365、由此可见，富人和穷人一样能进天堂，并且一样容易。之所以认为穷人容易进天堂、富人则很难，是因为误解了圣经中提到富人和穷人的经文。在圣经中，就灵义而言，“富人”表示那些拥有对真理和良善的丰富的认识的人，因而是在教会内（圣经所在的地方）的人；而“穷人”则指那些缺乏这些认知但渴慕它们的人，也就是在教会外（没有圣经的地方）的人。
[2]穿着紫色袍和细麻布衣服，并被投入阴间的财主表示犹太民族。这个民族之所以被称为财主，是因为它拥有圣经，并且从中对真理和良善有着丰富的认识。“紫色袍”表示对良善的认识，“细麻布衣服”表示对真理的认识，｛注1｝而躺在财主门口、想得财主桌子上掉下来的零碎充饥、并被天使带入天堂的穷人，表示没有良善和真理的认识、然而却渴望它们的民族或外邦人（路加福音16:19-31）。被请赴丰盛的筵席并借故推辞的富人也表示犹太民族，被领来取代他们的穷人表示教会之外的民族或外邦人（路加福音14:16-24）。
[3]也要解释一下主所说的财主是什么意思，即：
骆驼穿过针的眼，比财主进上帝的国还容易（马太福音19:24）。
此处“财主”（或“富人”）既表示属世意义上的富人，也表示属灵意义上的富人。就属世意义而言，富人是指那些拥有大量财富并心系于此的人；但就属灵意义而言，则指那些拥有丰富的认识和知识，也就是属灵的财富，并渴望凭自己的聪明、利用它们将自己引入天堂和教会的事物中的人。由于这违背神性秩序，故经上说“骆驼穿过针的眼比财主进上帝的国还要容易”。“骆驼”在灵义上表示总体上的学习和了解官能，“针眼”表示属灵的真理。｛注2｝如今人们不知道这就是“骆驼”和“针眼”的含义，因为到现在为止仍没有披露这种知识，那就是讲解圣经字义上所说的事物在灵义上的含义。圣经的每个细节中既有属灵的意义，也有属世的意义。圣经纯粹用属世事物与属灵事物对应的方式写成，以便可以实现天堂与尘世或天使与世人的结合，因为直接的结合已经终止了。由此清楚地看出圣经中“财主”（或“富人”）具体指谁。
[4]在圣经中，“财主”（或“富人”）在灵义上表示那些对真理和良善有认识人，“财富”表示认识本身，就是属灵的财富，这一点从以下各处的经文可以看出来（如以赛亚书10:12-14；30:6-7；45:3；耶利米书17:3；48:7；50:36-37；51:13；但以理书5:2-4；以西结书26:7，12；27:1-36；撒迦利亚书9:3-4；诗篇45:12；何西阿书12:9；启示录3:17-18；路加福音14:33；等等）。“穷人”在灵义上表示那些对良善和真理没有认识却渴望它们的人（马太福音11:5；路加福音6:20-21；14:21；以赛亚书14:30；29:19；41:17-18；西番雅书3:12-13）。《属天的奥秘》一书根据灵义解释了所有这些经文（10227）。
｛注1｝：“衣服”表示真理，因而表示认识（1073，2576，5319，5954，9212，9216，9952，10536）。“紫色”表示属天的良善（9467）。“细麻”表示来自属天源头的真理（5319，9469，9744）。
｛注2｝：在圣经中，“骆驼”表示总体上的认识官能和知识（3048，3071，3143，3145）。“刺绣，针线活”，因而“针”表示什么（9688）。从知识进入信仰的真理违背神性秩序（10236）。如此行的人在天堂和教会的事上会变得疯狂（128-130，232，233，6047）。在来世，当他们思想属灵事物时，他们似乎喝醉了（1072）。关于他们的更多情况（196）。举例说明通过知识进入属灵事物时，属灵事物无法被理解（233，2094，2196，2203，2209）。从属灵真理进入属世人的知识是可以的，但反过来不行，因为只有属灵之物进入属世之物的流注，没有属世之物进入属灵之物的流注（3219，5119，5259，5427，5428，5478，6322，9110）。必须先承认圣经和教会的真理，然后才可以考虑知识，而不是相反（6047）。
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365. 这一切清楚表明, 富人和穷人一样能进天堂, 并且一样容易. 人们之所以认为穷人容易进天堂, 而富人则很难, 是因为圣言在谈到富人和穷人时被误解了. 在圣言中, 就灵义而言, “富人”是指那些拥有大量真理与良善的知识之人, 也就是圣言所在的教会中人; 而“穷人”则指那些缺乏这些知识, 但渴望它们的人, 或在教会之外没有圣言的地方的人.
