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Ponovljeni Zakon 4

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1 A sada, Izrailju, čuj uredbe moje i zakone, koje vas učim da tvorite, da biste poživeli i ušli u zemlju koju vam daje Gospod Bog otaca vaših i da biste je nasledili.

2 Ništa ne dodajte k reči koju vam ja zapovedam, niti oduzmite od nje, da biste sačuvali zapovesti Gospoda Boga svog koje vam ja zapovedam.

3 Oči su vaše videle šta učini Gospod s Velfegora; jer svakog čoveka koji pođe za Velfegorom istrebi Gospod Bog tvoj između tebe.

4 A vi koji se držaste Gospoda Boga svog, vi ste svi živi danas.

5 Gle, učio sam vas uredbama i zakonima, kao što mi zapovedi Gospod Bog moj, da biste tako tvorili u zemlji koju idete da je nasledite.

6 Držite dakle i izvršujte ih, jer je to mudrost vaša i razum vaš pred narodima, koji će kad čuju sve ove uredbe reći: Samo je ovaj veliki narod mudar i razuman.

7 Jer koji je veliki narod kome je Gospod blizu kao što je Gospod Bog naš kad Ga god zazovemo?

8 I koji je narod veliki koji ima uredbe i zakone pravedne kao što je sav ovaj zakon koji iznosim danas pred vas?

9 Samo pazi na se i dobro čuvaj dušu svoju, da ne zaboraviš one stvari koje su videle oči tvoje, i da ne iziđu iz srca tvog dokle si god živ; nego da ih obznaniš sinovima svojim i sinovima sinova svojih.

10 Onaj dan kad stajaste pred Gospodom Bogom svojim kod Horiva, kad mi Gospod reče: Saberi mi narod da im kažem reči svoje, kojima će se naučiti da me se boje dok su živi na zemlji, i da uče tome i sinove svoje;

11 Kad pristupiste i stajaste pod gorom, a gora ognjem goraše do samog neba i beše na njoj tama i oblak i mrak;

12 I progovori Gospod k vama isred ognja; glas od reči čuste, ali osim glasa lik ne videste;

13 I objavi vam zavet svoj, koji vam zapovedi da držite, deset reči, koje napisa na dve ploče kamene.

14 I meni zapovedi onda Gospod da vas učim uredbama i zakonima da ih tvorite u zemlji u koju idete da je nasledite.

15 Zato čuvajte dobro duše svoje; jer ne videste nikakav lik u onaj dan kad vam govori Gospod na Horivu isred ognja,

16 Da se ne biste pokvarili i načinili sebi lik rezan ili kakvu god sliku od čoveka ili od žene,

17 Sliku od kakvog živinčeta koje je na zemlji, ili sliku od kakve ptice krilate koja leti ispod neba;

18 Sliku od čega što puže po zemlji, ili sliku od kakve ribe koja je u vodi pod zemljom;

19 I da ne bi podigavši oči svoje k nebu i videvši sunce i mesec i zvezde, svu vojsku nebesku, prevario se i klanjao im se i služio im; jer ih Gospod Bog tvoj dade svim narodima pod celim nebom;

20 A vas uze Gospod i izvede vas iz peći gvozdene, iz Misira, da mu budete narod nasledni, kao što se vidi danas.

21 Ali se Gospod razgnevi na me za vaše reči, i zakle se da neću preći preko Jordana ni ući u dobru zemlju, koju ti Gospod Bog tvoj daje u nasledstvo.

22 I ja ću umreti u ovoj zemlji i neću preći preko Jordana; a vi ćete preći i naslediti onu dobru zemlju.

23 Pazite da ne zaboravite zavet Gospoda Boga svog, koji učini s vama, i da ne gradite sebi lik rezani, sliku od koje god tvari, kao što ti je zabranio Gospod Bog tvoj.

24 Jer je Gospod Bog tvoj oganj koji spaljuje i Bog koji revnuje.

25 Kad izrodiš sinove i unuke, i ostarite u onoj zemlji, ako se pokvarite i načinite sliku rezanu od kakve tvari i učinite šta nije ugodno Gospodu Bogu vašem, dražeći Ga,

26 Svedočim vam danas nebom i zemljom da će vas brzo nestati sa zemlje u koju idete preko Jordana da je nasledite, nećete biti dugo u njoj, nego ćete se istrebiti.

