148# “石上写着新名，除了那领受的以外，没有人认识”表示内层生命的状态，除了那些处于这种状态的人外，没有人知道这种状态。这从“名”的含义清楚可知，“名”是指状态的性质或品质(对此，参看《属天的奥秘》，1754, 1896, 2009, 3237, 3421节)。它在此表示内层生命状态的品质，因为它被称为“除了那领受的以外，没有人认识的新名”；事实上，那些没有处于内层生命的人完全不知道内层生命的这种状态的品质。那些处于对主之爱的人处于内层生命，除了那些承认主人身中的神性之人外，没有人处于对主之爱。爱主就是照祂的诫命生活(参看《属天的奥秘》，10143, 10153, 10578, 10645, 10829节)。内层生命是属灵生命，天堂天使就处于这生命；而外层生命是属世生命，所有不在天堂里的人都处于这生命。此外，对那些照主的诫命生活，并承认祂人身中的神性之人来说，内层心智是打开的，那时他们变成属灵的；而那些没有如此生活，不承认主的人仍是属世的。所有未处于天堂之爱的人都不知道内层生命或属灵生命的状态(参看《天堂与地狱》，395–414节；以及《新耶路撒冷及其属天教义》，105, 238节)。
在圣言中，“名”表示状态的性质或品质，这一点从那里的许多经文明显看出来，我在此从中引用一些来证实。因此，在以赛亚书：
你们举目向高处观看，谁创造这些事物，按数目领万象而出。祂一一称其名。(以赛亚书40:26)
“祂一一称其名”是指知道所有人的品质，并照着他们爱与信的状态而赐予他们。在约翰福音，意思也一样：
从门进去的，才是羊的牧人；看门的就给他开门，羊也听祂的声音；祂按着名叫自己的羊，领它们出来。(约翰福音10:2–3)
以赛亚书：
雅各啊，那创造你的耶和华，以色列啊，那形成你的，如此说，你不要害怕，因为我救赎了你。我曾提名呼召你，你是我的。(以赛亚书43:1)
同一先知书：
使你知道我就是那提你的名呼召你的耶和华。因我仆人雅各，我所拣选以色列的缘故，我就提你的名呼召你，你却不认识我。(以赛亚书45:3–4)
“我提你的名呼召你”表示祂知道教会状态的品质；因为“雅各”和“以色列”是指教会，“雅各”是指外在教会，“以色列”是指内在教会。
又：
哦，以色列，巴不得你素来听从我的诫命，他的名在我面前必不剪除，也不灭绝。(以赛亚书48:18–19)
“在耶和华面前剪除和灭绝的名”是指实现结合的状态的品质，这种状态是那些属于以色列所表示的教会之人的属灵状态。又：
耶和华从子宫中呼召我；从我母腹里祂就提我的名。(以赛亚书49:1)
此处“提名”是指知道品质。又：
我因锡安必不静默，为耶路撒冷必不息声。列族必见你的公义，众王必见你的荣耀；你必得新名的称呼，是耶和华亲口所起的。(以赛亚书62:1, 2)
又：
祂必用别名称呼祂的仆人。(以赛亚书65:15)
“得新名的称呼”和“用别名”是指赋予另一种生命状态，即一种属灵生命的状态。以西结书：
这流人血的城臭名污秽。(以西结书22:2, 5)
“流人血的城”是指向仁之良善施暴的教义；当这教义充满构成其品质的虚假和由此而来的邪恶时，经上就说它“臭名污秽”。
摩西五经：
摩西对耶和华说，你曾说过，我按名认识你。耶和华对摩西说，你所说的这件事我也要行，因为我按名认识你。(出埃及记33:12, 17)
“祂按名认识摩西”是指祂知道他的品质。启示录：
在撒狄，你还有几个名字是未曾污秽自己衣服的。得胜的，必这样穿白衣，我要在我父面前认他的名。得胜的，我要将我神的名和我神城的名，就是新耶路撒冷和我的新名，都写在他上面。(启示录3:4, 5, 12)
显而易见，此处“名”表示在爱之良善和信之真理方面的状态的品质。另一处：
凡名字没有写在生命册上的人。(启示录13:8; 17:8)
“写在生命册上的名字”是指人的爱和信的一切事物、因而他的属灵生命的一切事物的品质。又：
他们要见神和羔羊的面，祂的名字必写在他们的额上。(启示录22:4)
“祂在他们额上的名字”是指一种爱的状态，因为“额”对应于爱，因而表示爱。
在圣言中，“名”之所以表示人之状态的性质或品质，是因为在灵界，每个人都根据他所处的生命状态而得名，因而各不相同。事实上，属灵的言语不同于人类的言语；那里的一切都根据对事物和人的观念来表达；这些观念落入话语或词语。这一点从关于天堂天使的言语的说明看得更清楚，可参看《天堂与地狱》(234–245节)，也可参看前文(AE102, 135节)，那里说明了在圣言中，“耶和华、主和耶稣基督的名”表示什么。
148. And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. That this signifies the state of the interior life, which is unknown to all but those who are in it, is evident from the signification of name, as denoting quality of state (concerning which see Arcana Coelestia 1754, 1896, 2009, 3237, 3421). Here it denotes the quality of the state of the interior life, because it is called a new name which no one knoweth saving he that receiveth it; for the quality of this state of the life is entirely unknown to those who are not in it. Those are in the interior state of life who are in love to the Lord, and none are in love to the Lord but those who acknowledge the Divine in His Human. (That to love the Lord is to live according to His precepts, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 10143, 10153, 10578, 10645, 10829.) Interior life is the spiritual life in which the angels of heaven are, but exterior life is the natural life in which are all those who are not in heaven. With those also who live according to the precepts of the Lord, and acknowledge the Divine in His Human, the interior mind is opened, and they then become spiritual; but those who do not thus live, nor thus acknowledge, remain natural. (That the state of the interior or spiritual life is unknown to all those who are not in heavenly love, may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell 395-414, and in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 105, 238.)
