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申命記 33

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1 神のモーセは死ぬイスラエルの人々を祝福した。祝福の言葉は次のとおりである。

2 はシナイからこられ、セイルからわれわれにむかってのぼられ、パランから光を放たれ、ちよろずの聖者の中からこられた。その右の手には燃える火があった。

3 まことに主はその民を愛される。すべて主に聖別されたものは、みのうちにある。彼らはあなたのもとに座して、教をうける。

4 モーセはわれわれに律法を授けて、ヤコブの会衆の所有とさせた。

5 民のかしらたちが集まり、イスラエルの部族がみな集まった時、主はエシュルンのうちに王となられた」。

6 「ルベンは生きる、死にはしない。しかし、その人数は少なくなるであろう」。

7 ユダについては、こう言った、「よ、ユダの声を聞いて、彼をその民に導きかえしてください。みをもって、彼のために戦ってください。彼を助けて、に当らせてください」。

8 レビについては言った、「あなたのトンミムをレビに与えてください。ウリムをあなたに仕える人に与えてください。かつてあなたはマッサで彼を試み、メリバの水のほとりで彼と争われた。

9 彼はその父、そのについて言った、『わたしは彼らを顧みない』。彼は自分の兄弟をも認めず、自分の供をも顧みなかった。彼らはあなたの言葉にしたがい、あなたの契約を守ったからである。

10 彼らはあなたのおきてをヤコブに教え、あなたの律法をイスラエルに教え、薫香をあなたのに供え、燔祭を祭壇の上にささげる。

11 よ、彼の祝福し、彼ののわざを喜び受けてください。彼に逆らう者と、彼を憎む者とのを打ち砕いて、立ち上がることのできないようにしてください」。

12 ベニヤミンについては言った、「に愛される者、彼は安らかに主のそばにおり、は終、彼を守り、そのの間にすまいを営まれるであろう」。

13 ヨセフについては言った、「どうぞが彼の地を祝福されるように。上なる天の賜物と下に横たわる淵の賜物、

14 日によって産する尊い賜物、月によって生ずる尊い賜物、

15 いにしえの山々の産する賜物、とこしえの丘の尊い賜物、

16 地とそれに満ちる尊い賜物、しばの中におられた者の恵みが、ヨセフのに臨み、その兄弟たちの君たる者のの頂にくだるように。

17 彼の牛のういごは威厳があり、そのは野牛ののよう、これをもって々の民をことごとく突き倒し、地のはてにまで及ぶ。このような者はエフライムに幾万とあり、またこのような者はマナセに幾とある」。

18 ゼブルンについては言った、「ゼブルンよ、あなたは外に出て楽しみを得よ。イッサカルよ、あなたは天幕にいて楽しみを得よ。

19 彼らは国々の民をに招き、その所で正しい犠牲をささげるであろう。彼らはを吸い、に隠れた宝を取るからである」。

20 ガドについては言った、「ガドを大きくする者は、ほむべきかな。ガドは、ししのように伏し、や頭の頂をかき裂くであろう。

21 彼は初穂の地を自分のために選んだ。そこには将軍の分も取り置かれていた。彼は民のかしらたちと共にきて、イスラエルと共に主の正義と審判とを行った」。

22 ダンについては言った、「ダンはししの子であって、バシャンからおどりでる」。

23 ナフタリについては言った、「ナフタリよ、あなたは恵みに満たされ、主の祝福に満ちて、湖とそのの地を所有する」。

24 アセルについては言った、「アセルは他のらにまさって祝福される。彼はその兄弟たちに愛せられ、そのにひたすことができるように。

25 あなたの貫の木はと青銅、あなたの力はあなたの年と共に続くであろう」。

26 「エシュルンよ、神に並ぶ者はほかにない。あなたを助けるために天に乗り、威光をもってを通られる。

27 とこしえにいますはあなたのすみかであり、下に永遠のがある。をあなたのから追い払って、『滅ぼせ』と言われた。

28 イスラエルは安らかに住み、ヤコブの泉は穀物とぶどう酒の地に、ひとりいるであろう。また天はをくだすであろう。

29 イスラエルよ、あなたはしあわせである。だれがあなたのように、に救われた民があるであろうか。はあなたを助ける、あなたの威光のつるぎ、あなたのはあなたにへつらい服し、あなたは彼らの高き所を踏み進むであろう」。

