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申命记 32

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1 哪,侧耳,我要说话;愿中的言语。

2 我的教训要淋漓如;我的言语要滴落如,如细降在嫩上,如甘霖降在菜蔬中。

3 我要宣告耶和华的名;你们要将大德归与我们的

4 他是磐石,他的作为完全;他所行的无不公平,是诚实无伪的神,又公,又正直。

5 这乖僻弯曲的世代向他行事邪僻;有这弊病就不是他的儿女。

6 愚昧无知的民哪,你们这样报答耶和华麽?他岂不是你的父、将你买来的麽?他是制造你、建立你的。

7 你当追想上古之日,思念历之年;问你的父亲,他必指示你;问你的长者,他必告诉你。

8 者将地业赐给列邦,将世人分开,就照以色列人的数目立定万民的疆界。

9 耶和华的分本是他的百姓;他的产业本是雅各

10 耶和华遇见他在旷野─荒凉野兽吼叫之,就环绕他,看顾他,保护他,如同保护眼中的瞳人。

11 又如搅动窝,在雏以上两搧展,接取雏,背在两翼之上。

12 这样,耶和华独自引导他,并无外邦神与他同在。

13 耶和华使他乘驾处,得田间的土产;又使他从磐石中咂蜜,从坚石中

14 也吃牛的奶油的奶,羔的脂,巴珊所出的公绵和山,与上好的麦子,也葡萄汁酿的酒。

15 但耶书仑渐渐肥胖,粗壮,光润,跳,奔跑,便离弃造他的,轻看他的磐石;

16 敬拜别神,触动神的愤恨,行可憎恶的事,惹了他的怒气。

17 所祭祀的鬼魔并非真,乃是素不认识的,是近新兴的,是你列祖所不畏惧的。

18 你轻忽生你的磐石,忘记产你的神。

19 耶和华见他的儿女惹动他,就厌恶他们,说:

20 我要向他们掩面,他们的结局如何。他们本是极乖僻的族类,心中无诚实的儿女。

21 他们以那不算为神的触动我的愤恨,以虚无的神惹了我的怒气。我也要以那不成子民的触动他们的愤恨,以愚昧的国民惹了他们的怒气。

22 因为在我怒中有烧起,直烧到极深的阴间,把的出产尽都焚烧,根基也烧着了。

23 我要将祸患堆在他们身上,把我的向他们射尽。

24 他们必因饥饿消瘦,被炎热苦吞灭。我要打发野兽牙齿咬他们,并土中腹行的,用气害他们。

25 外头有刀,内室有惊恐,使丧亡,使少、童女、吃奶的、白发的,尽都灭绝。

26 ,我必将他们分散远方,使他们的名号从人间除灭。

27 惟恐仇敌惹动我,只怕敌人错看,:是我们的能力,并非耶和华所行的。

28 因为以色列民毫无计谋,心中没有聪明。

29 惟愿他们有智慧,能明白这事,肯思念他们的结局。

30 若不是他们的磐石了他们,若不是耶和华交出他们,人焉能追赶他们人?人焉能使万人逃跑呢?

31 据我们的仇敌自己断定,他们的磐石不如我们的磐石。

32 他们的葡萄树是所多玛的葡萄树,蛾摩拉田园所生的;他们的葡萄是毒葡萄,全挂都是苦的。

33 他们的酒是大蛇的气,是虺蛇残害的恶

34 这不都是积蓄在我这里,封锁在我府中麽?

35 他们失的时候,伸冤报应在我;因他们遭灾的日子近了;那要临在他们身上的必速速来到。

36 耶和华见他百姓毫无能力,无论困住的、自由的都没有剩下,就必为他们伸冤,为他的仆人後悔。

37 他必:他们的,他们所投靠的磐石,

38 就是向来他们祭牲的脂油,他们奠祭之酒的,在那里呢?他可以兴起帮助你们,护卫你们。

39 你们如今要知道:我,惟有我是;在我以外并无别。我使人死,我使人活;我损伤,我也医治,并无人能从我中救出来。

40 我向:我凭我的永生起誓:

41 我若磨我闪亮的刀,掌审判之权,就必报复我的敌人,报应恨我的人。

42 我要使我的饮血饮醉,就是被杀被掳之人的血。我的刀要,乃是仇敌中首领之

43 你们外邦人当与主的百姓一同欢呼;因他要伸他仆人流血的冤,报应他的敌人,洁净他的地,救赎他的百姓。

44 摩西和嫩的儿子约书亚去将这歌的一切给百姓听。

45 摩西以色列众人说完了这一切的

46 :我今日所警教你们的,你们都要放在心上;要吩咐你们的子孙谨守遵行这律法上的

47 因为这不是虚空、与你们无关的事,乃是你们的生命;在你们过约但河要得为业的地上必因这事日子得以长久。

48 当日,耶和华吩咐摩西

49 你上这亚巴琳中的尼波去,在摩押耶利哥相对,观我所要赐以色列人为业的迦南

50 你必在你所登的上,归你列祖(原文作本民)去,像你哥哥亚伦在何珥上,归他的列祖一样。

51 因为你们在寻的旷野,加低斯的米利巴水,在以色列人中没有尊我为,得罪了我。

52 我所赐以色列人,你可以远远,却不得进去。

   

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10248. 'And it shall be the statute of an age to them' means an eternal law of order. This is clear from the meaning of 'a statute' as a law of order, dealt with in 7884, 7995, 8357; and from the meaning of 'an age' as that which is eternal. The reason why 'an age' means what is eternal is that duration even to the end should be understood by it, and in the internal sense what is eternal is meant by that duration. Furthermore the word used to denote an age means eternity in the original language. 'Age' means what is eternal because when used in the Word with regard to the Church it means duration of it even to the end. Consequently, when the term is used with regard to heaven, where there is no end, or with regard to the Lord, it means what is eternal. The term may be used to refer in general to any Church, but in particular to the celestial Church. In addition to all this 'age' means the world and life there, and also life after this to eternity.

[2] 1. The term 'age', when used with regard to the Church, means the duration of it even to the end

This is clear from the following places: In Matthew,

The disciples said to Jesus, Tell us, what will be the sign of Your coming and of the close of the age? Matthew 24:3.

'The close of the age' means the final period of the Church, thus the end of it, when there is no longer any faith because there is no charity. The fact that this is meant by 'the close of the age' and that 'the age' therefore means the duration of the Church even to the end becomes clear from all the things stated by the Lord in that chapter, an explanation of which may be seen in the opening sections of Chapters 26-40 of Genesis. 'The age' and 'the close' of it have the same meaning elsewhere in the same gospel,

The harvest is the close of the age. Matthew 13:39-40, 49.

Also,

Behold, I am with you at all times 1 even to the close of the age. Matthew 28:20.

Here also 'the age' is used to mean the duration of the Church from start to finish.

[3] In Ezekiel,

They will dwell on the land, they and their sons and their sons' sons even to an age. David will be their prince for an age. My sanctuary will be in their midst for an age. Ezekiel 37:25, 28.

These promises refer to Israel, who in the internal sense serves to mean the spiritual Church. 'The land' on which they will dwell also means the Church; 'the sanctuary' means everything composing the Church; and 'David' means the Lord. From this it is evident that 'for an age' means even to the end.

'Israel' in the Word is the spiritual Church, see in the places referred to in 9340.

'The land' is the Church, in the places referred to in 9325.

'The sanctuary' is everything composing the Church, and it has reference to the goodness and truth of the spiritual Church, 8330, 9479.

'David' is the Lord, 1888, 9954.

[4] In David,

Before the mountains were born, and the earth and the world were formed, from age even to age You are God. Psalms 90:2.

By the birth of mountains and formation of the earth and the world not the creation of the world but the establishment of a Church should be understood, for in the Word heavenly or celestial love, and so the Church in which that love exists, is meant by 'the mountains'. 'The earth' too and 'the world' mean the Church, so that 'from age to age' means from when Churches are established to when they come to an end. Churches follow in succession, one after another; for when one has come to an end or undergone vastation another is established.

'Mountain' means heavenly or celestial love, and therefore the Church which is governed by that love, see 795, 796, 4210, 6435, 8758.

'The earth' is the Church in particular, but 'the world' the Church in general, see in the places referred to in 9325.

[5] 2. The term 'age', when used with regard to heaven, where there is no end, or with regard to the Lord, means what is eternal

This is clear from the following places: In David,

Jehovah is King for an age and for perpetuity. Psalms 10:16; Exodus 15:18.

In the same author,

Your kingdom is a kingdom of all the ages, and Your dominion to every generation after generation. Psalms 145:13.

In Jeremiah,

[He is] the living God [and] the King of the age. Jeremiah 10:10.

In Daniel,

His dominion is the dominion of an age which will not pass away. Afterwards the saints of the Most High 2 will receive the kingdom and will strengthen the kingdom even to an age, and even to ages of ages. Daniel 7:14, 18, 27.

In Matthew,

Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ages. Matthew 6:13.

In Luke,

God will give Him the throne of David, so that He may reign over the house of Jacob for ages. Luke 1:32-33.

