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48. In the kingdom. That this signifies, in the church where truths are, is evident from the signification of kingdom in the Word, as denoting heaven and the church. The reason why it denotes the church as to truth, or where truths are, is, because by the royalty of the Lord is signified the Divine truth proceeding from Him, and hence by kings are signified truths. (See above, n. 31.) It is said the church as to truth, by which is meant the church as to truths from good; the reason is, that truths are not possible without good, for truths have life from good; the truths which a man has who is not in good, are indeed actually in themselves truths, but they are not truths in him (as may be seen fully proved in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 11-27).
[2] That kingdom in the Word signifies heaven and the church as to truths, is evident from many passages in the Word, of which I will adduce some. Thus in Matthew:
"The sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness" (Arcana Coelestia 1059, 1159, 1258, 1260, 1416, 1849, 6005.)
[3] It is evident from these things what is meant by kingdom in the Lord's prayer,
"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so also on the earth. Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory" (33). From these considerations it may be seen that the kingdom of God signifies, in many other passages of the Word, the church as to truths, also heaven, and, in the highest sense, the Lord as to the Divine Human. The reason why kingdom, in the highest sense, signifies the Lord as to the Divine Human is, that all Divine truth proceeds from Him; and the reason why kingdom signifies heaven is, that heaven, with the angels, is from no other source than the Divine truth which proceeds from the Lord's Divine Human (see in the work, Heaven and Hell 7-12, 78-86, 126-140).
48. And in the kingdom, signifies in the church where truths are. This is evident from the signification of "kingdom" in the Word, as being heaven and the church. It means the church in respect to truth, or where truths are, because by the royalty of the Lord is signified Divine truth proceeding from Him, and therefore by "kings" are signified truths (See what is shown above, n. 31). It is said the church in respect to truth, by which is meant the church in respect to truths from good; and for the reason that there are no truths without good, for truths have their life from good. Truths with a man who is not in good are indeed truths in themselves, but they are not truths in him (as may be seen abundantly shown in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem, 11-27).
[2] That "kingdom" in the Word signifies heaven and the church in respect to truths, is evident from many passages in the Word, some of which I will cite.
Thus in Matthew:
The sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness (Arcana Coelestia 1059, 1159, 1258-1260, 1416, 1849, 6005)
[3] From this it is plain what is meant by "kingdom" in the Lord's prayer:
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so also upon the earth. Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory (33). From all this it can be seen what "the kingdom of God" signifies in very many passages in the Word, namely, the church in respect to truths, and also heaven, and in the highest sense the Lord in respect to the Divine Human. "Kingdom," in the highest sense, signifies the Lord in respect to the Divine Human, because from Him all Divine truth proceeds; and "kingdom" signifies heaven, because heaven with the angels is from no other source than from the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord's Divine Human (See in the work on Heaven and Hell 7-12, 78-86, 126-140).
48. "In regno." Quod significet in ecclesia ubi vera, constat ex significatione "regni" in Verbo, quod sit caelum et ecclesia; quod sit ecclesia quoad Verum, seu ubi vera, est quia per regium Domini significatur Divinum Verum procedens ab Ipso, et inde per "reges" significantur vera (ut ostensum videatur supra, n. 31). Ecclesia quoad verum dicitur, et intelligitur ecclesia quoad vera ex bono. Causa est quia non dantur vera absque bono, vera enim habent vitam ex bono; vera apud hominem qui non in bono est, sunt quidem in se vera, sed non sunt vera in illo (ut pluribus ostensum videatur in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae, n. 11-27).
[2] Quod "regnum" in Verbo significet caelum et ecclesiam quoad vera, constat ex pluribus locis in Verbo, quorum aliqua velim afferre:
- Ut apud Matthaeum,
"Filii regni ejicientur in tenebras exteriores" (8:12);
"filii regni" ibi sunt qui ab ecclesia ubi non vera sed falsa regnant.
Apud eundem,
"Qui audit verbum regni et non attendit, venit malus, et rapit quod seminatum est in corde (ejus); hic est qui juxta viam seminatus est... Ager est mundus, semen (bonum) sunt filii regni" (13:19, 38);
audire "Verbum regni" est vera ecclesiae; et quia "semen" significat Vera, ideo illi qui recipiunt vera dicuntur "filii regni."
(Quod "semen" sit verum ecclesiae, videatur n. 3038, 3373, 3671, 10248, 10249.)
Apud eundem,
Ideo auferetur a vobis regnum Dei, et dabitur genti facienti fructum" (21:43);
quod "regnum Dei" ibi significet ecclesiam quoad vera, ita quoque vera ecclesiae, patet, quoniam dicitur quod auferetur eis, "et dabitur genti facienti fructum"; "fructus" est bonum.
Apud eundem,
In consummatione saeculi "excitabitur gens contra gentem, et regnum contra regnum" (24 [3,] 7);
"consummatio saeculi" est ultimum tempus ecclesiae; "gens contra gentem" est malum contra bonum; et "regnum contra regnum" est falsum contra verum.
(Quod "gens" sit bonum ecclesiae, et in opposito sensu malum ibi, videatur n. 1059, 1159, 1258, (1259,) 1260, 1416, 1849, 6005.)
[3] Ex his patet quid per "regnum" intelligitur in Oratione Dominica,
"Adveniat regnum tuum, et fiat voluntas tua sicut in caelo etiam in terra Tuum est regnum, potentia et gloria" (Matthaeus 6:10, 13);
"Adveniat regnum tuum", significat ut recipiatur verum; "fiat voluntas tua", significat quod recipiatur ab illis qui faciunt voluntatem Dei; "Tuum est regnum, potentia et gloria", significat Divinum Verum a Deo solo; dicitur etiam "potentia et gloria", quia Divino Vero est omnis potentia et gloria (videatur supra, n. 33 1
). Ex his videri potest quid significat "regnum Dei" in perplurimis locis in Verbo, quod nempe ecclesiam quoad vera, et quod caelum, ac in supremo sensu Dominum quoad Divinum Humanum: quod in supremo sensu per "regnum" significetur Dominus quoad Divinum Humanum, est quia ab Ipso omne Divinum Verum procedit; et quod per "regnum" significetur caelum, est quia caelum apud angelos non aliunde est quam ex Divino Vero quod procedit a Divino Humano Domini (videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 7-12, 78-86, 126-140).
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