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Deuteronômio 32

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1 Inclinai os ouvidos, ó céus, e falarei; e ouça a terra as palavras da minha boca.

2 Caia como a chuva a minha doutrina; destile a minha palavra como o orvalho, como chuvisco sobre a erva e como chuvas sobre a relva.

3 Porque proclamarei o nome do Senhor; engrandecei o nosso Deus.

4 Ele é a Rocha; suas obras são perfeitas, porque todos os seus caminhos são justos; Deus é fiel e sem iniqüidade; justo e reto é ele.

5 Corromperam-se contra ele; não são seus filhos, e isso é a sua mancha; geração perversa e depravada é.

6 É assim que recompensas ao Senhor, povo louco e insensato? não é ele teu pai, que te adquiriu, que te fez e te estabeleceu?

7 Lembra-te dos dias da antigüidade, atenta para os anos, geração por geração; pergunta a teu pai, e ele te informará, aos teus anciãos, e eles to dirão.

8 Quando o Altíssimo dava às nações a sua herança, quando separava os filhos dos homens, estabeleceu os termos dos povos conforme o número dos filhos de Israel.

9 Porque a porção do Senhor é o seu povo; Jacó é a parte da sua herança.

10 Achou-o numa terra deserta, e num erma de solidão e horrendos uivos; cercou-o de proteção; cuidou dele, guardando-o como a menina do seu olho.

11 Como a águia desperta o seu ninho, adeja sobre os seus filhos e, estendendo as suas asas, toma-os, e os leva sobre as suas asas,

12 assim só o Senhor o guiou, e não havia com ele deus estranho.

13 Ele o fez cavalgar sobre as alturas da terra, e comer os frutos do campo; também o fez chupar mel da rocha e azeite da dura pederneira,

14 coalhada das vacas e leite das ovelhas, com a gordura dos cordeiros, dos carneiros de Basã, e dos bodes, com o mais fino trigo; e por vinho bebeste o sangue das uvas.

15 E Jesurum, engordando, recalcitrou (tu engordaste, tu te engrossaste e te cevaste); então abandonou a Deus, que o fez, e desprezou a Rocha da sua salvação.

16 Com deuses estranhos o moveram a zelos; com abominações o provocaram à ira:

17 Ofereceram sacrifícios aos demônios, não a Deus, a deuses que não haviam conhecido, deuses novos que apareceram há pouco, aos quais os vossos pais não temeram.

18 Olvidaste a Rocha que te gerou, e te esqueceste do Deus que te formou.

19 Vendo isto, o Senhor os desprezou, por causa da provocação que lhe fizeram seus filhos e suas filhas;

20 e disse: Esconderei deles o meu rosto, verei qual será o seu fim, porque geração perversa são eles, filhos em quem não hà fidelidade.

21 A zelos me provocaram cem aquilo que não é Deus, com as suas vaidades me provocaram à ira; portanto eu os provocarei a zelos com aquele que não é povo, com uma nação insensata os despertarei à ira.

22 Porque um fogo se acendeu na minha ira, e arde até o mais profundo do Seol, e devora a terra com o seu fruto, e abrasa os fundamentos dos montes.

23 Males amontoarei sobre eles, esgotarei contra eles as minhas setas.

24 Consumidos serão de fome, devorados de raios e de amarga destruição; e contra eles enviarei dentes de feras, juntamente com o veneno dos que se arrastam no pó.

25 Por fora devastará a espada, e por dentro o pavor, tanto ao mancebo como à virgem, assim à criança de peito como ao homem encanecido.

26 Eu teria dito: Por todos os cantos os espalharei, farei cessar a sua memória dentre os homens,

27 se eu não receasse a vexação da parte do inimigo, para que os seus adversários, iludindo-se, não dissessem: A nossa mão está exaltada; não foi o Senhor quem fez tudo isso.

