9548.“要作一个灯台”表属灵天堂。这从“灯台”的含义清楚可知，“灯台”是指在天堂和教会中来自主的神性属灵层。“灯台”表示神性属灵层的原因是，摆有陈设饼或脸饼的“桌子”表示神性属天层，这在前文已经说明。神性属天层是爱之良善，神性属灵层是源于那良善的信之真理；这二者都是从主发出的（9227节）。“灯台”指神性属灵层是由于它发出的光；因为从主的神性良善发出的神性真理就是那在天堂发光的，天使也不从任何其它源头获得光。这就是为何在圣言中，主被称为“光”；“光”表示信，也表示对真理的聪明理解和对良善的智慧洞察，它们唯独来自主（参看1053，1521-1533，1619-1632，2776，3094，3138，3167，3190，3195，3222，3223，3337，3339，3341，3636，3643，3862，3993，4060，4180，4302，4408，4414，4415，4419，4527，4598，5400，6032，6313，6315，6608，6907，7174，8644，8707，8861，9399，9407节）。
“灯台”表示凭借来自主的神性真理的属灵天堂，因而也表示教会；“灯”表示信，也表示对真理的聪明理解和对良善的智慧洞察，它们都唯独来自主。这一点从圣言中提到“灯台”和“灯”的经文明显看出来；如启示录：
我就看见七个金灯台，七灯台中间有一位好像人子。七灯台就是七个教会。（启示录1:12，13，20）
又：
你若不悔改，我就把你的灯台从原处挪去。（启示录2:5）
在这些地文，教会被称为“灯台”，凭的是来自主而存在于那里的神性真理。“灯台”表示一个教会，这是显而易见的，因为经上说“七个灯台就是七个教会”。教会被如此称呼是由于神性真理，这一点从经上说“你若不悔改，我就把你的灯台挪去”明显看出来。这真理来自主，这一点也是显而易见的，因为经上说“灯台中间有一位好像人子”；主被称为人子，凭的是祂的神性真理（参看2803，2813，3704节）。
启示录：
我要使我那两个见证人，说预言一千二百六十天。这二人就是那两棵橄榄树，两个灯台，立在大地之神面前的。（启示录11:3，4）
“两个见证人”是指新旧约的圣言，因为它们为主作见证；它被称为“橄榄树”，凭的是神性良善，被称为“灯台”，凭的是来自主的神性真理。
在撒迦利亚书，说话的天使对先知说：
天使对先知说，你看见了什么？我对他说，我看见了，看哪，一个灯台，全是金的；其顶上有灯盏，灯台上有七盏灯，每盏有七个管子。旁边有两棵橄榄树，一棵在灯盏的右边，一棵在灯盏的左边。（撒迦利亚书4:2，3）
这论及所罗巴伯，他将要立神殿的根基，也必完成这工；他代表主，因为主将要到来，并重建属灵天堂和教会，这些就是“灯台”所表示的，而那里的神圣真理则是“七个灯台”所表示的。
“灯台”表示信，以及对真理的聪明理解和对良善的智慧洞察，它们唯独来自主，这一点明显可见于这些经文：
圣耶路撒冷不需要日月照耀它，因有神的荣耀光照它，又有羔羊为城的灯。得救的列族要在祂的光里行走。（启示录21:23，24）
启示录：
那里不再有黑夜，他们也不需要灯、日光，因为主神给他们光。（启示录22:5）
在第一段经文中，“灯”表示来自主的神性真理；“光”表示信，因而也表示聪明和智慧。又：
灯光在你中间决不能再照耀。新郎和新妇的声音，在你中间决不能再听见。（启示录18:23）
耶利米书：
我要夺走欢喜的声音和快乐的声音，新郎的声音和新妇的声音，推磨的声音和灯的亮光，这全地必然荒凉，令人惊骇。（耶利米书25:10，11）
这论及在属灵事物上的信仰和由此而来的聪明的灭绝，这种灭绝由“决不能再照耀的灯”和“要被夺走的灯的亮光”来表示。
在下列经文也一样：
恶人的灯有多少次熄灭过？毁灭有多少次临到他们呢？（约伯记21:17）
诗篇：
你必点着我的灯；耶和华我的神必照明我的黑暗。（诗篇18:28；撒母耳记下22:29）
又：
我藉着你的诫命变得聪明，你的圣言是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。（诗篇119:104，105）
约伯记：
那时神使祂的灯照在我头上，我藉祂的光行在黑暗中。（约伯记29:3）
马太福音：
眼睛就是身上的灯。你的眼睛若了亮，全身就光明；你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。你里头的光若黑暗了，那黑暗是何等大呢！（马太福音6:22，23；路加福音8:16；11:33-36）
“眼睛”在此表示信和由此而来的聪明，“眼睛”在内义上表示这些事物（参看4403-4421，4523-4534，9051节）。由此明显可知“你的眼睛若了亮，全身就光明；你的眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗”表示什么。由于“灯”表示信和由此而来的聪明智慧，所以犹大王被称为“大卫的灯”（列王记上11:36；15:4；列王记下8:19）；大卫被称为“以色列的灯”（撒母耳记下21:16，17）；倒不是说犹大王是灯，也不是说大卫是灯；确切地说，他们被如此称谓，是因为“王”表示来自主的神性真理（6148节）；“大卫”表示神性真理方面的主，就是信仰、聪明和智慧的源头（1888节）。
Potts(1905-1910) 9548
9548. And thou shalt make a lampstand. That this signifies the spiritual heaven, is evident from the signification of the "lampstand," as being the Divine spiritual in heaven and in the church from the Lord. That by the "lampstand" is signified the Divine spiritual is because by "the table on which were the breads of faces" is signified the Divine celestial, as was shown in what goes before. The Divine celestial is the good of love, and the Divine spiritual is the truth of faith thence derived; both proceeding from the Lord. That the "lampstand" denotes the Divine spiritual is from its illumination, for the Divine truth which proceeds from the Divine good of the Lord is what gives light in heaven, nor have the angels light from any other source. Hence it is that in the Word the Lord is called "the Light," and by "light" is signified faith, also the intelligence of truth and the wisdom of good, which are from the Lord alone (see n. 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415, 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407). [2] That the "lampstand" denotes the spiritual heaven from the Divine truth which is from the Lord, thus also the church; and that a "lamp" denotes faith, also the intelligence of truth and the wisdom of good, which are from the Lord alone; is evident from passages in the Word where a "lampstand," and a "lamp," are mentioned; as in John:
