260、圣言的内义或灵义包含无数奥秘。就其内义而言，圣言包含无数事物，这些事物超出人类的理解（3085，3086节）。它也包含无法解释的事物（1955节）。这些事物只向天使显现，也只被他们理解（167节）。圣言的内义包含天堂的奥秘，这些奥秘涉及主，以及祂在天上和地上的国度（1-4，937节）。这些奥秘并未显现在字义中（937，1502，2161节）。先知书中的许多事物看似不连贯；而事实上，它们在内义上以一种优美的顺序连贯在一起（7153，9022节）。在圣言的字义中，一个词，甚至一个最小的字母都不可遗漏，否则就会在内义上造成中断；因此，按照主的圣治，圣言直至每个字和每个点都被保存完整（7933节）。无数事物包含在圣言的细节里面（6617，6620，8920节），也包含在每句话里面（1869节）。无数事物包含在主祷文及其细节里面（6619节），也包含在十诫里面；尽管它们的外在意义只包含诸如没有启示的每个民族都知道的那类事物（8867，8902节）。在圣言，尤其先知书中，经上似乎用两种表达方式来表示同一个事物，但一种表达方式涉及良善，另一种涉及真理；因此，一种涉及属天之物，另一种涉及属灵之物（683，707，2516，8339节）。在圣言中，良善与真理以一种神奇的方式结合在一起，这种结合只显明给那些知道内义的人（10554节）。因此，圣言整体上及其每个细节里面都有一个神性婚姻和一个天堂婚姻（683，793，801，2173，2516，2712，5138，7022节）。神性婚姻是神性良善与神性真理的婚姻，因而就是主，该婚姻只存在于主里面（3004，3005，3009，4137，5194，5502，6343，7945，8339，9263，9314节）。“耶稣”表示神性良善，“基督”表示神性真理，两者一起表示天上的神性婚姻，也就是神性良善与神性真理的婚姻（3004，3005，3009节）。该婚姻存在于内义上的圣言的每个细节中，所以主以其神性良善和神性真理而存在于圣言的每个细节中（5502节）。在天堂和教会中，来自主的良善与真理的婚姻被称为天堂的婚姻或天上的婚姻（2508，2618，2803，3004，3211，3952，6179节）。因此，在这方面，圣言就是一种天堂（2173，10126节）。在圣言中，天堂由于其中良善与真理的婚姻而被比作一个婚姻（2758，3132，4434，4835节）。
内义包含教会的纯正教义（9025，9430，10400节）。那些照内义理解圣言的人知道教会的真正教义，因为内义包含它们（9025 ，9430，10400节）。圣言的内在也是教会的内在，同样是敬拜的内在（10460节）。圣言是对主之爱和对邻之仁的教义（3419，3420节）。
圣言在字义上如同云，在内义上则是荣耀，可参看创世记18章序言（5922 ，6343节），那里解释了“主驾着天上的云降临，有荣耀”这句话；在圣言中，“云”表示字义上的圣言，“荣耀”表示内义上的圣言，可参看创世记18章序言（4060，4391，5922，6343，6752，8106，8781，9430，10551，10574节）。与内义中的事物相比，字义中的事物就像抛光的光柱周围的粗糙投影；然而，这个投影仍在光柱上呈现出一个人的一个美丽形像（1871节）。在来世，那些只想要并承认圣言字义的人以一个畸形的老妇人来代表；而那些想要并承认内义和字义的人则以一个穿着华美的少女来代表（1774节）。在其完全中的圣言就是一个天堂的形像，因为圣言是神性真理，神性真理构成天堂；由于天堂就像一个人，所以圣言在这方面如同一个人的形像（1871节）。天使作为一个整体就像一个人，对此，可参看《天堂与地狱》一书（59-67节）；从主发出的神性真理构成天堂（7-12，126-140，200-212节）。圣言的内义以一种优美、悦人的方式呈现给天使（1767，1768节）。字义如同身体，内义如同该身体的灵魂（8943节）。因此，圣言的生命来自它的内义（1405，4857节）。圣言在内义上是纯净的，尽管在字义上似乎不是这样（2362，2395节）。圣言字义的内容因其内义而是神圣的（10126，10276节）。
圣言的历史书也一个内义，只是深深地在它们里面（4989节）。因此，圣言的历史书和预言书一样，也包含天堂的奥秘（755，1659，1709，2310，2333节）。天使并不明白这些历史，只以属灵的方式理解它们（6884节）。对人来说，历史书中的内在奥秘不如预言书中的那样明显的原因（2176，6597节）。
对圣言内义性质的进一步说明（1756，1984，2004，2663，3035，7089，10604，10614节），举例说明（1873节）。
260、圣言的“内义”或“灵义”包含无数奥秘。圣言的“内义”中包含无数超越人类理解力的事物（3085，3086）。“内义”还包括让人费解的事物（1965）。“内义”只向天使显现，只有天使理解（167）。圣言的“内义”包含天堂的珍秘，它们涉及到主、主在天堂和尘世的国度（1–4，937）。那些珍秘没在字义中显现（937，1502，2161）。先知书中的很多内容好像是不连贯的，但在“内义”中，它们的连贯呈现为一种既规则又美丽的系列（7153，9022）。圣言字义的任何一个单词，甚至是一个极细微之处，都不能省略，如果省略，“内义”就会中断，因此，在主的天命下，圣言的每个字、每个点均得到完整保存（7933）。圣言的每个细节都包含无数事物 （6617，6620，8920），每个词句也是如此（1689）。主祷文中包含无数事物，它的每个部分也是（6619）。摩西十诫的戒律也是。尽管，摩西十诫的“外义”中有些内容对每个民族而言不需要启示就能知道（8867，8900）。
在圣言中，尤其是先知书，两种表述好像被用来表示相同事物，但一种与良善有关，另一种与真理有关。因此一种涉及属灵事物，另一种涉及属天事物（683，707，2516，8339）。良善和真理在圣言中以一种绝妙的方式相结合，这种结合只对知道“内义”的人显现（10554）。因此，在圣言中，在它的每个部分，都有一种神性婚姻和天堂婚姻存在（683，793，801，2173，2516，2712，5138，7022）。神性婚姻是神性良善和神性真理的婚姻，因此这种婚姻就是主，这种婚姻只存在于主内（3004，3005，3009，5138，5194，5502，6343，7945，8339，9263，9314）。“耶稣”表示神性良善，“基督”表示神性真理，两者的结合在天堂中表示神性婚姻，也就是神性良善和神性真理的婚姻（3004，3005，3009）。这种婚姻存在于圣言的每个部分，存在于它的“内义”中。因此主就神性良善和神性真理而言，存在于圣言的每个部分（5502）。在天堂和教会中，从主而来的良善和真理的婚姻，被称作天堂的婚姻（2508，2618，2803，3004，3211，3952，6179）。因此，就这一点来说，圣言可以说就是天堂（2173，10126）。由于圣言中的良善和真理的婚姻的缘故，天堂在圣言中被比作婚姻（2758，3132，4434，4835）。