27 Ili će vas rasejati Gospod među narode, i malo će vas ostati među narodima u koje vas odvede Gospod;

28 I služićete onde bogovima koje su načinile ruke čovečije, od drveta i od kamena, koji ne vide ni čuju, niti jedu ni mirišu.

29 Ali ako i onde potražiš Gospoda Boga svog, naći ćeš Ga, ako Ga potražiš svim srcem svojim i svom dušom svojom.

30 Kad budeš u nevolji i sve te to snađe, ako se u poslednje vreme obratiš ka Gospodu Bogu svom, i poslušaš glas Njegov,

31 Gospod je Bog tvoj milostiv Bog, neće te ostaviti ni istrebiti, jer neće zaboraviti zavet s ocima tvojim, za koji im se zakleo.

32 Jer zapitaj sada za stara vremena, koja su bila pre tebe, od onog dana kad stvori Bog čoveka na zemlji, i od jednog kraja neba do drugog, je li kad bila ovakva stvar velika, i je li se kad čulo šta takvo?

33 Je li kad čuo koji narod glas Božji gde govori isred ognja, kao što si ti čuo i ostao živ?

34 Ili, je li Bog pokušao da dođe te uzme sebi narod iz drugog naroda kušanjem, znacima i čudesima i ratom i rukom krepkom i mišicom podignutom i strahotama velikim, kao što je učinio sve to za vas Gospod Bog naš u Misiru na vaše oči?

35 Tebi je to pokazano da poznaš da je Gospod Bog, i da nema drugog osim Njega.

36 Dao ti je da čuješ glas Njegov s neba da bi te naučio, i pokazao ti je na zemlji oganj svoj veliki, i reči Njegove čuo si isred ognja.

37 I što mu mili behu oci tvoji, zato izabra seme njihovo nakon njih, i izvede te sam velikom silom svojom iz Misira,

38 Da otera ispred tebe narode veće i jače od tebe, i da tebe uvede u njihovu zemlju i dade ti je u nasledstvo, kao što se vidi danas.

39 Znaj dakle i pamti u srcu svom da je Gospod Bog, gore na nebu i dole na zemlji, nema drugog.

40 I drži uredbe Njegove i zapovesti Njegove, koje ti ja danas zapovedam, da bi dobro bilo tebi i sinovima tvojim nakon tebe, da bi ti se produžili dani na zemlji koju ti Gospod Bog tvoj daje zasvagda.

41 Tada odeli Mojsije tri grada s ove strane Jordana prema istoku,

42 Da bi bežao u njih krvnik koji ubije bližnjeg svog nehotice ne mrzevši pre na nj, i kad pobegne u koji od tih gradova, da bi ostao živ:

43 Vosor u pustinji, na ravnici u zemlji plemena Ruvimovog, i Ramot u Galadu u plemenu Gadovom, Golan u vasanskoj u plemenu Manasijinom.

44 Ovo je zakon koji postavi Mojsije sinovima Izrailjevim.

45 Ovo su svedočanstva i uredbe i zakoni, koje kaza Mojsije sinovima Izrailjevim kad iziđoše iz Misira,

46 S ove strane Jordana u dolini prema Vet-Fegoru u zemlji Siona cara amorejskog, koji življaše u Esevonu, kog ubi Mojsije i sinovi Izrailjevi kad iziđoše iz Misira,

47 I osvojiše zemlju njegovu i zemlju Oga, cara vasanskog, dva cara amorejska, koja je s one strane Jordana prema istoku,

48 Od Aroira, koji je na potoku Arnonu, do gore Siona, a to je Ermon,

49 I sve polje s ove strane Jordana prema istoku do mora uz ravnicu pod Azdot-Fazgom.

   

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2441. That 'the sun had gone forth over the earth' means the final period which is called the Last Judgement is clear from the meaning of 'sunrise' when the subject is the times and states of the Church. That the times of the day, like the seasons of the year also, in the internal sense mean the consecutive states of the Church has been shown already in 2323, and that 'the dawn' or 'the morning' means the coming of the Lord or approach of His kingdom, in 2405. Thus 'sunrise' or its going forth over the earth is His actual arrival or presence, the reason being that both the sun and the east where it rises mean the Lord - 'the sun', see 31, 32, 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 2120, and 'the east', 101.