I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like unto the Son of man. The seven lampstands are the seven churches (Rev. 1:12, 13, 20). I will remove thy lampstand out of its place, except thou repent (Rev. 2:5). The church is here called a "lampstand" from the Divine truth which is there from the Lord; for it is said, "the seven lampstands are the seven churches;" that the church is from the Divine truth is plain from its being said, "I will remove thy lampstand except thou repent;" that it is from the Lord is also plain, for it is said, "in the midst of the lampstands was one like unto the Son of man." (That the Lord is called "the Son of man" from Divine truth, see n. 2803, 2813, 3704.) [3] In the same:
I will give unto My two witnesses that they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days. These are the two olive-trees and the two lampstands that stand before the God of the earth (Rev. 11:3, 4);
the "two witnesses" denote the Word of both Testaments in respect to its witnessing concerning the Lord; it is called an "olive-tree" from the Divine good, and a "lampstand" from the Divine truth, which are from the Lord. [4] In Zechariah:
The angel said unto the prophet, What seest thou? to whom I said, I see, and behold a lampstand all of gold, with its flask upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, and seven funnels to the lamps. Two olive-trees near it, one on the right side of the flask, and one on the left side thereof (Zech. 4:2, 3);
this is said of Zerubbabel, who was about to lay the foundation of the house of God and to complete it, by whom is represented the Lord in that He would come and restore the spiritual heaven and church, which are the "lampstand," and the holy truths therein, which are the "seven lamps." [5] That a "lamp" denotes faith, also the intelligence of truth and wisdom of good, which are from the Lord alone, is evident in these passages:
The holy Jerusalem hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; the glory of God shall lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. The nations which are saved shall walk in His light (Rev. 21:23, 24). There shall be no night there; and they need no lamp, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light (Rev. 22:5). In the former passage "the lamp" denotes the Divine truth which is from the Lord; and "the light," faith, thus also intelligence and wisdom. Again:
The light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee (Rev. 18:23). [6] And in Jeremiah:
I will take away the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of the millstones, and the light of the lamp; that the whole land shall be a desolation and a devastation (Jer. 25:10, 11);
speaking of the extinction of faith and thereby of intelligence in spiritual things, which is meant by "the lamp which shall no longer be, and by the light of the lamp which shall be taken away." [7] In like manner in the following passages:
How oft is the lamp of the wicked put out, and destruction cometh upon them (Job 21:17). Thou lightest my lamp; Jehovah my God maketh my darkness to shine (Ps. 18:28; also 2 Sam. 22:29). From Thy commands I am become intelligent, Thy Word is a lamp to my foot, and a light to my path (Ps. 119:104, 105). When God maketh His lamp to shine upon my head, by His light I walked in darkness (Job 29:3). The lamp of the body is the eye; if thine eye be upright, thy whole body is full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be darkened. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness (Matt. 6:22, 23; also Luke 8:16; 11:33-36);