圣言的“内义”就是教会的教义（9025，9430，10400）。那些根据“内义”理解圣言的人知道教会绝对正确的教义，因为“内义”包含它（9025; 9430，10400）。圣言的本质也是教会的本质，同样也是敬拜的本质（10460）。圣言是爱主和爱友邻的教义（3419，3420）。
圣言的文字就像云，圣言在“内义”中是荣耀的，参阅《创世记》第18章的前言（5922，6343），那里解释了“主将有大荣耀，驾着天上的云降临”的含义。在圣言中，“云”表示圣言的字义，“荣耀”表示圣言的“内义”，参阅《创世记》第18章的前言（4060，4391，5922，6343，6752，8106，8781，9430，10551，10574）。对于“内义”而言，字义的内容就像把扭曲的影像投射到光洁的光学柱体，在柱体内展示出一个人的美丽形象（1871）。
在来世，一个畸形的老妇人代表那些只接受和承认圣言字义的人；而一个衣着美丽的处女代表那些同时接受和承认“内义”和字义的人（1774）。圣言在整体上是天堂的形象，因为圣言就是神性真理，而神性真理构成天堂。又因为天堂整体如一人，于是从这个角度看，圣言也如一个人的形象（1871）。关于天堂在整体上如一人，可参阅《天堂与地狱》的59–67节。从主发出的神性真理构成了天堂（126–140，200–212）。在天使们眼中，圣言的内义庄严美丽、令人心旷神怡（1767，1768）。字义就像身体，而“内义”就像身体的灵魂（8943）。因此圣言的生命来自它的“内义”（1405，4857）。圣言的“内义”是纯洁的，但在字义中似乎不是这样（2362，2395）。圣言字义的内容因“内义”而圣洁（10126，10728）。
圣言的历史书也有“内义”，但是深隐其中（4989）。像先知书一样，历史书也包含天堂的珍秘（755，1659，1709，2310，2333）。天使只察觉其灵意，而无视历史事件（6884）。下面解释了对人而言，为何历史书的深层珍秘不如先知书显而易见的原因（2176，6597）。
下面进一步解释圣言“内义”的性质（1756，1984，2004，2663，3035，7089，10604，10614），并举例阐明（1873）
260. There are countless treasures hidden 1in the inner or spiritual meaning. In its inner meaning, the Word contains countless things that are beyond our grasp: 3085, 3086. They also cannot be explained: 1955. They are manifest only to angels and are understood only by them: 167. The inner meaning of the Word contains hidden treasures of heaven 2that have to do with the Lord and his kingdom in the heavens and on earth: 1, 2, 3, 4, 937. These treasures are not visible in the literal meaning: 937, 1502, 2161. Many of the things in the prophets that seem random come together coherently in a beautiful sequence in the inner meaning: 7153, 9022. There is not a single word in the literal meaning of the Word-not even the smallest letter 3-that can be lost without causing a break in the inner meaning, so this is why, in the Lord's divine providence, the Word has been so completely preserved, right down to every word and the tip of every letter: 7933. There are countless things within the details of the Word (6617, 6620, 8920), and in every word (1869). There are countless things in the Lord's Prayer and in its details (6619), and in the Ten Commandments, though their outer meaning contains things that were known to every people quite apart from any revelation (8862, 8902).
[2] In the Word, especially in the prophetic books, 4there are what seem to be paired expressions of the same idea, but one refers to what is good and the other to what is true-to what is heavenly, then, and to what is spiritual: 683, 707, 2516, 8339. Teachings about truth and teachings about goodness are wondrously joined to each other in the Word, but this joining is visible only to people who know about its inner meaning: 10554. Therefore in the Word as a whole and in its details there is a divine marriage and a heavenly marriage: 683, 793, 801, 2173, 2516, 2712, 5138, 7022. The divine marriage is the marriage of divine goodness and divine truth and is therefore the Lord, in whom alone this marriage exists: 3004, 3005, 3009, 4137, 5194, 5502, 6343, 7945, 8339, 9263, 9314. "Jesus" means divine goodness and "Christ" means divine