Arcana Coelestia # 2724
2724. And called there on the name of the God of eternity. That this signifies worship therefrom, is evident from the signification of “calling upon the name of God,” as being worship (see n. 440). They who were of the Ancient Church did not by a name understand the name, but all the quality (see n. 144-145, 440, 768, 1754, 1896, 2009); and thus by the “name of God” all that in one complex by which God was worshiped, consequently everything of love and faith; but when the internal of worship perished, and only the external remained, they then began to understand by the name of God nothing else than the name, so much so that they worshiped the name itself, feeling no care about the love and the faith from which they worshiped. On this account the nations began to distinguish themselves by the names of their gods; and the Jews and Israelites set themselves up above the rest, because they worshiped Jehovah, placing the essential of worship in uttering the name and invoking it, when in truth the worship of a name only is no worship, and may also be found among the worst of men, who thereby profane the more.
[2] But as by the “name of God” everything of worship is signified, that is, everything of love and faith from which He is worshiped, it is therefore evident what is meant by “hallowed be Thy Name,” in the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9); also by what the Lord said:
Ye shall be hated for My name’s sake (Matthew 10:22).
If two shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in the heavens; for where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them (Matthew 18:19-20).
Everyone that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life (Matthew 19:29).
Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Matthew 21:9).
Jesus said, Ye shall not see Me henceforth till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Matthew 23:39).
Ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake; and then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another (Matthew 24:9-10).
As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, to them that believe on His name (John 1:12).
He that believeth not is judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God (John 3:18).
Jesus said, Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do (John 14:14-15; 15:16; 16:23-24, 26-27).
Jesus said, I have manifested Thy name unto the men (John 17:6).
Holy Father, keep them in Thy name whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are (John 17:11-12).
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 17:26).
That ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in His name (John 20:31).
Besides very many passages in the Old Testament, in which by the “name” of Jehovah and of God the name is not meant, but everything of love and faith from which is worship.
[3] But they who worship a name only, without love and faith, are thus spoken of in Matthew:
Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied by Thy name, and by Thy name have cast out demons, and in Thy name done many mighty works? But I will confess unto them, I know you not; depart from Me ye that work iniquity (Matthew 7:22-23).
When as before said the men of the church became external, from being internal, and began to place worship in a name alone, they then no longer acknowledged one God, but many. For it was a common thing for the ancients to add something to the name of Jehovah, and thereby call to mind some benefit or attribute of His, as in the passage before us, “he called upon the name of the God of eternity;” and in the following chapter (22), “Abraham called the name of that place, Jehovah-jireh,” that is, “Jehovah shall see” (verse 14). “Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi,” that is, “Jehovah my banner” (Exodus 17:15); “Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom” that is, “Jehovah of peace” (Judges 6:24); besides other places. From this it came to pass that they who placed worship in a name only, acknowledged so many gods; and also that among the Gentiles, especially in Greece and at Rome, so many gods were acknowledged and worshiped; whereas the Ancient Church, from which the epithets emanated, never worshiped but one God, reverenced under so many names, because by the “name” they understood the quality.
Matthew 10
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He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
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Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
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Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
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Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.
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Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'
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Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
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Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.
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Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
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Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.
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As you enter into the household, greet it.
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If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.
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Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
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Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
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"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
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Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
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But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
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For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
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"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
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You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
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But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
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"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
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It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
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Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
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What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
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Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
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"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
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but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
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Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
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Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
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But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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"Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.
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For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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A man's foes will be those of his own household.
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He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.
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He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me.
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He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
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He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
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He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
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Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
