329# 由于经上说“你用自己的血救赎我们归于神”，还由于在教会，这句话是完全根据字义，而不是根据任何灵义来理解的，所以我也想说明，“血”不是指血液，或主在十字架上的受难，而是指从主发出的神性真理，以及人对它的接受；因此，“你用自己的血救赎我们归于神”表示祂把那些承认祂，接受来自祂的神性真理的人从地狱中解救和释放出来，如前所述(AE 328节)。我想引用以下经文来说明这一点。由于在以色列教会中所吩咐的一切事都代表属天和属灵的事物，哪怕最小的事也是如此，所以当逾越节的晚餐首次设立时，经上还吩咐：
他们要取点血，涂在吃羔羊的房屋两边的门柱上和门楣上；这血要在你们所住的房屋上为你们作记号；我一见这血，就越过你们去，我击打埃及地的时候，灾殃必不从灭命的临到你们。而且：拿一把牛膝草，蘸盆里的血，把盆里的血涂在门楣上和两边的门柱上；你们一个人也不可出自己的房门，直到早晨。耶和华要巡行击杀埃及；祂必看见血在门楣上和两边的门柱上，耶和华必越过那门，不容灭命的进你们的房屋击杀你们。(出埃及记12:7, 13, 22–23)
人若不知道圣言里面有任何灵义，就会以为此处的“血”表示主在十字架上的血；但这根本不是在天堂的含义；相反，对那里的天使来说，此处所描述的逾越节的晚餐与主所设立的圣餐具有相同的含义，只是圣餐的饼和酒取代了逾越节的羔羊；那时主说，饼是祂的肉，酒是祂的血；每个人都知道，或可能知道，饼和酒是滋养肉体的，饼是食物，酒是喝的，在圣言(圣言在其至内层上是属灵的)中，这些事物也必须作属灵的理解，“饼”表示一切属灵的食物，“酒”表示一切属灵的喝的。
属灵的食物就是被主传达并赋予人的一切良善。这两者，即良善和真理，或爱和信，使人变得属灵；之所以说“或爱和信”，是因为一切良善都属于爱，一切真理都属于信。由此可见，“饼”表示主的神性之爱的神性良善，当论及人时，表示他所接受的这良善；“酒”表示从主的神性之爱的神性良善发出的神性真理，当论及人时，表示他所接受的这真理。主说，祂的肉是饼，祂的血是酒，由此明显可知，“主的肉”表示祂的神性之爱的神性良善，“吃”它表示接受它，并把它变成人自己的，从而与主结合；“主的血”表示从祂的神性之爱的神性良善发出的神性真理，“喝”它表示接受这真理，并把它变成人自己的，从而与主结合。
再者，属灵的营养来自从主发出的良善与真理，正如身体的一切营养来自食物与喝的；它们的对应关系也由此而来，这种对应关系是这样：在圣言中，凡提到任何食物，或用作食物的东西的地方，所表示的都是良善，凡提到任何喝的，或用来喝的东西的地方，所表示的都是真理。由此可见，以色列人被吩咐涂在他们房屋两边的门柱上和门楣上的逾越节羔羊的“血”表示从主发出的神性真理；当这真理在信仰和生活上被接受时，它就保护人免受从地狱升上来的邪恶；因为主在祂的神性真理中与人同在，这真理属于与人同在的主自己，其实就是与人同在的主自己。凡出于正常理性思考的人，谁看不出主不是在祂的血中与人同在，而是在祂的神性，也就是人所接受的爱之良善和信之真理中同在？至于此处的细节表示什么，即“两边的门柱”、“门楣”、“灭命的”、“击杀”、“埃及”，以及本章中的其它许多事物，可参看《属天的奥秘》，那里解释了它们。
329b. 无需进一步解释，从这些观察清楚可知，当主设立圣餐时，祂的话表示什么：
他们吃的时候，耶稣拿起饼来，祝福，就擘开，递给门徒，说，你们拿着吃，这是我的身体。又拿起杯来，祝谢了，递给他们，说，你们都喝这个，因为这是我立新约的血，为多人流出来。我告诉你们，从今以后，我必不喝这葡萄树的产物，直到我在神国里，同你们喝它的那日子。(马太福音26:26–29; 马可福音14:22–25; 路加福音22:15–20)
由于“酒”表示滋养属灵生命的神性真理，所以主对他们说：“我告诉你们，从今以后，我必不喝这葡萄树的产物，直到我在神国里，同你们喝它的那日子。”这句话清楚表明，所表示的是某种属灵事物，因为祂说，“祂必不同他们喝”、“在神国里”，或在天堂里，还说祂要在那里与他们同吃逾越节的羔羊(路加福音22:16)。
从前面所说的也清楚可知，主的这些话表示什么：
我所要赐的粮，就是我的肉。我实实在在地告诉你们，你们若不吃人子的肉，不喝人子的血，就没有生命在你们里面。吃我肉、喝我血的人就有永生。在末日我要叫他复活。因为我的肉真是可吃的，我的血真是可喝的。吃我肉喝我血的人，住在我里面，我也住在他里面。这就是从天上降下来的粮。(约翰福音6:51–58)
主的“肉”是神性良善，主的“血”是神性真理，这两者都来自祂，这一点从以下事实明显看出来：这些就是滋养灵魂的事物；因此，经上说：“我的肉真是可吃的，我的血真是可喝的。”由于人通过神性良善和真理与主结合，所以经上进一步说：“吃我肉、喝我血的人就有永生，他住在我里面，我也住在他里面。”主之所以这样说话，也就是说，祂之所以说祂的“肉”、祂的“血”，而不说祂的神性良善、祂的神性真理，是为了圣言的字义可以由诸如对应于天使所在的属灵事物的那类事物构成；只有通过这种方式才能有教会之人通过圣言与天使的结合(参看《新耶路撒冷及其属天教义》，252, 258–262节; 《天堂与地狱》，303–310节)。
由于“血”表示从主发出的神性真理，与主的结合通过人对它的接受实现，所以血被称为“立约的血”，“约”表示结合。当主设立圣餐时，祂称血为“立约的血”，因为祂说：
你们都喝这个，因为这是我立新约(或见证)的血。(马太福音26:27, 28; 马可福音14:24; 路加福音22:20)
在摩西五经中，它也被称为“立约的血”，有以下经文，出埃及记：
摩西从西乃山上下来，将耶和华一切的话、一切的典章都告诉百姓。摩西将耶和华的一切话都写下来，清早起来，在山下筑一座坛。又打发以色列人中的少年人去献燔祭，又向耶和华献公牛为平安祭。摩西取一半的血盛在盆中，将一半的血洒在祭坛上。又拿起约书来，在百姓耳边读；他们说，耶和华所说的一切话，我们都必遵行，也必听从。摩西就取了血来，将血洒在百姓身上，说，看哪，立约的血，是耶和华按这一切话与你们所立的。他们看见以色列的神，祂脚下仿佛有蓝宝石的作工，好像天空物质一般明净。(出埃及记24:3–8, 10)
此处“血”表示从主发出并被人接受的神性真理，以及由此而来的结合，这是显而易见的，因为一半血洒在了祭坛上，一半血洒在了百姓身上；“祭坛”表示来自爱之良善的一切敬拜，“百姓”表示那些献上敬拜并通过真理接受爱之良善的人；因为对神性良善的一切接受都是通过成为生活真理的真理实现的，由此而来的结合是通过这些真理中的良善实现的。通过这些真理中的良善，或通过成为生活真理的真理就会有结合，“血”是其代表，这一点从那里的话很清楚地看出来，因为当摩西从西乃山上下来时，这事就发生了；律法，以及要遵守的律例、典章就是从西乃山上颁布的；经上说：“摩西将耶和华的一切话都写下来，在百姓耳边读，他们说，耶和华所说的一切话，我们都必遵行，也必听从。”这些话他们说了两次(参看出埃及记24:3, 7)。
话或真理通过遵行它们变成生活的真理；摩西因写下这些话而称它们为“约书”，这表示通过它们，或以它们为手段才有结合。耶和华从西乃山上颁布的律法，以及那时所吩咐的律例和典章，表示一切神性真理，或整体上的神性真理。这就是为何它们被称为“约书”，又为何盛放约书的柜子被称为“约柜”，“约”表示结合。由于通过神性真理才有结合，神性真理从主发出，所以在百姓看来，主“脚下仿佛有蓝宝石的作工”；祂“脚下”看上去如此表示在终端中的神性真理就是这样。终端中的神性真理就是圣言字义中的神性真理；“蓝宝石的作工”表示这字义因内义或灵义中的神性真理而透明；“以色列的神”是主。“蓝宝石”表示因内在真理而透明(参看《属天的奥秘》，9407节)，“以色列的神”是指神性人身方面的主(参看AE 328f节)。由此清楚可知，“约”或结合是通过神性真理实现的，洒在祭坛上的血，和洒在百姓身上一半的血是它的一个代表，因为“血”表示从主发出并被人接受的神性真理，如前所述。“约”表示结合(参看《属天的奥秘》，665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804, 8767, 8778, 9396, 10632节)。律法在严格意义上表示十诫，在广泛意义上表示整部圣言，因而表示一切神性真理(AC 2606, 3382, 6752, 7463, 9417节)。“西乃山”由此表示主所在的天堂，神性真理来自主，或严格和广泛意义上的律法来自主(AC 8399, 8753, 8793, 8805, 9420节)；祭坛是主和出于爱之良善对祂的敬拜的主要代表(AC 921, 2777, 2811, 4489, 4541, 8935, 8940, 9388–9389, 9714, 9963–9964, 10123, 10151, 10242, 10245, 10642节)。
329c. 由于“血”表示从主发出并被人接受的神性真理，由此而有结合，所以代表从主发出、也被称为属天和属灵的神性事物的一切事物，都用油和血来祝圣，然后被称为圣。它们之所以用油和血来祝圣，好叫它们可以具有代表性，或说进行代表，是因为“油”表示神性之爱的神性良善，“血”表示由此发出的神性真理，因真理从良善发出。祝圣和成圣是用油来作成的，这一点可见于下文，那里在合适的段落论述了它们；此处只提及这些经文，它们都与血有关；如出埃及记：
当亚伦和他儿子要分别为圣时，血洒在了坛角上和坛的周围，还洒在亚伦和他儿子，以及他们的衣服上。(出埃及记29:12, 16, 20–21; 利未记8:24)
利未记：
在约柜上的帷帐面前和香坛的四角上弹血七次。(利未记4:6–7, 17–18)
又：
在亚伦进入帷帐内到施恩座前面之前，他要献祭烧香，用指头在东面的施恩座上弹血七次。(利未记16:12–15)
又：
燔祭和祭牲的血要洒在祭坛上和坛的周围，以及坛的底座上。(利未记1:5, 11, 15; 3:2, 8, 13; 4:25, 30, 34; 5:9; 8:15, 24; 17:6; 民数记18:17; 申命记12:27)
出埃及记：
血要洒在坛角上，从而为祭坛赎罪，或说祭坛被洁净。(出埃及记30:10; 利未记16:18–19)
燔祭和祭牲的血之所以洒在、倒在祭坛上，或坛的周围，或坛的底座上，是因为祭坛与它上面的燔祭并祭牲代表、因而表示出于爱之良善和由此而来的真理的一切敬拜；由于真理从良善发出，所以血洒在、倒在坛的周围，因为“周围”表示发出。
从《属天的奥秘》关于燔祭和祭牲的说明能更好地看出这些事物，如以下说明：“燔祭”和“祭牲”表示出于爱之良善和由此而来的真理的敬拜的一切事物(AC 923, 6905, 8680, 8936, 10042节)。因此，燔祭和祭物被称为饼(AC 2165节)，因为“饼”表示滋养属灵生命的一切事物(AC 2165, 3478, 4976, 5147, 5915, 6118, 8410, 8418, 9323, 10686节)。燔祭和祭牲表示属天的神性事物和属灵的神性事物，或说神性属天事物和属灵事物，也就是教会的内在，敬拜的一切事物都来自它们(AC 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3519节)；只是照着敬拜的不同而不同(AC 2805, 6905, 8936节)。因此，燔祭和祭牲的种类有很多，其中有各种过程和它们所包含的各种动物(AC 2830, 9391, 9990节)。它们具体所表示的各种事物从内义所揭开的过程或程序细节可知(AC 10042节)。祭祀的仪式和程序包含天堂的奥秘(AC 10057节)。一般来说，它们包含主人身荣耀的奥秘，在相对意义上包含人的重生，以及他从邪恶和虚假中洁净出来的奥秘(AC 9990, 10022, 10042, 10053, 10057节)。在祭祀中也献上的素祭，就是饼和糕饼表示什么(AC 10079节)；“奠祭”，也就是酒表示什么(AC 4581, 10137节)。
329d. 明白了这些事，就能由此知道在圣言的其它地方，“祭牲的血”也表示神性真理，如以西结书：
你要对各翅膀的鸟和田野的走兽说，你们聚集来吧；要从四围聚集来赴我为你们祭献的祭筵，就是摆在以色列众山上的大祭筵，好叫你们吃肉喝血。你们要吃勇士的肉，喝地上首领的血。从我为你们祭献的祭筵，你们必吃脂肪直到饱足，喝血直到醉。你们必在我桌子上因马匹、战车和所有的战士而饱足。我要在列族中赐予我的荣耀。(以西结书39:17–21)
这论述了教会的恢复；“以色列”和“雅各”表示所有属于教会的人，因此，关于他们，经上说了这些话。“以色列众山上的大祭筵”表示他们敬拜的一切事物；“肉”和“脂肪”表示爱之良善，“血”表示来自这良善的真理；敬拜来自这些事物；他们“吃肉和脂肪直到饱足”、“喝血直到醉”，并且这一切来自祭筵，描述了这两者的丰盛；故经上进一步说“你们必在我桌子上因马匹、战车和所有的战士而饱足”，因为“马”表示对真理的理解，“战车”表示教义，“战士”表示与虚假争战并摧毁它的真理。谁看不出此处的“血”不是指血液，因为他们“要喝地上首领的血”、“从祭筵上喝血直到醉”？“地上的首领”表示教会的首要真理；因此，他们的“血”表示来自这些真理的属灵营养。由于所表示的是这些事物，所以经上在这一章的末尾论到表示教会的以色列，还说：
我也不再掩面不顾他们，因我要将我的灵浇灌以色列。(以西结书39:29)
经上之所以说“对各翅膀的鸟和田野的走兽说”，是因为“各翅膀的鸟”表示整体上的属灵真理，“田野的走兽”表示对良善的情感。在圣言中，“鸟”表示属灵事物(AC 745, 776, 866, 988, 991, 3219, 5149, 7441节)；“翅膀”也是(AC 8764, 9514节)；“走兽”表示情感，“田野的走兽”表示对良善的情感(AC 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198, 9090, 9280, 10609节)；因此，鸟和兽都用于祭祀(AC 1823, 3519, 7523, 9280节)。
为证实“田野的走兽”和“鸟”表示这些事物，我仅从圣言引用这一段经文：
当那日，我必与田野的走兽、天空的飞鸟和地上的爬行物立约；又要从地上折断弓和剑。我必聘你永远归我，以公义、公平、怜悯、同情聘你归我，也以真理聘你归我。(何西阿书2:18–20)
此处“与田野的走兽、天空的飞鸟立约”表示与对良善的情感、与属灵真理，因为主以这些与人结合，主在这些事物里面与人同在；因此，它被称为与它们所立的约，“约”表示结合。“走兽”表示对良善的情感，“鸟”表示属灵事物，这一点将在下文它们的段落得到充分说明。
由于祭牲的“脂肪或脂油”表示神性良善，“血”表示神性真理，这两者都来自主，还由于当被人接受时，这两者就实现结合，所以雅各的后裔，也就是犹太人和以色列人，都被禁止吃任何脂肪或任何血(参看利未记3:17; 7:23–27; 17:11–14; 申命记12:17, 23–25; 15:23)。这是因为这个民族并未处于任何爱之良善，也未处于任何良善之真理，而是处于邪恶之虚假；“吃脂肪和血”表示对他们来说，源于良善的真理与源于邪恶的虚假的混杂；由此也可以看出，“血”表示神性真理。在圣言中，“脂肪或脂油”表示爱之良善(参看《属天的奥秘》，353, 5943, 6409, 10033节)。犹太人和以色列人完全处于外在事物，并未处于内在事物，因而未处于属灵的真理和良善，而是处于邪恶之虚假；他们敬拜的一切事物都是与内在之物分离的外在，但他们仍能通过外在事物来代表敬拜的内在事物(参看《新耶路撒冷及其属天教义》，248节)。
由于祭牲的“血”表示神性良善，所以他们：
不可将祭牲的血和有酵之物一同献上。(出埃及记23:18; 34:25)
因为“酵”表示虚假，“有酵之物”表示被歪曲的真理(参看《属天的奥秘》，2342, 7906, 8051, 9992节)。
