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Numeri 23

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1 A řekl Balám Balákovi: Udělej mi tuto sedm oltářů, a připrav mi také sedm volků a sedm skopců.

2 I udělal Balák, jakž mluvil Balám. Tedy obětoval Balák a Balám volka a na každém oltáři.

3 Řekl pak Balám Balákovi: Postůj při oběti své zápalné, a půjdu, zdali by se potkal se mnou Hospodin, a což by koli mně ukázal, povím tobě. I odšel sám.

4 I potkal se Bůh s Balámem, a řekl jemu Balám: Sedm oltářů zpořádal jsem, a obětoval jsem volka a skopce na každém oltáři.

5 Vložil pak Hospodin slovo v ústa Balámova a řekl: Navrať se k Balákovi a tak mluv.

6 I navrátil se k němu, a nalezl jej, an stojí při oběti své zápalné, i všecka knížata Moábská.

7 Tedy vzav před sebe přísloví své, řekl: Z Aram přivedl mne Balák král Moábský, z hor východních, řka: Poď, zlořeč mi k vůli Jákoba, a poď, vydej klatbu na Izraele.

8 Proč bych zlořečil, komuž Bůh silný nezlořečí? A proč bych klel, kohož Hospodin neproklíná?

9 Když s vrchu skal hledím na něj, a s pahrbků spatřuji jej, aj, lid ten sám bydlí, a k jiným národům se nepřiměšuje.

10 Kdo sečte prach Jákobův? a kdo počet? Kdo sečte čtvrtý díl Izraelského lidu? Ó bych já umřel smrtí spravedlivých, a dokonání mé ó by bylo jako i jeho!

11 I řekl Balák Balámovi: Což mi to děláš? Abys zlořečil nepřátelům mým, povolal jsem tě, a ty pak ustavičně dobrořečíš jim.

12 Kterýž odpovídaje, řekl: Zdali toho, což Hospodin vložil v ústa má, nemám šetřiti, abych tak mluvil?

13 I řekl jemu Balák: Poď, prosím, se mnou na jiné místo, odkudž bys viděl jej, (toliko zadní díl jeho viděti budeš, a všeho nebudeš viděti), a proklň mi jej odtud.

14 I pojav jej, vyvedl ho na rovinu Zofim, na vrch jednoho pahrbku, a udělav sedm oltářů, obětoval volka a skopce na každém oltáři.

15 Řekl pak Balákovi: Postůj tuto při zápalné oběti své, a já půjdu tamto vstříc Hospodinu.

16 I potkal se Hospodin s Balámem, a vloživ slovo v ústa jeho, řekl: Navrať se k Balákovi a mluv tak.

17 Přišel tedy k němu, a hle, on stál při zápalné oběti své, a knížata Moábská s ním. Jemužto řekl Balák: Co mluvil Hospodin?

18 A on vzav přísloví své, řekl: Povstaň Baláku a slyš, pozoruj mne, synu Seforův.

19 Bůh silný není jako člověk, aby klamal, a jako syn člověka, aby se měnil. Což by řekl, zdaliž neučiní? Což by promluvil, zdali neutvrdí toho?

20 Hle, abych dobrořečil, přijal jsem to na sebe; nebo dobrořečilť jest, a já toho neodvolám.

21 Nepatříť na nepravosti v Jákobovi, aniž hledí na přestoupení v Izraeli; Hospodin Bůh jeho jestiť s ním, a zvuk krále vítězícího v něm.

22 Bůh silný vyvedl je z Egypta, jako silou jednorožcovou byv jim.

23 Nebo není kouzlů proti Jákobovi, ani zaklínání proti Izraelovi; již od toho času vypravováno bude o Jákobovi a Izraelovi, co učinil s ním Bůh silný.

24 Aj, lid jakožto silný lev povstane, a jakožto lvíče vzchopí se; nepoloží se, dokudž by nejedl loupeže, a dokudž by nevypil krve zbitých.

25 I řekl Balák Balámovi: Aniž mu již zlořeč více, ani dobrořeč.

26 Jemuž odpověděl Balám, řka: Zdaližť jsem nepravil, že, což by mi koli mluvil Hospodin, to učiním?

27 I řekl Balák Balámovi: Poď, prosím, povedu tě na jiné místo, odkudž snad líbiti se bude Bohu, abys mi je proklel.

28 A pojav Balák Baláma, uvedl jej na vrch hory Fegor, kteráž leží naproti poušti.

29 Tedy řekl Balám Balákovi: Udělej mi tuto sedm oltářů, a připrav mi také sedm volků a sedm skopců.

30 I učinil Balák, jakž řekl Balám, a obětoval volka a skopce na každém oltáři.

   

