316.“油和酒不可糟蹋”表主规定内藏于圣言的神圣良善与真理不可遭到侵犯和亵渎。“油”表示爱之良善，“酒”表示源自这良善的神圣真理，故“油”表示神圣良善，“酒”表示神圣真理；“不可糟蹋”表示主规定，它们不可遭到侵犯和亵渎；因为这话是从“四个活物中间”、因而从主听到的（314节）；主既说了这话，也会如此规定；这就是规定（参看314，255节）。“油”表示爱之良善（参看778，779节）；“酒”表示源自这良善的真理。这一点从以下经文可以看出来：
你们一切干渴的都当就近水来，没有银钱的，也可以来买了吃，不用银钱，也来买酒和奶。（以赛亚书55:1）
到那日，大山要滴甜酒，小山要流奶子。（约珥书3:18；阿摩司书9:13，14）
从肥美的田（即迦密，Carmel）中夺去了欢喜快乐，在葡萄园里必无歌唱；在酒榨中不得踹出酒来，我使他们欢呼的声音止息。（以赛亚书16:10；耶利米书48:32，33）
“肥美的田或迦密”表示属灵的教会，因为那里有葡萄园。
你们所有喝酒的人，都要为甜酒哀号；因为从你们的口中断绝了；修理葡萄园的啊，你们要哀号。（约珥书1:5，10，11）
几乎相同的话还出现在其它经文中（如何西阿书9:2-3；西番雅书1:13；耶利米哀歌2:11-12；弥迦书6:15；阿摩司书5:11；以赛亚书24:6-7，9，11）。
他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服，在血红葡萄汁中洗了袍褂；他的眼睛必因酒红润。（创世记49:11，12）
这些话论及主；“葡萄酒”表示神性真理。这就是主设立圣餐的原因，其中“饼”表示主的神性良善，“酒”表示主的神性真理；对接受者而言，“饼”表示神圣良善，“酒”表示神圣真理，二者皆来自主；故主说：
我对你们说，从今以后我不再喝这葡萄酒，直到我在我父的国里同你们喝新（酒）的那日子（马太福音26:29；路加福音22:18）
正因“饼与酒”有这样的含义，所以：
麦基洗德带了饼和酒去见亚伯兰，他是至高神的祭司，他为亚伯兰祝福。（创世记14:18，19）
在祭祀中，“素祭”与“奠祭”的含义也一样（对此，参看出埃及记29:40；利未记23:12，13，18，19；民数记15:2-15；28:6，7，18到末尾；29:1-7等）。素祭是用细麦面做的，故可代替饼，奠祭是用酒做的。由此明显可知主的这些话表示什么：
也没有人把新酒装在旧皮袋里，惟独把新酒装在新皮袋里，两样就都被保全了。（马太福音9:17；路加福音5:37）
“新酒”是指新约、因而新教会的神性真理；“旧酒”是指旧约、因而旧教会的神性真理。主在加利利的迦拿娶亲的筵席所说这些话的含义也一样：
人都是先摆上好酒，等人喝足了，才摆上次的；你倒把好酒留到如今。（约翰福音2:1-10）
在主所讲被强盗打伤之人的寓言中，“酒”所表相同：
撒玛利亚人将油和酒倒在他的伤处。（路加福音10:33，34）
“被强盗打伤”表示那些从灵性上被犹太人用邪恶与虚假伤害之人，撒玛利亚人给予他们帮助，“将油和酒”倒在他的伤处，也就是教导良善与真理，使他尽可能得到医治。在圣言别处的“新酒”和“酒”也表示神圣真理（如以赛亚书1:21，22；25:6；36:17；何西阿书7:4，5，14；14:6-8；阿摩司书2:8；撒迦利亚书9:15，17；诗篇104:14，15）。正因如此，在圣言中，“葡萄园”表示从主拥有真理的教会。
“酒”表示神圣真理，这一点也可从它的反面意义看出来，在反面意义上，它表示被歪曲和亵渎的真理。如以下经文：
奸淫和酒，并新酒，夺去人的心。他们的酒已经发酸，他们时常行淫。（何西阿书4:11，17-18）
“行淫”表示对真理的歪曲，“酒并新酒”在此也一样。
耶和华手里有杯，祂用酒混合了；祂满上搀杂的料，倒出来，地上的恶人必都喝这酒的渣滓，而且喝尽。（诗篇75:8）
巴比伦是耶和华手中的金杯，使全地沉醉；万族喝了她的酒就癫狂了。（耶利米书51:7）
巴比伦倾倒了，因为她叫万族喝她邪淫、大怒的酒。若有人拜兽，这人必喝神大怒的酒、此酒斟在神忿怒的杯中纯一不杂。（启示录14:8-10）
巴比伦叫列族都喝她邪淫的酒。（启示录18:3）
大巴比伦在神面前被记起来要把神烈怒的酒杯给她。（启示示16:19）
巴比伦王伯沙撒与他的大臣、皇后、妃嫔用耶路撒冷殿中的器皿所饮的酒，同时赞美金、银、铜、铁、木、石所造的神明（但以理书5:2-4），无非表示遭到亵渎的圣言和教会的神圣真理。所以，墙上才会显出文字来，这王当夜被杀（但以理5:25，30）。“酒”表示被歪曲的真理（如以赛亚书5:11，12，21，22，28:1，3，7，29:9，56:11，12；耶利米书13:12，13，23:9，10）。他们献给偶像的奠祭所表相同（以赛亚书65:11，57:6；耶利米书7:18，44:17-19；以西结书20:28；申命记32:38）。“酒”表示神圣真理，在反面意义上表示被亵渎的真理，这是出于对应。因为当世人在圣言中读到“酒”时，以属灵方式领悟一切的天使并不理解为别的。世人的属世思维和天使的属灵思维之间就存在这样的对应关系。圣餐中的“酒”也一样；正因如此，引入天堂通过圣餐实现（224节末尾）。
316. "And do not harm the oil and the wine." This symbolizes the Lord's provision that they not violate and profane the goods and truths concealed inwardly in the Word.
Oil symbolizes the goodness of love, and wine the truth springing from that goodness. Thus the oil here symbolizes sacred goodness, and the wine sacred truth. The Lord's provision that these not be violated and profaned is symbolized by the people's being told not to harm them. For this instruction came from the midst of the four living creatures, thus from the Lord (no. 314). Whatever the Lord says He also provides. That this is something He provides may be seen in nos. 314 and 255 above.
That oil symbolizes the goodness of love - this we will see in nos. 778, 779 below.