by "the eye" is here meant faith and the intelligence from it (that these things are meant in the internal sense by "the eye," see n. 4403-4421, 4523-4534, 9051). From this it is plain what is signified by "the whole body being full of light if the eye be upright, and by the whole body being darkened if the eye be evil." As faith and the derivative intelligence and wisdom are signified by a "lamp," therefore the kings of Judah are called "lamps for David" (1 Kings 11:36; 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19); and David is called "the lamp of Israel" (2 Sam. 21:16, 17); not that the kings of Judah, nor David, were lamps, but that by a "king" is signified the Divine truth which is from the Lord (n. 6148); and by "David," the Lord as to Divine truth, from which are faith, intelligence, and wisdom (n. 1888).
Elliott(1983-1999) 9548
9548. 'And you shall make a lampstand' means the spiritual heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lampstand' as the Divine Spiritual from the Lord in heaven and in the Church. The reason why 'a lampstand' means the Divine Spiritual is that 'the table' on which the loaves of the Presence were laid means the Divine Celestial, as has been shown in what has gone before. The Divine Celestial is the good of love, and the Divine Spiritual the truth of faith derived from that good; and both of these emanate from the Lord, 9227. The lampstand is the Divine Spiritual on account of the light it sheds; for Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord's Divine Good is what shines in heaven. There is no other source from which angels receive light. This is why in the Word the Lord is called the Light, and why 'light' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, see 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415, 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.
[2] 'A lampstand' means the spiritual heaven by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord, and therefore also means the Church; and 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone. This is clear from places in the Word where 'lampstand' and 'lamp' are mentioned, as in John,
I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. The seven lampstands are the seven Churches. Rev 1:12, 13, 20.
And in the same book,
I will remove your lampstand from its place if you do not repent. Rev 2:5.
A Church is called 'a lampstand' in these places by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord. The fact that 'a lampstand' means a Church is self-evident, for it says, 'The seven lampstands are the seven Churches'. The fact that a Church is called such on account of Divine Truth is evident from the statement, 'I will remove your lampstand if you do not repent'. And the fact that this Truth comes from the Lord [is also self-evident], for it says, 'In the midst of the lampstands one like the Son of Man'; and the Lord is called the Son of Man by virtue of His Divine Truth, see 2803, 2813, 3704.
[3] In the same book,
I will grant My two witnesses to prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. Rev 11:3-10.
'The two witnesses' are the Word in both Testaments, in that they bear witness to the Lord. It is called 'an olive tree' by virtue of the Divine Good and 'a lampstand' by virtue of the Divine Truth which come from the Lord.
[4] In Zechariah, when the angel who was speaking said to the prophet,
What do you see? I said to him, I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold; its bowl is on top of it,a and its seven lamps are on it with seven pipes to the lamps. Two olive trees are beside it, one on the right of the bowl and one on the left of it. Zech 4:2, 3.
This refers to Zerubbabel, who was about to lay a foundation for God's house and bring it to completion. He represents the Lord, in that He was about to come and to re-establish the spiritual heaven and the Church, these being what is meant by 'a lampstand', and the holy truths there what is meant by 'seven lamps'.