[2] That name in the Word signifies quality of state is evident from many passages, some of which shall here be adduced by way of confirmation. Thus in Isaiah:
"Lift up your eyes on high, and see; Who hath created these things? he who leadeth out the host in number; he called them all by name" (40:26).
His calling them all by name, denotes that He knows the qualities of all, and gives to them according to their state of love and faith. And in John:
"He that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out" (10:2, 3).
Similarly, in Isaiah:
"Thus saith Jehovah thy creator, O Jacob, and thy former, O Israel, Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by name, thou art mine" (43:1).
Again:
"That thou mayest know that I am Jehovah, who had called thee by thy name. For Jacob, my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have called thee by thy name, though thou hast not known me." (45:3, 4).
I have called thee by thy name, denotes that he knew the quality of the state of the church; for Jacob and Israel are the church, Jacob the external church, and Israel the internal church.
[3] Again, in the same prophet:
O Israel, "if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, thy name should not have been cut off nor destroyed before me" (48:19).
Cutting off and destroying the name before Jehovah, denotes the quality of the state by which conjunction is effected; this is the spiritual state of those who belong to the church which is signified by Israel. In the same:
"Jehovah hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother hath he remembered my name" (49:1).
Here remembered my name, denotes to know the quality. In the same:
"For Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest. And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall utter" (62:1, 2).
Again, in the same prophet:
"He shall call his servants by another name" (65:15).
To call by a new name, and by another name, denotes to give another state of life, namely, a state of spiritual life. And in Ezekiel:
"The city of bloods, polluted by name" (22:2, 5).
The city of bloods, denotes doctrine which offers violence to the good of charity, which is said to be polluted by name, when it abounds with falsities and thence with evils, which constitute its quality.
[4] And in Moses:
"Moses said unto Jehovah, Thou hast said, I know thee by name. And Jehovah said unto Moses, This word also which thou hast spoken I will do, for I have known thee by name" (Exodus 33:12, 17).
That He knew Moses by name, denotes that He knew his quality. And in the Apocalypse:
"Thou hast a few names in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment, and I will confess his name before my Father. Him that overcometh, I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, and my new name" (3:4, 5, 12).
That name here signifies quality of state as to the good of love and truth of faith is evident. And in another place,
"whose names are not written in the book of life" (Apoc. 13:8; 17:8).
The names written in the book of life, are all things of a man's love and faith, thus all things of his spiritual life as to their quality. Again:
"They shall see the face" of God and the Lamb, "and his name shall be in their foreheads" (Apoc. 22:4).
[5] His name being in their foreheads, denotes a state of love; for the forehead corresponds to love, and hence signifies love. The reason why name in the Word signifies the quality of the state of man is, that in the spiritual world each one is named according to the state of life in which he is, thus variously. For spiritual speech is not like human speech; all things there are expressed according to ideas of things and of persons; and those ideas fall into words or expressions. (This will be more evident from what is shown concerning the speech of the angels of heaven, in the work, Heaven and Hell 234-245. Moreover it may be seen above, n. 102 and 135, where it is shown what the name of Jehovah, of the Lord, and of Jesus Christ, in the Word signifies.)
