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Mooseksen kirja 34

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1 Ja Mooses nousi Mooabin arolta Nebon vuorelle, Pisgan huipulle, vastapäätä Jerikoa. Ja Herra näytti hänelle koko maan: Gileadin Daaniin asti,

2 koko Naftalin, Efraimin ja Manassen maan, koko Juudan maan aina Länsimereen asti,

3 Etelämaan sekä Lakeuden, se on Jerikon, Palmukaupungin, laakson, aina Sooariin asti.

4 Ja Herra sanoi hänelle: "Tämä on se maa, jonka minä valalla vannoen olen luvannut Aabrahamille, Iisakille ja Jaakobille, sanoen: 'Sinun jälkeläisillesi minä annan sen'. Minä olen nyt antanut sinun omin silmin nähdä sen, mutta sinne sinä et mene."

5 Ja Herran palvelija Mooses kuoli siellä Mooabin maassa, Herran sanan mukaan.

6 Ja hän hautasi hänet laaksoon Mooabin maahan, vastapäätä Beet-Peoria, mutta ei kukaan ole saanut tietää hänen hautaansa tähän päivään asti.

7 Ja Mooses oli kuollessaan sadan kahdenkymmenen vuoden vanha, mutta hänen silmänsä eivät olleet hämärtyneet, eikä hänen elinvoimansa ollut kadonnut.

8 Ja israelilaiset itkivät Moosesta Mooabin arolla kolmekymmentä päivää; sitten päättyi Mooseksen muistoksi vietetty itku-ja suruaika.

9 Ja Joosua, Nuunin poika, oli täynnä viisauden henkeä, sillä Mooses oli pannut kätensä hänen päällensä; ja israelilaiset tottelivat häntä ja tekivät, niinkuin Herra oli Moosekselle käskyn antanut.

10 Mutta Israelissa ei enää noussut yhtäkään sellaista profeettaa kuin Mooses, jonka kanssa Herra seurusteli kasvoista kasvoihin;

11 ei ketään, joka olisi tehnyt sellaisia tunnustekoja ja ihmeitä, kuin hän Herran lähettämänä teki Egyptin maassa faraolle ja kaikille hänen palvelijoillensa, koko hänen maallensa;

12 ei ketään, jolla olisi ollut niin väkevä käsi ja joka olisi tehnyt niin suuria, peljättäviä tekoja, kuin hän teki koko Israelin silmien edessä.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 474

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474. Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever. (10:6; 10:6) This symbolizes an attestation and testification of the Lord on His own authority.

The angel standing on the sea and on the land means the Lord (no. 470). Lifting up the hand to heaven symbolizes an attestation, here that there should be no more time (verse 6). Swearing symbolizes a testification, here that in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel the mystery of God would be concluded (verse 7). He who lives forever and ever means the Lord, as in Revelation 1:18; 4:9-10, and 5:14 above, and in Daniel 4:34. That the Lord swears on His own authority will be seen shortly.

It is apparent from this that the statement, "Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever," symbolizes an attestation and testification of the Lord on His own authority.

[2] That Jehovah swears or testifies on His own authority is clear from the following passages:

I have sworn by Myself; a word has gone out of My mouth (which) shall not return... (Isaiah 45:23)

I swear by Myself... that this house shall become a desolation. (Jeremiah 22:5)

Jehovah... has sworn by His soul. (Jeremiah 51:14, Amos 6:8)

...Jehovah has sworn by His holiness. (Amos 4:2)

Jehovah has sworn by His right hand and by the arm of His strength. (Isaiah 62:8)

Behold, I have sworn by My great name... (Jeremiah 44:26)

That Jehovah, which is to say, the Lord, swore by Himself or on His own authority means, symbolically, that Divine truth attests; for the Lord is Divine truth itself, and this attests of itself and on its own authority.

In addition to these passages, that Jehovah swore may be seen in Isaiah 14:24; 54:9, Psalms 89:3, 35; 95:11; 110:4; 132:11.

We are told that Jehovah swore because the church established with the children of Israel was a representational church, and the conjunction of the Lord with the church was represented by a covenant, like one made between two parties who swear to their compact. Therefore, because an oath was a part of any covenant, we are told that Jehovah swore. Still, this does not mean that He swore, but that Divine truth attests to something.

[3] That an oath was a part of any covenant is apparent from the following:

I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, so that you became Mine... (Ezekiel 16:8)

...to remember His covenant, the oath which He swore... (Luke 1:72-73; cf. Psalms 105:9, Jeremiah 11:5; 32:22, Deuteronomy 1:34; 10:11; 11:9, 21; 26:3, 15; 31:20; 34:4)

Because the covenant was representative of the conjunction of the Lord with the church, and reciprocally of the church with the Lord, and because an oath was a part of any covenant and was to be sworn on the ground of the truth in it, being sworn thus also in appeal to that truth, therefore the children of Israel were permitted to swear by Jehovah, and so in appeal to Divine truth (Exodus 20:7, Leviticus 19:12, Deuteronomy 6:13; 10:20, Isaiah 48:1; 65:16, Jeremiah 4:2, Zechariah 5:4).

After the representative constituents of the church were abrogated, however, the Lord also abrogated oaths to covenants (Matthew 5:33-37; 23:16-22).

  
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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.