330 - Ten Unpleasant Revelations
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Ten Unpleasant Revelations
Topic: Salvation
Summary: The ten plagues that precede the Exodus are more than unpleasant, yet they also reveal the amazingness of Scripture and even the mercy of the Lord.
References:
Exodus 7:14-25; 8:1-2, 12, 2-10, 13-31; 9; 10:1, 3-29; 11:4-5, 8; 12:31-33
Psalms 90:7-8
This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.
Wheat
As the finest of the grains, wheat fittingly represents the finest of spiritual food, what Swedenborg calls "the good of love and charity" – which is the desire for good that springs from love of the Lord and love of serving others.
From a nutritional standpoint, wheat is packed with complex carbohydrates, a good source of lasting energy – and the desire for good from love of the Lord and love of the neighbor is a good source of lasting spiritual energy. Yet the carbohydrate-rich heart of each grain of wheat is covered by a hull rich with vitamins, protein and fiber, building blocks for the body – much as the desire for good is clothed in ideas of how to put good into action.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 374; Apocalypse Revealed 315; Arcana Coelestia 3941 [1-9], 7605, 9995)