72# 启1:16. “祂右手拿着七星”表示来自祂的良善和真理的一切知识或认知。这从“右手拿着”、“星”和“七”的含义清楚可知。“右手拿着”是指来自祂自己，因为“手”表示能力，因而表示凡属于一个人的东西，也表示凡来自他的东西；经上说“右手”，是因为“右手”表示良善藉由真理的能力。“手”表示能力(参看《属天的奥秘》，875, 3091, 4931–4937, 6947, 10019节)；因此，它表示凡属于一个人的东西，也表示凡来自他的东西(9133, 10019, 10405节)；“右手”表示良善藉由真理的能力(9604, 9736, 10061节)；“耶和华的右手”表示主的神性能力，因而表示全能(3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 7673, 8281, 9133, 10019节)。“星”是指良善和真理的知识或认知，对此，下文会详述。“七”是指所有或全部(参看AE20，24节)。
“星”表示良善和真理的知识或认知，因而表示良善和真理，这是由于灵界的表象；因为在灵界，主显为一轮太阳，从远处看，天使显为星星。天使如此显现，是由于他们对来自显为太阳的主的光的接受，因而是由于他们对来自主的神性真理的接受，因为这是天堂之光。这就是为何但以理书上说：
智慧人要发光，如同穹苍的光辉；那使许多人归义的，必发光如星，直到永永远远。(但以理书12:3)
“智慧人”是指那些处于真理的人，“使许多人归义的”是指那些处于良善的人(参看《天堂与地狱》，346–348节)。
任何人若知道“太阳或日头”表示神性之爱方面的主，因而也表示来自主的神性之爱，“星”表示教会的真理及其知识或认知，也就能知道在圣言中，经上说日头变黑暗，众星不放光，以及它们要从天上坠落表示什么，也能知道当圣言其它部分提到星时，星表示什么；如以下经文，以赛亚书：
我要使这地荒废，从其中除灭罪人。天上的众星群宿都不发光。日头一出，就变黑暗，月亮也不放光。(以赛亚书13:9–10)
此处论述了教会的荒废，这发生在不再有任何爱之良善和信之真理的时候。要被荒废的“地”是指教会；“地”是指教会(可参看AE29节)。
以西结书：
我将你扑灭的时候，要把天遮蔽，使众星昏暗；以密云遮住太阳，月亮也不放光。我必使天上的发光体都在你以上变为昏暗，使地上黑暗。(以西结书32:7–8)
“地上黑暗”表示教会里的虚假。约珥书：
日月昏暗，星辰收回其光辉。(约珥书2:10–11; 3:15)
马太福音：
在时代的完结，那些日子的灾难一过去，日头就变黑了，月亮也不放光，众星要从天上坠落，天势都要震动。(马太福音24:29; 马可福音13:24)
但以理书：
公山羊的四角之中有一角长出一个角，一个小角，向南，向东，向荣美之地，渐渐成为强大。它渐渐强大，直达天象，将些天象和星宿抛落，并践踏它们。并且它自高自大，直达天象的首领。(但以理书8:9–11)
此处“天象”表示总体上教会的良善和真理(参看《属天的奥秘》，3448, 7236, 7988, 8019节)，尤其表示与虚假争战的那种(参看7277节)；耶和华由此被称为“万军之耶和华”，也就是万象之耶和华(参看3448, 7988节)。
启示录：
龙用他的尾巴把天上星辰的第三部分摔在地上。(启示录12:4)
此处“星辰”也表示教会的良善和真理及其知识或认知；第三部分是指较大的部分；在下文会看到“龙”表示什么。又：
天上的星辰坠落于地。(启示录6:13)
又：
一个星从天落到地上。(启示录9:1)
又：
就有烧着的大星，好像火把从天上落下来，落在江河的第三部分，和众水的泉源上。(启示录8:10)
由于“星”表示教会的良善和真理及其知识或认知，所以它们“从天上落下来”表示它们灭亡了。诗篇：
耶和华数点星宿的数目，都按名叫它们。(诗篇147:4)
又：
日头、月亮，你们要赞美耶和华；发光的众星，你们都要赞美祂。(诗篇148:3)
士师记：
列王都来，他们从天上争战；众星从其轨道交战。(士师记5:19–20)
由于属灵天堂的天使发光如星辰，并且属于天使的一切真理和良善都来自主，所以主因被称为一位“天使”而同样被称为一颗“星”，如在摩西五经：
必有一星从雅各而出，必有一杖从以色列兴起。(民数记24:17)
启示录：
耶稣是明亮的晨星。(启示录22:16)
由此可见为何来自东方的智者或博士看见一颗星，就跟着它，又为何它停在耶稣出生的地方(马太福音2:1–2, 9)。由此可知人子右手所拿的“七星”表示什么，人子是指神性人身方面的主(参看AE63节)。
72. (Verse 16) And he had in his right hand seven stars. That this signifies all the knowledges (cognitiones) of good and truth from Him, is evident from the signification of having in His right hand, as denoting from Himself; for hand signifies power, and hence whatever pertains to it, and thus also whatever is from it, the reason why the right hand is mentioned is because it signifies the power of good by means of truth (that the hand signifies power may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 878, 3091, 4931-4937, 6947, 10019; and therefore whatever pertains to it, and is from it, n. 9133, 10019, 10405; that the right hand signifies the power of good by truth, see n. 9604, 9736, 10061; and that the right hand of Jehovah signifies the Divine power of the Lord, thus omnipotence, see n, 3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 7673, 8281, 9133, 10019); and from the signification of stars, as being the knowledges (cognitiones) of good and truth (concerning which in what follows); and from the signification of seven, as denoting all (concerning which see above, n. 20, 24).
