242# 天使自己承认，他们通过圣言获得他们的一切智慧，因为他们处于对圣言的理解到何等程度，就在何等程度上处于光。天堂之光就是神性智慧，神性智慧在天使眼前就是光。在保存圣言复本的神圣宝库中，这光如火焰一般，光辉明亮，超越这神圣宝库之外的天堂里的各个层级的光。属天天使的智慧超越属灵天使的智慧，几乎就像属灵天使超越人类的智慧，因为属天天使处于来自主的爱之良善，属灵天使处于来自主的智慧之真理；哪里有爱之良善，哪里也有智慧；但在有真理的地方，智慧只在也有爱之良善的程度内住在那里。这就是为何圣言在主的属天国度中的写成方式，不同于它在主的属灵国度中的；因为在属天国度的圣言中，被表达的是爱之良善，标记或符号是爱之情感；而在属灵国度的圣言中，被表达的是智慧之真理，标记或符号是对真理的内在感知。由此可以推断出，世上的圣言里面隐藏着哪种智慧；因为它里面隐藏着无法形容的一切天使智慧；人若被主通过圣言变成天使，死后就会进入这种智慧。
242. 天人坦白承認, 他們從聖言中獲取一切的智慧; 因為他們領悟
聖言的程度如何, 就處在什麼樣的亮光當中。天國之光就是神性的
智慧, 顯于天人的眼前。聖所之中若擺放著聖言, 其中的光芒如同火焰熊熊輝煌明亮, 其強度超出聖所之外的任何光亮。
屬天天人的智慧超過屬靈天人, 其程度差不多類似于屬靈天人的智慧超過世人的智慧。這是因為屬天天人擁有源自主的良善(仁之善), 而屬靈天人擁有的是源自主的真理(智之理)。哪裡有仁之善, 哪裡就有智慧居於其間。然而並非哪裡有真理, 哪裡就有智慧居於其間, 除非那裡也有仁之善。這就是為何主的屬天天國中的聖言, 與屬靈天國的書寫方式截然不同。因為屬天國度的聖言表達的是仁之善, 其中的記號表示對仁愛的情感; 而屬靈國度的聖言表達的是智之理, 其中的記號表示對真理的內在感知。
由此可得結論, 世上聖言之中深藏著何等的智慧, 因為在其中隱藏著難以言表的所有天人的智慧。人若被主藉著聖言變成天人, 死後會到達這樣的智慧。
242. On the point that the angels receive all their wisdom from the Word, they themselves assert this. They have as much light as they have understanding of the Word. Heaven's light is divine wisdom; before angels' eyes this divine wisdom takes the form of light.
In the sanctuaries where their copies of the Word are kept, the light is fiery or shining white. There is more light in such places than anywhere else in heaven.
The wisdom of heavenly angels goes almost as far beyond the wisdom of spiritual angels as the wisdom of spiritual angels goes beyond our human wisdom. The reason for this is that heavenly angels have a love from the Lord for what is good, while spiritual angels have wisdom from the Lord about what is true. Where love for what is good exists, there dwells wisdom also. Where truths exist, there dwells only as much wisdom as there is love for what is good. This is why the Word is written one way in the Lord's heavenly kingdom and another in his spiritual kingdom. The heavenly kingdoms form of the Word expresses loving forms of goodness in letters and conveys the specific types of love with diacritical marks. The spiritual kingdoms form of the Word expresses truths of wisdom in letters and conveys inner perceptions of truth with diacritical marks.
From all this you can imagine what kind of wisdom lies hidden in the Word that we have in this world. Inside it there lies all angelic wisdom, which is inexpressible. If we are made angels by the Lord through the Word, we will come into that wisdom after death.
242. The angels themselves declare that all their wisdom comes through the Word; for the light they enjoy depends upon how deep is their understanding of the Word. The light of heaven is Divine wisdom, which is visible to their eyes as light. In the shrine where a copy of the Word is stored, the light is flame-like and brilliant, surpassing in intensity any light in heaven outside it. The wisdom of the celestial angels exceeds that of the spiritual angels, more or less to the same extent as that exceeds that of human beings. This is because the celestial angels have the good of love from the Lord, and the spiritual angels have the truths of wisdom from the Lord. Where the good of love is, there too dwells wisdom; but where truths are, wisdom does not dwell except to the extent that the good of love is there too. This is why the Word is written differently in the Lord's celestial kingdom from that in His spiritual kingdom. For in the Word of the celestial kingdom the expressions convey the different kinds of good of love and the characters the affections of love; in the Word of the spiritual kingdom the expressions convey the truths of wisdom, the characters the inward perceptions of truth. These facts will allow one to conclude what wisdom there is lurking hidden in the Word we have in the world. For in it lies hidden all the wisdom of the angels, which is beyond description; and a person after death enters into possession of this wisdom, if by means of the Word he is made an angel by the Lord.
