10# 启1:2. “便为神的圣言和耶稣基督的见证，都作见证”表示那些从心里承认神性真理和其人身或人性里面的主之神性的人。这从“作见证”、“圣言”和“耶稣基督的见证”的含义清楚可知：“作见证”是指从心里承认(对此，下文将详述)；“圣言”，或神的话语，是指神性真理(参看《属天的奥秘》，4692, 5075, 9987节)；“耶稣基督的见证”是指对其人身或人性里面的主之神性的承认。“耶稣基督的见证”表示这一点，是因为“见证”表示从心里承认，从心里承认耶稣基督就是承认祂人身或人性里面的神性；事实上，凡承认主，同时却不承认祂人身或人性里面的神性之人都不承认主；因为祂的神性在祂的人身或人性里面，而不是在它外面；神性在它的人身或人性里面，就像灵魂在身体里面；因此，思想主的人身或人性，同时却不思想祂的神性，就像是思想一个从其灵魂或生命中抽象出来的人，这不是在思想这个人。
主的神性在祂的人身或人性里面，它们一起是一个位格，整个基督教界都接受的教义教导了这一点；该教导如下：基督虽为神，亦为人，然非为二，乃为一基督；彼为一，非由于变神为血肉，乃由于使其人性进入于神。合为一；非由二性相混，乃由位格为一。如灵与身成为一人，神与人成为一基督(摘自《亚他那修信经》)。由此明显可知，那些将神性分为三个位格的人当想到作为第二个位格的主时，应该一起想到人性和神性这两者；因为信经上说它们是一个位格，它们如灵与身那样为一。因此，不这样想的人不思想主；不以这种方式思想主的人不能思想被称为父之神性的神性，因为主说：
我就是道路，真理，生命；若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去。(约翰福音14:6)
由于“耶稣基督的见证”表示这种承认，所以经上说：
为耶稣作见证的，乃是预言的灵。(启示录19:10)
“预言的灵”是指教义的生命和灵魂。就圣言的内义而言，“灵”表示生命或灵魂，这一点可参看《属天的奥秘》一书(5222, 9281, 9818节)；“预言”表示教义(2534, 7269节)；对主的承认是教会中的一切教义的真正生命或灵魂。关于这些事，下文将详述。
“作见证”是指从心里承认，因为所论述的是属灵事物；若不从心里，没有人能为属灵事物作见证，因为他不从其它源头感知它们是这样。为存在于世上的事物作见证就是从知识，或记忆和思维作见证，因为这个人就是如此看见或听见的；但对属灵事物来说则不然，因为这些充满整个生命并构成它。人的生命主要住在他的灵里面，这灵无非是他的意愿或爱，以及由此而来的他的理解力和信；在圣言中，“心”表示意愿和爱，以及由此而来的理解力和信。由此明显可知为何“作见证”在灵义上表示从心里承认。由于“心”表示爱之良善，唯独这良善承认神性真理和其人身或人性里面的主之神性，还由于这良善由“约翰”来表示，所以约翰又说他便为神的圣言和耶稣基督的见证，都作见证；在别处也是如此：
那看见的人作了见证，他的见证是真的；并且他知道自己所说的是真的，好让你们也信。(约翰福音19:35)
在另一处：
这就是那为这些事作见证，并将这些事写下来的门徒；我们知道他的见证是真的。(约翰福音21:24)
10. (Verse 2) Who bare witness of the Word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ. That this signifies, that it is for those who in heart acknowledge Divine truth, and the Divine of the Lord in His Human, is evident from the signification of bearing witness, as denoting to acknowledge in heart, concerning which more will be said in what follows; from the signification of the Word, or discourse, of God, as denoting the Divine truth (of which see n. 4692, 5075, 9987); and from the signification of [the testimony] of Jesus Christ, as being the acknowledgment of the Divine of the Lord in His Human. This is signified by the testimony of Jesus Christ, because to bear witness is to acknowledge in heart; and to acknowledge Jesus Christ in heart, is to acknowledge the Divine in His Human; for he who acknowledges the Lord, and not at the same time the Divine in his Human, does not acknowledge the Lord; for His Divine is in His Human, and not outside it. For the Divine is in His Human as the soul in the body; therefore to think of the Human of the Lord, and not at the same time of His Divine, is like thinking of a man apart from his soul or life, which is not to think of the man.
