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445. 四十六, 人从死里复活并进入永生
当肉体不能在自然界履行对应于灵从灵界所获得的思维和情感的功能时, 就说人死了. 当肺呼吸和心跳停止时, 这种情形就会发生. 其实, 这个人根本没有死, 只是脱离了在世上对他有用的肉体部分, 而此人本身仍旧活着, 因为人之为人是由于他的灵, 而非他的肉体. 事实上, 正是灵在人里面思考; 构成人的, 是思维与情感. 由此可见, 人死亡不过是从一个世界转到另一个世界罢了. 正因如此, 就圣言的内义而言, “死”表示复活和生命的延续.
注:在圣言中, “死”表示复活, 因为当人死亡时, 他的生命仍继续(天国的奥秘 3498, 3505, 4618, 4621, 6036, 6221节).
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445. 由死蘇醒 進入永生
當人的肉體在物質世界中不能履行功能來對應他的靈在心靈世界的想法和情感時, 就說這人死了, 發生於肺呼吸和心跳停止之時。其實, 他根本沒有死, 只是與一度服務於他的肉體分離了而已, 人本身其實依然活著。我說人本身依然活著, 是因為人之為人, 不是憑著肉體, 而是憑著靈。畢竟, 在人裡面思考的是靈, 是思想和情感構成了人。
由此可見, 人死去以後, 只是從一個世界轉到了另一個世界罷了。正因如此, 就聖言的靈義而言,"死"系指生命的復蘇和延續。
445. Our Revival from the Dead and Entry into Eternal Life
When someone's body can no longer perform its functions in the natural world in response to the thoughts and affections of its spirit (which it derives from the spiritual world), then we say that the individual has died. This happens when the lungs' breathing and the heart's systolic motion have ceased. The person, though, has not died at all. We are only separated from the physical nature that was useful to us in the world. The essential person is actually still alive. I say that the essential person is still alive because we are not people because of our bodies but because of our spirits. After all, it is the spirit within us that thinks, and thought and affection together make us the people we are.
We can see, then, that when we die we simply move from one world into another. This is why in the inner meaning of the Word, "death" means resurrection and a continuation of life. 1
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1. Death in the Word means resurrection because when we die, our life still goes on: 3498, 3505, 4618, 4621, 6036, 6222 [6221?].
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445. THE RESUSCITATION OF MAN FROM THE DEAD AND HIS ENTRANCE INTO ETERNAL LIFE
When the body is no longer able to perform its functions in the natural world corresponding to the thoughts and affections of his spirit which he has from the spiritual world, then man is said to die. This takes place when the respiration of the lungs and the beatings of the heart cease. But yet the man does not die; he is merely separated from the corporeal part that was of use to him in the world, for the man himself lives. It is said that the man himself lives, since man is not a man because of his body but because of his spirit, for it is the spirit in man that thinks, and thought with affection makes man. Hence it is clear that the man when he dies merely passes from one world into another. And this is why in the Word in its internal sense "death" signifies resurrection and continuation of life. 1
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1. In the Word "death" signifies resurrection, for when man dies his life still goes on (Arcana Coelestia 3498, 3505, 4618, 4621, 6036, 6221).
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445. XLVI. THE RESUSCITATION OF MAN FROM THE DEAD AND HIS ENTRANCE INTO ETERNAL LIFE.
When the body is no longer able to perform the bodily functions in the natural world that correspond to the spirit's thoughts and affections, which the spirit has from the spiritual world, man is said to die. This takes place when the respiration of the lungs and the beatings of the heart cease. But the man does not die; he is merely separated from the bodily part that was of use to him in the world, while the man himself continues to live. It is said that the man himself continues to live since man is not a man because of his body but because of his spirit, for it is the spirit that thinks in man, and thought with affection is what constitutes man. Evidently, then, the death of man is merely his passing from one world into another. And this is why in the Word in its internal sense "death" signifies resurrection and continuation of life. 1
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445. [XLVI.] DE HOMINIS RESUSCITATIONE A MORTUIS, AC INTROITU IN VITAM AETERNAM.
Quando corpus non amplius potest obire suas functiones in naturali mundo correspondentes cogitationibus et affectionibus sui spiritus, quae sunt ei ex spirituali mundo, tunc dicitur homo mori. Hoc fit cum motus respiratorii pulmonum ac systolici cordis cessant. Sed usque non moritur homo, sed modo separatur a corporeo, quod ei fuit usui in mundo ipse enim homo vivit. Dicitur quod ipse homo vivat, quia homo non est homo ex corpore, sed ex spiritu quoniam spiritus in homine cogitat, et cogitatio cum affectione facit hominem. Inde patet, quod homo, cum moritur, modo transeat ab uno mundo in alterum. Inde est, quod "mors" in Verbo in sensu ejus interno significet resurrectionem, et continuationem vitae. 1
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