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ဒံယေလ 5

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1 တရံရောအခါ ဗေလရှာဇာမင်းကြီးသည် မှူးမတ်တထောင်ကို ခေါ်ပြီးလျှင် ကြီးစွာသော ပွဲကို လုပ်၍၊ မှူးမတ်တထောင်နှင့်တကွ စပျစ်ရည်ကို သောက်တော်မူ၏။

2 စပျစ်ရည်ကို မြည်းစမ်းသောအခါ၊ ယေရု ရှလင်မြို့ ဗိမာန်တော် ထဲကခမည်းတော် နေဗုခဒ်နေဇာ သိမ်းယူဆောင်ခဲ့သော ရွှေဖလား၊ ငွေဖလားတို့နှင့် ကိုယ်တော်တိုင်မှစ၍ မင်းသား၊ မိဖုရား၊ မောင်းမမိဿံ တို့သည် သောက်ရမည်အကြောင်း၊ ထိုဖလားတို့ကို ယူခဲ့ရမည်ဟု အမိန့်တော်ရှိသည်အတိုင်း၊

3 ယေရုရှလင်မြို့၌ရှိသော ဘုရားသခင်၏ ဗိမာန် တော်တိုက်ထဲက သိမ်းယူဆောင်ခဲ့သော ရွှေဖလားတို့ကို ယူခဲ့၍၊ မင်းကြီး၊ မင်းသား၊ မိဖုရား၊ မောင်းမမိဿံတို့သည် ထိုဖလားတို့နှင့် သောက်ကြ၏။

4 စပျစ်ရည်ကိုသောက်၍၊ ရွေဘုရား၊ ငွေဘုရား၊ ကြေးဝါဘုရား၊ သံဘုရား၊ သစ်သားဘုရား၊ ကျောက် ဘုရားတို့ကို ချီးမွမ်းကြ၏။

5 ထိုအချိန်နာရီတွင် လူ၏လက်ဖျားသည် ပေါ်လာ၍ မီးခုံ အထက်၊ နန်းတော်အုတ်ထရံ အင်္ဂတေ၌ အက္ခရာတင်၍ ရေးထား၏။ ထိုသို့ရေးသောလက်ဖျားကို ရှင်ဘုရင် မြင်တော်မူလျှင်၊

6 မျက်နှာတော်ညှိုးငယ်၍ စိတ်ပူပန်ခြင်းသို့ ရောက်သဖြင့်၊ ခါးဆစ်ပြုတ်မတတ်ဖြစ်၍ ဒူးခြင်းထိခိုက် သည်ရှိသော်၊

7 ဗေဒင်တတ်၊ ခါလဒဲဆရာ၊ အနာဂတ္တိဆရာ တို့ကို ခေါ်ချေဟု ဟစ်ကြော်ပြီးလျှင်၊ ထိုစာကို ဘတ်၍ အနက် ကို ဘော်ပြနိုင်သောသူသည် အဝတ်နီကိုဝတ်ဆင်၍ လည်ပင်း၌ ရွှေစလွယ်ဆွဲလျက်၊ နိုင်ငံတော်တွင် တတိယ မင်းဖြစ်စေဟု ဗာဗုလုန်ပညာရှိတို့အား အမိန့်တော်ရှိ၍၊

8 ပညာရှိ ဆရာတော်အပေါင်းတို့သည် လာ ရောက်ကြသော်လည်း၊ ထိုစာကို မတတ်နိုင်ကြ။ အနက် အဓိပ္ပါယ်ကို ရှင်ဘုရင်အား မဟောမပြောနိုင်သော ကြောင့်၊

9 ဗေလရှာဇာမင်းကြီးသည် အလွန်စိတ်ပူပန်ခြင်း၊ မျက်နှာတော်ညှိုးငယ်ခြင်းရှိ၍၊ မှူးတော်မတ်တော်တို့ သည် မှိုင်လျက်နေကြ၏။

10 ထိုအခါ မယ်တော်မိဖုရားသည် ရှင်ဘုရင်၏ စကား၊ မှူးမတ်တို့၏ စကားကို ကြားသိလျှင်၊ ပွဲတော်သို့ ဝင်၍၊ အရှင်မင်းကြီး၊ အသက်တော် အစဉ်အမြဲရှင်ပါစေ။ စိတ်တော်ပူပန်ခြင်း မရှိပါနှင့်။ မျက်နှာညှိုးငယ်တော် မမူပါနှင့်။

