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Leviticus 7

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1 καί-C οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM νόμος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM κριός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM περί-P ὁ- A--GSF πλημμέλεια-N1A-GSF ἅγιος-A1A-NPN ἅγιος-A1A-GPN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

2 ἐν-P τόπος-N2--DSM οὗ-D σφάζω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--ASN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN σφάζω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF πλημμέλεια-N1A-GSF ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN προςχέω-VF2-FAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF βάσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSN θυσιαστήριον-N2N-GSN κύκλος-N2--DSM

3 καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM προςφέρω-VF--FAI3S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ὀσφύς-N3U-ASF καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ὁ- A--ASN κατακαλύπτω-V1--PAPASN ὁ- A--APN ἐνδόσθια-N2N-APN καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN ἐνδόσθια-N2N-GPN

4 καί-C ὁ- A--APM δύο-M νεφρός-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN μηρίον-N2N-GPN καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λοβός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN ἧπαρ-N3T-GSN σύν-P ὁ- A--DPM νεφρός-N2--DPM περιαἱρέω-VF2-FAI3S αὐτός- D--APN

5 καί-C ἀναφέρω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN θυσιαστήριον-N2N-ASN κάρπωμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM περί-P πλημμέλεια-N1A-GSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

6 πᾶς-A3--NSM ἄρσην-A3--NSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPM ἱερεύς-N3V-GPM ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--APN ἐν-P τόπος-N2--DSM ἅγιος-A1A-DSM ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3P αὐτός- D--APN ἅγιος-A1A-NPN ἅγιος-A1A-GPN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

7 ὥσπερ-D ὁ- A--NSN περί-P ὁ- A--GSF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GSF οὕτως-D καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ὁ- A--GSF πλημμέλεια-N1A-GSF νόμος-N2--NSM εἷς-A3--NSM αὐτός- D--GPN ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ὅστις- X--NSM ἐκἱλάσκομαι-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSN αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

8 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--NSM προςἄγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--NSN δέρμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--GSF ὁλοκαύτωσις-N3I-GSF ὅς- --GSF αὐτός- D--NSM προςφέρω-V1--PAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

9 καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF θυσία-N1A-NSF ὅστις- X--NSF ποιέω-VC--FPI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM κλίβανος-N2--DSM καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὅστις- X--NSF ποιέω-VC--FPI3S ἐπί-P ἐσχάρα-N1--GSF ἤ-C ἐπί-P τήγανον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSM ἱερεύς-N3V-GSM ὁ- A--GSM προςφέρω-V1--PAPGSM αὐτός- D--ASF αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

10 καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF θυσία-N1A-NSF ἀναποιέω-VM--XPPNSF ἐν-P ἔλαιον-N2N-DSN καί-C μή-D ἀναποιέω-VM--XPPNSF πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἀαρών-N---GSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἕκαστος-A1--DSM ὁ- A--NSN ἴσος-A1--NSN

11 οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM νόμος-N2--NSM θυσία-N1A-GSF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --ASF προςφέρω-VF--FAI3P κύριος-N2--DSM

12 ἐάν-C μέν-X περί-P αἴνεσις-N3I-GSF προςφέρω-V1--PAS3S αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C προςφέρω-VF--FAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF αἴνεσις-N3I-GSF ἄρτος-N2--APM ἐκ-P σεμίδαλις-N3I-GSF ἀναποιέω-VM--XPPAPM ἐν-P ἔλαιον-N2N-DSN λάγανον-N2N-APN ἄζυμος-A1B-APN διαχρίω-VM--XPPAPN ἐν-P ἔλαιον-N2N-DSN καί-C σεμίδαλις-N3I-ASF φυράω-VM--XPPASF ἐν-P ἔλαιον-N2N-DSN

13 ἐπί-P ἄρτος-N2--DPM ζυμίτης-N1M-DPM προςφέρω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--APN δῶρον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P θυσία-N1A-DSF αἴνεσις-N3I-GSF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN

14 καί-C προςἄγω-VF--FAI3S εἷς-A3--ASN ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN δῶρον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GSM ἀφαίρεμα-N3M-ASN κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἱερεύς-N3V-DSM ὁ- A--DSM προςχέω-V2--PAPDSM ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

