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Ponovljeni Zakon 32

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1 Slušaj, nebo, govoriću; i zemlja neka čuje govor usta mojih.

2 Neka se spusti kao dažd nauka moja, i neka padne kao rosa govor moj, kao sitan dažd na mladu travu i kao krupan dažd na odraslu travu.

3 Jer ću javljati ime Gospodnje; veličajte Boga našeg.

4 Delo je te Stene savršeno, jer su svi putevi Njegovi pravda; Bog je veran, bez nepravde; pravedan je i istinit.

5 Oni se pokvariše prema Njemu; njihovo nevaljalstvo nije nevaljalstvo sinova Njegovih; to je rod zao i pokvaren.

6 Tako li vraćate Gospodu, narode ludi i bezumni? Nije li On Otac tvoj koji te je zadobio? On te je načinio i stvorio.

7 Opomeni se nekadašnjih dana, pogledajte godine svakog veka; pitaj oca svog i on će ti javiti, starije svoje i kazaće ti.

8 Kad Višnji razdade nasledstvo narodima, kad razdeli sinove Adamove, postavi međe narodima po broju sinova Izrailjevih.

9 Jer je deo Gospodnji narod Njegov, Jakov je uže nasledstva Njegovog.

10 Nađe ga u zemlji pustoj, na mestu strašnom gde buči pustoš; vodi ga unaokolo, uči ga i čuva kao zenicu oka svog.

11 Kao što orao izmamljuje orliće svoje, diže se nad ptićima svojim, širi krila svoja, uzima ih i nosi na krilima svojim,

12 Tako ga Gospod vođaše, i s njim ne beše tuđeg boga;

13 Vođaše ga na visine zemaljske da jede rod poljski, i davaše mu da sisa med iz stene i ulje iz tvrdog kamena,

14 Maslo od krava i mleko od ovaca s pretilinom od jaganjaca i ovnova vasanskih i jaraca, sa srcem zrna pšeničnih; i pio si vino, krv od grožđa.

15 Ali se Izrailj ugoji, pa se stade ritati; utio si, udebljao i zasalio; pa ostavi Boga koji ga je stvorio, i prezre stenu spasenja svog.

16 Na revnost razdražiše Ga tuđim bogovima, gadovima razgneviše Ga.

17 Prinosiše žrtve đavolima, ne Bogu, bogovima, kojih nisu znali, novim, koji iz bliza dođoše, kojih se nisu strašili oci vaši.

18 Stenu koja te je rodila zaboravio si; zaboravio si Boga Stvoritelja svog.

19 Kad to vide Gospod, razgnevi se na sinove svoje i na kćeri svoje,

20 I reče: Sakriću od njih lice svoje, videću kakav će im biti posledak, jer su rod pokvaren, sinovi u kojima nema vere.

21 Oni me razdražiše na revnost onim što nije Bog, razgneviše svojim taštinama; i ja ću njih razdražiti na revnost onim koji nije narod, narodom ludim razljutiću ih.

22 Jer se oganj razgoreo u gnevu mom, i goreće do najdubljeg pakla; spaliće zemlju i rod njen, i popaliće temelje brdima.

23 Zgrnuću na njih zla, strele svoje pobacaću na njih.

24 Glad će ih cediti, vrućice i ljuti pomori proždiraće ih; i zube zverske poslaću na njih i jed zmija zemaljskih.

25 Spolja će ih ubijati mač, a po kletima strah, i momka i devojku, dete na sisi i sedog čoveka.

26 Rekao bih: Rasejaću ih po svim uglovima zemaljskim, učiniću da nestane spomen njihov između ljudi,

27 Da mi nije do mržnje neprijateljeve, da se ne bi neprijatelji njihovi poneli i rekli: Ruka se naša uzvisila, a nije Gospod učinio sve ovo.

28 Jer su narod koji propada sa svojih namera, i nema u njih razuma.

29 Kamo da su pametni, da razumeju ovo, i gledaju na kraj svoj!

30 Kako bi jedan gonio hiljadu a dvojica terala deset hiljada, da ih nije stena njihova prodala i Gospod ih predao?

31 Jer stena njihova nije kao naša Stena; neprijatelji naši neka budu sudije.

32 Jer je čokot njihov od čokota sodomskog i iz polja gomorskog; grožđe je njihovo grožđe otrovno, puca su mu gorka.

33 Vino je njihovo otrov zmajevski, i ljuti jed aspidin.

34 Nije li to sakriveno kod mene, zapečaćeno u riznicama mojim?

35 Moja je osveta i plata, u svoje vreme popuznuće noga njihova, jer je blizu dan propasti njihove, i ide brzo šta će ih zadesiti.

36 Sudiće Gospod narodu svom, i žao će mu biti sluga Njegovih, kad vidi da je prošla snaga i da nema ništa ni od uhvaćenog ni od ostavljenog.

