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撒母耳记上 7

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1 基列耶琳人就下,将耶和华的约柜接上去,放在山上亚比拿达的家中,分派他儿子以利亚撒看守耶和华的约柜。

2 约柜在基列耶琳许久。过了二十年,以色列都倾向耶和华

3 撒母耳对以色列全家:你们若一心归顺耶和华,就要把外邦的和亚斯他录从你们中间除掉,专心归向耶和华,单单地事奉他。他必救你们脱离非利士人

4 以色列人就除掉诸巴力和亚斯他录,单单地事奉耶和华

5 撒母耳:要使以色列众人聚集在米斯巴,我好为你们祷告耶和华

6 他们就聚集在米斯巴,打浇在耶和华面前,当日禁食,:我们得罪了耶和华。於是撒母耳在米斯巴审判以色列人

7 非利士人以色列人聚集在米斯巴,非利士的首领就上来要攻击以色列人以色列人见,就惧非利士人

8 以色列人对撒母耳:愿你不住地为我们呼求耶和华我们我们脱离非利士人

9 撒母耳就把只吃奶的羊羔献与耶和华作全牲的燔祭,为以色列人呼求耶和华耶和华就应允他。

10 撒母耳正献燔祭的时候,非利士人前来要与以色列人争战。当日,耶和华雷声,惊乱非利士人,他们就败在以色列人面前。

11 以色列人从米斯巴出来,追赶非利士人,击杀他们,直到伯甲的边。

12 撒母耳将石头立在米斯巴和善的中间,给石头起名以便以谢,:到如今耶和华都帮助我们

13 从此,非利士人就被制伏,不敢再入以色列人的境内。撒母耳作士师的时候,耶和华的攻击非利士人

14 非利士人所取以色列人的城邑,从以革伦直到迦特,都归以色列人了。属这些城的四境,以色列人也从非利士人下收回。那时以色列人与亚摩利人和好。

15 撒母耳平生作以色列的士师。

16 他每年巡行到伯特利吉甲、米斯巴,在这几处审判以色列人

17 随後回到拉玛,因为他的家在那里;也在那里审判以色列人,且为耶和华筑了一座

   

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Water is the basis of life, the essential ingredient in all drinks, and in the form of rivers, lakes and oceans supports life in myriad ways. The spiritual meaning of water is similarly basic: It represents truth in general, the ideas and concepts that guide us to do good things in our lives. In a more specific sense, it represents truth at its simplest level: the ideas we learn from the Bible and simply believe. Swedenborg refers to this as “natural” truth or “truths of faith.” They are not things we have explored, figured out or confirmed through life; rather they are things that we accept to be true because we’ve been told they are true. Like water, these ideas flow to us from other sources. And like water, they are ever-changing; to build something permanent we might look to the more permanent ideas represented by stones. But water is crucial to life, and so are these accepted ideas. Water can also, of course, be threatening. Rivers, lakes and oceans are inherently dangerous, and flooding was an ever greater threat in Biblical times than it is now. These aspects represent the opposite meaning – water as falsity, twisted ideas which support evil and can overwhelm and destroy us if we’re not careful.

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