Arcana Coelestia # 10239
10239. 'And Aaron and his sons shall wash in it' means a representative sign of the purification and regeneration of a person by the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'washing' as purification, dealt with above in 10237; from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Celestial Good, dealt with in 9806, 10068; and from the representation of 'Aaron's sons' as the Lord in respect of Divine Spiritual Good, dealt with in 9807, 10068. From these places it is evident that 'Aaron and his sons shall wash in it' means a representative sign of the purification of a person by the Lord. The reason why a representative sign of regeneration as well is meant is that regeneration as well was represented by washing, that is to say, washing the whole body, which was called baptizing. And baptizing or baptism is the sign of regeneration, see 4255, 9088.
[2] But regeneration is different from purification in that regeneration comes first and purification afterwards. None can be purified from evils and falsities except those who are undergoing regeneration and after they have been regenerated. One who has not been regenerated is, it is true, led away from evils so far as he allows, but he is not purified from them; he is all the time impure. The person who has been regenerated is different; day by day he is being made purer. This is how the Lord's words addressed to Peter should be understood,
He who has been washed has no need except to wash his feet, so that the whole person is clean. John 13:10.
'He who has been washed' means one who has been regenerated.
[3] The fact that the word 'baptizing' was used to denote the total washing of things is clear in Mark 7:4 1 , and to denote washing the whole body, in Matthew 3:13-16; Mark 1:9-10; and also 2 Kings 5:10, 14. The Jordan - in which washings, which were baptizings, took place, Matthew 3:6, 13; Mark 1:5; 2 Kings 5:10, 14 - meant the natural, 1585, 4255. Baptismal washing also means temptation, Matthew 20:22-23; it does so because all regeneration is accomplished by means of temptations, 5036, 5773, 8351, 8958, 8959ff.
[4] It must also be stated briefly here why it was that the Lord, when He was in the world, was Himself willing to be baptized, when yet baptism is the sign of a person's regeneration by Him. The reason was that the baptizing of the Lord Himself was a sign of the glorification of His Humanity. Anything in the Word that means a person's regeneration also means the glorification of the Human within the Lord; for a person's regeneration is an image of the Lord's glorification, 3138, 3212, 3296, 3490, 4402, 5688. This is why the Lord, when He allowed John to baptize Him, said,
Thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all the righteousness of God 2 . Matthew 3:15.
'Fulfilling all the righteousness of God' means subduing the hells, restoring them and the heavens to order, by His own power, and at the same time glorifying His Human. All this was accomplished by means of the temptations which the Lord allowed Himself to undergo, thus by means of the conflicts with the hells which He underwent repeatedly, even to the last on the Cross. These things constituted the righteousness which the Lord fulfilled, see 9486, 9715, 9809, 10019, 10152. The like is also meant by references to the fulfillment of all things written in the Law and the Prophets concerning the Lord, Luke 18:31; 22:37; 24:44, and by the Lord's declaration that He had come to fulfill all of the law, Matthew 5:17-18.
[5] A person unacquainted with the arcana within the Word thinks that the Lord became righteousness through His fulfillment of everything in the law, and that by this fulfillment He freed the human race from the yoke of the law, and so from damnation. But that is not what these words mean. Rather their meaning is that He became righteousness through His subduing of the hells, restoration of the heavens to order, and glorification of His Human. For by this glorification He filled Himself with power, in order that by His Divine Human He could keep the hells in subjection forever, maintain the heavens in order, and so regenerate a person, that is, deliver him from the hells and save him.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. i.e. the Greek verb used in that verse is baptizein, which implies total immersion in water.
2. Here Swedenborg is following the Latin version of Sebastian Schmidt. There is nothing in the Greek to support the addition of God.
Luke 24
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But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
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They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
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They entered in, and didn't find the Lord Jesus' body.
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It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
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Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
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He isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,
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saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"
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They remembered his words,
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returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.
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Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them told these things to the apostles.
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These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them.
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But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.
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Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
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They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened.
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It happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself came near, and went with them.
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But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
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He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"
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One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have happened there in these days?"
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He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
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and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
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But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
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Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb;
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and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
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Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."
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He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
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Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?"
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Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
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They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.
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They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them.
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It happened, that when he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them.
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Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
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They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?"
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They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
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saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"
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They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
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As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
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But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
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He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
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See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."
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When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
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While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
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They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb.
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He took them, and ate in front of them.
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He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
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Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
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He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
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and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
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You are witnesses of these things.
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Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."
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He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
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It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.
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They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
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and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
