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Matteus 11

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1 Ja kun Jeesus oli antanut kahdelletoista opetuslapselleen kaikki nämä käskyt, niin hän lähti sieltä opettamaan ja saarnaamaan heidän kaupunkeihinsa.

2 Mutta kun Johannes vankilassa ollessaan kuuli Kristuksen teot, lähetti hän opetuslapsiansa

3 sanomaan hänelle: "Oletko sinä se tuleva, vai pitääkö meidän toista odottaman?"

4 Niin Jeesus vastasi ja sanoi heille: "Menkää ja kertokaa Johannekselle, mitä kuulette ja näette:

5 sokeat saavat näkönsä, ja rammat kävelevät, pitaliset puhdistuvat, ja kuurot kuulevat, ja kuolleet herätetään, ja köyhille julistetaan evankeliumia.

6 Ja autuas on se, joka ei loukkaannu minuun."

7 Kun he olivat menneet, rupesi Jeesus puhumaan kansalle Johanneksesta: "Mitä te lähditte erämaahan katselemaan? Ruokoako, jota tuuli huojuttaa?

8 Vai mitä lähditte katsomaan? Ihmistäkö, hienoihin vaatteisiin puettua? Katso, hienopukuiset ovat kuningasten kartanoissa.

9 Vai mitä te lähditte? Profeettaako katsomaan? Totisesti, minä sanon teille: hän on enemmän kuin profeetta.

10 Tämä on se, josta on kirjoitettu: 'Katso, minä lähetän enkelini sinun edelläsi, ja hän on valmistava tiesi sinun eteesi'.

11 Totisesti minä sanon teille: ei ole vaimoista syntyneitten joukosta noussut suurempaa kuin Johannes Kastaja; mutta vähäisin taivasten valtakunnassa on suurempi kuin hän.

12 Mutta Johannes Kastajan päivistä tähän asti hyökätään taivasten valtakuntaa vastaan, ja hyökkääjät tempaavat sen itselleen.

13 Sillä kaikki profeetat ja laki ovat ennustaneet Johannekseen asti;

14 ja jos tahdotte ottaa vastaan: hän on Elias, joka oli tuleva.

15 Jolla on korvat, se kuulkoon.

16 Mutta mihin minä vertaan tämän sukupolven? Se on lasten kaltainen, jotka istuvat toreilla ja huutavat toisilleen

17 sanoen: 'Me soitimme teille huilua, ja te ette karkeloineet; me veisasimme itkuvirsiä, ja te ette valittaneet'.

18 Sillä Johannes tuli, hän ei syö eikä juo, ja he sanovat: 'Hänessä on riivaaja'.

19 Ihmisen Poika tuli, hän syö ja juo, ja he sanovat: 'Katso syömäriä ja viininjuojaa, publikaanien ja syntisten ystävää!' Ja viisaus on oikeaksi näytetty teoissansa."

20 Sitten hän rupesi nuhtelemaan niitä kaupunkeja, joissa useimmat hänen voimalliset tekonsa olivat tapahtuneet, siitä, etteivät ne olleet tehneet parannusta:

21 "Voi sinua, Korasin! Voi sinua, Beetsaida! Sillä jos ne voimalliset teot, jotka ovat tapahtuneet teissä, olisivat tapahtuneet Tyyrossa ja Siidonissa, niin nämä jo aikaa sitten olisivat säkissä ja tuhassa tehneet parannuksen.

22 Mutta minä sanon teille: Tyyron ja Siidonin on tuomiopäivänä oleva helpompi kuin teidän.

23 Ja sinä, Kapernaum, korotetaankohan sinut hamaan taivaaseen? Hamaan tuonelaan on sinun astuttava alas. Sillä jos ne voimalliset teot, jotka ovat tapahtuneet sinussa, olisivat tapahtuneet Sodomassa, niin se seisoisi vielä tänäkin päivänä.

24 Mutta minä sanon teille: Sodoman maan on tuomiopäivänä oleva helpompi kuin sinun."

25 Siihen aikaan Jeesus johtui puhumaan sanoen: "Minä ylistän sinua, Isä, taivaan ja maan Herra, että olet salannut nämä viisailta ja ymmärtäväisiltä ja ilmoittanut ne lapsenmielisille.

26 Niin, Isä, sillä näin on sinulle hyväksi näkynyt.

27 Kaikki on minun Isäni antanut minun haltuuni, eikä kukaan muu tunne Poikaa kuin Isä, eikä Isää tunne kukaan muu kuin Poika ja se, kenelle Poika tahtoo hänet ilmoittaa.

28 Tulkaa minun tyköni, kaikki työtätekeväiset ja raskautetut, niin minä annan teille levon.

29 Ottakaa minun ikeeni päällenne ja oppikaa minusta, sillä minä olen hiljainen ja nöyrä sydämeltä; niin te löydätte levon sielullenne.

