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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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Apocalypse Explained # 241

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241. Verse 18. I counsel thee, signifies the means of reformation of those who are in the doctrine of faith alone. This is evident from what now follows, for the reformation of those who are in that doctrine is now treated of; therefore "I counsel thee" implies precepts as to how such must live that they may be reformed and thus saved.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 8897

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8897. 'Honour your father and your mother' means love for goodness and truth, in the highest sense for the Lord and His kingdom. This is clear from the meaning of 'honouring' as loving, for in the spiritual sense 'honour' is love, because in heaven one loves another, and in loving him also honours him since love is present within honour (honour without love there is rejected, indeed spurned, because it is devoid of life from good); from the meaning of 'father' as goodness, dealt with in 3703, 5581, 5902, 6050, 7833, 7834, and in the highest sense as the Lord in respect of Divine Goodness, 15, 1729, 2005, 2803, 3704, 7499, 8328 (the reason why 'Father' in the highest sense is the Lord is that He imparts new life to the person, so that this life may make that person a son and heir of His kingdom); and from the meaning of 'mother' as truth, dealt with in 3703, 5581, and in the highest sense the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, thus His kingdom since Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord makes heaven. The reason why the Lord's Divine Truth makes heaven is that in the next life the Lord in respect of Divine Good is the Sun, and in respect of Divine Truth is the Light. This Divine Light radiating from the Lord as the Sun is what enlightens angelic minds and fills them with intelligence and wisdom, causing them to be angels of light. Divine Good is present within Divine Truth, even as heat from the sun is present within the light in springtime and summer in the world.

  
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