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1 Drži mesec Aviv, te slavi pashu Gospodu Bogu svom, jer meseca Aviva izveo te je Gospod Bog tvoj iz Misira noću.

2 I zakolji pashu Gospodu Bogu svom, od krupne i sitne stoke, na mestu koje izabere Gospod da onde nastani ime svoje.

3 Ne jedi s njom hleb kiseli; sedam dana jedi s njom presan hleb, hleb nevoljnički, jer si hiteći izašao iz zemlje misirske, pa da se opominješ dana kad si izašao iz Misira, dok si god živ.

4 I da se ne vidi u tebe kvasac za sedam dana nigde među granicama tvojim, i da ne ostane preko noćništa do jutra od mesa koje zakolješ prvi dan uveče.

5 Ne možeš klati pashe na svakom mestu svom koje ti da Gospod Bog tvoj;

6 Nego na mestu koje izabere Gospod Bog tvoj da onde nastani ime svoje, onde kolji pashu uveče o sunčanom zahodu u isto vreme kad si pošao iz Misira.

7 A peci je i jedi na mestu koje izabere Gospod Bog tvoj; i sutradan vrativši se idi u svoje šatore.

8 Šest dana jedi presne hlebove, a sedmi dan da je praznik Gospodnji, tada ne radi ništa.

9 Sedam nedelja nabroj; kad stane srp raditi po letini, onda počni brojati Sedam nedelja.

10 Tada praznuj praznik nedelja Gospodu Bogu svom; šta možeš prinositi dragovoljno kako te bude blagoslovio Gospod Bog tvoj.

11 I veseli se pred Gospodom Bogom svojim ti i sin tvoj i kći tvoja i sluga tvoj i sluškinja tvoja, i Levit koji bude u mestu tvom, i došljak i sirota i udovica, što budu kod tebe, na mestu koje izabere Gospod Bog tvoj da onde nastani ime svoje.

12 I opominji se da si bio rob u Misiru, te čuvaj i tvori uredbe ove.

13 Praznik senica praznuj sedam dana, kad zbereš s gumna svog i iz kace svoje.

14 I veseli se na praznik svoj ti i sin tvoj i sluga tvoj i sluškinja tvoja, i Levit i došljak i sirota i udovica, što budu u mestu tvom.

15 Sedam dana praznuj praznik Gospodu Bogu svom na mestu koje izabere Gospod, kad te blagoslovi Gospod Bog tvoj u svakoj letini tvojoj i u svakom poslu ruku tvojih; i budi veseo.

16 Tri puta u godini neka dođe svako muško pred Gospoda Boga tvog na mesto koje izabere: na praznik presnih hlebova, na praznik nedelja i na praznik senica, ali niko da ne dođe prazan pred Gospoda;

17 Nego svaki s darom od onog što ima, prema blagoslovu Gospoda Boga tvog kojim te je darivao.

18 Sudije i upravitelje postavi sebi po svim mestima koja ti da Gospod Bog tvoj po plemenima tvojim, i neka sude narodu pravo.

19 Ne izvrći pravde i ne gledaj ko je ko; ne primaj poklona. jer poklon zaslepljuje oči mudrima i izvrće reči pravednima.

20 Sasvim idi za pravdom, da bi bio živ i nasledio zemlju koju ti daje Gospod Bog tvoj.

21 Ne sadi luga ni od kakvih drveta kod oltara Gospoda Boga svog, koji načiniš;

22 I ne podiži nikakav lik; na to mrzi Gospod Bog tvoj.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 586

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586. 13:7 It was granted it to make war with the saints and overcome them. This symbolically means that they attacked the Word's Divine truths and overturned them.

War symbolizes spiritual war, which is a war of falsity against truth, and of truth against falsity (no. 500). To make war, therefore, symbolically means to attack. Saints mean people who are governed by Divine truths from the Lord through the Word, and thus, abstractly from persons, Divine truths themselves (no. 173). Consequently, to overcome the saints means, symbolically, to cause truths not to prevail, thus to overturn them.

The following declaration in Daniel has a similar symbolic meaning, that the fourth beast to come up from the sea, which had a mouth speaking great words, "made war with the saints and prevailed" (Daniel 7:7-8, 21). To be shown that the male goat means faith divorced from charity, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding Faith, nos. 61-68.

The following has a similar meaning:

...a king shall arise, having fierce features, who understands intrigues... He shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people... He shall even rise against the Prince of princes... He shall cause deceit to prosper under his hand. (Daniel 8:23-25)

The king is the male goat, as said in verse 21.

Very similar is symbolism found in the statement that "the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against (the two witnesses), overcome them, and kill them" (Revelation 11:7, and no. 500). They will overcome them because the laity do not see through the clergy's sophistries, which they call mysteries, for the clergy wrap them up in appearances and fallacious reasonings. That is why the people said, "Who is like the beast? Who can fight against it?" (verse 4, and nos. 579-581).

[2] That saints (or holy ones) mean people governed by truths from the Lord through the Word can be seen from the passages cited in no. 173 above, and also from the following:

(Jesus said, "Father,) sanctify them in Your truth. Your Word is truth... ...I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth... I in them, and You in Me. (John 17:17, 19, 23)

Jehovah came from Sinai..., He came from the ten thousands of the holy; from His right hand came a fiery law for them... All His saints are in Your hand...; each shall receive Your words. (Deuteronomy 33:2-3)

It is apparent from this that those people are called saints who are governed by Divine truths from the Lord through the Word. Moreover, those who live according to the commandments, that is, to the Word's truths, are called the saints or holy people of Jehovah (Leviticus 19:2, Deuteronomy 26:18-19). The Decalogue is the covenant they were to keep (see no. 529 above, and The Doctrine of Life for the New Jerusalem60).

It was for this reason that the place in the Tabernacle where the Ark was, containing the Decalogue, was called the holy of holies or the most holy place (Exodus 26:33-34).

[3] Those people who live according to the Word's truths are called saints, not because they are holy, but because the truths in them are holy; and truths are holy when they come from the Lord in them, and they have the Lord in them when they have His truths in them (John 15:7).

Because of their truths from the Lord, angels are called holy (Matthew 25:31, Luke 9:26). So, too, are prophets, (Luke 1:70, Revelation 18:20; 22:6). And also apostles (Revelation 18:20).

It is because of this that the Temple is called a holy temple (Psalms 5:7; 65:4). That Zion is called a holy mountain (Isaiah 65:11, Jeremiah 31:23, Ezekiel 20:40, Psalms 2:6; 3:4; 15:1). That Jerusalem is called a holy city (Isaiah 48:2; 64:10, Revelation 21:2, 10, Matthew 27:53). That the church is called a holy people (Isaiah 62:12; 63:18, Psalms 149:1), and also a kingdom of saints (Daniel 7:18, 22, 27).

They are called saints because in an abstract sense angels symbolize Divine truths from the Lord; prophets symbolizes doctrinal truths; apostles symbolize the church's truths; and the Temple symbolizes heaven and the church in respect to Divine truth, as do also Zion, Jerusalem, the people, and the kingdom of God.

That no one is holy in himself, not even angels, may be seen in Job 15:14-16. But they are holy from the Lord, because the Lord alone is holy (Revelation 15:4, no.173).

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Isaiah 16:5

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5 A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.