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Matthaeus 14

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1 Zu der Zeit kam das Gerücht von Jesu vor den Vierfürsten Herodes.

2 Und er sprach zu seinen Knechten: Dieser ist Johannes der Täufer; er ist von den Toten auferstanden, darum tut er solche Taten.

3 Denn Herodes hatte Johannes gegriffen, gebunden und in das Gefängnis gelegt von wegen der Herodias, seines Bruders Philippus Weib.

4 Denn Johannes hatte zu ihm gesagt: Es ist nicht recht, daß du sie habest.

5 Und er hätte ihn gerne getötet, fürchtete sich aber vor dem Volk; denn sie hielten ihn für einen Propheten.

6 Da aber Herodes seinen Jahrestag beging, da tanzte die Tochter der Herodias vor ihnen. Das gefiel Herodes wohl.

7 Darum verhieß er ihr mit einem Eide, er wollte ihr geben, was sie fordern würde.

8 Und als sie zuvor von ihrer Mutter zugerichtet war, sprach sie: Gib mir her auf einer Schüssel das Haupt Johannes des Täufers!

9 Und der König ward traurig; doch um des Eides willen und derer, die mit ihm zu Tische saßen, befahl er's ihr zu geben.

10 Und schickte hin und enthauptete Johannes im Gefängnis.

11 Und sein Haupt ward hergetragen in einer Schüssel und dem Mägdlein gegeben; und sie brachte es ihrer Mutter.

12 Da kamen seine Jünger und nahmen seinen Leib und begruben ihn und kamen und verkündigten das Jesu.

13 Da das Jesus hörete, wich er von dannen auf einem Schiff in eine Wüste allein. Und da das Volk das hörete, folgte es ihm nach zu Fuß aus den Städten.

14 Und Jesus ging hervor und sah das große Volk; und es jammerte ihn derselbigen und heilete ihre Kranken.

15 Am Abend aber traten seine Jünger zu ihm und sprachen: Dies ist eine Wüste, und die Nacht fällt daher; laß das Volk von dir, daß sie hin in die Märkte gehen und ihnen Speise kaufen.

16 Aber Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Es ist nicht not, daß sie hingehen; gebt ihr ihnen zu essen!

17 Sie sprachen: Wir haben hier nichts denn fünf Brote und zwei Fische.

18 Und er sprach: Bringet mir sie her!

19 Und er hieß das Volk sich lagern auf das Gras und nahm die fünf Brote und die zwei Fische, sah auf gen Himmel und dankte und brach's und gab die Brote den Jüngern, und die Jünger gaben sie dem Volk.

20 Und sie aßen alle und wurden satt und huben auf, was übrigblieb von Brocken, zwölf Körbe voll.

21 Die aber gegessen hatten, der waren bei fünftausend Mann ohne Weiber und Kinder.

22 Und alsbald trieb Jesus seine Jünger, daß sie in das Schiff traten und vor ihm herüberfuhren, bis er das Volk von sich ließe.

23 Und da er das Volk von sich gelassen hatte, stieg er auf einen Berg alleine, daß er betete. Und am Abend war er alleine daselbst.

24 Und das Schiff war schon mitten, auf dem Meer und litt Not von den Wellen; denn der Wind war ihnen wider.

25 Aber in der vierten Nachtwache kam Jesus zu ihnen und ging auf dem Meer.

26 Und da ihn die Jünger sahen auf dem Meer gehen, erschraken sie und sprachen: Es ist ein Gespenst! und schrieen vor Furcht.

27 Und alsbald redete Jesus mit ihnen und sprach: Seid getrost, ich bin's; fürchtet euch nicht!

28 Petrus aber antwortete ihm und sprach: HERR, bist du es, so heiß mich zu dir kommen auf dem Wasser.

29 Und er sprach: Komm her! Und Petrus trat aus dem Schiff und ging auf dem Wasser, daß er zu Jesu käme.

30 Er sah aber einen starken Wind. Da erschrak er und hub an zu sinken, schrie und sprach: HERR, hilf mir!

31 Jesus aber reckte bald die Hand aus und ergriff ihn und sprach zu ihm: O du Kleingläubiger, warum zweifeltest du?

32 Und sie traten in das Schiff, und der Wind legte sich.

33 Die aber im Schiff waren, kamen und fielen vor ihm nieder und sprachen: Du bist wahrlich Gottes Sohn.

34 Und sie schifften hinüber und kämen in das Land Genezareth.

35 Und da die Leute am selbigen Ort sein gewahr wurden, schickten sie aus in das ganze Land umher und brachten allerlei Ungesunde zu ihm

36 und baten ihn, daß sie nur seines Kleides Saum anrühreten. Und alle, die da anrühreten, wurden gesund.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 254

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254. As I also have overcome, and sit with My Father in His throne, signifies comparatively as Divine good is united to Divine truth in heaven. This is evident from the signification of "overcoming," as being in reference to the Lord Himself, to unite Divine good to Divine truth. Because this was effected through temptations and victories, it is said, "as I also have overcome." (That the Lord united Divine good to Divine truth through temptations admitted into His Human, and then through continued victories, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 201, 293, 302.) "To sit with My Father in His throne" signifies Divine good united to Divine truth in heaven, because "Father," when said by the Lord, means the Divine good that was in Him from conception, and "Son" the Divine truth, both in heaven, "throne" meaning heaven (See above). This Divine of the Lord in the heavens is called Divine truth, but it is Divine good united to Divine truth. (That this is so, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 13, 133, 139-140.)

