838# “都在右手上或额上给他们一个印记”表示承认他们属于教会，处于所谓的那信之真理和良善的一个证明。这从“印记”、“右手”和“额”的含义清楚可知：“印记”是指承认的一个迹象或证明，在此是指承认他们属于教会；“右手”是指在其能力中的信之真理(参看AE298节)；“额”是指爱之良善(也可参看AE427节)。因此，在这种情况下，“右手和额”表示所谓的那信之真理和良善，然而，它们不是真理和良善，而是虚假和邪恶。“都在右手上或额上给他们一个印记”表示然而，承认它们是真理和良善。在以下启示录的经文(启示录14:9,11;15:2;16:2;19:20;20:4)中，“印记”也表示承认的一个迹象。此外，“印记”与耶和华给该隐立的记号(创世记4:15)具有相同的含义，与以下经文中的记号也具有相同的含义：
先知被吩咐画记号在耶路撒冷城中的人的额上。(以西结书9:4)摩西五经：你们要全心、全灵魂、全力爱耶和华你的神。你要把它们系在手上为记号，在你们眼前作额饰。(申命记6:5,8;11:18)
838. To give them a mark on their right hand, or on their foreheads. That this signifies a testification of acknowledgment that they belong to the church, and are in the truths and goods, so called, of that faith, is evident from the signification of a mark, as denoting a sign or witness of acknowledgment, in this case that they belong to that church; and from the signification of the right hand, as denoting the truth of faith in its power (concerning which see above, n. 14:9, 11; 15:2; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4); the meaning of mark is similar to that of
"The sign" set by Jehovah upon Cain (Genesis 4:15).
Also
"The sign" which the prophet was commanded to set upon the foreheads of the men in the city of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 9:4).
As also by "the sign" in Moses:
"Thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might; thou shalt bind these words for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes" (Deuteronomy 6:5, 8; 11:18).
838. That there be given them a mark upon their right hand and upon their foreheads, signifies an attestation of the acknowledgment that they are of the church, and are in the so-called truths and goods of that faith. This is evident from the signification of a "mark," as being a sign or attestation of acknowledgment, here that they are of that church; also from the signification of "right hand," as being the truth of faith in its power (See above, n. 14:9, 11; 15:2; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4. Moreover, a "mark" has a similar meaning as:
The sign set by Jehovah upon Cain (Genesis 4:15);
Likewise the sign that the prophet was commanded to set upon the foreheads of the men in the city of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 9:4);
as also the "sign" in Moses:
Thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might. Thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets before thine eyes (Deuteronomy 6:5, 8; 11:18).
838. "Ut det illis characterem super manu eorum dextra, et super frontibus eorum." Quod significet testificationem agnitionis quod sint ab ecclesia, et in illius fidei veris et bonis ita dictis, constat ex significatione "characteris", quod sit signum seu testificatio agnitionis, hic quod sint ab illa ecclesia; ex significatione "manus dextrae", quod sit verum fidei in sua potentia (de qua supra, n. 298); et ex significatione "frontis" quod sit bonum amoris (de qua etiam supra, n. 427): hic itaque per "dextram et frontem" significantur vera et bona illius fidei sic dicta, quae tamen sunt vel non vera et bona, vel falsa et mala; agnitio tamen illorum pro veris et bonis significatur per "dare et accipere characterem super manu dextra eorum et super frontibus eorum." "Character" etiam significat signum agnitionis in sequentibus locis,
In Apocalypsi cap. 14:9, 11; 15:2; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4.
Simile quod per "characterem", etiam intelligitur per
"Signum" a Jehovah positum super Caino (Genesis 4:15):
Tum per "signum", quod propheta jussus signare super frontes virorum in urbe Hierosolyma (Ezechiel 9:4):
ut et per "signum", apud Mosen,
"Amabis Jehovam Deum tuum, ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et ex omnibus viribus tuis;.... alligabis ea in signum super manu tua, ac sint in frontalia inter oculos tuos" (Deuteronomius 6:5, 8; 11:18).