穿着紫色袍和细麻布衣服, 并被投入阴间的财主表示犹太民族; 这个民族之所以被称为财主, 是因为它拥有圣言和由此而来的大量真理并良善的知识; “紫色袍”表示良善的知识, “细麻布衣服”表示真理的知识. 而躺在财主门口, 想得财主桌子上掉下来的零碎充饥, 并被天使带入天堂的穷人表示没有良善与真理的知识, 然而却渴望它们的民族或外邦人(路加福音 16:19-31).
被请赴大宴席并借故推辞的富人也表示犹太民族, 被领来取代他们的穷人表示教会之外的民族或外邦人(路加福音 14:16-24).
有必要解释一下主所说的财主是什么意思, 即:
骆驼穿过针的眼, 比财主进神的国还容易. (马太福音 19:24)
此处“财主”表示属世之义和属灵之义上的富人. 就属世之义而言, 财主或富人是指那些拥有大量财富并心系于此的人; 但就属灵之义而言, 则指那些拥有大量知识和学问, 也就是属灵财富, 并渴望凭自己的聪明利用它们将自己引入天堂和教会的事物之人. 由于这违背神性秩序, 故经上说“骆驼穿过针的眼比财主进神的国还容易”; “骆驼”在灵义上表示总体上的认知和知识, “针眼”表示属灵真理. 如今人们不知道, 这就是“骆驼”和“针眼”的含义, 因为教导圣言字义上所说的事物在灵义上的含义的知识到现在为止仍没有被披露. 圣言的每个细节中既有一个属灵意义, 也有一个属世意义; 事实上, 圣言纯由属世事物与属灵事物的对应写成, 以便天堂与尘世, 或天使与世人的联结由此可以实现, 因为直接的联结已经中断了. 由此清楚看出, 在圣言中, “富人或财主”具体指的是谁.
在圣言中, “富人或财主”在灵义上表示那些享有真理与良善的知识之人, “财富”表示知识本身, 知识就是属灵的财富; 这一点从各处的经文可以看出来(如以赛亚书 10:12-14; 30:6, 7; 45:3; 耶利米书 17:3; 48:7; 50:36, 37; 51:13; 但以理书 5:2-4; 以西结书 26:7, 12; 27:1-36; 撒迦利亚书 9:3, 4; 诗篇 45:12; 何西阿书 12:9; 启示录 3[17], 18; 路加福音 14:33; 等等). “穷人”在灵义上表示那些没有良善与真理的知识, 却渴望它们的人(马太福音 11:5; 路加福音 6:20, 21; 14:21; 以赛亚书 14:30; 29:19; 41:17, 18; 西番雅书 3:12, 13). 《属天的奥秘》(天国的奥秘 10227节)一书根据灵义解释了所有这些经文.
