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)
Arcana Coelestia #2516
2516. Quod ‘ecce tu morieris propter mulierem’ significet quo doctrina fidei nulla foret si quoad illa quae ibi, consuleretur rationale, constat ex significatione ‘Abimelechi’ qui hic est ‘tu’, quod sit doctrina fidei; ex significatione ‘mori’ quod sit nullum fieri; et a significatione ‘sororis’ quae hic vocatur ‘mulier’, quod sit rationale, de qua n. 2508;
[2] exhinc nunc, ‘quod Abimelech moreretur propter mulierem’ 1 significat quod doctrina fidei nulla fieret si consuleretur rationale. Quod nulla doctrina fidei ex rationali, causa est quia rationale est in apparentiis boni et veri, quae apparentiae non sunt vera in se 2 , ut ostensum prius n. 2053, 2196, 2203, 3 2209: praeterea rationale sub se habet fallacias, quae sunt ex sensualibus externis confirmatis per scientifica, quae umbram inducunt istis veri apparentiis; est 4 rationale quoad maximam partem mere humanum, ut quoque ex ejus nativitate constare potest; inde nunc est quod ex illo nullum doctrinale fidei auspicari, minus condi possit; sed erit ex Ipso Divino et Divino Humano Domini, inde ejus origo, et quidem in tantum ut Dominus sit ipsa doctrina, quare etiam in Verbo nominatur Verbum, 5 veritas, lux, via, 6 janua; et quod arcanum, omne doctrinae est ex Divino Bono et Divino Vero, et habet in se conjugium caeleste; doctrinale quod id in se non habet, non est doctrinale genuinum fidei; inde est quod in singulis Verbi, unde doctrina, sit instar conjugii, videatur n. 683, 793, 801.
[3] Apparet quidem doctrina fidei in sensu litterali seu externo Verbi, quod ex rationali multa habeat, immo ex naturali, sed hoc est ex causa quia Verbum est pro homine, cui sic accommodatum est, sed usque in se est spirituale ex origine caelesti, hoc est, ex Divino Vero conjuncto Divino Bono. Quod doctrina nulla fieret si quoad illa quae ibi, consuleretur rationale, ab exemplis illustrabitur in sequentibus.
Бележки под линия:
1. The editors of the third Latin edition made a minor correction here. For details, see the end of the appropriate volume of that edition.
2. The Manuscript inserts sed modo apparent sicut vera.
3. The editors of the third Latin edition made a minor correction here. For details, see the end of the appropriate volume of that edition.
4. The Manuscript has estque.
5. The following two (or in some cases more) words are transposed in the Manuscript.
6. The Manuscript inserts et.
