68# “祂的眼睛如同火焰”表示出于神性之爱的圣治。这从“眼睛”和“火焰”的含义清楚可知：“眼睛”是指理解力(参看AE37节)，论及主时是指同在，因而是指圣治(参看《属天的奥秘》，3869, 10569节)，对此，下文会详述；“火焰”在论及主时，是指神性之爱。“火焰”之所以表示神性之爱，是因为主在天堂显为一轮太阳，从祂发出的神性如同光，在至内层或第三层天堂如同火光，在中间层或第二层天堂如同明亮的白光。那如此显现的，正是神性之爱本身。因此，在圣言中，“火”和“火焰”表示爱，这一点从《属天的奥秘》一书中的说明清楚看出来，即：在圣言中，“火”表示各层意义上的爱(934, 4906, 5215节)。神圣的天堂之火是神性之爱和属于这爱的一切情感(934, 6314, 6832节)。热有两个来源，一个是世界的太阳，地上的一切事物都凭该太阳而生长；另一个是天堂的太阳，也就是主，天使和世人都从该太阳获得其生命的一切(3338, 5215, 7324节)。爱是生命之火，生命本身实际上由此而来(4906, 5071, 6032, 6314节)。火焰是源于至内层天堂的良善的真理，光是源于中间层天堂的良善的真理(3222, 6832节)；原因在于，光在至内层天堂显为火焰，在中间层天堂显得亮白(9570节；以及《天堂与地狱》，116–140节)。当论及主时，“眼睛”表示圣治，是因为当论及人时，它们表示理解力；神性理解力因是无限的，故是圣治。在以赛亚书，耶和华的“眼或眼目、眼睛”并不表示别的：
耶和华啊，求你侧耳而听；耶和华啊，求你睁眼而看。(以赛亚书37:17)
耶利米书：
我必注目好待他们，领他们归回他们的地，我也要建立他们。(耶利米书24:6)
诗篇：
看哪，耶和华的眼目在那敬畏祂的人身上。(诗篇33:18)
又：
耶和华在祂的圣殿里，祂的眼睛观看，祂的眼皮察验人子。(诗篇11:4)
以及其它地方。至于什么是圣治，可参看《新耶路撒冷及其属天教义》(267–279节)。
68. And his eyes were as a flame of fire. That this signifies Divine providence from His Divine love, is evident from the signification of eyes, as denoting the understanding (concerning which see above, n. The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 267-279.)
68. And His eyes as a flame of fire, signifies Divine Providence from His Divine love. This is evident from the signification of "eyes," as being the understanding (See above, n. Isaiah 37:17).
In Jeremiah:
I will set Mine eye upon them for good, and I will bring them again to their land, 1and I will build them (The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 267-279.)
Footnotes:
1. Hebrew: "this land," as also found in Apocalypse Explained 403; but Arcana Coelestia 10569 has "their land."
68. "Et oculi Ipsius sicut flamma ignis." - Quod significet Divinam Providentiam ex Divino Amore Ipsius, constat ex significatione "oculorum", quod sint intellectus (de qua supra, n. 37), et cum de Domino, quod sint praesentia, et inde providentia (n. 3860, 10569), de qua sequitur; et ex significatione "flammae ignis", quod, cum de Domino, sit Divinus Amor. Causa quod "flamma ignis" sit Divinus Amor, est quia Dominus e caelo apparet ut Sol, et Divinum quod procedit ab Ipso ut lux, flammea in intimo seu tertio caelo, et candida in medio seu secundo caelo; ipse Divinus Amor est qui ita apparet. Inde est, quod "ignis" et "flamma" in Verbo significent amorem. (Ut constare potest ex illis quae in Arcanis Caelestibus ostensa sunt: nempe, Quod "ignis" in Verbo significet amorem in utroque sensu, n. 934, 4906, 5215.
Quod "ignis sacer" et "caelestis" sit Divinus Amor, et omnis affectio quae illius Amoris, n. 934, 6314, 6832. Quod binae omnes caloris sint; una ex sole mundi, ex quo omnia vegetant in tellure; altera ex Sole caeli, qui est Dominus, ex quo omne vitae angelis et hominibus, n. 3338, 5215, 7324. Quod amor sit ignis vitae, et quod ipsa vita actualiter inde sit, n. 4906, 5071, 6032, 6314. Quod flammea sit verum ex bono intimi caeli, et lux verum ex bono medii caeli, n. 3222, 6832; ex causa, quia lux in intimo caelo apparet flammea, et in medio candida, n. 9570. Et praeterea in opere De Caelo et Inferno 116-140.) Quod "oculi" cum de Domino, significent Divinam Providentiam, est quia cum de homine, significant intellectum, et Divinus Intellectus quia infinitus est Divina Providentia. Non aliud per "oculos" Jehovae significatur apud Esaiam,
"Inclina, Jehovah, aurem tuam et audi; et aperi, Jehovah, oculos tuos et vide" (37:17);
apud Jeremiam,
"Ponam oculum meum super illos in bonum, et reducam eos super terram hanc et aedificabo eos" (24:6);
apud Davidem,
"Ecce oculus Jehovae super timentibus Ipsum" (Psalms 33:18);
et apud eundem,
"Jehovah in templo sanctitatis suae;... oculi Ipsius vident, et palpebrae Ipsius probant filios hominis" (Psalms 11:4);
et alibi. (Quid Divina Providentia, videatur in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae, n. 267-279.)