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 39

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39. And all the tribes of the earth shall lament over Him, signifies that the falsities of the church will oppose. This is evident from the signification of "lamenting" as being to mourn, to grieve, to be displeased, to be angry, to be averse from, thus also to oppose; and from the signification of "tribes," as being all truths and goods in the complex, and in the contrary sense, all falsities and evils in the complex (of which in what follows); also from the signification of "the earth," as being the church (See above, n. 29). By "all the tribes of the earth," then, the whole church is meant, and by "their lamenting over Him" is signified that truth and good will be no more, because falsities and evils are to prevail and oppose. For this verse treats, in general, of what the state of the church will be at its end, when there will be no longer any faith, because no charity, namely, that the Lord will then reveal Himself, and that all who are in truths from good will acknowledge Him, and that they also will see Him, who are in falsities from evil, but that the falsities of the church will oppose. (That Revelation does not treat of the successive states of the church, but of its last state when it is at its end, see above, n. 5; and that its end is when there is no faith, because no charity, see the little work on The Last Judgment 33-39 seq.; and when there is no faith, because no charity, falsities from evil prevail and oppose truths from good.)

[2] In the Word "tribes" are often mentioned, inasmuch as the Israelitish people were divided into twelve tribes, and one who does not know the internal sense of the Word supposes that by "tribes" are meant the tribes of Israel; but by "tribes" are not meant tribes, nor by "Israel" is Israel meant, but by "tribes" are meant all those who are in truths from good, and by "Israel" the Lord's church. He who is ignorant of this will easily adopt the common belief that the sons of Israel were chosen in preference to all others on earth, and that they are also to be brought at last into the land of Canaan; indeed, that heaven also is to be formed chiefly from them; when, in fact, by their names they are not meant, but they who are in truths from good, thus those who are of the church; by the twelve tribes, all such, and by each tribe, some particular truth and good pertaining to those who are of the church.

[3] When this is understood, what is meant by these words in Revelation can be seen:

I heard the number of them which were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand sealed of all the tribes of the sons of Israel. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zebulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand (Revelation 7:4-8).

Here those who are of the Israelitish nation are not meant, but all, how many soever, who are in the truths from good, for all such are sealed for heaven. Moreover, the numbers "one hundred and forty-four thousand" and "twelve thousand" signify all; and each tribe signifies all who are in that truth or good which is signified by its name, as may appear from what is shown in the Arcana Coelestia; as what good and truth are signified by "Judah," n. 3881, 6363; what by "Reuben," n. 3861, 3866, 4605, 4731, 4734, 4761, 6342-6345; what by "Gad," n. 3934, 3935; what by "Asher," n. 3938, 3939, 6408; what by "Naphtali," n. 3927, 3928; what by "Manasseh," n. 3969, 5351, 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267, 6296; what by "Simeon," n. 3869-3872, 4497, 4502-4503, 5482, 5626, 5630; what by "Levi," n. 3875, 3877, 4497, 4502-4503; what by "Issachar," n. 3956, 3957; what by "Zebulon," n. 3960, 3961, 6383; what by "Joseph," n. 3969, 3971, 4669, 6417; and what by "Benjamin," n. 3969, 4592, 5411, 5413, 5443, 5639, 5686, 5688, 5689, 6440. That all numbers in the Word signify things, see n. 482, 487, 647-648, 755, 813, 1963, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 6175, 9488, 9659, 10217, 10253. That "twelve" signifies all, and all things in respect to truths from good, see n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272, 3858, 3913, likewise the numbers "72," "144," "1200," "144, 000," because they arise from the number 12 by multiplication, n. Arcana Coelestia 7973. That composite numbers have a like meaning with the simple numbers from which they are produced by multiplication, see n. 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973).