[6] In the Book of Revelation,

To Jesus Christ be glory and might for ages of ages. Revelation 1:6.

Elsewhere in the same book,

Behold, I live for ages of ages. Revelation 1:18.

And elsewhere again,

Blessing, and honour, and glory, and might to the Lamb for ages of ages! The twenty-four elders worshipped the One living for ages of ages. Revelation 5:13-14; 10:6; 11:15.

In Isaiah,

My salvation will exist for an age, and My righteousness to each generation 3 . Isaiah 51:6, 8.

In the same prophet,

The angel of [His] face carried them all the days of the age. Isaiah 63:9.

In Daniel,

Many of those sleeping will awake to the life of the age 4 , the rest to the disrepute of the age 5 . Daniel 12:2.

In John,

If anyone eats of this bread he will live for an age. John 6:51, 58.

In the same gospel,

I give them eternal life, and they will not perish for an age. John 10:28.

In David,

Lead me in the way of the age 6 . Psalms 139:24.

In the same author,

He has caused them to stand for perpetuity and for an age; He has given a statute that will not pass away. Psalms 148:6.

[7] In these places 'age' means what is eternal since it is used with regard to the Lord, to His kingdom, and to heaven and the life there, all of which have no end. 'Ages of ages' is not used to mean eternities of eternities but that which is eternal. That expression is used however with regard to the Churches on earth coming in succession one after another. From the Word it is evident that a Church has been established four times on this planet. The first of them was the Most Ancient, which existed before the Flood; the second was the Ancient, which came after the Flood; the third was the Israelite and Jewish; and the last was the Christian. The whole period of each one from start to finish is an age. And after the Christian Church a new one will begin. This series of Churches is meant by 'ages of ages', 'an age' being the duration of a Church even to its end, as shown above.

[8] 3. The term 'age' may be used to refer in general to any Church, but in particular to the celestial Church

This is clear from the following places: In Amos,

I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen down, and I will build as in the days of a [previous] age. Amos 9:11.

'The days of a [previous] age' is used to mean the time when the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial, existed. In Micah,

Bethlehem Ephrath, from you will come forth for Me one who will be Ruler in Israel, and whose origins are from of old, from the days of a [previous] age. Micah 5:2.

Here the meaning is similar. In Moses,

Remember the days of a [previous] age, understand the years of generation after generation. Deuteronomy 32:7.

'The days of a [previous] age' stands for the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was a celestial Church, and 'the years of generation after generation' for the time of the Ancient Church, which was a spiritual Church.

[9] In Isaiah,

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah. Awake as in the days of antiquity, of the generation of [previous] ages. Isaiah 51:8-9.

'As in [the days] of the generation of [previous] ages' means as it was with the states of love and faith in the Ancient Churches that descended from the Most Ancient. In David,

I have considered the days of old, the years of [previous] ages. Psalms 77:5.

Here the meaning is similar.

[10] In Isaiah,

Remember from a [previous] age the former thing. Isaiah 46:9.

In Malachi,

Then the minchah of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to Jehovah, as in the days of a [previous] age, and as in ancient years. Malachi 3:4.

In Joel,

Judah will abide for an age, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. Joel 3:20.

In these places 'Judah' means the celestial Church, to which the words 'as in the days of the age' and 'into the age' therefore refer, while 'Jerusalem' means the spiritual Church, to which the words 'as in the ancient years' and 'into generation after generation' refer.

'Judah' is the celestial Church, see 3654, 3881, 6363, 8770.

'Jerusalem' is the spiritual Church, 402, 3654.

[11] 4. The term 'age' may mean the world and life there

This is clear in Matthew,

The one who is sown among thorns is he who hears the Word but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word. Matthew 13:22.

In Luke,

The sons of this age are more shrewd than the sons of light. Luke 16:8.

In the same gospel,

The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. Luke 20:34.

And in David,

The wicked and carefree ones of the age multiply wealth. Psalms 73:12.

[12] 5. The term 'age' may mean life to eternity after death

In Mark,

... will receive a hundredfold, now in this time, and in the age to come eternal life. Mark 10:30.

In Ezekiel,

When I will cause you to go down with those going down to the pit, to the people of a [previous] age, ... Ezekiel 26:20.

And elsewhere, as in Luke 18:30; 20:35; Isaiah 34:10, 17; Revelation 14:11; 20:10; 22:5.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, I am with you all the days

2. The Latin word rendered the Most High is plural, as is the word used in the original Aramaic. It must be regarded as a plural of majesty.

3. literally, generations of generations

4. i.e. eternal life

5. i.e. eternal disgrace

6. i.e. an eternal way

  
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