63# 启1:13. “七灯台中间有一位好像人子”表示主，天堂和教会的一切都来自祂。这从“中间”、“七灯台”和“人子”的含义清楚可知：“中间”是指在至内层(参看《属天的奥秘》，1074, 2940, 2973节)；由于一切事物都从至内层发出，正如光从中心发出照到周边，所以“中间”表示来自祂。“七灯台”是指新天堂和新教会，如刚才所述(AE62节)。“人子”是指神性人身，以及神性真理方面的主，因为神性真理从祂的神性人身发出。由此可见为何主出现在“七灯台中间”，即因为天堂和教会的一切都从祂发出；事实上，正是爱和信之良善构成天堂和教会，这良善来自神性，这一点在基督教界是众所周知的；这良善因来自神性，故来自主，因为主是天堂的神，主的神性构成天堂(参看《天堂与地狱》，2–12节；这是祂的神性人身，参看HH78–86节)。
“人子”是指神性人身，以及神性真理方面的主，因为神性真理从祂的神性人身发出，这一点从圣言中提到人子的经文明显看出来。因此，在约翰福音：
群众对耶稣说，你怎么说，人子必须被举起来呢？这人子是谁呢？耶稣回答他们，光在你们中间还有不多的时候，你们应当趁着有光的时候行走，免得黑暗临到你们。你们应当趁着有光，信从这光，使你们成为光明之子。(约翰福音12:34–36)
从这些话清楚可知，“人子”和“光”具有同样的含义；因为当人们问人子是谁时，主回答说，祂是他们应当信从的光。“光”是指从主的神性人身发出的神性真理(参看《天堂与地狱》，126–140节；《新耶路撒冷及其属天教义》，49节)，因而也指人子。
路加福音：
当人为人子恨恶你们时，你们就有福了。(路加福音6:22)
“为人子”就是为从主发出的神性真理。神性真理是对主之信和爱的一切。由于恶人否认这些事，否认的人也恨恶它们，而善人则承认它们，所以经上说善人是有福的。
同一福音书：
那些日子将到，你们将渴望看见人子的一个日子，却看不见。人必对你们说，看哪，在这里！或看哪，在那里！你们不要出去，也不要追随。(路加福音 17:22–23)
“渴望看见人子的一个日子”是指渴望纯正的神性真理的某种东西。此处指的是教会的结束，那时将不再有任何信，因为没有任何仁；在这种时候，一切神性真理都将灭亡；由于“人子”表示神性真理，所以经上说：“人必说，看哪，在这里！或看哪，在那里！不要追随。”
又：
人子来的时候，在世上找得到信吗？(路加福音 18:8)
这句话表示当神性真理从天堂被揭示时，它将不被相信。此处“人子”也指神性真理方面的主；主的降临就是教会结束时对神性真理的揭示(参看《属天的奥秘》，3900, 4060节)。
马太福音：
闪电从东边发出，直照到西边。人子降临，也要这样。那时，人子的兆头要显在天上，地上的众支派都要哀哭。他们要看见人子，有能力，有大荣耀，驾着天上的云降临。(马太福音24:27, 30)
“主驾着天上的云降临”在此表示在教会结束时对神性真理的揭示(AE36节)。
同一福音书：
我对你们说，从今以后，你们要看见人子坐在大能者的右手边，驾着天上的云降临。(马太福音26:64)
路加福音：
从今以后，人子要坐在神权能的右手边。(路加福音22:69)
“人子”是指神性人身和从祂发出的神性真理方面的主；“坐在权能的右手边”表示祂拥有全能；经上说他们即将看见这一点，表示当主在世上征服众地狱，并使地狱和天堂里的一切都恢复秩序，那些以爱和爱来接受祂的人从而能得救时，神性真理在它的全能中(参看《属天的奥秘》，9715节)；“坐在右手边”表示全能(参看《属天的奥秘》，3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 8281, 9193节)；良善的一切能力都凭借真理(参看《属天的奥秘》，344, 6423, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643节)；神性能力本身凭借从主的神性人身发出的神性真理(参看6948节)；人子降临所要驾的“云”是指字面上的圣言，也就是秩序终端的神性真理(参看创世记18章序言，4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8443, 8781节)；“荣耀”是指神性真理本身，就是诸如在圣言内义中的那种(参看4809, 5922, 8267, 9429节)。
由此可见启示录中的这些话表示什么：
我又观看，见有一片白云，云上坐着一位好像人子，头上戴着金冠冕。(启示录14:14)
但以理书：
我在夜间的异象中观看，看哪，有一位像人子的，驾着天云而来。(但以理书7:13)
由于一切审判都根据真理来施行，所以经上说就赐给主行审判的权柄，因为祂是人子(约翰福音5:27)；并且人子要照各人的行为报应各人(马太福音16:27)；当人子降临的时候，祂要坐在祂荣耀的宝座上，并且要审判(马太福音25:31)。
马太福音：
那撒好种的，就是人子。田地就是世界；种子就是天国之子；稗子就是那恶者之子。(马太福音13:37–38)
“好种”是指神性真理；所以经上说，那撒好种的，就是人子；“天国之子”是指天堂和教会里的神性真理；因为“子”是指真理(参看《属天的奥秘》，489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623节)，在反面意义上是指虚假，也就是“那恶者之子”。
