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Levitski Zakonik 26

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1 Nemojte graditi sebi idola ni likova rezanih, niti stupova podižite, ni kamena sa slikama mećite u svojoj zemlji da mu se klanjate; jer sam ja Gospod Bog vaš.

2 Držite subote moje, i svetinju moju poštujte; ja sam Gospod.

3 Ako uzživite po mojim uredbama, i zapovesti moje uzdržite i uščinite,

4 Davaću vam dažd na vreme, i zemlja će rađati rod svoj, i drveta će u polju rađati rod svoj;

5 I vršidba će vam stizati berbu vinogradsku, a berba će vinogradska stizati sejanje, i ješćete hleb svoj do sitosti, i živećete bez straha u zemlji svojoj.

6 Jer ću dati mir zemlji, te ćete spavati a neće biti nikoga da vas plaši; učiniću, te će nestati zle zveri iz zemlje, i mač neće prolaziti preko vaše zemlje.

7 Nego ćete terati neprijatelje svoje, i padaće pred vama od mača.

8 Vas će petorica terati stotinu, a vas stotina teraće deset hiljada, i padaće neprijatelji vaši pred vama od mača.

9 I obratiću se k vama, i učiniću vam da rastete, i umnožiću vas, i utvrdiću zavet svoj s vama.

10 I ješćete žito staro, od mnogo godina, i izasipaćete staro kad dođe novo.

11 I namestiću stan svoj među vama, i duša moja neće mrzeti na vas.

12 I hodiću među vama, i biću vam Bog, i vi ćete biti moj narod.

13 Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš, koji vas izvedoh iz zemlje misirske da im ne robujete, i polomih palice jarma vašeg, i ispravih vas da hodite pravo.

14 Ako li me ne uzaslušate, i ne učinite sve ove zapovesti,

15 Ako povrgnete uredbe moje i duši vašoj omrznu zakoni moji da ne tvorite sve zapovesti moje, i raskinete zavet moj,

16 I ja ću vama učiniti ovo: Pustiću na vas strah, suvu bolest i vrućicu, koje će vam oči iskvariti i dušu ucveliti; i zaludu ćete sejati seme svoje, jer će ga jesti neprijatelji vaši.

17 I okrenuću lice svoje nasuprot vama, i seći će vas neprijatelji vaši, i koji mrze na vas biće vam gospodari, i bežaćete kad vas niko ne tera.

18 Ako me ni tada ne stanete slušati, karaću vas još sedam puta više za grehe vaše.

19 Potrću ponos sile vaše, i učiniću da nebo nad vama bude kao gvožđe, a zemlja vaša kao bronza.

20 Snaga će se vaša trošiti uzalud, jer zemlja vaša neće rađati roda svog, i drveta po zemlji neće rađati roda svog.

21 Ako mi uzidete nasuprot i ne budete hteli slušati me, dodaću vam sedam puta više muka prema gresima vašim.

22 Pustiću na vas zveri poljske, koje će vam decu izjesti, i stoku potrti i vas umaliti, i opusteće putevi vaši.

23 Ako se ni od toga ne popravite, nego mi još uzidete nasuprot,

24 I ja ću vama ići nasuprot, i biću vas još sedam puta više za grehe vaše.

25 Pustiću na vas mač, koji će osvetiti moj zavet; a kad se sležete u gradove svoje, tada ću pustiti pomor među vas, i bićete predani u ruke neprijatelju.

26 I kad vam slomim potporu u hlebu, deset će žena peći hleb vaš u jednoj peći, i davaće vam hleb vaš na meru, i ješćete a nećete se nasititi.

27 Ako me ni tako ne stanete slušati, nego mi uzidete nasuprot,

28 I ja ću vama s gnevom ići nasuprot, i sedam puta većma karaću vas za grehe vaše.

29 I ješćete meso od sinova svojih, i meso od kćeri svojih ješćete.

30 Razvaliću visine vaše, i oboriću idole vaše, i metnuću trupove vaše na trupove gadnih bogova vaših, i mrziće duša moja na vas.

