AR 411 - confirming falsity by the Word

AR 411
. . . when the truths of the Word are falsified,
and a person understands and views them
according to the falsities of his religion,
then spiritual life with him is extinguished.
The reason is, because the Word communicates with heaven,
therefore when it is read by a person,
the truths therein ascend into heaven,
and the falsities to which truths are adjoined or conjoined, tend towards hell,
so there is a rending asunder,
whereby the life of the Word is extinguished.
But this is the case only with those who confirm falsities by the Word,
but not with those who do not confirm them.

AR 398 - earth & sea; AR 405 - faith and charity; AR 406 - ships

AR 398
. . . by "the earth and the sea,"
throughout Revelation, when named together,
is meant the entire church;
by "the earth," the church consisting of those who are in its internals,
and by "the sea," the church consisting of those who are in its externals:
for the church is internal and external;
internal with the clergy,
and external with the laity;
or internal with those who have studied its doctrinals interiorly,
and have confirmed them from the Word,
and external with those who have not.


AR 405
. . . all are reformed by faith united to charity,
. . . for charity is the life of faith.


AR 406
. . . "ships" signify the knowledges of good and truth
from the Word
serving for the use of life.
That these are signified by "ships"
is because ships cross the sea,
and bring back the necessaries
which are for the natural person for every use;
and the knowledges of good and truth are the necessaries
which are for the spiritual person for every use of it [spiritual life];
for from them is the doctrine of the church,
and according to this is life.

AR 395 - spiritual love

AR 395
Spiritual love,
which is charity,
derives its essence from celestial love,
which is love to the Lord;
without this love
there is nothing vital in spiritual love or charity,
for spirit and life is from no other source
than from the Lord.

AR 380 - the Lord continually gives good in their truths

AR 380
. . . the marriage of the Lord with the church consists in this:
that the Lord flows into angels and men with the good of love,
and that angels and men receive Him, or the good of His love, in truths;
that hereby the marriage of good and truth is effected,
which marriage is the church itself,
and becomes heaven with them.
Such being the nature of the Lord's influx and reception of Him,
therefore the Lord looks at angels and men in the forehead,
and they look at the Lord through the eyes;
for the forehead corresponds to the good of love,
and the eyes correspond to truths from that good,
which thus by conjunction become the truths of good.
But the Lord's influx with truths into angels and men,
is not as the influx of good into them,
for it is mediate, flowing from good,
as light does from fire,
being received by them in the understanding,
and only so far in the will as they do truths.
This then is the marriage of love and wisdom,
or of good and truth from the Lord,
with those who receive them in the heavens and on earth.
This arcanum was disclosed for the sake of making it known
how it is to be understood,
that the Lord continually gives good in their truths.

AR 376 - it is common in all Divine worship

AR 376
. . . it is common in all Divine worship,
that a person should first will, desire, and pray,
and the Lord then answer, inform, and do;
otherwise a person does not receive anything Divine.

AR 356 - love towards the neighbor, or charity

AR 356 [2]
Here something shall be said concerning love towards the neighbor, or charity:
love towards the neighbor,
is the love of obeying the Lord's commandments,
which are chiefly those contained in the second table of the Decalogue,
and which are,
thou shalt not kill;
thou shalt not commit whoredom;
thou shalt not steal;
thou shalt not bear false witness;
thou shalt not covet the things which are thy neighbor's.
The person who will not do such things because they are sins,
loves the neighbor;

for he does not love the neighbor who hates him,
and from hatred wishes to kill him;
he does not love the neighbor
who desires to commit whoredom with his wife;
nor does he love the neighbor
who wishes to steal and plunder his goods, and so on.

AR 352 - three things that can't be separated

AR 352
There are three things which cohere and cannot be separated,
love, wisdom, and use of life;
if one is separated, the other two fall to the ground . . ..

It must be known,
that all the tribes of Israel are here divided into four classes,
as in the Urim and Thummin,
and in the encampments,
and that each class contains three tribes,
be reason that three cohere as one,
as love, wisdom, and use,
and as charity, faith, and work,
for as was said,
if one is wanting,
the other two are not anything.

