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3 Mose 26

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1 Ihr sollt euch keinen Götzen machen noch Bild, und sollt euch keine SäuLE aufrichten, noch keinen Malstein setzen in eurem Lande, daß ihr davor anbetet; denn ich bin der HERR, euer Gott.

2 Haltet meine Sabbate und fürchtet euch vor meinem Heiligtum! Ich bin der HERR.

3 Werdet ihr in meinen Satzungen wandeln und meine Gebote halten und tun,

4 so will, ich euch Regen geben zu seiner Zeit, und das Land soll sein Gewächs geben und die Bäume auf dem Felde ihre Früchte bringen.

5 Und die Dreschzeit soll reichen bis zur Weinernte, und die Weinernte soll reichen bis zur Zeit der Saat. Und sollt Brots die FülLE haben und sollt sicher in eurem Lande wohnen.

6 Ich will Frieden geben in eurem Lande, daß ihr schlafet, und euch niemand schrecke. Ich will die bösen Tiere aus eurem Lande tun, und soll kein Schwert durch euer Land gehen.

7 Ihr sollt eure Feinde jagen, und sie sollen vor euch her ins Schwert fallen.

8 Euer fünf sollen hundert jagen, und euer hundert sollen zehntausend jagen; denn eure Feinde sollen vor euch her fallen ins Schwert.

9 Und ich will mich zu euch wenden und will euch wachsen und mehren lassen und will meinen Bund euch halten.

10 Und sollt von dem Firnen essen, und wenn das Neue kommt, das Firne wegtun.

11 Ich will meine Wohnung unter euch haben, und meine SeeLE soll euch nicht verwerfen.

12 Und will unter euch wandeln und will euer Gott sein; so sollt ihr mein Volk sein.

13 Denn ich bin der HERR, euer Gott, der euch aus Ägyptenland geführet hat, daß ihr nicht ihre Knechte wäret, und habe euer Joch zerbrochen und habe euch aufgerichtet wandeln lassen.

14 Werdet ihr aber mir nicht gehorchen und nicht tun diese Gebote alle,

15 und werdet meine Satzungen verachten, und eure SeeLE meine Rechte verwerfen, daß ihr nicht tut alLE meine Gebote, und werdet meinen Bund lassen anstehen,

16 so will ich euch auch solches tun: Ich will euch heimsuchen mit Schrecken, Schwulst und Fieber, daß euch die Angesichte verfallen und der Leib verschmachte; ihr sollt umsonst euren Samen säen, und eure Feinde sollen ihn fressen.

17 und ich will mein Antlitz wider euch stellen, und sollt geschlagen werden vor euren Feinden; und die euch hassen, sollen über euch herrschen; und sollt fliehen, da euch niemand jaget.

18 So ihr aber über das noch nicht mir gehorchet, so will ich's noch siebenmal mehr machen, euch zu strafen um eure Sünde,

19 daß ich euren Stolz und Halsstarrigkeit breche; und will euren Himmel wie Eisen und eure Erde wie Erz machen.

20 Und eure Mühe und Arbeit soll verloren sein, daß euer Land sein Gewächs nicht gebe und die Bäume im Lande ihre Früchte nicht bringen.

21 Und wo ihr mir entgegen wandelt und mich nicht hören wollt, so will ich's noch siebenmal mehr machen, auf euch zu schlagen um eurer Sünde willen.

22 Und will wilde Tiere unter euch senden, die sollen eure Kinder fressen und euer Vieh zerreißen und euer weniger machen; und eure Straßen sollen wüste werden.

23 Werdet ihr euch aber damit noch nicht von mir züchtigen lassen und mir entgegen wandeln,

24 will ich euch auch entgegen wandeln und will euch noch siebenmal mehr schlagen um eurer Sünde willen.

25 Und will ein Racheschwert über euch bringen, das meinen Bund rächen soll. Und ob ihr euch in eure Städte versammelt, will ich doch die Pestilenz unter euch senden und will euch in eurer Feinde Hände geben.

26 Dann will ich euch den Vorrat des Brots verderben, daß zehn Weiber sollen euer Brot in einem Ofen backen, und euer Brot soll man mit Gewicht auswägen, und wenn ihr esset, sollt ihr nicht satt werden.