同一福音书：
人子没有枕头的地方。(马太福音8:20)
这句话表示神性真理处处没有立足之地，也就是在那时的任何人那里都没有立足之地。人子将要受苦，并被处死(马太福音17:12, 22–23; 26:2, 24, 45; 马可福音8:31; 9:12, 31)，这表示他们将如此对待神性真理，因而对待主，主是神性真理本身。主在路加福音也教导了这一点：
只是人子必须先受苦，又被这世代弃绝。(路加福音17:25)
耶利米书：
必无人住在那里，也无人子在那里寄居。(耶利米书49:18, 33)
同一先知书：
必无人住在城邑，无人子经过它们。(耶利米书51:43)
不知道圣言灵义的人会以为此处的“城邑”是指城市，“人”和“人子”是指一个人和一个儿子；而且这些城邑将如此荒凉，以至于无人住在其中；但这些话描述的是真理教义方面的教会状态；因为“城”是指教会的教义(参看《属天的奥秘》，402, 2449, 3216, 4492–4493节)；“人”是指与良善结合的教会的本质真理(参看3134, 7716, 9007节)；因此，“人子”是指真理。
由于“人子”表示从主发出的神性真理，所以神性真理被揭示给的先知被称为“人子”(如但以理书8:17; 以西结书2:1, 3, 6, 8;3:1, 3–4, 10, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 8:5–6, 8, 12, 15; 12:2, 3, 9, 18, 22, 27)。由于圣言中的绝大多数事物也有反面意义，所以“人子”也有一个反面意义，就是反对真理的虚假。因此，在以赛亚书：
你是谁，竟怕那必死的人，怕那如草的人子。(以赛亚书51:12)
诗篇：
你们不要倚靠首领、人子，他们那里没有救恩。(诗篇146:3)
“首领”是指首要真理(参看《属天的奥秘》，2089, 5044节)，所以在反面意义上是指首要虚假；“人子”是指虚假本身。
63. (Verse 13) And in the midst of the seven lampstands one like unto the Son of man. That this signifies the Lord, from whom is the all of heaven and of the church, is evident from the signification of "in the midst," as denoting in the inmost (see Arcana Coelestia 1074, 2940, 2973); and, because all things proceed from the inmost as light from the centre into the circumferences, therefore, "in the midst," signifies from whom. This is evident also from the signification of the seven lampstands, as denoting the New Heaven and the New Church (concerning which see above, n. 62); and from the signification of the Son of man, as denoting the Lord as to the Divine Human, and also as to Divine truth, because this proceeds from His Divine Human. From these considerations it is evident that the Lord appeared in the midst of seven lampstands, because from Him proceeds the all of heaven and of the church; for the good of love and the good of faith constitute heaven and the church, and that these are from the Divine is known in the Christian world, and because they are from the Divine, they are from the Lord, because the Lord is the God of heaven, and because the Divine of the Lord makes heaven (see the work, Heaven and Hell 2-6, and n. 7-12; and that this is His Divine Human, n. 78-86).