truth, and together they mean the divine marriage in heaven, which is the marriage of divine goodness and divine truth: 3004, 3005, 3009. This marriage is in the details of the Word in its inner meaning, so the Lord is there with his divine goodness and divine truth: 5502. What is called the heavenly marriage is the marriage of goodness and truth that comes from the Lord in heaven and in the church: 2508, 2618, 2803, 3004, 3211, 3952, 6179. So in this respect the Word is a kind of heaven: 2173, 10126. Heaven is compared to a marriage in the Word because of the marriage of goodness and truth there: 2758, 3132, 4434, 4835.
[3] The inner meaning contains the genuine teachings of the church: 9025, 9430, 10400. People who understand the Word in its inner meaning know the true teachings of the church, because the inner meaning contains them: 9025, 9430, 10400. The inner reality of the Word is also the inner reality of the church, as well as the inner reality of worship: 10460. The Word is a body of teaching focused on love for the Lord and caring about our neighbor: 3419, 3420.
[4] The Word in its literal meaning is like a cloud, while in its inner meaning it is glory (preface to Genesis 18, 5922, 6343, in explanation of the statement that "the {w 219} is going come in the clouds of heaven, with glory" [Matthew 24:30; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:27]). Further, "clouds" in the Word means the Word in its literal meaning, and "glory" means the Word in its inner meaning: preface to Genesis 18, 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8106, 8781, 9430, 10551, 10574. Compared to the contents of the inner meaning, the contents of the literal meaning are like the distorted images around a polished optical cylinder that actually present a beautiful image of a person on the cylinder: 51871. People who want and acknowledge only the literal meaning of the Word are represented in the other life by misshapen old women, while people who want and acknowledge the inner meaning as well are represented by beautifully dressed young women: 1774. The Word in its fullness is an image of heaven because the Word is divine truth, and divine truth is what makes heaven; and since heaven is like one individual, the Word is in this respect like an image of a person: 1871. (On the fact that heaven taken as a whole is like one individual, see 59-67 of the book Heaven and Hell, and on the fact that it is divine truth emanating from the Lord that makes heaven, see 7-12, 126-140, 200-212.) The inner meaning of the Word is presented to angels' view in a beautiful and pleasing way: 1767, 1768. The literal meaning is like a body, and the inner meaning is like the soul of that body: 8943. The life of the Word therefore comes from its inner meaning: 1405, 4857. The Word is pure in its inner meaning, although it does not seem to be so in its literal meaning: 2362, 2395. The contents of the Word's literal meaning are holy as a result of their inner meaning: 10126, 10276.
