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Jeremiah 43

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1 Kuin Jeremia oli kaikki Herran heidän Jumalansa sanat kaikelle kansalle puhunut, niinkuin Herra heidän Jumalansa hänen oli lähettänyt sanomaan heille kaikki nämä sanat:

2 Sanoi Asaria Hosajan poika, ja Johanan Karean poika, ja kaikki ylpiät miehet Jeremialle ja puhuivat: sinä valehtelet, ei Herra meidän Jumalamme ole lähettänyt sinua eikä sanonut: ei teidän pidä menemän Egyptiin asumaan siellä;

3 Mutta Baruk Nerijan poika yllyttää sinua meitä vastaan, että me annettaisiin Kaldealaisten käsiin, tapettaa ja vietää Babeliin.

4 Näin ei tahtonut Johanan Karean poika, ja kaikki sodanpäämiehet, ja kaikki kansa totella Herran ääntä, että he olisivat pysyneet Juudan maalla.

5 Vaan Johanan Karean poika ja kaikki sodanpäämiehet ottivat tykönsä kaikki jääneet Juudasta, ne jotka kaikista kansoista sinne paenneet ja palanneet olivat asumaan Juudan maalla;

6 Miehet ja vaimot ja lapset, niin myös kuninkaan tyttäret, ja kaikki sielut, jotka Nebusaradan, huovinhaltia, Gedalian Ahikamin pojan, Saphanin pojan, haltuun oli jättänyt, ja propheta Jeremian ja Barukin Nerijan pojan.

7 Ja menivät Egyptin maalle, sillä ei he tahtoneet kuulla Herran ääntä, ja tulivat Tahpanhekseen.

8 Ja Herran sana tapahtui Jeremialle Tahpanheksessa ja sanoi:

9 Ota kätees suuret kivet, ja kaiva ne maahan tiilipätsiin, joka on Pharaon huoneen oven kohdalla Tahpanheksessa, niin että Juudan miehet sen näkevät.

10 Ja sano heille: näin sanoo Herra Zebaot, Israelin Jumala: katso, minä lähetän ja annan noutaa palveliani Nebukadnetsarin, Babelin kuninkaan, ja asetan hänen istuimensa näiden kivien päälle, jotka minä olen tähän maahan kaivanut; ja hän on paneva majansa sen päälle.

11 Ja hän on tuleva ja lyövä Egyptin maata; jotka kuolemaan (aiotut ovat), ne (joutuvat) kuolemaan, ja jotka vankiuteen, ne vankiuteen, ja jotka miekkaan, ne miekkaan.

12 Ja minä sytytän tulen epäjumalain huoneisiin Egyptissä, niin että hän polttaa ja vie heidät pois; ja hänen pitää puettaman itsensä Egyptin maahan, niinkuin paimen puettaa itsensä hameesensa, ja pitää menemän sieltä matkaansa rauhassa.

13 Ja hänen pitää murskaksi lyömän Betsemeksen patsaat Egyptissä, ja polttaman Egyptin epäjumalain huoneet tulella.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9503

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9503. 'And you shall put into the ark the Testimony' means Divine Truth, which is the Lord in heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ark' as heaven, dealt with above; and from the meaning of 'the Testimony' as Divine Truth, thus the Lord in heaven, dealt with below. The reason why Divine Truth is the Lord in heaven is that the Lord is Goodness itself and Truth itself, for both emanate from Him and He Himself composes what emanates from Him. So it is that the Lord is heaven, for Divine Truth which emanates from Him and is received by the angels makes heaven. Consequently the more perfect the manner in which angels receive Divine Truth that comes from the Lord and accordingly receive the Lord, the more perfect the human forms they possess. Eventually they become so perfect that their beauty surpasses belief; anyone who sees them, as I have done, will be dumbfounded. For in their outward form angels are manifestations of heavenly love and charity, and that is the truly human form. The reason why angels possess human forms is that the Divine in heaven is the Lord, and those who receive Divine Truth within good from Him are images of Him.

[2] As regards the meaning of 'the Testimony', a distinction is drawn in the Word between laws, statutes, judgements, commandments, testimonies, words, commands, truths, and covenants, as may be recognized from a number of places, especially in David's Psalms 119, where all these terms occur, testimonies doing so in verses 2, 14, 31, 46, 59, 88, 99, 111, 119, 125, 138, 144, 168. A like distinction occurs elsewhere in the same author,

The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple; the commands of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes; the judgements of Jehovah are truth, they are righteous altogether. Psalms 19:7-9.

The like occurs in Moses, at Deuteronomy 4:45; 6:17, 20; also in Jeremiah 44:23; and many times elsewhere. From all this it may be recognized that 'the Testimony' means Divine Truth, which testifies of the Lord, and so means the Word. For in the highest sense of the Word the only subject is the Lord, and this is why the internal sense testifies of Him, that is, contains teachings about Him and about the truths of faith and forms of the good of love which He is the source of. 'Testimony' is again used with this meaning in the Book of Revelation,

... those who had been killed on account of the Word of God and on account of the testimony which they had. Revelation 6:9.

And elsewhere,

They conquered the dragon by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. Revelation 12:11.

'The blood of the Lamb' is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, 7846, 7877, 9127, 9393, while 'the word of their testimony' is Divine Truth received by man. 'Testimony' is used with the same meaning at Revelation 12:17; 19:10.

[3] The fact that Divine Truth emanating from the Lord is called 'the Testimony' because it testifies of the Lord is clear from the Lord's own words in John,

He who comes from heaven is above all. What He has seen and heard, that He testifies. He who receives His testimony has set his seal [to this], that God is truthful. John 3:31-33.

In the same gospel,

I am One who testifies of Myself; and He, the Father, who sent Me testifies of Me. John 8:18.

In the same gospel,

Search the Scriptures; and it is they that testify of Me. John 5:39.

And in the same gospel,

The Paraclete, the Spirit of truth, He will testify of Me. John 15:26-27.

From all this it is clear that Divine Truth is called the Testimony because it testifies of the Lord. This Divine Truth is the Word, for as stated above, the only subject in the highest sense of the Word is the Lord; this is what makes the Word Divine and therefore what makes it holy. Furthermore the Ten Words or the Law which were declared from Mount Sinai, inscribed on two tablets [of stone], and stored in the ark, is what is here called the Testimony. For that Law means the Word or Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, in its entirety, see 9416. It is evident from the Lord's own words to Pilate that He is the One from whom Divine Truth comes,

Pilate said, Are you a king? Jesus answered, You say [it, because] I am a King. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, that I may bear testimony to the truth. John 18:37.

'A king' in the internal sense means Divine Truth, see 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 3670, 4581, 4966, 5044, 5068, 6148. This was why the Lord said, 'I am a King' and, 'For this I was born, that I may bear testimony to the truth', that is, that He Himself is Divine Truth. From all this it is now evident that 'the Testimony' in the ark means Divine Truth and so the Lord in heaven.

  
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Isaiah 55:5

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5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

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