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1я Царств 3

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1 Отрок Самуил служил Господу при Илии; слово Господне было редко в те дни, видения были не часты.

2 И было в то время, когда Илий лежал на своем месте, – глаза же его начали смежаться, и он не мог видеть, –

3 и светильник Божий еще не погас, и Самуил лежал в храме Господнем, где ковчег Божий;

4 воззвал Господь к Самуилу: И отвечал он: вот я!

5 И побежал к Илию и сказал: вот я! ты звал меня. Но тот сказал: я не звал тебя; пойди назад, ложись. И он пошел и лег.

6 Но Господь в другой раз воззвал к Самуилу: Он встал, и пришел к Илию вторично, и сказал: вот я! ты звал меня. Но тот сказал: я не звал тебя, сын мой; пойди назад, ложись.

7 Самуил еще не знал тогда голоса Господа, и еще не открывалось ему слово Господне.

8 И воззвал Господь к Самуилу еще в третий раз. Он встал и пришел к Илию и сказал: вот я! ты звал меня. Тогда понялИлий, что Господь зовет отрока.

9 И сказал Илий Самуилу: пойди назад и ложись, и когда Зовущий позовет тебя, ты скажи: говори, Господи, ибо слышит раб Твой. И пошел Самуил и лег на месте своем.

10 И пришел Господь, и стал, и воззвал, как в тот и другой раз: Самуил, Самуил! И сказал Самуил: говори, Господи , ибо слышит раб Твой.

11 И сказал Господь Самуилу: вот, Я сделаю дело в Израиле, о которомкто услышит, у того зазвенит в обоих ушах;

12 в тот день Я исполню над Илием все то, что Я говорил о доме его;Я начну и окончу;

13 Я объявил ему, что Я накажу дом его на веки за ту вину, что онзнал, как сыновья его нечествуют, и не обуздывал их;

14 и посему клянусь дому Илия, что вина дома Илиева не загладится ни жертвами, ни приношениями хлебными вовек.

15 И спал Самуил до утра, и отворил двери дома Господня; и боялся Самуил объявить видение сие Илию.

16 Но Илий позвал Самуила и сказал: сын мой Самуил! Тот сказал: вот я!

17 И сказал Илий : что сказано тебе? не скрой от меня; то и то сделает с тобою Бог, и еще больше сделает, если ты утаишь от меня что-либо из всего того, что сказано тебе.

18 И объявил ему Самуил все и не скрыл от него ничего . Тогда сказал Илий :Он – Господь; что Ему угодно, то да сотворит.

19 И возрос Самуил, и Господь был с ним; и не осталось ни одного из слов его неисполнившимся.

20 И узнал весь Израиль от Дана до Вирсавии, что Самуил удостоен бытьпророком Господним.

21 И продолжал Господь являться в Силоме после того, как открыл Себя Самуилу в Силоме чрез слово Господне.

   

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Exploring the Meaning of 1 Samuel 3

Napsal(a) Garry Walsh

Chapter 3 tells the beautiful story of the “Call of Samuel.” Young Samuel hears a voice calling him in the night, as he lies down to sleep. Samuel thinks that Eli, who is old and blind, must be calling him. So he runs to Eli and asks what he wants. Eli says that he didn't call, and tells Samuel to go back to bed. This happens two more times, and each time Samuel hears the voice calling, he goes to Eli. The third time this happens, Eli realizes that it must be the Lord's voice that Samuel is hearing. So, Eli tells Samuel to answer the voice with the words, “Speak, Lord, for your servant hears.” When the Lord calls him again, this is how Samuel answers.

God’s words to Samuel are clear. Eli’s sons had done bad things, and Eli had not stopped them. No sacrifice could now keep them from the consequences of their sins. In the morning, Eli begs Samuel to tell him what the Lord said. After Samuel tells him God’s message, Eli accepts that the Lord would do to him and his family what was He knew was good.

There is much that we can learn from the story. The Lord calls Samuel three times before Samuel realizes who is really calling, and answers Him. Numbers in the Bible have symbolic meanings. In this story, the number three represents completeness. When Samuel is called three times, it represents a personal process that is complete, and that gives Samuel a new ability to receive God’s message. (See Apocalypse Revealed 505.)

To “hear” means to perceive, to learn and to come to understand. When Samuel hears and replies to the Lord, he is showing that he is willing to listen to and understand God. It is similar for us. We may not hear the voice of God calling in the night, but we can make space in our lives to try to tune in to His message, in the Word, and in good, wise people we can learn from.

The expression “to hear” can also mean to obey. Someone says, “Do you hear me?” What do they mean? They are asking if you are going to obey. In this story we can see Samuel accepting his role as prophet, i.e. to understand and obey God. So, too, we can recognize God’s messages and begin to obey them in our lives. (See Apocalypse Explained 14.)

The literal story seems to suggest that the Lord would punish Eli and his sons for the wrongs they had done. However, Swedenborg’s Writings teach that the truth is that the Lord never destroys, or is even angry. Instead, evil distances a person from the Lord’s protection and that leaves them vulnerable to the destruction that comes from the evil itself. (See Arcana Coelestia 588.)

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Arcana Coelestia # 5017

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5017. 'And it happened as he was hearing [me]' means when it was discerned. This is clear from the meaning of 'hearing' as obeying and also discerning. As regards obeying being meant, see 2542, 3869; but the fact that discerning is meant as well is evident from the actual function performed by the ear and consequently from the nature of hearing. The function of the ear is to receive what is spoken by another and to convey this to the general seat of sensation, so that this may discern from what has been conveyed to it the other person's thought. This is the reason why 'hearing' means discerning. The nature of hearing therefore is to carry one person's utterances expressing his thought to another's thought, and from there into his will, and from there into actions. This is the reason why 'hearing' means obeying. Such are the two functions proper to hearing, and in spoken languages they are distinguished from each other by the expressions 'to hear someone', meaning to discern what he says, and 'to listen to someone or hearken to him, meaning to obey him. The reason hearing has these two functions is that the human being is unable to communicate the contents of his thought and also of his will in any other way; nor can he do other than use reasons to persuade and lead others to do and obey what he wills. From this one may see the circle through which desires and ideas are communicated - from will into thought and thus into speech, then from speech by way of his ear into another's thought and will. From this one may also see why spirits and angels who correspond to the ear or sense of hearing in the Grand Man are not only 'discernments' but also 'obediences'. As regards their being 'obediences', see 4652-4660; and being these they are also 'discernments', for the one entails the other.

  
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