AC 10261 - One

AC 10261 [2]
But it should be remembered
that in itself the Lord's Divine Good is a single whole;
for it is infinite and contains infinite characteristics.
What is infinite is a single whole,
because the infinite characteristics it contains make one.
But the distinguishing of that Good into celestial and spiritual
is due to the different ways
in which angels in heaven and people on earth receive it.
That received by angels and people
belonging to the Lord's celestial kingdom
is called celestial Divine Good,
whereas that received by angels and people
belonging to the Lord's spiritual kingdom
is called spiritual Divine Good.
For all angels in heaven and people on earth receive the Lord's Good,
which is a single whole, in various or dissimilar ways.

[7] For in the Word wherever good is the subject,
truth is also, on account of the marriage of them.
In like manner wherever the celestial is the subject, the spiritual is also.

(From my husband's daily reading today.)

AR 348 - 144,000 (3x4=12; 12x12=144)

AR 348
And I heard the number of them which were sealed,
a hundred and forty and four thousand,
signifies all who acknowledge the Lord
to be the God of heaven and earth,
and are in truths of doctrine
from the good of love from Him through the Word.

By the number "one hundred and forty-four thousand,"
all these are meant;
for by this number the same is signified as by twelve,
. . . "twelve" multiplied by "twelve" make "one hundred and forty-four";
so likewise "the twelve thousand sealed out of each tribe,"
being multiplied by "twelve," make "one hundred and forty-four thousand."
The number "twelve" signifies all, and is predicated of truths from good,
because "twelve" is the product of "three" and "four" multiplied by each other,
and the number "three" signifies everything as to truth,
and the number "four" everything as to good;
hence "twelve," in this instance,
signifies everything as to truth from the good of love.

AR 344 & 347 - receiving the Lord

AR 344
"Angel and 'sent" in the Hebrew language,
are expressed by one word;
hence it is that the Lord so often calls Himself
"sent by the Father,"
by which is meant the Divine Human.
But "an angel," in a relative sense,
is every one who receives the Lord,
both in heaven and in the world.

AR 347
It should be known,
that the Lord looks at the angels in the forehead,
while they look at the Lord through the eyes;
by reason that the Lord looks at all from the good of love,
and wills that they, on their part,
should look at Him from the truths of wisdom;
in this manner conjunction is effected.

AR 342 - contents of Chapter 7 - 12 x 12,000 = 144,000

"And I heard the number of them that were sealed,
a hundred and forty and four thousand,"
signifies all who acknowledge the Lord as the God of heaven and earth,
and are in truths of doctrine from the good of love,
from Him through the Word.
"Sealed out of every tribe of Israel"
signifies the Lord's heaven and church composed of them.
"Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies celestial love, which is love to the Lord,
and this with all who will be in the New Heaven and the New Church.
"Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies wisdom from celestial love,
with them who will be there.
"Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies uses of life,
which are of wisdom from that love,
with those who will be there.
"Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies mutual love with them.
"Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies the perception of use,
and what use is with them.
"Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand"
signifies the will of serving, and of action, with them.
"Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies spiritual love,
which is love towards the neighbor with them.
"Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies the affection of truth from good,
from whence comes intelligence with them.
"Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand"
signifies the good of life with them.
"Of the tribe of Zebulon were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies the conjugial love of good and truth with them.
"Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies the doctrine of good and truth with them.
"Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand,"
signifies the life of truth from good according to doctrine with them.

AR 331 - earthquakes

AR 331
"Earthquakes" signify changes of state in the church,
because "the earth" signifies the church;
and because in the spiritual world,
when the state of the church is perverted anywhere,
and there is a change,
there is an earthquake,
and as this is a prelude to their destruction,
they are in terror.

AR 315 - field & vineyard; AR 325 - disciples

AR 315
. . . all things which belong to the field and the vineyard,
signify such things as are of the church,
because "a field" signifies the church as to good and consequent truth,
and "a vineyard," the church as to truth and good therefrom;
therefore where these are mentioned in the Word,
the angels, who perceive all things spiritually, understand nothing else . . ..

