199# “我也必不从生命册上涂抹他的名”表示他们将在天堂，因为他们适合天堂。这从“名”和“生命册”的含义清楚可知：“名”是指人生命状态的品质或性质(参看AE148节)；“生命册”是指天堂(对此，我们很快就会谈到)。因此，“不从生命册上涂抹他的名”表示他们将在天堂，因为他们在爱和信上的状态是天上的，他们适合天堂。“生命册”表示天堂，因为一个处于对主之爱和对主之信的人就是一个最小形式的天堂，该天堂对应于最大形式的天堂；因此，在自己里面有天堂的人也进入天堂，因为他适合天堂。关于这种对应关系的存在，可参看《天堂与地狱》(51–58, 73-77, 87–102节)和《新耶路撒冷及其属天教义》(230–236节)。正因如此，“生命册”是指人里面那对应于他所在的天堂的东西。由于如果人通过应用于世上生活的真理和良善的知识而变得属灵，这种东西会永远留在人身上，所以经上说：“我也必不从生命册上涂抹他的名。”在世上，如果人没有保持属灵，甚至直到生命结束，它有可能被涂抹；但如果他保持属灵，它就不能被涂抹，因为他通过爱和信与主结合；诸如发生在世上的这种与主的结合在人死后仍留在他身上。
由此可见“生命册”表示来自主、铭刻在人的灵，也就是他的心和灵魂，或也可说，他的爱和信上的东西；被主铭刻在人身上的东西就是天堂。由此清楚可知，以下经文中的“生命册或案卷、册”是什么意思；但以理书：
亘古常在者就坐上去，案卷都展开了。(但以理书7:9, 10)
同一先知书：
人民，就是凡录在册上的，必得拯救。(但以理书12:1)
诗篇：
愿他们从生命册上被涂抹，不得记录在义人之中。(诗篇69:28)
摩西五经：
摩西说，求你从你所写的册上把我涂抹掉吧。耶和华说, 谁得罪我, 我就从册上涂抹谁。(出埃及记32:32, 33)
启示录：
凡名字没有写在羔羊生命册上的人，都要拜兽。(启示录13:8; 17:8)
又：
我看见案卷展开了；并且另有一卷展开，就是生命册；死了的人都凭着这些案卷所记载的，照他们的作为受审判。若有人没记在生命册上，他就被扔在火湖里。(启示录20:12, 13, 15)
又：
只有名字写在羔羊生命册上的才得进入新耶路撒冷。(启示录21:27)
诗篇：
我在暗中受造时，我的骨头就没有向你隐藏。它们形成的一切日子都写在你的册上，它们无一缺少。(诗篇139:15, 16)
“一切日子都写上”表示人生命的一切状态。人所思想、意愿，以及所说、所行，甚至所见、所闻的每一件事和一切事，都与他同在于他的灵中，就好像铭刻于其中，以至于毫无缺失(参看《天堂与地狱》，462, 463；《属天的奥秘》，2469–2494, 7398节)；这就是人的“生命册”(参看2474, 9386, 9841, 10505; 5212, 8067, 9334, 9723, 9841节 )。
199. And I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. That this signifies that they will be in heaven because they are fitted for it is evident from the signification of name, as denoting the quality of the state of man's life (see above, n. 148) and from the signification of the book of life, as denoting heaven, concerning which we shall speak presently. Hence, not to blot their name out of the book of life signifies that they will be in heaven because their state as to love and faith is heavenly, thus because they are fitted for heaven. The reason why heaven is signified by the book of life is, that a man who is in love and faith to the Lord is a heaven in its least form, and this heaven corresponds to heaven in the greatest form: therefore he who has heaven in himself, also comes into heaven, for he is fitted for it. (That there is such a correspondence, may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell 51-58, 73-77, 87-102; and in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 230-236.) Hence it is, that the book of life is that in man which corresponds to the heaven in which he is; and because the former remains with him to eternity, if he becomes spiritual by the knowledges of truth and good applied to life in the world, therefore, it is here said, "I will not blot out his name from the book of life. In the world, indeed, it may be blotted out, if a man does not remain spiritual even unto the end of his life; but if he does remain spiritual it cannot be blotted out, because he is conjoined to the Lord by love and faith; and conjunction with the Lord, such as took place in the world, remains with man after death.
From these considerations it is evident, that by the book of life is meant that from the Lord which is inscribed on a man's spirit, that is, which is inscribed on his heart and soul, or, what is the same, on his love and faith; and that which is inscribed by the Lord on man, is heaven.
[2] It is therefore evident what is meant by the book of life in the following passages; in Daniel:
"The Ancient of days did sit, and the books were opened" (Heaven and Hell 462, 463, and in Arcana Coelestia, 2469-2494, 7398; and that this is the book of man's life, 2474, 9386, 9841, 10505; and likewise, n. 5212, 8067, 9334, 9723, 9841.)
