761# “在那里被养活一时，数时和半时，躲避那蛇的面”表示直到教会成长起来，并达到它的完全。这从“养活”、“一时，数时和半时”的含义清楚可知：“养活”是指维持，在此期间成长；“一时，数时和半时”是指教会增长，甚至直到完全的状态，因为这与前面第六节中的“一千二百六十天”具有相同的含义；在那里，经上也论到妇人说：“她逃到旷野，在那里有神给她预备的地方，叫他们在那里养活她一千二百六十天。”这个数字与“三个半”，甚至与数字七具有相同的含义，即表示直到它成长到完全(可参看AE 732节)。但此处经上说“一时，数时和半时”，因为前面提到的数字在它们的地方也表示时间，“时间”表示生命在其发展过程中的状态(可参看AE 571, 610, 664, 673, 747节)，所以在此表示它们的发展和成长，甚至直到完全。经上说“一时，数时和半时”，是因为单数形式的“时间”表示良善的状态，复数形式的“时间”表示真理的状态，两者都是就它们的植入而言的，“半时”表示教会的神圣状态。它们具有这种含义，是因为单数形式的事物涉及良善，复数形式的事物涉及真理，“半”涉及神圣；“半”涉及神圣，是因为“三”，以及“三个半”和“七”表示完全；但当论述神圣事物时，“七”表示完全，三个半加起来就是数字七，因为三个半加倍就是七，加倍或相乘得出的数字与被加倍或相乘的数字具有相同的含义，例如七就与此处三个半具有相同的含义。“七”表示完全和完整，论及神圣事物(可参看AE 20, 24, 257节)。“一时，数时和半时”就具有这种含义，这一点可从但以理书中的这些话明显看出来：
那身穿细麻衣的人，向天举起右手左手，指着活到永远的起誓，要到一个定期，数个定期，半个定期；当他们结束分散圣民之手时，这一切事都要完结。(但以理书12:7)
由此清楚可知，这些时间或时期表示完结，因为经上说“直到这一切事都要完结”，完结表示完成，因而甚至直到完全。
761. Where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.- That this signifies until the church grows and comes to its fulness, is evident from the signification of being nourished, as denoting to be sustained, and in the meantime to grow; and from the signification of a time, and times, and half a time, as denoting the state of the increase of the church, even to its fulness, for this has a similar signification to that of a thousand two hundred and sixty days in the sixth verse, for it is there also said of the woman that she "fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and sixty days." That this number has a similar signification to that of the number three and a half, also of the number seven, namely, until it grows to its fulness, may be seen above (n. 12:7).
It is evident that these times signify consummation, for it is said, "Until all these things shall be consummated," and consummation means fulfilment, thus even to fulness.
761. Where she is nourished a time and times and half a time, from the face of the serpent, signifies until the church grows and comes to its fullness. This is evident from the signification of "to be nourished," as being to be sustained, and in the meantime to grow; from the signification of "a time and times and half a time," as being a state of increase of the church, even to its fullness, for this has a similar signification as "a thousand two hundred and sixty days," in the sixth verse above, for it is there, too, said of the woman that "she fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and sixty days." That this number has a similar signification as the number "three and a half," as also the number "seven," namely, until it grows to its full, may be seen above n. Daniel 12:7).
From this it is clear that these times signify a consummation, for it is said "until all these things shall be consummated," and consummation means fulfillment, thus even to fullness.
761. "Ut aleretur ibi tempus et tempora et dimidium temporis a facie serpentis." - Quod significet usque dum ecclesia crescit et venit ad suum plenum, constat ex significatione "ali", quod sit sustentari et interea crescere; a significatione "temporis et temporum et dimidii temporis", quod sit status incrementi ecclesiae usque ad suum plenum, simile enim per illa significatur quod supra (vers. 6) per "dies mille ducentos sexaginta", nam simile de muliere ibi dicitur, nempe quod "fugerit in desertum, ubi habet locum praeparatum a Deo, ut ibi alant eam diebus mille ducentis sexaginta"; quod per hunc numerum simile significetur quod per numerum "tria et dimidium", tum quod per numerum "septem", nempe usque dum crescit in plenum, videatur supra (n. 732): quod autem hic "tempus, tempora ac dimidium temporis" dicatur, est quia numeri illi praedicti in suis locis etiam significant tempora, et per "tempora" significantur status vitae qui procedunt (videatur supra, n. 571, 610, 664, 673, 747), hic itaque qui procedunt et crescunt usque ad plenum: quod dicatur "tempus, tempora et dimidium temporis", est quia "tempus" in singulari significat statum boni, "tempora" in plurali significant statum veri, utrumque quoad implantationem eorum, et "dimidium temporis" significat sanctum ecclesiae: causa quod talia significentur, est quia res in singulari involvit bonum, in plurali vera, et dimidium sanctum; quod dimidium involvit sanctum, est quia "tria" significant plenum, similiter "tria et dimidium" ac "septem"; at "septem" significant plenum dum agitur de sanctis, ac dimidium illud post tria, implet et facit numerum septem, nam tria et dimidium duplicata sunt septem, ac numerus duplicatus et multiplicatus simile significat cum numero qui duplicatur aut multiplicatur, ut hic "septem" simile cum "tribus et dimidio": quod "septem" significent plenum et totum, et dicantur de sanctis, videatur supra (n. 20, 24, 257). Quod per "tempus, tempora et dimidium temporis" talia significentur, constare potest ex his apud Danielem,
"Vir indutus linteis "sustulit dextram suam et sinistram suam ad caelos, et juravit per Viventem in aeternum, quod ad tempus statum temporum statorum et dimidium, et cum consumpturi essent dispergere manum populi sanctitatis, consummanda essent omnia haec" (12:7):
ex quibus patet quod per illa "tempora" significetur consummatio; nam dicitur, "usque dum consummanda essent omnia haec"; per consummationem intelligitur impletio, ita usque ad plenum.