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1 Pristupe k njemu farizeji i saduceji. Iskušavajući ga, zatraže da im pokaže kakav znak s neba.

2 On im odgovori: "Uvečer govorite: 'Bit će vedro, nebo se žari.'

3 A ujutro: 'Danas će nevrijeme, nebo se tamno zacrvenjelo.' Lice neba znadete rasuditi, a znakove vremena ne znate.

4 Naraštaj opak i preljubnički znak traži, ali mu se znak neće dati doli znak Jonin." Tada ih ostavi i ode.

5 Učenici dođoše prijeko, a zaboraviše ponijeti kruha.

6 A Isus im reče: "Pazite, čuvajte se kvasca farizejskog i saducejskog!"

7 Oni zamišljeni među sobom govorahu: "Kruha ne ponijesmo."

8 Zamijetio to Isus pa reče: "Što ste zamišljeni, malovjerni, da kruha nemate?

9 Zar još ne shvaćate, ne sjećate li se onih pet kruhova na pet tisuća i koliko košara nakupiste?

10 I onih sedam kruhova na četiri tisuće i koliko košara nakupiste?

11 Kako onda ne shvaćate da vam to ne rekoh o kruhu? Nego, čuvajte se kvasca farizejskog i saducejskog."

12 Tada razumješe kako im ne reče da se čuvaju kvasca krušnoga, nego nauka farizejskog i saducejskoga.

13 Kad Isus dođe u krajeve Cezareje Filipove, upita učenike: "Što govore ljudi, tko je Sin Čovječji?"

14 Oni rekoše: "Jedni da je Ivan Krstitelj; drugi da je Ilija; treći opet da je Jeremija ili koji od proroka."

15 Kaže im: "A vi, što vi kažete, tko sam ja?"

16 Šimun Petar prihvati i reče: "Ti si Krist-Pomazanik, Sin Boga živoga."

17 Nato Isus reče njemu: "Blago tebi, Šimune, sine Jonin, jer ti to ne objavi tijelo i krv, nego Otac moj, koji je na nebesima.

18 A ja tebi kažem: Ti si Petar-Stijena i na toj stijeni sagradit ću Crkvu svoju i vrata paklena neće je nadvladati.

19 Tebi ću dati ključeve kraljevstva nebeskoga, pa što god svežeš na zemlji, bit će svezano na nebesima; a što god odriješiš na zemlji, bit će odriješeno na nebesima."

20 Tada zaprijeti učenicima neka nikomu ne reknu da je on Krist.

21 Otada poče Isus upućivati učenike kako treba da pođe u Jeruzalem, da mnogo pretrpi od starješina, glavara svećeničkih i pismoznanaca, da bude ubijen i treći dan da uskrsne.

22 Petar ga uze na stranu i poče odvraćati: "Bože sačuvaj, Gospodine! Ne, to se tebi ne smije dogoditi!"

23 Isus se okrene i reče Petru: "Nosi se od mene, sotono! Sablazan si mi jer ti nije na pameti što je Božje, nego što je ljudsko!"

24 Tada Isus reče svojim učenicima: "Hoće li tko za mnom, neka se odrekne samoga sebe, neka uzme svoj križ i neka ide za mnom.

25 Tko hoće život svoj spasiti, izgubit će ga, a tko izgubi život svoj poradi mena, naći će ga.

26 Ta što će koristiti čovjeku ako sav svijet stekne, a životu svojemu naudi? Ili što će čovjek dati u zamjenu za život svoj?

27 Doći će, doista, Sin Čovječji u slavi Oca svoga s anđelima svojim i tada će naplatiti svakomu po djelima njegovim."

28 "Zaista, kažem vam, neki od ovdje nazočnih neće okusiti smrti dok ne vide Sina Čovječjega gdje dolazi sa svojim kraljevstvom."

