Today
In Genesis 19:37; 21:26; 30:32; 40:7; Matthew 6:30; Luke 12:28, this signifies the perpetuity and eternity of a state. (Arcana Coelestia 2838)
In Psalm 2:7, this signifies in time; for with Jehovah the future is present. (True Christian Religion 101)
The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a historical sense, these expressions have respect to the time when Moses lived, but in an internal sense, 'this day' and 'today' signify the perpetuity and eternity of a state. 'Day' denotes state, and likewise 'today,' which is the current time. Anything related to time in the world is eternal in heaven, and to represent this, 'today' or 'to this day' is added. Although, in the historical sense, this appears as if the expressions only have a literal meaning, just like it says in other parts of the Word, such as Joshua 4:9, 6:25, 7:20, Judges 1:21, 26, etc. 'Today' means something perpetual and eternal in Psalms 2:7, 119:89-91, Jeremiah 1:5, 10, 18, Deuteronomy 29:9-14, Numbers 28:3, 23, Daniel 8:13, 11:31, 12:11, Exodus 16:4, 19, 20, 23, John 6:31, 32, 49, 50, 58, Matthew 6:11, and Luke 11:3.
(Препратки: Arcana Coelestia 2838 [1-4], Genesis 47:26)
Matthaeus 5:33-37
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Iterum audistis quia dictum est antiquis : Non perjurabis : reddes autem Domino juramenta tua.
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Ego autem dico vobis, non jurare omnino, neque per cælum, quia thronus Dei est :
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neque per terram, quia scabellum est pedum ejus : neque per Jerosolymam, quia civitas est magni regis :
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neque per caput tuum juraveris, quia non potes unum capillum album facere, aut nigrum.
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Sit autem sermo vester, est, est : non, non : quod autem his abundantius est, a malo est.