37 I reći će: Gde su bogovi njihovi? Stena u koju se uzdaše?

38 Koji salo od žrtava njegovih jedoše i piše vino od naliva njihovih. Neka ustanu i pomognu vam, i neka vam budu zaklon.

39 Vidite sada da sam ja, ja sam, i da nema Boga osim mene. Ja ubijam i oživljujem, ranim i isceljujem, i nema nikoga ko bi izbavio iz moje ruke.

40 Jer podižem k nebu ruku svoju i kažem: Ja sam živ doveka.

41 Ako naoštrim sjajni mač svoj i uzmem u ruku sud, učiniću osvetu na neprijateljima svojim i vratiću onima koji mrze na me.

42 Opojiću strele svoje krvlju, i mač će se moj najesti mesa, krvlju isečenih i zarobljenih, kad počnem osvetu na neprijateljima.

43 Veselite se narodi s narodom Njegovim, jer će pokajati krv sluga svojih, i osvetiće se neprijateljima svojim, i očistiće zemlju svoju i narod svoj.

44 I dođe Mojsije i izgovori sve reči pesme ove narodu, on i Isus, sin Navin.

45 A kad izgovori Mojsije sve reči ove svemu Izrailju,

46 Reče im: Privijte srce svoje k svim rečima koje vam ja danas zasvedočavam, i kazujte ih sinovima svojim da bi držali sve reči ovog zakona i tvorili ih.

47 Jer nije prazna reč da za nju ne marite, nego je život vaš; i tom ćete rečju produžiti dane svoje na zemlji, u koju idete preko Jordana da je nasledite.

48 U isti dan reče Gospod Mojsiju govoreći:

49 Iziđi na ovu goru avarimsku, na goru Navav, koja je u zemlji moavskoj prema Jerihonu, i vidi zemlju hanansku koju dajem sinovima Izrailjevim u državu.

50 I umri na gori na koju iziđeš, i priberi s k rodu svom, kao što je umro Aron, brat tvoj na gori Oru i pribrao se k rodu svom.

51 Jer mi zgrešiste među sinovima Izrailjevim na vodi od svađe u Kadisu u pustinji Sinu, što me ne proslaviste među sinovima Izrailjevim.

52 Pred sobom ćeš videti zemlju, ali nećeš u nju ući, u zemlju koju dajem sinovima Izrailjevim.

   

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3901. The reason why the final state of the Church is compared to eagles gathered together where there is a carcass or body is that 'eagles' means man's rational ideas. When used in reference to forms of good 'eagles' means true rational ideas, but when used in reference to forms of evil 'eagles' means false rational ideas, or reasonings. 'Birds' in general means a person's thoughts, and in both the genuine and the contrary senses, 40, 745, 776, 866, 991, 3219; and each species has some individual meaning, 'eagles' meaning rational ideas because they are high-flyers and sharp-sighted. This meaning may be seen from many places in the Word, from which let the following be brought forward to confirm it. First, places where true rational ideas are meant: in Moses,

Jehovah found His people [Jacob] in a wilderness land and in the emptiness, the howling, the lonely place He encompassed him, instructed him, and kept him as the pupil of His eye. As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreads out its wings, takes one, carries it on its wings. Deuteronomy 32:10-11.

That which is described here and compared to the eagle is instruction in the truths and goods of faith. The actual process up to the point when a person becomes rational and spiritual is what this description and comparison contains. All comparisons in the Word are made by means of meaningful signs, in this case by 'the eagle', which means the rational.

[2] In the same author,

Jehovah said to Moses, You have seen the things which I did to the Egyptians, and I bore you on eagles' wings so that I might bring you to Myself. Exodus 19:3-4.

Here the meaning is similar. In Isaiah,

Those who await Jehovah will be renewed with strength; they will mount up with strong wings like eagles; they will run and not be weary, they will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31.

'Being renewed with strength' stands for growth in the willing of good, 'mounting up with strong wings like eagles' for growth in the understanding of truth, and so growth of the rational. Here, as elsewhere, dual expressions are used to present the subject, the first of a pair involving good which belongs to the will, the second truth which belongs to the understanding. 'Running and not being weary' and 'walking and not fainting' are similar dual expressions.

[3] In Ezekiel,

Speak a parable about the house of Israel, and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovih, A great eagle with long pinions, full of feathers, in its embroidery, came on Lebanon and took a twig of the cedar. He carried it into a land of trade, he placed it in a city of perfumers. It sprouted and became a spreading vine. There was another great eagle with great wings and full of feathers, towards which, behold, this vine directed its roots, and sent out its branches towards it to water it from the beds of its young plants in a good field, by many waters. But it will be laid waste. He sent his ambassadors to Egypt that they might give him horses and many people. Ezekiel 17:2-9, 15.