主的“肉”表示神性之爱的神性良善，祂的“血”表示从这良善发出的神性真理，因为有两样事物从主的神性人身发出，即神性良善和神性真理，后者是祂的血，前者是祂的肉。发出之物是属天神性和属灵神性；这些构成总体和具体的天堂。不过，从《天堂与地狱》一书的说明可以更好地看出这一点，如以下标题：主的神性构成天堂(HH 7–12节)；主在天堂里的神性是对主之爱和对邻之仁(HH 13–19节)；因此，整体和部分上的整个天堂类似一个人(HH 59–77节)；这是源于主的神性人身(HH 78–87节)；此外源于关于天堂的太阳，以及由此而来的光和热的说明，热是神性良善，光是神性真理，这两者都从主发出(HH 116–140节)。由此可在某种程度上理解为何“肉和血”表示发出的神性，即“肉”表示神性良善，“血”表示神性真理。
对人来说，也有两样事物构成他的属灵生命，即爱之良善和信之真理。在他里面，意愿是爱之良善的容器，理解力是信之真理的容器。属于心智，也就是属于意愿和理解力的一切事物都与属于身体的一切事物有一种对应关系；因此，后者经前者点头才行动，或说在前者的指挥下行动。一般来说，意愿对应于肉体，理解力对应于血；因此，在圣言中，“肉”表示人自己的意愿或自愿，“血”表示人自己的理解力或智力，如在马太福音：
耶稣对西门说，你是有福的，因为这不是肉与血指示你的。(马太福音16:17)
提及这些事，是为了叫人知道，在圣言中，当论及人时，“肉和血”表示意愿和理解力或自愿和智力的事物，也就是属灵事物；但这些事是为那些心智能被提升到属世观念之上，能看到原因的人而写的。
329e. 这也是从主的肋旁流出的“血和水”所表示的；对此，约翰福音描述如下：
一个兵拿枪扎祂的肋旁，随即有血和水流出来。那看见的人作了见证，他的见证是真的；他知道自己所说的是真的，好让你们也信。(约翰福音19:34–35)
这些事发生，是为了表示主通过从祂的爱之神性良善发出的神性真理而与人类的结合；“肋或胸”表示神性之爱；“血和水”表示发出的神性真理，“血”表示给属灵人的神性真理，“水”表示给属世人的神性真理；因为在圣言中，与主的受难有关的一切事物也都具有意义(参看AE 83, 195e节)。由于这些事物表示祂的爱，以及人通过从祂发出的神性真理的得救，所以福音书补充说：“那看见的人作了见证，他的见证是真的；他知道自己所说的是真的，好让你们也信。”
对于已经引用的经文，我想从圣言中补充以下经文。撒迦利亚书
锡安的女子哪，应当尽情快乐；耶路撒冷的女子啊，应当欢呼；看哪，你的王来到。祂必向列族讲和平，祂的权柄必从这海管到那海，从大河管到地极。至于你，我因与你立约的血，要从无水坑里放出你被囚的人。(撒迦利亚书9:9–11)
这些话论及主，以及祂在列族当中建立教会；“立约的血”在此表示神性真理，通过神性真理才有主与那些将属于祂教会之人的结合，如前所述；故经上进一步说“我要从无水坑里放出你被囚的人”，因为这些人表示因无知而处于虚假的民族；“无水坑”表示没有真理的地方，“放出他们”表示把他们从虚假中释放出来。“水”表示教会的真理(参看AE 71节)；“坑里被囚的人”表示那些因无知而处于虚假，然而又渴望知道真理的人，这一点可见于《属天的奥秘》(4728, 4744, 5038, 6854, 7950节)。
诗篇：
神要拯救穷乏人的灵魂；祂要救赎他们的灵魂脱离欺诈和强暴；他们的血在祂眼中看为宝贵。他要存活，示巴的金子要奉给他；人要常常为他祷告，祂终日赐福给他。在山顶上，他的果实必摇动。(诗篇72:13–16)
这论述了“穷乏人”， “穷乏人”表示那些出于属灵的情感渴慕真理的人；论到这些人，经上说，“祂要救赎他们的灵魂脱离欺诈和强暴”，以此表示他们从摧毁爱之良善和信之真理的邪恶和虚假中被释放出来。“他们的血在祂眼中看为宝贵”表示他们对神性真理的接受是蒙主悦纳的，“血”在此表示被接受的神性真理。“他要存活，示巴的金子要奉给他；人要常常为他祷告，祂终日赐福给他”描述了他们的改造；“示巴的金子”表示仁之良善；“常常为他祷告”表示他们要不断远离虚假，并持守在真理中，“祂终日赐福给他”表示他们不断处于仁与信之良善；因此，经上进一步说“在山顶上，他的果实必摇动”；“山顶”表示天堂，他们从天堂拥有来自主的爱之良善，也就是“果实”。
摩西五经：
权杖必不离犹大，立法者必不离他两脚之间，直等细罗来到；犹大把驴驹拴在葡萄树上，把母驴的崽子拴在上好的葡萄树上，他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服，在葡萄血中洗了袍褂。(创世记49:10–11)
这个预言论述了主，论到祂，经上说：“犹大把驴驹拴在葡萄树上，把母驴的崽子拴在上好的葡萄树上，他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服，在葡萄血中洗了袍褂。”“葡萄树”表示教会，“葡萄酒”和“葡萄血”表示神性真理。至于其它事物表示什么，可参看《属天的奥秘》6371–6377节对这些话的解释。申命记(32:14)中的“葡萄血”所表相同；那里论述的主题是通过神性真理来改造的古教会。
329f. 那些承认圣言灵义的人从此处和前面的说明可以看出这一点，即：“你曾用自己的血救赎我们归于神”表示通过承认主，并接受来自祂的神性真理而与神性的结合；该预言书第十二章中的“血”所表相同，在那里，经上说：
米迦勒与他的使者因羔羊的血，和自己所见证的话胜过龙。(启示录12:11)
经上说“羔羊的血和见证的话”，是因为“羔羊的血”表示对来自主的神性真理的接受，“见证的话”表示对祂的神性人身的承认。
“血”表示神性真理，这一点从它的反面意义进一步明显看出来；“血”在反面意义上表示利用邪恶之虚假向神性真理所施的暴行，以及它被这些摧毁；由于这些反面意义也表明在正面意义上表示什么，所以我想引用一些经文，在这些经文中，单数和复数形式的“血”就具有这种含义。要知道，圣言中的绝大多数事物也具有反面意义，从这反面意义就可以知道在正面意义上表示什么。以下经文有助于说明。启示录：
第二位天使把碗倒在海里，海就变成血，好像死人的血，海中的一切活物都死了。第三位天使把碗倒在江河与众水的泉源里，水就变成了血。(启示录16:3–4)
又：
这两个见证人有权柄叫水变为血。(启示录11:6)
以赛亚书：
宁林的水必荒凉；底们的水充满了血。(以赛亚书15:6, 9)
诗篇：
祂差遣黑暗，使它黑暗。祂使他们的水变为血，叫他们的鱼死了。(诗篇105:28–29)
从这些经文清楚看出“血”在反面意义上表示什么；因为“血”在正面意义上表示神性真理，对那些接受它的人来说，表示源于良善的真理；故它在反面意义上表示向神性真理所施的暴行，对那些如此行的人来说，表示源于邪恶的虚假。这反面意义从这种情况明显看出来，即：经上说，“海”、“江河”和“泉源”的“水”都“变成了血”；因为“水”表示真理，故“血”在此表示摧毁真理的虚假。“海中的活物”和“鱼”表示已知的真理，或真正的科学；因此，它们因血而“死了”、被杀了，表示这些真理也被摧毁了。“水”表示真理(参看AE 71节)；“鱼”表示属世人所知的真理，或属世人的真正科学(参看《属天的奥秘》，40, 991节)。
启示录：
揭开第六印的时候，我观看，见有大地震，日头变黑像毛布，满月变得像血。(启示录6:12)
约珥书：
在天上在地上我要显出奇事，有血、有火、有烟柱。日头要变为黑暗，月亮要变为血，这都在耶和华的大日到来以前。(约珥书2:30–31)
此处从反面意义也可以知道，“血”表示向神性真理所施的暴行；因为在圣言中，“日头”表示属天神性，也就是神性良善，“月亮”表示属灵神性，也就是神性真理；因此，经上说：“月亮要变为血。”这是“月亮”的含义(可参看《天堂与地狱》，118, 119节)。
以赛亚书：
行走于公义，说话正直，塞耳不听流血的话，闭眼不看邪恶的。(以赛亚书33:15)
“塞耳不听流血的话”明显表示不听源于邪恶的虚假。诗篇：
你必灭绝说谎言的；好流人血、玩弄诡诈的，都为耶和华所憎恶。(诗篇5:6)
“好流人血、玩弄诡诈的”表示那些处于源于邪恶的虚假之人；因此，经上说“你必灭绝说谎言的”，在圣言中，“谎言”表示虚假。以赛亚书：
主以审判的灵和洁净或焚烧的灵，将锡安女子的污秽洗去，又将耶路撒冷的血从它中间洗净。那时，剩在锡安、留在耶路撒冷的，就是凡录在耶路撒冷的生命册上的，必称为圣。(以赛亚书4:3–4)
由于“耶路撒冷”表示教义方面的教会，所以经上说“祂将耶路撒冷的血从它中间洗净”的时候，“血”表示邪恶之虚假。“审判的灵”表示神性真理，由于这真理进行洁净，所以经上说“洁净或焚烧的灵”。
以西结书：
在你出生的日子，我从你旁边经过，见你在你的血中被踩在脚下，就对你说，你虽在血中，仍可存活；是的，我对你说，你虽在血中，仍可存活。我洗了你，洗净你身上的血，又用油抹你。(以西结书16:5–6, 9, 22, 36, 38)
此处论述的主题也是耶路撒冷，耶路撒冷表示真理之教义方面的教会；此处先论述了它被改造之前所处的邪恶之虚假，后来论述了它的改造。它被看见“在血中被踩在脚下”表示邪恶之虚假；“祂洗了，洗净血，又用油抹”表示它的改造；“洗”表示被真理洁净；“洗净血”表示移除邪恶之虚假；“用油抹”表示赋予爱之良善。
耶利米哀歌：
因耶路撒冷先知的罪和祭司的罪孽，在她中间流了义人的血。他们在街上如瞎子乱走，又被血玷污，以致他们用衣服摸了他们不能玷污的。(耶利米哀歌4:13–14)
“耶路撒冷的先知”表示那些将要教导教义之真理的人，“祭司”表示那些将要通过真理引向良善的人；此处是在反面意义上提及的，因为经上说“因他们的罪”；“流义人的血”表示歪曲真理、玷污良善；因此，经上说：“他们在街上如瞎子乱走，又被血玷污，以致他们用衣服摸了他们不能玷污的。”“在街上如瞎子乱走”表示根本看不见真理，“街”表示真理；“被血玷污”表示完全处于虚假；“他们用衣服摸了他们不能玷污的”表示他们仍歪曲了他们不能败坏的，“衣服”表示给予内层事物的真理，这些真理是圣言字义的真理。以赛亚书：
群众或一切喧嚣都必因地震混乱，衣服被血玷污。(以赛亚书9:5)
“地震”表示教会因歪曲真理而败坏，“衣服被血玷污”表示对圣言字义的歪曲。
耶利米书：
你把你的路教导恶人；你的衣襟上也发现纯真灵魂的血；我不是在挖窟窿时遇见他们，而是在这一切事上。(耶利米书2:33–34)
此处在衣襟上发现的“血”与前面“他们用衣服摸了他们不能玷污的”所表相同，“衣襟”就是“衣服”。“我不是在挖窟窿时遇见他们，而是在这一切事上”表示他们不敢摧毁真理本身，而是歪曲字义的真理，“衣襟”表示这些真理。
以赛亚书：
你们的手都满了血。(以赛亚书1:15)
同一先知书：
你们的手被血沾染，你们的指头被罪孽沾污；你们的嘴唇说谎言，你们的舌头谋划乖谬。他们的脚奔向邪恶，急速流纯真的血；他们的思想都是罪孽的思想。(以赛亚书59:3, 7)
“手被血沾染，指头被罪孽沾污”表示在属于他们的一切事物里面都有虚假和虚假之邪恶；“手”和“指头”表示能力，因而表示他们所拥有的有能力的一切事物。由于这就是含义，所以经上还说“你们的嘴唇说谎言，你们的舌头谋划乖谬”，“谎言”表示虚假，“乖谬”表示虚假之邪恶；“他们的脚急速流纯真的血”表示他们急速摧毁爱与仁之良善；这由“流纯真的血”来表示。天堂和教会的一切良善和真理都来自纯真的良善(参看《天堂与地狱》，276–283节)。由此可见，复数形式的“血”在一般意义上表示什么，即表示向圣言和教会的真理和良善所施的暴行。
329g. 由于“流纯真的血”表示摧毁爱与仁之良善，所以要采取各种预防措施来避免流纯真的血；如果流了这血，那么就要为那地赎罪(申命记19:10, 13; 21:1–9)；因为“地”表示教会。
以赛亚书：
耶和华从祂的地方出来，要察罚地上的罪孽；地必露出她的血，不再掩盖她所杀的人。(以赛亚书26:21)
地必露出的“血”表示摧毁教会的真理和良善的一切虚假和邪恶，“地”是指这些事物所在的教会；“所杀的人”表示那些被虚假和邪恶灭亡的人。“被杀之人”表示那些被虚假和邪恶灭亡的人(参看AE 315节)。启示录：
先知和圣徒，并地上一切被杀之人的血，都在巴比伦被发现了。(启示录18:24)
“先知和圣徒的血”表示被灭绝的真理和良善；“被杀之人”表示那些被虚假和邪恶灭亡的人(如刚才所述)。
地上所流先知的血，从义人亚伯的血起，直到你们在殿和坛之间所杀的巴拉加的儿子撒迦利亚的血为止(马太福音23:30, 34–35; 路加福音11:50–51)所表相同。在灵义上，“亚伯”表示那些处于仁之良善的人，从人抽象出来表示这良善本身；“该隐”表示那些将唯信当作得救的唯一手段，认为仁之良善毫不重要，从而弃绝并杀了它的人；“撒迦利亚”表示那些处于教义之真理的人，从人抽象出来表示教义之真理本身；因此，这两个人的“血”表示对一切良善和真理的灭绝；“他们在殿和坛之间所杀”在灵义上表示对主的各种弃绝；因为“殿”表示神性真理方面的主，“坛”表示神性良善方面的主，“它们之间”表示两者一起。“亚伯”在代表意义上是指仁之良善(参看《属天的奥秘》，342, 354, 1179, 3325节)；“该隐”是指与仁分离的唯信(AC 340, 347, 1179, 3325节)。“先知”表示真理的教义(AC 2534, 7269节)。“殿”表示神性真理方面的主，“坛”表示神性良善方面的主，在相对意义上表示在真理和良善方面的主的国度和教会(AC 2777, 3720, 9714, 10642节)。这两者“之间”表示有神性真理与神性良善的婚姻的地方(AC 10001, 10025节)。
在圣言中，论到那些被判死刑的人，经上常说，“他们的血归到他们身上”，这在灵义上表示诅咒要归到他们身上，因为他们利用虚假和邪恶摧毁了教会的真理和良善；事实上，一般来说，“血”表示教义、生活和敬拜的一切虚假，摧毁教会的邪恶来自这些虚假。以西结书(18:10–13)部分列举了这些邪恶；约翰福音中的“血”也表示这些邪恶：
凡接待祂的，就是信祂名的人，祂就赐他们权柄，作神的儿子。这等人不是从血生的，不是从肉欲生的，也不是从人意生的，乃是从神生的。(约翰福音1:12, 13)
“主的名”表示藉以敬拜祂的一切真理和良善；“血”表示进行摧毁的一切虚假和邪恶；“肉欲”和“人意”表示一切爱之邪恶和信之虚假，因为“肉”表示一切邪恶所来自的人自己的意愿或自愿，“人”表示一切虚假所来自的人自己的理解力或智力；意愿是指这些事物所在之地；“从神生”是指通过信之真理和照之的生活重生。
329. Because it is said, "Thou hast redeemed us to God in thy blood," and this is understood within the church entirely according to the sense of the letter, and not according to any spiritual sense, I wish also to show, that by blood is not meant blood, or the Lord's passion upon the cross, but the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, and the reception thereof by man; consequently, that by, "Thou hast redeemed us in thy blood," is denoted that He has delivered and freed from hell those who acknowledge Him, and receive Divine truth from Him (as has been said above, n. Exodus 12:7, 13, 22, 23).