30 Sillä minun ikeeni on sovelias, ja minun kuormani on keveä."

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10151

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10151. 'And the altar' means reception of what is Divine from the Lord in the higher heavens. This is clear from the meaning of 'sanctifying' as the reception of what is Divine from the Lord, dealt with above in 10149; and from the meaning of 'the altar' as that which was representative of the Lord in respect of Divine Good, dealt with in 9964, at this point in respect of Divine Good emanating from Him in the heavens where that Good is received, thus in the higher heavens. For these heavens receive the Lord as to His Divine Good, but the lower heavens receive the Lord as to His Divine Truth, in accord with what has been shown immediately above in 10150.

[2] It should be recognized that whatever served to represent the Lord Himself represented heaven also; for what is Divine, emanating from the Lord and received by angels, constitutes heaven. The angels themselves, as to what is properly their own, do not constitute heaven; only what is Divine, received by them from the Lord, does so. The truth of this may be recognized from the consideration that every one of them there acknowledges, believes, and also perceives that not a grain of good originates in themselves, only in the Lord, and that whatever originates in themselves is not good, so that - exactly as the Church teaches - everything good comes down from above. All this being so, it follows that what is Divine and the Lord's is what constitutes heavenly life among them, consequently constitutes heaven. All this goes to show how the idea that the Lord is the All in all of heaven should be understood, that the Lord dwells there in what is His own, and also that 'an angel' in the Word means some attribute that is the Lord's, ideas that have been the subject in various places in what has gone before.

[3] The situation is the same with regard to the Church. People there, as to what is properly their own, do not constitute the Church; only what is Divine, received by them from the Lord, does so. For no one there who fails to acknowledge and believe that the good of love and the truth of faith come entirely from God forms part of the Church, because he wishes to love God with what is his own and to believe in God with what is his own, which however no one is able to do. From this too it is evident that what is Divine and the Lord's constitutes the Church, just as it constitutes heaven. The Church furthermore is the Lord's heaven on earth, and therefore also the Lord is the All in all within the Church, just as He is in heaven, and dwells with people there in what is His own, just as He does with angels in heaven. Also, people of the Church who thus receive what is Divine and the Lord's in love and faith, they and no others, become angels of heaven after life in the world.

[4] That what is Divine and the Lord's constitutes His kingdom with a person, that is, heaven and the Church with him, is also the Lord's teaching in John,

The Spirit of truth will remain with you and will be in you. And you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. John 14:17, 20.

'The Spirit of truth' is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, about which He says that it 'will remain with you'. After this He says that He is in the Father, they are in Him, and He is in them, meaning that they will be in what is Divine and the Lord's, and what is Divine and the Lord's will be in them, by which, it is evident, the Divine Human should be understood. Elsewhere in the same gospel He says,

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in Me. He who abides in Me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you cannot do anything. John 15:4-5.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 10026

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10026. 'And you shall take some of the blood of the young bull' means Divine Truth accommodated to the natural or external man. This is clear from the meaning of 'the blood' as Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the young bull' as the natural level in a person, which must be purified and must have truth and good implanted in it, dealt with in 9990. The reason why the blood is here spoken of first 1 and why some of it must be put on the horns of the altar and the remainder poured out at the base of it is that in the Word 'blood' means Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good, and by means of that Truth all purification is accomplished. For truth teaches a person what good is and how he ought to live; and when the person knows this an affection for or love of good can start to be implanted, and he can thereby be regenerated. For knowledge must be received before a person can possess faith and lead the life of faith, which is the life of good. For the truth that all purification from evils and falsities, and consequently all regeneration, is accomplished by means of the truths of faith, see the places referred to in 9959.

[2] Those who are ignorant of the inner meaning of the Word, thus those who do not know that 'blood' means Divine Truth nor that purification is accomplished by the Lord by means of it, suppose that a person is made pure by the Lord's blood, by which they understand His suffering on the Cross. But let them know that no one is made pure by the Lord's suffering on the Cross, and so by His blood, only by a life in accord with His commandments, as He Himself teaches in many places. The suffering on the Cross was the final stage of temptation which the Lord underwent and through which He fully glorified His Human, as indeed He Himself says in Luke,

Ought not the Christ to have suffered this and to enter into His glory? Luke 24:26.

For the Lord came into the world to subdue the hells and to restore all things to order, even those in the heavens, which was accomplished through the temptations He allowed Himself to undergo. The suffering on the Cross was the final stage of temptation undergone by Him, through which He gained total victory over the hells, brought order to the heavens, and at the same time glorified His Human. And unless He had done all this, no one could have been saved. But see what has already been shown abundantly on these matters in the places referred to in 9528, 9715, 9937, 10019, and that by 'blood', and also 'the Lord's blood', Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Good is meant, 4735, 6378, 6978, 7317, 7326, 7850, 9127, 9393.

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1. i.e. before the fat

  
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