注: “衣服”表示真理, 因而表示知识(天国的奥秘 1073, 2576, 5319, 5954, 9212, 9216, 9952, 10536节). “紫色”表示属天良善(天国的奥秘 9467节). “细麻”表示来自一个属天源头的真理(天国的奥秘 5319, 9469, 9744节). 在圣言中, “骆驼”表示总体上的认知和知识(天国的奥秘 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145节). “绣花的手工, 手工织上”, 因而“手工(needle)”表示什么(天国的奥秘 9688节). 从知识进入信之真理违背神性秩序(天国的奥秘 10236节). 如此行的人在天堂和教会的事上会变得疯狂(天国的奥秘 128-130, 232, 233, 6047节). 在来世, 当思想属灵事物时, 可以说他们成了醉汉(天国的奥秘 1072节). 关于他们性质的详情(天国的奥秘 196节). 举例说明当通过知识进入属灵事物时, 属灵事物无法被理解(天国的奥秘 233, 2094, 2196, 2203, 2209节). 从属灵真理进入属于属世人的知识是可以的, 但反过来不行, 因为只有属灵之物进入属世之物的流注, 没有属世之物进入属灵之物的流注(天国的奥秘 3219, 5119, 5259, 5427, 5428, 5478, 6322, 9110节). 必须先承认圣言和教会的真理, 之后才可以考虑知识, 而不是相反(天国的奥秘 6047节).
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365. 由此可見, 富人和窮人進入天國是一樣多, 一樣容易。人若以為窮人易入天國, 富人難入天國, 那是誤解了聖言。就靈義而言,"富人"指在真理和良善方面有很多知識的人, 或者擁有聖言的教會之人,"窮人"則指缺乏這些知識但渴望瞭解的人, 或者教外那些不瞭解聖言的人。
穿著紫色袍和細麻布衣服, 後被投入陰間的財主, 指猶太民族。因為他們擁有聖言, 在真理和良善方面積累了很多知識, 故被稱為"財主"。實際上, 紫色袍表示對良善的領悟, 細麻衣表示對真理的領悟。躺在財主門口, 想得財主桌上掉下來的零碎充饑, 後被天人帶入天國的窮人, 指不領悟何為良善真理但渴望瞭解的非猶太人(路加福音16:19, 31)。
被請赴大宴席並藉故推辭的富人, 也指猶太民族, 被領進而取代他們位置的窮人, 則指教外的非猶太人(路加福音14:16-24)。
主說:"駱駝穿過針的眼, 比財主進上帝之國還容易。"(馬太福音19:24)此處"財主"何指, 也需加以解釋。此處"財主"兼指物質和心靈意義上的富人, 在物質的意義上, 指擁有大量財富並心系於斯的人, 在心靈的意義上, 則指積累了大量的知識(因為這是心靈的財富)並希望以自己的理性和知識進入天國的人。這違背上帝的次序, 故主說駱駝穿過針的眼比財主進上帝的國還容易。在此層意義上, 駱駝指人的理性和知識, 針眼指心靈的真理。
今人不知這是駱駝和針眼的含義, 因為他們尚未掌握能指明聖言靈義的知識。聖言處處兼含靈義與字義, 因為聖言純由物質與心靈事物的對應形式寫成, 以成就天國與人間, 或說天人與世人的聯結(自從直接的結合中斷以後)。由此, 我們可以明白"富人"在聖言中所指為何。
就聖言的靈義而言,"富人"指在良善和真理方面擁有很多知識的人。財富指知識本身, 知識即屬靈的財富。這從很多經文可以推知(如以賽亞書10:12-14, 30:6-7, 45:3; 耶利米書17:3, 48:7; 50:36-37; 51:13;但以理書5:2-4; 以西結書26:7, 12; 27:1-36;
撒迦利亞書9:3-4; 詩篇45:12; 何西阿書12:9; 啟示錄3:17-18; 路加福音14:33 等等)。在靈義上,"窮人"指不具備良善與真理的知識卻渴望瞭解的人(如馬太福音11:5; 路加福音6:20-21, 14:21; 以賽亞書14:30, 29:19, 41:17-18; 西番雅書3:12-13)。天國的奧秘一書(天國的奧秘10227)已對所有這些經文的靈義作了解釋。
365. We may gather from this that rich people arrive in heaven just as much as poor people do, one as easily as the other. The reason people believe that it is easy for the poor and hard for the rich is that the Word is misunderstood when it talks about the rich and the poor. In the spiritual meaning of the Word, "the rich" means people who are amply supplied with understandings of what is true and good, that is, people in the church where the Word is. "The poor" means people who lack these understandings but who long for them, or people outside the church, where the Word is not found.