That wine symbolizes the truth springing from that goodness is clear from the following passages:
Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes..., buy wine and milk without money... (Isaiah 55:1)
It shall come to pass in that day that the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills flow with milk... (Joel 3:18, cf. Amos 9:13-14)
Joy is taken away... from Carmel, and in the vineyards there will be no singing... No treaders will tread out wine in the presses; I have made their shouting cease. (Isaiah 16:10, cf. Jeremiah 48:32-33)
Carmel symbolizes the spiritual church, because it had vineyards there.
[2] ...wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth... The vinedressers have wailed... (Joel 1:5, 10-11)
Almost the same images occur in Hosea 9:2-3.
He washes his clothing in wine, and His vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are red with wine... (Genesis 49:11-12)
The subject is the Lord, and the wine symbolizes Divine truth. That is why the Lord instituted the Holy Supper, in which the bread symbolizes the Lord in respect to Divine good, and the wine the Lord in respect to Divine truth; and in their recipients the bread symbolizes a sacred goodness, and the wine sacred truth, received from the Lord. Therefore He said,
I say to you, that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you... in My Father's kingdom. (Matthew 26:29, cf. Luke 22:18)
Because bread and wine have these symbolic meanings, so too Melchizedek, going to meet Abram, brought out bread and wine, he being a priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram (Genesis 14:18-19).
[3] The grain offering and drink offering used in sacrifices had similar symbolic meanings, as described in Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19ff. The grain offering was an offering of wheat flour, thus taking the place of bread, and the drink offering was an offering of wine.
It can be seen from this what these words of the Lord symbolize:
Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins... But they put the... wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. (Matthew 9:17, cf. Luke 5:37-38)
New wine is the Divine truth in the New Testament, thus in the New Church, and the old wine is the Divine truth in the Old Testament, thus in the old church.
A similar idea is symbolized by these words of the Lord at the wedding in Cana of Galilee:
Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now! (John 2:1-10)
[4] Something similar is symbolized by the wine in the Lord's parable concerning the man wounded by thieves, on whose wound the Samaritan poured oil and wine (Luke 10:33-34); for the man wounded by thieves means people whom the Jews wounded spiritually by evils and falsities, and to whom the Samaritan brought aid by pouring oil and wine on their wounds, that is, by teaching them goodness and truth, and as far as possible, healing them.