   

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8159. 'And Pharaoh drew near' means an oppressive influx from there of falsity arising from evil. This is clear from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those steeped in falsities arising from evil, dealt with in 8132, 8135, 8146, 8148; and from the meaning of 'drawing near' as influx. The internal sense deals with the first temptation of those who have been delivered, and all temptation comes about through influx from the hells. For spirits from there stir up and bring out all the wicked deeds a person has performed and wicked thoughts he has entertained, and they use these to incriminate him and condemn him. As a result he suffers pangs of conscience, and anxiety fills his mind. These feelings are brought about by an influx from the hells, in particular from the hell that is represented by the Sea Suph. From all this one may see that in the spiritual sense, which is dealing with temptations, 'drawing near' means influx.

[2] Since the verses which immediately follow deal with the first temptation of those belonging to the spiritual Church, it should be realized that those people could not undergo temptations until after the Lord had glorified His Human, that is, made it Divine, and was present among them in this glorified Human. If they had undergone them before then they would have given way; for those belonging to the spiritual Church were saved solely by the Lord's Divine Human. The temptations of those belonging to the spiritual Church, which they were to undergo after the Lord had come into the world, when He would be able to fight from the Divine Human for them against the hells, are meant by the following words in Malachi,

Suddenly there will come to His temple the Lord whom you seek, and the angel of the covenant in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming, said Jehovah Zebaoth. Who can endure the day of His Coming, and who will stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and purge them like gold, and like silver, in order that they may bring to Jehovah a minchah in righteousness. Then the minchah of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to Jehovah, as in the days of eternity, and as in former years. Malachi 3:1-4.

This plainly refers to the Lord's Coming. 'The sons of Levi' here are members of the spiritual Church, for 'Levi' means charity or spiritual good, 3875, 4497, 4502, 4503. 'A refiner's fire' is temptation, the means of purification, which 'purifying and purging them like gold and silver' is used to mean. 'The minchah' they will bring to Jehovah is faith and charity; and 'the days of eternity' and 'former years' are the Ancient Churches and states of worship of the Lord in those times.

[3] As regards the nature of temptations, it is as has been stated above in 8131, that the hells fight against a person and the Lord for a person. Any falsity that the hells introduce is met with a response from the Divine. The falsities which come from hell are thrust into and enter the external or natural man, but the response from the Divine enters the internal or spiritual man. The person is less conscious of this response which comes from the Divine than he is of those falsities. It does not touch his individual thoughts, only his general awareness, yet in such a way that he scarcely comes to be conscious of it except as hope and consequent comfort, which however hold within them countless blessings that the person has no knowledge of. These are such that they are suited to his affection or love, especially his affection for or love of truth and goodness, which form his conscience.

[4] These things have been stated to let it be known that the life of the children of Israel in the wilderness describes the temptations, in the sequence in which they occurred, that were undergone by those who belonged to the Lord's spiritual Church and were delivered. The reason why they underwent the temptations was in order that they might be prepared further for heaven. For through temptations, through them as the one and only means, forms of good and truths are corroborated and joined together. Through them charity becomes the charity that goes with faith, and faith becomes the faith that goes with charity. The fact that those who belong to the Church must undergo temptations is what one should understand by the following things the Lord said, in Matthew,

Whoever does not take up his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. Matthew 10:38-39; Mark 8:31 end.

In the same gospel,

He said to His disciples, If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. Matthew 16:24-25; Luke 9:23-24.

In Luke,

Whoever does not carry his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. Luke 14:27.

In Mark,

Jesus said to the rich [young ruler], Come, follow Me, taking up the cross. Mark 10:21.

And in Matthew,

Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. Matthew 10:34.

[5] But it should be recognized that in temptations a person does not do the fighting; the Lord alone does it for the person, though the appearance is that it is done by the person. And when the Lord does the fighting for a person, the person is in all things victorious. At the present day few are allowed to experience temptations because they do not live as faith requires and do not therefore possess a conscience composed of truth; and anyone without a conscience composed of truth as a result of leading a good life goes under, and then his latter state is worse than his former.

  
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