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1 οὐ-D παραδέχομαι-VF--FAI2S ἀκοή-N1--ASF μάταιος-A1A-ASF οὐ-D συν κατατίθημι-VF--FMI2S μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM ἄδικος-A1B-GSM γίγνομαι-VB--AMN μάρτυς-N3--NSM ἄδικος-A1B-NSM

2 οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI2S μετά-P πολύς-A3C-GPM ἐπί-P κακία-N1A-DSF οὐ-D προςτίθημι-VC--FPI2S μετά-P πλῆθος-N3E-GSN ἐκκλίνω-VA--AAN μετά-P πολύς-A3C-GPM ὥστε-C ἐκκλίνω-VA--AAN κρίσις-N3I-ASF

3 καί-C πένης-N3T-ASM οὐ-D ἐλεέω-VF--FAI2S ἐν-P κρίσις-N3I-DSF

4 ἐάν-C δέ-X συνἀντάω-VA--AAS2S ὁ- A--DSM βοῦς-N3--DSM ὁ- A--GSM ἐχθρός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ἤ-C ὁ- A--DSN ὑποζύγιον-N2N-DSN αὐτός- D--GSM πλανάω-V3--PPPDPM ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAPNSM ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--DSM

5 ἐάν-C δέ-X ὁράω-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASN ὑποζύγιον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSM ἐχθρός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS πίπτω-VX--XAPASN ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASM γόμος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM οὐ-D παραἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--ASN ἀλλά-C συνἐγείρω-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--ASN μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM

6 οὐ-D διαστρέφω-VF--FAI2S κρίμα-N3M-ASN πένης-N3T-GSM ἐν-P κρίσις-N3I-DSF αὐτός- D--GSM

7 ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GSN ῥῆμα-N3M-GSN ἄδικος-A1B-GSN ἀποἵστημι-VF--FMI2S ἀθῷος-A1--ASM καί-C δίκαιος-A1A-ASM οὐ-D ἀποκτείνω-VF2-FAI2S καί-C οὐ-D δικαιόω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASM ἀσεβής-A3H-ASM ἕνεκεν-P δῶρον-N2N-GPN

8 καί-C δῶρον-N2N-APN οὐ-D λαμβάνω-VF--FMI2S ὁ- A--NPN γάρ-X δῶρον-N2N-NPN ἐκτυφλόω-V4--PAI3S ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM βλέπω-V1--PAPGPM καί-C λυμαίνω-V1--PMI3S ῥῆμα-N3M-APN δίκαιος-A1A-APN

9 καί-C προσήλυτος-N2--ASM οὐ-D θλίβω-VF--FAI2P σύ- P--NP γάρ-X οἶδα-VX--XAI2P ὁ- A--ASF ψυχή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSM προσήλυτος-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--NPM γάρ-X προσήλυτος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--IAI2P ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF

10 ἕξ-M ἔτος-N3E-APN σπείρω-VF2-FAI2S ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF σύ- P--GS καί-C συνἄγω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APN γένημα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GSF

11 ὁ- A--DSN δέ-X ἕβδομος-A1--DSN ἄφεσις-N3I-ASF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S καί-C ἀναἵημι-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPM πτωχός-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSN ἔθνος-N3E-GSN σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APN δέ-X ὑπολείπω-V1--PPPAPN ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NPN ἄγριος-A1A-NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN οὕτως-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASM ἀμπελών-N3W-ASM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASM ἐλαιών-N3W-ASM σύ- P--GS

12 ἕξ-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APN ἔργον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--DSF δέ-X ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἕβδομος-A1--DSF ἀνάπαυσις-N3I-NSF ἵνα-C ἀναπαύω-VA--AMS3S ὁ- A--NSM βοῦς-N3--NSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ὑποζύγιον-N2N-NSN σύ- P--GS καί-C ἵνα-C ἀναψύχω-VA--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF παιδίσκη-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NSM προσήλυτος-N2--NSM