Sacred truth is symbolized by wine and new wine also elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah 1:21-22; 25:6; 36:17.
[5] Because of this, a vineyard in the Word symbolizes a church that possesses truths from the Lord.
That wine symbolizes sacred truth can be seen also from its opposite meaning, in which it symbolizes truth falsified and profaned, as in the following places:
Harlotry, wine, and new wine have taken hold of the heart... Their wine is gone, they commit harlotry continually. (Hosea 4:11, 18)
Harlotry symbolizes the falsification of truth, and so, too, do the wine and new wine here.
...in the hand of Jehovah a cup, and He mixed it with wine; He filled it with the mixture and poured it out, and its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth, sucking, drink. (Psalms 75:8)
Babylon was a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they are deranged. (Jeremiah 51:7)
Babylon has fallen..., because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication... If anyone worships the beast..., he shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed with undiluted wine in the cup of the wrath (of God). (Revelation 14:8-10)
(Babylon has made) all the nations (drink) of the wine... of her fornication. (Revelation 18:3)
...great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. (Revelation 16:19)
...the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (Revelation 17:1-2)
[6] The wine that Belshazzar, the king of Babylon, and his lords and wives and concubines drank from the vessels of the Temple in Jerusalem, while they praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone (Daniel 5:2-4) - that wine symbolized nothing else but the sacred truth of the Word and church profaned, which is why the writing then appeared on the wall, and the king that very night was slain (Daniel 5:25, 30)
Wine symbolizes truth falsified also in Isaiah 5:11-12, 21-22; 28:1, 3, 7; 29:9; 56:11-12.
The drink offering that they poured out as an offering to idols has the same symbolic meaning in Isaiah 65:11; 57:6; Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19; Ezekiel 20:28; Deuteronomy 32:38.
It is owing to its correspondence that wine symbolizes sacred truth, and in an opposite sense, truth profaned. For when a person reads "wine" in the Word, angels - who apprehend everything spiritually - have just this interpretation of it. Such is the correspondence between the natural thoughts of people and the spiritual thoughts of angels. The case is the same with the wine in the Holy Supper. That is why the Holy Supper occasions an introduction into heaven (no. 224 at the end).
316. 'And do not hurt the oil and the wine' signifies that it is provided by the Lord that the holy goods and truths that lie hidden interiorly in the Word should not be violated and profaned. By 'oil' is signified the good of love, and by 'wine' the truth derived from that good, thus by 'oil' holy good is signified, and by 'wine' holy truth. That it is provided by the Lord that they should not be violated and profaned is signified by 'do not hurt,' for this was heard out of the midst of the four animals, thus from the Lord (314). What is said by the Lord is also provided by Him; that it is provided may be seen above (314; and 255). That 'oil' signifies the good of love will be seen below (778-779); but that 'wine' signifies the truth derived from that good may be established from the following passages:
Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no silver, come, buy and eat, and buy wine and milk without silver. Isaiah 55:1.
It shall come to pass in that day the mountains shall drip new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk. Joel 3:18 [H.B. 4:8]; Amos 9:13-14.
Joy is taken away from Carmel, and in the vineyards there is no singing, wine is not being trodden in the winepress, I have made hedad 1to cease. Isaiah 16:10; Jeremiah 48:32-33.
By 'Carmel' is signified the spiritual Church, because vineyards were there.
[2] Howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth, the vinedressers have howled. Joel 1:5, 10-11.
Much the same, Hosea 9:2-3; Zephaniah 1:13; Lamentations 2:11-12; Micah 6:15; Amos 5:11; Isaiah 24:6-7, 9, 11.
He washes his garments in wine, and his covering in the blood of grapes; red-eyed from wine. Genesis 49:11.
These things [are said] of the Lord, 'wine' signifying Divine Truth. In consequence of this signification the Holy Supper has been instituted by the Lord, in which the bread signifies the Lord as to Divine Good, and the wine the Lord as to Divine Truth, and with the recipients the bread signifies holy good, and the wine holy truth, from the Lord; and He therefore said:
I say unto you, that from now on I am not going to drink of this product of the vine until the day when I shall drink it with you in My Father's kingdom. Matthew 26:29; Luke 22:18.