[2] The rich person dressed in purple and fine linen who was cast into hell means the Jewish nation. Because they had the Word and were therefore amply supplied with understandings of what is good and true, they are called "rich." The garments of purple actually mean understandings of what is good, and the fine linen means understandings of what is true. 1The poor person who was lying in the gateway and who longed to feast on the crumbs that were falling from the rich person's table, who was carried up into heaven by angels, means the non-Jews who did not have understandings of what is good and true but who still longed for them (Luke 16:19, 31).
The rich who were invited to the great feast but who excused themselves also mean the Jewish nation, and the poor who were brought in to replace them mean the non-Jews who were outside the church (Luke 12:16-24, 14:16-24).
[3] We need also to explain who are meant by the rich of whom the Lord said, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:24). "The rich person" here means the rich in both senses, natural and spiritual. Rich people in the natural sense are people who have abundant wealth and set their hearts on it, while in a spiritual sense they are people who are amply supplied with insights and knowledge (for these are spiritual wealth) and who want to use them to get themselves into heavenly and ecclesiastical circles by their own intellect. Since this is contrary to the divine design, it says that it is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle. On this level of meaning, a camel means our cognitive and informational level in general, and the eye of a needle means spiritual truth. 2
Nowadays people do not know that this is the meaning of the camel and the eye of a needle because there has not yet been any access to the knowledge that teaches what is meant spiritually by the things that the Word says literally. There is spiritual meaning in the details of the Word, and natural meaning as well; because the Word was written in pure correspondences of natural realities with spiritual ones in order to effect a union of heaven and the world, or of angels with us, once the direct union had ceased. We can see from this exactly who are meant by the rich in the Word.
[4] We may gather from a number of passages that on the spiritual level "the rich" in the Word refers to people who enjoy insights into what is good and true and that wealth means those insights themselves, which are spiritual riches: see Isaiah 10:12-14; 30:6-7; 45:3, Jeremiah 17:3; 47:7 [Jeremiah 48:7?], Jeremiah 50:36-37; 51:13, Daniel 5:2-4, Ezekiel 26:7, 12; 27:1-36; Zechariah 9:3-4; Psalms 45:12; Hosea 12:9; Revelation 3:17-18, Luke 14:33, and elsewhere. On the poor in the spiritual sense as people who do not have insights into what is good and true but who long for them, see Matthew 11:5; Luke 6:20-21; 14:21; Isaiah 14:30; 29:19; 41:17-18; Zephaniah 3:12, 18 [13]. An explanation of the spiritual meaning of all these passages may be found in 10227 of Secrets of Heaven.
Footnotes:
1. Garments mean things that are true, and therefore insights: 1033 [1073?], 2576, 5319, 5954, 9212, 9216, 9952, 10536. Purple means heavenly good: 9467. Linen means truth of a heavenly origin: 5319, 9469, 9744.
2. A camel in the Word means our cognitive and informational level in general: 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145. What embroidery, embroidering, and therefore needles Arcana Coelestia 9688. To start from outward facts in order to gain access to truths of faith is contrary to the divine design: 10236. People who do this become insane in matters of heaven and the church: 128-130, 232-233, 6047; and in the other life, when they think about spiritual things, they become virtually drunk: 1072. More about their nature: 196. Examples to illustrate the fact that spiritual things cannot be grasped if they are approached on this basis: 233, 2094, 2196, 2203, 2209. It is all right to go from spiritual truth into the knowledge appropriate to our natural level, but not the other way around, because there is an inflow of the spiritual into the natural but not an inflow of the natural into the spiritual: 3219, 5119, 5259, 5427-5428, 5478, 6322, 9110-9111 [10199?]. We need first to acknowledge the truths of the Word and the church, and then it is all right to take our secular learning into account; but not the other way around: 6047.
