335 - Of Interest
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Of Interest
Topic: The Word
Summary: The Old Testament commands us not to charge interest on loans, but a couple of parables in the New Testament chide us for NOT, at the very least, putting our money in the bank and getting interest? What is going on?
References:
Ex 22:25-27
Lev 25:35-37
Deut 23:19-20
Nehemiah 5:1-12
Psalms 15
Proverbs 28:6-8
Jeremiah 15:10
Ezekiel 18:5-17; 22:6-16
Luke 6:32-36
Matthew 25:14-30
Luke 19:12-13, 16-25
This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 4/4/2018. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Arcana Coelestia # 5415
5415. ‘Quia fuit fames in terra Canaan’: quod significet quod desolatio quoad illa quae sunt Ecclesiae in naturali, constat ex significatione ‘famis’ quod sit defectus cognitionum, et inde desolatio, de qua n. 3364, 5277, 5279, 5281, 5300, 1 5349, 5360, 5376; et ex significatione ‘terrae Canaan’ quod sit Ecclesia, de qua n. 3686, 3705, 4447; et quia est Ecclesia, est quoque id quod est Ecclesiae; inde est quod per ‘fuit fames in terra Canaan’ significetur desolatio quoad illa quae sunt Ecclesiae; quod in naturali, est quia praedicantur de filiis Jacobi, per quos illa quae sunt Ecclesiae externae significantur, n. 5409, consequenter 2 quae Ecclesiae sunt in naturali.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. The editors of the third Latin edition made a minor correction here. For details, see the end of the appropriate volume of that edition.
2. The Manuscript inserts talia.
