608# 应当知道，天堂有三重，并且这三重天堂乃依爱与智慧的三个等级而彼此区别；人也照其重生的程度，与这三重天堂中的天使相交。正因如此，人的心智亦照天堂而分为三个等级，或三个区域。至于这三重天堂，以及它们如何依爱与智慧的三个等级而分别，可参看《天堂与地狱》第29节及以下各节，亦可参看小著《灵魂与身体的相互作用》第16、17节。
此处只须用一个比喻来说明这三种等级，也就是那些天堂彼此区别所依循的等级：它们犹如人身上的头、躯干与足；最高天堂构成头，中间天堂构成躯干，最低天堂构成足；因为整个天堂在主面前，如同一个人。此事之所以如此，乃是我由亲眼所见而得以揭示；因为我蒙赐看见天堂中的一个群体，其中有万人之众，却共同显为一个人。那么，整个天堂在主面前又将如何呢？关于这一活生生的经验，可参看《天堂与地狱》第59节及以下各节。
由此也可明白，基督教界所熟知的这一说法应当如何理解：教会构成基督的身体，而基督乃是这身体的生命。由此也可进一步说明：主是天堂万有中的万有，因为祂就是那身体中的生命。照样，对于那些唯独承认祂为天地之神，并信祂的人，主就是教会。祂自己在马太福音中教导说，祂是天地的上帝（太28:18）；又在约翰福音中教导说，人当信祂（约3:15，16、36；6:40；11:25，26）。
608# 必须知道的是，天堂有三层，这三层天堂照着爱和智慧的三个层级而彼此不同，人照着他重生的阶段而与这三层天堂的天使交流；正因如此，人类心智照着天堂而分为三个层级或区域。关于这三层天堂，以及它们照着爱和智慧的三个层级的划分，可参看《天堂与地狱》（29节等），也可参看《灵魂与身体的相互作用》（16，17节）这本小册子。在此只需通过一个对比来说明划分天堂所依据的三个层级的性质就足够了。它们就像人的头、身体和脚；最高层天堂构成头，中间天堂构成身体，最低层天堂构成脚；因为整个天堂在主眼里就像一个人。事实就是如此，这一点已经通过实际的观察揭示给我了，因为我被恩准看到一个由成千上万的人组成的天堂社群完全就像一个人。那么为什么整个天堂在主面前就不应该如此显现呢？关于这一活生生的经历，可参看《天堂与地狱》（59节等）。这清楚表明，整个基督教界都承认的这一真理当如何理解，即：教会构成基督的身体，基督是这身体的生命。这也清楚说明了这一点：主是天堂全部中的全部，因为祂是这身体的生命。同样，主是那些只承认祂是天地之神，并相信祂的人中间的教会。主自己在马太福音（28:18）中教导说，祂是天地之神；祂在约翰福音（3:15，16，36; 6:40; 11:25，26）中教导说，人们当信祂。
608. It is important to know that there are three heavens and that they are divided up according to three levels of love and wisdom. As we progress in our regeneration we come into fellowship with angels from those three heavens. Because this is the case, the human mind, too, has three levels or areas just like the heavens. (For more on the three heavens and their division according to the three levels of love and wisdom, see Heaven and Hell 29 and following; see also the little work Soul-Body Interaction 16-17.)
Here the nature of the three levels into which the heavens are divided will be illustrated only by a comparison. They are like the head, the upper body, and the lower body in a person. The highest heaven constitutes the head; the middle heaven, the upper body; and the lowest heaven, the lower body. In fact, the whole of heaven in the Lord's sight is like one human being. The truth of this has been disclosed to me through firsthand experience: I was given permission to see an entire community of heaven, which consisted of tens of thousands of angels, as one human being. Why would the whole of heaven not appear that way before the Lord? For more on this living experience, see Heaven and Hell 59 and following.
[2] This also clarifies how we should understand the well-known saying in the Christian world that the church constitutes the body of Christ, and that Christ is the life within this body. It serves as well to illustrate the point that the Lord is everything to all heaven, since he is the life within that body. The Lord is also the life within the church that exists among people who acknowledge him alone as the God of heaven and earth and who believe in him. (He himself teaches, in Matthew 28:18, that he is the God of heaven and earth, and in John 3:15-16, 36; 6:40; 11:25-26, that we are to believe in him.)
608. It should be known that there are three heavens, distinguished in accordance with the three degrees of love and wisdom, and in proportion as a person is regenerated he is in touch with angels from the three heavens. This too is the reason the human mind is divided into three degrees or levels to answer to the heavens. On the three heavens and how they differ according to the three degrees of love and wisdom, see my HEAVEN AND HELL (29ff) and also the tract THE INTERACTION OF SOUL AND BODY 1 (16-17). Here I can only use a simile to illustrate the nature of the three degrees which distinguish the heavens. They are like the head, trunk and feet in the human body. The highest heaven makes up the head, the middle heaven the trunk, the lowest the feet. For the whole of heaven is in the Lord's sight like one human being. I have had the truth of this revealed to me by seeing for myself, for I have been permitted to see a community in heaven containing thousands all at one time looking like a single human being. Why then should not the whole of heaven look like this to the Lord? On this direct experience see my book HEAVEN AND HELL (59ff).