28 Porque são gente falta de conselhos, e neles não há entendimento.

29 Se eles fossem sábios, entenderiam isso, e atentariam para o seu fim!

30 Como poderia um só perseguir mil, e dois fazer rugir dez mil, se a sua Rocha não os vendera, e o Senhor não os entregara?

31 Porque a sua rocha não é como a nossa rocha, sendo até os nossos inimigos juízes disso.

32 Porque a sua vinha é da vinha de Sodoma e dos campos de Gomorra; as suas uvas são uvas venenosas, seus cachos são amargos.

33 O seu vinho é veneno de serpentes, e peçonha cruel de víboras.

34 Não está isto encerrado comigo? selado nos meus tesouros?

35 Minha é a vingança e a recompensa, ao tempo em que resvalar o seu ; porque o dia da sua ruína está próximo, e as coisas que lhes hão de suceder se apressam a chegar.

36 Porque o Senhor vindicará ao seu povo, e se arrependerá no tocante aos seus servos, quando vir que o poder deles já se foi, e que não resta nem escravo nem livre.

37 Então dirá: Onde estão os seus deuses, a rocha em que se refugiavam,

38 os que comiam a gordura dos sacrifícios deles e bebiam o vinho das suas ofertas de libação? Levantem-se eles, e vos ajudem, a fim de que haja agora refúgio para vós.

39 Vede agora que eu, eu o sou, e não há outro deus além de mim; eu faço morrer e eu faço viver; eu firo e eu saro; e não há quem possa livrar da minha mão.

40 Pois levanto a minha mão ao céu, e digo: Como eu vivo para sempre,

41 se eu afiar a minha espada reluzente, e a minha mão travar do juízo, então retribuirei vingança aos meus adversários, e recompensarei aos que me odeiam.

42 De sangue embriagarei as minhas setas, e a minha espada devorará carne; do sangue dos mortes e dos cativos, das cabeças cabeludas dos inimigos

43 Aclamai, ó nações, com alegria, o povo dele, porque ele vingará o sangue dos seus servos; aos seus adversários retribuirá vingança, e fará expiação pela sua terra e pelo seu povo.

44 Veio, pois, Moisés, e proferiu todas as palavras deste cântico na presença do povo, ele e Oséias, filho de Num.

45 E, acabando Moisés de falar todas essas palavras a todo o Israel,

46 disse-lhes: Aplicai o vosso coração a todas as palavras que eu hoje vos testifico, as quais haveis de recomendar a vossos filhos, para que tenham cuidado de cumprir todas as palavras desta lei.

47 Porque esta palavra não vos é vã, mas é a vossa vida, e por esta mesma palavra prolongareis os dias na terra à qual ides, passando o Jordão, para a possuir.

48 Naquele mesmo dia falou o Senhor a Moisés, dizendo:

49 Sobe a este monte de Abarim, ao monte Nebo, que está na terra de Moabe, defronte de Jericó, e a terra de Canaã, que eu dou aos filhos de Israel por possessão;

50 e morre no monte a que vais subir, e recolhe-te ao teu povo; assim como Arão, teu irmão, morreu no monte Hor, e se recolheu ao seu povo;

51 porquanto pecastes contra mim no meio dos filhos de Israel, junto às águas de Meribá de Cades, no deserto de Zim, pois não me santificastes no meio dos filhos de Israel.

52 Pelo que verás a terra diante de ti, porém lá não entrarás, na terra que eu dou aos filhos de Israel.

   

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10248. 'And it shall be the statute of an age to them' means an eternal law of order. This is clear from the meaning of 'a statute' as a law of order, dealt with in 7884, 7995, 8357; and from the meaning of 'an age' as that which is eternal. The reason why 'an age' means what is eternal is that duration even to the end should be understood by it, and in the internal sense what is eternal is meant by that duration. Furthermore the word used to denote an age means eternity in the original language. 'Age' means what is eternal because when used in the Word with regard to the Church it means duration of it even to the end. Consequently, when the term is used with regard to heaven, where there is no end, or with regard to the Lord, it means what is eternal. The term may be used to refer in general to any Church, but in particular to the celestial Church. In addition to all this 'age' means the world and life there, and also life after this to eternity.

