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Ponovljeni Zakon 26

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1 A kad uđeš u zemlju koju ti daje Gospod Bog tvoj u nasledstvo, i naslediš je i naseliš se u njoj.

2 Uzmi prvina od svakog voća one zemlje, koje ćeš prinositi od zemlje svoje koju ti Gospod Bog tvoj daje, i metnuvši u kotaricu idi na mesto koje Gospod Bog tvoj izabere da onde nastani ime svoje,

3 I došavši k svešteniku koji bude onda, reci mu: Priznajem danas pred Gospodom Bogom tvojim da sam ušao u zemlju za koju se Gospod zakleo ocima našim da će nam je dati.

4 A sveštenik neka uzme kotaricu iz tvoje ruke i metne je pred oltarom Gospoda Boga tvog.

5 Tada progovori i reci pred Gospodom Bogom svojim: Otac moj beše siromah Sirin i siđe u Misir s malo čeljadi, i bi onde došljak, pa posta narod velik i silan i obilan na broju.

6 Ali Misirci stadoše zlo postupati s nama, mučiše nas i udaraše na nas teške poslove.

7 I mi zavapismo ka Gospodu Bogu otaca svojih, i Gospod ču glas naš, i pogleda na muku našu, na trud naš i na nevolju našu

8 I izvede nas Gospod iz Misira rukom krepkom i mišicom podignutom, i strahotom velikom i znacima i čudesima.

9 I dovede nas na ovo mesto, i dade nam zemlju ovu, zemlju u kojoj teče mleko i med.

10 Zato sad, evo, donesoh prvine od roda ove zemlje koju si mi dao, Gospode. I ostavi ih pred Gospodom Bogom svojim, i pokloni se pred Gospodom Bogom svojim.

11 I veseli se svakim dobrom koje ti da Gospod Bog tvoj i domu tvom, ti i Levit i došljak koji je kod tebe.

12 A kad daš sve desetke od dohodaka svojih treće godine, koje je godine desetka, i daš Levitu, došljaku, siroti i udovici da jedu u mestima tvojim i nasite se,

13 Onda reci pred Gospodom Bogom svojim: Iznesoh iz doma svog šta je sveto, i dadoh Levitu i došljaku, siroti i udovici sasvim po zapovesti koju si mi zapovedio, ne prestupih zapovesti tvojih niti zaboravih;

14 Ne jedoh od toga u žalosti svojoj, niti uzeh od toga na potrebu nečistu, niti dadoh od toga na mrtvaca; slušah Gospoda Boga svog, učinih sve kako si mi zapovedio.

15 Pogledaj iz svetog stana svog s neba, i blagoslovi narod svoj Izrailja i zemlju koju si nam dao kao što si se zakleo ocima našim, zemlju u kojoj teče mleko i med,

16 Danas ti Gospod Bog tvoj zapoveda da izvršuješ ove uredbe i ove zakone. Pazi dakle i izvršuj ih od svega srca svog i od sve duše svoje.

17 Danas si se zarekao Gospodu da će ti biti Bog i da ćeš ići putevima Njegovim i držati uredbe Njegove, i zapovesti Njegove i zakone Njegove, i da ćeš slušati glas Njegov.

18 A Gospod se tebi danas zarekao da ćeš mu biti narod osobit, kao što ti je govorio, da bi držao svi zapovesti Njegove;

19 I da će te podignuti nad sve narode, koje je stvorio hvalom, imenom i slavom, da budeš narod svet Gospodu Bogu svom, kao što ti je govorio.

   

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2930. 'If you are willing' means if on account of an affection for truth coming from the heart. This is clear from the meaning of 'soul' in the internal sense. The expression 'with heart and soul' or 'with all the heart and with all the soul' occurs in various places in the Word where with all the will and all the understanding is meant. The fact that man possesses the dual powers of will and understanding, and also that the will is separated from the understanding may be well known to everyone, for we are all able to understand what is good and true but nevertheless will what is evil and false. From the beginning the human being was created in such a way that will and understanding with him were to make one, so that he would not think anything other than what he willed, nor will anything other than what he thought. Such is the state with celestial people and such it was in the celestial Church which was called Man or Adam. But with spiritual people, that is, in the spiritual Church, the first ability is separated from the second, that is to say, that of the understanding is separated from that of the will. A spiritual person is reformed by the Lord as to the former, namely the understanding part of his mind, and then within this there is formed a new will and a new understanding, 863, 875, 895, 897, 927, 928, 1023, 1043, 1044, 2256.

[2] The new will there, which is received from the Lord, is what is called 'the heart', while the new understanding is what is called 'the soul'. And when the expression 'with all the heart and with all the soul' is used, with all the will and with all the understanding is meant. This is what is meant by 'heart and soul' in Moses,

This day Jehovah your God is commanding you to observe these statutes and judgements - that you may keep and observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 26:16.

You shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5.

In the same author,

Now Israel, what does Jehovah your God require of you except to fear Jehovah your God, to go in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul? Deuteronomy 10:12; 11:13.

In the same author,

In the Book of Kings,

David said to Solomon, Jehovah will establish His Word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If [your] sons take heed to their way to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there will not fail you a man on the throne of Israel. 1 Kings 2:4.

In Matthew,

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:29-30.

[3] The same is also said of Jehovah or the Lord because with the member of the Church He is the source of affection for good, which belongs to the will, and of the affection for truth, which belongs to the understanding; as in Samuel,

I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest, [who will do] according to what is in My heart and in My soul. 1 Samuel 2:35.

And in Jeremiah,

I will rejoice over them to do good to them, and I will plant them in this land in truth, with all My heart, and with all My soul. Jeremiah 32:41.

And there are still other places in the Word where 'soul' means the affection for truth, as in Isaiah,

With my soul I desired You in the night; even with my spirit within me I sought You early. For insofar as Your judgements are in the earth the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. Isaiah 26:9.

Here 'soul' stands for an affection for truth, 'spirit' for an affection for good. 'Judgements' has reference to truths, and 'righteousness' to good, see 2235.

[4] In the same prophet,

The fool speaks folly, to make empty the hungry soul, and causes the [soul] thirsting for drink to fail. Isaiah 32:6.

'The hungry soul', which 'the fool makes empty', stands for the desire for good, while 'the soul thirsting for drink', which 'the fool causes to fail', stands for the desire for truth. In Jeremiah,

Their soul will become like a watered garden, and I will water the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul I will replenish. Jeremiah 31:12, 25.

'The soul' stands for the affection for truth and good. In the same prophet,

All its people groan as they search for bread. They have given their desirable things for food, to revive the soul. A comforter is far from me, one to revive my soul; my sons have been made desolate. They sought food for themselves to revive their soul. Lamentations 1:11, 16, 19.

'The soul' stands for the life of the affection for good and truth, 'food' stands for wisdom and intelligence.

[5] It has been said that 'the soul' means the affection for truth coming from the heart, because some affections for truth exist which do not come from the heart, such as those which come from self-love, which is the desire to be above others; from love of the world, which is the love of gain; and from love of merit. Affections for truth spring in a similar way from these loves, but they are not genuine affections. They come from the will of the flesh, not from the heart. That which comes from the heart comes from the Lord. Furthermore 'the soul' in the Word means in the universal sense all life, see 1000, 1005, 1040, 1742. Indeed in the universal sense the soul constitutes that from which another thing has its being and life. Thus the soul of the body is its spirit, since it is from this that the body has life. The soul of the spirit however is its still more interior life from which it derives its wisdom and intelligence.

  
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