[5] There is also an inner meaning in the historical books of the Word, 6but it is deep within them: 4989. So just like the prophetic books, the historical books contain hidden treasures of heaven: 755, 1659, 1709, 2310, 2333. Angels take them spiritually rather than as history: 6884. Why the deep treasures in the historical books are less visible to us than the ones in the prophetic books: 2176, 6597.
[6] Further discussion of the nature of the inner meaning of the Word (1756, 1984, 2004, 2663, 3035, 7089, 10604, 10614), illustrated with an example (1873).
Footnotes:
1. The Latin word here translated "treasures hidden" is arcana, notable as the first word of the title of the first of Swedenborg's theological works, Arcana Coelestia, rendered as Secrets of Heaven in this edition. The word arcana is related to the Latin word arca, meaning a box or chest: the root arc- and the affix -ana together essentially signify "that which is within a box," that is, that which is concealed because of its value. (Compare the verbal relationship between the Latin word urbs, "a city," and urbanus, "the inhabitant of a city. ") Thus arcana quite possibly carried overtones of the ark of the covenant for Christian readers of the Bible. The English word "trove" similarly suggests both treasure and hiddenness. [GFD]
2. The Latin here translated "hidden treasures of heaven" is arcana coelestia, an unmistakable reference to Swedenborg's Secrets of Heaven. For more on this expression, see note 1 in New Jerusalem 260. [GFD]
3. On the allusion contained in this reference to "the smallest letter" of the Word, see note 2 in New Jerusalem 255. [Editors]
4. By "the prophetic books of the Word," Swedenborg means Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. He considered the Psalms to have some measure of the prophetic style as well. Of the books belonging to the New Testament, Swedenborg classified Revelation as a prophetic book (see Last Judgment 40; Revelation Unveiled 932[2]; True Christianity 116[4]). Swedenborg lists the various books of the Bible he included in his definition of "the Word" in Secrets of Heaven 10325, New Jerusalem 266, and White Horse 16; for further discussion of his selection, see note 7 in New Jerusalem 1 in New Jerusalem 1. On the various styles he distinguished in the books of the Bible, see Secrets of Heaven 66, 2606. For another category of books in the Bible, the historical books, see note 6 in New Jerusalem 260. [JSR, LSW]
5. Although one scholar (Potts 1888-1902, under "cylinder") understands this device to be a kaleidoscope, Swedenborg seems here to be referring to a device called an anamorphoscope, which produces an optical illusion called an anamorphosis. The cylinder is polished (as indicated here and in similar descriptions in White Horse 11[4]; Spiritual Experiences [= Swedenborg 1998-2013] 2164) and acts as a curved mirror; it is set next to a distorted drawing that is composed in such a way that the reflection of the drawing on the surface of the cylinder appears properly proportioned. For examples of anamorphoses from Swedenborg's time and before, see Leeman, Elffers, and Schuyt 1976; a reflecting cylinder may be seen in plate 53 there, as well as in Odhner 1931, 430, and Caldwell 1949, 517. See also McQueen 1949, 516, which has a further reference to photographs in a popular magazine ("Speaking of Pictures" 1949, 18-20). Further examples, though not of the same historical interest, can be found in McLoughlin Bros. 1979. [SS, LHC]
6. By "the historical books of the Word," Swedenborg means the five books of the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), as well as Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings. For more on "the Word," see note 7 in New Jerusalem 1 in New Jerusalem 1. For another category of books in the Bible, the prophetic books, see note 4 in New Jerusalem 260. [JSR, SS]
