Bible Correspondences:
Based on the Writings of Swedenborg

• 12 Years = Childhood
• 13th year = the end of childhood and beginning of temptations
• 14th year = first temptation

-State in which the evil with us cease their serving & begin their rebelling, after which the Lord subdues them & liberates the good who were infested by them.

-AC 1670

1. Creation, Adam & Eve
2. The Fall & The Flood
3. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
4. Joseph
5. The Ten Plagues
6. The Ten Commands
7. Manna in the Desert
8. Fall of Jericho
9. Samson
10. Gideon
11. Deborah
12. Samuel
13. Saul, David, & Solomon
14. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
15. Elijah, Elisha
16. John the Baptist
17. The Evangelists & Apocalypse
18. Lord's Second Coming

My           Shall Become     Yah

Jesus

"The Lord is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation." (Song of Moses)

• Yah
• Jehovah
• Elohim
• El
• Jehovih
• Adonai

• My God
• God of My Father
• God of Israel
• God of Most High Man of War

Jehova                                                   The Right Hand

The Enemy                                             Dashes in Pieces

"Thy right hand, O Lord, dasheth in pieces the enemy."

= The Omnipotent Divine Truth

= Falsities

-AC 1664

Jehova                                                   The Right Hand

The Enemy                                             Dashes in Pieces

"Thy right hand, O Lord, dasheth in pieces the enemy."

= The Omnipotent Divine Truth

= Falsities

-AC 1664

The ABC Triconcentric System

A-Words

B-Words

C-Words

Intention

Thought

Word or Deed

Affect

Cognition

Behavior

Love

Wisdom

Religion

\attachment

Justification

buying

Aptitude

Reasoning

Intelligence

Inclination

Attitude

Choice

Impulse

Intellect

Execution

Good

Truth

Uses

Goals

Means

Effects

Will

Understanding

Action

Judgment

Evaluation

Attribution

Perception

Assessment

Response

Context

Conventions

Utterances

Inner Stimulus

Moral Reflection

Dictates of Conscience

Motivation

Cognition

Performance

Reward

Connection

Expectation

Origin

Cause

Effect

Universal

Common

Unique

Spiritual

Moral/Civil

Scientific

Love of Truth

Wisdom

Knowledge

Inmost

Intermediate

Outermost

Striving

Planning

Mapping

Celestial

Spiritual

Natural

Innate Potentials

Habits & Role Models

Personality Style

Man                                               Jehovah

"The Lord is a man of war. . ."

• Jehovah
• Lord
• Divine Man
• Jesus
• God
• Divine Human
• the Lamb
• Father
• Son
• Child
• Prince
• King
• Servant

• I Am
• Divine Itself
• Jehovih
• Rider of Bozrah
• Root of Jesse
• Annointed One
• Messiah
• Christ
• Savior
• Redeemer
• Deliverer
• Glory
• Love

• Son of God
• Son of Man
• The Word
• The Way
• the Prophet
• Melchizedek
• Counsellor
• Comforter
• Shaddai
• Holy Spirit
• Life Itself
• Omnipotence
• Truth

Bible Names. . .People. . .Places. . .the Lord

Bible Names. . .People. . .Places. . .the Lord

[Caesar & God]
[External Self & Internal Self]
[Natural & Spiritual]
[Earth & Heaven]
[Devil & Angel]
[Hell & Heaven]
[Body & Spirit]
[Sin & Sanctity]
[Selfish & Altruistic]
[Birth & Rebirth]
[Fall & Regeneration]
[Judgment & Advent]
[Punishment & Reward]
[The Wicked & The Elect]
[Goats & Sheep]
[Egypt & Israel]
[Death & Resurrection]
[Plagues & Blessings]
[Wickedness & Righteousness]
[Dammed & Saved]
[Hypocrites & The Poor]

etc. etc.

