606.从这些事实可以得出结论，未重生者就象一个人晚上看见幽灵，却以为他们是人，后来重生时，同样是他，则如同在黎明中看清他晚上看到的东西原来是一个错觉，再后来，当他重生并充满光明时，就认清它们是谵妄的后代。未重生者就象一个做梦的人，重生者则象梦醒之人。在圣言中，属世的生命也被比作睡眠，属灵的生命则被比作梦醒的状态。未重生者指的是有灯无油的愚蠢童女，重生者指的是既有灯又有油的聪明童女，“灯”表涉及觉知的事物，“油”表涉及爱的事物。重生者就象会幕烛台里的灯，还象那里的陈设饼和焚香，他们就是那些“必发光如同天上的光；必发光如星，直到永永远远”的人（如但以理书所描述的那样12:3）。未重生者就象在伊甸园里吃善恶知识树，因此被赶出那园子的人，实际上他正是那树。但重生者则象在那园子里吃生命树的人。这类人被赐予吃那生命树，这一点从以下启示录经文明显可知：
得胜的，我必将神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃。（启示录2:7）
“伊甸园”表在属灵事上、源自对真理之爱的聪明才智（见《破解启示录》n.90）。总之，未重生者就是“恶者之子”，重生者就是“天国之子”（马太福音13:38）。此处“恶者之子”就是魔鬼的儿子，“天国之子”则是主的儿子。
606. 从这些事实可以得出结论, 未重生者就象一个人晚上看见幽灵, 却以为他们是人, 后来重生时, 同样是他, 则如同在黎明中看清他晚上看到的东西原来是一个错觉, 再后来, 当他重生并充满光明时, 就认清它们是谵妄的后代。 未重生者就象一个做梦的人, 重生者则象梦醒之人。 在圣言中, 属世的生命也被比作睡眠, 属灵的生命则被比作梦醒的状态。 未重生者指的是有灯无油的愚蠢童女, 重生者指的是既有灯又有油的聪明童女, “灯”表涉及觉知的事物, “油”表涉及爱的事物。 重生者就象会幕烛台里的灯, 还象那里的陈设饼和焚香, 他们就是那些“必发光如同天上的光; 必发光如星, 直到永永远远”的人如但以理书所描述的那样 (但以理书12:3)。 未重生者就象在伊甸园里吃善恶知识树, 因此被赶出那园子的人, 实际上他正是那树。 但重生者则象在那园子里吃生命树的人。 这类人被赐予吃那生命树, 这一点从以下启示录经文明显可知:
得胜的, 我必将神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃。 (启示录2:7)
“伊甸园”表在属灵事上, 源自对真理之爱的聪明才智 (见破解啟示錄90)。 总之, 未重生者就是“恶者之子”, 重生者就是“天国之子” (马太福音13:38)。 此处“恶者之子”就是魔鬼的儿子, “天国之子”则是主的儿子。
第9节 重生者和天堂天人交往, 未重生者则和地狱灵交往
606. From the above we can conclude that when we have not been regenerated, we see ghosts at night, so to speak, and think they are real people. When we are being regenerated, we become aware first thing in the morning that what was seen in the night was unreal. When we have been regenerated and are in broad daylight, we realize that our visions in the night were a form of madness.
People who have not been regenerated are dreaming; people who have been regenerated are awake. In fact, in the Word our earthly life is compared to a sleep and our spiritual life to wakefulness.
People who have not been regenerated are meant by the foolish young women who had lamps but no oil. People who have been regenerated are meant by the prudent young women who had lamps and also oil [Matthew 25:4]. The lamps mean things that belong to our intellect; the oil means things that belong to our love.
People who have been regenerated are like the oil lamps on the lampstand in the tabernacle. They are also like the showbread and the incense on the table and the altar there. They are the people in Daniel 12:3 who are as radiant as the brightness of the firmament and who shine like the stars for an age and forever.
[2] People who have not been regenerated are in the Garden of Eden, so to speak, but they eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and are thrown out of the garden; in fact they are that tree. People who have been regenerated are also in that garden but they eat from the tree of life. The Book of Revelation makes clear that it is possible to eat from the tree of life: "To those who overcome I will give [food] to eat from the tree of life, which is in the middle of the paradise of God" (Revelation 2:7). The Garden of Eden means a spiritual understanding that arises from a love for truth; see Revelation Unveiled 90.
Briefly put, someone who has not been regenerated is a child of the evil one; someone who has been regenerated is a child of the kingdom (Matthew 13:38). A child of the evil one in this passage means a child of the Devil, and a child of the kingdom means a child of the Lord.
606. These facts allow us to reach the conclusion that a person who is not regenerated is like someone who seeing phantoms by night thinks they are people. Then when he is being regenerated he is like someone who sees at daybreak that what he saw in the night was a delusion, and later, when he has been regenerated and is in full daylight, he sees that they were hallucinations. The person who has not been regenerated is like a dreamer; one who has, is like someone wide awake. In the Word too natural life is likened to sleep, spiritual life to wakefulness. It is the unregenerate person who is meant by the foolish virgins who had lamps, but no oil. The regenerated person is meant by the wise virgins who had lamps and also oil. Lamps mean things to do with the understanding, oil things to do with love. Regenerated persons are like the lights of the lampstand in the Tabernacle; and like the bread of the Presence and the incense placed on it there. These are the people who 'will shine like the radiance of the firmament, and be bright as stars for an age and for ever', as described in Daniel (Daniel 12:3).
