SS43.圣言字义的真理由新耶路撒冷城墙的根基（启示录21章）来表示，这一点从以下事实可推知：“新耶路撒冷”表示教义方面的新教会，如在《新耶路撒冷教义之主篇》所说明（63-64节）的；因此，新耶路撒冷的“城墙”和城墙的“根基”必表示圣言的外层，也就是它的字义，因为字义是教义的源头，并通过教义而是教会的源头；这字义就像围住并保护一座城的城墙及其根基。关于新耶路撒冷的城墙及其根基，我们在启示录中读到：
天使量了城墙，按着人的尺寸，就是天使的尺寸，共有一百四十四肘。城墙有十二个根基，是用各样宝石修饰的。第一根基是碧玉，第二是蓝宝石，第三是绿玛瑙，第四是绿宝石，第五是红玛瑙，第六是红宝石，第七是橄榄石，第八是绿柱石，第九是黄玉，第十是绿玉，第十一是紫玛瑙，第十二是紫晶。（启示录21:17-20）
数字“144”表示源于取自圣言字义的教义的教会的一切真理和良善。数字“12”所表相同。“人”表示聪明或理解；“天使”表示作为聪明或理解源头的神性真理；“尺寸”表示这些（即理解或聪明和真理）的品质；“城墙”及其“根基”表示圣言的字义；“宝石”表示在其秩序中的圣言的真理和良善，它们是教义的源头，并通过教义而是教会的源头。
43. As for the truths of the literal meaning of the Word being meant by the foundations of the wall of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21, this follows from the fact that the New Jerusalem means a new church in regard to its teachings, as demonstrated in Revelation 21:17-20)
The number one hundred and forty-four means all the true and good elements of the church that arise from its teachings, which are drawn from the literal meaning of the Word. Twelve means much the same. A human being means understanding; an angel means divine truth as the source of understanding; the measure means the quality of that [understanding and truth]; the wall and its foundations mean the literal meaning of the Word; precious stones mean the elements of truth and goodness contained and carefully arranged in the Word, which are the source of a body of teaching and through that teaching, the source of the church.
43. Truths in the Word’s literal sense are meant by the foundations of the wall of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21. This follows from the fact that the New Jerusalem means a new church in respect to doctrine, as shown in Revelation 21:17)
And the wall had twelve foundations, “adorned with all kinds of precious stones”:
The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. (Revelation 21:19-20)
The number 144 symbolizes all the truths and goods of the church drawn from the Word’s literal sense, and so does the number 12. A person symbolizes intelligence; an angel, Divine truth from which that intelligence originates; measuring, their character; the wall and its foundations, the Word’s literal sense; and precious stones, the Word’s truths and goods in their sequence, from which doctrine originates, and through doctrine, the church.
43. (1) THE TRUTHS OF THE SENSE OF THE LETTER OF THE WORD ARE MEANT BY THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WALL OF THE NEW JERUSALEM, in Revelation 21:14, 17-20.
This follows from the fact that by the New Jerusalem is meant a New Church as to doctrine, as was shown in Revelation 21:14, 17-20.
By the number one hundred and forty-four are signified all the truths and goods of the Church from doctrine derived from the sense of the Letter of the Word. The same is signified by twelve. By a man is signified intelligence; by an angel, Divine truth from which this is derived; by measurement is signified their quality; by the wall, and by its foundations, the sense of the Letter of the Word; and by the precious stones, the truths and goods of the Word in their order, from which is doctrine, and by means of doctrine, the Church.
43. That the truths of the Word's sense of the letter are meant by the foundations of the wall of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:14), follows from the fact that the "New Jerusalem" means the New Church as to doctrine (as has been shown in Doctrine of the Lord, n. 21:17-20).
The number "144" signifies all the truths and goods of the church derived from doctrine that is drawn from the sense of the letter of the Word. The like is signified by "12." A "man" signifies intelligence; an "angel," Divine truth the source of intelligence; "measure," the quality of these; the "wall" and its "foundations," the sense of the letter of the Word; and the "precious stones," the truths and goods of the Word in their order, which are the source of doctrine, and through doctrine of the church.
43. (i.) Quod vera sensus litterae Verbi intelligantur per fundamenta muri Novae Hierosolymae (in Apocalypsi 21), sequitur ex eo, quod per "Novam Hierosolymam" intelligatur nova ecclesia quoad doctrinam (ut in Doctrina de Domino 62-63, ostensum est); quare per "murum ejus, et per "muri fundamenta," non aliud potest intelligi quam Verbi externum, quod est sensus litterae ejus; nam ille est, ex quo doctrina est, et per doctrinam ecclesia; et illa est sicut murus cum fundamentis, qui urbem includit et tutatur. De muro Novae Hierosolymae et de ejus fundamentis, leguntur haec in Apocalypsi:
Angelus "mensus est murum" urbis Hierosolymae "centum quadraginta quatuor cubitorum, quae erat mensura hominis, hoc est, angeli" ... Et murus habebat fundamenta duodecim, "omni lapide pretioso exornata: fundamentum primum jaspis, secundum sapphirus, tertium chalcedonius, quartum smaragdus, quintum sardonyx, sextum sardius, septimum chrysolithus, octavum beryllus, nonum topazius, decimum chrysoprasus, undecimum hyacinthus, duodecimum amethystus" (Apocalypsi 21:17-20):
Per numerum "centum quadraginta quatuor significantur omnia vera et bona ecclesiae ex doctrina e sensu litterae Verbi, similiter per "duodecim;" per "hominem" significatur intelligentia, per "angelum" Divinum verum ex quo illa, per "mensuram" quale illorum, per "murum" et per "fundamenta" ejus sensus litterae Verbi, et per "lapides pretiosos" vera et bona Verbi in suo ordine, ex quibus doctrina, et per doctrinam ecclesia.