148. And upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth except he that receiveth, signifies a state of interior life unknown to all except those who are in it. This is evident from the signification of "name," as being the quality of state (of which see Arcana C (Arcana Coelestia 1754, 1896, 1754, 1896, 2009, 3237, 3421); here the quality of the state of the interior life, because it is said "a new name, which no one knoweth except he that receiveth," for the quality of the state of the interior life is wholly unknown to those who are not in the interior life. Those are in the interior life who are in love to the Lord, and none are in love to the Lord except those who acknowledge the Divine in His Human (that to love the Lord is to live according to His precepts, see Arcana Coelestia 10143, 10153, 10578, 10645, 10829). Interior life is the spiritual life, in which the angels of heaven are; but the exterior life is the natural life, in which are all who are not in heaven. With those, moreover, who live according to the precepts of the Lord and acknowledge the Divine in His Human, the interior mind is opened, and man then becomes spiritual; but those who do not so live, and do not acknowledge the Lord, remain natural. (That to all who are not in heavenly love the state of the interior or spiritual life is unknown, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 395-414; and in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 105, 238.)
[2] That "name" in the Word signifies quality of state is evident from many passages there, some of which I will here cite in confirmation. Thus in Isaiah:
Lift up your eyes on high and see; who hath created these? He that leadeth out the host in number; that calleth them all by name (Isaiah 40:26).
"His calling them all by name" is knowing the quality of all, and giving to them according to the state of love and faith with them. In John the meaning is similar:
He that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out (John 10:2-3).
In Isaiah:
Thus saith Jehovah thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Former, O Israel, Fear not; for I have redeemed thee, and have called thee by name; thou art Mine (Isaiah 43:1).
In the same:
That thou mayest know that I am Jehovah, who had called thee by thy name. For Jacob My servant's sake, and Israel My chosen, I have called thee by thy name, when thou didst not know Me (Isaiah 45:3-4).
"I have called thee by thy name" means that He knew the quality of the state of the church; for "Jacob" and "Israel" are the church, "Jacob" the external church, and "Israel" the internal.
[3] In the same:
Israel, if thou hadst hearkened to My commandments, his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before Me (Isaiah 48:18-19).
"The name being cut off and destroyed from before Jehovah" denotes the quality of the state by which conjunction is effected, which state is the spiritual state of him who is of the church signified by "Israel." Again in the same prophet:
Jehovah hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother doth He make mention of my name (Isaiah 49:1).
here "making mention of the name" is knowing the quality. In the same:
For Zion's sake I will not be still, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet. And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall utter (Isaiah 62:1, 2).
In the same:
He shall call His servants by another name (Isaiah 65:15).
"To call by a new name," and "by another name," is to bestow another state of life, namely, a state of spiritual life. In Ezekiel:
The city of bloods, polluted by name (Ezekiel 22:2, 5).
"The city of bloods" is the doctrine that offers violence to the good of charity; this is said to be "polluted by name" when it abounds with falsities and evils therefrom, which constitute its quality.
[4] In Moses:
Moses said unto Jehovah, Thou hast said, I know thee by thy name. And Jehovah said unto Moses, This word also that thou hast spoken I will do, for I know thee by name (Exodus 33:12, 17).
"His knowing Moses by name" is knowing his quality. In Revelation:
Thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their garments. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white garments, and I will confess his name before My Father. He that overcometh, I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, and My new name (Revelation 3:4, 5, 12).
It can be seen that "name" here signifies the quality of state in respect to the good of love and the truth of faith. In another place:
Whose names have not been written in the book of life (Revelation 13:8; 17:8).
"Names written in the book of life" are the quality of all things of man's love and faith, the all things of his spiritual life. In another place:
They shall see the face of God and the Lamb, and His name shall be in their forehead (Revelation 22:4).
"His name in their forehead" is a state of love, for "forehead" corresponds to love, and therefore signifies love.
[5] "Name" in the Word signifies the quality of man's state, because in the spiritual world each one is named according to the state of life in which he is, thus variously; for spiritual speech is not like human speech; all things there are expressed according to ideas of things and of persons; and these ideas fall into words. (This can be seen more clearly from what is shown on The Speech of the Angels in Heaven, in the work on Heaven and Hell 234-245; also see above, n. 102, 135, where it is shown what "the name of Jehovah," "of the Lord," and "of Jesus Christ" signify in the Word.)
148. "Et in calculo nomen novum scriptum quod nemo novit nisi qui accipit." - Quod significet statum vitae interioris ignotum omnibus praeter illis qui in eo sunt, constat ex significatione "nominis", quod sit quale status (de qua n. 1754, 1896, 2009, 3237, 3421), hic quale status vitae interioris, quia dicitur "nomen novum quod nemo novit nisi qui accipit"; nam quale status vitae interioris prorsus ignotum est illis qui non in vita interiore sunt; in vita interiore sunt qui in amore in Dominum sunt, et non alii in amore in Dominum sunt quam qui agnoscunt Divinum in Humano Ipsius; (quod amare Dominum sit vivere secundum praecepta Ipsius, videatur n. 10143, 10153, 10578, 10645, 10829); vita interior est vita spiritualis in qua sunt angeli caeli, vita autem exterior est vita naturalis in qua sunt omnes qui non in caelo sunt; et apud illos qui vivunt secundum praecepta Domini, et agnoscunt Divinum in Humano Ipsius, aperitur mens interior, et tunc homo fit spiritualis; at qui non ita vivunt, nec agnoscunt, manent naturales. (Quod status vitae interioris seu spiritualis sit ignotus omnibus illis qui non in amore caelesti sunt, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 395-414, et in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae, n. 105, 238.)
