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Esekiel 15

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1 Og Herrens ord kom til mig, og det lød så:

2 Menneskesønn! Hvad har veden av vintreet forut for annen ved, det vintreskudd som er vokset op blandt skogens trær?

3 Tar en vel ved av det for å bruke den til noget arbeid? Eller gjør nogen en nagle av den til å henge noget redskap på?

4 Nei, en gir ilden den til føde; ilden fortærer begge endene, og midten blir forbrent; duer den vel da til å gjøre noget arbeid med?

5 Mens den ennu var hel, bruktes den ikke til noget arbeid; hvor meget mindre når ilden har fortært den, og den er forbrent! Kan den enda brukes til å gjøre noget arbeid med?

6 Derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Som det går med veden av vintreet blandt skogens trær, den som jeg gir ilden til føde, således gjør jeg med Jerusalems innbyggere.

7 Jeg vil sette mitt åsyn imot dem; de har sloppet ut av ilden, men ilden skal fortære dem, og I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, når jeg setter mitt åsyn imot dem.

8 Og jeg vil gjøre landet til en ørken, fordi de har gjort sig skyldige i troløshet, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

   

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Jeremias 3:11

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11 Og Herren sa til mig: Den frafalne, Israel, har vist sig rettferdigere enn den troløse, Juda.

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Arcana Coelestia # 8234

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8234. 'And the children of Israel went on dry ground into the middle of the sea' means that those governed by the good of truth and guided by the truth of good passed through that hell in safety without suffering molestation. This is clear from the explanation above in 8185, where similar words occur. The expression 'those governed by the good of truth and guided by the truth of good' is used to mean the spiritual Church; for members of that Church are first governed by the good of truth, then later on are guided by the truth of good. At first they do good because truth lays down that it should be done; therefore they act out of obedience to it. But subsequently they do good out of affection for it, at which time truth is seen and also practiced by them from the standpoint of good. From this it is evident that before a member of the spiritual Church receives a new will from the Lord, that is, before he has been regenerated, he practices truth out of obedience to it. But after he has been regenerated he practices it out of affection for it, at which time truth comes for him to be good since it now resides in his will. For to act out of obedience is to act from the understanding, but to act out of affection is to act from the will. This also is the reason why those who practice truth out of obedience to it are members of the external Church, whereas those who practice it out of affection for it are members of the internal Church. From all this it is evident that those who belong to the spiritual Church are meant when the expression 'those governed by the good of truth and guided by the truth of good' is used.

  
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