He Came as a Thief in the Night

It is hoped that people will come to see the Heavenly marriage and infernal adultery and correspondences heads or tails in all things in themselves, the universe and the Word; to see these things of the heart and thoughts, the platter and cup, directly; and not have blind faith. For it is He who tries the heart and the reins (Psalms 7:9), that is the kidneys. And what do the kidneys do? They filter blood. They are a crucial stop on the train line of urine. And urine is water one expels from the body.  What is water? What is blood for that matter? They are truth, and if you see them both together in the same verse they are higher (more inward) and lower (more external) truth.  That is to say, the correspondences in such an instance -- in this case blood and water -- comprise a cluster of predicates of the understanding of truth. It is thus that they resolve into the hierarchy of the particular predicate cluster, as in their incidence in the Wedding at Cana.  But back to ur...

I've been discussing the use of concepts and terms like 'predicate of the heart', 'predicate of the understanding', 'predicate cluster', and 'predicate helix' with the New Church AI; and it understands very well how these relate to the chiastic structures of the Heavenly Marriage and infernal adultery in our consciousness and in the Word. People may ask it to explain these concepts to them in their native language: https://newchristianbiblestudy.org/chatbot Q: Are you able to answer queries in people's native languages about these terms 'predicate of the will', 'predicate of the understanding', 'predicate cluster', and 'predicate helix'? A: Yes, I am able to answer queries in a wide variety of people's native languages about these terms—“predicate of the will,” “predicate of the understanding,” “predicate cluster,” and “predicate helix.” I can explain these concepts, their New Christian doctrinal context, and t...