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Izlazak 24

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1 I reče Mojsiju: Izađi gore ka Gospodu ti i Aron i Nadav i Avijud i sedamdeset starešina Izrailjevih, i poklonite se izdaleka.

2 I Mojsije sam neka pristupi ka Gospodu, a oni neka ne pristupe; i narod neka ne ide na gore s njim.

3 I dođe Mojsije, i kaza narodu sve reči Gospodnje i sve zakone. I odgovori narod jednim glasom i rekoše: Činićemo sve što je rekao Gospod.

4 I napisa Mojsije sve reči Gospodnje, i ustavši rano načini oltar pod gorom i dvanaest stupova za dvanaest plemena Izrailjevih.

5 I posla mladiće između sinova Izrailjevih, koji prinesoše žrtve paljenice i prinesoše teoce na žrtve zahvalne Gospodu.

6 I uzevši Mojsije polovinu krvi, metnu u zdele, a polovinu krvi izli na oltar.

7 I uze knjigu zavetnu i pročita narodu. A oni rekoše: Šta je god rekao Gospod činićemo i slušaćemo.

8 A Mojsije uze krv, i pokropi njom narod, i reče: Evo krv zaveta, koji učini Gospod s vama za sve reči ove.

9 Potom otide gore Mojsije i Aron, Nadav i Avijud, i sedamdeset starešina Izrailjevih.

10 I videše Boga Izrailjevog, i pod nogama Njegovim kao delo od kamena safira i kao nebo kad je vedro.

11 I ne pruži ruke svoje na izabrane između sinova Izrailjevih, nego videše Boga, pa jedoše i piše.

12 I reče Gospod Mojsiju: Popni se k meni na goru, i ostani ovde, i daću ti ploče od kamena, zakon i zapovesti, koje sam napisao da ih učiš.

13 Tada usta Mojsije s Isusom, koji ga služaše, i izađe Mojsije na goru Božiju.

14 A starešinama reče: Sedite tu dok se vratimo k vama; a eto Aron i Or s vama; ko bi imao šta, neka ide k njima.

15 I otide Mojsije na goru, a oblak pokri goru.

16 I beše slava Gospodnja na gori Sinajskoj, i oblak je pokrivaše šest dana; a u sedmi dan viknu Mojsija ispred oblaka.

17 I slava Gospodnja beše po viđenju kao oganj koji sažiže na vrh gore pred sinovima Izrailjevim.

18 I Mojsije uđe usred oblaka, i pope se na goru; i osta Mojsije na gori četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći.

   

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Night

  

The sun in the Bible represents the Lord, with its heat representing His love and its light representing His wisdom. “Daytime,” then, represents a state in which we are turned toward the Lord, receiving His love and being enlightened by His truth. And “nighttime,” obviously, represents states in which we are turned away from the Lord, left cold and blind to the truth. The most common word used for it in the New Christian theology is “obscurity.” The darkness is not absolute, of course. The light of the moon represents the understanding we can have based on facts and our own intelligence. But while the moon reflects some of the sun's light, it offers almost no heat, so this kind of understanding is a cold one, without the warmth of love. And at its darkest and coldest, night represents a state of judgment. This happens when a person -- or a church -- becomes so mired in evil and falsity that there is no light or heat. The Lord can then step in, separate the good from the evil, consign the evil to hell and begin rebuilding based on the remnant that is still good. Drastic as that sounds, it is something that we all go through repeatedly in various aspects of our loves, so that we can be rid of what is evil and let the Lord rebuild us as angels.