          -Isaiah 63:16

          -Isaiah 40:10,11

          -Exodus 24:10

          -Matthew 23:11

          -Matthew 23:24,25

          -Matthew 23:33

          -Isaiah 64:8

= Trying to be good by obeying the Word (Charity)

= Knowing the Word and its secrets of wisdom

= Riches & goods one acquires from the Word = knowledges

= Knowledges of secrets from the Word (Celestial Things)

= Traders of merchandise in spices & stones
= knowledges of faith in which charity descends

          -Psalms 119:35

• WALK/PATH = obey
• DELIGHT = love
• COMMANDMENTS = the Lord's will

          -Psalms 112:1,3

• BLESSED = being prepared for heaven.
• FEAR LORD = fears to injure Him
• DELIGHT IN COMMANDMENTS = to desire to do the right thing
• WEALTH & RICHES = intellectual skills
• HOUSE = memory & understanding
• RIGHTEOUSNESS = orderly evolution
• ENDURES = is assured by Lord

          -Micah 7:8

• DARKNESS = lacking truth
• LIGHT = truth from the Word

          -Revelation 5:11,14

• LIVING CREATURES = Cherubim
  • (good affections from the Lord)
  • (inner meaning of the Word)

          -Psalms 119:29-32

          -Psalms 119:11

• WORD = doctrine or teaching from Lord
• HEART = will/love/intention/goal
• SIN = delight of evil

Without this, we cannot stop sinning, hence, we cannot be saved from falsities & evils.

          -Isaiah 57:19

          -Matthew 10:16

• WOLVES = those in the church who try to mislead others as to doctrine for their own gain.
• SHEEP = those who are in good & truth.
• SERPENTS = natural desirous prudence of truth
• DOVES = natural desire for good

          -Psalms 112:4

• LIGHT = Diving Truth from the Word
• DARKNESS = not knowing difference between good/evil & true/false
• UPRIGHT = striving to obey the commandments in spirit & letter

We are changed from a state of not-knowing truth to a state of knowing truth.

          -Psalms 119:18

• EYES/SEE = to understand
• LAW = the Word; Bible; Commandments

          -Zephaniah 1:12,13

• BUILD HOUSES = construct knowledge, to understand reality.
• NOT INHABIT = of no spiritual use (eternal life)
• PLANT VINEYARDS = build accounts & explanations
• NOT DRINK = useless; not serviceable for salvation
• WINE = truth & understanding

This is said of those who do not shun evils as sins but misuse knowledge.

          -John 14:8,9

• GOD-WITH-US = Emmanuel
• GOD-IN-FLESH = Son of God ("Truth")
• GOD-SAVIOR = Jesus
• GOD INVISIBLE = The Father ("Love")
• GOD INVISIBLE made one with GOD VISIBLE = Love and Truth United
  • Jesus saying, "I and the Father are One (and the same)."
• SON OF MAN = God visible as Divine-Man (=Jesus glorified)

1. We are born in Hell on earth & we are blocked from receiving goodwill & truethink.
2. For awhile it's ok, but after death it's terrible, forever.
3. Therefore we need to be saved before we die.
4. We are saved by Jesus Christ of Nazareth as follows:
   1. From the Bible, through daily study, the Word gradually tells us what to do to change (repent).
   2. We must give up our violations of the commandments every day, every minute by Self-observation.
   3. To that extent we enter into Heaven.

1. Because we are born into the strong inclination to violate the Commandments,
2. We must labor at self-discipline so as to oppose our inborn inclinations for hell.
3. The violations we must stop doing are:
   1. DISHONESTY
      • Lying / cheating / giving false impressions / omitting & ignoring / forgetting / being / unfair / taking advantage / etc.
   2. LAZINESS
      • not studying / not being ambitious / giving excuses / giving up on Bible study / not listening to parents & legitimate authority figures / hiding / etc.

