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Deuteronomio 11

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1 Kaya't iyong iibigin ang Panginoon mong Dios, at iyong susundin ang kaniyang bilin, at ang kaniyang mga palatuntunan, at ang kaniyang mga kahatulan, at ang kaniyang mga utos kailan man.

2 At talastasin ninyo sa araw na ito: sapagka't hindi ko sinasalita sa inyong mga anak na hindi nangakakilala, at hindi nangakakita ng parusa ng Panginoon ninyong Dios ng kaniyang kadakilaan, ng kaniyang makapangyarihang kamay at ng kaniyang unat na bisig,

3 At ng kaniyang mga tanda, at ng kaniyang mga gawa, na kaniyang ginawa sa gitna ng Egipto kay Faraon na hari sa Egipto, at sa kaniyang buong lupain;

4 At ang kaniyang ginawa sa hukbo ng Egipto, sa kanilang mga kabayo, at sa kanilang mga karo; kung paanong tinakpan niya sila ng tubig ng Dagat na Mapula nang kanilang habulin kayo, at kung paanong nilipol sila ng Panginoon sa araw na ito;

5 At kung ano ang kaniyang ginawa sa inyo sa ilang hanggang sa dumating kayo sa dakong ito;

6 At kung ano ang kaniyang ginawa kay Dathan at kay Abiram, na mga anak ni Eliab, na anak ni Ruben; kung paanong ibinuka ng lupa ang kaniyang bibig, at nilamon sila, at ang kanilang mga sangbahayan, at ang kanilang mga tolda, at bawa't bagay na may buhay na sa kanila'y sumusunod sa gitna ng buong Israel:

7 Nguni't nakita ng inyong mga mata ang lahat ng dakilang gawa ng Panginoon na kaniyang ginawa.

8 Kaya't inyong susundin ang buong utos na aking iniuutos sa inyo sa araw na ito, upang kayo'y lumakas at kayo'y pumasok at ariin ninyo ang lupain, na inyong tatawirin upang ariin;

9 At upang inyong maparami ang inyong mga araw sa ibabaw ng lupain na isinumpa ng Panginoon sa inyong mga magulang na ibibigay sa kanila at sa kanilang binhi na lupaing binubukalan ng gatas at pulot.

10 Sapagka't ang lupain na iyong pinaroroonan upang ariin, ay hindi gaya ng lupain ng Egipto, na inyong pinanggalingan, na doo'y nagtatanim ka ng iyong binhi, at iyong dinidilig ng iyong paa, na parang taniman ng mga gulay;

11 Kundi ang lupain, na inyong tatawirin upang ariin, ay lupaing maburol at malibis, at dinidilig ng tubig ng ulan sa langit:

12 Lupaing inaalagaan ng Panginoon mong Dios, at ang mga mata ng Panginoon mong Dios ay nandoong lagi, mula sa pasimula ng taon hanggang sa katapusan ng taon.

13 At mangyayari, na kung inyong didingging maigi ang aking mga utos na aking iniuutos sa inyo sa araw na ito, na ibigin ang Panginoon ninyong Dios at siya'y paglingkuran ng buo ninyong puso, at ang buo ninyong kaluluwa,

14 Ay ibibigay ko ang ulan ng inyong lupain sa kaniyang kapanahunan, ang una at huling ulan upang iyong makamalig ang iyong trigo, at ang iyong alak, at ang iyong langis.

15 At aking bibigyan ng damo ang iyong mga hayop sa iyong mga bukid, at ikaw ay kakain at mabubusog.

16 Mangagingat kayo, baka ang inyong puso ay madaya, at kayo'y maligaw, at maglingkod sa ibang mga dios, at sumamba sa kanila;

17 At ang galit ng Panginoon ay magalab laban sa inyo, at kaniyang sarhan ang langit, upang huwag magkaroon ng ulan, at ang lupa'y huwag magbigay ng kaniyang bunga; at kayo'y malipol na madali sa mabuting lupain na ibinibigay sa inyo ng Panginoon.