260. Not translated.
260. In the internal or spiritual sense of the Word there are innumerable arcana. The Word in its internal sense contains innumerable things which transcend the human comprehension, Arcana Coelestia 3085, 3086. It also contains things that cannot be explained, Arcana Coelestia 1965; which are represented only to angels, and understood by them, Arcana Coelestia 167. The internal sense of the Word contains arcana of heaven, which relate to the Lord and His kingdom in the heavens and on earth, Arcana Coelestia 1-4, 937. These arcana do not appear in the sense of the letter, Arcana Coelestia 937, 1502, 2161. Many things contained in the prophets, appear there as detached, which in the internal sense are connected in a beautiful continuous series, Arcana Coelestia 7153, 9022. Not a single expression, and not even a single iota can be omitted from the sense of the letter of the Word, without causing an interruption in the internal sense; wherefore, by the Lord's Divine Providence, the Word has been preserved entire, as to every word and every tittle, Arcana Coelestia 7933. Innumerable things are contained in each single thing of the Word, Arcana Coelestia 6617, 6620, 8920; and in every expression, Arcana Coelestia 1869. Innumerable things are contained in the Lord's Prayer, and in each single thing thereof Arcana Coelestia 6619; also in the Commandments of the Decalogue, in the external sense of which, nevertheless, there are some things of such a nature as are known to every nation without revelation. Arcana Coelestia 8867, 8900.
In the Word, and especially in its prophetical part, there are two expressions as it were of the same thing; but one of them has relation to good, and other to truth; thus one to what is spiritual and the other to what is celestial, Arcana Coelestia 683, 707, 2516, 8339. Goods and truths are conjoined in the Word in a wonderful manner, and this conjunction appears only to him who is acquainted with the internal sense, Arcana Coelestia 10554. In the Word, and in each single thing thereof, there is, consequently, the Divine marriage and also the heavenly marriage, Arcana Coelestia 683, 793, 801, 2173, 2516, 2712, 5138, 7022. The Divine Marriage is the marriage of the Divine Good and the Divine Truth, thus the Lord, in whom alone is that marriage, Arcana Coelestia 3004, 3005, 3009, 5138, 5194, 5502, 6343, 7945, 8339, 9260, 9314. By Jesus is signified the Divine Good, and by Christ the Divine Truth; and by both, the Divine Marriage in heaven, which is the marriage of the Divine Good and the Divine Truth, Arcana Coelestia 3004, 3005, 3009. This marriage is in each single thing of the Word, in its internal sense; and thus the Lord is in it, as to the Divine Good and the Divine Truth, Arcana Coelestia 5502. The marriage of good and truth from the Lord in heaven and the Church, is what is called the heavenly marriage, Arcana Coelestia 2508, 2618, 2803, 3004, 3211, 3952, 6179. Wherefore the Word in this respect is, as it were, heaven, Arcana Coelestia 2173, 10126. By virtue of the marriage of good and truth in the Word, heaven is compared in it to a marriage, Arcana Coelestia 2758, 3132, 4434, 4835.
The internal sense is the very doctrine of the Church, Arcana Coelestia 9025, 9430, 10400. Those who understand the Word according to the internal sense are acquainted with the very true doctrine of the Church, because the internal sense contains that doctrine, Arcana Coelestia 9025, 9430, 10400. The Internal of the Word is also the Internal of the Church, as well as the Internal of worship, Arcana Coelestia 10460. The Word is the doctrine of love to the Lord, and of charity towards the neighbour, Arcana Coelestia 3419, 3420.
The Word in the letter is as the cloud, and in the internal sense it is the glory, see the Preface to Chapter xviii of Genesis, also Arcana Coelestia 5922, 6343, where the words, "The Lord shall come in the clouds of heaven with glory," are explained. A cloud in the Word also signifies the Word in the sense of the letter, and glory the Word in the internal sense, see the Preface to Chapter xviii, of Genesis, also Arcana Coelestia 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8106, 8781, 9430, 10551, 10574. The things which are in the sense of the letter, in respect to those which are in the internal sense, are like rude projections round a polished optical cylinder, by which nevertheless there is exhibited in the cylinder a beautiful image of a man, Arcana Coelestia 1871. Those who are in favour of and acknowledge only the sense of the letter of the Word, in the other life are represented by an ugly old woman; but those who at the same time are in favor of and acknowledge the internal sense, are represented by a virgin beautifully arrayed, Arcana Coelestia 1774. The Word in its whole aggregate is an image of heaven, because the Word is Divine Truth, and Divine Truth constitutes heaven; and since heaven has reference to one man, therefore the Word in this respect is, as it were, an image of man, Arcana Coelestia 1871. Heaven in the aggregate has reference to one man, as may be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell 59-67; and the Divine Truth which proceeds from the Lord constitutes heaven, Heaven and Hell 126-140, 200-212. The Word is presented beautifully and agreeably before the angels, Arcana Coelestia 1767, 1768. The sense of the letter is like the body, and the internal sense like the soul of that body, Arcana Coelestia 8943. The Word, consequently, has life by virtue of the internal sense, Arcana Coelestia 1405, 4857. In the internal sense the Word is pure, and it does not appear so in the sense of the letter, Arcana Coelestia 2362, 2395. Those things which are in the sense of the letter of the Word are holy from internal things, Arcana Coelestia 10126, 10728.
