AC.488, 창5:4, '아담은 셋을 낳은 후' (AC.486-491)

4절, 아담은 셋을 낳은 후 팔백 년을 지내며 자녀들을 낳았으며 And the days of man after he begat Seth were eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

 

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That “days” signify states in general, and “years” states in special, appears from the Word, as in Ezekiel:

 

네 날이 가까웠고 네 연한이 찼도다 (겔22:4) Thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years, (Ezek. 22:4)

 

speaking of those who commit abominations, and fill up the measure of their sins, of whose state in general are predicated “days,” and in special “years.” So in David:

 

주께서 왕에게 장수하게 하사 그의 나이가 여러 대에 미치게 하시리이다 (시61:6) Thou shalt add days to the days of the king, and his years as of generation and generation, (Ps. 61:6)

 

speaking of the Lord and of his kingdom, where also “days” and “years” signify the state of his kingdom. Again:

 

내가 옛날 곧 지나간 세월을 생각하였사오며 (시77:5) I have considered the “days of old,” the years of the ages, (Ps. 77:5)

 

where “days of old” signify states of the most ancient church, and “years of the ages,” states of the ancient church. In Isaiah:

 

이는 내 원수 갚는 날이 내 마음에 있고 내가 구속할 해가 왔으나 (사63:4) The day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come, (Isa. 63:4)

 

speaking of the last times, where the “day of vengeance” signifies a state of damnation, and the “year of the redeemed” a state of blessedness. Again:

 

여호와의 은혜의 해와 우리 하나님의 보복의 날을 선포하여 모든 슬픈 자를 위로하되 (사61:2) To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn, (Isa. 61:2)

 

where both “days” and “years” signify states. In Jeremiah:

 

우리의 날들을 다시 새롭게 하사 옛적 같게 하옵소서 (애5:21) Renew our days as of old, (Lam. 5:21)

 

where state is plainly meant.

 

[2] In Joel:

 

1이는 여호와의 날이 이르게 됨이니라 이제 임박하였으니 2곧 어둡고 캄캄한 날이요 짙은 구름이 덮인 날이라 이와 같은 것이 옛날에도 없었고 이후에도 대대에 없으리로다 (욜2:1-2) The day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand, a day of darkness and of thick darkness, a day of cloud and of obscurity; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be after it, even to the years of generation and generation, (Joel 2:1–2)

 

where “day” signifies a state of darkness and of thick darkness, of cloud and of obscurity, with each one in particular, and with all in general. In Zechariah:

 

9내가 이 땅의 죄악을 하루에 제거하리라 10그 날에 너희가 각각 포도나무와 무화과나무 아래로 서로 초대하리라 (슥3:9-10) I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day; in that day shall ye cry a man to his companion under the vine, and under the fig tree. (Zech. 3:9–10)

 

여호와께서 아시는 한 날이 있으리니 낮도 아니요 밤도 아니라 어두워 갈 때에 빛이 있으리로다 (슥14:7) It shall be one day which is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, and it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light, (Zech. 14:7)

 

where it is plain that state is meant, for it is said that there shall be a day that is “neither day nor night, at evening time it shall be light.” The same appears from expressions in the Decalogue:

 

너는 네 하나님 여호와께서 명령한 대로 네 부모를 공경하라 그리하면 네 하나님 여호와가 네게 준 땅에서 네 생명이 길고 복을 누리리라; 오직 온전하고 공정한 저울추를 두며 온전하고 공정한 되를 둘 것이라 그리하면 네 하나님 여호와께서 네게 주시는 땅에서 네 날이 길리라 (신5:16; 25:15) Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with thee upon the ground, (Deut. 5:16; 25:15)

 

where to have the “days prolonged” does not signify length of life, but a happy state.

 

[3] In the literal sense it must needs appear as if “day” signifies time, but in the internal sense it signifies state. The angels, who are in the internal sense, do not know what time is, for they have no sun and moon that distinguish times; consequently they do not know what days and years are, but only what states are and the changes thereof; and therefore before the angels, who are in the internal sense, everything relating to matter, space, and time disappears, as in the literal sense of this passage in Ezekiel:

 

그날이 가깝도다 여호와의 날이 가깝도다 구름의 날일 것이요 여러 나라들의 때이리로다 (겔30:3) The day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near, a day of cloud; it shall be the time of the nations, (Ezek. 30:3)

 

and of this in Joel:

 

슬프다 그날이여 여호와의 날이 가까웠나니 곧 멸망같이 전능자에게로부터 이르리로다 (욜1:15) Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as vastation shall it come, (Joel 1:15)

 

where a “day of cloud” signifies a cloud, or falsity; the “day of the nations” signifies the nations, or wickedness; the “day of Jehovah” signifies vastation. When the notion of time is removed, there remains the notion of the state of the things which existed at that time. The case is the same with regard to the “days” and “years” that are so often mentioned in this chapter.