He who does not know that there is any spiritual sense in the Word, believes that by blood is here meant the Lord's blood upon the cross; but this is not at all understood in heaven. But by the paschal supper here the angels there understand the same as by the Holy Supper instituted by the Lord, in which instead of the paschal lamb there are bread and wine; and then the Lord said that the bread was His flesh and that the wine was His blood; and any one knows, or may know, that bread and wine are what nourish the body, the bread as meat and the wine as drink, and that in the Word, which in its inmost is spiritual, those things also must be spiritually understood.
[2] Thus bread means all spiritual meat, and wine all spiritual drink; spiritual meat is all the good that is communicated and imparted to man by the Lord, and spiritual drink is all the truth that is communicated and imparted to him by the Lord; these two, namely, good and truth, or love and faith, make a man spiritual; it is said, or love and faith, because all good is of love, and all truth of faith. Hence it is evident that by bread is meant the Divine good of the Lord's Divine love, and as to man, that [good] received by him; and that by wine is meant the Divine truth proceeding from the Divine good of the Lord's Divine love, and as to man, that [truth] received by him. Because the Lord says that His flesh is bread, and His blood is wine, it is evident that by the Lord's flesh is meant the Divine good of His Divine love, and that by eating it, is meant to receive it, to appropriate to oneself, and thus to be conjoined with the Lord; and that by the Lord's blood is meant the Divine truth proceeding from the Divine good of His Divine love, and that by drinking it is meant to receive that [truth], to appropriate to oneself, and thus to be conjoined with the Lord.
[3] Spiritual nourishment also is from the good and truth which proceed from the Lord, as all the nourishment of the body is from meat and drink; hence also is their correspondence, which is such, that where anything of meat, or that serves, for meat, is named in the Word, good is meant, and where anything of drink is named, or what serves for drink, truth is meant. From these considerations it is evident, that by the blood from the Paschal lamb, which the sons of Israel were commanded to sprinkle upon the two posts, and upon the lintel of their houses, is meant the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord; this also on being received in faith and life, protects man against the evils which rise up out of hell, for the Lord is with man in His Divine truth, for it is of the Lord Himself with him, yea, it is Himself with him. Who that thinks from sound reason cannot see that the Lord is not in His blood with any one, but in His Divine, which is the good of love and the good of faith received by man? What, however, each particular there signifies, namely, what the two posts and the lintel, what the destroyer and smiter, and what Egypt, and what many other things in that chapter, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia, where they are explained.
[4] From these observations it is clear now, without further explanation, what is signified by the Lord's words when He instituted the Holy Supper:
"And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, brake, and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many. I say unto you that I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when I shall drink it with you in the kingdom of God" (Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:15-20).
Because by wine is meant Divine truth nourishing spiritual life, therefore the Lord says to them, "I say unto you that I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when I shall drink it new with you in the kingdom of God." Hence it is evident that what is meant is [something] spiritual, for He says, that He would drink with them, and that in the kingdom of God, or in heaven, and also that He would eat with them of the Paschal lamb there (Luke 22:16).
[5] From what has been said above it is also clear what is signified by these words of the Lord:
"The bread that I will give is my flesh. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye shall have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. This is the bread which came down from heaven" (Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 252, 258-262; and the work concerning Heaven and Hell 303-310).
[6] Because blood signifies the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, and by the reception thereof by man conjunction with the Lord is effected, therefore the blood is called the blood of the covenant, for covenant signifies conjunction. The blood is called the blood of the covenant by the Lord when He instituted the Holy Supper; for He said,
"Drink ye all of it, for this is my blood of the new covenant" or testament (Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20).
It is also called the blood of the covenant in Moses; where these [passages occur]:
"Moses came" from Mount Sinai "and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments. And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount. And he sent youths of the sons of Israel, and offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed bullocks as sacrifices of peace unto Jehovah. And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the ears of the people; and they said, All that Jehovah hath said will we do and hear. And he took the blood, and sprinkled it upon the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath concluded with you upon all these words. And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as the work of a sapphire stone, and as the substance of heaven for purity" (Exodus 24:3-8, 10).
That blood here signifies the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord and received by man, and thence conjunction, is evident, for half of it was sprinkled upon the altar, and half upon the people; for by the altar was signified all worship that is from the good of love, and by the people, those who perform worship, and receive the good of love by means of truths; for all reception of Divine good is effected by means of truths made truths of life, and conjunction thence is by the good in those truths. That there is conjunction by the good in those truths, or by truths made truths of life, and that blood was a representative thereof, is quite clear from the words here, for this was done when Moses descended from mount Sinai, whence the Law was promulgated, and also the statutes and judgments which were to be observed; and it is said that Moses wrote all those words of Jehovah, and read them in the ears of the people, who said, "All that Jehovah hath said will we do and hear," which they said twice, as may be seen in verses 3 and 7.
[7] Words or truths become truths of life by doing them; and because Moses wrote those words, he called them "the Book of the Covenant," by which is signified that there is conjunction by its means. By the law promulgated by Jehovah from mount Sinai, and by the statutes and judgments which were also commanded at that time, is signified all Divine truth, or Divine truth in its whole compass. Hence it is that these things are called "the Book of the Covenant," and the ark in which that book was placed, the "Ark of the Covenant," covenant signifying conjunction. Because the Divine truth, by which there is conjunction, proceeds from the Lord, therefore also the Lord was seen by them and under the feet as the work of sapphire stone. That He was so seen under the feet signifies that the Divine truth is such in ultimates. The Divine truth in ultimates is the Divine truth in the sense of the letter of the Word; the work of sapphire stone signifies the transparency thereof from Divine truth in the internal or spiritual sense; the God of Israel is the Lord. (That the sapphire stone signifies transparency from internal truths, may be seen, n. 9407; and that the God of Israel is the Lord as to the Divine Human, may be seen above, n. 328.) Hence now it is evident, that a covenant or conjunction is made by Divine truth, and that the blood sprinkled upon the altar, and half thereof upon the people, was a representative of it, because blood signifies the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, and received by man, as has been said above. (That a covenant signifies conjunction may be seen, n. 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804, 8767, 8778, 9396, 10632. That the law, in a strict sense, signifies the ten precepts of the Decalogue, and, in a broad sense, the whole Word, thus all Divine truth, n. 2606, 3382, 6752, 7463, 9417. That mount Sinai thence signifies heaven where the Lord is, from whom is Divine truth, or from whom is the law, in both the strict and broad sense, n. 8399, 8753, 8793, 8805, 9420; and that the altar was the principal representative of the Lord, and of the worship of Him from the good of love, n. 921, 2777, 2811, 4489, 4541, 8935, 8940, 9388, 9389, 9714, 9963, 9964, 10123, 10151, 10242, 10245, 10642.)
[8] Because blood signifies the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, and received by man, whence there is conjunction, therefore, all things representative of things Divine proceeding from the Lord, which are also called celestial and spiritual, were consecrated by oil and by blood, and were then called holy. The reason why they were consecrated by oil and blood, that they might represent, was because by oil was signified the Divine good of the Divine love, and by blood the Divine truth thence proceeding, for truth proceeds from good. That consecrations and sanctifications were made by oil, will be seen in the following pages, under the proper article; here only those passages shall be mentioned, which relate to blood; as:
When Aaron and his sons were sanctified, that blood was sprinkled upon the horns of the altar and round about the altar; and upon Aaron and his sons, and upon their garments (Exodus 29:12, 16, 21; Leviticus 8:24).
That blood was sprinkled seven times before the veil which was upon the ark, and upon the horns of the altar of incense (Leviticus 4:6, 7, 17, 18).
That before Aaron entered within the veil to the mercy-seat, he should sacrifice, and burn incense, and should sprinkle the blood with the finger on the mercy-seat seven times towards the east (Leviticus 16:12-15).
That the blood of the burnt-offering and of the sacrifice should be sprinkled upon the altar, around the altar, and at the bottom of the altar (Leviticus 1:5, 11, 15; 3:2, 8, 13; 4:25, 30, 34; 5:9; 8:15, 24; 17:6; Num. 18:17; Deuteronomy 12:27).
That the blood should be sprinkled upon the horns of the altar, and thus the altar should be purified (Exodus 30:10; Leviticus 16:18, 19).
The reason why the blood from the burnt-offerings and sacrifices was sprinkled, and poured out upon the altar, around the altar, or at the foundation thereof was, because the altar with the burnt-offerings and sacrifices upon it represented and thence signified all worship from the good of love and the truths thence; and because truths proceed from good, therefore the blood was sprinkled on, and poured out, around the altar, for around signifies proceeding.
[9] But these things may be more evident from what has been shown concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices in the Arcana Coelestia, as from the following: That burnt-offerings and sacrifices signified all things of worship from the good of love, and the truths thence, n. 923, 6905, 8680, 8936, 10042. That therefore burnt-offerings and sacrifices were called bread, n. 2165, because bread signifies every thing that nourishes spiritual life, n. 2165, 3478, 4976, 5147, 5915, 6118, 8410, 8418, 9323, 10686. That burnt-offerings and sacrifices signified Divine, celestial, and spiritual things, which are the internals of the church, from which are all things of worship, n. 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3519, with a variation according to the variety of worship, n. 2805, 6905, 8936. That, therefore, there were many kinds of burnt-offerings and sacrifices, and in them various processes, and also various animals of which they consisted, n. 2830, 9391, 9990. That the various things which they specifically signified, may be known from the particulars of the process unfolded by the internal sense, n. 10042. That in the rituals and processes of the sacrifices are contained mysteries of heaven, n. 10057. That in general there are contained [in them] arcana of the glorification of the Lord's Human, and in a respective sense arcana of man's regeneration and his purification from evils and falsities, n. 9990, 10022, 10042, 10053, 10057. What was signified by the meat-offerings, which were bread and cakes, which also were offered in sacrifice, n. 10079; what by the drink-offering, which was wine, n. 4581, 10137.
[10] These things being understood, it can be known from them that by the blood of the sacrifice also elsewhere in the Word is signified Divine truth; as in Ezekiel:
"Say to the bird of every wing, and to the beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves from every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth. And ye shall eat fat to satiety, and drink blood even to drunkenness, of my sacrifice which I sacrifice for you. And ye shall be satiated at my table with horse, with chariot, with every man of war: So will I give my glory among the nations" (745, 776, 866, 988, 991, 3219, 5149, 7441; in like manner by wings, n. 8764, 9514. That by beasts are signified affections, and by the beasts of the field the affections of good, n. 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198, 9090, 9280, 10609; and that hence both birds and beasts were used in sacrifices, n. 1823, 3519, 7523, 9280.)
[11] In confirmation that the beast of the field and the fowl signify such things, I will adduce here only one passage from the Word:
"In that day will I make a covenant for them with the beast of the field, and with the bird of the heavens, and with the creeping thing of the ground; and the bow and the sword and the battle will I break off from the earth. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; and I will betroth thee unto me in justice and in judgment, and in mercy and in compassions, and I will betroth thee unto me in truth" (Hosea 2:18, 19, 20).
Here, by making a covenant with the beast of the field, and with the bird of the heavens, is signified with the affections of good and with spiritual truths, for with these the Lord is conjoined to man, the Lord being in these things with him; hence it is called a covenant with them, covenant denoting conjunction. That beasts signify the affections of good, and birds things spiritual, will be fully shown in the following pages under their proper articles.
[12] Because the fat in sacrifices signified Divine good, and the blood Divine truth, both from the Lord, and both received by man, effected conjunction, the posterity of Jacob, or the Jews and Israelites, were therefore forbidden to eat any fat or any blood (see 353, 5943, 6409, 10033. And that the Jews and Israelites were solely in externals and not in internals, and, consequently, not in spiritual truths and goods, but in falsities of evil; and that all things of their worship were externals separated from things internal, and that still by things external they could represent the internal things of worship, may be seen in the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 248.
[13] Because the blood in the sacrifices signified Divine truth, therefore also it was forbidden them
to sacrifice upon what was leavened the blood of the sacrifice (2342, 7906, 8051, 9992).