Because 'bread' and 'wine' used to signify those things, therefore, also:
Melchizedek, going to meet Abram, brought forth bread and wine; and he was the priest to the Most High God, and he blessed Abram. Genesis 14:18-19.
[3] By 'the meal-offering' and 'the drink-offering' in the sacrifices similar things were signified, concerning which [see] Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numbers 15:2-15; 28:6-7, 18-31; 29:1-11 seq. The meal-offering was of fine flour of wheat and was consequently in place of bread, and the drink-offering was of wine. From these things it can be established what is signified by these words of the Lord:
They do not put the new wine into old wine-skins, but they put the wine into new wine-skins, and both are preserved. Matthew 9:17; Luke 5:37.
The 'new wine' is the Divine Truth of the New Testament, thus of the New Church, and the 'old wine' is the Divine Truth of the Old Testament, thus of the Old Church. The like is signified by these words of the Lord 2at the marriage in Cana of Galilee:
Every man first serves the good wine, and when they have had enough, the worse; thou hast kept back the good wine until now. John 2:1-10.
[4] The like was signified also by the 'wine' in the Lord's parable about the one wounded by robbers,
That the Samaritan poured oil and wine into his wounds. Luke 10:33-34, for by 'one wounded by robbers' are understood those who have been wounded by the Jews spiritually by means of evils and untruths, to whom the Samaritan gave help by 'pouring oil and wine into his wounds,' that is, by teaching good and truth, and so far as he was able, healing. Holy truth is signified by 'new wine' and 'wine' elsewhere in the Word also, as [in]. Isaiah 1:21-22; 25:6; 36:17; Hosea 7:4-5, 14; 14:6-8; Amos 2:8; Zechariah 9:15, 17; Psalms 104:14-15. Consequently, by a 'vineyard' in the Word is signified a Church that is in truths from the Lord.
[5] That wine signifies holy truth can also be established from its opposite sense, in which it signifies falsified and profaned truth as in these places:
Whoredom, wine and new wine, have invaded the heart. Their wine has gone, committing whoredom they have committed whoredom, Hosea 4:11, 17-18.
'Whoredom' signifies the falsification of truth, in like manner wine and 'new wine' here.
A cup in the hand of Jehovah, and He has mixed it with wine, He has filled it with the mixture and poured it out, and they shall suck out the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the land shall drink. Psalms 75:9.
A cup of gold is Babel in the hand of Jehovah, making the whole land drunk, the nations have drunk of the wine thereof, therefore they are mad. Jeremiah 51:7.
Babylon has fallen, because she has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom: if any one shall adore the beast, he shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God mixed with undiluted wine in the cup of the growing anger of God. Revelation 14:8, 10.
Babylon has made all nations to drink of the wine of her whoredoms. Revelation 18:3.
Great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the growing anger of the wrath of God. Revelation 16:19.
Those inhabiting the land have been made drunk with the wine of her whoredom. Revelation 17:1-2.
[6] By the 'wine' that Belshazzar the king of Babel and his great men and wives and concubines drank out of the vessels of the Jerusalem temple, and at the same time:
They praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone. Daniel 5:1-4; nothing else is signified than the holy truth of the Word and the Church profaned, and therefore there was writing upon the wall, and the king was slain that night (verse 25, 30). Truth falsified is also signified by 'wine' [in]. Isaiah 5:11-12, 21-22; 28:1, 3, 7; 29:9; 56:11-12; Jeremiah 13:12-13; 23:9-10. The like is signified by the drink-offering that they used to offer to idols, Isaiah 65:11; 57:6; Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19; Ezekiel 20:28; Deuteronomy 32:38. That 'wine' signifies holy truth, and in the opposite sense profaned truth, is the result of correspondence; for angels, who perceive all things spiritually, when 'wine' is read in the Word by a man, understand no other thing. There is such a correspondence between the natural thoughts of men and the spiritual thoughts of angels. It is similar with the wine in the Holy Supper. This is why introduction into heaven is effected by means of the Holy Supper (224 at the end).
