663# 启11:11, 12.过了这三天半,有生命的灵从神那里进入他们里面,他们就双脚站起来,看见他们的人都大大惧怕。他们听见有大声音从天上对他们说,上这里来。他们就驾着云上了天;他们的仇敌也看见他们。
“过了这三天半”表示当完成时,因而表示旧教会的结束和新教会的开始(664节);“有生命的灵从神那里进入他们里面”表示对一些人来说,为了新教会的开始,来自主的神性真理的流注的光照和对该流注的接受(665节);“他们就双脚站起来”表示诸如重生的教会之人所拥有的那种新生命(666节);“看见他们的人都大大惧怕”表示对那些不接受并承认的人来说,一种焦虑的状态(667节)。
“他们听见有大声音从天上对他们说”表示主的圣治(668节);“上这里来”表示分离和由此而来的保护(669节);“他们就驾着云上了天”表示在内在事物及其保护方面的分离(670节);“他们的仇敌也看见他们”表示对那些从内在反对圣言和教会的良善和真理的人来说,知识或认知和承认(671节)。
663. Verses 11, 12. And after three days and a half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them that saw them. And they heard a great voice out of heaven, saying unto them, Come up hither; and they ascended into heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.
"And after three, days and a half," signifies, when completed, thus the end of the old church, and the beginning of a new church; "the spirit of life from God entered into them," signifies enlightenment and the reception in some of the influx of Divine Truth from the Lord for the beginning of a new church; "and they stood upon their feet," signifies a new life such as the regenerated man of the church has; "and great fear fell upon them that saw them," signifies a state of anxiety with those who did not receive and acknowledge. "And they heard a great voice out of heaven, saying unto them," signifies the Lord's Divine Providence; "Come up hither," signifies separation and thence protection; "and they ascended into heaven in a cloud," signifies separation as to things internal, and their protection; "and their enemies saw them," signifies cognition and acknowledgment with those who are interiorly opposed to the goods and truths of the Word and of the church.
663. Verses 11, 12. And after the three days and a half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon them that beheld them. And they heard a great voice out of heaven saying unto them, Come up hither! And they went up into heaven in the cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
11. "And after the three days and a half," signifies when it is finished, thus the end of the old church and the beginning of the New Church (n. 664); "the spirit of life from God entered into them," signifies enlightenment and the reception of the influx of Divine truth from the Lord with some for the beginning of the New Church n. 665; "and they stood upon their feet," signifies a new life such as the regenerated man of the church has n. 666; "and great fear fell upon them that beheld them," signifies a state of anxiety with those who did not receive and acknowledge (n. 667).
12. "And they heard a great voice out of heaven saying unto them," signifies the Lord's Divine providence (n. 668); "Come up hither," signifies separation and consequent protection (n. 669); "and they went up into heaven in the cloud," signifies separation in respect to things internal, and their protection n. 670; "and their enemies beheld them," signifies knowledge and acknowledgment with those who are interiorly opposed to the goods and truths of the Word and of the church n. 671.
663. VERSUS 11, 12.
"Et post tres dies at dimidium spiritus vitae ex Deo intravit in illos, et steterunt super pedibus suis; at timor magnus cecidit super videntes illos. Et audiverunt vocem magnam e caelo dicentem illis, Ascendite huc; et ascenderunt in caelum in nube, et viderunt illos inimici illorum."
11. "Et post tres dies et dimidium", significat quando completum, ita finis ecclesiae veteris et incohamentum ecclesiae novae [n. 664] ; "spiritus vitae ex Deo intravit in illos", significat illustrationem et receptionem influxus Divini Veri a Domino apud quosdam ad novam ecclesiam incohandam [n. 665] ; "et steterunt super pedibus suis", significat vitam novam qualis est homini ecclesiae regenerato [n. 666] ; "et timor magnus cecidit super videntes illos", significat statum anxietatis apud illos qui non receperunt et agnoverunt [n. 667] .
12. "Et audiverunt vocem magnam e caelo dicentem illis", significat Divinam Domini providentiam [n. 668] ; "Ascendite huc", significat separationem et inde tutelam [n. 669] ; "et ascenderunt in caelum in nube", significat separationem quoad interna, et eorum tutationem [n. 670] ; "et viderunt illos inimici illorum", significat cognitionem et agnitionem apud illos qui interius contra bona et vera Verbi et ecclesiae sunt [n. 671] .