[14] The reason why the Lord's flesh signifies the Divine good of the Divine love, and why His blood signifies the Divine truth proceeding from that good, is, because there are two things which proceed from the Lord's Divine Human, namely, Divine good and Divine truth, hence the latter is His blood, and the former is His flesh. That which proceeds is the Divine-celestial and the Divine-spiritual, which constitute the heavens in general and in particular. (But this will better appear from what has been shown in the work concerning Heaven and Hell, under the following articles, namely, that the Divine of the Lord makes heaven, n. 7-12; that the Divine of the Lord in heaven is love to Him, and charity towards the neighbour, n. 13-19; that hence the whole heaven in the whole and in part has reference to one man, n. 59-77; that this is from the Lord's Divine Human, n. 78-87; and moreover from what [has been] shown concerning the sun in heaven, and concerning the light and heat thence, and that the heat is the Divine good, and the light the Divine truth, both proceeding from the Lord, n. 116-140. From all these considerations it may in some degree be comprehended, whence it is that the Divine proceeding is meant by flesh and blood, namely, the Divine good by flesh and the Divine truth by blood.)
[15] There are also two things with man which constitute his spiritual life, namely, the good of love and the truth of faith; the will is the receptacle of the good of love with him, and the understanding is the receptacle of the truth of faith with him. All things of the mind, that is, of the will and understanding, have a correspondence with all things of the body, wherefore, the latter are moved at the command of the former. The correspondence of the will is in general with the flesh, and the correspondence of the understanding is with the blood; hence it is that man's voluntary proprium is meant in the Word by flesh, and the intellectual proprium by blood; as in Matthew:
"Jesus said to Simon, Blessed art thou, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee" (16:17).
These things are adduced, that it may be known that in the Word things voluntary and intellectual, thus spiritual, are meant by flesh and blood, where they are said of man, and things Divine where they are said of the Lord. But these observations are intended for those whose minds can be elevated above natural ideas and can see causes.
[16] This also is what is signified by the blood and water which issued out of the Lord's side concerning which it is thus written in John:
"One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water. And he that saw testifieth, and his testimony is sure; he knoweth that he saith true things, that ye also might believe" (83, 195 at end). And because those things signify His love, and man's salvation by the Divine truth proceeding from Him, therefore the evangelist also says: "He that saw testifieth, and his testimony is sure; he knoweth that he saith true things, that ye also might believe."
[17] To what has been already adduced, I desire to add the following passages from the Word. In Zechariah:
"Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh. And he shall speak peace unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. As for thee, also, by the blood of thy covenant I will send forth thy bound ones out of the pit wherein is no water" (71; and that by the bound in the pit are signified those who are in falsities from ignorance, and, nevertheless, in the desire of knowing truths, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia 4728, 4744, 5038, 6854, 7950.
[18] In David:
God "shall save the souls of the needy; he shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence; and precious shall their blood be in his eyes. And he shall live, and he shall give him of the gold of Sheba; and shall pray for him continually; all the day shall he bless him. Upon the top of the mountains his fruit shall be shaken" (Psalms 72:13-16).
The needy are here treated of, by whom are signified those who desire truths from a spiritual affection. Concerning these it is said, that from deceit and violence He shall redeem their soul; by which is signified their liberation from evils and falsities, which destroy the goods of love and the truths of faith. That their reception of Divine truth is acceptable and grateful to the Lord, is signified by, their blood shall be precious in His eyes; blood here denoting the Divine truth received. Their reformation is described by these words: "He shall live, and he shall give him of the gold of Sheba; and shall pray for him continually; all the day shall he bless him." The gold of Sheba denotes the good of charity; to pray for them continually signifies that they shall be continually withheld from falsities, and kept in truths; and He shall bless him, signifies that they shall be continually in the good of charity and faith; wherefore it is also said, "Upon the top of the mountains his fruit shall be shaken," the top of the mountains signifying heaven, whence they have the good of love from the Lord, which is the fruit.
[19] In Moses:
"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; who shall bind to the vine his ass's foal, and to the noble vine the son of his she-ass, whilst he washeth his garments in wine, and his covering in the blood of grapes" (Genesis 49:10, 11).
In this prophetical declaration the Lord is treated of, concerning whom it is said, "He shall bind to the vine his ass's foal, and to the noble vine the son of his she-ass, he shall wash his garments in wine, and his covering in the blood of grapes"; and by a vine is signified the church, and by wine and the blood of grapes is signified the Divine truth. What the other things signify may be seen in the explanation of those words in the Arcana Coelestia. The same is meant by the blood of grapes in Deuteronomy 32:14; where the subject treated of is the Ancient Church reformed by the Divine truth.
[20] From what has been shown in this and the preceding article, it is evident to those who acknowledge the spiritual sense of the Word, that by, "Thou hast redeemed us to God in thy blood," is meant conjunction with the Divine by the acknowledgment of the Lord, and by the reception of Divine truth from Him; and that the same is meant by blood in the twelfth chapter of this prophetical book, where it is said:
That Michael and his angels overcame the dragon by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony (verse 11).
It is said, the blood of the Lamb, and the word of the testimony, because the blood of the Lamb signifies the reception of Divine truth from the Lord, and the word of the testimony the acknowledgment of His Divine Human.
[21] That blood signifies the Divine truth is still further evident from its opposite sense, in which blood signifies violence offered to the Divine truth by the falsities of evil, and its destruction thereby; and because opposites also show what is signified in the genuine sense, therefore I desire to adduce some passages in which blood and bloods signify that. It is to be observed that most things in the Word have also an opposite sense, and that from that sense it may be known what is signified in the genuine sense; let these therefore serve for illustration. In the Apocalypse:
"The second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living animal in the sea died. And the third angel poured out his vial into the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood" (71; and that by fish are signified the true scientifics of the natural man, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia 40, 991.
[22] Again, in the Apocalypse:
"I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth, and the whole moon became [as] blood" (Heaven and Hell 118, 119.
[23] In Isaiah:
"He who walketh in justice, and speaketh righteousness, who stoppeth his ear lest he hear bloods, and shutteth his eyes lest he see evil" (33:15).
To stop the ear lest he hear bloods, denotes lest he hear falsities from evil.
In David:
"Thou wilt destroy them that speak a lie; a man of bloods and deceit Jehovah abominates" (Psalms 5:6).
The man of bloods and deceit [is used] for those who are in falsities from evil, and therefore it is said, "Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies"; lies in the Word signifying falsities.
In Isaiah:
"And it shall come to pass that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy unto him, every one that is written to life in Jerusalem. When the Lord shall have washed the excrement of the daughters of Zion, and shall have washed away the bloods of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of cleansing" (4:3, 4).
Because by Jerusalem is signified the church as to doctrine, it is therefore said, When He shall have washed away its bloods out of the midst thereof, by which, therefore, are signified the falsities of evil. By the spirit of judgment is signified the Divine truth, and because this purifies, it is said by the spirit of cleansing.
[24] In Ezekiel:
"In the day wherein thou wast born, I passed by beside thee, and I saw thee trodden under foot in thy bloods, and I said to thee, In thy bloods, live; yea, I said to thee, In thy bloods, live; I have washed thee; and I have washed away thy bloods from upon thee, and I have anointed thee with oil" (16:5, 6, 9, 22, 36, 38).
The subject here treated of is Jerusalem, by which is signified the church as to the doctrine of truth, first here concerning the falsities of evil in which it was before it was reformed, and afterwards concerning its reformation. The falsities of evil are signified by its being seen trodden under foot in bloods; and its reformation by His having washed, and washed away the bloods, and anointed with oil. To wash signifies to purify by truths; to wash away bloods signifies to remove the falsities of evil; and to anoint with oil signifies to gift with the good of love.
[25] In Lamentations:
"For the sins of the prophets" of Jerusalem, "and the iniquities of her priests; that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her. They have wandered blind in the streets, they are polluted with blood, the things that they cannot they touch with their garments" (4:13, 14).
By the prophets of Jerusalem are signified those who will teach the truths of doctrine, and by the priests those who will lead by truths to good; here, in the opposite sense, because it is said for their sins. By shedding the blood of the just is signified to falsify truths and to adulterate goods; therefore it is said, "They have wandered blind in the streets, they are polluted with blood, the things that they cannot they touch with their garments." To wander blind in the streets, signifies not to see truths at all, streets denoting truths; polluted with blood, signifies to be wholly in falsities; by its being said, the things that they cannot they touch with [their] garments, signifies that what they cannot pervert they falsify, garments denoting the truths that invest interior things, which truths are the truths of the sense of the letter of the Word.
In Isaiah:
"All the crowd shall be confounded by the earthquake, and the garment is polluted with bloods" (9:5).
The earthquake signifies the perversion of the church by the falsification of truth, and the garment polluted with bloods signifies the falsification of the sense of the letter of the Word.
[26] In Jeremiah:
"Wickedness hast thou taught for thy ways, in the wings also is found the blood of innocent souls, in the act of digging through I found them not, but in all these" (2:34).
Here by the blood found in the wings is signified the same as above by, the things that they cannot they touch with their garments, wings being garments. That he did not find them in the act of digging through, but in all of them, signifies that the truths themselves they dared not destroy, but that they falsified the truths of the sense of the letter, wings signifying those truths.
[27] In Isaiah:
"Your hands are full of bloods" (1:15).
In the same:
"For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue hath meditated perverseness. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity" (59:3, 7).
Their hands being defiled with blood, and their fingers with iniquity, signifies that in all things belonging to them there is falsity and evil of falsity; the hands and the fingers signify power, and hence everything that they have in which there is power. Because these things are signified, therefore it is also said, your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue hath meditated perverseness; lies denoting falsities, and perverseness denoting the evil of falsity. That their feet make haste to shed innocent blood, signifies to destroy the good of love and charity, this being signified by shedding innocent blood; the good of innocence is that from which are all the good and truth of heaven and the church (as may be seen in the work concerning Deuteronomy 19:10, 13; 21:1-9); for the land signifies the church.
[28] In Isaiah:
"Jehovah goeth forth out of his place to visit the iniquity of the earth; then shall the earth disclose her bloods, and shall no more cover her slain" (26:21).
By the bloods that the earth shall disclose, are signified all the falsities and evils that have destroyed the truths and goods of the church, the earth denoting the church where those things are; by the slain are signified those who have perished by them. That the slain signify those who have perished by falsities and evils, may be seen, n. 315.
In the Apocalypse:
In Babylon "was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth" (18:24).
The blood of prophets and of saints means truths and goods extinguished; and the slain those who have perished by falsities and evils, as mentioned just above.
[29] The same is meant by:
"The blood of the prophets which was shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel even to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom they slew between the temple and the altar" (342, 354, 1179, 3325; and that Cain denotes faith alone, separate from charity, n. 340, 347, 1179, 3325. That a prophet signifies the doctrine of truth, n. 2534, 7269. That the temple signifies the Lord as to Divine truth, and the altar Him as to Divine good, and, in the respective sense, the Lord's kingdom and church as to those, n. 2777, 3720, 9714, 10642. That between both signifies where there is the marriage of the Divine good and the Divine truth, n. 10001, 10025.)
[30] In the Word, it is often said of those condemned to death, that their bloods were upon them, and thereby, in the spiritual sense, is meant that damnation was upon them on account of the falsities and evils by which they have destroyed the truths and goods of the church; for by bloods in general are signified all falsities of doctrine, of life, and of worship, from which are the evils that destroy the church. These evils are in part recounted in Ezekiel (18:10-13). These are also signified by bloods, in John:
"As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name; which were born, not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God" (1:12, 13).
By the Lord's name are meant all the truths and goods by which He is to be worshipped; by bloods are meant all falsities and evils that destroy; by the will of the flesh, and by the will of man, are signified all evils of love and falsities of faith; for flesh signifies man's voluntary proprium from which is all evil, and man (vir) signifies man's intellectual proprium from which is all falsity, the will denoting where those things are; to be born of God, is to be regenerated by the truths of faith, and by a life according to them.
329. Since it is said, "thou didst redeem us to God in thy blood," and since this is understood within the church entirely according to the sense of the letter, and not according to any spiritual sense, I will also show that "blood" does not mean blood, or the Lord's suffering on the cross, but Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, and the reception of it by man; thus that "thou didst redeem us in Thy blood" means that He has delivered and freed from hell those who acknowledge Him, and receive Divine truth from Him (as was said above, n. Exodus 12:7, 13, 22-23).
He who does not know that there is a spiritual sense in the Word believes that "blood" here signifies the Lord's blood upon the cross; but this is not at all the meaning in heaven; but to the angels there the paschal supper here described has a like meaning as the holy supper instituted by the Lord, in which, in place of the paschal lamb, there are the bread and the wine; and the Lord then said that the bread was His flesh and the wine was His blood; and everyone knows, or may know, that bread and wine are what nourish the body, bread as food and wine as drink, and that in the Word, which in its bosom is spiritual, these things also must be spiritually understood, "bread" standing for all spiritual food, and "wine" for all spiritual drink.
[2] Spiritual food is all the good that is communicated and given to man by the Lord, and spiritual drink is all the truth that is communicated and given to man by the Lord. These two, namely, good and truth, or love and faith, make man spiritual; it is said, or love and faith, because all good is of love, and all truth is of faith. From this it can be seen that "bread" means the Divine good of the Lord's Divine love, and in reference to man, this good received by him; also that "wine" means the Divine truth that proceeds from the Divine good of the Lord's Divine love, and in reference to man, this truth received by him. Since the Lord says that His flesh is bread, and His blood is wine, it can be seen that "the Lord's flesh" means the Divine good of His Divine love, and "to eat" it means to receive it, and make it one's own, and thus to be conjoined to the Lord; and that "the Lord's blood" means the Divine truth that proceeds from the Divine good of His Divine love, and that "drinking" it means to receive that truth and make it one's own, and thus be conjoined to the Lord.
[3] Again, spiritual nourishment is from the good and truth that proceed from the Lord, as all nourishment of the body is from food and drink; their correspondence also is from this, which is such that where anything of food, or that serves for food, is mentioned in the Word, good is meant, and where anything of drink, or that serves for drink, is mentioned, truth is meant. From this it can be seen that the "blood" from the Paschal Lamb, which the sons of Israel were commanded to put upon the two side posts and upon the lintel of their houses, means Divine truth proceeding from the Lord; this, when received in faith and life, protects man against the evils that rise up out of hell; for in His Divine truth the Lord is with man, for this is the Lord's own with man, yea, it is Himself with man. Who that thinks from sound reason cannot see that the Lord is with a man not in His blood, but in His Divine, which is the good of love and the good of faith received by man. (But what the particulars here signify, namely, "the two side posts" and "the lintel," "the destroyer" and "smiter," and "Egypt," and many other things in this chapter, can be seen in Arcana Coelestia, where they are explained.)
[4] From what has now been said, without further explanation, the significance of the Lord's words when He instituted the Holy Supper is evident:
As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, broke, and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body. And He took the cup, and having given thanks, He gave to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you; for this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many. I say unto you that I will not drink henceforth of this product of the vine until that day when I shall drink it with you in the kingdom of God (Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:15-20).