15 καί-C ὁ- A--NPN κρέας-N3--NPN θυσία-N1A-GSF αἴνεσις-N3I-GSF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S καί-C ἐν-P ὅς- --DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF δωρέομαι-V2--PMI3S βιβρώσκω-VC--FPI3S οὐ-D καταλείπω-VF--FAI3P ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D

16 καΐἄν-C+X εὐχή-N1--NSF ἤ-C ἑκούσιος-A1A-ASM θυσιάζω-V1--PAS3S ὁ- A--ASN δῶρον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --DSF ἄν-X ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF προςἄγω-VB--AAS3S ὁ- A--ASF θυσία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM βιβρώσκω-VC--FPI3S καί-C ὁ- A--DSF αὔριον-D

17 καί-C ὁ- A--NSN καταλείπω-VV--APPNSN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κρέας-N3--GPN ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ἕως-P ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF τρίτος-A1--GSF ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN κατακαίω-VC--FPI3S

18 ἐάν-C δέ-X ἐσθίω-VB--AAPNSM ἐσθίω-VB--AMS3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κρέας-N3--GPN ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF τρίτος-A1--DSF οὐ-D δέχομαι-VQ--FPI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--DSM προςφέρω-V1--PAPDSM αὐτός- D--ASN οὐ-D λογίζομαι-VS--FPI3S αὐτός- D--DSM μίασμα-N3M-NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSF δέ-X ψυχή-N1--NSF ὅστις- X--NSF ἐάν-C ἐσθίω-VB--AMS3S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSN ὁ- A--ASF ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3S

19 καί-C κρέας-N3--NPN ὅσος-A1--NPN ἄν-X ἅπτομαι-VA--AMS3S πᾶς-A3--GSN ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-GSN οὐ-D βιβρώσκω-VC--FPI3S ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN κατακαίω-VC--FPI3S πᾶς-A3--NSM καθαρός-A1A-NSM ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S κρέας-N3--APN

20 ὁ- A--NSF δέ-X ψυχή-N1--NSF ὅστις- X--NSF ἐάν-C ἐσθίω-VB--AMS3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κρέας-N3--GPN ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

21 καί-C ψυχή-N1--NSF ὅς- --NSF ἄν-X ἅπτομαι-VA--AMS3S πᾶς-A3--GSN πρᾶγμα-N3M-GSN ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-GSN ἤ-C ἀπό-P ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-GSF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἤ-C ὁ- A--GPM τετράποδος-A1B-GPM ὁ- A--GPN ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-GPN ἤ-C πᾶς-A3--GSN βδέλυγμα-N3M-GSN ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-GSN καί-C ἐσθίω-VB--AMS3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κρέας-N3--GPN ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S κύριος-N2--GSM ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

22 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

23 λαλέω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM πᾶς-N3--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN βοῦς-N3--GPM καί-C πρόβατον-N2N-GPN καί-C αἴξ-N3G-GPM οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P

24 καί-C στέαρ-N3T-NSN θνησιμαῖος-A1A-GPN καί-C θηριάλωτος-A1B-NSN ποιέω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P πᾶς-A3--ASN ἔργον-N2N-ASN καί-C εἰς-P βρῶσις-N3I-ASF οὐ-D βιβρώσκω-VC--FPI3S

25 πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἐσθίω-V1--PAPNSM στέαρ-N3T-ASN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ὅς- --GPN προςἄγω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--GPN κάρπωμα-N3M-ASN κύριος-N2--DSM ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

26 πᾶς-A3--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF κατοικία-N1A-DSF σύ- P--GP ἀπό-P τε-X ὁ- A--GPN πετεινόν-N2N-GPN καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN

27 πᾶς-A1S-NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ὅς- --NSF ἄν-X ἐσθίω-VB--AMS3S αἷμα-N3M-ASN ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

28 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

29 καί-C ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λαλέω-VF--FAI2S λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--NSM προςφέρω-V1--PAPNSM θυσία-N1A-ASF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN κύριος-N2--DSM φέρω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--ASN δῶρον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN

30 ὁ- A--NPF χείρ-N3--NPF αὐτός- D--GSM προςφέρω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APN κάρπωμα-N3M-APN κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN στηθύνιον-N2N-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λοβός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSN ἧπαρ-N3T-GSN προςφέρω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ὥστε-C ἐπιτίθημι-VE--AAN δόμα-N3M-ASN ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM

31 καί-C ἀναφέρω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN θυσιαστήριον-N2N-GSN καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN στηθύνιον-N2N-NSN *ἀαρών-N---DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM

32 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM βραχίων-N3N-ASM ὁ- A--ASM δεξιός-A1A-ASM δίδωμι-VF--FAI2P ἀφαίρεμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM ἱερεύς-N3V-DSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPF θυσία-N1A-GPF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GP

33 ὁ- A--NSM προςφέρω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN στέαρ-N3T-ASN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἀαρών-N---GSM αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM βραχίων-N3N-NSM ὁ- A--NSM δεξιός-A1A-NSM ἐν-P μερίς-N3D-DSF

34 ὁ- A--ASN γάρ-X στηθύνιον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSN ἐπίθεμα-N3M-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--ASM βραχίων-N3N-ASM ὁ- A--GSN ἀφαίρεμα-N3M-GSN λαμβάνω-VX--XAI1S παρά-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPF θυσία-N1A-GPF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GP καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--APN *ἀαρών-N---DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἱερεύς-N3V-DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM νόμιμος-A1--NSN αἰώνιος-A1B-NSN παρά-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

35 οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF χρῖσις-N3I-NSF *ἀαρών-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF χρῖσις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κάρπωμα-N3M-GPN κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὅς- --DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF προςἄγω-VBI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--GSN ἱερατεύω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM

36 καθά-D ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM δίδωμι-VO--AAN αὐτός- D--DPM ὅς- --DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF χρίω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM παρά-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM νόμιμος-A1--NSN αἰώνιος-A1B-NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF γενεά-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM

37 οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM νόμος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-GPN καί-C θυσία-N1A-GSF καί-C περί-P ἁμαρτία-N1A-GSF καί-C ὁ- A--GSF πλημμέλεια-N1A-GSF καί-C ὁ- A--GSF τελείωσις-N3I-GSF καί-C ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN

38 ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-DSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN *σινα-N----S ὅς- --DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM προςφέρω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--APN δῶρον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἔρημος-N2--DSF *σινα-N----S

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 1159

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1159. And all fat and splendid things are departed from thee, signifies that all things good and true and satisfying and grand, which they were persuaded they would secure through that religious persuasion, are turned into opposites. This is evident from the signification of "fat things," as being what is good and thus satisfying (of which presently); also from the signification of "splendid things," as being what is true and thus grand. This is the signification of "splendid things," because splendor is from light, and the light of heaven is the Divine truth or the Divine wisdom, from which all things in the heavens shine with a splendor such as does not exist in the world; it may be compared with the splendor of a diamond turned to the sun, although the splendor seen in heaven exceeds this beyond measure, as the light of heaven exceeds the light of the world, with a difference so great that while it may be illustrated by comparisons it cannot be described. From that light all things magnificent in the heavens exist, which consist principally of forms corresponding to wisdom, which are such as can in no way be pictured in the world, and consequently cannot be described, for in them art itself is in its art, and knowledge in its wisdom, consequently they are of ineffable beauty. From all this it is clear why "splendid things" signify what is true and thus grand.

[2] "Fat things" signify what is good and thus satisfying, because the fat is the best part of flesh and because it resembles oil, which signifies the good of love. That "fatness" signifies good and things pertaining to good, thus satisfactions and joys, can be seen from the following passages in the Word. In Isaiah:

In hearkening hearken unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, that your soul may be delighted in fatness (Isaiah 55:2).

"To eat that which is good" signifies to appropriate good to oneself; therefore "to be delighted in fatness" signifies to be in a state of satisfaction and blessedness. In Jeremiah:

I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness, and My people shall be satisfied with good (Jeremiah 31:14).

Here, too, "fatness" signifies satisfaction and blessedness from the good of love. In David:

With fat and fatness my soul shall be satisfied, and my mouth will praise Thee with lips of songs (Psalms 63:5).

