{"id":11794,"date":"2016-05-01T22:06:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T02:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordstudy.newchurch.org\/?page_id=11794"},"modified":"2016-05-01T22:06:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T02:06:36","slug":"waves-n","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/bible-keywords\/waves-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Waves (n.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>Swedenborg<\/a> says that water in the Bible<\/a> represents true ideas<\/a> about natural<\/a>, external<\/a> things \u2013 day-to-day life and physical existence. The sea represents the whole collection we have of these “natural truths” (to use a common term in Swedenborg). <\/span><\/p>\n

Those representations \u2013 like all other representations in the Bible \u2013 can be negative as well as positive; the water in the sea can also represent false thinking<\/a> and twisted logic. This is especially true when a storm stirs up the sea and causes waves; the waves represent arguments which come from false and twisted thinking and which attack our belief in what\u2019s true<\/a>. In most cases this comes in the form of temptation<\/a>, when false thinking attempts to link up with our evil desires<\/a> and convince us that it\u2019s OK \u2013 and even good \u2013 to go ahead and do what we want.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Passages from Swedenborg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apocalypse Explained 538<\/strong><\/p>\n

[5] The same thing is signified by these words in Zechariah:<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0“Israel shall pass through the sea of affliction, and shall smite the\u00a0waves\u00a0in the sea, and all the depths of the river shall be dried up; and the pride of Assyria shall be cast down, and the staff of Egypt shall depart away” (x. 11).<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0That those who live in truths from good are defended by the Lord, although falsities from the hells encompass them, is signified by Israel passing through the sea, and smiting thewaves\u00a0in the sea, and all the depths of the river being dried up. For by Israel are meant those who are in truths from good; by the sea is signified hell and all the falsity thence; by the\u00a0waves\u00a0of the sea are signified reasonings from falsities against truths; by drying up all the depths of the river is signified to scatter all the falsities of evil, even the more profound.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AE 419<\/span><\/p>\n

[23] In David:<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u00a0“They who go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, and lifteth up the\u00a0waves\u00a0thereof. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the\u00a0waves\u00a0thereof are still” (Psalm cvii. 23, 25, 29).<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0These things refer to temptations and liberation from them; the stormy wind, and the lifting up of the\u00a0waves\u00a0of the sea signify temptations, because spiritual temptations are caused by falsities rushing into the thoughts, from which arise pains of conscience and grief of mind and soul, and these are signified by “He raiseth the stormy wind and lifteth up the\u00a0waves\u00a0thereof.” Liberation from them is signified by, “He maketh the storm a calm, so that the\u00a0waves\u00a0thereof are still.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>[24] The same is signified by these words in Mark:<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0“And there arose a great storm of wind, and the\u00a0waves\u00a0beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow; and they awoke him, and say unto him, Carest thou not that we perish? And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm” (iv. 37-39).<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0Also in Luke:<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0“As they sailed he fell asleep; and there came down a storm of wind on the lake, and they were filled with water and were in jeopardy. And they came to him and awoke him, saying Master, Master, we perish. Then he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm” (viii. 23, 24).<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u00a0This, like all the miracles of the Lord, contains arcana of heaven, and interior things of the church. Divine miracles differ from those that are not divine in this, that Divine miracles also signify Divine things, because the Divine is in them, but miracles not divine have no signification, because there is nothing of the Divine in them. And, moreover, in the description of the Divine miracles in the Word, and in every detail of it, there is a spiritual sense. The above miracle refers to spiritual temptations. The great storm of wind that caused the\u00a0waves\u00a0to beat into the ship, so that it was full, signifies those temptations; and deliverance from these is signified by Jesus awakening when they were in great fear, rebuking the wind, and saying to the sea, “Peace, be still;” and by the ceasing of the wind, and the great calm. Every word contains a spiritual sense. We shall not here however explain it in detail, but merely say that a whirlwind and a tempest signify temptations, which are irruptions of falsities, or inundations of the mind by falsities. This is also evident from the fact that the wind and the\u00a0waves\u00a0were rebuked, and from the Lord’s words to the sea, “Peace, be still,” as being said to those things, or to those who induce temptations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Swedenborg says that water in the Bible represents true ideas about natural, external things \u2013 day-to-day life and physical existence. The sea represents the whole collection we have of these “natural truths” (to use a common term in Swedenborg). Those representations \u2013 like all other representations in the Bible \u2013 can be negative as well […]<\/p>\n

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