11 သန့်ရှင်းသော ဘုရားသခင်၏ ဝိညာဉ်တော်နှင့် ပြည့်စုံသော သူတယောက်သည် နိုင်ငံတော်တွင် ရှိပါ၏။ ခမည်းတော်ဘုရားလက်ထက်တော်၌၊ ထိုသူတွင် ဘုရားပညာ နှင့်တူသော ပညာဥာဏ်သတ္တိ ထင်ရှားလျက် ရှိပါ၏။ ထိုသူကို ခမည်းတော်ဘုရား နေဗုခဒ်နေဇာမင်းကြီး သည် မာဂုပညာရှိ၊ ဗေဒင်တတ်၊ ခါလဒဲဆရာ၊ အနာဂတ္တိ ဆရာတို့အပေါ်တွင် ဆရာအုပ်အရာ၌ ခန့်ထားတော် မူ၏။

12 အကြောင်းမူကား၊ အိပ်မက်အနက်ကို ဘတ်ခြင်း၊ နက်နဲခက်ခဲသောအရာကို ဖွင့်ပြခြင်း၊ ပုစ္ဆာအမေးကို ဖြေခြင်းငှါ တတ်စွမ်းနိုင် သောဥာဏ်ပညာ နှင့်တကွ၊ ထူးဆန်းသောစိတ်ဝိညာဉ်သည် ဒံယေလ အမည်ရှိသော ထိုသူတွင် ထင်ရှားလျက်ရှိပါ၏။ ဗေလတ ရှာဇာဟူသော ဘွဲ့နာမကိုလည်း ရှင်ဘုရင် ပေးသနား တော်မူ၏။ ထိုဒံယေလကို ခေါ်တော်မူလျှင်၊ အနက်ကို ဟောပြောပါလိမ့်မည်ဟု လျှောက်သော်၊

13 ဒံယေလကို အထံတော်သို့ ခေါ်သွင်းလေ၏။ ရှင်ဘုရင်က၊ ငါ့ခမည်းတော်ဘုရားသည် ယုဒပြည်က သိမ်းယူတော်မူခဲ့၍၊ ယုဒလူစု၌ ပါသောဒံယေလ မှန်သလော။

14 သင်သည် ဘုရားသခင်၏ ဝိညာဉ်နှင့်၎င်း၊ ထူးဆန်းသော ပညာဥာဏ်သတ္တိနှင့်၎င်း ပြည့်စုံသည်ဟု သင်၏ သိတင်းကို ငါကြား၏။

15 ထိုစာကို ဘတ်၍ အနက်ကို ငါ့အား ဘော်ပြစေ ခြင်းငှါ ဗေဒင်တတ်ပညာရှိတို့ကို ငါ့ထံသို့သွင်းသော် လည်း၊ သူတို့သည်အနက်ကို မဘော်မပြနိုင်ကြ။

16 သင်သည် အနက်များကို ဘော်ပြ၍ ပုစ္ဆာ အမေးတို့ကို ဖြေနိုင်သည်ဟု ငါကြားပြီးအတိုင်း၊ ထိုစာကိုဘတ်၍ အနက်ကိုငါ့အားဘောပြနိုင်လျှင်၊ အဝတ်နီကိုဝတ်ဆင်၍ လည်ပင်း၌ ရွှေစလွယ်ဆွဲလျက်၊ နိုင်ငံတော်တွင် တတိယမင်းဖြစ်ရလိမ့်မည်ဟု မိန့်တော် မူ၏။

17 ဒံယေလကလည်း၊ ဆုတော်လပ်တော်ကို ကိုယ်တော်၌ရှိစေတော်မူပါ။ ပေးလိုသောအရာများကို အခြားသူအား ပေးသနားတော်မူပါ။ သို့သော်လည်း၊ ရှေ့တော်၌ ထိုစာကို ဘတ်၍ အနက်ကိုဘော်ပြပါမည်။

18 အရှင်မင်းကြီး၊ အမြင့်ဆုံးသော ဘုရားသခင် သည် ခမည်းတော် နေဗုခဒ်နေဇာမင်းကြီး၌ နိုင်ငံတော် နှင့်တကွ ရွှေဘုန်းတော်မြတ်၊ ဂုဏ်အသရေတော်ကို ပေးသနားတော်မူ၏။