31 I obratiću gradove vaše u pustoš, i razoriću svetinje vaše, i neću više mirisati mirisa vašeg.

32 I opusteću zemlju da će joj se čuditi neprijatelji vaši, koji će živeti u njoj.

33 A vas ću rasejati po narodima, i učiniću da vas gone s golim mačem; i zemlja će vaša biti pusta i gradovi vaši raskopani.

34 Tada će zemlji biti mile subote njene za sve vreme dokle bude pusta; i kad budete u zemlji svojih neprijatelja, zemlja će počivati, i biće joj mile subote njene.

35 Za sve vreme dokle bude pusta počivaće, jer nije počivala u vaše subote, kad ste u njoj živeli.

36 A koji vas ostanu, metnuću strah u srca njihova u zemljama neprijatelja njihovih, te će ih goniti list kad šušne zaljuljavši se, i oni će bežati kao ispred mača, i padaće a niko ih neće terati.

37 I padaće jedan preko drugog kao od mača, a niko ih neće terati; i nećete se moći držati pred neprijateljima svojim.

38 Nego ćete izginuti među narodima, i proždreće vas zemlja neprijatelja vaših.

39 A koji vas ostanu, čileće za bezakonje svoje u zemlji neprijatelja svojih, i za bezakonje otaca svojih čileće.

40 Ali ako priznadu bezakonje svoje i bezakonje otaca svojih po gresima, kojima mi grešiše i kojima mi idoše nasuprot,

41 Te i ja njima idoh nasuprot i odvedoh ih u zemlju neprijatelja njihovih; ako se tada ponizi srce njihovo neobrezano, i bude im pravo što su pokarani za bezakonje svoje,

42 Tada ću se opomenuti zaveta svog s Jakovom, i zaveta svog sa Isakom, i zaveta svog sa Avramom opomenuću se, i zemlje ću se opomenuti.

43 Kada se zemlja oprosti njih i budu joj mile subote njene kad opusti s njih, i njima bude pravo što su pokarani za bezakonje svoje, jer sudove moje povrgoše i duši njihovoj omrzoše uredbe moje.

44 A zato ni onda kad budu u zemlji neprijatelja svojih neću ih povrći niti ću tako omrznuti na njih da ih potrem i raskinem zavet svoj sa njima; jer sam ja Gospod Bog njihov.

45 Nego ću se njih radi opomenuti zaveta sa starima njihovim, koje izvedoh iz zemlje misirske narodima na vidiku da im budem Bog, ja Gospod.

46 Ovo su uredbe i sudovi i zakoni, koje postavi Gospod između sebe i sinova Izrailjevih na gori Sinajskoj preko Mojsija.

   

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Air

  
A bubble of air and a look of wonder.

Air" in the Bible represents thought, but in a very general way – our capacity to perceive ideas and the way we tend to think, rather than our specific ideas about specific things. We see the world around us through the air, and seeing corresponds to understanding. We hear through the air, and hearing corresponds to being taught and obeying. Birds fly in the air, and they represent specific thoughts and ideas. And breathing itself – taking in air and passing oxygen to the blood – represents our understanding of true spiritual ideas.

In Genesis 1:26, when used with fowls or birds of the air refers to the air we breathe, but sky, or heavens where are stars, and together these terms refer to both the spiritual and natural man, and to their food, or goods and truths. (Arcana Coelestia 57, 58)

In Genesis 3:8, the only Old Testament reference to air is in the phrase "cool of the day" (at the time of the evening breeze) which signifies the period when the church still had some spiritual perception. (Arcana Coelestia 221)

In Revelation 9:2; 16:17, air signifies the divine truth, darkened by infernal falsities. (Apocalypse Explained 541, Apocalypse Revealed 423)

In Revelation 16:17, everyone in the spiritual world breathes air according to his faith. (Apocalypse Revealed 708, Apocalypse Explained 1012, Apocalypse Revealed 708)

