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1 Mose 18

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1 Und Jehova erschien ihm bei den Terebinthen Mamres; und er saß an dem Eingang des Zeltes bei der Hitze des Tages.

2 Und er hob seine Augen auf und sah: und siehe, drei Männer standen vor ihm; und als er sie sah, lief er ihnen entgegen von dem Eingang des Zeltes und beugte sich nieder zur Erde;

3 und er sprach: Herr, wenn ich anders Gnade gefunden habe in deinen Augen, so gehe doch nicht an deinem Knechte vorüber!

4 Es werde doch ein wenig Wasser geholt, und waschet eure Füße; und lagert euch (Eig. lehnet euch nieder) unter dem Baume,

5 und ich will einen Bissen Brot holen, und stärket euer Herz; danach möget ihr weitergehen; da ihr nun einmal (O. denn darum seid ihr) vorbeigekommen seid bei eurem Knechte. Und sie sprachen: Tue also, wie du geredet hast.

6 Da eilte Abraham ins Zelt zu Sara und sprach: Nimm schnell drei Maß Feinmehl, knete und mache Kuchen! (Brotkuchen, die in heißer Asche rasch gebacken werden konnten)

7 Und Abraham lief zu den indern und nahm ein Kalb, zart und gut, und gab es dem Knaben; und der beeilte sich, es zuzubereiten.

8 Und er holte dicke und süße Milch und das Kalb, das er zubereitet hatte, und setzte es ihnen vor; und er stand vor ihnen unter dem Baume, und sie aßen.

9 Und sie sprachen zu ihm: Wo ist Sara, dein Weib? Und er sprach: Siehe, im Zelte.

10 Und er sprach: Gewißlich werde ich übers Jahr wieder zu dir kommen, und siehe, Sara, dein Weib, wird einen Sohn haben. Und Sara horchte am Eingang des Zeltes, der hinter ihm war.

11 Und Abraham und Sara waren alt, wohlbetagt; es hatte aufgehört, Sara zu ergehen nach der Weiber Weise.

12 Und Sara lachte in ihrem Innern und sprach: Nachdem ich alt geworden (Eig. abgewelkt) bin, sollte ich Wollust haben? Und mein Herr ist ja alt!

13 Und Jehova sprach zu Abraham: Warum hat Sara denn gelacht und gesagt: Sollte ich auch wirklich gebären, da ich doch alt bin?

14 Ist für Jehova eine Sache zu wunderbar? Zur bestimmten Zeit übers Jahr werde ich wieder zu dir kommen, und Sara wird einen Sohn haben.

15 Und Sara leugnete und sprach: Ich habe nicht gelacht! denn sie fürchtete sich. Er aber sprach: Nein, sondern du hast gelacht.

16 Und die Männer erhoben sich von dannen und blickten hin nach Sodom; und Abraham ging mit ihnen, sie zu geleiten.

17 Und Jehova sprach: Sollte ich vor Abraham verbergen, was ich tun will?

18 Wird doch Abraham gewißlich zu einer großen und mächtigen Nation werden, und sollen doch in ihm gesegnet werden alle Nationen der Erde!

19 Denn ich habe ihn erkannt, auf daß er seinen Kindern und seinem Hause nach ihm befehle, (And. üb. Ich kenne ihn, daß er seinen Kindern… befehlen wird) daß sie den Weg Jehovas bewahren, Gerechtigkeit und echt zu üben, (O. indem Sie Gerechtigkeit und echt üben) damit Jehova auf Abraham kommen lasse, was er über ihn geredet hat.

20 Und Jehova sprach: Weil das Geschrei von Sodom und Gomorra groß, und weil ihre Sünde sehr schwer ist,

21 so will ich doch hinabgehen und sehen, ob sie nach ihrem Geschrei, das vor mich gekommen ist, völlig getan haben; und wenn nicht, so will ich’s wissen.

22 Und die Männer wandten sich von dannen und gingen nach Sodom; Abraham aber blieb noch vor Jehova stehen.

23 Und Abraham trat hinzu und sprach: Willst du denn den Gerechten mit dem Gesetzlosen wegraffen?

24 Vielleicht sind fünfzig Gerechte innerhalb der Stadt; willst du sie denn wegraffen und dem Orte nicht vergeben um der fünfzig Gerechten willen, die darin sind?

25 Fern sei es von dir, so etwas zu tun, den Gerechten mit dem Gesetzlosen zu töten, so daß der Gerechte sei wie der Gesetzlose; fern sei es von dir! Sollte der ichter der ganzen Erde nicht echt üben?

26 Und Jehova sprach: Wenn ich in Sodom, innerhalb der Stadt, fünfzig Gerechte finde, so will ich um ihretwillen dem ganzen Orte vergeben.

27 Und Abraham antwortete und sprach: Siehe doch, ich habe mich unterwunden zu dem Herrn zu reden, und ich bin Staub und Asche.

28 Vielleicht mögen an den fünfzig Gerechten fünf fehlen; willst du wegen der fünf die ganze Stadt verderben? Und er sprach: Ich will sie nicht verderben, wenn ich 45 daselbst finde.

29 Und er fuhr fort, weiter zu ihm zu reden, und sprach: Vielleicht mögen vierzig daselbst gefunden werden. Und er sprach: Ich will es nicht tun um der vierzig willen.