[2] The person who is not regenerated is like someone in the Garden of Eden who eats of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and is therefore expelled from the garden; in fact he is that very tree. But a regenerated person is like someone in that garden who eats of the tree of life. These words in Revelation establish that it is permissible to eat of that tree.
To him who overcomes I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God, Revelation 2:7.
The Garden of Eden means intelligence in spiritual matters arising from the love of truth; see Apocalypse Revealed 90. In short, the unregenerate is the 'son of the evil one', and the regenerate is the 'son of the kingdom' (Matthew 13:38). 'Son of the evil one' there is the son of the devil, 'son of the kingdom' the son of the Lord,
606. From all this it may be concluded that an unregenerate man is like one who sees phantoms at night, and believes them to be men; and afterwards, when he is being regenerated, he is like the same man seeing in the early dawn that the things he saw at night are delusions, and still later, when he is regenerated and is in the light of day, seeing them to be the offspring of delirium. An unregenerate man is like one dreaming, and a regenerate man like one awake; and in the Word natural life is likened to sleep, and spiritual life to a state of wakefulness. The unregenerate man is meant by the foolish virgins who had lamps but no oil, and the regenerate man by the wise virgins who had both lamps and oil, "lamps" meaning such things as pertain to the understanding, and "oil" such things as pertain to love. The regenerate are like the lamps of the lampstand in the tabernacle; they are like the bread of faces there with the frankincense upon it; and they are those who shall "shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever" (as said in Daniel 12:3). The unregenerate man is like one who is in the garden of Eden, and who eats from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and is therefore banished from the garden; he is indeed that very tree. But the regenerate man is like one who is in that garden and eats of the tree of life. That it is given to such to eat of it, is obvious from the following in Revelation:
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God (Revelation 2:7),
"the garden of Eden" meaning intelligence in spiritual things, arising from love of truth (seeApocalypse Revealed,90). In a word, the unregenerate man is a "son of the evil one," and the regenerate a "son of the kingdom" (Matthew 13:38); "the son of the evil one" there meaning a child of the devil, and "the son of the kingdom" a child of the Lord.
606. From this it may be concluded that an unregenerate man is like one who sees phantoms in the night, and believes them to be men. Afterwards while becoming regenerate, he is like the same person who sees at dawn that his night visions were delusions; and at length when he is regenerated, he sees by the light of day that they were the offspring of delirium. The unregenerate man is like one in a dream, and the regenerate man like one who is awake; and in the Word natural life is likened to sleep, and spiritual life to wakefulness. The unregenerate man is meant by the foolish virgins who had lamps but no oil, and the regenerate, by the wise virgins who had lamps and also oil. Lamps mean such things as belong to the understanding, and oil those that belong to love. The regenerate are like the lamps of the lampstand in the tabernacle; they are like the show-bread with the incense upon it there; and they are those that shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever, Daniel 12:3.
The unregenerate man is like one in the Garden of Eden, who eats of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and is, therefore, driven out of the garden; indeed, he is that tree itself; but the regenerate man is like one in that garden who eats of the tree of life. That he is permitted to eat of it is evident from these words in the Revelation:
"To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God" Revelation 2:7.
The Garden of Eden means intelligence in spiritual things from the love of truth, as may be seen in The Apocalypse Revealed 90. In a word, an unregenerate man is a child of the wicked one, and a regenerate man is a child of the kingdom, Matthew 13:35; a child of the wicked one there mentioned is a child of the devil, and a child of the kingdom is a son of the Lord.
606. Ex his concludi possunt haec, quod homo non regeneratus sit sicut qui videt phasmata in nocte, et credit esse homines, et deinde cum regeneratur sicut idem qui illa quae vidit in nocte, in primo mane videt quod fuerint ludibria, et postea dum regeneratus est, et in die est, ut deliria. Homo non regeneratus est sicut qui somniat, et homo regeneratus est, sicut qui vigilat; in Verbo etiam vita naturalis assimilatur somno, et vita spiritualis vigiliae. Homo non regeneratus intelligitur per Virgines stultas, quae habebant lampades, et non oleum, et regeneratus per Virgines prudentes quae habebant lampades et simul oleum; per lampades intelliguntur talia quae intellectus sunt, et per oleum quae amoris sunt. Regenerati sunt sicut Lucernae candelabri in Tabernaculo; suntque sicut Panes facierum cum thure super illis ibi: et sunt qui splendebunt sicut splendor expansi, et lucebunt sicut stellae in saeculum et aeternitatem, apud Danielem 12:3.
[2] Homo non regeneratus est sicut qui in horto Edenis est, ac edit ex Arbore scientiae boni et mali, et propterea ex horto ejectus, imo est ipsa illa Arbor; at homo regeneratus est sicut qui in horto illo est, ac edit ex Arbore vitae; quod 1 detur ex illa edere, constat ex his in Apocalypsi, "Vincenti dabo edere ex Arbore vitae, quae in medio Paradisi Dei," Apocalypsi 2:7, 2 per hortum Edenis intelligitur intelligentia in spiritualibus ex Amore veri, videatur APOCALYPSIS REVELATA 90. Verbo, non regeneratus est Filius mali, et regeneratus est Filius Regni, Matthaeus 13:38, filius mali ibi est filius diaboli, et filius Regni ibi est Filius Domini.
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