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365. From this it can be established that the rich and the poor alike come into heaven, the one as easily as the other. The belief that the poor enter heaven easily and the rich with difficulty comes from not understanding the Word where the rich and the poor are mentioned. In the Word, those who have an abundance of cognitions of good and truth, thus who are within the Church where the Word is, are meant in the spiritual sense by the "rich"; while those who lack these cognitions, and yet desire them, thus who are outside the Church and where there is no Word, are meant by the "poor".
[2] The rich man clothed in purple and fine linen, and cast into hell, means the Jewish nation, which is called rich because it had the Word and had an abundance of cognitions of good and truth therefrom, "garments of purple" signifying cognitions of good, and "garments of fine linen" cognitions of truth. 1But the poor man who lay at the rich man's entrance-hall and longed to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and who was carried by angels into heaven, means the nations that have no cognitions of good and truth and yet desired them (Luke 16:19-31). By the rich who were called to a great supper and excused themselves is meant the Jewish nation, and by the poor brought in in their place are meant the nations outside the Church (Luke 14:16-24).
[3] What is meant by the rich of whom the Lord said:
It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Matthew 19:24.
Will also be told. By the rich there are meant the rich in both a natural sense and a spiritual sense. In the natural sense the rich are those who have an abundance of riches and set their heart upon them; but in the spiritual sense they are those who have an abundance of cognitions and knowledges, which are spiritual riches, and who desire by means of these to introduce themselves into the things of heaven and the Church from their own intelligence. And because this is contrary to Divine order it is said to be "easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye", a "camel" signifying the faculty of learning and knowing in a general way, and a "needle's eye" signifying spiritual truth. 2That such is the meaning of a "camel" and a "needle's eye" is not at present known, because the knowledge that teaches what is signified in the spiritual sense by the things said in the literal sense of the Word has not up to this time been disclosed. In the single things of the Word there is a spiritual sense and also a natural sense; for immediate conjunction having ceased, the Word has been written by pure correspondences of natural things with spiritual things in order that there might be conjunction of heaven with the world, that is, a conjunction of angels with men. This makes clear who in particular are meant in the Word by the "rich man".
[4] That the "rich" in the Word mean in the spiritual sense those who are in cognitions of truth and good, and "riches" the cognitions themselves, which are spiritual riches, can be confirmed from various passages (as in Isaiah 10:12-14; 30:6-7; 45:3, Jeremiah 17:3; 48:7; 50:36-37; 51:13, Daniel 5:2-4, Ezekiel 26:7, 12; 27:1 to the end; Zechariah 9:3-4, Psalm 45:12, Hosea 12:8, Revelation 3:7-8, Luke 14:33 and elsewhere). Also that the "poor" in the spiritual sense signify those who do not have cognitions of good and of truth, and yet desire them (Matthew 11:5, Luke 6:20-21; 14:21; Isaiah 14:30; 29:19; 41:17-18, Zephaniah 3:12-13). All these passages may be seen explained in accordance with the spiritual sense in ARCANA CAELESTIA (Arcana Coelestia 10227).
Footnotes:
1. "Garments" signify truths, thus cognitions (Arcana Coelestia 1073, 2576, 5319, 5954, 9212, 9216, 9952, 10536).
"Purple" signifies celestial good (Arcana Coelestia 9467).
"Fine linen" signifies truth from a celestial origin (Arcana Coelestia 5319, 9469, 9744).
2. A "camel" signifies in the Word the knowing faculty and knowledge in general (Arcana Coelestia 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145).
What is meant by "needlework", "working with a needle", and therefore by a "needle" (Arcana Coelestia 9688).
