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5 Mose 18

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1 Die Priester, die Leviten des ganzen Stamms Levi, sollen nicht Teil noch Erbe haben mit Israel. Die Opfer des HERRN und sein Erbteil sollen sie essen.

2 Darum sollen sie kein Erbe unter ihren Brüdern haben, daß der HERR ihr Erbe ist, wie er ihnen geredet hat.

3 Das soll aber das Recht der Priester sein an dem Volk und an denen, die da opfern, es sei Ochse oder Schaf, daß man dem Priester gebe den Arm und beide Backen und den Wanst

4 und das Erstling deines Korns, deines Mosts und deines Öls und das Erstling von der Schur deiner Schafe.

5 Denn der HERR, dein Gott, hat ihn erwählet aus allen deinen Stämmen, daß er stehe am Dienst im Namen des HERRN, er und seine Söhne ewiglich.

6 Wenn ein Levit kommt aus irgend einem deiner Tore oder sonst irgend aus ganz Israel, da er ein Gast ist, und kommt nach aller Lust seiner Seele an den Ort, den der HERR erwählet hat,

7 daß er diene im Namen des HERRN, seines Gottes, wie alle seine Brüder, die Leviten, die daselbst vor dem HERRN stehen,

8 die sollen gleichen Teil zu essen haben, über das er hat von dem verkauften Gut seiner Väter.

9 Wenn du in das Land kommst, das dir der HERR, dein Gott, geben wird, so sollst du nicht lernen tun die Greuel dieser Völker.

10 Daß nicht unter dir funden werde, der seinen Sohn oder Tochter durchs Feuer gehen lasse, oder ein Weissager oder ein Tagewähler, oder der auf Vogelgeschrei achte, oder ein Zauberer,

11 oder Beschwörer oder Wahrsager oder Zeichendeuter, oder der die Toten frage.

12 Denn wer solches tut, der ist dem HERRN ein Greuel, und um solcher Greuel willen vertreibt sie der HERR, dein Gott, vor dir her.

13 Du aber sollst ohne Wandel sein mit dem HERRN, deinem Gott.

14 Denn diese Völker, die du einnehmen wirst, gehorchen den Tagewählern und Weissagern; aber du sollst dich nicht also halten gegen den HERRN, deinen Gott.

15 Einen Propheten wie mich wird der HERR, dein Gott, dir erwecken aus dir und aus deinen Brüdern, dem sollt ihr gehorchen.

16 Wie du denn von dem HERRN, deinem Gott, gebeten hast zu Horeb am Tage der Versammlung und sprachest: Ich will fort nicht mehr hören die Stimme des HERRN, meines Gottes, und das große Feuer nicht mehr sehen, daß ich nicht sterbe.

17 Und der HERR sprach zu mir: Sie haben wohl geredet.

18 Ich will ihnen einen Propheten, wie du bist, erwecken aus ihren Brüdern und meine Worte in seinen Mund geben; der soll zu ihnen reden alles, was ich ihm gebieten werde.

19 Und wer meine Worte nicht hören wird, die er in meinem Namen reden wird, von dem will ich's fordern.

20 Doch wenn ein Prophet vermessen ist, zu reden in meinem Namen, das ich ihm nicht geboten habe zu reden, und welcher redet in dem Namen anderer Götter, derselbe Prophet soll sterben.

21 Ob du aber in deinem Herzen sagen würdest: Wie kann ich merken, welches Wort der HERR nicht geredet hat?

22 Wenn der Prophet redet in dem Namen des HERRN, und wird nichts draus und kommt nicht, das ist das Wort, das der HERR nicht geredet hat: der Prophet hat es aus Vermessenheit geredet, darum scheue dich nicht vor ihm.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 745

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745. Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ, signifies that now the Lord has power by His Divine truth to save those who are of His church, who receive Divine truth in heart and soul. This is evident from the signification of "salvation," as being to be saved; and from the signification of "power," as being to have ability, thus possibility (of which presently); from the signification of "kingdom," as being heaven and the church (See above, n. 48, 685); from the signification of "our God," as being the Lord in relation to His Divine; and from the signification of "the authority of His Christ," as being the efficacy of Divine truth, thus by means of Divine truth. That "the Christ" means the Lord in relation to Divine truth may be seen above (n. 684, 685); and that "authority" signifies, in reference to the Lord, the salvation of the human race, may be seen above n. 293; and that the Lord has power to save by means of His Divine truth (n. 333, 726); and because the Lord can save only those who receive Divine truth from Him with heart and soul, this too is signified. From this it is clear that "Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ," signifies that now the Lord has power by His Divine truth to save those who are of His church who receive Divine truth with heart and soul.

[2] It is said "who receive with heart and soul," meaning with love and faith, likewise with the will and understanding; for in the Word when "soul and heart" are both mentioned "soul" signifies faith, likewise understanding, and "heart" signifies love, likewise will; for soul [anima] means there in the ultimate sense the respiration of man, which is also called his "spirit" [or breath], and the verb animare means to respire; also when a man dies he is said "to give up the ghost" [emittere animam et spirituum]. Moreover, it is also from correspondence that "soul" signifies faith, also the understanding, and that "heart" signifies love, as also the will; for faith and understanding correspond to the breathing [animatio] or respiration of the lungs, and the love and will correspond to the motion and pulsation of the heart (on which correspondence see above, n. 167; and the Arcana Coelestia 2930, 3883-3896, 9050).

[3] "Now is come the salvation and the power of our God" signifies that the Lord is now able to save; so "power" here signifies to have ability, thus the possibility, because the Lord could not save those who were of His church before the dragon with his angels had been driven out, that is, separated from heaven. One who does not know the laws of Divine order might believe that the Lord can save anyone He pleases, thus the evil as well as the good; and for this reason some are of the opinion that in the end all who are in hell will be saved. But that no one can be saved by immediate mercy, but only by mediate, and that still it is from pure mercy, that those who receive Divine truth from the Lord in soul and heart are saved, may be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell 521-527.

[4] This is also meant by these words in John:

His own received Him not; but as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become sons of God, to them that believe on His name; who were born not of bloods nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:11-13).

"His own" who received Him not mean those who are of the church where the Word is, and to whom the Lord could be known through the Word; therefore those who were of the Jewish Church are here meant by "His own." That the Lord would "give to those that believe on His name power to become sons of God" signifies that He gives heaven to those 1 who receive Divine truths from Him in soul and heart, or in faith and life; "to believe on His name" meaning to receive the Lord in faith and life, for "the name of the Lord" signifies everything by which He is worshiped; "sons of God" mean those who are regenerated by the Lord; "who are born not of bloods" signifies who have not falsified and adulterated the Word; "nor of the will of the flesh" signifies who are not in evils from what is their own [proprium]; "nor of the will of man" signifies who are not in falsities from what is their own [proprium], for the "will" signifies what is man's own [proprium], "flesh" signifies evil, and "man" [vir] signifies falsity; "but born of God" signifies those who have been regenerated by truths from the Word and by a life according to them. From this it can be seen that those who are not willing to be reformed and regenerated by the Lord, which is effected by the reception of Divine truth in faith and life, cannot be saved.

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1. The Latin has "to him who receive," for "to them."

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.