[2] That by the Son of man is meant the Lord as to the Divine Human, and also as to Divine truth, because Divine truth proceeds from His Divine Human, is evident from those passages in the Word where mention is made of the Son of man. Thus in John:
The multitude said unto Jesus, "How sayest thou that the Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? Jesus answered them, Yet a little while the light is with you; walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you. While ye have the light believe in the light, that ye may be sons of light" (Heaven and Hell 126-140; and in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 49; thus also that the Son of man is the Divine truth.) It is said in Luke:
[3] "Blessed are ye when men shall hate you for the Son of man's sake" (6:22).
For the Son of man's sake is for the sake of the Divine truth which proceeds from the Lord. Divine truth is the all of faith and love to the Lord; and because they who are evil deny those things, and they who deny also hate them, and the good acknowledge them, therefore it is said, that these latter are blessed. Again, in the same:
[4] "The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but ye shall not see it. Then they shall say to you, Behold here, or behold there; go not away, nor follow them" (17:22, 23).
To desire one of the days of the Son of man, is to desire something of genuine Divine truth. The end of the church is there meant, when there will be no longer any faith, because no charity, at which time all Divine truth will perish; and because Divine truth is signified by the Son of man, therefore it is said, "Then shall they say, Behold here, or behold there; follow them not." And in the same:
[5] "When the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?" (Arcana Coelestia 3900, 4060.)
[6] And in Matthew:
"As the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and glory" (36.)
[7] And in the same:
"I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven" (Arcana Coelestia 9715. That to sit on the right hand denotes omnipotence, may be seen Arcana Coelestia 3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 8281, 9133; that all the power of good is by truth, n. 6344, 6423, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643. That Divine power itself is by Divine truth proceeding from the Divine Human of the Lord, see n. 6948; that the clouds in which the Son of man will come are the Word in the letter, which is Divine truth in the ultimate of order, see the preface to the xviii. chapter of Genesis, Arcana Coelestia 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8443, 8781; and that glory is the Divine truth itself, such as it is in the internal sense of the Word, see n. 4809, 5922, 8267, 9429.)
[8] From these considerations it is now evident what is signified by these words in the Apocalypse:
"I saw, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown" (14:14).
And in Daniel:
"I saw in the visions of the night, and behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of the heavens" (7:13).
Because all judgment is executed from truth, therefore it is said, that it is given to the Lord "to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man" (John 5:27); and that "the Son of man shall render to every one according to his deeds" (Matthew 16:27); and that "when the Son of man shall come, he shall sit upon the throne of his glory, and shall judge" (Matthew 25:31).
[9] And again in Matthew, it is said:
"He who soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the evil" (Arcana Coelestia 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623), and, in an opposite sense, falsity, which also is the son of evil.
[10] In the same:
"The Son of man hath not where to lay his head" (8:20);
by which is signified, that Divine truth had not a place anywhere, or with any man, at that time. Again it is said, that the Son of man would suffer and be put to death (Matthew 17:12, 22; 26:2, 24, 45; Mark 8:31; 9:12, 31); by which is signified, that thus they would treat Divine truth, consequently the Lord, who was Divine truth itself, as He also teaches in Luke:
"The Son of man must first suffer, and be rejected of this generation" (17:25).
[11] In Jeremiah:
"No man [vir] shall dwell there; neither shall a son of man [hominis] abide there" (Arcana Coelestia 2089, 5044); thus, in an opposite sense, primary falsities; and son of man denotes falsity itself.
63. Verse 13. And in the midst of the seven lampstands one like unto the Son of man, signifies the Lord, from whom is the All of heaven and of the church. This is evident from the signification of "in the midst," as being in the inmost (See Arcana Coelestia., n. 1074, 2940, 2973); and as all things proceed from the inmost, as light proceeds from the center to the circumferences, so "in the midst" signifies from whom; also from the signification of "the seven lampstands," as being the new heaven and the new church (of which just above, n. 62; and from the signification of "the Son of man," as being the Lord in respect to the Divine Human, and also in respect to Divine truth, because Divine truth proceeds from His Divine Human. From this it can be seen why the Lord appeared "in the midst of seven lampstands," namely, because from Him the All of heaven and the church proceeds; for it is the good of love and of faith that makes heaven and the church, and that this good is from the Divine is known in the Christian world, and as it is from the Divine, it is from the Lord, for the Lord is the God of heaven, and the Divine of the Lord makes heaven (See the work on Heaven and Hell (Heaven and Hell 2-6, 7-12 that this is His Divine Human, 78-86).
