2495、前面多处已经阐述和说明，圣言包含一个内义在里面，这内义从字面上看不出来。内义的性质从自创世记第一章开始直到此处所给出的解释清楚看出来。尽管如此，由于如今，就连相信圣言的少数人都不知道这种内义的存在，所以让我来提供更多的证据。
主对时代的完结，也就是教会的末期描述如下：
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13:24-25）
此处“日头”不是指太阳，“月亮”不是指月亮，“众星”也不是指众星；相反，“日头”表示对主之爱和对邻之仁，“月亮”表示从爱和仁获得的信，“众星”表示良善与真理的知识或认知，这在前面已经说明（31，32，1053，1521，1529-1531，2120，2441节）。因此，主所说的这些话表示当时代的完结或教会的末期到来时，爱或仁和由此而来的信将不复存在。
主在先知书所说的类似的话表明，这就是它们的含义，如以赛亚书：
看哪，耶和华的日子临到，使这地荒凉，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）
这也论及教会的末期，或也可说，时代的完结。约珥书：
一个黑暗、幽冥的日子，一个密云、乌黑的日子。地在祂面前颤抖，诸天摇撼，日月昏暗，星辰收回其光辉。（约珥书2:2，10）
此处的意思也一样。同一先知书：
日头要变为黑暗，月亮要变为血，这都在耶和华大而可畏的日子未到以前。（约珥书2:31）
又：
耶和华的日子临近。日月昏暗，星星也不再发光。（约珥书3:14-15）
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，使你的地上黑暗。（以西结书32:7-8）
启示录：
揭开第六印的时候，我观看，见有大地震，日头变黑像毛布，满月变得像血，星辰坠落于地。（启示录6:12-13）
又：
第四位天使吹号，日头的三分之一，月亮的三分之一，星辰的三分之一，都被击打，以致它们的三分之一黑暗了。（启示录8:12）
这些经文清楚表明，主在福音书中的话和在先知书中的话涉及同一件事，即：末期既没有仁，也没有信；这就是内义；这一切从以赛亚书看得更清楚：
月亮要蒙羞，日头要惭愧，因为万军之耶和华必在锡安山、在耶路撒冷掌权。（以赛亚书24:23）
这里的意思是说，信，也就是“月亮”，要蒙羞；仁，也就是“日头”，要惭愧，因为这就是它们的处境；经上不可能论到月亮和太阳说，它们要蒙羞、惭愧。但以理书：
这公山羊有一角，向南、向东渐渐成为强大；它渐渐强大，直达天象，将些天象和星宿抛落在地，并践踏它们。（但以理书8:9-10）
谁都能明显看出，此处“天象”不是指天象，“星宿”也不是指众星。
创世记20
1.亚伯拉罕从那里向南地迁移，就住在加低斯和书珥之间，寄居在基拉耳。
2.亚伯拉罕论到他的妻子撒拉说，她是我的妹子；基拉耳王亚比米勒派人把撒拉取了去。
3.夜间，神在梦中来到亚比米勒那里，对他说，看哪，你要死了，因为你所取的那女人，她是嫁了丈夫的。
4.亚比米勒还没有亲近她；他说，主啊，连公义的民族你也要杀害吗？
5.他岂不是自己对我说，她是我的妹子吗？连她自己也说，祂是我的哥哥。我做这事是心正手洁的。
6.神在梦中对他说，是的，我知道你作这事是心中正直，我也拦阻你犯罪得罪我；所以我不容许你接触她。
7.现在你把这人的妻子还回去，因为他是先知；他要为你祷告，你才可以存活。你若不把她还回去，你当知道，你和你所有的人必要死。
8.亚比米勒清晨早早起来，召了他的众臣仆来，在他们耳边将这一切话都说了；这些人都非常害怕。
9.亚比米勒召了亚伯拉罕来，对他说，你对我们作的是什么事？我犯什么罪得罪了你，你竟给我和我的国招来大罪？你向我行了不该行的事了。
10.亚比米勒对亚伯拉罕说，你看见什么才做这事呢？
11.亚伯拉罕说，因为我说，这地方必定没有对神的惧怕，他们必为我妻子的缘故杀我。
12.况且她也实在是我的妹子，是我父亲的女儿，不是我母亲的女儿；她成了我的妻子。
13.当神叫我离开我父家的时候，我对她说，我们无论走到什么地方，提到我，你都要说祂是我的哥哥；这就是你待我的恩情了。
14.亚比米勒取了羊群和牛群、男仆和女仆，送给亚伯拉罕，又把他妻子撒拉还给他。
15.亚比米勒说，看哪，我的地都在你面前；哪里在你眼里是好的，就住在哪里吧。
16.又对撒拉说，看哪，我给你哥哥一千锭银子；看哪，为你给凡与你同在，并与众人同在的人作遮眼的；她被证明是清白的。
17.亚伯拉罕向神祷告，神就医好了亚比米勒和他的妻子，并他的众女仆，她们便生产了。
18.因耶和华为亚伯拉罕的妻子撒拉的事，完全关闭了亚比米勒家所有的子宫。
Potts(1905-1910) 2495
2495. CHAPTER 20 That the Word contains within it an internal sense that is not apparent in the letter has already been stated and shown in many places, and the nature of this internal sense appears from all that has thus far been unfolded, beginning with the first chapter of Genesis. Nevertheless as the few who at this day believe in the Word do not know that there is such a sense, it may be well to confirm it further. [2] The Lord describes the Consummation of the Age, or the last period of the church, as follows:
Immediately after the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken (Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:24). That in this passage the "sun" does not mean the sun, nor the "moon" the moon, nor the "stars" the stars; but that the "sun" signifies love to the Lord and charity toward the neighbor; the "moon" the faith of love and charity; and the "stars" the knowledges of good and truth, was shown above (n. 31, 32, 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 2120, 2441); so that by these words of the Lord there is signified that in the consummation of the age (or last period of the church) there will no longer be any love, or charity, nor therefore any faith. [3] That this is the meaning is evident from similar words of the Lord in the Prophets, as in Isaiah:
Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, to make the earth a solitude and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it; for the stars of the heavens and the constellations thereof shall not shine with their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine (Isa. 13:9-10);
where also the last period of the church, or what is the same, the consummation of the age, is treated of. In Joel:
A day of darkness and of thick darkness, a day of cloud and obscurity, before Him the earth quaked, the heavens trembled, the sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars withdrew their shining (Joel 2:2, 10);