19 ပေးသနားတော်မူသော ထိုရွှေဘုန်းတော်မြတ် ကြောင့်၊ အရပ်ရပ်တို့၌ နေ၍ အသီးသီးအခြားခြားသော ဘာသာစကားကို ပြောသော လူမျိုးတကာတို့သည် ရှေ့တော်၌ ကြောက်ရွံ့တုန်လှုပ်လျက် နေကြ၏။ သတ်လို သော သူတို့ကို သတ်တော်မူ၏။ အသက်ရှင်စေလိုသော သူတို့ကို ရှင်စေတော်မူ၏။ ချီးမြှောက်လိုသော သူတို့ကို ချီးမြှောက်တော်မူ၏။ နှိမ့်ချလိုသောသူတို့ကို နှိမ့်ချတော်မူ၏။

20 မာန်မာနစိတ်နှင့် ထောင်လွှားစော်ကားခြင်း ရှိသောအခါ၊ ဘုန်းတန်ခိုးကွယ်ပျောက်၍ နန်းတော်မှ ကျ၏။

21 လူသားစုထဲက နှင်ထုတ်ခြင်းကိုခံ၍ တိရစ္ဆာန် သဘောနှင့် ပြည့်စုံ၏။ အမြင့်ဆုံးသော ဘုရားသခင်သည် လောကီနိုင်ငံကို အုပ်စိုး၍၊ အလိုတော်ရှိသောသူတို့အား အပ်တော်မူသည်ကို မသိမှတ်မှီတိုင်အောင်၊ မြည်းရိုင်း တို့နှင့် ပေါင်းဘော်လျက်၊ နွားကဲ့သို့ မြက်ကိုစားလျက်၊ မိုဃ်းစွတ်ခြင်းကို ခံ၍နေရ၏။

22 အရှင်သားတော် ဗေလရှာဇာ၊ ကိုယ်တော်သည် ထိုအမှုအလုံးစုံတို့ကို သိသော်လည်း၊ စိတ်နှလုံးကို မနှိမ့်ချဘဲ၊

23 ကောင်းကင်ဘုံ၏ အရှင်ကို ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက်ပြု၍၊ ဗိမာန်တော်၏ ဖလားတို့ကို ရှေ့တော်သို့ ယူခဲ့စေ၍၊ ကိုယ်တော်တိုင်မှစသော မှူးတော် မတ်တော်၊ မိဖုရား၊ မောင်းမမိဿံတို့သည် ထိုဖလားတို့နှင့်စပျစ်ရည်ကို သောက်ကြပြီတကား။ မျက်စိမမြင်၊ နားမကြား၊ အဘယ် အရာကိုမျှ မသိသော ငွေဘုရား၊ ရွှေဘုရား၊ ကြေးဝါ ဘုရား၊ သံဘုရား၊ သစ်သားဘုရား၊ ကျောက်ဘုရားတို့ကို ချီးမွမ်း၍၊ ကိုယ်တော်၏ အသက်သခင်တည်းဟူသော ကိုယ်တော်၏ အမှုအလုံးစုံတို့ကိုစီရင်ပိုင်တော်မူသော ဘုရားသခင်ကို မချီးမွမ်းဘဲ နေပါပြီတကား။

24 ထိုကြောင့်၊ လက်ဖျားကိုစေလွှတ်၍ ထိုစာကို ရေးစေတော်မူ၏။

25 စာချက်ဟူမူကား၊ မေနေမေနေ၊ တေကလ၊ ဖေရက်ဟု အက္ခရာ တင်လျက်ရှိ၏။

26 မေနေ၏ အနက်အဓိပ္ပါယ်ကား၊ ကိုယ်တော်၏ နိုင်ငံကို ဘုရားသခင် ရေတွက်၍ ဆုံးစေတော်မူ၏။

27 တေကလ၏ အနက်အဓိပ္ပါယ်ကား၊ ကိုယ်တော် ကို ချိန်ခွင်နှင့် ချိန်၍လျော့ကြောင်းကို တွေ့မြင်တော် မူ၏။

28 ဖေရက်၏ အနက်ဓိပ္ပါယ်ကား၊ နိုင်ငံတော်ကို ခွဲဝေ၍ မေဒိလူ၊ ပေရသိလူတို့အား အပ်ပေးတော်မူ၏ဟု ဆိုလိုသတည်းဟု ဒံယေလသည် အထံတော်၌ ပြန်ကြား လျှောက်ထား၏။