[5] The fact that 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, is clear in John,
The holy Jerusalem has no need of the sun or of the moon to shed light in it. The glory of God will give it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations that are saved will walk in His light. Rev 21:23, 24.
And further on,
There will be no night there, nor do they need a lamp or light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. Rev 22:5.
'Lamp' in the first quotation stands for Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, and 'light' for faith, and so also for intelligence and wisdom. In the same book,
The light of a lamp will not shine in you any more, and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will not be heard in you any more. Rev 18:23.
[6] And in Jeremiah,
I will take away the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of mills, and the light of the lamp, that the whole land may be a desolation and devastation. Jer 25:10, 11.
This refers to the elimination of faith and consequently of intelligence in spiritual matters meant here by the lamp which will no longer be there and by 'the light of the lamp' which will be taken away.
[7] The like occurs in Job,
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out and [how often] does destruction come upon them? Job 21:17.
In David,
You light my lamp; Jehovah my God makes my darkness bright. Ps 18:28; 2 Sam 22:29.
In the same author,
By Your commands I have been made intelligent. Your Word is a lamp to my foot, and a light to my path. Ps 119:104, 105.
In Job,
When God causes a lamp to shine over my head I would walk in darkness towards His light. Job 29:3.
In Matthew,
The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Matt 6:22, 23; Luke 8:16; 11:33-36.
'The eye' is used here to mean faith and consequent intelligence - the fact that these are meant in the internal sense by 'the eye', see 4403-4421, 4523-4534, 9051. And from this the meaning of the words, 'If your eye is good your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness' is self-evident. Since faith and consequent intelligence and wisdom is meant by 'a lamp' the kings of Judah are called lamps to David, 1 Kings 11:36; 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; and David himself is called the lamp of Israel, 2 Sam. 21:16, 17. Not that the kings of Judah were lamps; nor was David. Rather they were called such because 'a king' means Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, 6148, and 'David' the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, the source of faith, intelligence, and wisdom, 1888.
Latin(1748-1756) 9548
9548. `Et facies candelabrum': quod significet caelum spirituale: constat ex significatione `candelabri' quod sit Divinum Spirituale in caelo et in Ecclesia a Domino; quod per `candelabrum' Divinum Spirituale significetur, est quia per mensam super qua panes facierum significatur Divinum Caeleste, ut in praecedentibus ostensum est Divinum Caeleste est bonum amoris, et Divinum Spirituale est verum fidei inde, utrumque procedens a Domino, n. 9227. Quod candelabrum sit Divinum Spirituale, est ex illuminatione, nam Divinum Verum quod procedit a Divino Bono Domini, est quod lucet in caelo non aliunde {1}est lux angelis; inde est quod Dominus in Verbo dicatur Lux, et quod per `lucem' significetur fides, ac intelligentia veri et sapientia boni, quae a solo Domino, videatur n. 1053, 1521-1533, 1619 1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407. 2 Quod candelabrum sit caelum spirituale ex Divino Vero quod Domino, ita quoque Ecclesia, et quod lucerna sit fides, ac intelligenti veri et sapientia boni, quae a solo Domino, constat a locis in Verbo ubi `candelabrum' et ubi `lucerna' nominantur, ut apud Johannem, Vidi septem candelabra aurea, et in medio septem candelabrorum similem Filio hominis; septem candelabra septem Ecclesiae, Apoc. i 12, 13, 20:et apud eundem, Removebo candelabrum tuum e loco suo si non egeris paenitentiam, Apoc. ii 5;