with a similar meaning. Again in the same:
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah comes (Joel 2:31). And again in the same:
The day of Jehovah is near, the sun and the moon have been darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining (Joel 3:14-15). In Ezekiel:
When I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not make her light to shine; all the luminaries of light in the heavens will I make dark, and will set darkness upon thy land (Ezek. 32:7-8). So too in John:
I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and behold there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood, and the stars fell unto the earth (Rev. 6:12, 13). The fourth angel sounded, so that the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, and the third part of them was darkened (Rev. 8:12). [4] From these passages it is evident that the Lord's words in the Evangelists involve much the same as His words in the Prophets, namely, that in the last times there will be neither charity, nor faith; and that this is the internal sense; as also is still further evident in Isaiah:
The moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, for Jehovah Zebaoth shall reign in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem (Isa. 24:23);
that is to say, faith, which is the "moon," shall blush; and charity, which is the "sun," shall be ashamed, because they are such; for it cannot be said of the moon and the sun that they shall blush and be ashamed. And in Daniel:
The goat's horn grew toward the south, and toward the east, and grew even to the army of the heavens, and some of the army and of the stars it cast down to the earth and trampled upon them (Dan. 8:9-10);
where it is plain to everyone that the "army of the heavens" does not signify an "army," nor the "stars" stars. GENESIS 20
1. And Abraham journeyed thence toward the land of the south, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and he sojourned in Gerar. 2. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister; and Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. 3. And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold thou wilt die because of the woman whom thou hast taken, for she is married to a husband. 4. And Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, wilt Thou slay also a righteous nation? 5. Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? And she herself also said, He is my brother: in the uprightness of my heart and in the blamelessness of my hands have I done this. 6. And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the uprightness of thy heart thou hast done this; and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me; therefore I did not suffer thee to touch her. 7. And now restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet; and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that dying thou shalt die, thou and all that are thine. 8. And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men feared greatly. 9. And Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? And wherein have I sinned against thee that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? Thou hast done unto me deeds that ought not to be done. 10. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this word? 11. And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me on account of the word of my wife. 12. And moreover truly she is my sister, being the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife. 13. And it came to pass when God caused me to depart from my father's house that I said unto her, This is thy goodness which thou shalt do unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. 