18 Kaya't inyong ilalagak itong aking mga salita sa inyong puso, at sa inyong kaluluwa; at inyong itatali na pinakatanda sa inyong kamay at magiging pinakatali sa inyong noo.

19 At inyong ituturo sa inyong mga anak, na inyong sasalitain sa kanila, pagka ikaw ay nauupo sa iyong bahay, at pagka ikaw ay lumalakad sa daan, at pagka ikaw ay nahihiga, at pagka ikaw ay bumabangon.

20 At iyong isusulat sa itaas ng pintuan ng iyong bahay, at sa iyong mga pintuang-daan:

21 Upang ang inyong mga araw ay dumami at ang mga araw ng inyong mga anak, sa lupain na isinumpa ng Panginoon sa inyong mga magulang na ibibigay sa kanila, gaya ng mga araw ng langit sa ibabaw ng lupa.

22 Sapagka't kung inyong susunding masikap ang buong utos na ito na aking iniuutos sa inyo upang gawin, na ibigin ang Panginoon ninyong Dios, lumakad sa lahat ng kaniyang daan, at makilakip sa kaniya:

23 Ay palalayasin nga ng Panginoon ang lahat ng mga bansang ito sa harap ninyo, at kayo'y magaari ng mga bansang lalong malaki at lalong makapangyarihan kay sa inyo.

24 Bawa't dakong tutuntungan ng talampakan ng inyong paa ay magiging inyo: mula sa ilang, at sa Libano, mula sa ilog, sa ilog Eufrates, hanggang sa dagat kalunuran ay magiging inyong hangganan.

25 Walang lalaking makatatayo sa harap ninyo: sisidlan ng Panginoon ninyong Dios ng takot sa inyo at ng sindak sa inyo sa ibabaw ng buong lupain na inyong tutuntungan, gaya ng kaniyang sinalita sa inyo.

26 Narito, inilalagay ko sa harap ninyo sa araw na ito ang pagpapala at ang sumpa;

27 Ang pagpapala, kung inyong didinggin ang mga utos ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, na aking iniutos sa inyo sa araw na ito;

28 At ang sumpa, kung hindi ninyo didinggin ang mga utos ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, kundi kayo lilihis sa daan na aking iniuutos sa inyo sa araw na ito, upang sumunod sa ibang mga dios, na hindi ninyo nangakilala.

29 At mangyayari, na pagka ikaw ay ipapasok ng Panginoon mong Dios sa lupain na iyong pinaroroonan upang ariin, na iyong ilalagay ang pagpapala sa bundok ng Gerizim, at ang sumpa sa bundok ng Ebal.

30 Di ba sila'y nasa dako pa roon ng Jordan, sa dakong nilulubugan ng araw, sa lupain ng mga Cananeo na tumatahan sa Araba, sa tapat ng Gilgal na kasiping ng mga encina sa More?

31 Sapagka't kayo'y tatawid sa Jordan upang inyong pasukin na ariin ang lupain na ibinibigay sa inyo ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, at inyong aariin, at tatahan kayo roon.

32 At inyong isasagawa ang lahat ng mga palatuntunan at mga kahatulan na aking iginagawad sa inyo sa araw na ito.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 98