To enter from knowledge into the truths of faith is contrary to Divine order (Arcana Coelestia 10236).
Those who do this become demented as to the things of heaven and the Church (Arcana Coelestia 128-130, 232-233, 6047).
And in the other life, when they think about spiritual things they become as it were drunken (Arcana Coelestia 1072).
Further about such (196).
Examples showing that when spiritual things are entered into through knowledges they cannot be comprehended (Arcana Coelestia 233, 2094, 2196, 2203, 2209).
It is permissible to enter from spiritual truth into knowledges which pertain to the natural man, but not the reverse, because there can be spiritual influx into the natural, but not natural influx into the spiritual (Arcana Coelestia 3219, 5119, 5259, 5427-5428, 5478, 6322, 9110).
The truths of the Word and of the Church must first be acknowledged, after which it is permissible to consider knowledges, but not before (Arcana Coelestia 6047).
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365. All this makes clear that the rich and the poor alike come into heaven, the one as easily as the other. The belief that the poor enter heaven easily and the rich with difficulty comes from not understanding the Word where the rich and the poor are mentioned. In the Word those that have an abundance of knowledges of good and truth, thus who are within the church where the Word is, are meant in the spiritual sense by the "rich;" while those who lack these knowledges, and yet desire them, thus who are outside of the church and where there is no Word, are meant by the "poor."
[2] The rich man clothed in purple and fine linen, and cast into hell, means the Jewish nation, which is called rich because it had the Word and had an abundance of knowledges of good and truth therefrom, "garments of purple" signifying knowledges of good, and "garments of fine linen" knowledges of truth. 1But the poor man who lay at the rich man's gate and longed to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table, and who was carried by angels into heaven, means the nations that have no knowledges of good and truth and yet desired them (Luke 16:19-31). Also the rich that were called to a great supper and excused themselves mean the Jewish nation, and the poor brought in in their place mean the nations outside of the church (Luke 14:16-24).
[3] By the rich man of whom the Lord says:
It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God (Matthew 19:24),
the rich in both the natural sense and the spiritual sense are meant. In the natural sense the rich are those that have an abundance of riches and set their heart upon them; but in the spiritual sense they are those that have an abundance of knowledges and learning, which are spiritual riches, and who desire by means of these to introduce themselves into the things of heaven and the church from their own intelligence. And because this is contrary to Divine order it is said to be "easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye," a "camel" signifying in general in the spiritual sense the knowing faculty and things known, and a "needle's eye" signifying spiritual truth. 2That such is the meaning of a "camel" and a "needle's eye" is not at present known, because the knowledge that teaches what is signified in the spiritual sense by the things said in the literal sense of the Word has not up to this time been disclosed. In every particular of the Word there is a spiritual sense and also a natural sense; for the Word was made to consist wholly of correspondences between natural and spiritual things in order that conjunction of heaven with the world, or of angels with men might thereby be effected, direct conjunction having ceased. This makes clear who in particular are meant in the Word by the "rich man."
[4] That the "rich" in the Word mean in the spiritual sense those who are in knowledges of truth and good, and "riches" the knowledges themselves, which are spiritual riches, can be seen from various passages (as in Isaiah 10:12-14; Isaiah 30:6-7; Isaiah 45:3; Jeremiah 17:3; Jeremiah 48:7; Jeremiah 50:36-37; Jeremiah 51:13; Daniel 5:2-4; Ezek.Daniel 26:7, Daniel 26:12; Daniel 27:1-36 end; Zechariah 9:3-4; Psalm 45:12; Hosea 12:9; Revelation 3:17-18; Luke 14:33 and elsewhere). Also that the "poor" in the spiritual sense signify those who do not possess knowledges of good and of truth, and yet desire them (Matt. Luke 11:5; Luke 6:20-21; Luke 14:21; Isaiah 14:30; Isaiah 29:19; Isaiah 41:17-18; Zeph. Isaiah 3:12-13). All these passages may be seen explained in accordance with the spiritual sense in the Arcana Coelestia (10227).