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1012. Verse 17. And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air, signifies the state of the church manifested in regard to all things of thought. This is evident from the signification of "the angel pouring out the vial," as being the state of the church manifested (as above); also from the signification of the "air," as being thought, here everything of thought, because the last state of the church is here described; therefore when this state has been manifested it is said, "It is done," that is, it is consummated. The "air" signifies thought because respiration, which is effected by means of the air, corresponds to thought, which is of the understanding, as the motion of the heart corresponds to affection, which is of the will. That the respiration of the lungs corresponds to thought is clearly evident from the fact that they operate simultaneously and harmoniously, for as man thinks so he breathes. If he thinks quietly he breathes quietly, and reversely if forcibly. If he thinks intensely and interiorly in himself, respiration is gradually arrested and withdrawn. Thus man varies the state of his respiration in accommodation to every state of his thought. The reason of this is that man has two lives, namely, the life of the understanding and the life of the will; and all things of the body correspond to these two lives of the mind. Thus in general the life of the respiration corresponds to the life of the understanding and consequent thought; and the life of the motion of the heart corresponds to the life of the will and the consequent love. These two lives are meant by "soul" and "heart" in the Word, where it is said "with the whole soul and with the whole heart," which signifies with the whole understanding and the whole will, or with every thought which is of faith and with every affection which is of love. This is said to make known that the "air," since respiration is effected by it, signifies thought.

[2] "The last vial was poured out into the air," because all things of man close into his thoughts. For such as a man is as to the church and as to the goods and truths of the church, also as to love, in a word, such as he is as to his spiritual, moral, and civil life, such is he as to thought. This can be perceived especially in the spiritual world. When any angel goes out of his own society into a society not his own his breathing labors, because he is not thinking from a like affection. So, too, when an infernal spirit ascends into an angelic society he comes into distress of breathing, and thus into anguish, or into fantasy, or into blindness of thought; which makes clear that such as a man is such is his thought.

(The Seventh Commandment) 1

[3] In what now follows something shall be said about the seventh commandment, which is, "Thou shalt not kill." In all the commandments of the Decalogue, as in all things of the Word, two internal senses are involved (besides the highest which is a third), one that is next to the letter and is called the spiritual moral sense, another that is more remote and is called the spiritual celestial sense. The nearest sense of this commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," which is the spiritual moral sense, is that one must not hate his brother or neighbor, and thus not defame or slander him; for thus he would injure or kill his reputation and honor, which is the source of his life among his brethren, which is called his civil life, and afterwards he would live in society as one dead, for he would be numbered among the vile and wicked, with whom no one would associate. When this is done from enmity, from hatred, or from revenge, it is murder. Moreover, by many in the world this life is counted and esteemed in equal measure with the life of the body. And before the angels in the heavens he that destroys this life is held to be as guilty as if he had destroyed the bodily life of his brother. For enmity, hatred, and revenge, breathe murder and will it; but they are restrained and curbed by fear of the law, of resistance, and of loss of reputation. And yet these three are endeavors towards murder; and every endeavor is like an act, for it goes forth into act when fear is removed. This is what the Lord teaches in Matthew:

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be liable to the judgment. But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother rashly shall be liable to the judgment; whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be liable to the council; but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be liable to the Gehenna of fire (Matthew 5:21-26).

This may be seen explained above (n. 693, 746).

[4] But the more remote sense of this commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," which is called the celestial spiritual sense, is that one shall not take away from man the faith and love of God, and thus his spiritual life. This is murder itself, because from this life man is a man, the life of the body serving this life as the instrumental cause serves its principal cause. Moreover, from this spiritual murder moral murder is derived; consequently one who is in the one is also in the other; for he who wills to take away a man's spiritual life is in hatred against him if he cannot take it away, for he hates the faith and love with him, and thus the man himself. These three, namely, spiritual murder, which pertains to faith and love, moral murder, which pertains to reputation and honor, and natural murder, which pertains to the body, follow in a series one from the other, like cause and effect.

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1. This order of the commandments reverses their usual order against killing and stealing. This order is found in the Septuagint. Elsewhere in treating of the Decalogue (in Arcana Coelestia, Doctrine of Life, and True Christian Religion) the traditional order is followed.

  
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