29 ထိုအခါ ဗေလရှာဇာ မင်းကြီးမိန့်တော်မူသည် အတိုင်း၊ ဒံလရှဇာမင်းကြီးမိန့်တော်မူသည်အတိုင်း၊ ဒံယေလကို အဝတ်နီဝတ်ဆင်စေ၍ လည်ပင်း၌ ရွှေ စလွယ်ဆွဲပြီးမှ၊ နိုင်ငံတော်တွင် တတိယမင်းဖြစ်သည်ဟု မြို့ကိုလည်၍ဟစ်ကြော်ကြ၏။

30 ထိုညဉ့်၌ပင် ခါလဒဲရှင်ဘုရင် ဗေလရှာဇာ မင်းသည် အသက်ဆုံး၍၊

31 မေဒိအမျိုး ဒါရိမင်းသည် အသက်ခြောက်ဆယ် နှစ်နှစ်တွင် နိုင်ငံတော်ကို သိမ်းယူတော်မူ၏။

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 220

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220. But it shall also be explained what is signified in the Word by temple. Temple, in the highest sense, signifies the Divine Human of the Lord, and in the relative sense, heaven; and because it signifies heaven, it also signifies the church, for the church is the Lord's heaven upon earth. And whereas temple thus signifies heaven and the church, it also signifies the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord: the reason is, that this makes heaven and the church; for those who receive Divine truth in soul and heart, that is, in faith and love, constitute heaven and the church. Such being the signification of temple, it is therefore said, the temple of my God; and by my God, when said by the Lord, is meant heaven, and the Divine truth therein, which also is the Lord in heaven. The Lord is above the heavens, and appears to its inhabitants as a Sun, and from the Lord as a Sun proceed heat and light; heat which in its essence is Divine good, and light which in its essence is Divine truth; those two constitute heaven in general and in particular. Divine truth is that which is meant by my God; this is why in the Word of the Old Testament the Lord is called Jehovah and God, - Jehovah where the subject treated of is the Divine good, and God where it is the Divine truth. This also is the reason why angels are called gods, and that God in the Hebrew tongue is in the plural Elohim. From these considerations it is evident what is here meant by the temple of my God.

(That the Lord is called Jehovah where the Divine good is treated of, but God where the Divine truth is treated of, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 709, 732, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4283, 4402, 7010, 9167. That He is called Jehovah from Being (esse), and thus from essence, but God from Manifestation (existere), and thus from existence, n. 300, 3910, 6905; that the Divine as Being (esse) also is Divine good, and that the Divine as Manifestation (existere) is Divine truth, n. 3061, 6280, 6880, 6905, 10579; and in general that good is the being, (esse), and truth the manifestation (existere) thence, n. 5002. That angels are called gods from their reception of Divine truth from the n. 4295, 4402, 7268, 7873, 8301, 8192. That the Divine of the Lord in the heavens is Divine truth united with Divine good, may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell 13, 133, 139, 140. That the light in the heavens is in its essence Divine truth, and the heat there Divine good, both from the Lord, may be seen in the same work, n. 126-140, 275.)

[2] That temple in the Word signifies the Divine Human of the Lord, and in the relative sense, heaven and the church, consequently also Divine truth, is evident from the following passages. In John:

To the Jews who asked, "What sign showest thou unto us, that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body" (John 2:18-21).

That temple signifies the Lord's Divine Human is here plainly declared; for by destroying the temple and raising it up in three days is meant His death, burial and resurrection.

[3] In Malachi:

"Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord shall suddenly come to his temple, and the angel of the covenant whom ye seek" (3:1).

Here also by temple is meant the Lord's Divine Human; for the subject treated of is the Lord's advent, therefore coming to His temple signifies assuming the Human.

[4] Again, in the Apocalypse:

"I saw no temple" in the new Jerusalem, "for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it" (21:22).

The subject here treated of is the new heaven and the new earth, when they will be in internals, and not in externals; hence it is said that there was seen no temple, but the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb. The Lord God Almighty is the very Divine of the Lord, and the Lamb is His Divine Human; whence also it is evident, that His Divine Human in the heavens is meant by temple.

[5] Again, in Isaiah:

"I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his skirts filling the temple" (6:1).

By the throne, high and lifted up, upon which the Lord was seen to sit, is signified the Lord as to Divine truth in the higher heavens; but by His skirts is signified His Divine truth in the church. (That skirts when said of the Lord, signify His Divine truth in ultimates, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 9917. That the veil of the temple being rent into two parts from the top to the bottom, after the Lord suffered (Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45), signified the union of the Lord's Divine Human with the Divine itself, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 9670.)