[2] That the Divine of the Lord is in His Human, and that they are together one person, the doctrine received in the whole Christian world teaches in these words: "Although Christ is God and Man, yet they are not two, but one Christ; one, not by conversion of the Godhead into the human, but by the Divine taking of the Human into itself: One altogether; not so that the two natures are commingled, but by unity of person; for as soul and body make one man, so God and Man are one Christ" (from the Athanasian Creed). It is therefore manifest, that those who distinguish the Divine into three persons, ought, when they think of the Lord as the second person, to think of both, of the Human as well as of the Divine, for it is said that they are one person, and that they are one as soul and body. Those therefore who think otherwise, do not think of the Lord; and those who do not thus think of the Lord, cannot think of the Divine which is called the Divine of the Father; for the Lord saith:
"I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me" (Arcana Coelestia 5222, 9281, 9818; and that prophecy signifies doctrine, n. 2534, 7269); and the acknowledgment of the Lord is the very life or soul of all doctrine in the church. But concerning these things more will be said in what follows.
[3] The reason why to bear witness is to acknowledge in heart, is, because spiritual things are treated of; no one can bear witness of those things unless from the heart, because from no other ground can he perceive that they are so. But to bear witness concerning such things as exist in the world, is to do so from science, or from memory and thought, because the man has so seen or heard. But it is otherwise in things spiritual; for these fill the whole life, and constitute it. Man's spirit, in which the man's life primarily resides, is nothing else but his will, or his love, and his understanding and faith therefrom; and the heart signifies, in the Word, the will and love, and understanding and faith therefrom. It is therefore manifest why by bearing witness, in the spiritual sense, is meant to acknowledge in heart. Since by heart is signified the good of love, and it is this alone that acknowledges Divine truth and the Divine of the Lord in His Human, and because that good is signified by John, therefore also it is said by John, that he bare witness of the Word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ; as also in another place:
"And he that saw bare witness, and his witness is true, and he knoweth that he saith truths, that ye may believe" (John 19:35)
and in another place:
"This is the disciple that testifieth of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true" (John 21:24).
10. Verse 2. Who bare witness to the Word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, signifies to those who in heart acknowledge Divine truth, and the Divine of the Lord in His Human. This is evident from the signification of "hearing witness," as meaning to acknowledge in heart (of which hereafter), and from the signification of "the Word," or speech of God, as meaning Divine truth (See Arcana Coelestia 4692, 5075, 9987); and from the signification of "[the testimony of] Jesus Christ," as meaning the acknowledgment of the Lord's Divine in His Human. This is signified by "the testimony of Jesus Christ," because "to testify" signifies to acknowledge in heart, and to acknowledge Jesus Christ in heart is to acknowledge the Divine in His Human; for he that acknowledges the Lord, and does not at the same time acknowledge the Divine in His Human, does not acknowledge the Lord; since His Divine is in His Human, and not out of it; for the Divine is in Its Human as the soul is in the body, consequently to think of the Lord's Human, and not at the same time of His Divine, is like thinking of a man abstractly from his soul or life, which is not thinking of a man.
[2] That the Lord's Divine is in His Human, and that together they are one person, the doctrine received throughout the Christian world teaches; which teaching is as follows: "Although Christ is God and Man, yet they are not two, but one Christ; one, but not by a change of the Divine into the Human, but the Divine took the Human to Itself. Altogether one, not by confusion of the two natures, but by unity of person; for as soul and body make one man, so God and Man are one Christ" (Athanasian Creed). From this it is manifest, moreover, that those who separate the Divine into three persons, when they think of the Lord as a second person, ought to think of both together, the Human and the Divine; for it is said that they are a single person, and that they are one, as soul and body are. Therefore those that think otherwise do not think of the Lord; and those that do not think of the Lord in that way are unable to think of the Divine that is called the Father's, for the Lord saith:
I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one cometh unto the Father but through Me (Arcana Coelestia 5222, 9281, 9818; and that "prophecy" signifies doctrine, n. 2534, 7269); and the acknowledgment of the Lord is the very life or soul of all doctrine in the church. But of this more will be said in what follows.
[3] To "bear witness" is to acknowledge in heart, because spiritual things are treated of; and no one can bear witness respecting spiritual things except from the heart, because from no other source does he perceive that they are so. To bear witness of things that have existence in the world is to bear witness from knowledge, or from memory and thought, because the man has so seen or heard; but it is otherwise with things spiritual, for these fill the whole life and constitute it. The spirit of man, in which his life primarily resides, is nothing else than his will or his love, and his understanding and faith therefrom, and "heart" in the Word signifies the will and love, and understanding and faith therefrom. From this it is evident whence it is that by "bearing witness" in the spiritual sense, is meant to acknowledge in heart. Since by the "heart" is signified the good of love, and this alone is what acknowledges Divine truth, and the Divine of the Lord in His Human, and since that good is signified by "John," it is also said by John that he "bears witness to the Word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ." So also in another place:
And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye may believe (John 19:35);
and in another place:
This is the disciple that beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his witness is true (John 21:24).
