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1 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM τέταρτος-A1--DSM *ιωακιμ-N---GSM υἱός-N2--GSM *ιωσια-N---GSM βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM *ιουδα-N---GSM γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM χαρτίον-N2N-ASN βιβλίον-N2N-GSN καί-C γράφω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ὅς- --APM χρηματίζω-VAI-AAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AS ἐπί-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF καί-C ἐπί-P *ἰούδας-N1T-ASM καί-C ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN ἀπό-P ὅς- --GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF λαλέω-VA--AAPGSM ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P σύ- P--AS ἀπό-P ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF *ιωσια-N---GSM βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF οὗτος- D--GSF

3 ἴσως-D ἀκούω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM οἶκος-N2--NSM *ιουδα-N---GSM πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN κακός-A1--APN ὅς- --APN ἐγώ- P--NS λογίζομαι-V1--PMI1S ποιέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--DPM ἵνα-C ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAS3P ἀπό-P ὁδός-N2--GSF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--GSF πονηρός-A1A-GSF καί-C ἵλεως-A1B-NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--DPF ἀδικία-N1A-DPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--DPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-DPF αὐτός- D--GPM

4 καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰερεμίας-N1T-NSM ὁ- A--ASM *βαρουχ-N---ASM υἱός-N2--ASM *νηριος-N2--GSM καί-C γράφω-VAI-AAI3S ἀπό-P στόμα-N3M-GSN *ἰερεμίας-N1T-GSM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM κύριος-N2--GSM ὅς- --APM χρηματίζω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P χαρτίον-N2N-ASN βιβλίον-N2N-GSN

5 καί-C ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S *ἰερεμίας-N1T-NSM ὁ- A--DSM *βαρουχ-N---DSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ἐγώ- P--NS φυλάσσω-V1--PMI1S οὐ-D μή-D δύναμαι-V6--PMS1S εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAN εἰς-P οἶκος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM

6 καί-C ἀναγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN χαρτίον-N2N-DSN οὗτος- D--DSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN οὖς-N3T-APN ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐν-P οἶκος-N2--DSM κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF νηστεία-N1A-GSF καί-C ἐν-P εἰμί-V9--PAS3P πᾶς-A3--GSM *ιουδα-N---GSM ὁ- A--GPM ἔρχομαι-V1--PMPGPM ἐκ-P πόλις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM ἀναγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--DPM

7 ἴσως-D πίπτω-VF2-FMI3S ἔλεος-N3E-NSN αὐτός- D--GPM κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI3P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF ὁδός-N2--GSF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--GSF πονηρός-A1A-GSF ὅτι-C μέγας-A1P-NSM ὁ- A--NSM θυμός-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ὀργή-N1--NSF κύριος-N2--GSM ὅς- --ASF λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM

8 καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S *βαρουχ-N---NSM κατά-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὅς- --APN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DSM *ἰερεμίας-N1T-NSM ὁ- A--GSN ἀναγιγνώσκω-VZ--AAN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN βιβλίον-N2N-DSN λόγος-N2--APM κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P οἶκος-N2--DSM κύριος-N2--GSM

9 καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἔτος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--DSM ὄγδοος-A1--DSM βασιλεύς-N3V-DSM *ιωακιμ-N---DSM ὁ- A--DSM μήν-N3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἔνατος-A1--DSM ἐκἐκλησιάζω-VAI-AAI3P νηστεία-N1A-ASF κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN κύριος-N2--GSM πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐν-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---DSF καί-C οἶκος-N2--NSM *ιουδα-N---GSM

10 καί-C ἀναγιγνώσκω-V1I-IAI3S *βαρουχ-N---NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN βιβλίον-N2N-DSN ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM *ἰερεμίας-N1T-GSM ἐν-P οἶκος-N2--DSM κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P οἶκος-N2--DSM *γαμαριος-N2--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM *σαφαν-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM γραμματεύς-N3V-GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF αὐλή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἐπάνω-P ἐν-P πρόθυρον-N2N-DPN πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF καινός-A1--GSF ἐν-P εἰμί-V9--PAS3P πᾶς-A3--GSM ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM

11 καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S *μιχαιας-N---NSM υἱός-N2--NSM *γαμαριου-N---GSM υἱός-N2--GSM *σαφαν-N---GSM ἅπας-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM κύριος-N2--GSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN βιβλίον-N2N-GSN