AR 316
And hurt not the oil and the wine,
signifies that it is provided by the Lord
that the holy goods and truths,
which lie interiorly concealed in the Word,
shall not be violated and profaned.
"Oil" signifies the good of love,
and "wine" truth from that good,
therefore "oil" signifies holy good,
and "wine" holy truth;
"hurt them not," signifies that it is provided by the Lord
that they shall not be violated and profaned . . ..

AR 325
. . . by disciples are meant all who worship the Lord
and live according to the truths of His Word.

AR 306 - peace

AR 306
Peace symbolizes everything whatever that comes from the Lord,
and so everything pertaining to heaven and the church,
and the blessings of life in them.
In the highest or inmost sense, these are blessings of peace.

It follows from this that peace means charity,
spiritual security, and inner rest,
for when a person abides in the Lord,
he is at peace with his neighbor, which is a state of charity,
and he has protection from hell, which is spiritual security.
And when he is at peace with his neighbor and has protection from hell,
he enjoys an inner rest from evils and falsities.

AR 295 - the first seal

AR 295
And I saw when the Lamb had opened the first of the seals,
signifies exploration by the Lord
of all those upon whom the Last Judgment was about to come,
as to their understanding of the Word,
and thence as to their states of life.
This is signified,
because now follows in order
the exploration of all upon whom the Last Judgment was about to come,
as to their states of life,
and this from the Lord according to the Word.

AR 287 - myriads and thousands

AR 287
And the number of them was myriads of myriads,
and thousands of thousands
signifies all in truths and in goods.
By 'number' in the natural sense
is understood that which relates to measure or weight,
but by 'number' in the spiritual sense
is understood that which relates to quality;
and here their quality is described by [the statement]
that there were 'myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands',
for 'a myriad' is predicated of truths,
and 'a thousand' of goods.
'Myriad' is predicated of truths and 'thousand' of goods,
because a myriad is the greater and a thousand is the lesser,
and truths are manifold but goods are simple;
also because in the Word where it treats of truths
it also treats of goods,
on account of the marriage of truth and good in the details of the Word.

AR 277 - two altars

AR 277
. . . the principal worship in the Jewish and Israelitish church
consisted in sacrifices and incense;
wherefore there were two altars,
one for sacrifices and the other for incense;
the latter altar was within the tabernacle,
and was called the golden altar,
but the former was without the tabernacle,
and was called the altar of burnt-offering;
the reason was,
because there are two kinds of goods, from which all worship exists,
celestial good and spiritual good:
celestial good is the good of love to the Lord,
and spiritual good is the good of love towards the neighbor.
Worship by sacrifices was worship from celestial good,
and worship by incense was worship from spiritual good.
Whether you call it worship or confession, it is the same thing,
for all worship is confession.

AR 265 - "Behold, the Lion has prevailed"

AR 265
Behold, the Lion has prevailed,
signifies the Lord,
that from His own power He had subjugated the hells,
and reduced all things to order
when He was in the world.
. . . "a lion" signifies the Divine truth of the Word as to its power. . .
and because the Lord is the Divine truth itself, or the Word,
He is called "a Lion."

AR 243-245 - wisdom, knowledges, reading the Word

AR 243
Wisdom truly human consists in knowing
that there is a God,
what God is,
and what is of God;
this the Divine truth of the Word teaches.

AR 244
. . . by "flying" is signified to receive and instruct,
and in the highest sense,
in which it has relation to the Lord,
it signifies to foresee and provide.

They that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles.
(Isaiah 40:31)

"To mount up with wings as eagles,"
is to be elevated into the knowledges of truth and good,
and so into intelligence.

AR 245
. . . the Divine truth of the Word affects those who read it as holy.

AR 231 - "a stone"

AR 231
"A stone," in the Word, signifies truth in ultimates,
and "a precious stone," truth transparent from good.