[2] The reason the Lord's arrival or presence coincides with the final period called the judgement is that His presence separates the good from the evil, and leads on to the good being raised into heaven and the evil casting themselves down into hell. For in the next life the Lord is the Sun of the whole of heaven, see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531. Actually it is the Divine celestial manifestation of His Love which appears before their very eyes as the sun and produces the light itself of heaven. To the extent therefore that those in the next life abide in celestial love they are raised up into that celestial light which comes from the Lord. But to the extent they are remote from celestial love they cast themselves away from that light into the darkness of hell.

[3] This then is the reason why 'sunrise' which means the Lord's arrival or presence entails both the salvation of the good and the condemnation of the evil; and why at this point it is first stated that 'Lot came to Zoar', that is, that people represented here by Lot were saved, and immediately after this that 'Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire', that is, the evil were condemned.

[4] To those there who are immersed in the evils of self-love and love of the world, that is, who hate all things to do with love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, the light of heaven actually appears as thick darkness. This is why it is said in the Word that to those people the sun was darkened, which means that they rejected everything to do with love and charity and accepted everything contrary to these, as in Ezekiel,

When I have blotted you out I will cover the heavens and darken their stars, I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the bright lights in the heavens I will make dark over you, and I will put darkness over your land. Ezekiel 32:7-8.

Anyone may see that 'covering the heavens', 'darkening the stars', 'covering the sun', and 'making the bright lights dark' mean different things from these.

[5] Similarly in Isaiah,

The sun will be darkened in its going forth and the moon will not give its light. Isaiah 13:9-10.

And in Joel,

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. Joel 2:2, 10.

This therefore shows what is meant by these words spoken by the Lord when He was describing the final period of the Church which is called the judgement, in Matthew,

Immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven. Matthew 24:29.

'The sun' is not used to mean the sun, nor 'the moon' the moon, nor 'stars' the stars, but 'the sun' is used to mean love and charity, 'the moon' faith derived from these, and 'the stars' cognitions of good and truth, which are said to have been darkened, to lose their light, and to fall from heaven when the acknowledgement of the Lord, and love to Him and charity towards the neighbour, cease to exist any longer. And when these have become non-existent self-love together with falsities deriving from it take possession of man; for the one thing results as a consequence of the other.

[6] This also explains the following in John,

The fourth angel poured out his bowl into the sun and it was allowed to scorch men with fire; therefore men were burned by the fierce heat, and they blasphemed the name of God. Revelation 16:8-9.

This too refers to the last times of the Church when all love and charity is being annihilated, or to express it in ordinary language, when no faith exists any longer. The annihilation of love and charity is meant by the statement that the bowl was poured out into the sun; consequently it is in that case self-love and its desires that are meant by the statement that men were scorched with fire and that they were burned by a fierce heat; and this led to their blaspheming the name of God.

[7] By 'the sun' the Ancient Church understood nothing other than the Lord and the Divine celestial manifestation of His love. It was their custom when praying therefore to turn towards the rising of the sun - yet without giving any thought at all to the sun itself. Later on however when their descendants had lost even this together with every other representative and meaningful sign they began to worship the sun and moon themselves. This kind of worship spread to very many nations, so much so that they dedicated temples to the sun and to the moon, and erected pillars. And because the sun and moon now assumed an opposite meaning they mean self-love and love of the world, which are the complete reverse of celestial and spiritual love.

[8] In the Word therefore worshipping the sun and moon is used to mean worship of self and of the world, as in Moses,

Lest you lift your eyes to heaven and you see the sun and moon and stars, all the host of heaven, and you are drawn away and bow down to them and serve them. Deuteronomy 4:19.

And in the same author,

If anyone has gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them, and to the sun or moon, or to all the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, you shall stone them with stones, and they shall die. Deuteronomy 17:3, 5.

People turned the worship of old into such idolatry when they no longer believed that anything internal was meant in the religious observances of the Church, only that which is external.

[9] Similarly in Jeremiah,

At that time the bones of the kings of Judah, of the princes, of the priests, of the prophets, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, they will spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven which they have loved and which they have served. Jeremiah 8:1-2.

'The sun' stands for self-love and its desires. 'Spreading out the bones' means the hellish things which such people possess. In the same prophet,

He will break down the pillars of the house of the sun that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire. Jeremiah 43:13.

'The pillars of the house of the sun' stands for worship of self.

  
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