[2] 1. The term 'age', when used with regard to the Church, means the duration of it even to the end

This is clear from the following places: In Matthew,

The disciples said to Jesus, Tell us, what will be the sign of Your coming and of the close of the age? Matthew 24:3.

'The close of the age' means the final period of the Church, thus the end of it, when there is no longer any faith because there is no charity. The fact that this is meant by 'the close of the age' and that 'the age' therefore means the duration of the Church even to the end becomes clear from all the things stated by the Lord in that chapter, an explanation of which may be seen in the opening sections of Chapters 26-40 of Genesis. 'The age' and 'the close' of it have the same meaning elsewhere in the same gospel,

The harvest is the close of the age. Matthew 13:39-40, 49.

Also,

Behold, I am with you at all times 1 even to the close of the age. Matthew 28:20.

Here also 'the age' is used to mean the duration of the Church from start to finish.

[3] In Ezekiel,

They will dwell on the land, they and their sons and their sons' sons even to an age. David will be their prince for an age. My sanctuary will be in their midst for an age. Ezekiel 37:25, 28.

These promises refer to Israel, who in the internal sense serves to mean the spiritual Church. 'The land' on which they will dwell also means the Church; 'the sanctuary' means everything composing the Church; and 'David' means the Lord. From this it is evident that 'for an age' means even to the end.

'Israel' in the Word is the spiritual Church, see in the places referred to in 9340.

'The land' is the Church, in the places referred to in 9325.

'The sanctuary' is everything composing the Church, and it has reference to the goodness and truth of the spiritual Church, 8330, 9479.

'David' is the Lord, 1888, 9954.

[4] In David,

Before the mountains were born, and the earth and the world were formed, from age even to age You are God. Psalms 90:2.

By the birth of mountains and formation of the earth and the world not the creation of the world but the establishment of a Church should be understood, for in the Word heavenly or celestial love, and so the Church in which that love exists, is meant by 'the mountains'. 'The earth' too and 'the world' mean the Church, so that 'from age to age' means from when Churches are established to when they come to an end. Churches follow in succession, one after another; for when one has come to an end or undergone vastation another is established.

'Mountain' means heavenly or celestial love, and therefore the Church which is governed by that love, see 795, 796, 4210, 6435, 8758.

'The earth' is the Church in particular, but 'the world' the Church in general, see in the places referred to in 9325.

[5] 2. The term 'age', when used with regard to heaven, where there is no end, or with regard to the Lord, means what is eternal

This is clear from the following places: In David,

Jehovah is King for an age and for perpetuity. Psalms 10:16; Exodus 15:18.

In the same author,

Your kingdom is a kingdom of all the ages, and Your dominion to every generation after generation. Psalms 145:13.

In Jeremiah,

[He is] the living God [and] the King of the age. Jeremiah 10:10.

In Daniel,

His dominion is the dominion of an age which will not pass away. Afterwards the saints of the Most High 2 will receive the kingdom and will strengthen the kingdom even to an age, and even to ages of ages. Daniel 7:14, 18, 27.

In Matthew,

Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ages. Matthew 6:13.

In Luke,

God will give Him the throne of David, so that He may reign over the house of Jacob for ages. Luke 1:32-33.

[6] In the Book of Revelation,

To Jesus Christ be glory and might for ages of ages. Revelation 1:6.

Elsewhere in the same book,

Behold, I live for ages of ages. Revelation 1:18.

And elsewhere again,

Blessing, and honour, and glory, and might to the Lamb for ages of ages! The twenty-four elders worshipped the One living for ages of ages. Revelation 5:13-14; 10:6; 11:15.

In Isaiah,

My salvation will exist for an age, and My righteousness to each generation 3 . Isaiah 51:6, 8.

In the same prophet,

The angel of [His] face carried them all the days of the age. Isaiah 63:9.