[2] That the Son of man is the Lord in respect to the Divine Human, and also in respect to Divine truth, because Divine truth proceeds from His Divine Human, is evident from those passages in the Word where the Son of man is mentioned. Thus in John:
The multitude said to Jesus, How sayest Thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? Jesus answered thee, Yet a little while is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, lest darkness overtake you. While ye have the light believe in the light, that ye may be sons of light (Heaven and Hell 126-140; and in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 49; thus also the Son of man. )
[3] In Luke:
Blessed are ye when men shall hate you for the Son of man's sake (Luke 6:22).
"For the Son of man's sake" is for the sake of Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord. Divine truth is the All of faith in and of love to the Lord. Because the evil deny these things, and those who deny also hate them, while the good acknowledge them, therefore it is said that the good are blessed.
[4] In the same:
The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but ye shall not see it. Then they shall say to you, Lo here, or Lo there. Go not away, nor pursue after (Luke 17:22-23).
"To desire [to see] one of the days of the Son of man," is to desire Divine truth, which is genuine truth, as to something thereof; the end of the church is here meant, when there will no longer be any faith, because there will be no charity, at which time all Divine truth will perish; and because Divine truth is signified by "the Son of man," it is said, "Then shall they say, Lo here, or Lo there; pursue not after."
[5] In the same:
When the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith upon the earth? (Arcana Coelestia 3900, 4060).
[6] In Matthew:
As the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth lament, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and glory (36.
[7] In the same:
I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven (Arcana Coelestia 9715. That to "sit at the right hand" means omnipotence, see Arcana Coelestia 3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 8281, 9193; that all the power of good is by means of truth, n. 6344, 6423, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643. That Divine power itself is by means of Divine truth proceeding from the Lord's Divine Human, see n. 6948; that the "clouds" in which the Son of man is to come are the Word in the letter, which is Divine truth in the ultimate of order, see the preface to chapter 18 of Genesis, n. 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8443, 8781; and that "glory" is Divine truth itself, such as it is in the internal sense of the Word, see n. 4809, 5922, 8267, 9429).
[8] From this it can now be seen what is signified by these words in Revelation:
I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on His head a golden crown (Revelation 14:14).
And in Daniel:
I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the heavens one like unto the Son of man (Daniel 7:13).
Because all judgment is executed according to truth, therefore it is said, that it was given to the Lord:
To execute judgment, because He is the Son of man (John 5:27); and that:
The Son of man shall render unto every man according to his deeds (Matthew 16:27);
and that:
When the Son of man shall come, He shall sit on the throne of His glory, and shall judge (Matthew 25:31).
[9] In Matthew:
He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man, the field is the world, the seed are the sons of the kingdom, the tares are the sons of the evil one (Arcana Coelestia 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623), and, in the contrary sense, falsity, which also is "the son of the evil one."
[10] In the same:
The Son of man hath not where to lay His head (Matthew 8:20);
by which is meant that Divine truth had no place anywhere, that is, with any man at that time. That the Son of man was about to suffer and be put to death (Matthew 17:12, 22-23; 26:2, 24, 45; Mark 8:31; 9:12, 31) signifies that thus they were about to treat Divine truth, consequently the Lord, who was Divine truth itself. This He also teaches in Luke:
But first must the Son of man suffer, and be rejected of this generation (Luke 17:25).
[11] In Jeremiah:
No man [vir] shall dwell there; neither shall a son of man [hominis] sojourn there (Arcana Coelestia 402, 2449, 3216, 4 492, 4493); and "man" is its very truth conjoined with good (See n. 3134, 7716, 9007); therefore a "son of man" is truth.
[12] As Divine truth proceeding from the Lord was signified by "the Son of man," therefore the prophets by whom it was revealed were called "sons of man" (as Arcana Coelestia 2089, 5044); so, in the contrary sense, primary falsities; and "the son of man" is falsity itself.
