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Matthew 16

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1 Og Farisæerne og Saddukæerne kom hen og fristede ham og begærede, at han vilde vise dem et Tegn fra Himmelen.

2 Men han svarede og sagde til dem: "Om Aftenen sige I: Det bliver en skøn Dag, thi Himmelen er rød;

3 og om Morgenen: Det bliver Storm i Dag, thi Himmelen er rød og mørk. Om Himmelens Udseende vide I at dømme, men om Tidernes Tegn kunne I det, ikke.

4 En ond og utro Slægt forlanger Tegn; men der skal intet Tegn gives den uden Jonas's Tegn." Og han forlod dem og gik bort.

5 Og da hans Disciple kom over til hin Side, havde de glemt at tage Brød med.

6 Og Jesus sagde til dem: "Ser til, og tager eder i Vare for Farisæernes og Saddukæernes Surdejg!"

7 Men de tænkte ved sig selv og sagde: "Det er, fordi vi ikke toge Brød med."

8 Men da Jesus mærkede dette, sagde han: "I lidettroende! hvorfor tænke I ved eder selv på, at I ikke have taget Brød med?

9 Forstå I ikke endnu? Komme I heller ikke i Hu de fem Brød til de fem Tusinde, og hvor mange Kurve I da toge op?

10 Ikke heller de syv Brød til de fire Tusinde, og hvor mange Kurve I da toge op?

11 Hvorledes forstå I da ikke, at det ej var om Brød, jeg sagde det til eder? Men tager eder i Vare for Farisæernes og Saddukæernes Surdejg."

12 Da forstode de, at han havde ikke sagt, at de skulde tage sig i Vare for Surdejgen i Brød, men for Farisæernes og Saddukæernes Lære.

13 Men da Jesus var kommen til Egnen ved Kæsarea Filippi, spurgte han sine Disciple og sagde: "Hvem sige Folk, at Menneskesønnen er?"

14 Men de sagde: "Nogle sige Johannes Døberen; andre Elias; andre Jeremias eller en af Profeterne."

15 Han siger til dem: "Men I, hvem sige I, at jeg er?"

16 Da svarede Simon Peter og sagde: "Du er Kristus, den levende Guds Søn."

17 Og Jesus svarede og sagde til ham: "Salig er du, Simon Jonas's Søn! thi Kød og Blod har ikke åbenbaret dig det, men min Fader, som er i Himlene.

18 siger jeg også dig, at du er Petrus, og denne Klippe vil jeg bygge min Menighed, og Dødsrigets Porte skulle ikke få Overhånd over den.

19 Og jeg vil give dig Himmeriges iges Nøgler, og hvad du binder Jorden, det skal være bundet i Himlene, og hvad du løser Jorden, det skal være løst i Himlene."

20 Da bød han sine Disciple, at de måtte ikke sige til nogen at han var Kristus.

21 Fra den Tid begyndte Jesus at give sine Disciple til Kende, at han skulde gå til Jerusalem og lide meget af de Ældste og Ypperstepræsterne og de skriftkloge og ihjelslås og oprejses på den tredje Dag.

22 Og Peter tog ham til Side, begyndte at sætte ham i ette og sagde: "Gud bevare dig, Herre; dette skal ingenlunde ske dig!"

23 Men han vendte sig og sagde til Peter: "Vig bag mig, Satan! du er mig en Forargelse; thi du sanser ikke, hvad Guds er, men hvad Menneskers er."

24 Da sagde Jesus til sine Disciple: "Vil nogen komme efter mig, han fornægte sig selv og tage sit Kors op og følge mig!

25 Thi den, som vil frelse sit.Liv, skal miste det; men den, som mister sit Liv for min Skyld, skal bjærge det.

26 Thi hvad gavner det et Menneske, om han vinder den hele Verden, men må bøde med sin Sjæl? Eller hvad kan et Menneske give til Vederlag for sin Sjæl?

27 Thi Menneskesønnen skal komme i sin Faders Herlighed med sine Engle; og da skal han betale enhver efter hans Gerning.

28 Sandelig siger jeg eder, der er nogle af dem, som stå her, der ingenlunde skulle smage Døden, førend de se Menneskesønnen komme i sit ige."

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 8159

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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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