13 πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN εἶπον-VX--XAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AP φυλάσσω-VA--AMD2P καί-C ὄνομα-N3M-ASN θεός-N2--GPM ἕτερος-A1A-GPM οὐ-D ἀναμιμνήσκω-VS--FPI2P οὐδέ-C μή-D ἀκούω-VS--APS3S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN σύ- P--GP

14 τρεῖς-A3--APM καιρός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GSM ἑορτάζω-VA--AAD2P ἐγώ- P--DS

15 ὁ- A--ASF ἑορτή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GPM ἄζυμος-A1B-GPM φυλάσσω-VA--AMD2P ποιέω-V2--PAN ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P ἄζυμος-A1B-APN καθάπερ-D ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI1S σύ- P--DS κατά-P ὁ- A--ASM καιρός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM ὁ- A--GPM νέος-A1A-GPM ἐν-P γάρ-X αὐτός- D--DSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI2S ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF οὐ-D ὁράω-VV--FPI2S ἐνώπιον-P ἐγώ- P--GS κενός-A1--NSM

16 καί-C ἑορτή-N1--ASF θερισμός-N2--GSM πρωτογένημα-N3M-GPN ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--GPN ἔργον-N2N-GPN σύ- P--GS ὅς- --GPN ἐάν-C σπείρω-VA--AAS2S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ἀγρός-N2--DSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἑορτή-N1--ASF συντέλεια-N1--APF ἐπί-P ἔξοδος-N2--GSF ὁ- A--GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF συναγωγή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--GPN ἔργον-N2N-GPN σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--GPN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS

17 τρεῖς-A3--APM καιρός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GSM ὁράω-VV--FPI3S πᾶς-A3--NSN ἀρσενικός-A1--NSN σύ- P--GS ἐνώπιον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS

18 ὅταν-D γάρ-X ἐκβάλλω-VB--AAS1S ἔθνος-N3E-APN ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐνπλατύνω-V1--PAI1S ὁ- A--APN ὅριον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS οὐ-D θύω-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P ζυμή-N1--DSF αἷμα-N3M-ASN θυσίασμα-N3M-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS οὐδέ-C μή-D κοιμάω-VC--APS3S στέαρ-N3--NSN ὁ- A--GSF ἑορτή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἕως-P πρωΐ-D

19 ὁ- A--APF ἀπαρχή-N1--APF ὁ- A--GPN πρωτογένημα-N3M-GPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS εἰςφέρω-VF--FAI2S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS οὐ-D ἕψω-VF--FAI2S ἀρνός-N3--ASM ἐν-P γάλα-N3--DSN μήτηρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

20 καί-C ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἀποστέλλω-V1--PAI1S ὁ- A--ASM ἄγγελος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GS ἵνα-C φυλάσσω-VA--AAS3S σύ- P--AS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF ὅπως-C εἰςἄγω-VB--AAS3S σύ- P--AS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὅς- --ASF ἑτοιμάζω-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--DS

21 προςἔχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM καί-C εἰςἀκούω-V1--PAD2S αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C μή-D ἀπειθέω-V2--PAD2S αὐτός- D--DSM οὐ-D γάρ-X μή-D ὑποστέλλω-VA--AMS3S σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSN γάρ-X ὄνομα-N3M-NSN ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--DSM

22 ἐάν-C ἀκοή-N1--DSF ἀκούω-VA--AAS2P ὁ- A--GSF ἐμός-A1--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAS2S πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἄν-X ἐντέλλομαι-VA--AMS1S σύ- P--DS καί-C φυλάσσω-VA--AAS2P ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-VF--FMI2P ἐγώ- P--DS λαός-N2--NSM περιούσιος-A1B-NSM ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN ἐμός-A1--NSF γάρ-X εἰμί-V9--PAI3S πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF σύ- P--NP δέ-X εἰμί-VF--FMI2P ἐγώ- P--DS βασίλειος-A1A-NSN ἱεράτευμα-N3M-NSN καί-C ἔθνος-N3E-NSN ἅγιος-A1A-NSN οὗτος- D--APN ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐάν-C ἀκοή-N1--DSF ἀκούω-VA--AAS2P ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAS2S πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἄν-X εἶπον-VB--AAS1S σύ- P--DS ἐχθρεύω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--DPM ἐχθρός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἀντικεῖμαι-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--DPM ἀντικεῖμαι-V5--PMPDPM σύ- P--DS