199. And I will not blot his name out of the book of life, signifies that they will be in heaven because they are fitted for it. This is evident from the signification of "name," as being the quality of man's state of life (See above, n. 148); and from the signification of "the book of life," as being heaven (of which presently); therefore, "not to blot his name out of the book of life" signifies that they will be in heaven because their state in respect to love and faith is such, thus because they are fitted for heaven. "The book of life" signifies heaven, because a man who is in the love to the Lord and faith in Him is a heaven in least form, and this heaven of man corresponds to heaven in the greatest form; therefore he who has heaven in himself also comes into heaven, for he is fitted for it. (That there is such correspondence, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 51-58, 73-77, 87-102; and The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 230-236.) From this it is that "the book of life" is that with man that corresponds to the heaven with him. Because this remains with man to eternity, if he has become spiritual by means of the knowledges of truth and good applied to life in the world, it is said, "I will not blot his name out of the book of life." In the world indeed it may be blotted out if man does not remain spiritual to the end of life; but if he does so remain it cannot be blotted out, because he is conjoined to the Lord by love and faith, and such conjunction with the Lord as there has been in the world remains with man after death.
[2] From this it can be seen that "the book of life" means that from the Lord which has been written on man's spirit, that is, on his heart and soul, or what is the same, on his love and faith; and what is written by the Lord in man is heaven. From this it is clear what is meant by "the book of life" in the following passages. In Daniel:
The Ancient of Days sat, and the books were opened (Heaven and Hell 462, 463; and Arcana Coelestia 2469-2494, 7398; and that this is man's "book of life," see n. 2474, 9386, 9841, 10505, n. 5212, 8067, 9334, 9723, 9841.
199. "Et non delebo nomen ejus e libro vitae." - Quod significet quod in caelo erunt quia ei accommodati, constat ex significatione "nominis", quod sit quale status vitae hominis (de qua supra, n. 148); et ex significatione "libri vitae", quod sit caelum (de qua sequitur); inde "non delere nomen ejus e libro vitae" significat quod in caelo erunt, quia status eorum quoad amorem et fidem talis est, ita quia caelo accommodati sunt. Quod per "librum vitae" significetur caelum, est quia homo qui in amore et fide in Dominum est, in minima effigie est caelum, et hoc ejus correspondet caelo in maxima effigie; quapropter qui caelum in se habet, etiam in caelum venit, est enim ei accommodatus. (Quod talis correspondentia sit, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 51-58, 73-77, 87-102; et in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae, n. 230-236.) Inde est quod "liber vitae" sit id apud hominem quod correspondet caelo apud illum. Hoc quia manet apud illum in aeternum, si factus est spiritualis per cognitiones veri et boni applicatas vitae in mundo, ideo dicitur "Non delebo nomen ejus e libro illo": in mundo quidem deleri potest si homo non permanet spiritualis usque ad finem vitae; sed si permanet non deleri potest, quia conjunctus est Domino per amorem et fidem; et conjunctio, qualis in mundo fuit cum Domino, manet hominem post mortem.
[2] Ex his constare potest quod per "librum vitae" intelligatur quod ex Domino inscriptum est hominis spiritui, hoc est, quod ejus cordi et animae, seu, quod idem est, ejus amori et fidei; et quod a Domino inscribitur homini, est caelum. Ex his nunc patet quid per "librum vitae" intelligitur in sequentibus his locis:
– Apud Danielem,
"Antiquus dierum consedit, .... et libri aperti sunt" (Daniel 7 [9,] 10);
apud eundem,
"Eripietur populus, omnis qui invenietur scriptus in libro" (12:1):
apud Davidem,
"Deleantur e libro vitarum, et cum justis non scribantur" (Psalms 69:29 [B.A. 28]);
apud Mosen,
Moses dixit, "Dele me quaeso e libro quem scripsisti; et dixit Jehovah, Illum qui peccavit Mihi, delebo e libro" (Exodus 32:32, 33);
in Apocalypsi,
"Adorabunt bestiam omnes quorum non sunt scripta nomina in libro vitae Agni" (13:8; 17:8);
alibi,
"Vidi.... quod libri aperti sint; et liber alius apertus est qui est vitae, et judicati sunt mortui juxta ea quae scripta sunt in 1
libris secundum opera illorum;.... et si quis non inventus est in libro vitae scriptus, ejectus est in stagnum ignis" (Apocalypsis 20:12, 13, 15 2
);
alibi,
"Non ingredientur" in Novam Hierosolymam, "nisi qui scripti in libro vitae Agni" (Apocalypsis 21:27);
apud Davidem,
"Non latuit Te os meum cum factus sum in occulto;.... super libro tuo omnes scripti sunt dies, quibus formati, et non unus ex illis deest" (Psalms 139:15, 16);
per quod "omnes dies inscripti sint", intelligitur quod omnes status vitae. (Quod omnia at singula quae homo cogitavit, voluit, locutus est, egit, immo quae vidit et audivit, sint apud hominem in spiritu ejus quasi inscripta, adeo ut prorsus nihil desit, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 462, 463; et in Arcanis Caelestibus, n. 2469-2494, 7398: et quod id sit "liber vitae" hominis, n. 2474, 9386, 9841, 10505; et praeterea, n. 5212, 8067, 9334, 9723, 9841.)
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