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8273. 'Jehovah is a man of war' means that the Lord provides protection against all evils and falsities, which come from the hells. This is clear from the meaning of 'a man of war' as one who fights against falsities and evils, that is, against the hells, and overcomes them, at this point one who provides a person protection against them. For as shown already, the Lord alone fights on behalf of a person and protects him when he is under attack from the hells; He does so constantly, especially in temptations, which are spiritual conflicts. The Lord is called 'a man of war', primarily because when He was in the world He fought alone, that is, all by Himself, against the hells, which at that time were for the most part open. They were attacking and attempting to bring under their control all without exception who were entering the next life. The reason why the devil's crew, that is, the hells, were prowling around in that way then was that the Divine passing through heaven, which was the Divine Human before the Lord's Coming, was not powerful enough to oppose the evils and falsities which had increased so enormously. Therefore the Divine was pleased to take upon Himself a Human Form and make it Divine. At the same time - through the conflicts to which He allowed Himself to be subjected - He cast the devil's crew into the hells, shut them in there, and made them subject to the heavens; also at the same time He restored the heavens themselves to order. These conflicts are the primary reason for calling the Lord 'a man of war'. And after them, when He had thereby conquered the hells and made Himself righteousness, He has been called such because with Divine power He provides people protection, doing so constantly, and especially in the conflicts brought by temptations.

[2] The truth that the Lord alone, all by Himself, fought against the hells and overcame them is presented in the following way in Isaiah,

Judgement is cast away backwards, and justice stands afar off, for truth has stumbled in the street, and uprightness cannot come in; while truth has been removed, and he who retreats from evil is insane. Jehovah saw, and it was evil in His eyes that there was no judgement. And He saw that there was no man (vir), and wondered that there was no intercessor therefore His own arm brought salvation to Him, and His righteousness lifted Him up. Consequently He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon His head. Isaiah 59:14-17.

This describes conditions at that time in both worlds and declares that the Lord all by Himself, alone, re-established things that were in a state of collapse. The like is stated elsewhere in the same prophet,

Who is this who comes from Edom, with spattered clothes from Bozra, He that is glorious in His apparel, marching in the vast numbers of His strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save. I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples not a man (vir) was with Me. Consequently their victory 1 has been sprinkled on My clothes. For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed had come. I had looked around, but there was no helper, and I wondered, but there was no one to uphold; therefore My own arm brought salvation to Me. Isaiah 63:1-5.

These quotations make it clear that when in the world, the Lord fought alone against the hells and overcame them.

[3] So far as conflicts with and victories over the hells are concerned, the truth is that anyone who overcomes them once does so for evermore; for through victory he gains power over them, since in the same measure he consolidates within himself, and makes his own, the good of love and the truth of faith against which the hells afterwards do not dare to attempt anything. When He was in the world the Lord allowed Himself to endure conflicts brought by temptations from all the hells, and through those conflicts He made Divine the Human within Him and at the same time reduced the hells to a state of obedience for evermore, see 1663, 1668, 1690, 1692, 1737, 1813, 1820, 2776, 2786, 2795, 2803, 2814, 2816, 4287. So it is that the Lord alone has power over the hells for ever, and with Divine power fights on behalf of a person. This now explains why the Lord is called 'a man of war' and also 'a mighty man', as again in Isaiah,

Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man, as a man of wars He will arouse zeal; He will prevail over His enemies. Isaiah 42:13.

And in David,

Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and a mighty man, Jehovah a mighty man of war. Who is this King of glory? Jehovah Zebaoth (Jehovah of Hosts or Armies). Psalms 24:8, 10.

[4] Wherever 'war' is mentioned in the Word, spiritual war against falsities and evils - or what amounts to the same thing, against the devil, that is, the hells - is meant in the internal sense, 1664, 2686. The wars or battles which the Lord fought against the hells are the subject in the internal sense both in the historical sections of the Word and in its prophetical parts; and no less the subject are the Lord's wars or battles fought on behalf of man. With the Ancients, with whom the Lord's Church existed, there also existed a Word, having both a historical section and a prophetical part, which is not extant at the present day. Its historical section was called The Book of the Wars of Jehovah and its prophetical part The Utterances. That Word is referred to in Moses, Numbers 21:14, 27. The fact that the expression used in Numbers 21:27 means prophetical utterances is evident from the meaning the expression is given at Numbers 23:7, 18; 24:3, 15. The Wars of Jehovah in that Word meant the Lord's battles against and His victories over the hells when He was in the world. They also meant the battles fought after that, and the everlasting victories won by Him, on behalf of man, the Church, and His kingdom. The hells desire constantly to puff themselves up, for they yearn only to dominate; but they are kept in check by the Lord alone. Their attempts to exert themselves are seen as bubbles boiling up or as a person arching his back. But every time they attempt such a thing a large number of them are cast further down.

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