23 πορεύομαι-VF--FMI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSM ἄγγελος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM σύ- P--GS καί-C εἰςἄγω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--AS πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *χετταῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *φερεζαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *χαναναῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *γεργεσαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *ευαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C *ιεβουσαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C ἐκτρίβω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM

24 οὐ-D προςκυνέω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--DPM θεός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM οὐδέ-C μή-D λατρεύω-VA--AAS2S αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S κατά-P ὁ- A--APN ἔργον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM ἀλλά-C καθαίρεσις-N3I-DSF κατααἱρέω-VF2-FAI2S καί-C συντρίβω-V1--PAPNSM συντρίβω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APF στήλη-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM

25 καί-C λατρεύω-VF--FAI2S κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM σύ- P--GS καί-C εὐλογέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM ἄρτος-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASM οἶνος-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN σύ- P--GS καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI1S μαλακία-N1A-ASF ἀπό-P σύ- P--GP

26 οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἄγονος-N2--NSM οὐδέ-C στεῖρα-N1A-NSF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASM ἀριθμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GPF ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GS ἀναπληρόω-VA--AAS1S

27 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM φόβος-N2--ASM ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI1S ἡγέομαι-V2--PMPASM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐκἵστημι-VF--FAI1S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN εἰς-P ὅς- --APM σύ- P--NS εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMI2S εἰς-P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ὑπεναντίος-A1A-APM σύ- P--GS φυγάς-N3D-APM

28 καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--APF σφηκία-N1A-APF πρότερος-A1A-GSFC σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐκβάλλω-VF2-FAI3S ὁ- A--APM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *ευαῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *χαναναῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *χετταῖος-N2--APM ἀπό-P σύ- P--GS

29 οὐ-D ἐκβάλλω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P ἐνιαυτός-N2--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM ἵνα-C μή-D γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἔρημος-N2--NSF καί-C πολύς-A1--NPN γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

30 κατά-P μικρός-A1A-ASN μικρός-A1A-ASN ἐκβάλλω-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--APM ἀπό-P σύ- P--GS ἕως-C ἄν-X αὐξάνω-VC--APS2S καί-C κληρονομέω-VA--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

31 καί-C τίθημι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN ὅριον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ἐρυθρός-A1A-GSF θάλασσα-N1S-GSF ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSF θάλασσα-N1S-GSF ὁ- A--GSF *φυλιστιιμ-N---GPM καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ἔρημος-N2--GSF ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSM μέγας-A1--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM *εὐφράτης-N1M-GSM καί-C παραδίδωμι-VF--FAI1S εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--APM ἐν καταἧμαι-V5--PMPAPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF καί-C ἐκβάλλω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἀπό-P σύ- P--GS

32 οὐ-D συν κατατίθημι-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM θεός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM διαθήκη-N1--ASF

33 καί-C οὐ-D ἐν καταἵημι-VF--FMI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF σύ- P--GS ἵνα-C μή-D ἁμαρτάνω-VB--AAN σύ- P--AS ποιέω-VA--AAS3P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ἐάν-C γάρ-X δουλεύω-VA--AAS2S ὁ- A--DPM θεός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM οὗτος- D--NPM εἰμί-VF--FMI3P σύ- P--DS πρόσκομμα-N3M-NSN

   

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2781. 'And saddled [his] ass' means the natural man which He prepared. This is clear from the meaning of 'an ass', dealt with below. In man there are things of the will and there are those of the understanding; with the former go those things which spring from good, with the latter those which spring from truth. There are various kinds of animals, by which things of the will springing from good are meant, such as lambs, sheep, goats, she-goats, young bulls, and oxen, see 1823, 2179, 2180; and there are also those by which are meant things of the understanding springing from truth, namely horses, mules, wild asses, camels, and asses, in addition to birds. 'A horse' means the understanding part of the mind, as has been shown above in 2761, 2762; 'a wild ass' means rational truth separated from good, see 1949; and 'a camel' means factual knowledge in general, and 'an ass' factual knowledge in particular, see 1486.

