from hell, because they are protected by the Lord.
...those who are in the good of innocence and in the good of love to the Lord have no fear whatever of evils and falsities which are from hell, because they are protected by the Lord.
Monday, April 17, 2006
AE 409b - "My servant", "My chosen"
AE 409b [2]
Behold My servant, on whom I lean, My chosen, in whom My soul is well pleased; I have given My spirit upon Him. [He shall bring forth judgment to the nations]. Who is blind but my servant? or deaf as My angel that I send? Who is blind as He that is perfect, and blind as My servant? Isaiah 42: 1, 19
This is said of the Lord, who is treated of in the whole of this chapter,
and the Lord in respect to His Divine Human is here called "a servant,"
because He served His Father by doing His will,
as He frequently declares;
and this means that He reduced to order all thing in the spiritual world,
and at the same time taught men the way to heaven.
Therefore by "My servant on whom I lean," and by "My chosen, in whom My soul is well pleased,"
the Divine Human is meant;
and this is called "a servant" from the Divine truth by which it produced effects,
and "chosen" from the Divine good....
He is called "blind" and "deaf" because the Lord is as if He did not see and perceive the sins of men,
for He leads men gently, bending and not breaking,
thus leading away from evils and leading to good;
therefore He does not chastise and punish,
like one who sees and perceives.
Behold My servant, on whom I lean, My chosen, in whom My soul is well pleased; I have given My spirit upon Him. [He shall bring forth judgment to the nations]. Who is blind but my servant? or deaf as My angel that I send? Who is blind as He that is perfect, and blind as My servant? Isaiah 42: 1, 19
This is said of the Lord, who is treated of in the whole of this chapter,
and the Lord in respect to His Divine Human is here called "a servant,"
because He served His Father by doing His will,
as He frequently declares;
and this means that He reduced to order all thing in the spiritual world,
and at the same time taught men the way to heaven.
Therefore by "My servant on whom I lean," and by "My chosen, in whom My soul is well pleased,"
the Divine Human is meant;
and this is called "a servant" from the Divine truth by which it produced effects,
and "chosen" from the Divine good....
He is called "blind" and "deaf" because the Lord is as if He did not see and perceive the sins of men,
for He leads men gently, bending and not breaking,
thus leading away from evils and leading to good;
therefore He does not chastise and punish,
like one who sees and perceives.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
AE 408 - wisdom, intelligence, knowledge
AE 408
Wisdom differs from intelligence in this,
that wisdom is from the light of heaven,
and intelligence from the light of the world enlightened by the light of heaven;
this is why wisdom is predicated of spiritual goods and truths,
and intelligence of natural goods and truths....
He who believes that intelligence is from the light of the world only,
which is called natural light, is much deceived.
Intelligence means seeing from oneself truths and goods,
whether civil, moral, or spiritual,
while seeing them from another is not intelligence but knowledge....
Wisdom differs from intelligence in this,
that wisdom is from the light of heaven,
and intelligence from the light of the world enlightened by the light of heaven;
this is why wisdom is predicated of spiritual goods and truths,
and intelligence of natural goods and truths....
He who believes that intelligence is from the light of the world only,
which is called natural light, is much deceived.
Intelligence means seeing from oneself truths and goods,
whether civil, moral, or spiritual,
while seeing them from another is not intelligence but knowledge....
Saturday, April 15, 2006
AE 406a - our mind
AE 460a
There are with man two minds, one higher or interior which is called the spiritual mind, and the other lower or exterior which is called the natural mind. The natural mind is first opened and cultivated with men, because this most nearly stands forth in the world; and afterwards the spiritual mind is opened and cultivated, but only to the extent that man receives in the life the truths or ... doctrine from the Word; consequently with those who do not apply knowledges to life, it is not opened. But when the spiritual mind is opened the light of heaven flows in through that mind into the natural mind and enlightens it, whereby the natural mind becomes spiritual-natural....
Because the mind makes the man (the mind consisting of understand and will) it is the same whether you say the mind or the man, thus whether you say the spiritual and natural mind or the spiritual and natural man.
There are with man two minds, one higher or interior which is called the spiritual mind, and the other lower or exterior which is called the natural mind. The natural mind is first opened and cultivated with men, because this most nearly stands forth in the world; and afterwards the spiritual mind is opened and cultivated, but only to the extent that man receives in the life the truths or ... doctrine from the Word; consequently with those who do not apply knowledges to life, it is not opened. But when the spiritual mind is opened the light of heaven flows in through that mind into the natural mind and enlightens it, whereby the natural mind becomes spiritual-natural....
Because the mind makes the man (the mind consisting of understand and will) it is the same whether you say the mind or the man, thus whether you say the spiritual and natural mind or the spiritual and natural man.
Friday, April 14, 2006
AE 405i - "the faith of God"
AE 405i [53]
Jesus said unto the disciples, Have the faith of God...
(Mark 11:22; Matthew 17:20)
...the Lord said this of saving faith, which faith makes one with charity and is wholly from the Lord, therefore the Lord calls this faith "the faith of God;" and because it is by this faith, which is the faith of charity from Him, that the Lord removes all evils flowing from the loves of self and the world and casts them into hell from which they came...
Jesus said unto the disciples, Have the faith of God...
(Mark 11:22; Matthew 17:20)
...the Lord said this of saving faith, which faith makes one with charity and is wholly from the Lord, therefore the Lord calls this faith "the faith of God;" and because it is by this faith, which is the faith of charity from Him, that the Lord removes all evils flowing from the loves of self and the world and casts them into hell from which they came...
Thursday, April 13, 2006
AE 405d - the Mount of Olives
AE 405d [24]
Because "the Mount of Olives" which was before Jerusalem eastward,
signified the Divine love,
and "Jerusalem from the east"
Divine truth proceeding from Divine good, as was said above,
the Lord was accustomed to stay on that mount...:
Jesus during the days was teaching in the temple;
but at night He went out and lodged in the mount
that is called the Mount of Olives.
(Luke 21:37; 22:39; John 8:1)
...He did all things from the Divine love,
the "the Mount of Olives" signified that love...
Because "the Mount of Olives" which was before Jerusalem eastward,
signified the Divine love,
and "Jerusalem from the east"
Divine truth proceeding from Divine good, as was said above,
the Lord was accustomed to stay on that mount...:
Jesus during the days was teaching in the temple;
but at night He went out and lodged in the mount
that is called the Mount of Olives.
(Luke 21:37; 22:39; John 8:1)
...He did all things from the Divine love,
the "the Mount of Olives" signified that love...
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
AE 405b - Rejoice!
AE 405b [11]
Praise Jehovah, mountains and hills, tree of fruit, and all cedars.
(Psalm 148:7,9)
This describes the joy of heart from the good of love and charity;
and "mountains," "hills," "trees," and "cedars,"
are said to "break forth with singing aloud" "to clap the hand," and "to praise,"
because these signify the goods and truths that cause joys in man;
for man does not rejoice from himself,
but from the goods and truths that are with him;
these rejoice because they make joy for man.
Praise Jehovah, mountains and hills, tree of fruit, and all cedars.
(Psalm 148:7,9)
This describes the joy of heart from the good of love and charity;
and "mountains," "hills," "trees," and "cedars,"
are said to "break forth with singing aloud" "to clap the hand," and "to praise,"
because these signify the goods and truths that cause joys in man;
for man does not rejoice from himself,
but from the goods and truths that are with him;
these rejoice because they make joy for man.
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