12 καί-C καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S εἰς-P οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM γραμματεύς-N3V-GSM καί-C ἰδού-I ἐκεῖ-D πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἄρχων-N3--NPM καταἧμαι-VAI-AMI3P *ελισαμα-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM γραμματεύς-N3V-NSM καί-C *δαλαιας-N---NSM υἱός-N2--NSM *σελεμιου-N---GSM καί-C *ελναθαν-N---NSM υἱός-N2--NSM *ακχοβωρ-N---GSM καί-C *γαμαριας-N---NSM υἱός-N2--NSM *σαφαν-N---GSM καί-C *σεδεκιας-N1T-NSM υἱός-N2--NSM *ανανιας-N1T-GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἄρχων-N3--NPM

13 καί-C ἀναἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *μιχαιας-N---NSM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ὅς- --APM ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S ἀναγιγνώσκω-V1--PAPGSM ὁ- A--GSM *βαρουχ-N---GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN οὖς-N3T-APN ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM

14 καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3P πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἄρχων-N3--NPM πρός-P *βαρουχ-N---ASM υἱός-N2--ASM *νηριου-N---GSM ὁ- A--ASM *ιουδιν-N---ASM υἱός-N2--ASM *ναθανιου-N---GSM υἱός-N2--GSM *σελεμιου-N---GSM υἱός-N2--GSM *χουσι-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ὁ- D--ASN χαρτίον-N2N-ASN ἐν-P ὅς- --DSN σύ- P--NS ἀναγιγνώσκω-V1--PAI2S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSN ἐν-P εἰμί-V9--PAS3P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S αὐτός- D--ASN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF σύ- P--GS καί-C ἵημι-VHI-AAI3S καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *βαρουχ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN χαρτίον-N2N-ASN καί-C καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM

15 καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM πάλιν-D ἀναγιγνώσκω-VZ--AAD2S εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN οὖς-N3T-APN ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C ἀναγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S *βαρουχ-N---NSM

16 καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ὡς-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3P πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM συνβουλεύω-VAI-AMI3P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ἀναἀγγέλλω-V1--PAPNPM ἀναἀγγέλλω-VA--AAS1P ὁ- A--DSM βασιλεύς-N3V-DSM ἅπας-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM οὗτος- D--APM

17 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *βαρουχ-N---ASM ἐρωτάω-VAI-AAI3P λέγω-V1--PAPNPM πόθεν-D γράφω-VAI-AAI2S πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM οὗτος- D--APM

18 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *βαρουχ-N---NSM ἀπό-P στόμα-N3M-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἀναἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS *ἰερεμίας-N1T-NSM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM οὗτος- D--APM καί-C γράφω-V1I-IAI3P ἐν-P βιβλίον-N2N-DSN

19 καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--DSM *βαρουχ-N---DSM βαδίζω-VA--AAD2S κατακρύπτω-VB--APD2S σύ- P--NS καί-C *ἰερεμίας-N1T-NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM μή-D γιγνώσκω-VZ--AAD3S ποῦ-D σύ- P--NP

20 καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF καί-C ὁ- A--ASN χαρτίον-N2N-ASN δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3P φυλάσσω-V1--PAN ἐν-P οἶκος-N2--DSM *ελισαμα-N---GSM καί-C ἀναἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--DSM βασιλεύς-N3V-DSM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM

21 καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--ASM *ιουδιν-N---ASM λαμβάνω-VB--AAN ὁ- A--ASN χαρτίον-N2N-ASN καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASN ἐκ-P οἶκος-N2--GSM *ελισαμα-N---GSM καί-C ἀναγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S *ιουδιν-N---NSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN οὖς-N3T-APN ὁ- A--GSM βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM καί-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN οὖς-N3T-APN πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ἄρχων-N3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ἵστημι-VXI-XAPGPM περί-P ὁ- A--ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM

22 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM καταἧμαι-VAI-AMI3S ἐν-P οἶκος-N2--DSM χειμερινός-A1--DSM καί-C ἐσχάρα-N1A-NSF πῦρ-N3--GSN κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM

23 καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ἀναγιγνώσκω-V1--PAPGSM *ιουδιν-N---NSM τρεῖς-A3 σελίς-N3D-APF καί-C τέσσαρες-A3--APM ἀποτέμνω-V1I-IAI3S αὐτός- D--APF ὁ- A--DSN ξυρόν-N2N-DSN ὁ- A--GSM γραμματεύς-N3V-GSM καί-C ῥίπτω-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πῦρ-N3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF ἐσχάρα-N1A-GSF ἕως-P ἐκλείπω-VBI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM χάρτης-N1M-NSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πῦρ-N3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF ἐσχάρα-N1A-GSF

24 καί-C οὐ-D ζητέω-VAI-AAI3P καί-C οὐ-D διαῥήγνυμι-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--APN ἱμάτιον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--NPM ἀκούω-V1--PAPNPM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM οὗτος- D--APM

25 καί-C *ελναθαν-N---NSM καί-C *γοδολιας-N1T-NSM καί-C *γαμαριας-N1T-NSM ὑποτίθημι-VEI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DSM βασιλεύς-N3V-DSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASN μή-D κατακαίω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASN χαρτίον-N2N-ASN

26 καί-C ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ιερεμεηλ-N---DSM υἱός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSM βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSM *σαραια-N---DSM υἱός-N2--DSM *εσριηλ-N---GSM συνλαμβάνω-VB--AAN ὁ- A--ASM *βαρουχ-N---ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *ἰερεμίας-N1T-ASM καί-C κατακρύπτω-VDI-API3P

27 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P *ἰερεμίας-N1T-ASM μετά-P ὁ- A--ASN κατακαίω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM ὁ- A--ASN χαρτίον-N2N-ASN πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ὅς- --APM γράφω-VAI-AAI3S *βαρουχ-N---NSM ἀπό-P στόμα-N3M-GSN *ἰερεμίας-N1T-GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

28 πάλιν-D λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S σύ- P--NS χαρτίον-N2N-ASN ἕτερος-A1A-ASN καί-C γράφω-VA--AAD2S πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ὁ- A--APM εἰμί-V9--PAPAPM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN χαρτίον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --APM κατακαίω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *ιωακιμ-N---NSM

29 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM σύ- P--NS κατακαίω-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--ASN χαρτίον-N2N-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN λέγω-V1--PAPNSM διά-P τίς- I--ASN γράφω-VAI-AAI2S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--DSN λέγω-V1--PAPNSM εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMPNSM εἰςπορεύομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF καί-C ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF καί-C ἐκλείπω-VF--FAI3S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSF ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM καί-C κτῆνος-N3E-NPN

30 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P *ιωακιμ-N---ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM *ιουδα-N---GSM οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--DSM καταἧμαι-V5--PMPNSM ἐπί-P θρόνος-N2--GSM *δαυίδ-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSN θνησιμαῖος-A1A-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ῥίπτω-VPI-XMPNSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN καῦμα-N3M-DSN ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM παγετός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSF νύξ-N3--GSF

31 καί-C ἐπισκέπτω-VF--FMI1S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN γένος-N3E-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM παῖς-N3D-APM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐπιἄγω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPAPM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF καί-C ἐπί-P γῆ-N1--ASF *ιουδα-N---GSM πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN κακός-A1--APN ὅς- --APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C οὐ-D ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3P

32 καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *βαρουχ-N---NSM χαρτίον-N2N-ASN ἕτερος-A1A-ASN καί-C γράφω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--DSN ἀπό-P στόμα-N3M-GSN *ἰερεμίας-N1T-GSM ἅπας-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSN βιβλίον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --GSM κατακαίω-VAI-AAI3S *ιωακιμ-N---NSM καί-C ἔτι-D προςτίθημι-VCI-API3P αὐτός- D--DSM λόγος-N2--NPM πολύς-A3C-NPM ὡς-C οὗτος- D--NPM

   

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10330. 'And I have filled him with the spirit of God' means influx and enlightenment received from Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord's Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'filling with the spirit of God' as influx and enlightenment received from Divine Truth. In respect of what Jehovah does 'filling' is influx, while on man's side it is enlightenment; and 'the spirit of God' is Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord's Divine Good. The reason why 'filling', in respect of what Jehovah or the Lord does, is influx, while on man's side it is enlightenment, is that 'influx' is a term which serves to describe all the good and all the truth that come from heaven and originate in the Lord; and since that influx causes a person to be enlightened the term 'enlightenment' serves to describe what happens on man's side. Regarding 'the spirit of God', that it is this Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good, see 9818.