27 Werdet ihr aber dadurch mir noch nicht gehorchen und mir entgegen wandeln,

28 so will ich auch euch im Grimm entgegen wandeln und will euch siebenmal mehr strafen um eure Sünde,

29 daß ihr sollt eurer Söhne und Töchter Fleisch fressen.

30 Und will eure Höhen vertilgen und eure Bilder ausrotten; und will eure Leichname auf eure Götzen werfen; und meine SeeLE wird an euch Ekel haben.

31 Und will eure Städte wüste machen und eures Heiligtums Kirchen einreißen; und will euren süßen Geruch nicht riechen.

32 Also will ich das Land wüste machen, daß eure Feinde, so drinnen wohnen, sich davor entsetzen werden.

33 Euch aber will ich unter die Heiden streuen und das Schwert ausziehen hinter euch her, daß euer Land soll wüste sein und eure Städte verstöret.

34 Alsdann wird das Land ihm seine Feier gefallen lassen, solange es wüste liegt, und ihr in der Feinde Land seid; ja, dann wird das Land feiern und ihm seine Feier gefallen lassen,

35 solange es wüste liegt, darum daß es nicht feiern konnte, da ihr's solltet feiern lassen, da ihr drinnen wohnetet.

36 Und denen; die von euch überbleiben, will ich ein feig Herz machen in ihrer Feinde Land, daß sie soll ein rauschend Blatt jagen; und sollen fliehen davor, als jagte sie ein Schwert, und fallen, da sie niemand jaget

37 Und soll einer über den andern hinfallen, gleich als vor dem Schwert, und doch sie niemand jaget; und ihr sollt euch nicht auflehnen dürfen wider eure Feinde.

38 Und ihr sollt umkommen unter den Heiden, und eurer Feinde Land soll euch fressen.

39 Welche aber von euch überbleiben, die sollen in ihrer Missetat verschmachten in der Feinde Land; auch in ihrer Väter Missetat sollen sie verschmachten.

40 Da werden sie denn bekennen ihre Missetat und ihrer Väter Missetat, damit sie sich an mir versündiget und mir entgegen gewandelt haben.

41 Darum will ich auch ihnen entgegen wandeln und will sie in ihrer Feinde Land wegtreiben. Da wird sich ja ihr unbeschnittenes Herz demütigen, und dann werden sie ihnen die Strafe ihrer Missetat gefallen lassen.

42 Und ich werde gedenken an meinen Bund mit Jakob und an meinen Bund mit Isaak und an meinen Bund mit Abraham und werde an das Land gedenken,

43 das von ihnen verlassen ist und ihm seine Feier gefallen lässet, dieweil es wüste von ihnen liegt, und sie ihnen die Strafe ihrer Missetat gefallen lassen, darum daß sie meine Rechte verachtet, und ihre SeeLE an meinen Satzungen Ekel gehabt hat.

44 Auch wenn sie schon in der Feinde Land sind, habe ich sie gleichwohl nicht verworfen, und ekelt mich ihrer nicht also, daß es mit ihnen aus sein sollte, und mein Bund mit ihnen sollte nicht mehr gelten; denn ich bin der HERR, ihr Gott.

45 Und will über sie an meinen ersten Bund gedenken, da ich sie aus Ägyptenland führete vor den Augen der Heiden, daß ich ihr Gott wäre, ich der HERR.

46 Dies sind die Satzungen und Rechte und Gesetze, die der HERR zwischen ihm und den Kindern Israel gestellet hat auf dem Berge Sinai durch die Hand Moses.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 366

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366. That they should kill one another. That this signifies the falsification or extinction of truths, is manifest from the signification of killing, as denoting to extinguish truths; for by killing in the Word is signified to kill spiritually, or to kill the spiritual part of man or his soul, which is to extinguish truths. The reason why it also denotes to falsify, is, because when truths are falsified, they are also extinguished; for by falsification a different understanding of them is arrived at, and truth is truth according to the understanding of any one concerning it; for the love and the principle which have rule in man, draw and apply all things to them, even truths themselves; wherefore, when the love is evil, or the principle false, then the truths are infected with the evil of the love, or the falsity of the principle, and so are extinguished; this therefore is what is here signified by, "that they should kill one another." That this takes place when there is no good with man, and especially when there is no good in the doctrine of his church, is manifest from the preceding words, where it is said: "When he had opened the second seal, there went out a red horse; and it was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth"; by which is signified a second state of the church, when the understanding of the Word is destroyed as to good, whence divisions arise in the church (concerning which see above, n. 361, 364, 365).

