479# “坐宝座的要住在他们上面”表示神性良善进入他们所拥有的真理的流注。这从“坐宝座的”和“住在他们上面”的含义清楚可知：“坐宝座的”是指神性良善方面的主(对此，参看AE 297, 343, 460节)；“住在他们上面”是指以良善流入他们的真理。因为在圣言中，“住”论及良善，因此“居住者”表示那些处于良善的人；故当“住”论及主时，如此处，“住在他们上面”表示神性良善的流注。这流注进入真理，因为刚才所论述的主题是他们所拥有的真理，还因为所有在天堂里的人都被来自主的神性良善进入真理的流注持守在真理中；事实上，神性良善只能流入真理，因为真理因是良善的形式而来自良善；这就是为何人有必要处于良善，因为主通过良善流入对应于良善的真理。人若以为主直接流入一个人所拥有的真理，就大错特错了。《属天的奥秘》论述了这种流注，即：主的流注进入与人同在的良善，并通过良善进入与他同在的真理，但反过来不行(AC 5482, 5649, 6027, 8685, 8701, 10153节)；流注通过良善进入各种真理，但尤其进入纯正真理(AC 2531, 2554节)；良善拥有接受真理的能力在里面(AC 8321节)；主的流注不会进入与良善分离的真理(AC 1831, 1832, 3514, 3564节)。由此可见，包含在这一节和前一节中的细节如何连贯起来，教导那些来自主的真理已经通过试探被植入其中的人，被神性良善进入他们的流注持守在真理中。在圣言中，“住”论及良善(参看《属天的奥秘》，2268, 2451, 2712, 3613, 8269, 8309, 10153节)；“主的住所或居所”表示良善方面的天堂和教会，因而表示天堂和教会的良善，当论及人时，表示他里面的良善(AC 8269, 8309节)。
479. And he who sitteth on the throne shall dwell over them.- This signifies the influx of Divine Good into the truths which they possess, as is evident from the signification of "he who sitteth on the throne," as denoting the Lord as to Divine Good see above (n. 297, 343, 460); and from the signification of dwelling over them, as denoting to flow in with good into their truths. For in the Word, to dwell is said of good, therefore dwellers signify those who are in good; when, therefore, to dwell is said of the Lord, as in the present instance to dwell over them, it signifies the influx of Divine Good. The influx is into truths, because the subject just treated of is concerning the truths which they possess, also because all who are in the heavens are held in truths by the influx of Divine Good from the Lord into truths. For the Divine Good can flow only into truths, since truths are from good, being the forms of good; therefore it is necessary for man to be in good, because the Lord by means of that flows into the truths which correspond to the good. He who imagines that the Lord flows immediately into the truths which a man possesses, is much deceived. This influx is treated of in the Arcana Coelestia, as follows; the influx of the Lord is into the good with man, and through the good into truths with him, but not vice versa (n. 5482, 5649, 6027, 8685, 8701, 10153). Influx is through good into truths of every kind, but especially into genuine truths (n. 2531, 2554). In good there is a power of receiving truths (n. 8321). The influx of the Lord is not into truths separated from good (n. 1831, 1832, 3514, 3564). From these statements it is now evident how the details contained in this and the preceding verse are connected, teaching that those in whom truths from the Lord have been implanted by temptations, are continually held in those truths by the influx of Divine Good into these. That to dwell, in the Word, is said of good, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia 2268, 2451, 2712, 3613, 8269, 8309, 10153). The dwelling-place of the Lord denotes heaven and the church as to good, consequently the good of those who are in heaven, and in regard to man, the good which is in him (n. 8269, 8309).
479. And He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell over them, signifies the influx of Divine good into the truths with them. This is evident from the signification of "He that sitteth on the throne," as being the Lord in relation to Divine good (of which above, n. 297, 343, 460); also from the signification of "dwelling over them," as being to flow in with good into their truths; for "to dwell" is predicated in the Word of good, thus "dwellers" signify those who are in good; so when "to dwell" is predicated of the Lord, as here, "to dwell over them" signifies the influx of Divine good; this is into truths, because the truths in such are what have just been treated of, also because all who are in the heavens are held in truths by the influx into truths of Divine good from the Lord; for it is only into truths that Divine good can flow, because truths are from good, for they are forms of good; this is why it is necessary for man to be in good, since by it the Lord flows into the truths corresponding to the good.
He is much mistaken who supposes that the Lord flows immediately into truths with man. (This influx is treated of in the Arcana Coelestia, namely, the influx of the Lord is into the good with man, and through the good into the truths that are with him, but not the reverse, n. 5482, 5649, 6027, 8685, 8701, 10153; influx is through good into truths of every kind, but especially into genuine truths, n. 2531, 2554; in good there is a faculty of receiving truths, n. 8321; there is no influx of the Lord into truths separate from good, n. 1831, 1832, 3514, 3564.) From this it can now be seen how the things contained in this and the preceding verses cohere, namely, that those in whom truths from the Lord are implanted by means of temptations, are constantly held in truths by the influx into them of Divine good. (That "to dwell" is predicated in the Word of good, see Arcana Coelestia 2268, 2451, 2712, 3613, 8269, 8309, 10153; and that "the dwelling place of the Lord" means heaven and the church in respect to good, consequently the good of heaven and the church, and in reference to man the good with him, n. 8269, 8309)
479. "Et Sedens super throno habitabit super illis." - Quod significet influxum Divini Boni in vera apud illos, constat ex significatione "Sedentis super throno", quod sit Dominus quoad Divinum Bonum (de qua supra, n. 297, 343, 460); et ex significatione "habitare super illis", quod sit influere cum bono in vera illorum; "habitare" enim in Verbo dicitur de bono, unde per "habitatores" significantur illi qui in bono sunt; cum itaque "habitare" dicitur de Domino, ut hic "habitare super illis", significatur influxus Divini Boni: quod sit in vera, est quia de veris apud illos mox actum est, tum quia omnes qui in caelis sunt tenentur in veris per influxum Divini Boni a Domino in illa; Divinum enim Bonum non potest influere nisi in vera, quia vera sunt ex bono, sunt enim formae boni; quapropter necessum est ut homo in bono sit, nam Dominus per id influit in vera bono correspondentia: qui credit quod Dominus immediate in vera apud hominem influat, multum fallitur. (Sed de hoc influxu actum est in Arcanis Caelestibus nempe, Quod influxus Domini sit in bonum apud hominem, et per bonum in vera quae apud illum, non autem vicissim, n. 5482, 1
5649, 6027, 8685, 8701, 10153. Quod influxus sit per bonum in vera omnis generis, maxime in vera genuina, n. 2531, 2554. Quod in bono sit facultas recipiendi vera, n. 8321. Quod influxus Domini non sit in vera separata a bono, n. 1831, 1832, 3514, 3564.) Ex his nunc constare potest quomodo haec quae continentur in hoc et in mox antecedente versu cohaerent, quod nempe illi, quibus implantata sunt vera a Domino per tentationes, jugiter teneantur in illis per influxum Divini Boni in illa.
(Quod "habitare" in Verbo dicatur de bono, videatur in Arcanis Caelestibus n. 2268, 2451, 2712, 3613, 2
8269, 8309, 10153: et quod "habitaculum Domini" sit caelum et ecclesia quoad bonum, ita bonum illorum, et respective ad hominem, bonum apud illum, n. 8269, 8309.)
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