As "wine" means Divine truth nourishing the spiritual life, therefore the Lord says to them, "I say unto you that I will not drink henceforth of this product of the vine until that day when I shall drink it with you new in the kingdom of God," which shows clearly that something spiritual is meant, for He says that "He is to drink with them," and "in the kingdom of God," or in heaven, and also that "He is to eat" with them of the Paschal Lamb there (Luke 22:16).
[5] What has now been said also makes clear what is signified by these words of the Lord:
The bread that I will give is My flesh. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, ye have not life in you. He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood abideth in Me, and I in him. This is the bread that cometh down out of heaven (The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 252, 258-262; and Heaven and Hell 303-310).
[6] Since "blood" signifies the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, and conjunction with the Lord is effected by man's reception of it, therefore blood is called "the blood of the covenant," for "covenant" signifies conjunction. Blood is called "the blood of the covenant" by the Lord when He instituted the Holy Supper, for He said:
Drink of it, all of you; for this is My blood of the new covenant [or testament] (Matthew 26:27, 28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20).
It is also called "the blood of the covenant" in Moses, where is the following:
Moses came from Mount Sinai, and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments. And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mount. And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered up burnt-offerings, and sacrificed bullocks as peace-offerings unto Jehovah. And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the ears of the people; and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do and hear. And he took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah hath concluded with you upon all these words. And they saw the God of Israel, and under His feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the substance of the heavens for purity (Exodus 24:3-11).
That "blood" here signifies Divine truth proceeding from the Lord and received by man, and conjunction therefrom, is evident, for half of it was sprinkled on the altar and half on the people; for the "altar" signified all worship that is from the good of love, and the "people" those who offer worship and receive the good of love by means of truths; for all reception of Divine good is effected by truths made truths of life, and consequent conjunction is by means of the good in such truths. That there is conjunction by means of the good in such truths, that is, by means of truths made truths of life, and that "blood" was a representative thereof, is very clear from the words there, for this was done when Moses descended from Mount Sinai, from which the law was promulgated, and also the statutes and judgments that were to be observed; and it is said that "Moses wrote all these words of Jehovah, and read them in the ears of the people," who said, "All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do and hear," which words they said twice (See verses 3 and 7).
[7] Words or truths become truths of life by doing; and as Moses wrote these words, he called them, "The Book of the Covenant," which signifies that there is conjunction by means of them. The law promulgated by Jehovah from Mount Sinai, and the statutes and judgments that were also commanded at that time, signified all Divine truth, or the Divine truth in its whole complex. This is why they are called "the Book of the Covenant," and why the ark in which was that book is called "The Ark of the Covenant," "covenant" signifying conjunction. Because Divine truth, by which there is conjunction, proceeds from the Lord, the Lord appeared to the people "under the feet as it were a work of sapphire stone;" that He so appeared "under the feet" signifying that Divine truth is such in ultimates. Divine truth in ultimates is Divine truth in the sense of the letter of the Word; "work of sapphire stone" signifies the translucence of this sense from Divine truth in the internal or spiritual sense; "the God of Israel" is the Lord. (That "sapphire stone" signifies translucence from internal truths, see Arcana Coelestia 9407; and that "the God of Israel" is the Lord in respect to the Divine Human, see above, n. 328.) From this it is now clear that a "covenant" or conjunction is effected by means of Divine truth, and that the blood sprinkled on the altar and half of it on the people was a representative of it, since "blood" signifies Divine truth proceeding from the Lord and received by man, as was said above.
(That "covenant" signifies conjunction, see Arcana Coelestia 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804, 8767, 8778, 9396, 10632.
That the law in a strict sense means the ten commandments of the Decalogue, and in a broad sense, the whole Word, thus all Divine truth, n. 2606, 3382, 6752, 7463, 9417.
That from this "Mount Sinai" signifies heaven where the Lord is, from whom is Divine truth, or from whom is the law, both in the strict and the broad sense, n. 8399, 8753, 8793, 8805, 9420; and that the altar was the principal representative of the Lord, and of the worship from the good of love, n. 921, 2777, 2811, 4489, 4541, 8935, 8940, 9388-9389, 9714, 9963-9964, 10123, 10151, 10242, 10245, 10642.)
[8] Since "blood" signifies Divine truth proceeding from the Lord and received by man, from which is conjunction, therefore all things that were representative of things Divine proceeding from the Lord which are called celestial and spiritual were inaugurated by oil and by blood, and were then called holy. They were inaugurated by oil and blood that they might be representative, because "oil" signified the Divine good of the Divine love, and "blood" the Divine truth proceeding therefrom, for truth proceeds from good. That inaugurations and sanctifications were made by means of oil will be seen in what follows, where they are treated of in their paragraph. Here let some things in which blood was used be mentioned, as:
When Aaron and his sons were to be sanctified, blood was sprinkled upon the horns of the altar, and round about the altar, and upon Aaron and his sons, and upon their garments (Exodus 29:12, 16, 20-21; Leviticus 8:24).
Blood was sprinkled seven times before the veil that was over the ark, and upon the horns of the altar of incense (Leviticus 4:6-7, 17-18).
Before Aaron entered within the veil to the mercy-seat, he should sacrifice and burn incense, and should sprinkle the blood with the finger seven times upon the mercy-seat eastward (Leviticus 21:12-15).
The blood of the burnt-offering and of the sacrifice should be sprinkled upon the altar, around the altar, and at the base of the altar (Leviticus 1:5, 1:11, 15; 3:2, 8, 13; 4:25, 30, 34; 5:9; 8:15, 24; 17:6; Numbers 18:17; Deuteronomy 12:27).
The blood should be sprinkled upon the horns of the altar and thus expiation should be made for the altar (Exodus 30:10; Leviticus 16:18-19).
Blood from the burnt-offerings and sacrifices was sprinkled and poured out upon the altar, around the altar, or at its base, because the altar with the burnt-offerings and sacrifices upon it represented and thence signified all worship from the good of love and the truths therefrom; and as truths proceed from good, therefore the blood was sprinkled on and poured out around the altar, for "around" signifies proceeding.
[9] (But these things can be better seen from what has been shown respecting burnt offerings and sacrifices in the Arcana Coelestia, as follows: "burnt-offerings" and "sacrifices" signified all things of worship from the good of love, and the truths therefrom, n. 923, 6905, 8680, 8936, 10042. Therefore burnt-offerings and sacrifices were called bread, n. 2165, because "bread" signifies everything that nourishes the spiritual life, n. 2165, 3478, 4976, 5147, 5915, 6118, 8410, 8418, 9323, 10686. Burnt-offerings and sacrifices signified celestial Divine and spiritual Divine things, which are the internals of the church, from which are all things of worship, n. 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3519; with a difference according to the differences of worship, n. 2805, 6905, 8936. Therefore there were many kinds of burnt-offerings and sacrifices, and in them various processes and consisting also of various animals, n. 2830, 9391, 9990. The various things they specially signified can be known from the particulars of the procedure unfolded by the internal sense, n. Arcana Coelestia 10042. The rituals and procedures of the sacrifices contain arcana of heaven, n. Arcana Coelestia 10057. In general they contain the arcana of the glorification of the Lord's Human, and in a relative sense, the arcana of man's regeneration and his purification from evils and falsities, n. 9990, 10022, 10042, 10053, 10057. What was signified by the "meal-offerings," which were bread and cakes, which were also sacrificed, n. Arcana Coelestia 10079; what by the "drink-offering," which was wine, n. 4581, 10137)
[10] When these things are understood it can be known that "the blood of the sacrifice" in other places also in the Word signifies Divine truth, as in Ezekiel:
Say to the bird of every wing and to the beast of the field, Come together and come; gather yourselves from round about to My sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel; that ye may eat flesh and drink blood. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth. And ye shall eat fat to satiety, and drink blood to drunkenness, of My sacrifice which I sacrifice for you. And ye shall be satiated at My table with horse, with chariot, with every man of war. So will I give My glory among the nations (745, 776, 866, 988, 991, 3219, 5149, 7441; likewise "wings," n. 8764, 9514; that "beasts" signify affections, and "beasts of the field" the affections of good, n. 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198, 9090, 9280, 10609; and that both birds and beasts were for this reason used in sacrifices, n. 1823, 3519, 7523, 9280)
[11] In confirmation that the "beast of the field" and "bird" signify such things, I will quote here one passage only from the Word:
In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beast of the field, and with the bird of the heavens, and with the creeping thing of the earth; and I will break the bow and the sword and war from the earth. And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment, and in mercy and in compassions, and I will betroth thee unto Me in truth (Hosea 2:18-20).
"To make a covenant with the beast of the field and with the bird of the heavens" signifies with the affections of good and with spiritual truths, for with these the Lord is conjoined to man, since the Lord is in these with man; therefore it is called "a covenant" with them, "covenant" meaning conjunction. That "beasts" signify the affections of good, and "birds" things spiritual, will be fully shown in their paragraphs in what follows.
[12] Because "fat" in sacrifices signified Divine good, and "blood" Divine truth, both from the Lord, and because by both when received by man conjunction was effected, therefore the posterity of Jacob, that is, the Jews and Israelites, were forbidden to eat any fat or any blood (See Arcana Coelestia 353, 5943, 6409, 10033; and that the Jews and Israelites were solely in things external and not in things internal, and consequently not in spiritual truths and good, but in the falsities of evil; and that all things of their worship were external separated from what is internal, and that still by things external they could represent the internal things of worship, see in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 248 .)
[13] Because "blood" in the sacrifices signified Divine truth, therefore also:
They were forbidden to sacrifice the blood of the sacrifice upon what was leavened (Arcana Coelestia 2342, 7906, 8051, 9992).
[14] The Lord's "flesh" signifies the Divine good of the Divine love, and His "blood" signifies the Divine truth proceeding from that good, because there are two things that proceed from the Lord's Divine Human, namely, Divine good and Divine truth, the latter is His blood, and the former His flesh. That which proceeds is the celestial Divine and the spiritual Divine; and these constitute the heavens in general and in particular. (But this can be seen better from what has been shown in the work on Heaven and Hell, under the following heads. The Divine of the Lord makes Heaven, n. 7-12; the Divine of the Lord in Heaven is Love to Him and Charity towards the Neighbor, n. 13-19; The Whole Heaven, therefore, as a Whole and in Its Parts, answers to One Man, n 59-77; This is from the Lord's Divine Human, n 78-87 and further from what is said of The Sun in Heaven, and Light and Heat therefrom, and that Heat is the Divine Good, and Light Divine Truth, both proceeding from the Lord, n 116-140) From this it can in some measure be comprehended why the Divine proceeding is meant by the "flesh and blood," that is, the Divine good by "flesh," and the Divine truth by "blood."
[15] With man also there are two things that constitute his spiritual life, namely the good of love and the truth of faith. With him the will is the receptacle of the good of love, and the understanding is the receptacle of the truth of faith. All things belonging to the mind, that is, belonging to the will and understanding, have a correspondence with all things belonging to the body, consequently the latter are moved at the nod of the former. In general, the correspondence of the will is with the flesh, and the correspondence of the understanding with the blood; consequently the voluntary that is man's own [proprium voluntarium] is meant in the Word by "flesh," and the intellectual that is his own [proprium intellectuale] by "blood," as in Matthew:
Jesus said to Simon, blessed art thou, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee (Matthew 16:17).
These things are mentioned that it may be known that in the Word things voluntary and intellectual, that is, spiritual things, are meant by "flesh and blood" when man is referred to, and things Divine when the Lord is referred to. But these things are for those whose minds can be elevated above natural ideas and can see causes.
[16] This also is what is signified by the "blood and water" that issued out of the Lord's breast; which is described as follows in John:
One of the soldiers pierced His side, and straightway there came out blood and water. And he that saw beareth witness, and his witness is true; he knoweth that he saith true things, that ye also may believe (83, 195). And because these things signify His love, and man's salvation by means of Divine truth proceeding from Him, therefore the evangelist adds, "He that saw beareth witness, and his witness is true; he knoweth that he saith true things, that ye also may believe."
[17] To what has already been mentioned I will add the following from the Word.
In Zechariah:
Exult exceedingly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh. And He shall speak peace unto the Gentiles; and His dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the uttermost parts of the earth. As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I will send forth thy bound ones out of the pit wherein is no water (71); and that "the bound in the pit" signifies those who are in falsities from ignorance, and yet in a desire to know truths, see Arcana Coelestia 4728 Arcana Coelestia 4728[1-8], 4744, 5038, 6854, 7950).
[18] In David:
God shall save the souls of the needy; He shall redeem their soul from fraud and violence; and precious shall their blood be in His eyes. And he shall live, and to him shall He give of the gold of Sheba, and shall pray for him continually; all the day shall He bless him. Upon the top of the mountains his fruit shall be shaken (Psalms 72:13-16);
this treats of the "needy," by whom those who desire truths from spiritual affection are signified; of these it is said, that "He shall redeem their soul from fraud and violence," which signifies their liberation from evils and falsities, which destroy the goods of love and the truths of faith. The reception of Divine truth by them as being acceptable and grateful, is signified by "precious shall their blood be in His eyes," "blood" here meaning Divine truth received. Their reformation is described by "he shall live, and to him shall He give of the gold of Sheba, and shall pray for him continually; all the day shall He bless him;" the "gold of Sheba" meaning the good of charity; "to pray for him continually" signifying that they shall be continually withheld from falsities and kept in truths, and "He shall bless him" signifying that they shall be continually in the good of charity and faith; it is therefore said further, "upon the top of the mountains his fruit shall be shaken;" the "top of the mountains" signifying heaven, from which they have the good of love from the Lord, which is "fruit."
[19] In Moses:
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; who shall bind to the vine his ass's foal, and to the noble vine the son of his she-ass, whilst he shall wash his vesture in wine, and his covering in the blood of grapes (Genesis 49:10-11).
This prophecy treats of the Lord, of whom it is said, "he shall bind to the vine his ass's foal, and to the noble vine the son of his she-ass," and "he shall wash his vesture in wine, and his covering in the blood of grapes;" "vine" signifying the church, and "wine" and the "blood of grapes" Divine truth. (For what the other things signify, see the explanation of these words in Deuteronomy 32:14); where the ancient church reformed by Divine truth is treated of.
[20] From what has been shown in this and the preceding article it can be seen by those who acknowledge the spiritual sense of the Word that "Thou didst redeem us to God in Thy blood" means conjunction with the Divine by the acknowledgment of the Lord, and by the reception of Divine truth from Him; also that the like is meant by "blood" in the twelfth chapter of this prophetic book, where it is said:
That Michael and his angels overcame the dragon by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their 3testimony (Revelation 12:11).
It is said, "the blood of the Lamb" and "the word of testimony," because "the blood of the Lamb" signifies the reception of Divine truth from the Lord, and "the word of testimony" the acknowledgment of His Divine Human.
[21] That "blood" signifies Divine truth is still further evident from its contrary sense, in which "blood" signifies violence offered to Divine truth by the falsities of evil, and its destruction by these; and as what is signified in the genuine sense is also manifested by these contrary meanings, I will cite some passages in which "blood" and "bloods" have that significance. It is to be known that most things in the Word have also a contrary sense, and that from that sense it can be known what is signified in the genuine sense. The following will serve for illustration. In Revelation:
The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became as the blood of one dead, and every living animal in the sea died. And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and into the fountains of the waters, and they became blood (71; and that "fish" signify truths known [vera scientifica] of the natural man, see Arcana Coelestia 40, 991)
[22] Again in Revelation:
I saw when He had opened the sixth seal, and behold there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth, and the whole moon became blood (Heaven and Hell 118, 119.)