[2] This too makes it plain how we must understand the fact well known in the Christian world, that the church makes up the Body of Christ, and that Christ is the life of that body. It will also serve as an illustration of the fact that the Lord is the all in all of heaven, since He is the life in that body. Likewise the Lord is the church for those who acknowledge Him alone as the God of heaven and earth and believe in Him. He Himself teaches that He is the God of heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18); and that He is to be believed in (John 3:15-16, 36; 6:40; 11:25-26).
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1. At present published under the English title THE INTERCOURSE [or INTERACTION] OF THE SOUL AND THE BODY.
608. It must be known that there are three heavens, and these distinct from each other according to the three degrees of love and wisdom, and that man is in communion with the angels of those three heavens in the measure of his regeneration; and this being so, that the human mind is divided into three degrees or regions in accord with the heavens. But on these three heavens and their division in accordance with the three degrees of love and wisdom, see the work on Heaven and Hell (n. 29 seq.); and also the pamphlet on . Here it will be sufficient merely to illustrate, by a simile, the nature of the three degrees in accordance with which the heavens are divided. They are like the head, body, and feet in man; the highest heaven constituting the head, the middle the body, and the lowest the feet; for the whole heaven is before the Lord like one man. The truth of this has been disclosed to me by actual observation, for it has been granted me to see wholly as one man a single society of heaven, which consisted of thousands. Why then should not the whole heaven so appear to the Lord? Respecting this living experience, see the work on Heaven and Hell (n. 59seq.). This makes clear what is meant by this, which is well known in the Christian world, that the church constitutes the body of Christ, and that Christ is the life of that body. And this also is thus made clear, namely, that the Lord is the all in all things of heaven, since He is the life of that body. Likewise, the Lord is the church with those who acknowledge Him alone as the God of heaven and earth, and believe in Him. That He is the God of heaven and earth, He Himself teaches in Matthew 28:18; and that men ought to believe in Him, in John 3:15-16, 36; 6:40; 11:25-26).
608. It should be known that there are three heavens, distinct from one another according to the three degrees of love and wisdom; and that a man, according to the stage of his regeneration, is in communion with angels of those three heavens; and that this is the reason why the human mind is distinguished into three degrees or regions, according to the heavens. Concerning those three heavens, and their distinction according to the three degrees of love and wisdom, more may be seen in the book, Heaven and Hell 29 and following numbers, and also in the small work, The Intercourse between the Soul and the Body 16-17. At this point the nature of the three degrees according to which the heavens are distinguished will only be illustrated by a comparison. They are like the head, the body and the feet in a man, the highest heaven forming the head, the middle the body, and the lowest the feet; for the whole heaven is in the Lord's sight as one man. That this is so, has been made known to me from my own observation; for it was granted me to see one society of heaven, which consisted of ten thousand, as one man. Why, then, should not the whole heaven so appear to the Lord? Concerning this actual experience, see Heaven and Hell 59, and following numbers.
It is, therefore, evident how this truth, acknowledged throughout the Christian world, is to be understood, that the Church constitutes the body of Christ, and that Christ is the life of that body. It may also serve to illustrate that the Lord is the All-in-all of heaven, for He is the life in that body. Similarly, the Lord is the Church with those who acknowledge Him alone to be God of heaven and earth, and believe on Him. That He is the God of heaven and earth, He Himself teaches in Matthew 28:18; and that all men ought to believe on Him, in John 3:15, 18, 36; 6:40; 11:25, 28.
608. Sciendum est, quod tres Coeli sint, et illi inter se distincti secundum tres gradus amoris et sapientiae, et quod homo secundum regenerationem sit in communione cum Angelis ex tribus illis coelis; et quia ita est, quod Mens humana distincta sit in tres gradus seu regiones secundum coelos; sed de tribus his coelis, et de distinctione illorum secundum tres gradus amoris et sapientiae, videatur in Libro de COELO ET INFERNO 29, seq. et quoque in Codicillo de COMMERCIO ANIMAE ET CORPORIS 16-17. Hic solum per aliquam similitudinem illustrandum est, quales tres gradus sunt, secundum quos Coeli illi distincti sunt; sunt sicut in homine sunt 1 caput, corpus et pedes; supremum Coelum facit Caput, medium facit Corpus, ac Ultimum facit Pedes; nam est Universum Coelum coram Domino sicut unus Homo: quod ita sit, detectum est mihi per autopsiam; datum enim est mihi videre unam Societatem Coeli, quae ex myriade constabat, sicut unum hominem simul; quid non universum Coelum coram Domino; de hac viva Experientia videatur in Libro de COELO ET INFERNO 59 seq.
[2] Inde etiam patet, quomodo intelligitur hoc notum in Christiano Orbe, quod Ecclesia faciat Corpus Christi, et quod Christus sit vita istius corporis: per id etiam illustrari potest hoc, quod Dominus sit omne in omnibus Coeli, nam est vita in illo corpore; similiter est Dominus Ecclesia apud illos qui Ipsum Solum pro Deo Coeli et Terrae agnoscunt, et in Ipsum credunt; quod Ipse sit Deus Coeli et Terrae, docet Ipse apud Matthaeum 28:18, et quod in Ipsum credendum sit, Johannes 3:15-16, 36; 2 Johannes 6:40; 11:25-26.
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