Secrets of Heaven

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 6 · Contents 4229. In volume 3* a commencement was made with the explication of the Lord’s predictions in the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew concerning the Last Judgment, the explication being prefixed to the last chapters of that volume, and being continued as far as the thirty-first verse of…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 7 · Contents 5434. And they said unto him, Nay my lord, we are upright. That this signifies that they are truths in themselves, is evident from the signification of “saying to him, Nay my lord,” as being that they did not come to seek gain, which is signified…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 9 · Contents 6627. Exodus 1 PREFACE Prefatory to the chapters of the Book of Exodus are to be Doctrinal things; first, Doctrinal things of Charity; afterward, Doctrinal things of Faith; in order that what has been delivered in the Explications in a scattered form may be set forth…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 1 · Contents 641. As this man of the church must be reformed as to that part of man which is called the understanding, before he could be reformed as to the other part which is called the will, it is here described how the things of the will…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 2 · Contents 1914. My wrong be upon thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom. That this signifies unwillingness to take blame upon itself, is evident without explication. In the internal sense there is involved in these words that the Lord perceived this first rational to be such…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 4 · Contents 3134. Saying, Thus spoke the man unto me. That this signifies the inclination of truth in the natural man, is in like manner evident from the affection in these words, and also from what the man, or Abraham’s servant, spoke to Rebekah; from which it is…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 6 · Contents 4309. That in the internal historical sense, by “he blessed him there” is signified that it was so done, is evident from the signification here of “to bless,” as being that they served as a representative of a church (see n. 4290); for which reason by…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 7 · Contents 5514. We are twelve brethren. That this signifies all truths in one complex, is evident from the signification of “twelve,” as being all things, and when as here predicated of the sons of Jacob, or of the twelve tribes named from them, and also of the…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 9 · Contents 6707. From all this it is now clear that the quality of Christian good determines in what degree each one is the neighbor; for the Lord is present in good, because it is His, and He is present according to the quality of it. And as…

← Secrets of Heaven · Volume 1 · Contents 721. That by “man and wife” are signified falsities conjoined with evils, is evident from what was said just above. For here “man and wife” is predicated of the unclean beasts; but before of the clean; and therefore the expression there signified truths conjoined with goods,…