[23] In Isaiah:
He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh uprightness, that stoppeth his ear lest he hear bloods, and shutteth his eyes lest he see evil (Isaiah 33:15);
"to stop the ear lest he hear bloods" meaning evidently not to hear falsities from evil. In David:
Thou wilt destroy those that speak falsehood; the man of blood and deceit Jehovah abhorreth (Psalms 5:6);
"the man of blood and deceit" meaning those who are in falsities from evil; it is therefore said, "Thou wilt destroy those that speak falsehood," "falsehood" in the Word signifying falsities. In Isaiah:
And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion and he that remaineth in Jerusalem shall be called holy to Him, everyone that is written unto life in Jerusalem. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have washed away the bloods of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of cleansing [burning] (Isaiah 4:3-4).
Because "Jerusalem" signifies the church in respect to doctrine, therefore it is said, "When He shall have washed away its blood out of the midst thereof," "bloods" signifying the falsities of evil. The "spirit of judgment" signifies Divine truth, and because this purifies it is said, "by the spirit of cleansing" [burning].
[24] In Ezekiel:
In the day wherein thou wast born I passed by beside thee, and I saw thee trodden down in thy bloods, and I said unto thee, In thy bloods, live; yea, I said unto thee, In thy bloods live. I washed thee, and I washed away thy bloods from upon thee, and I anointed thee with oil (Ezekiel 16:5-6, 9, 22, 36, 38).
This also treats of Jerusalem, which signifies the church in respect to the doctrine of truth, here first of the falsities of evil in which it was before it was reformed, and afterwards of its reformation; the falsities of evil are signified by its being seen "trodden down in bloods;" and its reformation by "he washed, and washed away the bloods, and anointed with oil;" "to wash" signifying to purify by truths; "to wash away bloods" signifying to remove the falsities of evil; and "to anoint with oil" signifying to endow with the good of love.
[25] In Lamentations:
For the sins of the prophets of Jerusalem, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her. They have wandered blind in the streets, they have been polluted with blood, what they cannot pollute they touch with their garments (Lamentations 4:13-14).
"Prophets of Jerusalem" signify those who are to teach the truths of doctrine, and "priests" those who are to lead by truths to good; here mentioned in a contrary sense, since it is said, "for their sins;" "to shed the blood of the just" signifies to falsify truths and adulterate goods; it is therefore said, "they have wandered blind in the streets, they have been polluted with blood, what they cannot pollute they touch with their garments;" "to wander blind in the streets" signifies not to see truths at all, "streets" meaning truths; "polluted with bloods" signifies to be wholly in falsities; "what they cannot pollute they touch with their garments" signifies that what they cannot pervert they nevertheless falsify, "garments" meaning the truths that invest interior things, which truths are the truths of the sense of the letter of the Word.
In Isaiah:
All uproar shall be whirled about by the earthquake, and the garment is polluted with bloods (Isaiah 9:5);
"earthquake" signifying the perversion of the church by the falsification of truth, and the "garment polluted with bloods" the falsification of the sense of the letter of the Word.
[26] In Jeremiah:
Thou hast taught evils thy ways; also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocents; I found them not in digging through, but upon all these (Jeremiah 2:33-34).
Here "blood found in the skirts" signifies the like as above by "what they cannot pollute they touch with their garments," "skirts" are the "garments." "I found them not in digging through, but upon all these" signifies that they dared not destroy the truths themselves, but that they falsified the truths of the sense of the letter, "skirts" signifying those truths.
[27] In Isaiah:
Your hands are full of bloods (Isaiah 1:15).
Your hands are polluted with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue hath meditated perverseness. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity (Isaiah 59:3, 7).
"Hands polluted with blood, and fingers with iniquity" signifies that in all things belonging to them there is falsity and the evil of falsity; "hands" and "fingers" signify power, thus all things with them that have power. Because this is the meaning it is also said, "your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue hath meditated perverseness," "lies" meaning falsities, and "perverseness" the evil of falsity; "their feet make haste to shed innocent blood" signifies their hastening to destroy the good of love and charity; this is signified by "shedding innocent blood." The good of innocence is that from which is every good and truth of heaven and the church (See Deuteronomy 19:10, 13; 21:1-9);
for the "land" signifies the church.
[28] In Isaiah:
Jehovah goeth forth from His place to visit the iniquity of the earth; then shall the earth reveal her bloods, and shall no more cover her slain (Isaiah 26:21).
The "bloods" that the earth shall reveal signify all the falsities and evils that have destroyed the truths and goods of the church, the "earth" being the church where these are; the "slain" signify those that have perished by falsities and evils. (That the "slain" signify those that have perished by falsities and evils, see above, n. Revelation 18:24);
"the blood of prophets and of saints" meaning truths and goods extinguished; and the "slain" those who have perished by falsities and evils (as just above).
[29] The like is meant by:
The blood of the prophets which was shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just even to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom they slew between the temple and the altar (Arcana Coelestia 342, 354, 1179, 3325; and that "Cain" is faith alone, separated from charity, n. 340, 347, 1179[1], 3325. That "prophet" signifies the doctrine of truth, n. 2534, 7269. That "temple" signifies the Lord in respect to Divine truth, and "altar" the Lord in respect to Divine good, and in a relative sense the Lord's kingdom and church in respect to truth and good, n. 2777, 3720, 9714, 10642. That "between" the two signifies where there is a marriage of Divine truth and Divine good, n. 10001, 10025.)
[30] In the Word it is often said of those condemned to death, that "their bloods should be upon them," which means, in the spiritual sense, that damnation should be upon them because of the falsities and evils by which they had destroyed the truths and goods of the church; for in general "bloods" signify all the falsities of doctrine, of life, and of worship, by means of which come the evils that destroy the church. These evils are in part enumerated in Ezekiel (411, Apoalypse Revealed 21.
329. Quoniam dicitur "Redemisti Deo nos in sanguine tuo", et hoc intra ecclesiam intelligitur prorsus secundum sensum litterae et non secundum aliquem sensum spiritualem, velim etiam ostendere quod per "sanguinem" non intelligatur sanguis seu Passio crucis Domini, sed Divinum Verum procedens a Domino, ac receptio ejus ab homine; ita quod per "Redemisti nos in sanguine tuo" sit quod vindicaverit et liberaverit ab inferno illos qui agnoscunt Ipsum et recipiunt Divinum Verum ab Ipso (ut supra, n. 328, dictum est). Ad illustrationem hujus rei velim adducere sequentia: -Quoniam in Ecclesia Israelitica omnia quae mandata sunt repraesentativa caelestium et spiritualium erant, et ne hilum quod non erat, ideo etiam mandatum est, cum primum instituebatur Cena Paschalis,
Quod sumerent de sanguine, et darent super duos postes et super superliminare, super domibus in quibus comederent pecudem Paschalem. "et erit sanguis vobis in signum super domibus, ubi vos; quumque videro sanguinem, praeteribo praeter vos, nec erit in vobis plaga a perditore, quum percussero terram Aegypti." Et porro, "Sumetis fasciculum hyssopi, et intingetis in sanguinem qui in pelvi, et attingere facietis super superliminare et duos postes de sanguine qui in pelvi: vos autem non exibitis quisquam extra ostium domus suae usque mane; et transibit Jehovah ad percutiendum Aegyptum, cumque viderit sanguinem super superliminari et super duobus postibus, praeteribit Jehovah praeter ostium, et non permittet percussori venire ad domos vestras ad percutiendum" (Exodus 12:7, 13, 22, 23):
qui non scit quod aliquis sensus spiritualis in Verbo sit, credit quod per "sanguinem" hic intelligatur sanguis Domini super cruce; sed hoc prorsus non intelligitur in caelo; verum ibi angeli per Cenam Paschalem hic simile intelligunt quod per Sanctam Cenam institutam a Domino, in qua loco pecudis Paschalis sunt Panis et Vinum: et tunc dixit Dominus quod Panis esset Caro Ipsius, et Vinum esset Sanguis Ipsius; et quisque scit, aut scire potest, quod panis et vinum sint quae nutriunt corpus, panis ut cibus et vinum ut potus; et quod in Verbo, quod in suo sinu est spirituale, etiam illa spiritualiter intelligenda sint, ita "panis" pro omni cibo spirituali, et "vinum" pro omni potu spirituali.
[2] Cibus spiritualis est omne bonum quod communicatur et datur homini a Domino, ac potus spiritualis est omne verum quod communicatur et datur homini a Domino. Haec duo, nempe bonum et verum, seu amor et fides, faciunt hominem spiritualem; seu amor et fides dicitur, quia omne bonum est amoris et omne verum est fidei. Inde constare potest quod per "panem" intelligatur Divinum Bonum Divini Amoris Domini, et quoad hominem, id receptum ab illo; et quod per "vinum" intelligatur Divinum Verum procedens ex Divino Bono Divini Amoris Domini, et quoad hominem, id receptum ab illo. Quia Dominus dicit quod Caro Ipsius sit Panis, et Sanguis Ipsius sit Vinum, constare potest quod per "Carnem Domini" intelligatur Divinum Bonum Divini Amoris Ipsius, et per "comedere" illam intelligatur recipere id, appropriare sibi, et sic conjungi Domino; et quod per "Sanguinem Domini" intelligatur Divinum Verum procedens ex Divino Bono Divini Amoris Ipsius, et per "bibere" illum intelligatur recipere id, appropriare sibi, et sic conjungi Domino.
[3] Etiam nutritio spiritualis est ex bono et vero quae procedunt a Domino, sicut est nutritio omnis corporis ex cibo et potu: inde etiam est correspondentia illorum, quae talis est, ut ubi in Verbo nominatur aliquid cibi et quod inservit pro cibo, intelligatur bonum; et ubi nominatur aliquid potus et quod inservit pro potu, intelligatur verum. Ex his constare potest quod per "sanguinem", quem filii Israelis ex pecude Paschali jussi sunt dare super duos postes et super superliminare domuum illorum, intelligatur Divinum Verum procedens a Domino; hoc etiam receptum fide et vita tutatur hominem contra mala quae exsurgunt ex inferno; nam Dominus in Divino Suo Vero est apud hominem, est enim Ipsius Domini apud illum, immo Ipse apud illum. Quis non, qui ex sana ratione cogitat, videre potest, quod Dominus non sit in sanguine suo apud aliquem, sed in Divino suo, quod est Bonum amoris et Bonum fidei, quod recipitur ab homine? (Quid autem singula ibi significant, nempe quid "duo postes" et "superliminare", quid "perditor" et "percussor" et quid "Aegyptus", et quid plura in illo capite, videatur in Arcanis Caelestibus, ubi illa explicata sunt.)
[4] Ex his nunc absque ulteriore explicatione constat quid significatur per Domini verba cum instituit Sanctam Cenam:
"Edentibus illis Jesus accepit panem, et benedixit, fregit et dedit discipulis, et dixit, Accipite, comedite, hoc est Corpus meum: et accepit poculum, et gratiis actis dedit eis, dicens, Bibite ex eo omnes, hoc enim est Sanguis meus Novi Foederis qui pro multis effunditur.... . Dico vobis quod non bibiturus sim a nunc ex hoc genimine vitis usque ad diem illum quando hoc bibero vobiscum [novum] in regno".... "Dei" (Matthaeus 26:26-29; Marcus 14:22-25; Luca 22:15-20):
quia per "vinum" intelligitur Divinum Verum nutriens spiritualem vitam, ideo Dominus illis dicit, "Dico vobis quod non bibiturus sim a nunc ex hoc genimine vitis usque ad diem illum quando hoc bibero vobiscum novum in regno Dei"; inde patet quod spirituale sit quod intelligitur, dicit enim quod "Ipse bibiturus sit cum illis", et quod "in regno Dei" seu in caelo; et quod etiam "esurus" cum illis de pecude Paschali ibi (Luca 22:16).
[5] Ex illis quae supra dicta sunt, etiam constat quid significatur per haec Domini verba,
"Panis quem Ego dabo Caro mea est. .... .Amen, amen dico Vobis, Nisi comederitis Carnem Filii hominis, et biberitis Ipsius Sanguinem, non habebitis vitam in Vobis: qui comedit meam Carnem, et bibit meum Sanguinem, habet vitam aeternam, et Ego resuscitabo illum extremo die; nam Caro mea est vere cibus, et Sanguis meus est vere potus: qui comedit meam Carnem et bibit meum Sanguinem, in Me manet et Ego in illo. .... .Hic Panis est qui e caelo descendit" (Johannes 6:50-58);
quod "Caro" Domini sit Divinum Bonum et "Sanguis" Divinum Verum, utrumque ab Ipso, constare potest ex eo, quod illa sint quae nutriunt animam; inde dicitur, "Caro mea est vere cibus et Sanguis meus est vere potus"; et quia homo per Divinum Bonum et Verum conjungitur Domino, ideo etiam dicitur, "Qui comedit Carnem meam et bibit Sanguinem meum, habebit vitam aeternam", et quoque, "in Me manet et Ego in illo." Quod Dominus ita locutus sit, nempe quod dixerit "Carnem" suam et "Sanguinem" suum, et non Divinum Bonum suum ac Divinum Verum suum, est ut sensus litterae Verbi esset ex talibus quae correspondent spiritualibus in quibus sunt angeli; inde conjunctio hominum ecclesiae per Verbum cum illis, quae alioqui non foret (videatur Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae, n. 252, 258-262; et in opere De Caelo et Inferno 303-310).
[6] Quoniam "sanguis" significat Divinum Verum procedens a Domino, et per receptionem ejus ab homine fit conjunctio cum Domino, ideo sanguis vocatur "Sanguis foederis", "foedus" enim significat conjunctionem. Sanguis vocatur "Sanguis foederis" a Domino cum instituit Sanctam Cenam; dixit enim,
"Bibite ex eo omnes, hoc enim est Sanguis meus Novi Foederis" seu "Testamenti " (Matth. 26 [27,] 28; Marcus 14:24; Luc. 22:20 1
).