In Daniel,

Many of those sleeping will awake to the life of the age 4 , the rest to the disrepute of the age 5 . Daniel 12:2.

In John,

If anyone eats of this bread he will live for an age. John 6:51, 58.

In the same gospel,

I give them eternal life, and they will not perish for an age. John 10:28.

In David,

Lead me in the way of the age 6 . Psalms 139:24.

In the same author,

He has caused them to stand for perpetuity and for an age; He has given a statute that will not pass away. Psalms 148:6.

[7] In these places 'age' means what is eternal since it is used with regard to the Lord, to His kingdom, and to heaven and the life there, all of which have no end. 'Ages of ages' is not used to mean eternities of eternities but that which is eternal. That expression is used however with regard to the Churches on earth coming in succession one after another. From the Word it is evident that a Church has been established four times on this planet. The first of them was the Most Ancient, which existed before the Flood; the second was the Ancient, which came after the Flood; the third was the Israelite and Jewish; and the last was the Christian. The whole period of each one from start to finish is an age. And after the Christian Church a new one will begin. This series of Churches is meant by 'ages of ages', 'an age' being the duration of a Church even to its end, as shown above.

[8] 3. The term 'age' may be used to refer in general to any Church, but in particular to the celestial Church

This is clear from the following places: In Amos,

I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen down, and I will build as in the days of a [previous] age. Amos 9:11.

'The days of a [previous] age' is used to mean the time when the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial, existed. In Micah,

Bethlehem Ephrath, from you will come forth for Me one who will be Ruler in Israel, and whose origins are from of old, from the days of a [previous] age. Micah 5:2.

Here the meaning is similar. In Moses,

Remember the days of a [previous] age, understand the years of generation after generation. Deuteronomy 32:7.

'The days of a [previous] age' stands for the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was a celestial Church, and 'the years of generation after generation' for the time of the Ancient Church, which was a spiritual Church.

[9] In Isaiah,

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah. Awake as in the days of antiquity, of the generation of [previous] ages. Isaiah 51:8-9.

'As in [the days] of the generation of [previous] ages' means as it was with the states of love and faith in the Ancient Churches that descended from the Most Ancient. In David,

I have considered the days of old, the years of [previous] ages. Psalms 77:5.

Here the meaning is similar.

[10] In Isaiah,

Remember from a [previous] age the former thing. Isaiah 46:9.

In Malachi,

Then the minchah of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to Jehovah, as in the days of a [previous] age, and as in ancient years. Malachi 3:4.

In Joel,

Judah will abide for an age, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. Joel 3:20.

In these places 'Judah' means the celestial Church, to which the words 'as in the days of the age' and 'into the age' therefore refer, while 'Jerusalem' means the spiritual Church, to which the words 'as in the ancient years' and 'into generation after generation' refer.

'Judah' is the celestial Church, see 3654, 3881, 6363, 8770.

'Jerusalem' is the spiritual Church, 402, 3654.

[11] 4. The term 'age' may mean the world and life there

This is clear in Matthew,

The one who is sown among thorns is he who hears the Word but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word. Matthew 13:22.

In Luke,

The sons of this age are more shrewd than the sons of light. Luke 16:8.

In the same gospel,

The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. Luke 20:34.

And in David,

The wicked and carefree ones of the age multiply wealth. Psalms 73:12.

[12] 5. The term 'age' may mean life to eternity after death

In Mark,

... will receive a hundredfold, now in this time, and in the age to come eternal life. Mark 10:30.

In Ezekiel,

When I will cause you to go down with those going down to the pit, to the people of a [previous] age, ... Ezekiel 26:20.

And elsewhere, as in Luke 18:30; 20:35; Isaiah 34:10, 17; Revelation 14:11; 20:10; 22:5.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, I am with you all the days

2. The Latin word rendered the Most High is plural, as is the word used in the original Aramaic. It must be regarded as a plural of majesty.

3. literally, generations of generations

4. i.e. eternal life

5. i.e. eternal disgrace

6. i.e. an eternal way

  
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