In the historical parts of the Word there is also an internal sense, but it is contained interiorly within them, Arcana Coelestia 4989. The historical parts of the Word thus contain arcana of heaven, just like the prophetical parts, Arcana Coelestia 755, 1659, 1709, 2310, 2333. The angels perceive these parts not historically, but spiritually, Arcana Coelestia 6884. The reason why the interior arcana which are contained in the historical parts, are less evident to a man than those contained in the prophetical parts, Arcana Coelestia 2176, 6597.
Further particulars concerning the quality of the internal sense of the Word, shown, Arcana Coelestia 1756, 1984, 2004, 2663, 3035, 7089, 10604, 10614; and illustrated by comparisons, Arcana Coelestia 1873.
260. The internal or spiritual sense of the Word contains innumerable arcana.
The Word in its internal sense contains innumerable things, which exceed human comprehension (n. 3085, 3086). It also contains inexplicable things (n. 1965). Which are represented only to angels, and understood by them (n. 167). The internal sense of the Word contains arcana of heaven, which relate to the Lord and His kingdom in the heavens and on earth (n. 1-4, 937). Those arcana do not appear in the sense of the letter (n. 937, 1502, 2161). Many things in the prophets appear to be disconnected, when yet in their internal sense they cohere in a regular and beautiful series (n. 7153, 9022). Not a single word, nor even a single iota can be omitted in the sense of the letter of the Word, without an interruption in the internal sense, and therefore, by the Divine Providence of the Lord, the Word has been preserved so entire as to every word and every point (n. 7933). Innumerable things are contained in every particular of the Word (n. 6617, 6620, 8920); and in every expression (n. 1689). There are innumerable things contained in the Lord's prayer, and in every part thereof (n. 6619). And in the precepts of the Decalogue; in the external sense of which, notwithstanding, some things are such as are known to every nation without revelation (n. 8867, 8900).
In the Word, and particularly in the prophetical parts of it, two expressions are used that seem to signify the same thing, but one expression has relation to good, and the other to truth; thus one relates to what is spiritual, the other to what is celestial (n. 683, 707, 2516, 8339). Goods and truths are conjoined in a wonderful manner in the Word, and that conjunction is apparent only to him who knows the internal sense (n. 10554). And thus there is a Divine marriage and a heavenly marriage in the Word, and in every part thereof (n. 683, 793, 801, 2173, 2516, 2712, 5138, 7022). The Divine marriage is the marriage of Divine good and Divine truth, thus it is the Lord, in whom alone that marriage exists (n. 3004, 3005, 3009, 5138, 5194[1-2], 5502, 6343, 7945, 8339, 9263, 9314). "Jesus" signifies the Divine good, and "Christ" the Divine truth; and both the Divine marriage in heaven, which is the marriage of the Divine good and the Divine truth (n. 3004, 3005, 3009). This marriage is in every part of the Word, in its internal sense; thus the Lord, as to the Divine good and the Divine truth, is in every part of the Word (n. 5502). The marriage of good and truth from the Lord in heaven and the church, is called the heavenly marriage (n. 2508, 2618, 2803, 3004, 3211, 3952, 6179). Therefore in this respect the Word is a kind of heaven (n. 2173, 10126). Heaven is compared in the Word to a marriage, on account of the marriage of good and truth therein (n. 2758, 3132, 4434[1-10], 4835).
The internal sense is the very doctrine of the church (n. 9025, 9430, 10400). They who understand the Word according to the internal sense, know the essential true doctrine of the church, inasmuch as the internal sense contains it (n. 9025 , 9430, 10400). The internal of the Word is also the internal of the church, and likewise the internal of worship (n. 10460). The Word is the doctrine of love to the Lord, and of charity towards the neighbor (n. 3419, 3420).
