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1 Samuel 15

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1 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM πρός-P *σαούλ-N---ASM ἔγω- P--AS ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM χρίω-VA--AAN σύ- P--AS εἰς-P βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM ἐπί-P *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C νῦν-D ἀκούω-V1--PAD2S ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF κύριος-N2--GSM

2 ὅδε- D--APN εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM σαβαωθ-N---NSM νῦν-D ἐκδικέω-VF--FAI1S ὅς- --APN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S *αμαληκ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM ὡς-C ἀποἀντάω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF ἀναβαίνω-V1--PAPGSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

3 καί-C νῦν-D πορεύομαι-V1--PMD2S καί-C πατάσσω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASM *αμαληκ-N---ASM καί-C *ιεριμ-N---ASM καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D περιποιέω-VA--AAS3S ἐκ-P αὐτός- D--GS καί-C ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ἀναθεματίζω-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D φείδομαι-VA--AMS2S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἀποκτείνω-VF2-FAI2S ἀπό-P ἀνήρ-N3--GSM καί-C ἕως-P γυνή-N3K-GSF καί-C ἀπό-P νήπιος-A1A-GSM ἕως-P θηλάζω-V1--PAPGSM καί-C ἀπό-P μόσχος-N2--GSM ἕως-P πρόβατον-N2N-GSN καί-C ἀπό-P κάμηλος-N2--GSM ἕως-P ὄνος-N2--GSF

4 καί-C παραἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM καί-C ἐπισκέπτομαι-V1--PMI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P *γάλγαλα-N---DPF τετρακόσιοι-A1A-APF χιλιάς-N3D-APF τάγμα-N3M-GPN καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *ἰούδας-N---ASM τριάκοντα-M χιλιάς-N3D-APF τάγμα-N3M-GPN

5 καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM ἕως-P ὁ- A--GPF πόλις-N3I-GPF *αμαληκ-N---GSM καί-C ἐνεδρεύω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM χειμάρρους-N2--DSM

6 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM *κιναῖος-N2--ASM ἀποἔρχομαι-VB--AAD2P καί-C ἐκκλίνω-VA--AAD2S ἐκ-P μέσος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GSM *αμαληκίτος-N---GSM μή-D προςτίθημι-VE--AAS1S σύ- P--AS μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C σύ- P--NS ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S ἔλεος-N3E-NSM μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἀναβαίνω-V1--PAN αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C ἐκκλίνω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM *κιναῖος-N2--NSM ἐκ-P μέσος-A1--GSN *αμαληκ-N---GSM

7 καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASM *αμαληκ-N---ASM ἀπό-P *ευιλατ-N---GS ἕως-P *σουρ-N---GS ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

8 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *αγαγ-N---ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM *αμαληκ-N---GSM ζάω-V3--PAPASM καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM *ιεριμ-N---GS ἀποκτείνω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P στόμα-N3M-DSN ῥομφαία-N1A-GSF

9 καί-C περιποιέω-VAI-AMI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM *αγαγ-N---ASM ζάω-V3--PAPASM καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἀγαθός-A1--APN ὁ- A--GPN ποίμνιον-N2N-GPN καί-C ὁ- A--GPN βουλόλιον-N2--GPN καί-C ὁ- A--GPN ἔδεσμα-N3M-GPN καί-C ὁ- A--GPM ἀμπελών-N3W-GPM καί-C πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN ἀγαθός-A1--GPN καί-C οὐ-D βούλομαι-V1I-IMI3S αὐτός- D--APN ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VA--AAN καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN ἀτιμόω-VMI-XPPASN καί-C ἐκοὐθενόω-V4--PPPASN ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VAI-AAI3P

10 καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ῥῆμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P *σαμουηλ-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

11 παρακλίνω-VX--XMI1S ὅτι-C βασιλεύω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM *σαούλ-N---ASM εἰς-P βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM ὅτι-C ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S ἀπό-P ὄπισθε-D ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS οὐ-D τηρέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ἀθύμέω-VAI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM καί-C βοάω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM ὅλος-A1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF νύξ-N3--ASF