14. And Abimelech took flock and herd, and menservants and maidservants, and gave unto Abraham; and restored to him Sarah his wife. 15. And Abimelech said, Behold my land is before thee; dwell in that which is good in thine eyes. 16. And unto Sarah he said, Behold I have given a thousand of silver to thy brother; behold it is unto thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee, and with all; and she was vindicated. 17. And Abraham prayed unto God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they brought forth. 18. For closing Jehovah had therefore closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of the word of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Elliott(1983-1999) 2495
2495. It has been stated and shown in many places already that the Word has an internal sense within it that is not seen in the letter. Also the nature of that sense is evident from the explanation given so far from Genesis 1 onwards. Even so, because the few at the present day who do believe in the Word do not in spite of that belief know about the existence of such an internal sense, let further confirmation of it be given.
[2] The Lord describes the close of the age, that is, the final period of the Church, as follows,
Immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Matt 24: 29; Mark 13:-24, 25.
That 'the sun' here does not mean the sun, nor 'the moon' the moon, nor 'the stars' the stars, but that 'the sun' means love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, 'the moon' faith received from love and charity, and 'the stars' cognitions of good and truth, has been shown in 31, 32, 1053,1521, 1529-1531, 2120, 2441. Thus these words spoken by the Lord mean that when the close of the age or final period has arrived there will no longer be any love or any charity, or consequently any faith. It is evident that this is their meaning from similar words of the Lord that occur in the Prophets, as in Isaiah,
Behold, the day of Jehovah comes, to make the earth a desolation, and He will destroy its sinners from it. For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not shine with their light. The sun will be darkened in its rising, and the moon will not give its light. Isa 13: 9, 10.
This too refers to the final period of the Church, or what amounts to the same, the close of the age.
[3] In Joel,
A day of darkness and thick darkness, a day of cloud and obscurity. The earth quaked before Him, the heavens trembled. The sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars withdrew their shining. Joel 2:-2, 10.
Here the meaning is similar. Elsewhere in the same prophet,
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah comes. Joel 2:-31.
In addition in the same prophet,
The day of Jehovah is near. The sun and the moon have been darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining. Joel 3:-14, 15.
In Ezekiel,
When I have blotted you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars, I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the bright lights in the heavens I will make dark over you, and I will put darkness over your land. Ezek 32: 7, 8.
Likewise in John,
When he opened the sixth seal I looked, and behold, a great earthquake took place, and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became like blood, and the stars fell to the earth. Rev 6: 12, 13.
In the same book,
The fourth angel sounded, so that the third part of the sun was struck, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, and a third part of them was darkened. Rev 8:12.
[4] These places show clearly that the Lord's words in the Gospels embody much the same as the Lord's words in the Prophets - namely that in the last times there will be no charity and no faith - and that this is the internal sense. All this is further evident in Isaiah,
The moon will blush, and the sun be ashamed, for Jehovah Zebaoth will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. Isa 24: 23.