Vocatur etiam "Sanguis foederis" apud Mosen, ubi haec:
"Venit Moses" ex Monte sinai, "et renuntiavit populo omnia verba Jehovae, et omnia judicia:.... et scripsit Moses omnia verba Jehovae, et surrexit mane in matutino, et aedificavit altare sub monte, .... et misit pueros filiorum Israelis, et obtulerunt holocausta et sacrificaverunt sacrificia pacifica Jehovae juvencos; et accepit Moses dimidium sanguinis et posuit in crateribus, et dimidium sanguinis sparsit super altare, et accepit Librum Foederis, et legit in auribus populi; et dixerunt, Omnia quae locutus Jehovah faciemus et audiemus; et accepit [Moses] sanguinem et sparsit super populum, et dixit, Ecce Sanguis Foederis quod pepigit Jehovah cum vobis super omnia verba haec. .... .Et viderunt Deum Israelis, et sub pedibus Ipsius sicut opus lapidis sapphiri, et sicut substantia caeli 2
quoad munditiem" (Exodus 24:3-11);
quod "sanguis" hic significet Divinum Verum procedens a Domino, ac receptum ab homine, et inde conjunctionem, patet, nam dimidium ejus spargebatur super altare, et dimidium super populum; per "altare" enim significabatur omnis cultus qui ex bono amoris, et per "populum" illi qui faciunt cultum ac recipiunt bonum amoris per vera; omnis enim receptio Divini boni fit per vera facta vitae, et conjunctio inde est per bonum in illis veris. Quod per bonum in illis veris seu per vera facta vitae sit conjunctio, et quod sanguis fuerit repraesentativum ejus, constat evidenter ex verbis ibi; factum enim hoc est quando Moses descendit e monte Sinai, unde promulgata fuit Lex, et quoque statuta et judicia quae observaturi, ac dicitur quod "Moses scripserit omnia verba illa Jehovae", et "legerit in auribus populi", qui dixerunt, "Omnia quae dixit Jehovah faciemus et audiemus"; quae bis dixerunt (videatur ibi versu 3 et 7);
[7] verba seu vera per facere fiunt vitae: et quia scripsit Moses verba illa, vocavit illa "Librum Foederis", per quod significatur quod per illa sit conjunctio. Per Legem a Jehovah promulgatam e Monte Sinai, et per statuta et judicia quae etiam tunc mandata fuerunt, significatur omne Divinum Verum, seu Divinum Verum in toto complexu; inde est quod haec vocentur "Liber Foederis", et Arca in qua ille Liber erat, "Arca Foederis"; "foedus" significat conjunctionem. Quia Divinum Verum, per quod conjunctio, procedit a Domino, ideo etiam Dominus illis visus est sub pedibus sicut opus lapidis sapphiri; quod visus sic "sub pedibus" significat quod Divinum Verum tale sit in ultimis; Divinum Verum in ultimis est Divinum Verum in sensu litterae Verbi: "opus lapidis sapphiri" significat translucentiam ejus a Divino Vero in sensu interno seu spirituali; "Deus Israelis" est Dominus.
(Quod "lapis sapphiri" significet translucentiam a veris internis, videatur n. 9407; et quod "Deus Israelis" sit Dominus quoad Divinum Humanum, videatur supra, n. 328 [f] .) Inde nunc patet quod per Divinum Verum factum sit foedus seu conjunctio, et quod sanguis sparsus super altare et dimidium ejus super populum fuerit repraesentativum ejus, quoniam "sanguis" significat Divinum Verum procedens a Domino, et receptum ab homine, ut supra dictum est.
(Quod "foedus" significet conjunctionem, videatur n. 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804, 8767, 8778, 9396, 10632. Quod Lex in stricto sensu significet decem praecepta Decalogi, et in lato sensu totum Verbum, ita omne Divinum Verum, n. 2606, 3382, 6752, 3
quod inde Mons Sinai" significet caelum ubi Dominus ex quo Divinum Verum, seu ex quo Lex in sensu stricto et in sensu lato, n. 8399, 8753, 8793, 8805, 9420: et quod altare fuerit principale repraesentativum Domini et cultus ipsius ex bono amoris, n. 921, 2777, 2811, 4489, 4541, 8935, 8940, 9388, 9389, 9714, 9963, 9964, 10123, 10151, 10242, 10245, 10642.)
[8] Quoniam "sanguis" significat Divinum Verum procedens a Domino ac receptum ab homine, unde conjunctio, ideo omnia quae repraesentativa essent Divinorum procedentium a Domino, quae vocantur caelestia et spiritualia, inaugurabantur per oleum et per sanguinem, et tunc dicta sunt sancta; quod inaugurarentur per oleum et per sanguinem ut repraesentarent, erat causa, quia per "oleum" significabatur Divinum Bonum Divini Amoris, et per "sanguinem" Divinum Verum inde procedens, verum enim procedit ex bono. Quod per oleum inaugurationes et sanctificationes factae fuerint, videbitur in sequentibus in suo articulo; hic solum memoranda sunt quae per sanguinem:-
Ut cum 4
sanctificarentur Aharon et filii ejus, quod spargeretur sanguis super cornua altaris, et circumcirca altare; et super Aharonem et filios ejus, superque vestes eorum (Exodus 29:12, 16, 20, 21; Leviticus 8:24);
Quod spargeretur sanguis septem vicibus ante velum quod super arca, et super cornua altaris suffitus (Leviticus 4:6, 7, 17, 18);
Quod antequam intraret Aharon intra velum ad propitiatorium, sacrificaret et suffiret, et sanguinem digito spargeret ad propitiatorium septies versus orientem (Leviticus 16:12-15);
Quod sanguis holocausti et sacrificii spargeretur super altare, circum altare, et ad fundamentum altaris (Leviticus 1:5, 11, 15; 3:2, 8, 13; 4:25, 30, 34; 5:9; 8:15, 24; 17:6: Num. 18 5
Quod sanguis spargeretur super cornua altaris, et sic altare expiaretur (Exodus 30:10; Leviticus 16:18, 19).
Quod sanguis ex holocaustis et sacrificiis super altare, circum altare aut ad fundamentum ejus, sparsus et effusus fuerit, erat quia altare cum holocaustis et sacrificiis super eo repraesentavit et inde significavit omnem cultum ex bono amoris et inde veris; et quia vera procedunt ex bono, ideo sanguis circum altare sparsus et effusus est, circum enim significat procedens.
[9] (Sed illa melius constare possunt ex iis quae de Holocaustis et Sacrificiis in Arcanis Caelestibus ostensa sunt, ut ex sequentibus:Quod holocausta et sacrificia significaverint omnia cultus ex bono amoris et inde veris, n. 923, 6905, 8680, 8936, 10042. Quod ideo holocausta et sacrificia dicta fuerint "panis", n. 2165; ex causa quia panis significat omne quod nutrit spiritualem vitam, n. 2165, 3478, 4976, 5147, 5915, 6118, 8410, 8418, 9323, 10686. Quod holocausta et sacrificia significaverint Divina caelestia et spiritualia, quae sunt interna ecclesiae, ex quibus omnia cultus, n. 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3519: cum variatione secundum varia cultus, n. 2805, 6905, 8936:
quod ideo plura genera holocaustorum et sacrificiorum fuerint, et in illis varii processus, et quoque variae bestiae ex quibus, n. 2830, 6
9391, 9990. Quod varia quae in specie significaverunt, sciri possint ex singulis processus evolutis per sensum internum, n. 10042. Quod in ritualibus et processualibus sacrificiorum contineantur arcana caeli, n. 10057; quod in genere contineantur arcana glorificationis Humani Domini, et in sensu respectivo arcana regenerationis hominis ac purificationis ejus a malis et falsis, n. 9990, 10022, 10042, 10053, 10057. Quid significabatur per "minchas", quae erant panes et placentae, quae etiam sacrificabantur, n. 10079. Quid per "libamen" quod erat vinum, n. 4581, 10137.)
[10] Ex his intellectis sciri potest, quod per "sanguinem sacrificii" etiam alibi in Verbo significetur Divinum Verum:
Ut apud Ezechielem,
"Dic avi omnis alae et bestiae agri, Congregamini et venite, congregate vos a circuitu super sacrificium meum quod sacrifico vobis, sacrificium magnum super montibus Israelis, ut comedatis carnem et bibatis sanguinem; carnem fortium comedetis, et sanguinem principum terrae bibetis, .... et comedetis pinguedinem ad saturitatem, et bibetis sanguinem usque ad ebrietatem, de sacrificio meo quod sacrifico vobis: et satiabimini super mensa mea equo, curru, .... omni viro belli:.... sic dabo gloriam meam inter gentes" (39:17-21);
agitur ibi de restauratione ecclesiae; et per "Israelem" et "Jacobum" intelliguntur omnes qui ab ecclesia, de quibus ideo haec dicuntur: per "sacrificium magnum super montibus Israelis", significantur omnia cultus eorum; per "carnem" et per "adipem" significatur bonum amoris, et per "sanguinem" verum ex illo bono, ex quibus cultus; abundantia utriusque describitur per quod "comederent carnem et pinguedinem ad saturitatem", et quod "biberent sanguinem usque ad ebrietatem", et hoc "ex sacrificio": quare etiam dicitur, quod "satiarentur super mensa mea equo, curru, et omni viro belli", per "equum" enim significatur intellectus veri, per "currum" doctrina, et per "virum belli" verum pugnans contra falsum et destruens illud. Quis non videre potest quod per "sanguinem" hic non intelligatur sanguis? ut quod "sanguinem principum terrae biberent", et quod "sanguinem biberent usque ad ebrietatem ex sacrificio." "Principes terrae" significant principalia vera ecclesiae; inde eorum "sanguis" significat nutritionem spiritualem ex illis veris. Quia talia significantur, ideo in eo capite etiam ultimo dicitur de Israele, per quem significatur ecclesia,
"Tunc non abscondam amplius facies meas ab iis, quia effundam spiritum meum supra Israelem" ([Ezech. 39] vers. 29).
Quod dicatur "Dic avi omnis alae et bestiae agri", est quia per "avem omnis alae" significatur spirituale verum in omni complexu, et per "bestiam agri" affectio boni. (Quod per "aves" in Verbo significentur spiritualia, videatur n. 745, 776, 866, 988, 7
991, 3219, 5149, 7441: similiter per "alas", n. 8764, 9514; quod per "bestias" significentur affectiones, et per "bestias agri" affectiones boni, n. 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198, 9090, 9280, 10609; et quod inde at aves et bestiae in sacrificiis adhibitae fuerint, n. 1823, 3519, 7523, 9280.)
[11] Ad confirmationem quod "bestia agri" et "avis" talia significent, velim hic modo unum locum ex Verbo adducere,
"Feriam illis foedus in die illo cum bestia agri, et cum ave caelorum, et reptili terrae; et arcum et gladium et bellum frangam de terra, .... et desponsabo te Mihi in aeternum, et desponsabo te Mihi in justitia et in judicio, et in misericordia et in miserationibus, et desponsabo te Mihi in veritate" (Hoschea 2:18, 19, 20);
per "ferire foedus cum bestia agri et cum ave caelorum" significatur cum affectionibus boni et cum veris spiritualibus; cum his enim conjungitur Dominus homini, est enim Dominus in iis apud illum; quare dicitur "cum illis foedus" ("foedus" est conjunctio).
Quod "bestiae" significent affectiones boni, et "aves" spiritualia, in sequentibus in suis articulis plene ostendetur.
[12] Quoniam "adeps" in sacrificiis significabat Divinum Bonum et "sanguis" Divinum Verum, utrumque a Domino, ac utrumque receptum ab homine faciebat conjunctionem, ideo prohibitum fuit posteris Jacobi, seu Judaeis et Israelitis, comedere ullum adipem et ullum sanguinem (Videatur Leviticus 3:17; 7:23-27; 17:11-14; Deuteronomius 12:17, 23-25; 15:23): causa erat, quia gens illa non in aliquo bono amoris, nec in aliquo vero boni fuit, sed in falsis mali; et "adipem et sanguinem comedere" apud illos significaret commixtionem veri ex bono cum falso ex malo, quod est profanatio; inde quoque constare potest quod per "sanguinem" significetur Divinum Verum.
(Quod "adeps" seu "pinguedo" in Verbo significet bonum amoris, videatur n. 353, 5943, 6409, 10033; et quod Judaei et Israelitae solum in externis et non in internis fuerint, et inde non in veris et bonis spiritualibus, sed in falsis mali, et quod omnia cultus eorum fuerint externa separata ab internis, et quod usque per externa repraesentare potuerint interna cultus, videatur in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae, n. 248.)
[13] Quoniam "sanguis" in sacrificiis significabat Divinum Verum, ideo etiam
Vetitum illis fuit sacrificare super fermentato sanguinem sacrificii (Exodus 23:18; 34:25);
per "fermentum" enim significatur falsum, et per "fermentatum" verum falsificatum (videatur n. 2342, 7906, 8051, 9992).
[14] Causa quod "Caro Domini" significet Divinum Bonum Divini Amoris, et quod "Sanguis Ipsius" significet Divinum Verum procedens ex illo Bono, est quia duo sunt quae procedunt ex Divino Humano Domini, nempe Divinum Bonum et Divinum Verum; hoc inde est Sanguis Ipsius et illud est Caro Ipsius. Id quod procedit est Divinum Caeleste et Divinum Spirituale, quae faciunt caelos in communi et in particulari. (Sed 8
hoc melius constare potest ex illis, quae in opere De Caelo et Inferno in sequentibus articulis ostensa sunt: nempe, Quod Divinum Domini faciat Caelum, n. 7-12: quod Divinum Domini in Caelo sit Amor in Ipsum et Charitas erga Proximum, n. 13-19: quod inde totum Caelum in toto et in parte referat unum Hominem, n. 59-77: quod hoc sit ex Divino Humano Domini, n. 78-87: et porro ex illis quae De Sole in Caelo, et De Luce et Calore inde; et Quod Calor sit Divinum Bonum, et Lux Divinum Verum, utrumque procedens a Domino, n. 116-140.) Ex illis omnibus aliquatenus comprehendi potest unde est quod Divinum procedens intelligatur per "carnem et sanguinem", nempe Divinum Bonum per "carnem", et Divinum Verum per "sanguinem."
[15] Sunt etiam duo apud hominem quae faciunt ejus vitam spiritualem, nempe bonum amoris et verum fidei. Voluntas est receptaculum boni amoris apud eum, et intellectus est receptaculum veri fidei apud eum. Omnia quae mentis sunt, hoc est, quae voluntatis et intellectus, correspondentiam habent cum omnibus quae corporis; quapropter moventur haec ad nutum illius. Correspondentia voluntatis est in genere cum carne, et correspondentia intellectus est cum sanguine. Inde est quod proprium voluntarium hominis in Verbo intelligatur per "carnem", et proprium intellectuale per "sanguinem": ut apud Matthaeum,
Jesus dixit Simoni, "Beatus, quia caro et sanguis non revelavit tibi" (16:17).
Haec allata sunt ut sciatur quod in Verbo voluntaria et intellectualia, ita spiritualia, intelligantur per "carnem" et "sanguinem" ubi de homine, et quod Divina ubi de Domino. Sed haec sint pro illis quorum mens potest elevari supra naturales ideas et videre causas.
[16] Hoc etiam est quod significatur per "sanguinem et aquam" quae exivit ex pectore Domini, de quo ita apud Johannem,
"Quidam ex militibus.... latus Ipsius fodit, et statim exivit sanguis et aqua: et qui vidit testatur, et firmum est testimonium ejus; ille scit se vera dicere ut et vos credatis" (19:34, 35):
haec facta sunt ut significarent conjunctionem Domini cum humano genere per Divinum Verum procedens ex Divino Bono Amoris Ipsius; "pectus" significat Divinum Amorem; "sanguis et aqua" significant Divinum Verum procedens, "sanguis" Divinum Verum quod pro spirituali homine, et "aqua" Divinum Verum quod pro naturali: omnia enim quae de Passione Domini in Verbo memorantur, etiam significant (videatur supra, n. 83, 195 [c]); et quia illa significant Amorem Ipsius, et salvationem hominis per Divinum Verum procedens ab Ipso, ideo etiam Evangelista dicit, "Qui vidit testatur, et firmum est testimonium ejus; ille scit se vera dicere ut et vos credatis."