[4] He who is not aware that numbers signify things, and what the numbers "twelve," "one hundred and forty-four," and "twelve thousand" signify, likewise what "tribes" and "apostles" signify, cannot know what is signified by these words in Revelation:

The holy city, New Jerusalem, had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of Israel; and the wall had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the apostles of the Lamb. The wall was a hundred and forty and four cubits, and the length and the breadth of the city twelve thousand furlongs (Revelation 21:12, 21:14, 16-17).

What is signified by all this you will see explained in the small work on The New Jerusalem and its Doctrine 1); namely, that by "Jerusalem" is signified the church in respect to doctrine; by its "wall," protecting truths; by the "gates," introductory truths; by the" foundations," the knowledges on which doctrine is based; by "twelve angels," and by "twelve tribes," all truths and goods in the complex; "the twelve apostles," have a like signification, and the numbers "twelve," "one hundred and forty-four," and "twelve thousand," signify all things and all persons.

[5] Furthermore, he who is aware that such things are signified by the twelve tribes can see the arcanum in this:

Why the names of the twelve tribes were engraved on the precious stones in the Urim and Thummim, likewise what that breastplate signified (Exodus 28:21; 39:10-15).

(This arcanum may be seen unfolded in Arcana Coelestia 3858, 6335, 6640, 9863, 9865, 9873, 9874, 9905) He can also see what is signified by this:

That the twelve apostles should sit upon twelve thrones, and are to judge the twelve tribes of Israel (Matthew 19:28);

namely, that the Lord alone will judge everyone by truths from good (n. 2129, 6397). Also what is meant by:

The predictions of Israel, the father, respecting his sons (Genesis 49:2-28);

as well as numerous other passages of the Word, where tribes are mentioned (as in Isaiah 19:13; 49:6; 63:17; Jeremiah 10:16; Ezekiel 48:1 seq.; Psalms 122:3-5; Deuteronomy 32:8; Numbers 24:2; Revelation 5:9; 7:4-9; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6

[6] Again, what is meant by the Lord's Word respecting the consummation of the age and His coming:

After the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken; and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth lament; and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory (Matthew 24:29-30).

(These words can be seen explained in detail in the work on Heaven and Hell 1; and in the following passages in the Arcana Coelestia, namely, that the twelve tribes of Israel represented and thence signified all truths and goods in the complex, thus all things of faith and love, n. 3858, 3926, 4060, 6335; that like things are signified by the twelve apostles, n. 2129, 3354, 3488, 3858, 6397; and that their signification varies according to the order in which they are named, n. 3862, 3926, 3939, 4603, seq., 6337, 6640, 10335)

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 6175

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6175. 'And the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years means the state in general and its essential nature. This becomes clear if the meaning of the numbers seven, forty, and a hundred is brought out. 1 For what seven means, see 395, 433, 716, 728, 881, 5165, 5268; for what forty means, 730, 862, 2272, 2273; and for what a hundred means, 1988, 1636, 4400. But no easy explanation of the sum of these numbers is possible, for they contain far more than anyone can calculate or explain intelligibly. In general these numbers contain the entire state of the reality represented by 'Jacob' and its essential nature. The angels can see these things in their entirety simply from that number; they can do so because with the angels all numbers in the Word pass into ideas about spiritual realities. This has also been made evident to me by the fact that on several occasions a long sequence of numbers has appeared in front of me, and whenever they have appeared the angels have told me that the numbers held, in sequence, the realities which they were talking about to one another. This in addition explains why the most ancient people who belonged to the celestial Church also had a way of calculating that consisted of numbers employed to express heavenly things which could barely be understood by the use of ideas in the natural mind. But after those people's times such evaluations perished, along with the perception of heavenly things. All that remained was a knowledge of the general meaning of the simple numbers, such as three, six, seven, and twelve, but not much knowledge of the meaning of compound numbers. At the present day however even the idea that numbers in the Word mean something more than their numerical values is quite unknown, and therefore the idea will probably be treated as one of those that are unbelievable.

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1. The Hebrew way of expressing the number, which is rendered literally in the Latin, is seven years and forty and a hundred years.

  
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