Footnotes:
1. This is a transliteration of a Hebrew word meaning 'shouting,' perhaps equivalent to the English 'hurrah.'
2. These words were spoken by the ruler of the feast.
316. And hurt not the oil and the wine, signifies that it is provided by the Lord that the holy goods and truths, which lie interiorly concealed in the Word, shall not be violated and profaned. "Oil" signifies the good of love, and "wine" truth from that good, therefore "oil" signifies holy good, and "wine" holy truth; "hurt them not," signifies that it is provided by the Lord that they shall not be violated and profaned; for this was heard "from the midst of the four animals," thus from the Lord, (314); what is said by the Lord, the same is also provided for by Him; that it is provided, may be seen above, (314, 255). That "oil" signifies the good of love, will be seen below, (778, 779); but that "wine" signifies truth from that good, is evident from the following passages:
Everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no silver, come ye, buy and eat, yea come, buy wine and milk without silver, (Isaiah 55:1).
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down must, and the hills shall flow with milk, (Joel 3:18; Amos 9:13-14).
And joy is taken away from Carmel, and in the vineyards there shall be no singing; wine shall not be trodden in the wine-press, I have made their shouting to cease, (Isaiah 16:10; Jeremiah 48:32-33).
By "Carmel" is signified the spiritual church, because vineyards were there.
[2] Howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the must; for it is cut off from your mouth; howl, O ye vine dressers, (Joel 1:5, 10-11).
Nearly the same words occur in Hosea 9:2-3; Zephaniah 1:13; Lamentations 2:11-12; Micah 6:15; Amos 5:11; Isaiah 24:6-7, 9, 11.
He washeth his garments in wine and his covering in the blood of grapes; his eyes are red from wine, (Genesis 49:11-12).
These things are concerning the Lord; "wine" signifies Divine truth. This is the reason why the Holy Supper was instituted by the Lord, in which the bread signifies the Lord as to the Divine good, and the wine the Lord as to the Divine truth, and with the recipients the bread signifies holy good, and the wine, holy truth, from the Lord; therefore He said:
I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this product of the vine, until the day when I shall drink it with you in My Father's kingdom, (Matthew 26:29; Luke 22:18).
Because "bread and wine" had this signification, therefore, also:
Melchizedek, going to meet Abram, brought forth bread and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God, and he blessed Abram, (Genesis 14:18-19).
[3] Similar is the signification of the meal-offering and drink-offering, in the sacrifices, concerning which see Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numbers 15:2-15; 28:6-7, 18, to the end; 29:1-7, and the following verses. The meal offering was of fine flour of wheat, and was therefore instead of bread, and the drink-offering was of wine. From which it may appear what is signified by these words of the Lord:
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles, but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved, (Matthew 9:17; Luke 5:37).
"New wine" is the Divine truth of the New Testament, thus of the new church, and "old wine" is the Divine truth of the Old Testament, thus of the old church. Similar is the signification of these words of the Lord at the marriage in Cana of Galilee:
Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have had enough, the worse; thou hast kept the good wine until now, (John 2:1-10).
[4] The like is also signified by "wine" in the Lord's parable of the man that was wounded by robbers, that:
The Samaritan poured oil and wine into his wounds, (Luke 10:33-34).
For by him that was "wounded by robbers," are meant they who are spiritually wounded by the Jews by evils and falsities, to whom the Samaritan gave assistance "by pouring in oil and wine" into his wounds, that is, by teaching good and truth, and, so far as he was able, by healing. Holy truth is also signified by "must" and "wine" in other parts of the Word (as in Isaiah 1:21-22; 25:6; 36:17; Hosea 7:4-5, 14; 14:6-8; Amos 2:8; Zechariah 9:15, 17; Psalms 104:14-15). Hence it is that "a vineyard," in the Word, signifies a church that is in truths from the Lord.
[5] That "wine" signifies holy truth, may also appear from its opposite sense, in which it signifies truth falsified and profaned; as in these passages:
Whoredom, and wine, and must, occupy the heart. Their wine has failed, they have committed whoredom continually, (Hosea 4:11, 17-18).
"Whoredom" signifies the falsification of truth, as do "wine and must" here.
In the hand of Jehovah is a cup, and He hath mixed it with wine; He hath filled it with mixture, and poureth it out, and the dregs of it all the wicked of the earth suck out and drink, (Psalms 75:8).
Babylon is a cup of gold in the hand of Jehovah that maketh all the earth drunken; the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore they are insane, (Jeremiah 2:7).
Babylon hath fallen, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the anger of her whoredom. If anyone adore the beast, he shall drink of the wine of the anger of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of the anger of God, (Revelation 14:8-10).
