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Ponovljeni Zakon 12

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1 Ovo su uredbe i zakoni koje ćete držati i tvoriti u zemlji koju ti je Gospod Bog otaca tvojih dao da je naslediš, dokle ste god živi na zemlji.

2 Raskopajte sasvim sva mesta u kojima su služili bogovima svojim narodi koje ćete naslediti, po visokim brdima i po humovima i pod svakim zelenim drvetom.

3 Oborite oltare njihove i razbijte likove njihove, i lugove njihove popalite ognjem, i rezane bogove njihove izlomite, i istrebite ime njihovo sa onog mesta.

4 Ne činite tako Gospodu Bogu svom.

5 Nego Ga tražite u mestu koje izabere Gospod Bog vaš između svih plemena vaših sebi za stan da onde namesti ime svoje, i onamo idite.

6 Onamo nosite žrtve svoje paljenice i druge žrtve svoje i desetke svoje i prinose ruku svojih i zavete svoje i dragovoljne prinose svoje i prvine stoke svoje krupne i sitne.

7 I jedite onde pred Gospodom Bogom svojim, i veselite se vi i porodice vaše svačim, za šta se prihvatite rukom svojom, čim te blagoslovi Gospod Bog tvoj.

8 Ne činite kako mi sada ovde činimo, šta je kome drago.

9 Jer još niste došli do odmora i nasledstva, koje ti daje Gospod Bog tvoj.

10 Nego kad pređete preko Jordana, i stanete živeti u zemlji koju vam daje Gospod Bog vaš da je nasledite, i smiri vas od svih neprijatelja vaših unaokolo, te stanete živeti bez straha,

11 Onda u mesto koje izabere Gospod Bog vaš da u njemu nastani ime svoje, donesite sve što vam ja zapovedam, žrtve svoje paljenice i druge žrtve svoje, desetke svoje i prinose ruku svojih i sve što bude najbolje u onome što zavetujete Gospodu.

12 I veselite se pred Gospodom Bogom svojim vi i sinovi vaši i kćeri vaše i sluge vaše i sluškinje vaše, i Levit koji je u mestu vašem, jer on nema deo ni nasledstvo s vama.

13 Čuvaj se da ne prinosiš žrtava svojih paljenica na kome god mestu, koje ugledaš;

14 Nego na onom mestu koje izabere Gospod Bog u jednom od tvojih plemena, onde prinosi žrtve svoje paljenice, i onde čini sve što ti zapovedam.

15 Ali ćeš moći klati i jesti meso kako ti duša zaželi u svakom mestu svom po blagoslovu Gospoda Boga svog, koji ti da; čist i nečist može jesti kao srnu i jelena.

16 Samo krv ne jedite; prolijte je na zemlju kao vodu.

17 Nećeš moći jesti u mestu svom desetka od žita svog ni od vina svog ni od ulja svog, ni prvina od stoke svoje krupne i sitne, ni onog što zavetuješ; ni prinosa dragovoljnih, ni prinosa ruku svojih.

18 Nego to jedi pred Gospodom Bogom svojim na mestu koje izabere Gospod Bog tvoj, ti, sin tvoj i kći tvoja i sluga tvoj i sluškinja tvoja, i Levit koji je u mestu tvom; i veseli se pred Gospodom Bogom svojim svačim za šta se prihvatiš rukom.

19 Čuvaj se da ne ostaviš Levita dok si god živ na zemlji.

20 Kad raširi Gospod Bog tvoj međe tvoje, kao što ti je kazao, ako kažeš: Da jedem mesa, kad duša tvoja želi da jede mesa, jedi mesa po svoj želji duše svoje.

21 Ako bi bilo daleko od tebe mesto koje Gospod Bog tvoj izabere da onde namesti ime svoje, zakolji od stoke svoje krupne ili sitne, koju ti da Gospod, kao što sam ti zapovedio, i jedi u svom mestu po želji duše svoje.

22 Kako se jede srna i jelen, onako jedi; i čist i nečist neka jede.

23 Samo pazi da ne jedeš krv; jer je krv duša, pa ne jedi dušu s mesom.

24 Ne jedi je; nego prolij na zemlju kao vodu.

25 Ne jedi je, da bi dobro bilo tebi i sinovima tvojim nakon tebe, kad činiš ono što je ugodno Gospodu.

26 Ali stvari svoje svete, koje imaš, i što zavetuješ, uzmi i dođi na mesto koje izabere Gospod.

27 I prinesi žrtve svoje paljenice, meso i krv, na oltaru Gospoda Boga svog; krv pak od drugih žrtava tvojih neka se prolije na oltar Gospoda Boga tvog, a meso jedi.

28 Čuvaj i slušaj sve ove reči koje ti ja zapovedam, da bi dobro bilo tebi i sinovima tvojim nakon tebe doveka kad činiš šta je dobro i pravo pred Gospodom Bogom tvojim.