The eagle mentioned first stands for the rational enlightened by the Divine, the eagle mentioned second for the rational originating in the proprium, subsequently perverted by means of reasonings based on sensory evidence and factual knowledge - 'Egypt' standing for factual knowledge, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, and 'horses' for understanding resulting from all this, 2761, 2762, 3217.

[4] In Daniel,

A vision of Daniel. Four beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. The first was like a lion, but had eagle's wings. I watched it until its wings were torn away and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on its feet like a human being; and the heart of a human being was given to it. Daniel 7:3-4.

That which is described by 'a lion which had eagle's wings' is the first state of the Church, 'eagle's wings' in this case meaning rational ideas originating in the proprium. And when these had been removed, rational ideas and desires in the will which had a Divine origin were given to it. These are meant by the lifting up of the eagle from the ground and the standing of it on its feet like a human being, and the gift to it of the heart of a human being.

[5] In Ezekiel,

As for the likeness of the faces of the four living creatures or cherubs, each of the four had the face of a human being, and the face of a lion on the right side; and each of the four the face of an ox on the left side; and each of the four had the face of an eagle. Ezekiel 1:10.

Their wheels were called Galgal; and each one had four faces - the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. Ezekiel 10:13-14.

In John,

Around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature was like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a human being, the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. Revelation 4:7.

Clearly, those living creatures that were seen mean Divine arcana, as consequently does the likeness of their faces. But exactly which arcana are meant cannot be known unless one knows what 'lion', 'calf', 'human being', and 'eagle' mean in the internal sense. It is evident that 'the face of an eagle' means vigilance and therefore providence, for the cherubs who were represented by the living creatures in Ezekiel mean the Lord's providence which guards against anyone entering the mysteries of faith from himself and his own rationality as the starting point, see 308. This also shows that when 'an eagle' is used in reference to a human being the rational is meant in the internal sense. It has this meaning because an eagle is a high-flyer and from its more exalted position has a wide view of things below.

[6] In Job,

Is it through your intelligence that the hawk flies up and spreads its wings towards the south? Is it at your command 1 that the eagle lifts itself up and makes its nest up high? Job 39:26-27.

In this verse it is evident that 'the eagle' means reason which is an attribute of intelligence. This was what 'eagle' meant in the Ancient Church, for the Book of Job is a book of the Ancient Church, 3540 (end). In fact the writing of almost all the books of that period involved the use of meaningful signs, but with the passage of time meaningful signs have been so eclipsed that it is not even known that 'birds' in general means thoughts, even though these are referred to many times in the Word and in those places quite clearly is meant something different from birds.

[7] As regards 'the eagle' in the contrary sense meaning rational ideas that are not true, and so are false, this is evident from the following places: In Moses,

Jehovah will raise up above you a nation from far away, from the end of the earth, as an eagle flies, a nation whose language you do not understand, a hard-faced nation. Deuteronomy 28:49-50.

In Jeremiah,

Behold, he comes up [like] clouds, and his chariots like a whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we have been laid waste! Jeremiah 4:13.

In the same prophet,

Your bragging has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill; because, like the eagle, you have made your nest up high, I will cast you down from there. Behold, he mounts up and flies like an eagle, and spreads his wings over Bozrah; and the heart of the powerful men of Edom has become on that day like the heart of a woman in distress. Jeremiah 49:16, 22.

In the same prophet,

Our pursuers were swifter than eagles; they pursued us over the mountains, they laid in wait for us in the wilderness. Lamentations 4:19.

In Micah,

Make yourself bald, and shave your head for the children of your delight; extend your baldness like an eagle, for they have departed from you. Micah 1:16.

In Obadiah,

If you raise yourself up like the eagle, and if you place your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there. Obad. verse 4.

In Habakkuk,

I am rousing the Chaldeans, a bitter and headlong nation, marching into the breadths of the earth, to inherit habitations that are not its own. Its horses are swifter than leopards. 2 Its horsemen will come from afar. They will fly in like an eagle hastening to devour. Habakkuk 1:6, 8.

[8] In all these places 'eagles' means falsity that has been introduced through reasonings - the delusions of the senses and external appearances being the source of that falsity. 'The Chaldeans' referred to in the last of the Prophets quoted means people who outwardly are holy but inwardly are under the influence of falsity, see 1368, and these like Babel are those who lay waste the Church, 1367. 'The breadths of the earth' means truths (the vastation of which is meant by 'marching into the breadths of the earth') see 3433, 3434, and 'horses' their intellectual concepts, which are similar, 2761, 2762, 3217. What is meant by 'an eagle hastening to devour' is clear from all this, namely a hastening to make man desolate of truths, for the desolation of the Church is the subject in these verses. Comparisons are made with eagles, but as has been stated, comparisons in the Word are made by means of meaningful signs. From all this one may now see what is meant by the comparison with the eagles which will be gathered together where the carcass is.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, mouth

2. The Latin means eagles, but the Hebrew means leopards, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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