• EAST = the Lord & His Divine Love & Wisdom in clear reception
• WEST = the same in obscure reception
• BETHEL = the House of God = knowing about heavenly things
• TENT = the holy things of faith
• ALTAR = worship of the Lord (external)
• MOUNTAIN = the Lord & heaven
• CALLING ON THE NAME OF JEHOVAH = internal worship to the Lord
• PROPHET = one who teaches truths of faith

• Phase
• Severity
• Etiology

Ten Commandments

     The "Decalogue" (=10 words) was given by God on Sinai in 1450 B.C. to the children of Israel to indicate that they must be obeyed from religion (from thoughts about heaven & hell) and not merely from natural legal, philosophical, or moral reasons.  This is called the DOCTRINE OF SHUNNING ONE'S EVILS AS SINS AGAINST JESUS.

Ten Commandments

• Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.

               -Exodus 20:3
               -Deuteronomy 5:7

Ten Commandments

• Thou shalt not take the Name of Jehovah Thy God in vain.

Ten Commandments

• Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

               -Exodus 20:8-10
               -Deuteronomy 5:12,13

Ten Commandments

• Honor thy Father and thy Mother.

               -Exodus 20:12
               -Deuteronomy 5:16

Ten Commandments

• Thou shalt not kill.

Ten Commandments

• Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Ten Commandments

• Thou shalt not steal.

Ten Commandments

• Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor

• Love

• Reason

• Intellect

• Truth

• Memory-know

• Use

• Lamb

• Asses

• Mules

• Horses

"In the Word there is frequent mention of horses, horsemen, mules, and asses;  and as yet no one intellect, of the reason, and of memory-knowledge."

-AC 1949

**Note that to grasp the meaning of this, it is important to know the direction.

Conceptualization

= In every act, thought, plan, experience, etc.

Into these "opened vessels" then flow "spiritual-rational" cognitive operations. . .

& into them flow celestial cognitive operations (Wife/Sirai)

-AC 1495

• Beasts of the Fields

• Mountains

• Goods

• Drink

• Rivers

• Reason of Truths

• Wild-Asses

• Egypt

• Springs

• Knowledges

• Abram

• Celestial

• Beasts

• Affection

• Good

• Love

• Charity

• Interior Man

• Temptations

• Faith

• Truth

• Spiritual

• Desert

• Intellect

• Intelligence

• Reason

• Assyria

• Wild-Ass

• Ishmael

• Isaac

• Havilah

• Egypt

• Memory-knowledges

• Hagar

• Natural

• Exterior Man

• Jacob

• Springs

Some Bible Concordance in Graphic form

Correspondences

• Memory-knowledges [natural]
           "Pharaoh;" "Egypt"
           "He-Asses;" "Menservants"
• Possessions (in the service of spirit)
           "Flock & Herd"
• Skills & Tools (of use to rational)
           "Camels"
• Delights of Memory-Knowledges
           "She-Asses & Maid-Servants"

Correspondences

• BED (Couch) = doctrine we procure for ourselves
• HOUSE = Our knowledge & intelligence which we accumulate
• PICKUP BED & GO = to meditate or think from our doctrines
• LIE DOWN IN. . .(SLEEP) = we think automatically and unconsciously from our doctrines and principles

          -E. Swedenborg, Apocalypse Revealed (M.137)

Correspondences

• LIPS = (doctrine) inner worship (adoration)
• CLOSET = inner worship (prayer)
• EARTH = the church (good & truth with people on earth
• BABEL = falsification & adulteration of inner worship (while external appears holy.)
• SHOULDER = to serve the Lord

Three Ancient Churches:  Good, Adulterated, and representative (Jewish). 
(Gen. 11:1-9) Tower of Babel Story.