[17] Ad illa quae nunc adducta sunt, velim adjicere sequentia e Verbo:
Apud Sachariam,
"Exulta valde, filia Zionis; clange, filia Hierosolymae; ecce Rex tuus venit, .... et loquetur pacem gentibus; et dominari Ipsius a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad fines terrae: etiam te, per sanguinem foederis tui emittam vinctos tuos e fovea in qua non aqua" (9:9-11):
haec de Domino, et de instauratione ecclesiae apud gentes ab Ipso; per "sanguinem foederis" hic intelligitur Divinum Verum per quod conjunctio Domini cum illis qui ab ecclesia Ipsius erunt (ut supra) ; quare etiam dicitur, "Emittam vinctos tuos e fovea in qua non aqua", et per illos significantur gentes quae in falsis ex ignorantia sunt; "fovea in qua non aqua" significat ubi non verum, et "emittere illos" inde significat liberare ex illis; quod per "aquam" significetur verum ecclesiae, videatur supra (n. 71); et quod per "vinctos in fovea" significentur qui in falsis ex ignorantia, et tamen in desiderio sciendi vera, in Arcanis Caelestibus (n. 4728, 4744, 5038, 6854, 7950).
[18] Apud Davidem,
Deus "animas egenorum servabit, a dolo et violentia redimet animam eorum, et pretiosus erit sanguis illorum in oculis Ipsius; et vivet, et dabit illi de auro Schebae, et orabit pro illo jugiter, omni die benedicet illi, ...in capite montium agitabitur fructus ejus" (Psalms 72:13-16):
agitur hic de "egenis", per quos significantur qui desiderant vera ex affectione spirituali; de his dicitur quod "a dolo et violentia redimet animam eorum", per quod significatur liberatio a malis et falsis quae destruunt bona amoris et vera fidei: receptio Divini Veri ab illis, quod accepta et grata, significatur per quod "pretiosus erit sanguis illorum in oculis Ipsius"; "ibi est Divinum Verum receptum: reformatio eorum describitur per quod "vivet et dabit illi de auro Schebae, et orabit pro illo jugiter, omni die benedicet illi"; "aurum Schebae" est bonum charitatis; "orare pro illis jugiter" significat quod continue detinebuntur a falsis et tenebuntur in veris, et "benedicet illi" significat quod continue erunt in bono charitatis et fidei: quare etiam dicitur, "in capite montium agitabitur fructus ejus"; "caput montium" significat caelum unde a Domino illis bonum amoris, quod est "fructus."
[19] Apud Mosen,
"Non recedet sceptrum de Jehudah, nec legislator ab inter pedes ejus, usque dum venit Schiloh;.... qui ligabit ad vitem asininum pullum suum, et ad vitem nobilem filium asinae suae, dum laverit in vino indumentum suum, et in sanguine uvarum velamen suum" (Genesis 49:10, 11):
agitur in eo prophetico de Domino, de quo dicitur, "Ligabit ad vitem asininum pullum suum, et ad vitem nobilem filium asinae suae", et quod "lavabit in vino indumentum suum, et in sanguine uvarum velamen suum", et per "vitem" significatur ecclesia, ac per "vinum" et "sanguinem uvarum" significatur Divinum Verum. (Quid per reliqua, videatur in explicatione super illa verba in Arcanis Caelestibus.)
Simile per "sanguinem uvae" intelligitur in Deuteronomio (32:14),
ubi agitur de Ecclesia Antiqua reformata per Divinum Verum.
[20] Ex his quae in hoc articulo et in praecedente ostensa sunt, constare potest illis qui agnoscunt spiritualem sensum Verbi quod per "Redemisti Deo nos in sanguine tuo" intelligatur conjunctio cum Divino per agnitionem Domini et per receptionem Divini Veri ab Ipso: et quod simile per "sanguinem" intelligatur in Libro hoc prophetico in capite 12, ubi dicitur,
Quod Michael et angeli ejus vicerint draconem per sanguinem Agni et per verbum testimonii 9
illorum (vers. 11);
"sanguis Agni" et "verbum testimonii" dicitur, quia "sanguis Agni" significat receptionem Divini Veri a Domino, et "verbum testimonii" agnitionem Divini Humani Ipsius.
[21] Quod "sanguis significet Divinum verum, adhuc constare potest ex sensu opposito ejus, in quo "sanguis" significat violentiam Divino Vero illatam per falsa mali, et per illa destructionem ejus: et quia opposita etiam manifestant quid significatur in sensu genuino, ideo velim aliqua loca adducere in quibus "sanguis" et "sanguines" id significant. Sciendum est quod pleraque in Verbo etiam oppositum sensum habeant, et quod ex illo sensu sciri possit quid significatur in sensu genuino. Sint itaque haec pro illustratione:
In Apocalypsi,
"Secundus Angelus effudit phialam suam in mare, et factum est quasi sanguis mortui; et omne animal vivens in mari mortuum est. Et tertius angelus effudit phialam suam in flumina et in fontes aquarum, et factae sunt sanguis" (16:3, 4);
et alibi,
Duo testes "potestatem habent super aquas, convertendi eas in sanguinem" (Apocalypsis 11:6);
apud Esaiam,
"Aquae Nimrim desolationes erunt, .... et aquae Dimonis plenae sunt sanguine" (15:6, 9);
apud Davidem,
"Misit tenebras et obtenebravit, .... vertit aquas eorum in sanguinem, et occidit piscem eorum" (Psalm. 105:28, 29 10
):
ex his locis ex opposito apparet quid significat "sanguis"; "sanguis" enim in genuino sensu significat Divinum Verum, et apud recipientes verum ex bono; inde in opposito sensu significat violentiam illatam Divino Vero, ac apud illos qui id faciunt falsum ex malo. Hoc oppositum apparet ex eo, quod dicantur "aquae" maris, fluminum et fontium "versae in sanguinem"; per "aquas" enim significantur vera, quare per "sanguinem" ibi falsa, quae destruunt vera: per "animal vivens in mari" et per "piscem" significantur vera scientifica; ita per illa ex sanguine mortua et occisa significantur illa vera etiam destructa. (Quod per aquas" significentur vera, videatur supra, n. 71; et quod per "pisces" vera scientifica quae naturalis hominis, in Arcanis Caelestibus, n. 40, 991.)
[22] Porro in Apocalypsi,
"Aspexi cum aperuisset sigillum sextum, et ecce terrae motus magnus factus est, et sol factus est niger ut saccus, et luna tota facta est [sicut] sanguis" (6:12);
apud Apocalypsi,
"Dabo prodigia in caelis et in terra, sanguinem, et ignem, et columnas fumi; sol vertetur in caliginem, et luna in sanguinem, antequam venit dies Jehovae magnus" (3:3, 4 [B.A. 2:30, 31]):
etiam hic ex opposito cognoscitur quod "sanguis" significet violentiam illatam Divino Vero; per "solem" enim in Verbo significatur Divinum Caeleste, quod est Divinum Bonum, et per "lunam" significatur Divinum Spirituale, quod est Divinum Verum; ideo dicitur quod "luna vertetur in sanguinem."
(Quod "luna" id significet, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 118, 119.)
[23] Apud Esaiam,
"Qui ambulat in justitiis, et loquitur rectitudines, .... obturat aurem suam ne audiat sanguines, et occludit oculos suos ne videant malum" (33:15);
quod "obturare aurem ne audiat sanguines" sit ne audiat falsa ex malo, patet.
Apud Davidem,
"Perdes loquentes mendacium, virum sanguinum et doli abominatur Jehovah" (Psalms 5:7 [B.A. 6]);
"vir sanguinum et doli" pro illis qui in falsis ex malo sunt; quare dicitur, "Perdes loquentes mendacia"; "mendacia" in Verbo significant falsa.
Apud Esaiam,
"Fiet relictus in Zione et residuus in Hierosolyma sanctus dicetur Ipsi, omnis scriptus ad vitam in Hierosolyma; cum laverit Dominus excrementum filiarum Zionis, et sanguines Hierosolymae abluerit e medio ejus per spiritum judicii et per spiritum expurgationis" ( 11
[24] Apud Ezechielem,
"In die quo nata es, praeterivi praeter te, et vidi te conculcatam in sanguinibus tuis; et dixi tibi, In sanguinibus tuis vive; et dixi tibi, In sanguinibus tuis vive. .... .Lavite...et ablui sanguines a super te et unxi te oleo" (16:5, 6, 9, 22, 36, 38);
agitur etiam hic de Hierosolyma, per quam significatur ecclesia quoad doctrinam veri; primum hic de falsis mali in quibus fuit antequam reformata, et dein de ejus reformatione; falsa mali significantur per quod visa sit "conculcata in sanguinibus"; et reformatio ejus per quod "laverit et abluerit sanguines, et unxerit oleo"; "lavare" significat purificare per vera, "abluere sanguines" significat removere falsa mali, et "ungere oleo" significat donare bono amoris.
[25] In Threnis,
"Ob peccata prophetarum" Hierosolymae, "iniquitates sacerdotum ejus, effundentium in medio ejus sanguinem justorum; errarunt caeci in plateis, polluti sunt sanguine; ea quae non possunt tangunt vestimentis suis" (4:13, 14]);
"terrae motus" significat perversionem ecclesiae per falsificationem veri; et "vestis polluta sanguinibus" significat falsificationem sensus litterae Verbi.
[26] Apud Jeremiam,
"Malitias docuisti vias tuas, etiam in alis [tuis] inventi sunt sanguis animarum innocentium, non in perfossione inveni eos, sed in omnibus illis" (2:33, 34);
simile hic significatur per "sanguinem inventum in alis" quod supra per "quae non possunt tangunt vestimentis suis" ("alae" sunt vestimenta); quod "non in perfossione invenerit eos, sed in omnibus illis", significat quod ipsa vera non ausi fuerint destruere, sed quod vera sensus litterae falsificaverint ("alae" significant illa vera).
[27] Apud Esaiam,
"Manus vestrae sanguinibus plenae sunt" (1:15):
apud eundem,
"Manus vestrae pollutae sunt sanguine, et digiti vestri iniquitate; labia vestra locuta sunt mendacia, et lingua vestra perversitatem meditata est;.... pedes eorum ad malum currunt, et festinant ad effundendum sanguinem innocentem; cogitationes eorum cogitationes iniquitatis" (59:3, 7):
"manus pollutae sanguine et digiti iniquitate", significat quod in omnibus eorum sit falsum et malum falsi; "manus" et "digiti" significant potentiam, et inde omnia apud illos quae possunt: quia haec significantur, ideo etiam dicitur, "Labia vestra locuta sunt mendacia, et lingua vestra perversitatem meditata est"; "mendacia" sunt falsa, et "perversitas" est malum falsi: quod "pedes eorum festinent ad effundendum sanguinem innocentem", significat ad destruendum bonum amoris et charitatis; hoc significatur per "effundere sanguinem innocentem"; bonum innocentiae est ex quo omne bonum et verum caeli et ecclesiae (videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 276-283). Ex his constare potest quid in communi sensu per "sanguines" in plurali significatur, quod nempe violentia illata tam veris quam bonis Verbi et ecclesiae.
Quoniam per "effundere sanguinem innocentem" significatur destruere bonum amoris et charitatis, ideo omnibus modis praecautum fuit ne sanguis innocens effunderetur, et si effunderetur
Quod terra expiaretur (Deuteronomius 19:10, 13; 21:1-9);
"terra" enim significat ecclesiam.
[28] Apud Esaiam,
"Jehovah exiens e loco suo ad visitandum iniquitatem.... terrae; tunc revelabit terra sanguines suos, et non celabit amplius occisos suos" (26:21);
per "sanguines" quos terra revelabit significantur omnia falsa et mala quae destruxerunt vera et bona ecclesiae; "terra" est ecclesia ubi illa: per "occisos" significantur qui per illa perierunt.
(Quod "occisi" significent illos qui per falsa et mala perierunt, videatur supra, n. 315.) In Apocalypsi
In Babylonia "sanguis prophetarum et sanctorum inventus est et omnium qui occisi sunt super terra ( 12
18:24);
"sanguis prophetarum et sanctorum" pro exstinctis veris et bonis, et "occisi" pro illis qui per falsa et mala perierunt (ut mox supra).
[29] Simile intelligitur per
Sanguinem prophetarum "qui effusus super terram, a sanguine Abelis justi usque ad sanguinem Sachariae filii Barachiae, quem occiderunt inter Templum et Altare" (Matthaeus 23:30, 34, 35; Luca 11:50, 51);
in sensu spirituali per "Abelem" intelliguntur illi qui in bono charitatis sunt, et abstracte a persona ipsum illud bonum; et per "Cainum" illi qui solam fidem faciunt unicum salutis medium, et bonum charitatis nihili, et inde id rejiciunt et occidunt; et per "Sachariam" intelliguntur illi qui in veris doctrinae sunt, et abstracte a persona ipsum verum doctrinae: inde per utriusque "sanguinem" significatur exstinctio omnis boni et veri: per quod "occiderint illum inter Templum et Altare" significatur in Sensu spirituali omnimoda rejectio Domini, nam "Templum" significat Dominum quoad Divinum Verum, et "Altare" Ipsum quoad Divinum Bonum, et [per] "inter illa" significatur utrumque simul. (Quod Abel in sensu repraesentativo sit bonum charitatis, videatur n. 342, 13
3541179, 3325; et quod Cain sit fides sola separata a charitate, n. 340, 14
3325.
Quod "propheta" significet doctrinam veri, n. 2534, 7269.
Quod "Templum" significet Dominum quoad Divinum Verum, ac "Altare" Ipsum quoad Divinum Bonum, et in sensu respectivo regnum Domini et ecclesiam quoad illa, n. 2777, 3720, 9714, 10642. Quod inter utrumque significet ubi conjugium Divini Veri ac Divini Boni est, n. 10001, 10025.)
[30] In Verbo pluries legitur de condemnatis ad mortem, quod sanguines illorum super illis essent; et per id in spirituali sensu intelligitur quod damnatio esset super illis propter falsa et mala per quae destruxerunt vera et bona ecclesiae; nam per "sanguines" in genere significantur omnia falsa doctrinae, vitae et cultus, per quae mala quae destruunt ecclesiam: haec mala quoad partem recensentur apud Ezechielem (cap. 18:10-13); haec etiam significantur per "sanguines" apud Johannem,
"Quotquot Ipsum receperunt, dedit iis potestatem ut filii Dei essent, credentibus in nomen Ipsius, qui non ex sanguinibus, neque e voluntate carnis, neque e voluntate viri, sed ex Deo nati sunt" (1:12, 13);
per "nomen Domini" intelliguntur omnia vera et bona per quae colendus est; per "sanguines" intelliguntur omnia falsa et mala quae destruunt; per "voluntatem carnis" et per "voluntatem viri" significantur omnia mala amoris et falsa fidei, "caro" enim significat proprium hominis voluntarium ex quo omne malum, et "vir" significat proprium hominis intellectuale ex quo omne falsum, "voluntas" est ubi illa; "a Deo nasci" est regenerari per vera fidei et per vitam secundum illa.
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