[2] There is a comparison made between the men of the church and the Lord Himself, in His saying, "He that overcometh I will give to him to sit with Me in My throne, as I also have overcome and sit with My Father in His throne," because the Lord's life in the world was an example according to which the men of the church are to live, as the Lord Himself teaches in John:

I have given unto you an example that ye also should do as I have done to you. If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them (John 13:15, 13:17).

So in other places the Lord compares Himself with others; for example, in John:

Jesus said, Even as the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you; abide ye in My love, as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love (John 15:9-10).

In the same:

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. As Thou didst send Me into the world, even so sent I them into the world (John 17:16, 17:18).

In the same:

As the Father hath sent Me, even so send I you (John 20:21).

In the same:

The glory which Thou hast given Me I have given unto them; that they may be one even as We are one, I in them, Thou in Me. Father, those whom Thou hast given Me, I will that where I am they also may be with Me, that they may behold My glory which Thou hast given Me. I have made known unto them Thy name, and will make it known that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them (John 17:22-24, 17:26).

The Lord spoke of His conjunction with men in the same way as He spoke of His conjunction with the Father, that is, the conjunction of His Human with the Divine that was in Him, for the reason that the Lord is not conjoined with what is man's own [proprio], but with His own that is with man. The Lord removes what is man's own [proprium], and gives of His own, and dwells in that. That this is so is known in the church, as is clear from the customary prayer and exhortation to those who come to the sacrament of the Supper, in which are these words:

If with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy sacrament (for then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ, and drink His blood), then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; and we are one with Christ, and Christ with us. (See also John 6:56. But these things may be better understood from what is shown in the work on Heaven and Hell 11-12.) From this it follows that as the Divine of the Lord received by angels and by men makes heaven and the church with them, they are one with the Lord, as He and the Father are one.

[3] That the meaning of these words of the Lord, that "He sitteth with His Father in His throne," may be more clearly seen, it must be known that "God's throne" is heaven (as was shown in the preceding article), and that heaven is heaven from the Divine that proceeds from the Lord, and this Divine is called Divine truth, but is Divine good united to Divine truth (as was said above). The Lord Himself is not in heaven, but is above the heavens, and is seen by those who are in the heavens as a sun. He is seen as a sun because He is Divine love, and Divine love is seen by the angels as solar fire; this is why "sacred fire" in the Word signifies love Divine. From the Lord as a sun light and heat proceed: the light that proceeds, since it is spiritual light, is Divine truth; and the heat, since it is spiritual heat, is Divine good. This, namely, the Divine good, is what is meant by "the Father in the heavens." (That the Lord is the Sun of Heaven, and that the light and heat therefrom are Divine truth united to Divine good, may be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell 116-125, 126-140; and that Heaven is Heaven from the Divine that proceeds from the Lord, n 7-12.) From this what is meant in the Word by "the Father in the heavens" and by "Heavenly Father" can be seen. Thus in Matthew:

Do good to your enemies, that ye may be sons of your Father who is in the heavens (Matthew 5:44, 45).

In the same:

Ye shall be perfect, as your Father in the heavens is perfect (Matthew 5:48).

In the same:

Ye who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children; how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them who ask Him (Matthew 7:11).

In the same:

He that doeth the will of the Father who is in the heavens shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens (Matthew 7:21).

In the same:

Every plant which the heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up (Matthew 15:13).

Also in other places (as in Matthew 5:16; 6:1, 6, 8; 12:50; 16:17, 18:14, 19, 35; Mark 11:25, 26; Luke 11:13).

[4] That "Father" means the Divine good can be seen also from this passage in Matthew:

Despise not one of these little ones; for their angels do always behold the face of My Father who is in the heavens (Matthew 18:10);

that "they behold the face of the Father who is in the heavens" signifies that they receive Divine good from the Lord; that they do not see His face is evident from the Lord's words in John:

That no one hath ever seen the Father (John 1:18; 5:37; 6:46).

The same can be seen from this passage in Matthew:

Call no man your Father on the earth, for one is your Father who is in the heavens (Matthew 23:9).

It is plain that no one is forbidden to call his father on the earth "father," nor is this here forbidden by the Lord; but this was said because "Father" means the Divine good, and:

No one is good except the one God (Matthew 19:17).

(The Lord spoke thus because "Father" in the Word of both Testaments means in the spiritual sense good, see Arcana Coelestia 3703[1-23], 5902, 6050, 7833, 7834; and also heaven and the church in respect to good, n. 2691, 2717, 3703, 5581, 8897; and "Father," when said by the Lord, means the Divine good of His Divine love, n. 2803, 3704, 7499, 8328, 8897)

  
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