63. (Vers. 13.) "Et in medio septem candelabrorum similem filio homini". - Quod significet Dominum a quo omne caeli et ecclesiae, constat ex significatione "in medio", quod sit in intimo (de qua n. 1074, 2940, 2973); et quia ex intimo procedunt omnia sicut lux e centro in peripherias, ideo per "in medio" significatur a quo; ex significatione "septem candelabrorum", quod sint novum caelum et nova ecclesia (de qua mox supra, n. 62); et ex significatione "Filii hominis", quod sit Dominus quoad Divinum Humanum, et quoque quoad Divinum Verum, quia hoc a Divino Humano Ipsius procedit. Ex his constare potest cur Dominus apparuit "in medio septem candelabrorum", quod nempe ex eo, quod ab Ipso procedat omne caeli et ecclesiae; est enim bonum amoris et fidei quod facit caelum et ecclesiam; et quod id bonum sit a Divino, notum est in orbe Christiano; et quia a Divino est, a Domino est, quoniam Dominus est Deus caeli, et quoniam Divinum Domini facit caelum (videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 2-6, et 7-12; et quod hoc sit Divinum Humanum Ipsius, n. 78-86).
[2] Quod Filius hominis sit Dominus quoad Divinum Humanum, et quoque quoad Divinum Verum, quia hoc a Divino Humano Ipsius procedit, constat a locis in Verbo ubi Filius hominis nominatur:
- Ut apud Johannem,
Turba dixit ad Jesum, "Quomodo Tu dicis, Oportet exaltari Filium hominis? Quis est hic Filius hominis? Respondit illis Jesus, Adhuc breve tempus lux vobiscum est; ambulate quousque lucem habetis, ne tenebrae vos apprehendant;... quousque lucem habetis, credite in lucem, ut filii lucis sitis" (12:34-36);
ex his patet, quod per "Filium hominis" simile quod per "Lucem" significetur; nam cum quaerebant, Quis est hic Filius hominis respondit Dominus quod Ipse esset Lux in quam crederent.
(Quod "lux" sit Divinum Verum procedens ex Divino Humano Domini, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 126-140, et in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae, n. 49; ita quoque Filius hominis.)
[3] Apud Lucam:
"Beati quando odio habebunt vos homines... propter Filium hominis" (6:22);
"propter Filium hominis" est propter Divinum Verum quod procedit a Domino; Divinum Verum est omne fidei et amoris in Dominum: quia mali illa negant, et qui negant etiam odio habent, ac boni agnoscunt, ideo dicitur quod hi beati sint.
[4] Apud eundem
"Venient dies, cum desiderabitis unum dierum Filii hominis videre, sed non videbitis; tunc dicent vobis, Ecce hic aut ecce illic; ne abite nec investigate" (17:22, 23);
"desiderare unum dierum Filii hominis" est Verum Divinum quod genuinum quoad aliquid ejus. Intelligitur ibi finis ecclesiae, quando nulla amplius fides quia nulla charitas, quo tempore periturum omne Divinum Verum; et quia Verum Divinum significatur per "Filium hominis", ideo dicitur, "Tunc dicent..., Ecce hic aut ecce illic;... investigate."
[5] Apud eundem,
"Filius hominis veniens num inveniet fidem super terra?" (18:8);
hoc est, cum Verum Divinum e caelo revelabitur, quod non credetur; "Filius hominis" etiam hic est Dominus quoad Verum Divinum; adventus Domini est revelatio Veri Divini in fine ecclesiae (n. 3900, 4060).
[6] Apud Matthaeum:
"Sicut fulgur exit ab oriente, et apparet usque ad occidentem, ita erit adventus Filii hominis... Tunc apparebit signum Filii hominis in caelo, et tunc plangent omnes tribus terrae, et videbunt Filium hominis venientem in nubibus caeli cum potentia et gloria" (24:27, 30);
quod per "adventum Domini in nubibus caeli" ibi significetur revelatio Divini Veri in fine ecclesiae, videatur supra (n. 36).
[7] Apud eundem,
"Dico Vobis, Ex nunc videbitis Filium hominis sedentem ex dextris potentiae, et venientem in nubibus caeli" (26:64).
