Arcana Coelestia # 2819
2819. As regards the Lord's temptations in general, some were more external, others more internal. The more internal they were, the more severe they were. His inmost temptations are described in Matthew 26:37-39, 42, 44; 27:46; Mark 14:33-36; 15:34; Luke 22:42-44. But see what has been stated already regarding the Lord's temptations, namely the following:
The Lord first of all fought from goods and truths which were appearances of goods and truths, 1661.
Out of Divine love towards the whole human race He fought against the evils of self-love and of love of the world, 1690, 1691 (end), 1789, 1812, 1813, 1820.
He alone has fought out of Divine love, 1812, 1813.
All the hells fought against the Lord's love, which was the salvation of the whole human race, 1820.
The Lord suffered the severest temptations of all, 1663, 1668, 1787.
By means of temptations and victories the Lord by His own power became righteousness, 1813, 2025.
The Lord effected the union of the Human Essence to the Divine Essence by means of temptations and victories, 1737, 1813, 1921, 2025, 2026.
See also what has been stated already about temptations in general, in 59, 63, 227, 847.
Temptation is a power-struggle over whether good or evil, truth or falsity, is to prevail, 1923.
Temptations involve feelings of anger, and many other emotions, 1917.
Temptations are celestial, spiritual, or natural, 847.
In temptations evil genii and spirits attack the things that belong to a person's love, and so the things that constitute his life, 847, 1820.
What temptations accomplish, 1692, 1717, 1740.
The purpose of temptation therefore is that bodily things may be subdued, 857.
Evils and falsities with a person who is being regenerated are subdued by means of temptations, not done away with, 868.
Truth goes into battle first, 1685.
A person fights from the goods and truths which he has acquired by means of cognitions even when they are not in themselves goods and truths, 1661.
Spirits and evil genii activate the falsities and evils within man, and this leads to temptations, 741, 751, 761.
In temptations a person assumes that the Lord is absent, when in fact He is at such times more present, 840.
A person cannot by any means endure by himself the conflicts brought about by temptations, for they are conflicts against every hell, 1692 (end).
The Lord alone fights in man, 1661, 1692.
By means of temptations evil genii and spirits are deprived of their power to do evil and to inspire falsity within man, 1695, 1717.
Temptations take place with those who have conscience, and are more intense with those who have perception, 1668.
Temptations take place rarely at the present day; instead occasions of anxiety occur, which are something different and have a different origin, 762.
Persons who are dead spiritually are not able to suffer the conflicts brought about by temptations, 270.
All temptations bring with them despair over the end in view, 1787, 1820.
After temptations fluctuation occurs, 848, 857.
By means of temptations the good learn that [left to themselves] they are nothing but evil, and that all things are subject to mercy, 2334.
By means of temptations goods become joined more closely to truths, 272.
People are not saved by virtue of enduring temptations if they go under, or if they imagine that they have acquired merit through them, 273.
Every temptation involves freedom, greater freedom than outside of temptations, 1937.
Genesis 14
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It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
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that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).
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All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
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Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.
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In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
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and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
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They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
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The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;
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against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
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Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills.
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They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.
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They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
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One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.
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When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
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He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
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He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
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The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
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Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.
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He blessed him, and said, "blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
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and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.
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The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."
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Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
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that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
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I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion."