[2] That the understanding of the Word, or, what is the same, the understanding of truth, is destroyed when there is no good with man, that is, where there is no love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, may be seen above (n. 365); for good in man, or what is the same, love in him, is the fire of his life, and truth in him, or the faith of truth, is the light thence; therefore according to the quality of the good or the quality of the love in him, such is the truth, or the faith of truth in him. Hence it is evident that if man is in evil, or in an evil love, he cannot be in the truth, or in the faith of truth; for the quality of the light which issues from that fire, is light to those who are in hell, which is a fatuous light, like the light from burning coals, which light is turned into mere darkness from the light flowing in from heaven. Such also is the light called natural light (lumen) with the evil, when they reason against the things of the church.

[3] That they should falsify truths and thereby extinguish them, is also meant by the Lord's words in Matthew:

Jesus said to the disciples, "The brother shall deliver up the brother, the father the son; the children shall rise up against the parents, and cause them to be put to death" (10:21).

And in Luke:

"Ye shall be betrayed by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death" (21:16).

By parents, brethren, children, [kinsfolk,] and friends, are not meant here parents, brethren, children, kinsfolk, friends, nor by disciples are meant disciples, but the goods and truths of the church, also evils and falsities; and that evils will extinguish goods, and falsities truths. (That such things are signified by these names, see the Arcana Coelestia 10490.)

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Arcana Coelestia # 10490

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10490. 'And kill [every] man his brother, and [every] man his companion, and [every] man his neighbour' means a shutting off to prevent any reception and transmission of inflowing goodness and truth, and of the things touching on them. This is clear from the meaning of 'killing' as taking spiritual life away, thus taking the good of love and the truth of faith away, and therefore at this point as a shutting off to prevent any reception and transmission of them, for when they have been removed, so too has spiritual life been taken away and only natural life remains (for the meaning of 'killing' as taking spiritual life away, see 3387, 3395, 3607, 6767, 7043, 8902); from the meaning of 'brother' as the good of love and charity, dealt with in 3815, 4121, 4191, 5409, 5686, 5692, 6756; from the meaning of 'companion' as the truth of that good; and from the meaning of 'neighbour' as that which is linked to them, dealt with in 5911, 9378, thus that which touches on them. For people whose borders touch are neighbours. From all this it is evident that 'kill [every] man his brother, and [every] man his companion, and [every] man his neighbour' means a shutting off of what is internal with that nation to prevent any reception by them or transmission to them of inflowing goodness, truth, or anything that touches on them.

[2] The implications of all this are that because that nation was idolatrous at heart, ruled completely by the kinds of love in which hell consists, and yet worship representative of heavenly realities was to be established among them, their internals were altogether shut off. They were shut off for two reasons, the first being in order that external things alone with them, devoid of anything internal, might be the means by which the joining to heaven could be effected, and the second in order that the holy things of the Church and of heaven might not be rendered profane. For if that nation had acknowledged the internal things of worship, that is, the holy things of the Church and of heaven which were being represented, they would have defiled them and rendered them profane. This explains why little if any was clearly revealed to that nation about heaven and life after death, and why they were totally ignorant of the truth that the Messiah's kingdom existed in heaven. That nation is still like this at the present day, as is well known.

[3] But see what has been shown regarding that nation in the places referred to above in 10396, for instance the following,

Their whole interest lay in external things and not in anything internal, 4293, 4311, 4459(end), 4834, 4844, 4847, 4865, 4868, 4874, 4903, 4913, 9320, 9373, 9380, 9381.

Consequently their worship was merely external, 3147, 3479, 8871.

Nor did they wish to know about the inner things of worship and of the Word, 3479, 4429, 4433, 4680.

If they had known the holy inner things they would have rendered them profane, 3398, 3489, 4289.

Therefore they were not allowed to know those things, 301, 302, 304, 2520, 3769.