The Word in the letter is as a cloud, and in the internal sense it is glory, see the Preface to the 18th chapter of Genesis (n. 5922 , 6343), where the words, "The Lord shall come in the clouds of heaven with glory," are explained. "A cloud" in the Word signifies the Word in the sense of the letter, and "glory" signifies the Word in the internal sense, see the Preface to the 18th chapter of Genesis (n. 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8106, 8781, 9430, 10551, 10574). Those things which are in the sense of the letter, respectively to those which are in the internal sense, are like rude projections round a polished optical cylinder, by which nevertheless is exhibited in the cylinder a beautiful image of a man (n. 1871). In the other life, they who only allow and acknowledge the sense of the letter of the Word, are represented by a deformed old woman; but they who allow and acknowledge the internal sense, together with the literal sense, are represented by a virgin beautifully clothed (n. 1774). The Word in its whole complex is an image of heaven, since the Word is the Divine truth, and the Divine truth makes heaven; and as heaven relates to one man, therefore the Word is in that respect as an image of man (n. 1871). Heaven in one complex relates to one man, may be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell (n. 59-67). And the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord makes heaven (n. 126-140, 200-212). The Word is beautifully and agreeably exhibited before the angels (n. 1767, 1768). The sense of the letter is as the body, and the internal sense, as the soul of that body (n. 8943). Thence the life of the Word is from its internal sense (n. 1405, 4857). The Word is pure in the internal sense, and does not appear so in the literal sense (n. 2362, 2395). The things which are in the sense of the letter of the Word are holy from the internal (n. 10126, 10728).
In the historical parts of the Word there is also an internal sense, but within them (n. 4989). Thus the historical as well as the prophetic parts of the Word contain arcana of heaven (n. 755, 1659, 1709, 2310, 2333). The angels do not perceive those historical things, but spiritually (n. 6884). The reason why the interior arcana which are in the historicals, are less evident to man than those that are in the propheticals (n. 2176, 6597).
The quality of the internal sense of the Word further shown (n. 1756, 1984, 2004, 2663, 3035, 7089, 10604, 10614). And illustrated by comparisons (n. 1873).
260. Quod in Sensu interno seu spirituali innumerabilia Arcana sint.
Quod Verbum in sensu interno innumerabilia contineat quae captum humanum excedunt (Arcana Coelestia 3085, 3086).
Quod etiam inexplicabilia (Arcana Coelestia 1965).
Quae solum repraesentantur angelis, et ab illis intelliguntur (Arcana Coelestia 167).
Quod sensus internus Verbi contineat arcana caeli, quae concernunt Dominum, ac regnum Ipsius in caelis et in terris (Arcana Coelestia 1-4, 937).
Quod arcana illa non appareant in sensu litterae (Arcana Coelestia 937, 1502, 2161).
Quod plura, quae apud Prophetas sunt, appareant sicut sparsa, quae in sensu interno in pulchra serie continenter cohaerent (Arcana Coelestia 7153, 9022).
Quod non unica vox, ne quidem unica jotha, abesse queat in Verbi sensu litterae, absque interruptione in sensu interno; et quod ideo ex Divina Providentia Domini Verbum tam integrum conservatum sit, ad omnem vocem et ad omnem apicem (Arcana Coelestia 7933).
Quod innumerabilia insint singulis Verbi (Arcana Coelestia 6637, [6617?], 6620, 8920).
Et unicuique voci (Arcana Coelestia 1689, [1869?],).
Quod innumerabilia sint in Oratione Dominica, et in singulis ejus (Arcana Coelestia 6619).
Et in praeceptis decalogi; in quorum tamen sensu externo aliqua talia sunt quae nota sunt unicuique genti absque revelatione (Arcana Coelestia 8867, 8900).
Quod in Verbo imprimis prophetico sint binae expressiones sicut ejusdem rei; sed quod una se referat ad bonum, altera ad verum, ita ad spirituale et ad caeleste (Arcana Coelestia 683, 707, 2516, 8339).
Quod in Verbo vera et bona sint conjuncta mirabiliter, et quod illa conjunctio solum appareat ei qui scit sensum internum (Arcana Coelestia 10554).
Et sic quod in Verbo et singulis ejus sit conjugium Divinum, et conjugium caeleste (Arcana Coelestia 683, 793, 801, 2173, 2516, 2712, 5138, 7022).