Babylon hath made all nations drink of the wine of her whoredom, (Revelation 18:3).
Great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fury of the anger of God, (Revelation 16:19).
The inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her whoredom, (Revelation 17:1-2).
[6] By the wine which Belshazzar, king of Babylon, and his magnates, and wives, and concubines, drank out of the vessels of the temple of Jerusalem, and at the same time:
They praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, (Daniel 5:2-4).
Nothing else is meant than the holy truth of the Word and of the church profaned. Wherefore the writing then appeared upon the wall, and the king was slain that night (verses 25, 30). "Wine" signifies truth falsified also in Isaiah 5:11-12, 21-22; 28:1, 3, 7; 29:9; 56:11-12; Jeremiah 13:12; 23:9-10. The same is signified by the drink-offering which they offered to idols, (Isaiah 65:11; 57:6; Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19; Ezekiel 20:28; Deuteronomy 32:38). That "wine" signifies holy truth, and, in the opposite sense, truth profaned, is from correspondence; for the angels, who perceive all things spiritually, understand nothing else, when man reads "wine" in the Word; such a correspondence is there between the natural thoughts of men and the spiritual thoughts of angels.
It is similar with the wine in the Holy Supper, and hence it is, that introduction into heaven is effected by the Holy Supper, (224, at the end).
316. "Et oleum et vinum ne laeseris," significat quod a Domino provideatur, ne sancta bona et vera, quae interius in Verbo latent, violentur et prophanentur. -Per "oleum" significatur bonum amoris, et per "vinum" verum ex illo bono; ita per "oleum" significatur sanctum bonum, et per "vinum" sanctum verum: quod provideatur a Domino ne violentur et prophanentur, significatur per "ne laeseris;" auditum enim est hoc "e medio quatuor Animalium," ita a Domino (314); quod dicitur a Domino, hoc quoque providetur ab Ipso; quod provideatur, videatur supra (314, 255). Quod "oleum" significet bonum amoris, videbitur infra (778, 779); quod autem "vinum" significet verum ex illo bono, constat ex sequentibus locis:
"Omnis sitiens ite ad aquas, et cui non argentum, ite, emite et comedite, et emite sine argento Vinum et lac," (Esaias 55:1);
"Fiet in die illo stillabunt montes Mustum, et colles fluent lacte," (Joel 4:18 (B.A. 3:18); 1Amos 9:13-14);
"Ablatum gaudium e Carmele, et in Vineis non cantatur, Vinum in torculari non calcatur, hedad cessare feci," (Esajas 16:10); 2Jeremias 48:32-33);
per "Carmelem" significatur Ecclesia spiritualis, quia ibi erant vineae.
"Ejulate omnes potantes Vinum: propter Mustum quod excisum est ex ore vestro, ejularunt Vinitores," (Joel 1:5, 10-11);
(Similia paene, Hoschea 9:2-3; Zephanias 1:13; Threni 2:11-12; Micham 6:15; Amos 5:11; Esaias 24:6-7, 9, 11;) 3
"Lavat in Vino vestimentum Suum, et in Sanguine uvarum velamen Suum: ruber oculis a Vino," (Genesis 49:11(, 12));
haec de Domino; ac "vinum" significat Divinum Verum. Inde est, quod Sacra Caena a Domino instituta sit, in qua panis significat Dominum quoad Divinum Bonum, et vinum Dominum quoad Divinum Verum, et apud recipientes panis significat sanctum bonum, et vinum sanctum verum, a Domino: quare dixit,
"Dico vobis, quod non bibiturus sim a nunc ex hoc genimine Vitis, usque ad diem, quando id bibero (novum) vobiscum in Regno Patris Mei," (Matthaeus 26:29; Luca 22:18).
Quia "panis et vinum" illa significabant, ideo etiam Malchizedech exiens obviam Abramo "eduxit Panem et Vinum: et hic Sarcedos Deo Altissimo, et benedixit Abramo," (Genesis 14:18-19).
Per mincham et libamen in sacrificiis similia significata sunt (De quibus, Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numeri 15:2-15; 28:6-7, 18 ad fin.; 29:1-7, seq.).