12 καί-C ὀρθρίζω-VAI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM καί-C πορεύομαι-VCI-API3S εἰς-P ἀπάντησις-N3I-ASF *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM πρωΐ-D καί-C ἀποἀγγέλλω-VDI-API3S ὁ- A--DSM *σαμουηλ-N---DSM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ἥκω-V1--PAI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM εἰς-P *κάρμηλον-N---AS καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VXI-XAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM χείρ-N3--ASF καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ἅρμα-N3M-ASN καί-C καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S εἰς-P *γάλγαλα-N---ASF πρός-P *σαούλ-N---ASM καί-C ἰδού-I αὐτός- D--NSM ἀναφέρω-V1I-IAI3S ὁλοκαύτωσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--APN πρῶτος-A1--APNS ὁ- A--GPN σκῦλον-N2N-GPN ὅς- --GPN φέρω-VAI-AAI3S ἐκ-P *αμαληκ-N---GSM

13 καί-C παραγίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM πρός-P *σαούλ-N---ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM *σαούλ-N---NSM εὐλογητός-A1--NSM σύ- P--NS ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἵστημι-VAI-AAI1S πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

14 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM καί-C τίς- I--NSM ὁ- A--NSF φωνή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GSN ποίμνιον-N2N-GSN οὗτος- D--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN οὖς-N3T-DPN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C φωνή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GPM βοῦς-N3--GPM ὅς- --GPM ἐγώ- P--NS ἀκούω-V1--PAI1S

15 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM ἐκ-P *αμαληκ-N---GSM φέρω-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--APN ὅς- --APN περιποιέω-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--APN κρείσσων-A1--APNS ὁ- A--GSN ποίμνιον-N2N-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--GPM βοῦς-N3--GPM ὅπως-C θύω-VC--APS3S ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM θεός-N2--DSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APN λοιπός-A1--APN ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VAI-AAI1S

16 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM πρός-P *σαούλ-N---ASM ἀναἵημι-VB--AAD2S καί-C ἀποἀγγέλλω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--DS ὅς- --APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASF νύξ-N3--ASF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM λαλέω-VA--AAD2S

17 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM πρός-P *σαούλ-N---ASM οὐ-D μικρός-A1A-NSM σύ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI2S ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GSM ἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM σκῆπτρον-N2N-GSN φυλή-N1--GSF *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C χρίω-VAI-AAI3S σύ- P--AS κύριος-N2--NSM εἰς-P βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM ἐπί-P *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

18 καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S σύ- P--AS κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁδός-N2--DSF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S σύ- P--DS πορεύομαι-VC--APD2S καί-C ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--APM ἁμαρτάνω-V1--PAPAPM εἰς-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASM *αμαληκ-N---ASM καί-C πολεμέω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--APM ἕως-P συντελέω-VA--AAS2S αὐτός- D--APM

19 καί-C ἵνα-C τίς- I--ASN οὐ-D ἀκούω-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF κύριος-N2--GSM ἀλλά-C ὁρμάω-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--GSN τίθημι-VE--AMN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN σκῦλον-N2N-APN καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--ASN πονηρός-A1A-ASN ἐνώπιον-P κύριος-N2--GSM

20 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM πρός-P *σαμουηλ-N---ASM διά-P ὁ- A--ASN ἀκούω-VA--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM καί-C πορεύομαι-VCI-API1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF ὅς- --DSF ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C ἄγω-VBI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM *αγαγ-N---ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM *αμαληκ-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *αμαληκ-N---ASM ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VAI-AAI1S

21 καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPN σκῦλον-N2N-GPN ποίμνιον-N2N-APN καί-C βουκόλιον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--APN πρῶτος-A1--APNS ὁ- A--GSN ἐξολέθρευμα-N3M-GSN θύω-VA--AAN ἐνώπιον-P κύριος-N2--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ἐν-P *γάλγαλα-N---DPF

22 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM εἰ-X θελητός-A1A-ASN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN καί-C θυσία-N1A-NPF ὡς-C ὁ- A--ASN ἀκούω-VA--AAN φωνή-N1--GSF κύριος-N2--GSM ἰδού-I ἀκοή-N1--NSF ὑπέρ-P θυσία-N1A-ASF ἀγαθός-A1--NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἐπακρόασις-N3I-NSF ὑπέρ-P στέαρ-N3--ASN κριός-N2--GPM

23 ὅτι-C ἁμαρτία-N1A-NSF οἰώνισμα-N3M-NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὀδύνη-N1--ASF καί-C πόνος-N2--APM θεραφις-N3I-ASF ἐπιἄγω-V1--PAI3P ὅτι-C ἐκοὐδενόω-VA--AAI2S ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἐκοὐδενόω-VA--AAI3S σύ- P--AS κύριος-N2--NSM μή-D εἰμί-V9--PAN βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM ἐπί-P *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM

24 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM πρός-P *σαμουηλ-N---ASM ἁμαρτάνω-VX--XAI1S ὅτι-C παραβαίνω-VZI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GS ὅτι-C φοβέω-VCI-API1S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GPM