29 Kad istrebi Gospod Bog tvoj ispred tebe narode ka kojima ideš da naslediš zemlju njihovu, i nasledivši je kad se nastaniš u zemlji njihovoj,

30 Čuvaj se da se ne uhvatiš u zamku pošavši za njima pošto se potru ispred tebe, i da ne potražiš bogove njihove, i kažeš: Kako su ovi narodi služili svojim bogovima, tako ću i ja činiti.

31 Ne čini tako Gospodu Bogu svom; jer oni činiše svojim bogovima sve što je gadno pred Gospodom i na šta On mrzi; jer su i sinove svoje i kćeri svoje sažizali bogovima svojim.

32 Šta vam god ja zapovedam sve držite i tvorite, niti šta dodajte k tome ni oduzmite od toga.

   

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9393. 'And Moses took half of the blood' means Divine Truth which has become a matter of life and of worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'the blood' as Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, dealt with in 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326, 7850, 9127. The reason why it is Divine Truth which has become a matter of life and of worship is that it was the blood which Moses sprinkled over the people, verse 8, and this blood means Divine Truth which a person has accepted, thus that which has become a matter of life and of worship; for that Truth is said to have been accepted by a person which becomes a matter of life and so of worship. And it becomes a matter of life and worship when the person has an affection for it or loves it, or what amounts to the same thing, when he wills it, and - in willing it, and so in loving and having an affection for it - does it. Till then it is indeed present with him in his memory, and is at times called forth from there and comes before his inward sight or understanding, from where it passes back into his memory. However, as long as God's truth goes no deeper than this, though it resides with the person it has not been implanted in his life and will; for a person's life consists in his will. Therefore when truth is called forth from the memory into the understanding, then passes from the understanding into the will, and goes out from the will into action, that truth becomes part of the person's life and is called good. All this shows what is meant by Divine Truth which has become a matter of life. The situation is the same with truth which becomes part of worship. Worship springing from truth which does no more than cling in the memory and make its appearance from there in the understanding is not worship. But worship springing from truth that goes out from the will, and so from affection and love, is worship. In the Word this worship is called worship of the heart, but the other, worship of the lips alone.

[2] It has indeed been shown already in the places referred to above that 'blood' means Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. Nevertheless since the majority belonging to the Church at the present day take the blood in the Holy Supper to mean nothing other than the Lord's blood that was shed on the Cross, and in a more general sense His whole Passion of the Cross, let something further be stated briefly to show that blood is not what is meant there but Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. The reason why this is unknown within the Church is that nothing whatever is known at the present day about correspondences, nor consequently about the internal sense of the Word, the sense understood by angels when someone in the world reads the Word.

[3] It becomes clear from many places in the Word that 'blood' does not mean blood but God's truth, and plainly so from the following in Ezekiel,

Say to every bird of the air and to every wild animal of the field, Assemble and come, gather yourselves from all around to My sacrifice which I am sacrificing for you, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood. You will eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth. You will eat fat till you are glutted, and drink blood till you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I will sacrifice for you. You will be glutted at My table with horse and chariot, and with every man of war. Thus will I set My glory among the nations. Ezekiel 39:17-21.

It is plainly evident that 'blood' is not used here to mean blood, for it says that they were going to drink the blood of the princes of the earth, and the blood from the sacrifice, till they were drunk, when yet drinking blood, especially the blood of princes, is something abominable and was forbidden to the children of Israel on pain of death, Leviticus 3:17; 7:26; Leviticus 17:1-end; Deuteronomy 12:16-25; 15:23. It also says that they were going to be glutted with horse, chariot, and every man of war. Anyone therefore who does not know that 'blood' means Divine Truth, 'princes' leading truths, 'sacrifice' the things that belong to worship, 'horse' the understanding of truth, 'chariot' doctrinal teachings, and 'man of war' truth engaged in conflict against falsity is bound to be bemused by each of the words used in this passage.

[4] His response would be the same to the Lord's words in John,

Jesus said, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you will have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise Him up at the last day. My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. John 6:53-56.

But see what has been shown already regarding these words, in 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326, 7850, 9127. The fact that flesh corresponds to good, as does bread, and that blood corresponds to truth, as does wine, has been told me very many times from heaven. I have likewise been told that angels understand the Word solely according to correspondences, and that as a result of this mankind is joined by means of the Word to heaven, and through heaven to the Lord.

[5] And in like manner I have been told that the Holy Supper was established by the Lord to be the means by which all things of heaven, that is, all things which are the Lord's, might be joined to members of the Church. For in the Holy Supper the flesh or bread is the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love towards the whole human race, and a person's love in return to the Lord, while the blood or wine is the Divine Truth emanating from the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love, and in turn the person's acceptance of it. In heaven, furthermore, eating and drinking those gifts implies making them one's own and joining them together. But see what has been shown already regarding these matters in 2165, 2177, 3464, 4211, 4217, 4581, 4735, 5915, 6789, 7850, 9323.

  
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