Mincha erat ex simila tritici, inde erat loco panis; et libamen erat ex vino. Ex his constare potest, quid significatur per haec Domini verba,
"Non mittunt Vinum novum in utres veteres, sed mittunt Vinum (novum) in utres novos, et utraque conservantur," (Matthaeus 9:17; Luca 5:37) 4
"vinum novum" est Divinum Verum Novi Testamenti, ita novae Ecclesiae, et "vinum vetus" est Divinum Verum Veteris Testamenti, ita veteris Ecclesiae. Simile significatur per haec verba Domini in Nuptiis in Kana Galilaeae:
"Omnis homo primo bonum Vinum apponit, et quando sat habuerint, vilius; tu reservasti bonum Vinum huc usque," (Johannes 2:1-10).
Simile etiam significatur per "vinum" in Parabola Domini de vulnerato a latronibus,
Quod Samarita "infuderit Oleum et Vinum in vulnera ejus," (Luca 10:33-34);
nam per "vulneratum a latronibus" intelliguntur qui a Judaeis per mala et falsa spiritualiter vulnerati sunt, quibus Samarita opem tulit, "infundendo oleum et vinum" in vulnera ejus, hoc est, docendo bonum et verum, et quantum potuit, sanando. Sanctum Verum per "mustum" et "vinum" significatur etiam alibi in Verbo (Ut Esaias 1:21-22; 25:6; 36:17; Hoschea 7:4-5, 14; 14:6-8; Amos 2:8; Sacharias 9:15, 17; Psalm 104:14-15). 5
Inde est quod per "vineam" in Verbo significetur Ecclesia quae in veris a Domino est. Quod "vinum" significet sanctum verum, constare etiam potest ex sensu ejus opposito, in quo significat falsificatum et prophanatum verum; ut in his locis:
"Scortatio, Vinum et Mustum, occupavit cor: recessit Vinum eorum, scortando scortati sunt," (Hoschea 4:11, 17-18);
"scortatio" significat falsificationem veri; similiter hic "vinum et mustum."
"Calix in manu Jehovae, et Vino miscuit, implevit mixto et effudit, et feces ejus exsugent, bibent omnes impii terrae," (Psalm 75:9 (B.A. 8));
"Calix auri Babel in manu Jehovae, inebrians universam terram; de Vino ejus biberunt gentes, ideo insaniunt," (Jeremias 51:7);
"Cecidit Babylon, quia ex Vino irae scortationis suae potavit omnes gentes si quis bestiam adoret, bibet ex Vino irae Dei mixto mero in calice irae Dei," (Apocalypsis 14:8-10)
"Ex Vino scortationis suae Babylon potavit omnes gentes," (Apocalypsis 18:3);
"Babylonis magnae memoria facta est coram Deo, ad dandum illi poculum Vini furoris irae De," (Apocalypsis 16:19); 6
"Inebriati sunt ex Vino scortationis ejus inhabitantes terram," (Apocalypsis 17:1-2).
Per vinum quod Belschazar Rex Babelis, et magnates et uxores et pellices ejus biberunt ex vasis Templi Hierosolymitani,
Et una "laudarunt deos auri, argenti, aeris, ferri, ligni et lapidis," (Daniel 5:2-4) 7,
nec aliud quam sanctum verum Verbi et Ecclesiae prophanatum significatur; quare tunc scriptum est in pariete, et Rex illa nocte occisus est (vers. 25, 30). Per "vinum" significatur Verum falsificatum (Etiam Esaias 5:11-12, 21-22; 28:1, 3, 7; 29:9; 856:11-12; Jeremias 13:12-13; 23:9-10).
Simile significatur per "libamen" quod libabant idolis, (Esaias 65:11; 57:6; Jeremias 7:18; 44:17-19; Ezechiel 20:28; Deuteronomius 31:38 [NCBSP: Deuteronomius 32:38]).
Quod "vinum" significet sanctum verum, et in opposito sensu prophanatum verum, est ex correspondentia; Angeli enim, qui spiritualiter omnia percipiunt, cum ab homine "vinum" in Verbo legitur, non aliud intelligunt; talis correspondentia est inter cogitationes naturales hominum, et inter cogitationes spirituales Angelorum: simile est cum Vino in Sacra Caena; inde est quod per Sacram Caenam fiat introductio in Caelum (224, fin.).
Footnotes:
1. 18 pro "8"
2. xvi. pro "xv."
3. 11 pro "10"
4. 5:37 pro "15:39"
5. 14, 15 pro "14, 15, 16"
6. 19 pro "1, 2"
7. 2-4 pro "2 ad 5"
8. 9 pro "10"