[2] That stars signify the knowledges (cognitiones) of good and truth, thus goods and truths, is from appearances in the spiritual world; for there the Lord is seen as a Sun, and the angels from a distance as stars. The reason why the angels are thus seen, is from the reception of light from the Lord as a Sun, thus from the reception of Divine truth, which is from the Lord; for this is the light of heaven. This is why it is said in Daniel,
"They that be intelligent shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that justify many, as the stars for ever" (Heaven and Hell 346-348).
[3] When it is known that the sun signifies the Lord as to Divine love, thus also Divine love from the Lord, and that stars signify the truths of the church, and the knowledges (cognitiones) thereof, it can also be known what is signified in the Word, where it is said that the sun shall be darkened, and that the stars shall withdrawn their shining, and also that they shall fall from heaven; and it may also be seen what stars signify when mentioned in other parts of the Word, as in the following passages in Isaiah:
I will make "the earth a waste, that he may destroy the sinners from it; the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not shine with their light; the sun shall be covered with darkness in his rising, and the moon shall not give forth the splendour of her light" (29).
[4] In Ezekiel:
"I will cover the heavens when I shall extinguish thee, and will darken the stars; the sun will I cover with a cloud, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine; all the luminaries of light will I darken over thee, and I will give darkness over the land" (63).
72. Verse 16. And having in His right hand seven stars, signifies all knowledges of good and truth from Him. This is evident from the signification of "having in His right hand," as being from Him; for "hand" signifies power, thus it signifies whatever pertains to one, and so also whatever is from him. It is said "right hand," because "right hand" signifies the power of good through truth. (That "hand" signifies power, see Arcana Coelestia, n. Arcana Coelestia 878, 3091, 4931-4937, 6947, 10019; and consequently that it signifies whatever pertains to one, and so also whatever is from him, 9133, 10019, 10405; that the "right hand" signifies the power of good through truth, see n. 9604, 9736, 10061; and that "the right hand of Jehovah" signifies the Lord's Divine power, thus omnipotence, see n. 3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 7673, 8281, 9133, 10019.) This is evident also from the signification of "stars," as being the knowledges of good and truth, of which more in what follows; and from the signification of "seven," as being all (See above, n. 20, 24).
[2] That "stars" signify the knowledges of good and truth, thus goods and truths, is from the appearance in the spiritual world; for there the Lord appears as a sun, and angels from afar off as stars. Angels appear thus from their reception of light from the Lord as a sun, thus from their reception of Divine truth, which is from the Lord, for this is the light of heaven. From this it is that it is said in Daniel:
The intelligent shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that justify many, as the stars for ever and ever (Heaven and Hell 346-348).
[3] When it is known to any that the "sun" signifies the Lord in respect to Divine love, thus also Divine love from the Lord, and that "stars" signify the truths of the church and knowledges thereof, these can also know what is signified in the Word where it is said that "the sun shall be darkened," and that "the stars shall not give light," also that they "shall fall from heaven;" and also what "stars" signify when mentioned elsewhere in the Word, as in the following passages. In Isaiah:
I will make the land a waste, and destroy the sinners thereof out of it; the stars of the heaven and the constellations thereof shall not shine forth with their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not make bright her light (29.
[4] In Ezekiel:
When I shall extinguish thee I will cover the heavens, and will make the stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not make her light to shine; all the luminaries of light will I make dark over thee, and I will set darkness upon the land (Arcana Coelestia 3448, 7236, 7988, 8019); in particular, such as combat against falsities (See n. 7277). From this Jehovah is called "Jehovah Zebaoth," that is, Jehovah of Hosts (See n. 3448, 7988).
[5] In Revelation:
The dragon with his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven to the earth (63).
72. (Vers. 16.) "Et habens in dextra sua manu stellas septem." - Quod significet cognitiones boni et veri omnes ab Ipso, constat ex significatione "habere in dextra sua manu", quod sit ab Ipso; "manus" enim significat potentiam, et inde quicquid est apud illum, ita quoque quicquid ab illo; quod "dextra manus" dicatur, est quia "dextra manus" significat potentiam boni per verum; (quod "manus" significet potentiam, videatur n. 878, 3091, 4931-4937, 6947, 1
10019; et inde quod significet quicquid apud illum, ita quoque quicquid ab illo, n. 9133, 10019, 10405; quod "dextra manus" significet potentiam boni per verum, n. 9604, 9736, 10061; et quod "dextra Jehovae" significet Divinam potentiam Domini, ita omnipotentiam, n. 3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 7673, 8281, 9133, 10019); et ex significatione "stellarum", quod sint cognitiones boni et veri (de qua sequitur); et ex significatione "septem", quod sint omnes (de qua supra, n. 20, 24).