30 Und er sprach: Möge doch der Herr nicht zürnen, und ich will reden. Vielleicht mögen dreißig daselbst gefunden werden. Und er sprach: Ich will es nicht tun, wenn ich dreißig daselbst finde.

31 Und er sprach: Siehe doch, ich habe mich unterwunden, zu dem Herrn zu reden; vielleicht mögen zwanzig daselbst gefunden werden. Und er sprach: Ich will nicht verderben um der zwanzig willen.

32 Und er sprach: Möge doch der Herr nicht zürnen, und ich will nur noch diesmal reden. Vielleicht mögen zehn daselbst gefunden werden. Und er sprach: Ich will nicht verderben um der zehn willen.

33 Und Jehova ging weg, als er mit Abraham ausgeredet hatte; und Abraham kehrte zurück an seinen Ort.

   

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2159. That 'servant' means the Lord's human before it was made Divine becomes clear from many places in the Prophets. The reason, which has been given frequently already, is this: The Lord's human, before He cast it off and made it Divine, was nothing else than a servant. His human came from the mother and was for that reason imperfect. From her it possessed a hereditary element which He overcame and utterly cast aside by means of the conflicts brought about by temptations. He did so even to the point when nothing was left of the imperfect and hereditary element received from the mother, indeed until at length nothing whatever from the mother remained. He cast off that which came from the mother so completely that He was no longer her son, as He also Himself declares in Mark,

They said to Jesus, Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside, asking for You. And He answered them. saying, Who is My mother, or My brothers? And looking around on those who were sitting around Him He said, Behold My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of God is My brother, and My sister, and My mother. Mark 3:32-35; Matthew 12:46-50; Luke 8:20-21.

[2] Once He had cast off this human He put on the Divine Human, by virtue of which He called Himself the Son of Man, as may be seen many times in the New Testament Word, and also the Son of God. By 'the Son of Man' He meant truth itself and by 'the Son of God' good itself which belonged to His Human Essence once this had been made Divine. The former state was that of the Lord's humiliation but the latter that of His glorification, which has been dealt with already in 1999.

[3] In the former state, namely the state of humiliation, when He still had the imperfect human with Him, He worshipped Jehovah as one other than Himself, and was indeed like a servant, for the imperfect human is by comparison nothing else. In the Word also therefore that human is referred to as 'a servant', as in Isaiah,

I will protect this city to save it for My own sake and for the sake of David My servant. Isaiah 37:35.

This refers to the Assyrians in whose camp an angel slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand. 'David' stands for the Lord who, because He is yet to come, is, as regards the human, called 'a servant'. That 'David' in the Word stands for the Lord, see 1888.

[4] In the same prophet,

Behold, My servant on whom I will lean, My chosen [in whom] My soul is well pleased. I have put My spirit upon him; he will bring forth judgement to the nations. Isaiah 42:1.

This is a plain reference to the Lord, of whom, when He was in the human, the expressions 'servant' and 'chosen one' are used. In the same prophet,

Who is blind but My servant, and deaf as My angel 1 whom I will send? Who is blind as the perfect one, and blind as the servant or Jehovah? Isaiah 42:19.

This too is a reference to the Lord, of whom in a similar way, when He was in the human, the expressions 'servant' and 'angel' are used.

[5] In the same prophet,

You are My witnesses, said Jehovah, and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Isaiah 43:10.

In the same prophet,

[Then] said Jehovah who formed me from the womb, to be a servant to Him, to bring back Jacob to Him, and that Israel might be gathered to Him - He said, It is a light thing that you should be a servant to Me to raise up the tribes of Jacob. I have given you as a light of the nations, to be My salvation right to the ends of the earth. Isaiah 49:5-6.

This too is a plain reference to the Lord and to His human before it was made 'a light of the nations' and 'a salvation to the ends of the earth'. In the same prophet,

Who among you fears Jehovah, hearkens to the voice of His servant who walks in darkness and has no brightness? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah and lean on his God. Isaiah 50:10.

'Servant' again stands for the Lord's human. His teaching of the way of truth, while He was in that Human, is meant by 'the voice of Jehovah's servant'.

[6] In the same prophet,

Jehovah goes before you, and the God of Israel gathers you up. Behold, My servant will deal wisely; he will be raised up and exalted and lifted up very high. Isaiah 52:12-13.

'Servant' is clearly used in reference to the Lord when He was in the human, because it is said of Him that He will be raised up, exalted, and lifted up. In the same prophet,

He had no form and no honour. We saw him, but there was no beauty in him. He was despised, a man of sorrows, acquainted with sickness. Jehovah was willing to bruise him and make him imperfect. If he makes his soul guilt he will see his seed he will prolong his days, and the will of Jehovah will prosper by his hand. He will see [the fruit of] the travail of his soul and be satisfied; by his knowledge will the righteous one My servant make many righteous; and He has borne their iniquities. Isaiah 53:2-3, 10-11.

Here reference is openly made, as in the whole of this chapter, to the Lord's state of humiliation. The fact that in that state He was in the imperfect human is also declared, namely in the statements that He was 'a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief', 'was made imperfect', and experienced 'the travail of his soul', besides many other statements, in which state He is referred to as 'a servant'.

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Luke 7

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1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.

3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:

5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.

12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.

17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.

18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.

19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.

22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.

26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.

36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.

41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.