[6] That by temple is signified the Lord's Divine Human, and at the same time heaven and the church, is evident in the following passages. In David:

"I will bow myself down toward thy holy temple, and I will confess thy name" (Psalms 138:2).

In Jonah:

"I said I am cast out from before thine eyes, but yet will I add to look back to the temple of thy holiness, and my prayer came to thee to the temple of thy holiness" (2:4, 7).

In Habakkuk:

"Jehovah in the temple of his holiness" (2:20).

In Matthew:

"Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?" (23:16, 17).

In John:

Jesus said unto them that sold in the temple, "Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandize. Whence his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up" (2:16, 17).

[7] Besides the above, there are many passages in the Word where temple is mentioned, which I wish to adduce, in order that it may be known that heaven and the church are thereby meant, as also the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, lest the mind should adhere to the idea, that the temple alone is meant instead of something more holy; for the holiness of the temple of Jerusalem arose from the fact that it represented and signified what is holy.

That the temple signified heaven is clear from these passages. In David:

"I called upon Jehovah, and cried unto my God; he heard my voice out of his temple" (Psalms 18:6).

Again:

"A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the door in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness" (Psalms 84:10).

Again:

"The just shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like the cedar in Lebanon. They who are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God" (Psalms 92:12, 13).

Again:

"One thing have I desired of Jehovah, that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to visit his temple in the morning" (Psalms 27:4).

Again:

"I shall be at rest in the house of Jehovah for length of days" (Psalms 23:6).

[8] In John:

Jesus said: "In my Father's house are many mansions" (14:2).

That heaven and the church are meant in these passages by the house of Jehovah and of the Father is clear. The church is also meant in the following passages. In Isaiah:

"Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire" (64:11).

In Jeremiah:

"I have forsaken my house, I have left mine heritage" (12:7).

In Haggai:

"I will stir up all nations, that the choice of all nations may come; and I will fill this house with glory. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former" (Haggai 2:7-9).

In Isaiah:

"He shall say to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid" (44:28).

The subject here treated of is the coming of the Lord, and the New Church to be then established. In Zechariah:

"The house of Jehovah was founded, that the temple may be built" (8:9).

Similarly in Daniel:

"Belshazzar commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem, that they might drink therein; and they drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone and then writing appeared on the wall" (5:2-4).

By the golden and silver vessels which were brought from the temple of Jerusalem are signified the goods and truths of the church; by their drinking wine out of them, and praising the gods of gold, of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and stone, is signified the profanation of them, on which account the writing appeared on the wall, and the king was changed from a man into a beast.

[9] In Matthew:

"His disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be dissolved" (24:1, 2; Mark 13:1, 2; Luke 21:5, 6, 7).

That there should not be left of the temple one stone upon another which should not be dissolved, signifies the total destruction and vastation of the church; for stone signifies the truth of the church; and it therefore follows that the successive vastation of the church is treated of in those chapters in the Evangelists. In the Apocalypse:

"The angel stood, saying, Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar, and them that worship therein" (11:1).

By the temple here also is signified the church, and by measuring it, is signified to explore its quality. The signification of the new temple and its measurements, mentioned in Ezekiel, is similar (Ezekiel 40-47).

[10] That by temple is signified the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, is evident from the following passages in Ezekiel:

"The glory of Jehovah went up from above the cherub over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the glory of Jehovah" (10:4).

By the house is here meant heaven and the church, and by the cloud and glory Divine truth. (That cloud denotes Divine truth may be seen above, n. 36; and that glory signifies the same, n. 33.)

[11] In Micah:

"Many nations shall go, and say, Come and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of" our "God, that he may teach us of his ways, and that we may go in his paths; for from Zion shall go forth doctrine, and the word from Jerusalem" (4:2).

The mountain of Jehovah and the house of God signify the church, and similarly Zion and Jerusalem; to be taught of His ways, and to go in His paths, is to be instructed in Divine truths; therefore it is also said,

"From Zion shall go forth doctrine, and the word from Jerusalem."

[12] In Isaiah:

"The voice of the tumult from the city, the voice of Jehovah from the temple" (66:6).

By the city is meant the doctrine of truth, by temple, the church, and by the voice of Jehovah from the temple, Divine truth. In the Apocalypse:

"There came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying" (16:17).

