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Ponovljeni Zakon 33

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1 A ovo je blagoslov kojim blagoslovi Mojsije, čovek Božji sinove Izrailjeve pred smrt svoju.

2 I reče: Gospod iziđe sa Sinaja, i pokaza im se sa Sira; zasja s gore Faranske, i dođe s mnoštvom hiljada svetaca, a u desnici mu zakon ognjeni za njih.

3 Doista ljubi narode; svi su sveti Njegovi u ruci Tvojoj; i oni se slegoše k nogama Tvojim da prime reči Tvoje.

4 Mojsije nam dade zakon, nasledstvo zboru Jakovljevom.

5 Jer beše car u Izrailju, kad se sabirahu knezovi narodni, plemena Izrailjeva.

6 Da živi Ruvim i ne umre, a ljudi njegovih da bude malo!

7 A za Judu reče: Usliši Gospode glas Judin, i dovedi ga opet k narodu njegovom; ruke njegove neka vojuju na nj, a Ti mu pomaži protiv neprijatelja njegovih.

8 I za Levija reče: Tvoj Tumim i Tvoj Urim neka budu u čoveka Tvog svetog, kog si okušao u Masi i s kojim si se prepirao na vodi Merivi;

9 Koji kaže ocu svom i materi svojoj: Ne gledam na vas; koji ne poznaje braću svoju i za sinove svoje ne zna, jer drži reči Tvoje i zavet Tvoj čuva.

10 Oni uče uredbama Tvojim Jakova i zakonu Tvom Izrailja, i meću kad pod nozdrve Tvoje i žrtvu što se sažiže na oltar Tvoj.

11 Blagoslovi, Gospode, vojsku njegovu, i neka Ti milo bude delo ruku njegovih; polomi bedre onima koji ustaju na nj i koji mrze na nj, da ne ustanu.

12 Za Venijamina reče: Mili Gospodu nastavaće bez straha s Njim; zaklanjaće ga svaki dan, i među plećima Njegovim nastavaće.

13 I za Josifa reče: Blagoslovena je zemlja njegova od Gospoda blagom s neba, rosom i iz dubine odozdo,

14 I blagom koje dolazi od sunca, i blagom koje dolazi od meseca.

15 I blagom starih brda i blagom večnih humova.

16 I blagom na zemlji i obiljem njenim, i milošću onog koji stoji u kupini. Neka to dođe ne glavu Josifu i na teme odvojenome između braće svoje.

17 Krasota je njegova kao u prvenca teleta, i rogovi njegovi kao rogovi u jednoroga; njima će bosti narode sve do kraja zemlje; to je mnoštvo hiljada Jefremovih i hiljade Manasijine.

18 A za Zavulona reče: Veseli se Zavulone izlaskom svojim, i Isahare šatorima svojim.

19 Narode će sazvati na goru, onde će prineti žrtve pravedne; jer će obilje morsko sisati i skriveno blago u pesku.

20 A za Gada reče: Blagosloven je koji širi Gada; on nastava kao lav, i kida ruku i glavu.

21 Izabra sebi prvo, jer onde dobi deo od Onog koji dade zakon; zato će ići s knezovima narodnim, i izvršavati pravdu Gospodnju i sudove Njegove s Izrailjem.

22 A za Dana reče: Dan je lavić, koji će iskakati iz Vasana.

23 I za Neftalima reče: Neftalime, siti milosti i puni blagoslova Gospodnjeg, zapad i jug uzmi.

24 I za Asira reče: Asir će biti blagoslov mimo druge sinove, biće mio braći svojoj, zamakaće u ulje nogu svoju.

25 Gvožđe i bronza biće pod obućom tvojom; i dokle traju dani tvoji trajaće snaga tvoja.

26 Izrailju! Niko nije kao Bog, koji ide po nebu tebi u pomoć, i u veličanstvu svom na oblacima.

27 Zaklon je Bog večni i pod mišicom večnom; On će odagnati ispred tebe neprijatelje tvoje, i reći će: Zatri!

28 Da bi nastavao Izrailj sam bezbrižno, izvor Jakovljev, u zemlji obilnoj žitom i vinom; i nebo će njegovo pokropiti rosom.

29 Blago tebi narode Izrailju! Ko je kao ti, narod kog je sačuvao Gospod, štit pomoći tvoje, i mač slave tvoje? Neprijatelji će se tvoji poniziti, a ti ćeš gaziti visine njihove.

   

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935. Yielding its fruit according to the month. This symbolically means that the Lord produces the goods in a person in accordance with every state of truth in him.

A month symbolizes a person's state of life in respect to truth, as will be seen below. To yield fruit means, symbolically, to produce goods. That fruits are goods of love and charity is something we just showed in no. 934 above. Moreover, because it is the Lord who essentially produces these in a person - even though the person does them as though of himself, thus apparently, as we said in no. 934 above - it follows that the symbolic meaning here is that the Lord produces them inmostly when He is present there.

But we must say how one is to understand the Lord's producing goods of charity in a person in accordance with every state of truth in him.

Someone who believes that a person does good acceptable to the Lord, good that is called spiritual good, without possessing in him truths from the Word, is much mistaken. Goods without truths are not good, and truths without goods are not true in the person, even though they are true in themselves. For good without truth is like something a person wills without understanding, a volition that is not human, but one like that of an animal, or like that of a robot that an operator causes to function.

On the other hand, volition together with comprehension becomes human in accordance with the state of the intellect by which it finds expression. For the condition of everyone's life is such that a person's will can do nothing without the instrumentality of the intellect, nor can the intellect entertain any thought without doing so from the will. The case is the same with goodness and truth, since goodness has to do with the will, and truth with the intellect.

[2] It is apparent from this that the good that the Lord produces in a person accords with the state of truth in him that forms his understanding.

This is what the tree of life yielding its fruit every month symbolizes, because a month symbolizes the state of truth in a person.

All periods of time, such as hours, days, weeks, months, years, and centuries, symbolize states of life, as may be seen in nos. 476, 562. Months symbolize states of life in respect to truths, because months mean times determined by the moon, and the moon symbolizes the truth of the intellect and of faith (nos. 332, 413, 414, 919).

Months have the same meaning in the following:

Blessed of Jehovah is (Joseph's) land..., with the precious fruits of the sun, and with the precious produce of the months... (Deuteronomy 33:13-14)

It shall come to pass that from month to month, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to bow down before (Jehovah).... (Isaiah 66:23)

Because of the symbolic meaning of a month, which is the same as that of the moon, sacrifices were made at the beginnings of each month or new moon (Numbers 29:1-6, Isaiah 1:14). The Israelites also sounded the trumpets then (Numbers 10:10, Psalms 81:3). And they were commanded to observe the month of Abib, in which they celebrated Passover (Exodus 12:2, Deuteronomy 16:1).

Months symbolize states of truth in a person, and in an opposite sense states of falsity in him, as may also be seen above in Revelation 9:5, 10, 15; 11:2, and 13:5.

A month has the same symbolic meaning here as in Ezekiel 47:12.

  
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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.