Correspondences

• GOLD = love / good
• SILVER = faith / truth
• IRON =  knowledges
• SHIPS = knowledges
• BREAD = love / good
• WINE =  faith / truth
• WATER = knowledges
• SILVER = intelligence
• GOLD = wisdom (good of. . .)
• PURIFIED SILVER = divine truth
• GARMENTS = knowledges
• GODS OF GOLD =  evils / cupidities
• GODS OF SILVER = falsities
• SOUTH = intelligence
• BETHEL = wisdom
• JOURNEYS = learnings
• TENT = faith / truths
• ALTAR = worship / faith

The spectrum in U.S. Today 5-8-80

=Verbal behavior at three levels of abstraction or organizations

I.  Particular Facts

II.  Specific Facts

III.  General Facts

• Verbal behavior in the form of sensorimotor habits, e.g. labeling objects or feelings and describing the memory of an event (assertive discourse) selecting elements from one's knowledge to construct communicative messages under appropriate audience control (implicative discourse); constructing messages in applied meta-languages (charts, tests, application forms, catalogue, etc.) (Presuppositional Discourse)
• Low Discourse ---Particular Facts:  What things are.

• Verbal behavior in the form of cognitive habits, e.g. assertive discourse:  explaining something known; defining or paraphrasing; quoting in context; abstracting; referencing;
• Implicative Discourse:  constructing balanced arguments; performing standard rhetorical routines;
• Presuppositional Discourse:  Justifying judgments and evaluations
• Intermediate Discourse ---Specific facts:  how things are.

• Verbal behavior in the form of affective habits, e.g. assertive discourse = why something was done, the motives of the protagonists. Constructing "human interest" stories; writing drama or fiction; composing poems & songs; writing pieces of one's "autobiography;" entertaining listeners with topics;
• Implicative Discourse = why something should be done or believed the ideals to be upheld.  Reading religious writings; talking about a book; planning & writing up research; recognizing styles & standards in discourse.
• Presuppositional Discourse = why something exists, wisdom.  Constitutions & preambles; legislative bills; book reviews; commentaries on another's work; assessment.
• High Discourse --- General facts:  why things are.

TO LIVE so that we can

TAKE THE WAY TO OUR HEAVENLY MANSIONS WITH JESUS.

-Dole, Vol. 1

1. What was Cain's Occupation?
2. What was Abel's?
3. Why didn't the Lord accept Cain's offering?
4. What do Cain and Abel represent?

1. Cain was a farmer.
2. Abel was a sheperd.
3. The Lord knew Cain didn't really love Him.  He knew Cain was just looking for honor.
4. Cain represents faith, Abel represents charity.

Jacob & Esau

-Dole, Vol. 1

1. What do Esau and Jacob represent?
2. Why did the Lord let Jacob take advantage of Esau?
3. What is our birthright?

1. Esau represents our natural will.  Jacob represents natural understanding.
2. To show that we must not be led by our selfish will.
3. Our birthright is the right to know and love the Lord!

• High Attribution Error
• Slips of the Tongue
• Semantic Differential

7, IIIA

•  Ego Strength
• Self-Confidence
• Trust

8, IIIB

• Psychosis
• Schizophrenia
• Hallucinations
• Stability
• Stress
• Mental Retardation

9, IIIC

• Speech Impairment
• Aphasia
• Intelligence
• Rebellious

4, IIA

• Self-disclosure
• Conformity
• Repression
• Psychoanalysis

5, IIB

• Logotherapy
• Violence
• Aggression
• Alcoholism
• Geriatrics

6, IIC

• Anxiety Syndrome
• Anxious
• Oversensitive
• Sociable
• Extrovert
• Introvert

1, IA

• Fear Syndrome
• Phobic
• Shy
• Critical
• Behavior Model

2, IB

• Excitement Syndrome
• Excited
• Enthusiastic
• Energetic
• Inventive
• Inhibited
• Drugs

3, IC

i) = Humanistic Theories
ii) =  Psychiatric Theories
iii) = Existential Theories
iv) = Psychological Theories
v) = Psycholinguistic Theories

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

= peace
= wholeness
= good & truth conjoined in innocence
= heavenly delights

= Verity
= Holy
= Divine Truth
= Height
= the Lord Christ God
= I believe it's true

