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Exodus 20

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1 Gud talede alle disse Ord og sagde:

2 Jeg er HE EN din Gud, som førte dig ud af Ægypten, af Trællehuset.

3 Du må ikke have andre Guder end mig.

4 Du må ikke gøre dig noget udskåret Billede eller noget Afbillede af det, som er oppe i Himmelen eller nede på Jorden eller i Vandet under Jorden;

5 du må ikke tilbede eller dyrke det, thi jeg HE EN din Gud er en nidkær Gud, der indtil tredje og fjerde Led straffer Fædres Brøde på Børn af dem, som hader mig,

6 men i tusind Led viser Miskundhed mod dem, der elsker mig og holder mine Bud!

7 Du må ikke misbruge HE EN din Guds Navn, thi HE EN lader ikke den ustraffet, der misbruger hans Navn!

8 Kom Hviledagen i Hu, så du holder den hellig!

9 I seks Dage skal du arbejde og gøre al din Gerning,

10 men den syvende Dag skal være Hviledag for HE EN din Gud; da må du intet Arbejde udføre, hverken du selv, din Søn eller Datter, din Træl eller Trælkvinde, dit Kvæg eller den fremmede inden dine Porte.

11 Thi i seks Dage gjorde HE EN Himmelen, Jorden og Havet med alt, hvad der er i dem, og på den syvende Dag hvilede han; derfor har HE EN velsignet Hviledagen og helliget den.

12 Ær din Fader og din Moder, for at du kan få et langt Liv i det Land, HE EN din Gud vil give dig!

13 Du må ikke slå ihjel!

14 Du må ikke bedrive Hor!

15 Du må ikke stjæle!

16 Du må ikke sige falsk Vidnesbyrd imod din Næste!

17 Du må ikke begære din Næstes Hus! Du må ikke begære din Næstes Hustru, hans Træl eller Trælkvinde, hans Okse eller Æsel eller noget, der hører din Næste til!

18 Men da hele Folket fornam Tordenen, Lynene og Stødene i Hornene og så det rygende Bjerg forfærdedes Folket og holdt sig skælvende i Frastand;

19 og de sagde til Moses: "Tal du med os, så vil vi lytte til; men lad ikke Gud tale med os, at vi ikke skal !"

20 Men Moses svarede Folket: "Frygt ikke, thi Gud er kommet for at prøve eder, og for at I kan lære at frygte for ham, så I ikke synder."

21 Da holdt Folket sig i Frastand medens Moses nærmede sig Mulmet, hvori Gud var.

22 HE EN sagde da til Moses: Således skal du sige til Israeliterne: I har selv set, at jeg har talet med eder fra Himmelen!

23 I må ikke gøre eder Guder ved Siden af mig; Guder af Sølv eller Guld må I ikke gøre eder!

24 Du skal bygge mig et Alter af Jord, og på det skal du ofre dine Brændofre og Takofre, dit Småkvæg og dit Hornkvæg; på ethvert Sted, hvor jeg lader mit Navn ihukomme, vil jeg komme til dig og velsigne dig.

25 Men hvis du opfører mig Altre af Sten, må du ikke bygge dem af tilhugne Sten, thi når du svinger dit Værktøj derover, vanhelliger du dem.

26 Du må ikke stige op til mit, Alter ad Trin, for at ikke din Blusel skal blottes over det.

   


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Apocalypse Explained # 954

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954. Verse 7. And one of the four animals gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials, full of the anger of God, who liveth unto the ages of the ages, signifies all the falsities of evil that have destroyed the spiritual life of the men of the church made manifest by the Lord by means of the Divine truth or the Word. This is evident from the signification of "the four animals," as being the inmost heaven (See n. 277, 322, 462), and as being the Word n. 717, consequently the Lord as to heaven and the Word, for heaven is heaven from the Lord, and the same is true of the Word. Also from the signification of "the seven angels," as being manifestations through the Divine truth or the Word (See above, n. 949). Also from the signification of "the seven vials," as being all falsities and evils, for "the seven vials" have a like signification as "the seven plagues" (verse 6), namely, evils and falsities therefrom, and falsities and evils therefrom (See above, n. 949). These are said to be "full of the anger of God, who liveth unto the ages of the ages," because these devastate the church and destroy the spiritual life of the men of the church. These are what are signified by "the anger of God." All this makes clear that the words, "one of the four animals gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials, full of the anger of God, who liveth unto the ages of the ages," signify all the falsities of evil that have destroyed the spiritual life of the men of the church, made manifest by the Lord by means of the Divine truth or the Word. "Vials" are mentioned instead of plagues because vials are the containants, and plagues are the contents; and in the Word the containants are frequently mentioned instead of the contents, because the containants are the ultimates, in order that the sense of the letter of the Word may be in ultimates. Likewise "cups" and "chalices" are mentioned instead of wine. (But see further on this subject in the following chapter, where the seven vials and the seven plagues therein are treated of.)

(Continuation respecting the First Commandment)

[2] So far as a man resists his own two loves, which are the love of ruling from the mere delight of ruling and the love of possessing the goods of the world from the mere delight of possession, thus so far as he shuns as sins the evils forbidden in the Decalogue, so far there flows in through heaven from the Lord, that there is a God, who is the Creator and Preserver of the universe, yea also that God is one. This then flows in for the reason that when evils have been removed heaven is opened, and when heaven is opened man no longer thinks from self but from the Lord through heaven; and that there is a God and that God is one is the universal principle in heaven which comprises all things. That from influx alone man knows, and as it were sees that God is one, is evident from the common confession of all nations, and from a repugnance to thinking that there are many gods. Man's interior thought, which is the thought of his spirit, is either from hell or from heaven; it is from hell before evils have been removed, but from heaven, when they have been removed. When this thought is from hell man sees no otherwise than that nature is God, and that the inmost of nature is what is called the Divine. When such a man after death becomes a spirit he calls anyone a god who is especially powerful; and also himself strives for power that he may be called a god. All the evil have such madness lurking inwardly in their spirit. But when a man thinks from heaven, as he does when evils have been removed, he sees from the light in heaven that there is a God and that He is one. Seeing from light out of heaven is what is meant by influx.

  
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John 9

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1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.

2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

3 Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.

4 I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,

7 and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.

8 The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"

9 Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks like him." He said, "I am he."

10 They therefore were asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"

11 He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight."

12 Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."

13 They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.

14 It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."

16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.

17 Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."

18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,

19 and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

20 His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

21 but how he now sees, we don't know; or who opened his eyes, we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself."

22 His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

23 Therefore his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."

24 So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."

25 He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see."

26 They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"

27 He answered them, "I told you already, and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't also want to become his disciples, do you?"

28 They insulted him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

29 We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don't know where he comes from."

30 The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.

31 We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

32 Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.

33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

34 They answered him, "You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?" They threw him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"

36 He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"

37 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."

38 He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.

39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"

41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.