Ecclesia hic dicitur `candelabrum' a Divino Vero quod ibi a Domino; quod `candelabrum' sit Ecclesia, patet, {2}dicitur enim, Septem candelabra septem Ecclesiae; quod sit a Divino Vero, {2}patet ex eo quod dicatur, Removebo candelabrum tuum si non egeris paenitentiam; quod id sit a Domino, [etiam patet,] dicitur enim, In medio candelabrorum similis Filio hominis; quod Dominus dicatur Filius hominis a Divino Vero, videatur n. 2803, 2813, 3704 apud eundem, 3 Dabo duobus testibus Meis, ut prophetent dies mille ducentos sexaginta; hi sunt duae oleae et duo candelabra coram Deo terrae stantia, Apoc. xi 3-10;
`duo testes' sunt Verbum utriusque testamenti, quatenus testatur de Domino; {3}id `olea' dicitur ex Divino Bono, et `candelabrum' ex Divino Vero, quod a Domino: apud Sachariam, 4 Angelus loquens dixit ad prophetam, Quid tu vides? cui dixi, {4}Video, et ecce candelabrum auri totum; (x)lecythus ejus super capite ejus, septemque lucernae ejus super eo, septena infundibula lucernis: duae oleae juxta id, una a dextra (x)lecythi, et una a sinistra ejus, iv 2, 3;
agitur ibi de (x)Serubbabele, qui fundaturus domum Dei et perfecturus illam, per quem repraesentatur Dominus quod venturus (c)et restauraturus caelum spirituale et Ecclesiam; quae sunt candelabrum, et sancta vera ibi septem lucernae. Quod `lucerna' sit fides, ac intelligentia veri, et sapientia boni 5 quae a solo Domino, constat apud Johannem, Sancta Hierosolyma non opus habet sole neque luna, ut luceant in ea; gloria Dei illustrabit eam, et lucerna ejus Agnus: gentes quae salvantur in luce Ipsius ambulabunt, Apoc. xxi 23, 24:
et adhuc, Nox non erit ibi, neque opus habent lucerna et luce solis, quia Dominus Deus illustrat illos, Apoc. xxii 5;
`lucerna' in priore loco pro Divino Vero quod a Domino, et `lux' pro fide, ita quoque pro intelligentia et sapientia: apud eundem, Lux lucernae non lucebit in te amplius; et vox sponsi et sponsae non audietur in te amplius, Apoc. xviii 23:
6 et apud Jeremiam, Abrogabo vocem gaudii et vocem laetitiae, vocem sponsi et vocem sponsae, vocem molarum, et lucem lucernae, ut sit tota terra in desolationem, in devastationem, xxv 10, 11;
ibi de exstinctione fidei et inde intelligentiae in rebus spiritualibus, {5}quae ibi lucerna quae non erit, et lux lucernae quae abrogabitur: pariter apud Hiobum, Quoties lucerna impiorum exstinguitur., et venit super eos exitium, xxi 17:
apud Davidem, Tu illuminas lucernam meam, Jehovah Deus meus splendere facit tenebras meas, Ps. xviii 29 [A. V. 28]; 2 Sam. xxii 29:
apud eundem, Ex mandatis Tuis intelligens factus sum, lucerna pedi meo Verbum (x)Tuum, et lux semitae meae, Ps. cxix 104, 105:
apud Hiobum, Cum Deus splendere facit lucernam super capite meo, ad lucem ejus ambularem in tenebris, xxix 3:
7 apud Matthaeum, Lucerna corporis est oculus; si oculus tuus probus est, totum corpus tuum lucidum, at si oculus tuus malus fuerit, totum corpus obtenebratum erit; si ergo lumen quod in te est tenebrae est, tenebrae quantae! vi 22, 23; Luc. viii 16, xi 33-36;
per `oculum' hic intelligitur fides et inde intelligentia; quod {6}ea in sensu interno sint `oculus,' videatur n. 4403-4421, (x)4523-4534, 9051; inde patet quid significatur per quod `si oculus tuus probus, totum corpus lucidum, at si oculus tuus malus, totum corpus obtenebratum.' Quia fides et inde intelligentia et sapientia {7} significatur per `lucernam,' ideo reges Jehudae vocantur lucernae Davidi, 1 Reg. xi 36, xv (x)4; 2 Reg. viii 19; et David vocatur lucerna Israelis, 2 Sam. xxi 16, 17; non quod reges Jehudae essent lucernae, nec David, sed quia per {8}regem significatur Divinum Verum quod a Domino, n. 6148, et per Davidem Dominus quoad Divinum Verum, ex quo fides, intelligentia, et sapientia, n. 1888. @1 After angelis$ @2 nam dicitur$ @3 quod$ @4 vidi$ @5 quo IT$ @6 hoc in sensu interno sit$ @7 i a Domino$ @8 reges$