19# 启1:4.“约翰”表示教义方面的主。这从“约翰”的代表清楚可知，“约翰”是指爱之良善，如前所述(AE8节)。他因代表爱之良善，故也在至高意义上代表主，因为一切爱之良善皆来自主。世人、灵人和天使只是接受者，那些作为接受者的人可以说就表示来自主的东西。圣言中的其他许多人也是这种情况，如亚伯拉罕，以撒，雅各，大卫，以利亚，以利沙，施洗约翰，彼得和其余的门徒；其中每个人都表示天堂和教会的某种良善或真理，然而他们都在至高意义上表示主。例如，“大卫”在内义上表示属灵国度的神性真理，属灵国度被称为主的王权；因此，大卫在至高意义上表示这真理和王权方面的主；这就是为何圣言论到大卫说，他要来给以色列人作王(以西结书37:24, 25; 何西阿书3:5)。以利亚和以利沙也是如此，他们因在内义上表示圣言而在至高意义上表示圣言所来自的主。“以利亚”和“以利沙”表示圣言，因而表示圣言方面的主(参看《属天的奥秘》，2762, 5247节)；“施洗约翰”也是，故被称为“以利亚”(7643, 9372节)。“彼得”表示信，因而表示信方面的主，因为信来自主(AE9节)。由此可见为何“约翰”表示主。他表示教义方面的主，因为经上说，约翰“写信给七个教会”，“七个教会”在内义上表示所有处于源于良善的真理，或源于仁的信之人；因为正是这些人构成教会；教义是教导这些真理的。正因如此，主是圣言，故也是教会的教义，因为一切教义皆来自圣言。主是教会的教义，因为属于教义的一切真理皆来自圣言，因而来自主(参看《属天的奥秘》，2531, 2859, 3712节)。
19. (Verse Arcana Coelestia 2762, 5247; the case is the same with John the Baptist, who is therefore called Elijah, n. 7643, 9372. That Peter signifies faith, and thence the Lord as to faith, because faith is from the Lord, may be seen above, n. 9.) It is therefore evident why John signifies the Lord. The reason he signifies the Lord as to doctrine is, because it is said, "John to the seven churches," and by the seven churches, in the internal sense, are meant all who are in truths from good, or in faith from charity; for these are they who constitute the church; and it is doctrine that teaches those things. For this reason the Lord, as He is the Word, is also the doctrine of the church, for all doctrine is from the Word. (That the Lord is the doctrine of the church, because all the truth which pertains to doctrine is from the Word, thus from the Lord, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 2531, 2859, 3712.)
19. Verse 4. John signifies the Lord in respect to doctrine. This is evident from the representation of "John," as being the good of love (of which above, n. Arcana Coelestia 2762, 5247; likewise "John the Baptist," who is therefore called "Elijah," n. 7643, 9372. That "Peter" signifies faith, and therefore the Lord in respect to faith, because faith is from the Lord, see above, n. 9) From this it can be seen why "John" signifies the Lord. He signifies the Lord in respect to doctrine because it is said, "John to the seven churches," and by "the seven churches," in the internal sense, are meant all who are in truths from good, or in faith from charity; for it is these that constitute the church; and doctrine is what teaches these truths. From this it is that as the Lord is the Word, so is He also the doctrine of the church, for all doctrine is from the Word. (That the Lord is the doctrine of the church, because all truth that is of doctrine is from the Word, thus from the Lord, see Arcana Coelestia 2531, 2859, 3712)
19. (Vers. 4.) Johannes." - Quod significet Dominum quoad doctrinam, constat ex repraesentatione Johannis, quod sit bonum amoris (de qua supra, n. 8); et quia est bonum amoris, est in supremo sensu Dominus, quoniam omne bonum amoris est a Domino: homo, spiritus et angelus, sunt modo recipientes; et qui sunt recipientes, illi dicuntur significare id quod a Domino. Simile fit cum multis aliis in Verbo, ut cum Abrahamo, Isaco, Jacobo, Davide, Elia, Elisaeo, Johanne Baptista, Petro, et reliquis Apostolis: unusquisque ex illis significat aliquod bonum aut verum caeli et ecclesiae, sed usque omnes illi in supremo sensu significant Dominum: sicut "David" in sensu interno significat Divinum Verum in regno spirituali, quod regium Domini dicitur; quare in sensu supremo significat Dominum quoad id verum et quoad regium; quapropter dicitur de Davide in Verbo, quod venturus et regnaturus sit super filios Israelis (Ezechiel 37:24, 25; Hoschea 3:5).
Similiter "Elias" et "Elisaeus", qui quia in sensu interno significant Verbum, ideo in sensu supremo significant Dominum a quo Verbum.
(Quod "Elias" et "Elisaeus" significent Verbum, ita Dominum quoad Verbum, videatur n. 2762, 1
5247, 7643, 9372: quod "Petrus" significet fidem, et inde Dominum quoad fidem, quia fides est a Domino, videatur supra, n. 9.)
Inde constare potest unde est quod "Johannes" significet Dominum. Quod significet quoad doctrinam, est quia dicitur, "Johannes septem Ecclesiis"; et per "septem Ecclesias" in sensu interno intelliguntur omnes qui in veris ex bono seu in fide ex charitate sunt, nam illi sunt qui faciunt ecclesiam, et doctrina est quae docet illa. Inde est, quod Dominus, sicut est Verbum, etiam sit Doctrina ecclesiae; nam omnis doctrina est ex Verbo. (Quod Dominus sit Doctrina ecclesiae, quia omne verum quod doctrinae est a Verbo, ita a Domino, n. 2
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