[2] Since few know what the influx of Divine Truth and what the resulting enlightenment in a person are like, let something about these matters be stated here. The Church recognizes that all the good of love and truth of faith has its source not in a person himself but in heaven - in what is Divine there - as it resides with him. It is also recognized that those who receive that truth and good have enlightenment. Such influx and enlightenment however are brought about in the following manner. The nature of a person is such that he is able to use his inner powers of thought and will to look downwards or to look upwards. Looking downwards consists in looking away to the world and to self; and looking upwards consists in looking towards heaven and towards God. The person looking outwards is self-directed; this is called looking downwards because when a person is self-directed he looks towards hell. But a person looking in an inward direction is not self-directed but is directed by the Lord; this is called looking upwards because as to his inner powers of will and understanding he is then raised by the Lord towards heaven, and so towards the Lord. Those inner powers themselves are literally raised up, and at the same time are literally drawn away from the body and the world. When this happens the person's inner powers do literally pass into heaven, and into its warmth and light. As a result he receives influx and enlightenment. The light of heaven shines in his understanding, for the Divine Truth which radiates from the Lord as the sun constitutes that light; and the warmth of heaven heats his will, for the good of love which radiates at the same time from the Lord as the sun composes this warmth. Since the person is then among angels they impart an understanding of truth and an affection for good to him, that is, the Lord does so through them.

This imparting is what the terms 'influx and enlightenment' serve to describe.

[3] But it should be recognized that the extent to which influx and enlightenment are brought about depends on the person's ability to receive what is imparted; and this ability depends on his love of truth and good. People therefore who have a love of truth and good because they see truth and good as the end in view are raised up; but those who have a love of truth and good because they see self and the world, not truth and good, as the end in view are constantly looking and gravitating downwards. These as a consequence cannot be raised, and so cannot receive Divine influx from heaven and become enlightened. Their intelligence or understanding, which to them seems to be an understanding of truth, is the product of a light in which a fool sees things - a light shining before their mind's eye which radiates from notions which they have proved to themselves and gone on to convince themselves of. Whether true or false however, it still provides a brightness, which however turns into total darkness when light from heaven flows in. I have been shown vividly that this is so. From all this it may be seen what the origin is of the great number of heresies that arise in the world. That is to say, they arise because their founders and leaders have looked towards themselves, having their own glory as their end in view, and have regarded those things which belong to the Lord and to heaven as means to that end.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 5786

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5786. 'behold, we are my lord's slaves' means that they are to be deprived for ever of their own freedom. This is clear from the meaning of slaves' as being without any freedom of their own, dealt with in 5760, 5763. What is meant by being deprived of the freedom of one's own has also been stated in the paragraphs that have just been mentioned; however, since it is an extremely important matter, let it be restated. A person has both an external man and an internal man. The external man is the means through which the internal man acts; for the external man is merely the organ or instrument of the internal. This being so, the external man must be made wholly subservient and subject to the internal; and when the external man is subject to the internal, heaven acts on the external man by means of the internal man and makes the external man conform to things such as are of heaven.

[2] The opposite occurs when the external man is not the servant but the master. The external man is the master when a person has the pleasure of the body and the senses as his end in view, especially when the objects of his selfish and worldly love and not the things of heaven are his end - to have as his end in view being to love one and not the other. For when a person has those objects as his end he no longer believes that there is any such thing as an internal man or that within himself there is anything that will be living when his body dies. In his case the internal, since it does not hold the position of the master, is merely the servant of the external, employed to enable thought and reasoning against what is good and true to take place; for in this person's case no other kind of influx by way of the internal is available. This is also the reason why people like this utterly despise, indeed recoil from the things of heaven. From all this it is plain that the external man, which is the same as the natural man, ought to be wholly subject to the internal or spiritual man, and consequently should exist without any freedom of its own.

[3] Freedom of one's own consists in giving oneself up to every kind of base pleasure, despising others in comparison with oneself, and making them subject like slaves to oneself. Or else it consists in persecuting others, hating them, being delighted when bad things happen to them - especially things done to them by one's own designs or by the use of deceit - and wishing to see them dead. These are the kinds of things that come from indulging one's own freedom. From this one may see what a person is like when he exercises this type of freedom, namely a devil in human form. But when he loses this freedom he receives a heavenly freedom from the Lord, the nature of which is completely unknown to those exercising the freedom of their own. They imagine that if the freedom of their own were taken away from them no life at all would remain. But in actual fact this is when true life has its beginning and when true delight, blessing, happiness, and wisdom arrive, because this freedom comes from the Lord.

  
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