[2] Quod "stellae" significent cognitiones boni et veri, ita bona et vera, est ex apparentia in mundo spirituali; ibi enim Dominus apparet ut Sol, et angeli e longinquo ut stellae; quod angeli ita appareant, est ex receptione lucis ex Domino ut Sole, ita ex receptione Divini Veri quod a Domino, nam hoc est lux caeli. Inde est quod dicatur apud Danielem,
"Intelligentes fulgebunt sicut splendor expansi, et justificantes multos ut stellae in aeternum" (12:3);
"intelligentes" sunt qui in veris, et "justificantes" qui in bonis (videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 346-348).
[3] Cum notum est (aliquibus) quod "sol" significet Dominum quoad Divinum Amorem, ita quoque Divinum Amorem a Domino, et quod "stellae" significent vera ecclesiae et illorum cognitiones, illi scire possunt quid in Verbo significatur per quod "sol obscurabitur", et quod "stellae non lucebunt", et quoque quod "cadent e caelo"; et praeterea quid "stellae" significant alibi in Verbo ubi nominantur; ut in sequentibus his locis:
- Apud Esaiam,
Ponam "terram in vastitatem, ut peccatores ejus perdat ex ea: stellae caelorum et sidera eorum non lucebunt luce sua; obtenebrabitur sol in ortu suo, et luna non splendere faciet lucem suam" (13:9, 10):
agitur ibi de vastatione ecclesiae, quae est cum non amplius bonum amoris et vera fidei; "terra" quae in vastitatem: ponetur est ecclesia; quod "terra" sit ecclesia, videatur supra (n. 29).
[4] Apud Ezechielem,
"Obtegam cum exstinxero te (caelos), et atrabo stellas, solem nube obtegam, et luna non lucere faciet lucem suam; omnia luminaria lucis .... atrabo super te, et dabo tenebras super terra" (32:7, 8);
"tenebrae super terra", sunt falsa in ecclesia.
Apud Joelem,
"Sol et luna atrati erunt, et stellae contrahent splendorem suum" (2:10, 11 ; cap. 4:15 [B.A. Joel 3:15);
apud Matthaeum,
In consummatione saeculi "post afflictionem dierum sol obscurabitur, luna non dabit lucem suam, et stellae cadent de caelo, et virtutes caelorum commovebuntur" (24:29; Matthaeum 13:24);
apud Danielem,
Ex uno de cornibus hirci caprarum "exivit cornu unum de exiguo, et crevit valde versus meridiem, et versus ortum, et versus decus, et crevit versus exercitum caelorum, et dejecit .... de exercitu et de stellis, et conculcavit eos; immo usque ad Principem exercitus extulit se" (8:9-11).
"exercitus caelorum" sunt bona et vera ecclesiae in complexu (n. 3448, 7236, 7988, 8019); in specie, quae pugnant contra falsa (n. 7277 2
); inde Jehovah dicitur "Jehovah Zebaoth", hoc est, Exercituum (n. 3448, 7988).
[5] In Apocalypsi,
Draco cauda "traxit tertiam partem stellarum caeli in terram" (12:4);
"stellae" etiam ibi sunt bona et vera ecclesiae et cognitiones eorum; "tertia pars" est plurima pars; quid autem "draco", dicetur in sequentibus. Alibi,
"Stellae caeli ceciderunt in terram" (Apocalypsis 6:13);
alibi,
"Stella e caelo lapsa est in terram" (Apocalypsis 9:1);
alibi,
"Cecidit e caelo stella magna, ardens velut lampas; cecidit in tertiam partem fluviorum et in fontes aquarum" (Apoc. 8:10 3
);
quia "stellae" significant vera et bona ecclesiae, et cognitiones eorum, per "cadere illas e caelo" significatur quod illa pereant.
Apud Davidem,
Jehovah "numerat numerum stellarum, omnibus nomina vocat" (Psalms 147:4);
apud eundem,
"Laudate Jehovam sol et luna, laudate Ipsum omnes stellae lucis" (Psalms 148:3);
in Libro Judicum,
"Venerunt reges, .... pugnarunt e caelo, pugnarunt stellae de viis suis" ([5:19,] 20).
Quoniam angeli in caelo spirituali lucent ut stellae, et quoniam omnia vera et bona quae apud illos sunt a Domino, ideo Dominus sicut vocatur "Angelus" etiam vocatur "Stella"; ut apud Mosen,
"Orietur Stella ex Jacobo, et Sceptrum surget ex Israele" (Numeri 24:17);
et in Apocalypsi,
"Jesus .... Stella splendida et matutina" (22:16).
Inde patet unde erat quod
Sapientes ex oriente viderint stellam, et secuti illam, et quod illa steterit ubi Jesus erat natus (Matthaeus 2:1, 2, 9).
Ex his nunc sciri potest quid significatur per "septem stellas" quae in dextra manu Filii hominis, qui ibi est Dominus quoad Divinum Humanum (videatur supra, n. 63)
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