203# 启3:7. “你要写信给非拉铁非教会的天使”表示那些属于教会、处于仁之信的人。这从以内义来理解的写给该教会天使的信清楚可知,因为如前所述(AE20节),“七个教会”不是指七个教会,而是指所有属于教会的人,或所有属于构成教会之人的事物;事实上,在圣言中,“七”表示所有人和所有事物;因为圣言中的每个数字都表示事物或状态的某种东西,这一点在该预言书看得最清楚,其中数字提及得十分频繁;这一点也明显可见于以西结书(40–48章),那里描述了新殿和新地,是用以数字给出的尺寸来描述的。在那里,“新殿”和“新地”表示一个新教会,每个尺寸或每个数字都表示属于教会的某种事物。在圣言中,所有数字都表示事物和状态(可参看《天堂与地狱》,263节)。
203. (Verse 7) And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write. That this signifies those of the church who are in the faith of charity is evident from the things written to the angel of this church, understood in the internal sense. For, as said above (n. 20), by the seven churches are not meant seven churches, but all who belong to the church, or all things pertaining to man which constitute the church; for by seven in the Word are meant all persons, and all things, because by each number mentioned in the Word is signified something either of thing or state, as is very evident in this prophetic book, in which numbers are so frequently mentioned. The same is evident from Ezekiel (chap. xl.-xlviii.), where the new temple and the new earth are described, which is done by measures given in numbers. By the new temple and the new earth is there meant the New Church, and by each number or each measure is signified something belonging to the church. (That all numbers in the Word signify things and states, may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell 263.)
203. Verse 7. And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, signifies those of the church who are in the faith of charity. This is evident from the things written to the angel of this church understood in the internal sense, for (as was said above, n. Heaven and Hell 263.)
203. (Vers. 7.) "Et Angelo in Philadelphia Ecclesiae scribe." - Quod significet illos ab ecclesia qui in fide charitatis sunt, constat ex illis in sensu interno intellectis quae ad Angelum hujus Ecclesiae scripta sunt, nam (ut supra, n. 20 dictum est) per "septem Ecclesias" non intelliguntur septem ecclesiae, sed omnes quicunque ab ecclesia sunt, seu quaecunque apud hominem faciunt ecclesiam; per "septem" enim in Verbo intelliguntur omnes ac omnia; nam in Verbo per unumquemvis numerum significatur aliquid rei aut status, quod admodum evidenter constare potest in hoc Libro Prophetico, in quo quampluries memorantur numeri; et quoque apud Ezechielem (cap. 40 – 48), ubi Novum Templum et Nova Terra describuntur, quod fit per mensuras in numeris; per "novum templum" et per "novam terram" intelligitur ibi nova ecclesia, et per unamquamvis mensuram seu unumquemvis numerum significatur aliquid ecclesiae. (Quod omnes numeri in Verbo significent res et status, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 263.)