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365. Ex his constare potest, quod divites aeque ac pauperes in caelum veniant, et tam facile unus quam alter. Quod credatur quod pauperes facile, ac divites aegre, est quia Verbum non intellectum est, ubi nominantur divites et pauperes. Per "divites" ibi intelliguntur in spirituali sensu illi qui abundant cognitionibus boni et veri, ita qui intra ecclesiam sunt ubi est Verbum; et per "pauperes" illi quibus deficiunt cognitiones illae, et [qui] tamen desiderant illas, ita qui extra ecclesiam sunt ubi non Verbum.
[2] Per "divitem" qui induebatur purpura et bysso, et projectus est in infernum, intelligitur gens Judaica; quae quia habebat Verbum, et inde abundabat cognitionibus boni et veri, dives vocatur: per "vestes ex purpura" etiam significantur cognitiones boni, et per "vestes ex bysso" cognitiones veri: 1per "pauperem" autem qui projectus erat ad vestibulum ejus, et desiderabat saturare micis quae cadebant ex mensa divitis, et portatus ab angelis in caelum, intelliguntur gentes, quae non habeant cognitiones boni et veri, et tamen desiderabant illas (Luca 16:19-31). 2Per "divites" qui vocati ad cenam magnam, et se excusaverunt, intelligitur etiam gens Judaica; et per "pauperes" loco illorum introductos intelliguntur gentes quae extra ecclesiam (Luca 24:16-24).
[3] Quinam intelliguntur per Divitem, de quo Dominus dicit,
"Facilius est camelum per foramen acus transire, quam divitem in regnum Dei introire," (Matthaeus 19:24);
etiam dicetur: per "divitem" ibi intelliguntur divites in utroque sensu tam naturali quam spirituali divites in sensu naturali, qui abundant opibus, et ponunt cor in illis in spirituali autem sensu qui abundant cognitionibus et scientiis, nam hae sunt divitiae spirituales, et per illas se ex propria intelligentia volunt introducere in illa quae caeli et ecclesiae sunt, quod quia est contra ordinem Divinum, dicitur quod facilius sit camelo per foramen acus transire in illo enim sensu per "camelum" significatur cognitivum et scientificum in genere, et per "foramen acus" verum spirituale: 3quod per "camelum" et "foramen acus" illa intelligantur, non hodie scitur, quia non huc usque aperta fuit scientia quae docet quid in sensu spirituali significatur per illa quae in sensu litterali in Verbo dicta sunt in singulis enim Verbi spiritualis sensus est, et quoque naturalis; nam Verbum, ut conjunctio esset caeli cum mundo, seu angelorum cum hominibus, postquam desiit conjunctio immediata, per meras correspondentias naturalium cum spiritualibus conscriptum est: inde patet, quinam per "divitem" ibi in specie intelliguntur.
[4] Quod per "divites" in Verbo in sensu spirituali intelligantur qui in cognitionibus veri et boni sunt, et per "divitias" ipsae cognitiones, quae quoque sunt divitiae spiritules, ex variis locis ibi constare potest:
(Quae videantur Esaias 10:12-14; 30:6-7; 45:3; Jeremias 17:3; 48:7; 450:36-37; 51:13; Daniel 5:2-4; Ezechiel 26:7, 12; 27:1 ad fin.; Sacharia 9:3-4; Psalm 45:13 [B.A. 12]; 5Hoschea 12:9; Apocalypsis 3:17-18; Luca 14:33; et alibi).
et quod per "pauperes"in spirituali sensu significentur qui cognitiones boni et veri non habent, et usque desiderant illas (Matthaeus 11:5; Luca 6:20-21; 14:21; Esaias 14:30; 29:19; 41:17-18; Zephanias 3:12-13). 6
Haec omnia loca videantur explicata secundum spiritualem sensum in Arcanis Caelestibus (10227).
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