Here voice also denotes Divine truth. Again:

"The temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in the temple the ark of his covenant: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings" (11:19).

By lightnings, voices, and thunderings in the Word are signified Divine truths from heaven (see Arcana Coelestia 7573, 8914). And again:

"The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. And the seven angels went out of the temple having the seven plagues. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power" (15:5, 6, 8).

The seven angels are said to go out of the temple in heaven, because by angels are signified Divine truths, as may be seen above (n. 130, 200). What is signified by smoke from the glory of God will be seen in the explanation of those words in the following pages. Moreover, it must be known that by the temple which was built by Solomon, as also by the house of the forest of Lebanon, and by each particular thing pertaining to them, as recorded in the first book of Kings (6 and 7), are signified spiritual and celestial things pertaining to the church and to heaven.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Arcana Coelestia # 6752

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6752. 'And she called his name Moses' means the essential nature of the state then. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' and 'calling the name as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2714, 3006, 3421, 6674, at this point the essential nature of a state because when someone's name is mentioned, that particular name used then means the state, 1946, 2643, 3422, 4298. This essential nature of a state that is meant is the nature of the state of the law of God as it was in the beginning with the Lord, and the nature of the state of God's truth as it is in the beginning with a person who is being regenerated. There are two people primarily who represent the Lord with respect to the Word, namely Moses and Elijah. Moses represents the Lord with respect to the historical books, Elijah with respect to the Prophets. In addition to those two there is Elisha, and lastly John the Baptist, who is therefore the one who is meant by 'the Elijah who is to come', Matthew 17:10-13; Luke 1:17. But before one can show that Moses represents the law of God, one must say what the law of God is. In a broad sense God's law means the whole Word; in a narrower sense it means the historical section of the Word; in a restricted sense it means what was written through Moses; and in a very restricted sense it means the Ten Commandments written upon Mount Sinai on tablets of stone. Moses represents the law in the narrower sense as well as in the restricted sense and also in the very restricted.

[2] In a broad sense the Law is the whole Word, both the historical section and the prophetical part. This is clear in John,

We have heard from the Law that the Christ (the Messiah) remains forever. John 12:34.

The fact that 'the Law' here is used to mean the prophetical part as well is self-evident, for this is a reference to what is written in Isaiah 9:6-7; in David, Psalms 110:4; and in Daniel 7:13-14. In the same gospel,

In order that the Word written in the Law might be fulfilled, They hated Me without a cause. John 15:25.

Much the same applies here, for it is a reference to what is written in David, Psalms 35:19. In Matthew,

Truly I say to you, Even until heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one small part of a letter will not pass from the Law till all things are done. Matthew 5:18.

Here 'the Law' in a broad sense stands for the whole Word.

[3] The Law in a narrower sense is the historical section of the Word. This is clear in Matthew,

All things whatever you wish people to do to you, do also to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12.

Here the Word is divided into 'the Law' and 'the Prophets'; and as the Word has been divided into the historical section and the prophetical part, it follows that 'the Law' is used to mean the historical section of the Word, and 'the Prophets' to mean the prophetical part. A similar example occurs in the same gospel,

On these two commandments hang the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 22:40.

And in Luke,

The Law and the Prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed. Luke 16:16; Matthew 11:13.

[4] In a restricted sense the Law is the Word that was written through Moses. This is clear in Moses,

When Moses had finished writing the words of this Law in a book, even until he had completed them, Moses commanded the Levites carrying the ark of Jehovah, saying, Take the book of this Law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God. Deuteronomy 31:14-26.

'The book of the Law' stands for the Books of Moses. In the same book,

If you do not take care to do all the words of this Law which are written in this book, Jehovah will send 1 upon you every sickness and every plague that is not written in the book of this Law, until you are destroyed. Deuteronomy 28:58, 61.

The meaning is similar here. In David,

In the Law of Jehovah is his delight, and in His Law he meditates day and night. Psalms 1:2.

'The Law of Jehovah' stands for the Books of Moses, for the prophetical books had not yet been written; nor had the historical books apart from the Book of Joshua and the Book of Judges. In addition this restricted meaning of 'the Law' occurs in places containing the expression 'the Law of Moses', which are dealt with immediately below.

[5] In a very restricted sense the Law is the Ten Commandments written upon Mount Sinai on the tablets of stone, as is well known, see Joshua 8:32. This Law is also called the Testimony, Exodus 25:16, 21.