[2] There are two elements which constitute the natural degree of man's mind, or what amounts to the same, the natural man - natural good and natural truth. Natural good is the delight that flows forth from charity and faith, natural truth is knowledge of these. That natural truth is what is meant by 'an ass', and rational truth by 'a mule', becomes clear from the following places:In Isaiah,

A prophecy of the beasts of the south. In the land of distress and repression are the lion and the tiger, and from them come the viper and the flying fiery-serpent. They will bear their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels - on a people [who] will not be any use [to them]; for the Egyptians will help in vain and to no advantage. Isaiah 30:6-7.

The expression 'the beasts of the south' is used of those who possess cognitions of good and truth but who make them matters of knowledge, not of life. In reference to those beasts it is said that those people 'bear their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels', for the reason that 'young asses' means facts in particular, and 'camels' facts in general. 'The Egyptians', of whom it is said that they will help in vain and to no advantage, means knowledge, see 1164, 1165, 1186. It is evident to anyone that this prophecy has an internal sense and that without this it is understood by nobody, for without the internal sense no one can know what 'the prophecy of the beasts of the south' is, or what 'the lion and the tiger', or what 'the viper and the flying fiery-serpent', or what is meant by the words that 'those beasts were to bear their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels', or why the assertion immediately follows that 'the Egyptians will help in vain and to no advantage'. 'Ass' is used with a like meaning in Israel's prophecy concerning Issachar, in Moses,

Issachar is a bony ass lying down between burdens. Genesis 49:14.

[3] In Zechariah,

This will be the plague with which Jehovah will smite all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem. It will be a plague of the horse, the mule, the camel, and the ass, and every beast. Zechariah 14:12, 15.

'The horse, the mule, the camel, and the ass' means things of the understanding residing in man which will suffer from the plague. This is clear from every single detail before and after those verses, for the subject there is the plagues which are to precede the Last Judgement or. Close of the Age and to which John makes much reference in Revelation, as do the rest of the Prophets in various places. Those who are going to wage war at that time against Jerusalem, that is, against the Lord's spiritual Church and its truths, are meant by those animals. It will be the things of the understanding that will suffer from such plagues

[4] In Isaiah,

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass. Isaiah 32:20.

'Sowing beside all waters' stands for those who allow themselves to be taught spiritual things - 'waters' meaning spiritual things and so things that constitute an understanding of truth, see 680, 739, 2702. 'Who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass' stands for natural things that are to be of service, 'ox' meaning the natural as regards good, 2180, 2566, 'ass' the natural as regards truth.

[5] In Moses,

Binding his young ass to the vine and the foal 1 of his she-ass to the choice vine. He washes his vesture in wine and his cloak in the blood of grapes. Genesis 49:11.

This is the prophecy of Jacob, by then Israel, concerning the Lord. 'The vine' and 'the choice vine' stand for the spiritual Church, external and internal, 1069. 'Young ass' stands for natural truth, 'the foal of a she-ass' for rational truth. The reason 'the foal of a she-ass' means rational truth is that 'a she ass' means the affection for natural truth, 1486, while her foal means rational truth, see 1895, 1896, 1902, 1910.

[6] In former times a judge used to ride on a she-ass and his sons on young asses, the reason being that judges represented the goods of the Church and their sons truths derived from those goods. A king however used to ride on a she-mule and his sons on mules, the reason being that kings and their sons represented the truths of the Church, see 1672, 1728, 2015, 2069. The fact that a judge rode on a she-ass is clear in the Book of Judges,

My heart goes out to the law-givers of Israel offering themselves willingly among the people. Bless Jehovah, you who ride on white she-asses, you who sit on Middin. 2 Judges 5:9-10.

