AC.582, 창6:4, '당시에 땅에는 네피림이 있었고' (AC.580-583)

4절, 당시에 땅에는 네피림이 있었고 그 후에도 하나님의 아들들이 사람의 딸들에게로 들어와 자식을 낳았으니 그들은 용사라 고대에 명성이 있는 사람들이었더라 There were Nephilim in the earth in those days; and most especially after the sons of God went in unto the daughters of man, and they bare to them; the same became mighty men, who were of old, men of renown.

 

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그 후에도 하나님의 아들들이 사람의 딸들에게로 들어와 자식을 낳았으니 After that the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare to them.

 

That this signifies that they became Nephilim when they had immersed the doctrinals of faith in their is evident from what was said and shown above in verse 2, namely, that the “sons of God” signify the doctrinal things of faith, and that “daughters” signify yearnings. The birth thereby produced must needs make light of and profane the holy things of faith, for the yearnings of man, being those of the love of self and of the world, are altogether contrary to what is holy and true. Now in man yearnings prevail, so that when what is holy and true, and is acknowledged to be such, is immersed in yearnings, it is all over with the man, for the yearnings cannot be rooted out and separated; they cling to every idea, and in the other life it is ideas that are communicated from one to another, so that as soon as any idea of what is holy and true is brought forth, what is profane and false is joined to it, which is instantly perceived. Therefore such persons have to be separated and thrust down into hell.