[6] Moses represents the Law in the narrower sense, which is the historical section of the Word, also the Law in the restricted sense, and in the very restricted sense too. This is clear from those places in the Word in which the name Moses is used instead of the Law, and those in which the Law is called the Law of Moses, as in Luke,

Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them. If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead. Luke 16:29, 31.

Here 'Moses and the Prophets' has the same meaning as 'the Law and the Prophets', which is the historical section and the prophetical part of the Word. From this it is evident that 'Moses' is the Law or historical section of the Word. In the same gospel,

Jesus beginning at Moses and all the prophets explained in all the scriptures the things that concerned Himself. Luke 24:27.

In the same chapter,

All things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me. Luke 24:44.

In John,

Philip said, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law - Jesus. John 1:45.

In the same gospel,

In the Law Moses commanded us. John 8:5.

In Daniel,

The curse and the oath which was written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has come down onto us, because we have sinned against Him. As it is written in the Law of Moses, All this evil has come upon us. Daniel 9:11, 13.

In Joshua,

Joshua wrote on the stone of the altar a copy of the Law of Moses. Joshua 8:32.

[7] The expression 'the Law of Moses' is used because Moses represents the Lord with respect to the Law, that is, the Word, and in a narrower sense the historical section of the Word. This explains why what is the Lord's is ascribed to Moses, as in John,

Moses gave you the Law, Moses gave you circumcision. If a man (homo) receives circumcision on the sabbath, so that the Law of Moses may not be broken... John 7:19, 22-23.

In Mark,

Moses said, Honour your father and your mother. Mark 7:10.

In the same gospel,

Jesus answering said to them, What did Moses command you? They said, Moses permitted him to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away. Mark 10:3-4.

And because what is the Lord's is ascribed to Moses on account of his representation, both 'the Law of Moses' and 'the Law of the Lord' are used in Luke,

When the days of their purification according to the Law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as it has been written in the Law of the Lord, that every male opening the womb is to be called holy to the Lord) and to offer a sacrifice according to what has been stated in the Law of the Lord, A pair of turtle doves and two young pigeons. Luke 2:22-24, 39.

[8] Because Moses represented the Law he was allowed to go in to the Lord on Mount Sinai, not only to receive there the tablets containing the Law but also to hear the statutes and judgements belonging to the Law, and to enjoin these commands on the people. It is also said that the people should therefore believe in Moses forever,

Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak to you, and also may believe in you forever. Exodus 19:9.

The expression 'in a thick cloud' is used because 'cloud' means the letter of the Word. Here also is the reason why it says, when Moses went in to the Lord on Mount Sinai, that he went 'into the cloud', Exodus 20:21; 14:2, 18; 34:2-5. For the meaning of 'the cloud' as the literal sense of the Word, see the Preface to Genesis 18, and also 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343 (end).

[9] And since Moses represented the Law or the Word, it also says that when he came down from Mount Sinai the skin on his face shone whenever he spoke, and so he would put a veil over his face, Exodus 34:28-end. 'The shining of his face' meant the inner spirit of the Law, for this dwells in the light of heaven and is therefore called the glory, 5922. While 'the veil' meant the outward form of the Law. The reason why he veiled his face whenever he spoke to the people was that the inner spirit was concealed from them, and had become so obscure to that people that they could not bear any light from it. For the meaning of 'the face' as that which is internal, see 1999, 2434, 3527, 7577, 4066, 4796-4805, 5102, 5695. Since 'Moses' represented the Lord with respect to the historical section of the Word and 'Elijah' represented the Lord with respect to the prophetical part, Moses and Elijah were therefore seen talking to the Lord at His transfiguration, Matthew 17:3. No others except those who represented the Word could have talked to the Lord when He manifested His Divinity in the world; for talking to the Lord is done through the Word. Regarding Elijah's representation of the Lord with respect to the Word, see 1762, 5247 (end).

[10] And since these two together, both Moses and Elijah, represented the whole Word, both are mentioned in Malachi where the sending of Elijah before the Lord is referred to,

Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel - the statutes and judgements. Lo, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrifying day of Jehovah comes. Malachi 4:4-6.

These words imply that one was to go before who was to announce the [Lord's] Coming, in accordance with the Word.

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1. Following the Latin version of Sebastian Schmidt Swedenborg adds a word meaning secretly, which does not represent any word in the Hebrew.

  
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