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Hoseas 11

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1 Da Israel var ung, hadde jeg ham kjær, og fra Egypten kalte jeg min sønn.

2 Jo mere de* kalte på dem, dess mere gikk de bort fra dem; de ofrer til Ba'alene og brenner røkelse for de utskårne billeder. / {* profetene.}

3 Og det var da jeg som lærte Efra'im å og tok dem på mine armer; men de skjønte ikke at jeg lægte dem.

4 Med menneskebånd drog jeg dem, med kjærlighets rep, og jeg var for dem som de som løfter op åket over kjevene, og jeg gav ham føde.

5 Han skal ikke vende tilbake til Egyptens land, men Assur skal være hans konge; for de vilde ikke vende om.

6 Sverdet skal fare om i hans byer og tilintetgjøre hans bommer og ete om sig - for deres onde råds skyld;

7 for mitt folk henger fast ved sitt frafall fra mig, og kaller nogen dem til det høie, er det ingen av dem som løfter sitt øie opad.

8 Hvorledes skal jeg kunne gi dig op, Efra'im, gi dig til pris, Israel? Hvorledes skal jeg kunne gi dig op som Adma, gjøre med dig som med Sebo'im? Mitt hjerte vender sig i mig, all min medynk våkner.

9 Jeg vil ikke fullbyrde min brennende vrede, jeg vil ikke atter ødelegge Efra'im; for jeg er Gud og ikke et menneske, den Hellige i din midte; jeg kommer ikke med glødende harme.

10 De skal følge Herren; han skal brøle som en løve; ja, han skal brøle, og bevende skal hans barn komme fra havet;

11 bevende skal de komme som en fugl fra Egypten, som en due fra Assurs land, og jeg vil la dem bo i sine hus, sier Herren.

   

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Iniquity, transgression and sin

  

In the Word three terms are used to refer to bad actions: transgression, iniquity, and sin. Transgression is the least bad. It means a violation of what is true in an external context, a violation of what is right and orderly. Iniquity is next and denotes acts that violate more interior truths. Sin is the worst. It is a violation of what is holy and righteous, a violation against the Lord. Sin is the deepest kind of evil. Regarding iniquity -- to be in charity, or live a life of charity is to live a life where the acts and thoughts that have top priority are those that have within them a love for the neighbor. Sometimes our love of self, our inborn desire to put ourselves first, is stronger than our charity and we do something for ourselves at the expense of our neighbor, or even do harm to our neighbor. Such an act, if our motive is selfish, is an iniquity.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 9156, 9965 [2-3])

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God

  
Ancient of Days, by William Blake

When the Bible speaks of "Jehovah," it is representing love itself, the inmost love that is the essence of the Lord. That divine love is one, whole and complete in itself, and Jehovah also is one, a name applied only to the Lord. The divine love expresses itself in the form of wisdom. Love, then, is the essence of God -- His inmost. Wisdom -- the loving understanding of how to put love into action -- is slightly more external, giving love a way to express itself. Wisdom, however, is expressed in a great variety of thoughts and ideas, what the Writings collectively call divine truth. There are also many imaginary gods, and sometimes angels and people can be called gods (the Lord said Moses would be as a god to Aaron). So when the Bible calls the Lord "God," it is in most cases referring to divine truth. In other cases, "God" has reference to what is called the divine human. The case there is this: As human beings, we cannot engage the Lord directly as divine love. It is too powerful and too pure. Instead, we have to approach Him by understanding Him through divine truth. Divine truth, then, is the Lord in human form, a form we can approach and understand. Thus "God" is also used in reference to this human aspect, because it is an expression of truth.

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