Nevertheless through the outward things of worship among them, which were representative of heavenly realities, there was contact with heaven, 4311, 4444, 6304, 8588, 8788, 8806.

These then are the things that should be understood and are meant by the words commanding them to kill [every] man his brother, [every] man his companion, and [every] man his neighbour.

[4] Anyone who does not know that brothers, companions, neighbours, and further names describing human relationships serve to mean the Church and heaven's forms of good and truths, or their opposites, which are evils and falsities, cannot know what is implied by very many places in the Word where those names occur, such as in the following places: In Matthew,

Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man (homo) against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever loves father or mother above Me is not worthy of Me; and whoever loves son or daughter above Me is not worthy of Me. And whoever does not take up his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. Matthew 10:34-38.

These verses refer to spiritual conflicts, which are the temptations that those who are to be regenerated must undergo. Thus they refer to the strife a person experiences at that time between the evils and falsities which come to him from hell and the forms of good and the truths which come to him from the Lord. Since those conflicts are what is described here the declaration 'whoever does not take up his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me' is made, 'cross' being used to mean a person's state during temptations. Anyone who does not know that these kinds of things are meant by 'man and father', 'daughter and mother', 'daughter-in-law and mother-in-law' will suppose that the Lord came into the world to remove the peace in households and families and to introduce strife, when in fact He came to bring peace and remove strife, as accords with His words in John 14:27, and elsewhere.

[5] The fact that strife between the internal man and the external is described in those verses is clear from the meaning in the internal sense of 'man and father', 'daughter and mother', and 'daughter-in-law and mother-in-law'. In that sense 'man' (homo) means good which comes from the Lord, and 'father' evil which springs from a person's self; 'daughter' means an affection for goodness and truth, and 'mother' an affection for evil and falsity; and 'daughter-in-law' means the Church's truth linked to its good, and 'mother-in-law' falsity linked to its evil. And since the conflict that takes place between the forms of good and the evils residing with a person, and between the falsities and truths, is described in that manner those verses also contain the declaration 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household'. By 'those of his own household' the things that reside with a person are meant, thus those which belong properly to himself, while 'enemies' in the spiritual sense are the evils and falsities that attack forms of good and truths. The fact that such things are meant by 'man', 'father', 'daughter', 'mother', 'daughter-in-law', and 'mother-in-law' has been shown in various places in the explanations.

[6] The like is meant by the following words in Matthew,

Brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his son; and children will rise up against parents and put them to death. Matthew 10:21.

Also by the following in Luke,

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even his own soul, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. So therefore any of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be My disciple. Luke 14:26-27, 33.

Is there anyone who does not see that these words should not be taken literally, at the very least from the fact that they say without any qualification that father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters must be hated before anyone can be the Lord's disciple, when yet it is one of the Lord's commands, in Matthew 5:43-44, that no one should be hated, not even an enemy?

[7] It is self-evident that the things which are a person's own, that is, evils and falsities in their own order, should be understood by the names of those family members, since it also says that he must hate his own soul and renounce all his possessions, that is, the things which are properly his. The state of temptation or spiritual conflict is also described here, for it says, 'whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple'. 'Being the Lord's disciple' means being led by Him and not by self, thus by the forms of good and the truths which come from the Lord and not by the evils and falsities which come from the person.

[8] The Word should be understood in a like manner in other places where those names are used, such as in Jeremiah,

They do not pay attention to My words; and My law, they reject it. Therefore thus said Jehovah, Behold, I am laying before this people stumbling-blocks, that fathers and sons together may stumble against them, a neighbour and his companion, and may perish. Jeremiah 6:19, 21.

In the same prophet,

I will scatter them, [every] man with his brother, [and fathers] and sons together. I will not spare, nor forgive, nor pity, that I should not destroy them. Jeremiah 13:14.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah caused many to stumble 1 ; also [every] man fell upon his companion. Jeremiah 46:16.

And in Isaiah,

I will embroil Egypt with Egypt, in order that a man may fight against his brother, and a man against his companion. Isaiah 19:2.

In these places also the like should be understood by 'fathers', 'sons', 'brothers', and 'companions'.

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1. literally, Jehovah multiplied the stumblers

  
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