25 καί-C νῦν-D αἴρω-VA--AAD2S δή-X ὁ- A--ASN ἁμάρτημα-N3M-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀναστρέφω-VF--FAPASN μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C προςκυνέω-VA--AAS1S κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM σύ- P--GS

26 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM πρός-P *σαούλ-N---ASM οὐ-D ἀναστρέφω-V1--PAI1S μετά-P σύ- P--GS ὅτι-C ἐκοὐδενόω-VA--AAI2S ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἐκοὐδενόω-VA--AAI3S σύ- P--AS κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSN μή-D εἰμί-V9--PAN βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM

27 καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--GSN ἀποἔρχομαι-VB--AAN καί-C κρατέω-VAI-AAI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--GSN πτερυγίον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF διπλοΐς-N3D-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C διαῥήγνυμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASN

28 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM *σαμουηλ-N---NSM διαῥήγνυμι-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASF βασιλεία-N1A-ASF *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐκ-P χείρ-N3--GSF σύ- P--GS σήμερον-D καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ὁ- A--DSM πλησίον-D σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--DSM ἀγαθός-A1--DSM ὑπέρ-P σύ- P--AS

29 καί-C διααἱρέω-VC--FPI3S *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM εἰς-P δύο-M καί-C οὐ-D ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI3S οὐδέ-C μετανοέω-VF--FAI3S ὅτι-C οὐ-D ὡς-C ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--GSN μετανοέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--NSM

30 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαούλ-N---NSM ἁμαρτάνω-VX--XAI1S ἀλλά-C δοξάζω-VF--FAPASN ἐγώ- P--AS δή-X ἐνώπιον-P πρεσβύτερος-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C ἐνώπιον-P λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀναστρέφω-VF--FAPASN μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C προςκυνέω-VA--AAS1S ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM θεός-N2--DSM σύ- P--GS

31 καί-C ἀναστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM ὀπίσω-P *σαούλ-N---GSM καί-C προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

32 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM προςἄγω-VA--AAD3P ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--ASM *αγαγ-N---ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM *αμαληκ-N---GSM καί-C προςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM *αγαγ-N---NSM τρέμω-V1--PAPNSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *αγαγ-N---NSM εἰ-X οὕτως-D πικρός-A1A-NSM ὁ- A--NSM θάνατος-N2--NSM

33 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM πρός-P *αγαγ-N---ASM καθότι-D ἀτεκνόω-VAI-AAI3S γυνή-N3K-APF ὁ- A--NSF ῥομφαία-N1A-NSF σύ- P--GS οὕτως-D ἀτεκνόω-VC--FPI3S ἐκ-P γυνή-N3K-GPF ὁ- A--NSF μήτηρ-N3--NSF σύ- P--GS καί-C σφάζω-VAI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASM *αγαγ-N---ASM ἐνώπιον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P *γαλγαλ-N---DSF

34 καί-C ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM εἰς-P *αρμαθαιμ-N---AS καί-C *σαούλ-N---NSM ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P *γαβαα-N---AS

35 καί-C οὐ-D προςτίθημι-VEI-AMI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM ἔτι-D ὁράω-VB--AAN ὁ- A--ASM *σαούλ-N---ASM ἕως-P ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF θάνατος-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM ὅτι-C πενθέω-VAI-AAI3S *σαμουηλ-N---NSM ἐπί-P *σαούλ-N---ASM καί-C κύριος-N2--NSM μεταμελέω-VCI-API3S ὅτι-C βασιλεύω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *σαούλ-N---ASM ἐπί-P *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM

   

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Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture # 51

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51. 1. The Word is not understood apart from doctrine. That is because the Word in its literal sense consists of nothing but correspondent forms, in order for spiritual and celestial concepts to be present in it at the same time, and for each word to be a containing vessel and buttress of those concepts. In some places in the literal sense, therefore, we find not naked truths, but truths clothed, which we call appearances of truth. Many of these truths, too, are accommodated to the comprehension of simple folk, who do not elevate their thoughts above the kinds of things they see before their eyes. And some of them seem to involve contradictions, even though there is no contradiction in the Word when seen in its true light.

Moreover, in some places in the Prophets, we find also collections of place names and the names of people from which it is impossible to elicit any meaning, as from those passages presented in no. 15 above.

Since that is the nature of the Word in its literal sense, it can be seen therefore that it cannot be understood apart from doctrine.