Conjugium Divinum, quod est conjugium Divini Boni et Divini Veri, ita Dominus, in quo solo id conjugium (Arcana Coelestia 3004, 3005, 3009, 4158, [5138?], 5194, 5502, 6343, 7945, 8339, 9263, 9314).
Quod per "Jesum" significetur Divinum Bonum, et per "Christum" Divinum Verum, et per utrumque conjugium Divinum in caelo, quod est conjugium Divini Boni et Divini Veri (Arcana Coelestia 3004, 3005, 3009).
Quod hoc conjugium sit in singulis Verbi in sensu ejus interno, ita Dominus quoad Divinum Bonum et Divinum Verum (Arcana Coelestia 5502).
Quod conjugium boni et veri a Domino in caelo et ecclesia sit quod vocatur conjugium caeleste (Arcana Coelestia 2508, 2618, 2803, 3004, 3211, 3952, 6179).
Ita quod in eo respectu Verbum sit quasi caelum (Arcana Coelestia 2173, 10126).
Quod caelum assimiletur conjugio in Verbo ex conjugio boni et veri ibi (Arcana Coelestia 2758, 3132, 4434, 4834, [4835?],).
Quod sensus internus sit ipsa doctrina ecclesiae (Arcana Coelestia 9025, 9430, 10401, [10400?],).
Quod qui intelligunt Verbum secundum sensum internum, illi sciant ipsam veram doctrinam ecclesiae, quia sensus internus illam continet (Arcana Coelestia 9025, 9430, 10401, [10400?],).
Quod internum Verbi etiam sit internum ecclesiae, ut et internum cultus (Arcana Coelestia 10460).
Quod Verbum sit doctrina amoris in Dominum et charitatis erga proximum (Arcana Coelestia 3419, 3420).
Quod Verbum in littera sit sicut nubes, et quod in sensu interno sit gloria (praef. ad Genesis cap. xviii., Arcana Coelestia 5922, 6343, ubi explicatur, quod "Dominus venturus sit in nubibus caeli cum gloria"). Quod etiam "nubes" in Verbo significet Verbum in sensu litterae, et "gloria" Verbum in sensu interno (praef. ad cap. xviii. Genesis, Arcana Coelestia 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8106, 8781, 9430, 10551, 10574).
Quod illa quae in sensu litterae sunt, ad illa quae in sensu interno, se 1habeant sicut projectiones rudes circum cylindrum opticum politum, ex quibus tamen in cylindro sistitur pulchra imago hominis (Arcana Coelestia 1871).
Repraesentati in altera vita illi qui solum sensum litterae Verbi volunt et agnoscunt per vetulam deformem; qui autem simul sensum internum, per virginem decore amictam (Arcana Coelestia 1774).
Quod Verbum in toto complexu sit imago caeli, quia Verbum est Divinum Verbum, ac Divinum Verum facit caelum; et quia caelum refert unum hominem, quod Verbum sit in eo respectu sicut imago hominis (Arcana Coelestia 1871).
(Quod caelum in uno complexu referat unum hominem, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 59-67: et quod Divinum Verum procedens a Domino faciat caelum, Arcana Coelestia 126-140, 200-212.)
Quod Verbum pulchre et amoene sistatur coram angelis (Arcana Coelestia 1767, 1768).
Quod sensus litterae sit quasi corpus, et quod sensus internus sit quasi anima illius corporis (Arcana Coelestia 8943).
Quod inde vita Verbo sit ex sensu interno (Arcana Coelestia 1405, 4857).
Quod Verbum sit purum in sensu interno, et quod ita non appareat in sensu litterae (Arcana Coelestia 2362, 2396, [2395?],).
Quod illa quae in sensu litterae Verbi sunt, sancta sint ab internisArcana Coelestia 10126, 10728).
Quod in historicis Verbi etiam sit sensus internus, sed intus in illis (Arcana Coelestia 4989).
Ita quod historica Verbi aeque ac prophetica contineant arcana caeli (Arcana Coelestia 755, 1659, 1709, 2310, 2333).
Quod angeli non historice percipiant illa, sed spiritualiter (Arcana Coelestia 6884).
Quod arcana interiora, quae in historicis sunt, minus pateant homini quam in propheticis, causa (Arcana Coelestia 2176, 6597).
Porro qualis sensus internus Verbi (ostensum, Arcana Coelestia 1756, 1984, 2004, 2663, 3035, 7089, 10604, 10614).
Illustratum per comparationes (Arcana Coelestia 1873).
Footnotes:
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