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Teachings for the New Jerusalem on the Lord 33 33. iv. That the Lord made His Human Divine by means of temptations admitted into Himself, and by means of continual victories in them, has been treated of above, n. 12-14; to which shall be added only this: Temptations are nothing but combats against evils and falsities; and as evils and falsities are from hell, temptations are combats against hell. Moreover with the men who are undergoing spirit... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ld§ion=33 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on the Lord 40 40. iii. That the Lord is called "the Holy One of Israel," is evident from these passages: The angel said to Mary, That Holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God (Luke 1:35). I saw in the visions, and behold, a Watcher and a Holy One came down from heaven (Dan. 4:13, 23). God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran (Hab. 3:3). http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ld§ion=40 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on the Lord 47 47. i. That by "spirit" is meant man's life, is evident from ordinary discourse, in which it is said that a man, when he dies, yields up his spirit, so that by "spirit" in this sense is meant the life of the respiration, and in fact the term "spirit" is derived from the respiration, and this is why, in the Hebrew language, there is one word for both "spirit"... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ld§ion=47 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on the Lord 48 48. ii. As man's life varies according to his state, by "spirit" is meant the varying affection of life in man. As, 1: The life of wisdom: Bezaleel was filled with the spirit of wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge (Exod. 31:3). Thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom (Exod. 28:3). Joshua was filled with the spirit... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ld§ion=48 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on the Lord 49 49. iii. That by "spirit" is meant the life of one who is regenerate, which is called spiritual life: Jesus said, Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God (John 3:5). I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit. I will put My spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes (Ezek. 36:26, 27). To give a new hear... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ld§ion=49 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Sacred Scripture 5 5. II IN THE WORD THERE IS A SPIRITUAL SENSE, HITHERTO This subject shall be considered in the following order: i. What the spiritual sense is. ii. This sense is in all things of the Word and in every single particular of it. iii. From this sense it is that the Word is Divinely inspired, and is holy in every word. iv. Hitherto this sense has been... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ss§ion=5 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Sacred Scripture 7 7. The distinction between these degrees cannot be known unless correspondence is known. For these three degrees are altogether distinct from each other, like end, cause, and effect, or like prior, posterior, and postreme; yet they make one by correspondences, for the Natural corresponds to the Spiritual, and also to the Celestial. What correspondence is may be seen in Heaven and Hell, where the s... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ss§ion=7 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Sacred Scripture 35 35. It has been shown in Doctrine of the Lord (n. 28) that the prophets of the Old Testament represented the Lord in respect to the Word, and thereby signified the doctrine of the church from the Word, and that for this reason they were called "sons of man." From this it follows that by means of the various things they suffered and endured, they represented the violence done by the Jews... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ss§ion=35 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Sacred Scripture 67 67. We may now illustrate by an example how from the natural sense in which is the Word with men, the spiritual angels draw forth their own sense, and the celestial angels theirs. Take as an example five commandments of the Decalogue: Honor thy father and thy mother. By "father and mother" a man understands his father and mother on earth, and all who stand in their place, and... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ss§ion=67 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Sacred Scripture 73 73. The angels acknowledge that all their wisdom comes through the Word, for they are in light in proportion to their understanding of the Word. The light of heaven is Divine wisdom, which to their eyes is light. In the sanctuary where the copy of the Word is kept, there is a flaming and bright light that surpasses every degree of light in heaven that is outside of it. The cause is the same as abo... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ss§ion=73 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Sacred Scripture 85 85. That such pairs of expressions which appear like repetitions of the same thing, run through the Word, would be too prolix a matter to show from the Word, for whole sheets could be filled with it; but to remove all doubt about it I will quote passages in which occur the expressions "righteousness" (or "justice") and "judgment," "nation" and "people,&... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ss§ion=85 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Sacred Scripture 87 87. The same rule holds good for other words; for example, where "joy" is mentioned, so is "gladness:" Behold joy and gladness, slaying the ox (Isa. 22:13). They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away (Isa. 35:10; 51:11). Gladness and joy are cut off from the house of our God (Joel 1:16). There shall be... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ss§ion=87 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Sacred Scripture 108 108. The same thing may be illustrated by the following experience. African spirits from Abyssinia were present with me. On a certain occasion their ears were opened so that they heard the singing of a Psalm of David in some place of worship in this world, which affected them with such delight that they too sang along with that congregation. Presently their ears were closed so that they heard noth... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=ss§ion=108 Teachings about Life for the New Jerusalem: Drawn from the Ten Commandments 39 39. That good loves truth may be illustrated by comparison with a priest, a soldier, a trader, and an artificer. With a priest:--If he is in the good of the priesthood, which is to care for the salvation of souls, to teach the way to heaven, and to lead those whom he teaches, then in proportion as he is in this good (thus from his love and its desire) he acquires the truths which he may teach, and... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=lf§ion=39 Teachings about Life for the New Jerusalem: Drawn from the Ten Commandments 64 64. It is a common principle of every religion that a man ought to examine himself, repent, and desist from sins, and that if he fails to do so he is in a state of damnation. (That this is a common principle of every religion may be seen above, n. 4-8.) Teaching the Decalogue is also a common thing throughout the whole Christian world, and by it little children are commonly initiated into the Chri... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=lf§ion=64 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Faith 4 4. This then is the reason why those who are in the spiritual affection of truth possess an internal acknowledgment of truth.* As the angels are in this affection, they discard the dogma that the understanding must be kept in obedience to faith, and say, "What is this? believing when you do not see whether the thing is true?" And if somebody says that still it is to be believed, they rep... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=fa§ion=4 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Faith 58 58. In Rev. 12 it is said: A great sign was seen in heaven, a woman encompassed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; and she being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered. And another sign was seen in heaven and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems. And his t... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=fa§ion=58 Teachings for the New Jerusalem on Faith 59 59. The exposition of these words is as follows: "A great sign was seen in heaven," signifies a revelation by the Lord concerning the church to come, and concerning the reception of its doctrine, and those by whom it will be assailed. The "woman encompassed with the sun, and the moon under her feet," signifies a church that is in love and in faith from the Lord; "and upon... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=fa§ion=59 Continuation on the Last Judgment and the Spiritual World 18 18. All who lived like Christians in externals, and made no account of the Christian life, made one exteriorly with the heavens, but interiorly with the hells, and since they could not be torn away in a moment from their conjunction with heaven, they were detained in the world of spirits, which is midway between heaven and hell, and it was permitted them to form societies, and to live together as... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=clj§ion=18 Angelic Wisdom about Divine Love and Wisdom 5 5. But that this may reach the understanding, it must needs be known positively that the Lord, because He is Love in its very essence, that is, Divine Love, appears before the angels in heaven as a sun, and that from that sun heat and light go forth; the heat which goes forth therefrom being in its essence love, and the light which goes forth therefrom being in its essence wisdom; and that so far... http://www.smallcanonsearch.com/read.php?book=dlw§ion=5
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