[2] But let instances serve to illustrate this:

We are told that Jehovah repents (Exodus 32:12, 14, Jonah 3:9, 4:2). We are also told that Jehovah does not repent (Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:29). Without doctrine these declarations are not brought into accord.

We are told that Jehovah visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation (Numbers 14:18). And we are told that the father shall not die for the son, nor the son for the father, but everyone for his own sin (Deuteronomy 24:16). In the light of doctrine these declarations do not conflict, but are in harmony.

[3] Jesus says,

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Everyone...who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8, cf. 21:21-22)

Without doctrine one might believe that everyone receives what he asks for. But doctrine teaches us to believe that a person is given whatever he asks for, not on his own, but in response to the Lord. For this, too, the Lord teaches:

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you will, and it shall be done for you. (John 15:7)

[4] The Lord says,

Blessed are the poor, for (theirs) is the kingdom of God. (Luke 6:20)

Without doctrine one could think that heaven is for the poor and not for the rich. But doctrine teaches us that the poor in spirit are meant, for the Lord says,

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:3)

[5] The Lord says,

Judge not, that you be not judged. ...with what judgment you judge, you will be judged. (Matthew 7:1-2, cf. Luke 6:37)

Without doctrine this injunction could be used to assert that one must not say of evil that it is evil, thus that one must not judge an evil person to be evil. But in the light of doctrine one is permitted to judge, only to do so justly. For the Lord says, “judge with righteous judgment” (John 7:24).

[6] Jesus says,

...do not be called teacher; for one is your teacher, the Christ.... Do not call anyone on earth your father; for one...in heaven is your Father. And do not be called masters; for one is your master, the Christ. (Matthew 23:8-10)

Without doctrine it would not be lawful to call anyone teacher, father, or master. But we know from doctrine that it is lawful in a natural sense, but not in a spiritual sense.

[7] Jesus said to His disciples,

...when the Son of man sits on the throne of His glory, you...will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Matthew 19:28)

One could conclude from these words that the Lord’s disciples will also sit in judgment, when in fact they can judge no one. Doctrine, therefore, must reveal this mystery by showing that the Lord alone, who is omniscient and knows the hearts of all, will judge, and that His twelve disciples mean the church in respect to all the truths and goods it has from the Lord through the Word. Doctrine concludes from this that those truths and goods will judge everyone, in accordance with the Lord’s words in John 3:17-18, 12:47-48.

[8] Someone who reads the Word apart from doctrine does not know how the declarations made in the Prophets regarding the Jewish nation and Jerusalem hang together, that the church in that nation and its seat in that city will remain to eternity, as in the following places:

...Jehovah...will visit His flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as His glorious horse in battle. From him comes the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, and from him the bow of war.... (Zechariah 10:3-4, 6-7)

...behold, I am coming to dwell in your midst.... And Jehovah will make Judah His inheritance..., and will again choose Jerusalem. (Zechariah 2:10-12)

It will come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip with new wine, and the hills flow with milk.... But Judah shall abide forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. (Joel 3:18-20)

Behold, the days are coming..., that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man..., when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.... And this is the covenant that I will make...: I will put My law among them, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. (Jeremiah 31:27, 31, 33)

In that day ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” (Zechariah 8:22-23)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 44:24, 26, 49:22-23, 65:9, 66:20, 22; Jeremiah 3:18, 23:5, 50:19-20; Nahum 1:15; Malachi 3:4. The subject in these places is the Lord’s advent, and the church’s then remaining to eternity.

[9] The opposite, however, is said in a number of other places, of which we will cite only the following: I will hide My face from them, I will see what their posterity will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faith.... I would have said, “I will cast them into the farthest corners, I will make the memory of them to cease from among men.” ....For they are a nation void of counsel, nor is there any understanding in them.... ...their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter. Their wine is the venom of dragons, and the cruel poison of asps. Is this not laid up in store with Me, sealed up among My treasures? Vengeance is Mine, and retribution. (Deuteronomy 32:20-35)

This is said of that same nation. And the like elsewhere, as in Isaiah 3:1-2, 8, 5:3-6; Deuteronomy 9:5-6; Matthew 12:39, 23:27-28; John 8:44. And everywhere in Jeremiah and Ezekiel.

But these declarations that appear contradictory will be seen to be in harmony in the light of doctrine, which teaches that Israel and Judah in the Word do not mean Israel and Judah, but the church in both senses — in one sense that it has been destroyed, and in the other that the Lord is going to establish it.

Other passages like these occur in the Word, which make clearly apparent that the Word is not understood apart from doctrine.

  
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Thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.