10. (Vers. 2.) "Qui testatus est Verbum Dei et testimonium Jesu Christi." - Quod significet quod illis qui corde agnoscunt Divinum Verum, ac Divinum Domini in Humano Ipsius, constat ex significatione "testari", quod sit corde agnoscere (de qua sequitur); ex significatione "Verbi" seu sermonis Dei, quod sit Divinum Verum (de qua n. 4692, 5075, 9987); et ex significatione " (testimonii) Jesu Christi", quod sit agnitio Divini Domini in Humano Ipsius: quod id per "testimonium Jesu Christi" significetur, est quia "testari" significat agnoscere corde, et agnoscere corde Jesum Christum est agnoscere Divinum in Humano Ipsius; nam qui agnoscit Dominum, et non simul Divinum in Humano Ipsius, is non agnoscit Dominum; est enim Divinum Ipsius in Humano Ipsius, et non extra illud; est enim Divinum in Humano Ipsius sicut anima in corpore; quare cogitare de Humano Domini, et non simul de Divino Ipsius, est sicut cogitare de homine abstracte ab anima seu vita illius, quod non est cogitare de homine.
[2] Quod Divinum Domini sit in Humano Ipsius, et quod simul sint una Persona, docet Doctrina recepta in toto Christiano orbe; haec docet ita:
Christus tametsi Deus et Homo, usque tamen non sunt duo, sed unus Christus; est unus, at non ita quod Divinum sit mutatum in Humanum, sed Divinum recepit ad se Humanum: est prorsus unus, sed non ita quod binae naturae sint commixtae, sed est unica Persona; quia sicut anima et corpus facit unum hominem, ita Deus et Homo est unus Christus. (Ex Symbolo Athanasii.)
Inde etiam patet, quod qui distinguunt Divinum in tres Personas, cum de Domino ut altera Persona cogitant, cogitare debeant de utroque tam Humano quam Divino simul; nam dicitur quod sint unica Persona, et quod sint unum sicut anima et corpus; qui itaque aliter cogitant, non de Domino cogitant; et qui non de Domino ita cogitant, illi non possunt de Divino quod Patris vocatur cogitare, nam dicit Dominus,
"Ego sum via, veritas, et vita; nemo venit ad Patrem nisi per Me" (Johannes 14:6).
Quia haec agnitio significatur per "testimonium Jesu Christi", ideo dicitur quod "Testimonium Jesu sit spiritus prophetiae" (Apocalypsis 19:10); "spiritus prophetiae" est vita et anima doctrinae.
(Quod "spiritus" in Verbi sensu interno significet vitam seu animam, videatur n. 5222, 9281, 9818; et quod "prophetia" significet doctrinam, n. 2534, 7269; et agnitio Domini est ipsa vita seu anima omnis doctrinae in ecclesia. Sed de his in sequentibus plura.)
[3] Quod "testari" sit agnoscere corde, est quia agitur de rebus spiritualibus, et nemo de illis testari potest nisi ex corde, nam aliunde non percipit quod ita sit: testari autem de talibus quae in mundo existunt, est testari ex scientia, seu ex memoria et cogitatione, quia ita vidit aut audivit; verum in spiritualibus aliter, nam haec implent totam vitam et faciunt illam. Spiritus hominis, in quo vita hominis primario residet, non aliud est quam sua voluntas aut suus amor, ac inde suus intellectus et sua fides; et "cor" in Verbo significat voluntatem et amorem, et inde intellectum et fidem: inde patet, unde est quod per "testari" in sensu spirituali intelligatur agnoscere corde. Quia per "cor" significatur bonum amoris, et hoc solum est quod agnoscit Divinum Verum ac Divinum Domini in Humano Ipsius, et id bonum per "Johannem" significatur, ideo etiam Johannes dicit, quod "testetur Verbum Dei et testimonium Jesu Christi"; ut quoque alibi,
"Et videns testatus est, et verum est testimonium illius, et ille scit quod vera dicat, ut vos credatis" (Johannes 19:35);
et alibi,
"Hic est discipulus testans de his, et scribens haec, et scimus quod verum sit testimonium ejus" (Johannes 21:24).