"To have the soul satisfied with fat and fatness" signifies to be filled with the good of love and consequent joy; "to praise with lips of songs" signifies to worship by truths that gladden the mind. In the same:

They shall be filled with the fatness of Thy house, and Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures (Psalms 36:8).

The "fatness" with which the house shall be filled signifies the good of love and consequent satisfaction, "house" being the things of the mind; "the river of pleasures" that he will make them to drink of signifies intelligence and consequent happiness.

[3] In Isaiah:

In this mountain shall Jehovah of Hosts make to all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of lees, of fat things of marrows, and of lees well refined (Isaiah 25:6).

This is said of the state of those who will acknowledge and worship the Lord. That "mountain" signifies a new church from these, "a feast of fat things, of fat things of marrows," signifies both natural and spiritual good with joy of heart, and "lees, and lees well refined" signify truths from that good with happiness from them. In the same:

Jehovah shall give the rain of thy seed with which thou shalt sow the land, and bread of the produce of the land, and it shall be fat and plenteous (Isaiah 30:23).

"Rain of seed" signifies the multiplication of truth, and "bread of produce" signifies fructification of good; "fat and plenteous" signifies good and truth with all satisfaction and happiness. In David:

They shall still have increase in old age, they shall be fat and green, to proclaim that Jehovah is upright (Psalms 92:14-15).

"To be fat and green" signifies to be in the goods and truths of doctrine. In the same:

Jehovah shall remember all thy offerings and shall make fat thy burnt-offering (Psalms 20:3).

"Offerings and burnt-offering" signify worship, and to "make fat" signifies worship from the good of love. "Fatness" has the same signification in Ezekiel 34:3; Genesis 27:39 elsewhere. As "fat and fatness" signified the good of love, and all worship which is truly worship must be from the good of love, therefore:

It was appointed that all the fat and fatness in the sacrifices should be burnt on the altar (Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 1:8; 3:3-16; 4:8-35; 7:3-4, 30-31; 17:6; Numbers 18:17-18).

For "sacrifices and burnt-offerings" signified worship.

[4] As the Jewish and Israelitish nation was only in external worship, and not also in internal worship, and in consequence was in no good of love and in no good of charity and faith:

It was forbidden them to eat the fat and blood, and it was declared that they would be cut off if they should eat them (Leviticus 3:17; 7:23, 25).

But to those who are in internal worship and from that in external worship, such as those must be who will be of the Lord's New Church, it is said:

That they shall eat fat till they be full, and drink blood till they be drunken (Ezekiel 39:19);

"fat" here signifying all the good of heaven and of the church, and "blood" all their truth. In the contrary sense those who are "fat" signify those who are nauseated at good, or who at least despise and reject it (Deuteronomy 32:15; Jeremiah 5:28; 50:11; Psalms 17:10; 20:4; 68:31; 119:70 elsewhere).

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[5] But such is not the lot of those who are permanently evil. All who are permanently evil are in hell according to the loves of their life; and there they think and speak from thought, although they speak falsities, and they will and from will do, although they do evils. Moreover, to one another they appear like men, although in the light of heaven they have monstrous forms. From this it can be seen why it is according to a law of order relating to reformation, which is called a law of Divine providence, that man is not let into the truths of faith and the goods of love except so far as he can be withheld from evils and held in goods even to the end of life, and that it is better for a man to be permanently evil than that he be good and afterwards evil, for thus he becomes profane. It is for this reason that the Lord, who provides all things and foresees all things, hides the operations of His providence, even to the extent that man scarcely knows whether there be any providence whatever, and man is permitted to attribute what he does to prudence, and what happens to him to fortune, and even to ascribe many things to nature, rather than that he should, through conspicuous and clear indications of the Divine providence and presence, plunge unseasonably into sanctities in which he will not continue. The Lord also permits like things by other laws of His providence, namely, by these, that man should have freedom, and that he should do whatever he does according to reason, thus wholly as if of himself, for it is better for a man to ascribe the workings of the Divine providence to prudence and fortune than to acknowledge them and still live as a devil. From this it is clear that the laws of permission, which are many, proceed from the laws of providence.

  
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