The meaning here is that faith, which is 'the moon', will blush, and charity, which is 'the sun', will be ashamed because their condition is such; for it cannot be said of the moon and the sun that they will blush and be ashamed. And in Daniel,
The horn of the he-goat grew towards the south, and towards the east, and grew even towards the host of heaven, and it cast down to the earth some of the host, and of the stars, and trampled on them. Dan 8: 9, 10.
Here it is evident to anyone that 'the host of heaven' does not mean a host, nor 'the stars' the stars.
Latin(1748-1756) 2495
2495. {1} LIBRI GENESEOS CAPUT VIGESIMUM QUOD in Verbo sensus internus sit, qui non apparet in littera, prius multis in locis dictum et ostensum est, et qualis es patet ex illis quae a primo capite Geneseos huc usque explicata sunt: verumtamen, quia pauci illi hodie qui credunt Verbo, usque non sciunt quod talis sensus sit, licet adhuc idem confirmare: [2] Dominus Consummationem saeculi, hoc est, ultimum tempus Ecclesiae, ita describit, Statim post afflictionem dierum istorum sol obscurabitur, et luna non dabit lumen suum, et stellae cadent de caelo, et virtutes caelorum commovebuntur, Matth. xxiv 29; Marc. xiii 24 [25];quod `sol' hic non significet solem, non `luna' lunam, nec `stellae' stellas, sed quod `sol' amorem in Dominum et charitatem erga proximum, `luna' amoris et charitatis fidem, et `stellae' cognitiones boni e veri, ostensum est, n. 31, 32, 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 2120, 2441 ita per illa Domini verba significatur quod in consummatione saeculi, seu in ultimo tempore, nullus amplius amor et nulla charitas, proinde nulla fides, erit; quod ille sensus sit, patet a similibus Domini verbis apud Prophetas, ut apud Esaiam, Ecce dies Jehovae venit,... ad ponendum terram in solitudinem, et peccatores ejus perdet ex ea; nam stellae caelorum, et sidera eorum non lucebunt luce sua; obtenebrabitur sol in ortu suo, et luna non splendere faciet lucem, xiii 2, 10;
ubi etiam de ultimo tempore Ecclesiae, seu quod idem, de consummatione saeculi, agitur: [3] apud Joelem, Dies tenebrarum et caliginis, dies nubis et obscuritatis,... coram Ipso commota est terra, contremuerunt caeli, sol et luna atrati sunt, et stellae collegerunt {2} splendorem suum, ii 2, 10, similiter: alibi apud eundem, Sol vertetur in tenebras, et luna in sanguinem, antequam venit dies Jehovae magnus et terribilis, iii 4:
(o)adhuc apud eundem, Propinquus dies Jehovae,... sol et luna atrati sunt; et stellae retraxerunt {2} splendorem {3}, iv 14, 15:
apud Ezechielem, Obtegam, cum exstinxero te, caelos, et atrabo stellas eorum, solem nube obtegam, et luna non lucere faciet lumen suum, omnia luminaria lucis in caelis atrabo (t)super te, et dabo tenebras super terra tua, xxxii 7, 8:
pariter apud Johannem, Vidi, cum aperuit sigillum sextum, cum ecce terrae motus magnus factus, et sol factus niger sicut saccus pilosus, et luna tota facta [est] sicut sanguis, et stellae ceciderunt in terram, Apoc. vi 12, 13;
apud eundem, Quartus angelus clanxit, ita ut percussa sit tertia pars solis, et tertia pars lunae, et tertia pars stellarum, et obtenebraretur tertia pars eorum, Apoc. viii 12;
[4] ex his locis constare potest quod Domini verba apud Evangelistas simile involvant ac Domini verba apud Prophetas, quod nempe ultimis temporibus nulla charitas, sed fides erit; et quod ille sit sensus internus; ut quoque patet adhuc apud Esaiam, Erubescet luna, et pudefiet sol, quia regnabit Jehovah Zebaoth in monte Zionis, et in Hierosolyma, xxiv 23;