Et apud Lucam:
"Ex hoc nunc erit Filius hominis sedens a dextris virtutis Dei" (22:69);
"Filius hominis" est Dominus quoad Divinum Humanum et quoad Divinum Verum procedens ab Ipso; "sedere a dextris potentiae" est quod Ipsi omnipotentia; quod dicatur quod id nunc visuri essent, est quod Divinum Verum in sua omnipotentia esset, cum Dominus in mundo vicerat inferna, et omnia ibi et in caelis in ordinem redegerat, et quod sic salvari possent qui Ipsum fide et amore reciperent (n. 9715. Quod sedere a dextris sit omnipotentia, videatur n. 3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 8281, 9133. Quod omnis potentia boni sit per verum, n. 6344, 1
6423, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643. Quod ipsa potentia Divina sit per Divinum Verum procedens a Divino Humano Domini, n. 6948.
Quod "nubes", in quibus Filius hominis venturus, sit Verbum in littera, quod est Divinum Verum in ultimo ordinis, praefat. ad cap. 18, n. 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8443, 8781: et quod "gloria" sit ipsum Divinum Verum, quale est in sensu Verbi interno, n. 4809, 5922, 2
[8] Ex his nunc constare potest, quid significatur per haec in Apocalypsi,
"Vidi cum ecce nubes alba; et super nube sedens similis Filio hominis, habens super capite suo coronam auream" (14:14);
et apud Danielem,
"Videns fui in Visionibus noctis, et ecce cum nubibus caelorum sicut Filius hominis Venit" (7:13).
Quia omne judicium fit ex vero, ideo dicitur quod datum sit Domino
"Judicium facere, quia Filius hominis est" (Johannes 5:27);
et quod
"Filius hominis reddet unicuique secundum facta sua" (Matthaeus 16:27);
et
"Cum Venturus Filius hominis, ... sedebit super throno gloriae suae", et judicaturus (Matthaeus 25:31).
[9] Apud Matthaeum,
"Qui seminat bonum semen est Filius hominis, ager est mundus, semen (bonum) sunt filii regni, zizania sunt filii mali" (13:37, 38);
"bonum semen" est Verum Divinum, ideo dicitur quod Filius hominis id seminet; "filii regni sunt vera Divina in caelo et ecclesia", "filius" enim est verum (n. 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623), ac in opposito sensu falsum, quod etiam est "filius mali."
[10] Apud eundem,
"Filius hominis non habet ubi caput inclinet" (8:20);
pro quod Divinum Verum non haberet locum ullibi, seu apud ullum hominem eo tempore.
Quod Filius hominis Passurus esset et occideretur (Matthaeus 17:12, 22 (, 23); cap. 26:2, 24, 45; Marcus 8:31; 9:12, 31), significabat quod ita cum Divino Vero acturi essent, proinde cum Domino, qui erat ipsum Divinum Verum; quod etiam Ipse docet apud Lucam,
"Prius oportet Filium hominis pati, et reprobari a generatione hac" (17:25).
[11] Apud Jeremiam,
"Non habitabit ibi vir, nec commorabitur ibi filius hominis" (49:18, 33);
et apud eundem,
In urbibus "non habitabit vir ullus, neque transibit per eas filius hominis" (51:43).
Qui non scit Verbi sensum spiritualem, credet quod per "urbes" hic intelligantur urbes, et per "virum" perque "filium hominis" vir et filius, ac quod urbes sic desolarentur ut nullus ibi; sed est status ecclesiae quoad doctrinam veri qui per illa describitur; "urbes" enim sunt doctrinalia ecclesiae (videatur n. 402, 3
2449, 3216, 4492, 4493); "vir" est ipsum ejus verum conjunctum bono (n. 3134, 7716, 9007); ita "filius hominis" est Verum.
[12] Quoniam per "Filium hominis" significabatur Divinum Verum procedens a Domino, ideo quoque prophetae, per quos revelabatur, vocabantur "filii hominis", Ut Daniel (8:17) et Ezechiel (2:1, 3, 6, 8; 3:1, 3, 4, 10, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 8:5, 6, 8, 12, 15; 12:2, 3, 9, 18, 22, 27).
Sicut pleraque in Verbo etiam sensum oppositum habent, ita quoque significatio "filii hominis", qui in eo sensu est falsum oppositum vero:
- Ut apud Esaiam,
"Quid tu quod times ab homine, moritur, et a filio hominis, gramen datur?" (51:12);
et apud Davidem,
"Ne confidite in principibus, in filio hominis, cui non salus" (Psalms 146:3);
"principes" sunt primaria vera (n. 2089, 5044), ita in opposito sensu primaria falsa; et "filius hominis" est ipsum falsum.
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