[2] Quod "nomen" in Verbo significet quale status, constat ex plurimis locis ibi, quorum aliqua hic, confirmationis causa, velim adducere:
- Ut apud Esaiam,
"Tollite in actum oculos vestros, et Videte; quis creavit haec? qui educit in numero exercitum, omnes nomine vocat" (40:26);
"omnes nomine vocat" est quod sciat omnes quales sunt, et illis det secundum statum amoris et fidei apud illos.
Apud Johannem,
Qui ingreditur per ostium, pastor est ovium; huic aperit janitor, et oves vocem ejus audiunt, et suas oves nomine vocat, et educit eas" (10:2, 3);
similiter.
Apud Esaiam,
"Sic ait Jehovah Creator tuus Jacob, et Formator tuus Israel: Ne timeto, nam redemi te, et vocavi te nomine; Mihi tu" (43:1);
apud eundem,
"Ut cognoscas quod Ego Jehovah, qui vocaveram nomine tuo propter servum meum Jacobum et Israelem electum meum; Vocavi te nomine tuo cum non nosceres Me" (45:3, 4);
"vocavi te nomine tuo", est quod noverit qualis status ecclesiae, nam "Jacob" et "Israel" sunt ecclesia, "Jacob" ecclesia externi, et "Israel" ecclesia interna.
[3] Apud eundem,
Israel, "si auscultasses praeceptis meis... non excisum neque perditum fuisset nomen ejus coram Me" (Esaiam 48 [18,] 19);
"exscindi et perdi nomen coram Jehovah", est quale status per quem conjungitur, qui status est status spiritualis illius qui ab ecclesia quae per "Israelem" significatur.
Apud eundem,
"Jehovah ab utero vocavit Me, a visceribus matris meminit nominis mei" (49:1);
"meminit nominis mei", est qualis est.
Apud eundem,
"Propter Zionem non tacebo, et propter Hierosolymam non quiescam, ... et videbunt gentes justitiam (tuam), et omnes reges gloriam tuam; et vocabitur tibi nomen novum, quod os Jehovae enuntiabit" (62:1, 2);
apud eundem,
"Servis suis Vocabit nomen aliud" (65:15);
"vocare nomen novum" et "nomen aliud", est dare alium statum vitae, nempe statum vitae spiritualis.
Apud Ezechielem,
"Urbs sanguinum, ... polluta nomine" (Ezechielem 22 [2,] 5);
"urbs sanguinum" est doctrina violentiam inferens bono charitatis; quae "polluta nomine" dicitur, cum scatet falsis et inde malis, quae faciunt quale ejus.
[4] Apud Mosen,
"Moses dixit ad Jehovam Tu dixisti, Novi te nomine tuo;... et Jehovah dixit ad Mosen, Etiam verbum hoc quod dixisti faciam, quia novi te nomine" (Exodus 33:12, 17);
quod "noverit" Mosen "nomine", est quod noverit qualis est.
In Apocalypsi,
"Habes pauca nomina in Sardibus, 1
quae non inquinaverunt vestimenta sua:... vincens hic vestietur vestimentis albis et confitebor nomen ejus coram Patre meo... qui vincit scribam super eum nomen Dei mei, et nomen civitatis Dei mei novae Hierosolymae... et nomen meum novum" (3:4, 5, 12);
quod "nomen" hic significet quale status quoad bonum amoris et verum fidei, constare potest.
Alibi,
"Quorum non scripta sunt nomina in libro vitae" (Apocalypsis 13:8; 17:8);
"nomina scripta in libro vitae", sunt omnia amoris et fidei ejus, ita omnia vitae spiritualis ejus, qualia sunt.
Alibi,
"Videbunt faciem" Dei et Agni, "et nomen Ipsius in frontibus eorum" (Apocalypsis 22:4);
"nomen in frontibus" est status amoris, "frons" enim correspondet amori, et inde significat illum.
[5] Quod "nomen" in Verbo significet quale status hominis, est quia in spirituali mundo quilibet nominatur secundum statum vitae in quo est, ita varie: loquela enim spiritualis non est sicut loquela humana; exprimuntur omnia ibi secundum ideas de rebus et de personis, ac ideae illae cadunt in voces. (Quod melius constare potest ex illis quae De Loquela Angelorum Caeli in opere De Caelo et Inferno 234-245, ostensa sunt. Porro videatur supra, n. 102 et 135, ubi ostenditur quid "nomen Jehovae", "Domini" et "Jesu Christi" in Verbo significat.)
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