The fact that judges' sons rode on young asses,

Jair the judge over Israel had thirty sons who rode on thirty young asses. Judges 10:3-4.

And elsewhere in the same book,

Abdon the judge of Israel had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy young asses. Judges 12:14.

David said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord and cause Solomon my son to ride on the she-mule which is mine. And they caused Solomon to ride on King David's she-mule. And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed him king in Gihon. 1 Kings 1:33, 38, 44-45.

The fact that the king's sons rode on mules,

All King David's sons arose, and they rode each on his mule and fled because of Absalom. 2 Samuel 13:29.

[7] From all this it is evident that riding on a she-ass indicated the judge, and riding on a she-mule the king; riding on a young ass indicated the judge's sons, and doing so on a mule the king's sons. They indicated these personages because, as has been stated, 'a she-ass' represented and meant the affection for natural good and truth, 'a she-mule' the affection for rational truth, 'an ass or young ass' natural truth itself, and 'a mule' as well as 'the foal of a she-ass' rational truth. This shows what is meant by the prophetical words that refer to the Lord, in Zechariah,

Exult, O daughter of Zion! Rejoice, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King will come to you. He is just and having salvation, humble and riding on an ass, and on a young ass, the foal of she-asses. His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. Zechariah 9:9-10.

The fact that the Lord wished to ride on these when He was about to enter Jerusalem is well known from the Gospels. The event is referred to in Matthew as follows,

Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a she-ass tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me. This took place to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet saying, Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you, meek seated on a she-ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden. And they brought the she-ass and the colt and laid their garments on them and set Him on them. Matthew 21:2, 4-5, 7.

[8] 'Riding on an ass' served to indicate that the natural was subordinate, and 'riding on a colt, the foal of a she-ass' that the rational was so; for 'the foal of a she-ass' is similar in meaning to 'a mule', as has been shown above, where Genesis 49:11 is referred to. 3 From this - the spiritual meaning of these animals - and because it was the right of the supreme judge and of the king to ride on them, and at the same time so that He might fulfil the representatives of the Church, the Lord was pleased to ride in this way. His doing so is described in John as follows,

The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went to meet Him, and cried, Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel! Jesus found a young ass and sat on it, as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, sitting on a she-ass's colt! These things however His disciples had not understood at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of Him, and that they had done these things for Him. John 12:12-16; Mark 11:1-12; Luke 19:28-41.

[9] From an this it may now be clear that every single thing in the Church of that period was representative of the Lord, and consequently of the celestial and spiritual things that are in His kingdom; even the she-ass and the colt of the she-ass were so, which represented the natural man as regards good and truth. The reason for the representation was that the natural man ought to serve the rational, and the rational to serve the spiritual; but the spiritual ought to serve the celestial, and the celestial to serve the Lord. This is the order in which one is subordinated to another.

[10] Because 'an ox and an ass' meant the natural man as regards good and truth many laws were therefore laid down in which oxen and asses are mentioned. At first glance these laws do not seem to be worthy of mention in the Divine Word, but when they are interpreted as to their internal sense, that which is spiritual and of great importance is seen within these laws, such as the following laws in Moses,

If anyone opens a pit, or if anyone digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it, the owner of the pit shall recompense its owner with silver, and the dead animal shall be his. Exodus 21:33-34.

If you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray you shall certainly lead it back to him. If you see the ass of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you are disinclined to remove it, you shall certainly help to remove it from it. Exodus 23:4-5; Deuteronomy 22:1, 3.

You shall not see your brother's ass or ox falling down in the road and hide yourself from them; you shall certainly help to lift them. Deuteronomy 22:4.

You shall not plough with an ox and an ass together. You shall not wear mingled material made of wool and linen together. Deuteronomy 22:10-11.

Six days you shall do your works, and on the seventh day you shall rest, in order that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your woman servant, and the settler. Exodus 23:12.

Here 'ox and ass' in the spiritual sense means nothing other than natural good and truth.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, the son

2. A Hebrew word, the meaning of which is uncertain.

3. i.e. in subsection 5 of this paragraph 378:5

  
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