= Praise Jehovah
= Worship

= You fool
= Leads to hell to not forgive

= Temple, (house-God) church, house of worship

= ground; man & woman

= Life; love delights

= Salvation (help - please)

= God saves
= Iah-shu) = Savior

[Ha-Kevess] The Lamb

[Ya-Yin] Wine

[Jehovah]

-Gen 12:6 (AC 1440)

= First light
=Advent Jehovah appeared to Abram (Lord) for the first time as celestial love in Himself (as an infant or child)

• Graphic
• Bible
• Concordance

-Gen. 16:15 (AC 1959)

Good of Love, Affection

Rational Truth: "son"

Memory-knowledges

Abram

Ishmael

Hagar

"The life of the affection of memory knowledges brought forth the rational" [AC 1964]

• Abram

• Internal Man

• Divine Celestial

• Isaac

• Interior Man

• Divine Rational

• Jacob

• Exterior Man

• Divine Natural

Innermost Circle

• Butter

• Gold

• Oil

• Fat

• Wheat

• Bread

• Mountain

• Wood

• Bitter

• Fish

• Fine flower

• Barley

• Fountain

• Wine

• River

• Water

• Linen

• Silver

• Spicy odors

• Milk

• Stone

• Fig

Outermost Circle

• Valley

• Nuts

• Fruits

• Sweet

• Honey

• Bronze

• Iron

• Hair

-AC 1453:2

-AC 1458:3

= in good and truth
(meridies = noon)(summer)

-Isaiah 45:14 (AC 1164:5)

Memory-knowledges & knowledge of spiritual things are serviceable to you who acknowledge the Lord.

• JESUS
  • Savior
  • Divine Love & Wisdom
  • Divine Man
  • Regeneration
  • Our heaven
• Nazareth (Nazarene) Nazarites/Nazariteship
  • Hair
  • Divine Natural in ultimates (external Divine Human)
• Jesus of Nazareth
  • The Savior of all mankind appearing in Divine ultimates as a Man on earth.  (AC 6437)
• Jesus of Nazareth
  • Divine Love & Wisdom receivable by each person for all times & without which a person is and remains in hell for all times.

          -John 14:21,24

1. Don't be selfish
2. Be nice
3. Tell the truth
4. Do your best
5. Help others
6. Don't be lazy
7. Read the Bible
8. Be faithful to Church

          -Luke 6:45

• Truethink (False) [Mind}
• Rightspeak (Wrong) [Strength]

• IRREVERENCE FOR GOD = Swearing
• LOVE OF SELF COWARDICE = Lying
• LOVE OF DOMINATING = Teasing
• LOVE OF OBEYING COMMANDMENTS = Praising the Lord

          -Matthew 22:36-40

• Matthew
• Teacher
• The Great & First Commandment in the Law
• To love with the
  • Heart
  • Soul
  • Mind
• The Law & The Prophets

          -Matthew 20:26-28

= to serve others
= to be good & useful to others & society
= to learn & do useful skills
= to acquire talents by effort (e.g. homework, cleaning jobs, remembering promises, being generous/kind, etc.)

 

          - AR 378
          - Apocalypse Revealed by Emanuel Swedenborg (1668-1771)

          -John 15:5

• FRUIT = Good uses
• He that bears much fruit = He that learns to do things
  • Rightly
  • Faithfully
  • Sincerely
  • & Justly
• PERSON = Tree

          - Matthew 18:20

• Good & Truth
• Love & Faith
• 2 = Love (Conjoining)
• 3 = Faith (Truth; Rational; Conceptualizing)

= Worship
= Bible Study

= in the name of Jesus Christ
= for the sake of good & truth

= that's the way we get conjoined to God
= solution
= heaven

          - Deuteronomy 13:4

= To be afraid to injure Him by sinning
= To obey His Commandments