242. That the angels gain all their wisdom through the Word they themselves confess; for so far as they are in the understanding of the Word, so far they are in light. The light of heaven is the Divine wisdom, and this to angelic eyes is light. In the sacred repository where a copy of the Word is kept, the light is flame-like and brilliant, surpassing every degree of light in heaven outside of that repository. The wisdom of the celestial angels surpasses the wisdom of the spiritual angels almost as much as the wisdom of the latter surpasses that of men; and this because the celestial angels are in good of love from the Lord, and the spiritual angels are in truths of wisdom from the Lord; and where the good of love is there wisdom abides also; but where truths are, only so much of wisdom abides as there is also good of love. This is the reason why the Word in the Lord's celestial kingdom is written differently from the Word in His spiritual kingdom; for in the Word of the celestial kingdom goods of love are expressed, and the marks are affections of the love; while in the Word of the spiritual kingdom truths of wisdom are expressed, and the marks are interior perceptions of truth. From all this one may conclude what kind of wisdom lies concealed in the Word which is in the world; for in it all angelic wisdom, which is ineffable, is concealed; and the man, who from the Lord through the Word becomes an angel, enters into that wisdom after death.
242. The angels themselves confess that they derive all their wisdom from the Word, for the light in which they are varies with their understanding of the Word, light with them being Divine Wisdom, which is the light of heaven. In the sacred repository, where the copy of the Word is kept, the light is flaming and bright, surpassing every degree of light in heaven outside. The wisdom of celestial angels surpasses that of spiritual angels almost as much as the wisdom of spiritual angels surpasses that of men, because celestial angels are in the good of love from the Lord, and spiritual angels are in the truths of wisdom from the Lord; and where the good of love is, there is wisdom also; but where truths are, there is no more wisdom than there is also good of love. This is the reason why the Word in the Lord's celestial kingdom is written differently from the Word in His spiritual kingdom. For in the Word of the celestial kingdom are expressed the goods of love, and the signs indicate the affections of love; while in the Word of the spiritual kingdom are expressed the truths of wisdom, and the signs indicate the interior perceptions of truth. From this we may conclude what wisdom lies concealed in the Word which is in this world; for within it lies all angelic wisdom, and this is ineffable. Into this wisdom after death the man comes whom the Lord makes an angel through the Word.
242. Quod omnis sapientia sit Angelis per Verbum, hoc fatentur ipsi, nam quantum in Verbi intellectu sunt, tantum in luce sunt; Lux Coeli est Divina Sapientia, quae coram oculis eorum est Lux. In Sacrario, in quo 1 Exemplar repositum est, est Lux flammea et candida, excedens omnem gradum lucis, quae extra illud in Coelo est. Sapientia Angelorum Coelestium excedit Sapientiam Angelorum spiritualium, paene sicut sapientia horum Angelorum excedit sapientiam hominum; et hoc ex causa, quia Angeli coelestes in bono amoris a Domino sunt, et Angeli spirituales in veris sapientiae a Domino sunt; et ubi bonum amoris est, ibi residet sapientia simul; at ubi vera sunt, ibi non residet plus sapientiae, quam quantum simul bonum amoris. Haec causa est, quod Verbum in Regno Coelesti Domini aliter scriptum sit quam in Regno Spirituali Ipsius; nam in Verbo Regni coelestis sunt expressa bona amoris, et signa sunt affectiones amoris, at in Verbo Regni spiritualis sunt expressa vera sapientiae, et signa sunt perceptiones interiores veri. Ex his concludi potest, qualis Sapientia in Verbo, quod in Mundo est, recondita latet; in illo enim latet omnis Sapientia angelica, quae ineffabilis est; et in illam venit homo post mortem, qui a Domino per Verbum angelus fit.
Footnotes:
1. Sic De Doctrina de Scriptura Sacra 73, Prima editio: pro.