hoc est, quod `erubescet' fides, quae est `luna,' et `pudefiet' charitas, quae est `sol,' quia talis; de luna et sole non dici potest quod erubescent et pudefient: et apud Danielem, Hircus cornu crevit versus meridiem, et versus ortum,... et crevit usque ad exercitum caelorum, et dejecit in terram de exercitu, et de stellis, et conculcavit eas, viii 9, 10, ubi quod `exercitus caelorum' non significet exercitum, nec `stellae' stellas, cuivis patet. @1 In A there are two drafts of n. 2495-2516. The differences between them are not great. Important ones will be noted in the following pages otherwise notes refer to second draft.$ @2 In Heb. collegerunt (Joel ii)and retraxerunt (Joel iv) are the same word, which Sch renders by contraxerunt; S alters to collegerunt in both cases, but in the latter, alters again to retraxerunt.$ @3 i suum.$
CAPUT XX 1. ET profectus est inde Abraham versus terram meridiei, et habitavit inter Kadesh et inter Shur, et peregrinatus est in Gerar. 2. Et dixit Abraham ad Sarah uxorem suam, Soror mea haec; et misit Abimelech rex Geraris, et accepit Saram. 3. Et venit DEUS ad Abimelech in somnio noctu, et dixit ei Ecce tu morieris propter mulierem, quam accepisti, et illa maritata marito. 4. Et Abimelech non appropinquaverat ad illam, et dixit, DOMINE, num gentem etiam justam occides? 5. Nonne ille dixit mihi, Soror mea haec? et ipsa etiam illa dixit, Frater meus ille. In rectitudine cordis mei, et in immunitate manuum mearum, feci hoc. 6. Et dixit ad eum DEUS in somnio, Etiam Ego novi, quod in rectitudine cordis tui feceris hoc, et prohibui etiam Ego te a peccando Mihi, propterea non dedi tibi ad attingendum ad illam. 7. Et nunc reduc uxorem viri, quia propheta ille, et orabit pro te, et vives; et si non tu reducas, scito, quod moriendo moriaris tu, et omnis qui tibi. 8. Et mane surrexit Abimelech in matutino, et vocavit omne servos suos, et locutus est omnia verba illa in auribus eorum, et timuerunt viri valde. 9. Et vocavit Abimelech Abrahamum, et dixit illi, Quid fecisti nobis, et quid peccavi tibi, quod adduxisti super me, et super regnum meum, peccatum grande? Facta, quae non fient, fecisti mecum. 10. Et dixit Abimelech ad Abrahamum, Quid vidisti quo feceris verbum hoc? 11. Et dixit Abraham, Quia dixi, verumtamen nullus timor DEI in loco hoc, et occident me propter verbum uxoris meae. 12. Et etiam vere soror mea, filia patris mei illa, verumtamen non filia matris meae; et facta mihi in uxorem. 13. Et factum, quando fecerunt discedere me Deus e domo patris mei, et dixi illi, Haec bonitas tua, quam facias mecum, a omnem locum quo venerimus, dic mihi, Frater meus ille. 14. Et accepit Abimelech gregem et armentum, et servos et ancillas, et dedit Abrahamo; et restituit illi Sarah uxorem ejus. 15. Et dixit Abimelech, Ecce terra mea coram te, in bono in oculis tuis habita. 16. Et Sarae dixit, Ecce dedi mille argenti fratri tuo, ecce illud tibi velamen oculorum omnibus qui tecum, et cum omnibus, et vindicata. 17. Et oravit Abraham ad DEUM, et sanavit DEUS Abimelechum, et uxorem ejus, et ancillas ejus, et pepererunt. 18. Quia claudendo clausit JEHOVAH propterea omnem uterum domus Abimelechi, propter verbum Sarae, uxoris Abrahami.