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Matteus 7

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1 Ärge mõistke kohut, et teie üle ei mõistetaks kohut.

2 Sest missuguse kohtuga te kohut mõistate, niisugusega mõistetakse teile kohut; ja missuguse mõõduga te mõõdate, niisugusega möödetakse ka teile.

3 Aga miks sa näed pindu oma venna silmas, kuid palki omas silmas sa ei pane tähele?

4 Või kuidas sa ütled oma vennale: Lase ma tõmban pinnu sinu silmast!? Ja vaata, palk on su omas silmas!

5 Sa silmakirjatseja! Tõmba esiti palk omast silmast, ja siis sa seletad tõmmata pindu oma venna silmast.

6 Ärge andke seda, mis on püha, koertele, ja ärge heitke oma pärle sigade ette, et nad neid ei sõtkuks oma jalgega ega käänduks ja teid ei kisuks.

7 Paluge, siis antakse teile; otsige, siis te leiate; koputage, siis avatakse teile.

8 Sest igaüks, kes palub, see saab, ja kes otsib, see leiab, ja kes koputab, sellele avatakse.

9 Või missugune inimene on teie seast, kellelt tema poeg palub leiba, ja ta annaks temale kivi?

10 Või kui ta palub kala, ja ta annaks temale mao?

11 Kui nüüd teie, kes olete kurjad, mõistate anda häid ande oma lastele, eks palju enam teie Isa taevas anna häid ande neile, kes Teda paluvad.

12 Sellepärast kõik, mida te tahate, et inimesed teile teevad, tehke ka neile; sest see on käsuõpetus ja prohvetid.

14 Ja kitsas on värav ja ahtake on tee, mis viib ellu, ja pisut on neid, kes selle leiavad.

15 Hoiduge valeprohveteist, kes tulevad teie juure lammaste riideis, aga seest-pidi on nad kiskjad hundid.

16 Nende viljast te tunnete nad. Ega viinamarju nopita kibuvitsust või viigimarju ohakaist?

17 Nõnda iga hea puu kannab head vilja, aga halb puu kannab halba vilja.

18 Hea puu ei või kanda halba vilja ega halb puu kanda head vilja.

19 Iga puu, mis ei kanna head vilja, raiutakse maha ja visatakse tulle.

20 Nõnda siis nende viljast te tunnete nad ära.

21 Mitte igaüks, kes Minule ütleb: Issand, Issand, ei saa Taevariiki, vaid kes teeb Mu Isa tahtmist, Kes on taevas.

22 Mitmed ütlevad Minule tol päeval: Issand, Issand, kas me ei ole Sinu nimel ennustanud ja Sinu nimel ajanud välja kurje vaime ja Sinu nimel teinud palju vägevaid tegusid?

23 Ja siis Ma tunnistan neile: Ma ei ole elades teid tunnud, taganege Minust, te ülekohtutegijad!

24 Igaüks nüüd, kes neid Mu sõnu kuuleb ja teeb nende järele, on võrreldav mõistliku mehega, kes ehitas oma koja kaljule.

25 Ja ränk sadu tuli ja tulid vetevoolud, ja tuuled puhusid ja sööstsid vastu seda koda; aga Ta ei langenud, sest Tema alus oli rajatud kaljule.

26 Ja igaüks, kes neid Minu sõnu kuuleb, aga ei tee nende järele, on võrreldav jõleda mehega, kes oma koja ehitas liivale.

27 Ja ränk sadu tuli ja tulid vetevoolud, ja tuuled puhusid ja sööstsid vastu seda koda, ja ta langes, ja tema langemine oli suur.”

28 Ja sündis, kui Jeesus oli lõpetanud need kõned, et rahvahulgad hämmastusid Tema õpetusest;

29 sest Ta õpetas neid nõnda nagu see, kellel on meelevald, ja mitte nõnda nagu nende kirjatundjad.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 400

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400. And they were cast down to the earth, and a third of the trees were burned up. This symbolically means that in people concerned with the internal elements of the church and caught up in faith alone, all affection for truth and perception of truth, which make a person a person of the church, had perished.

To be shown that the earth to which the hail and fire mingled with blood were cast down symbolizes the church among people concerned with its internal elements and caught up in faith alone, and that these are the clergy, see no. 398 above. A third part symbolizes everything in relation to truth, as a fourth part symbolizes everything in relation to goodness (no. 322). That the number three symbolizes all, completeness, and totally, will be seen in no. 505 below. A third part or a third consequently has the same symbolism.

To be burned up means, symbolically, to perish - in this case to perish by falsity springing from a hellish love, which is what is meant by hail and fire mingled with blood, as just explained in no. 399 above.

A tree symbolizes a person. And because a person is human by virtue of the affection of his will and the perception of his intellect, these also are therefore symbolized by a tree.

There is as well a correspondence between a person and a tree. Consequently in heaven one sees paradisal parks formed of trees that correspond to the affections and resulting perceptions of angels. And elsewhere, in hell, there are forests formed of trees that bear harmful fruit, in accordance with their correspondence to the lusts and resulting thoughts of the inhabitants there.

That trees in general symbolize people in respect to their affections and consequently perceptions can be seen from the following passages:

All the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, bring low the tall tree and raise up the low tree, and dry up the green tree and make the dry tree burgeon. (Ezekiel 17:24)

Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah... He shall be like a tree planted by the waters... Nor will He cease from bearing fruit. (Jeremiah 17:7-8)

Blessed is the man...(whose) delight is in the law... He shall be like a tree planted by rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season... (Psalms 1:1-3)

Praise Jehovah... you fruitful trees... (Psalms 148:7-9)

Satiated are the trees of Jehovah... (Psalms 104:16)

...the ax is laid to the root of the tree... ...every tree which does not bear good fruit will be cut down... (Matthew 3:10; cf. 7:16-20)

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for a tree is known by its fruit. (Matthew 12:33, cf. Luke 6:43-44)

...I will kindle a fire..., (which) shall devour every green tree and every dry tree... (Ezekiel 20:47)

Since a tree symbolizes a person, therefore it was a statute that the fruit of a tree serving for food in the land of Canaan be uncircumcised (Leviticus 19:23-25). Furthermore, that when the people besieged a city, they not take an axe to any tree bearing good fruit (Deuteronomy 20:19-20). And still other regulations, which we do not cite here owing to their number.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.