4168. 'These twenty years I have been with you' means the proprium. This is clear from the meaning of 'twenty' as the good present in remnants, 2280. But when the term remnants is used in reference to the Lord nothing else is meant than His proprium, 1906. 'Twenty years' means states of the proprium - 'years' meaning states, see 487, 488, 493, 893. In the highest sense the content of Jacob's words addressed to Laban refers to the proprium within the Natural which the Lord acquired to Himself by His own power, in particular to the various states of that proprium.

Title: Jesus and the Victim Mentality-also Scattering and Gathering

Topic: First Coming

Summary: We explore the victim mentality as represented by Saul in 1 Sam. 15, and contrast it with Jesus' statement that no one takes His life from Him. We also explore the themes of gathering and scattering and a map of the spiritual world involving concentric circles.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
1 Samuel 15:1-35
John 10:17
Matthew 8:11-12; 22:11-13; 25:29-30
John 10:1
Jeremiah 31:1-3
John 12:32
Matthew 23:37; 3:10-12; 13:30; 26:31
Ezekiel 34:1-31