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98. (Verse 2) I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance. That this signifies all things that they will, think and do, thus all things of love and faith in the spiritual and in the natural man, is evident from the signification of works, as being the things of the will and love (concerning which more will be said in what follows); and from the signification of labour, as being the things of the thought and faith (concerning which also more will be said in what follows); and from the signification of endurance, as being the things thence effected, or which they do. But that such things are signified by these words can hardly be comprehended unless it be known that all things done by man flow from the interiors of his mind, and that the mind is all in all things which man performs, and that the body is only a subservient agent which exhibits in a visible form what the mind wills and thinks. This is why by those external things which are here called works, labour and endurance, are signified to will, to think, and thence to do, or, what is the same, to love, believe, and thence to show forth in act. But still these things cannot be comprehended unless it be also known that man possesses two faculties, which are called will and understanding, and that these two faculties are, under one expression, called the mind; also that man has an internal and an external, the internal being in the light of the spiritual world, and the external in the light of the natural world. (These are treated of in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem, concerning the will and the understanding, n. 28-35; and concerning the internal and the external man, n. 36-52.) These things being understood, it can be known that, by works, in the spiritual sense, is meant whatever a man wills and loves, by labour whatever a man thinks or believes, and by endurance whatever he thence brings forth into act.

[2] But let us pass by these things, as being perhaps too little known, and consequently too obscure, to be clearly perceived, and attend to this only, that by works, in the spiritual sense, are meant all things of the will or love of man, and this because, in what follows, where the seven churches are treated of, it is first said of each, "I know thy works:" as

"Unto the angel of the church of the Smyraeans write; these things, saith the first and the last, I know thy works, and affliction, and poverty" (verses 8, 9);

"Unto the angel of the church in Pergamos write, These things said he that hath the sharp two-edged sword, I know thy works, and where thou dwellest" (vers. 12, 13);

"Unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things saith the Son of God, I know thy works and charity" (vers. 18, 19);

"Unto the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God, I know thy works, that thou art said to live" (3:1);

"Unto the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, I know thy works" (verses 7, 8); and

"Unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, I know thy works" (vers. 14, 15).

[3] Because it was there said of each, "I know thy works," it is clear that by works are signified in general all things of the church; and because all things of the church have reference to love and faith, therefore these are meant by works in the spiritual sense. The reason why such things are meant by works in the spiritual sense, is, that every work, or every deed, or every act, which is apparently done from the body, is not done from the body, but by the body from the will and thought of man; for not one particle of the body is moved, but from the will and thought. This is why works signify those things, but not the things which are manifested in the external form. That this is the case, is known to every one who reflects. Who is there that is wise that regards a man from his deeds alone, and not from his will? If he wills well, he loves his deeds; but if he wills evil, he does not love his deeds: the latter he also sees and explains according to the intention of his will. He who is spiritual attends still less to the deeds, and explores the will. The reason is, as has been said, that deeds are nothing in themselves, but they derive their character entirely from the will; for deeds are the will in act. It is said the will, but, in the spiritual sense, is meant the love, because a man wills what he loves, and what he loves that he wills. The will of man is only a receptacle of his love (as may be seen from what is said and shown in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem, concerning that faculty of man, n.28-35; and in the work, Heaven and Hell 358, 470-484).

[4] Because works or deeds in the Word signify specifically those things that proceed from a man's love or will, therefore it is often said in the Word that man shall be judged and rewarded according to his works, where works such as they are in the external form are not meant, but in the internal, as in the following passages:

"The Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he shall reward every man according to his works" (Matthew 16:27)

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labours; their works do follow them" (Apoc. 14:13).

"I will give unto every one of you according to his works" (Apoc. 2:23).

"I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God; and the books were opened: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. The sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead that were in them; and they were judged every man according to their works" (Apoc. 20:12, 13).

"Behold I come, and my reward is with me, to give every man according to his works" (Apoc. 22:12).

And in Jeremiah:

"I will recompense them, according to their works, and according to the doing (factum) of their hands" (25:14).

O Jehovah, "whose eyes are open upon all the ways of men, to give to every one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his works" (32:19).

"I will punish them for their ways, and reward them for their works" (Hosea 4:9).

"According to our ways and according to our works, so Jehovah hath dealt with us" (Zechariah 1:6).

When the Lord foretells concerning the Last Judgment, He makes mention only of works, and declares that those who have done good works shall enter into life eternal, and those who have done evil works into condemnation (Matthew 25:32-46).

[5] That works signify the things of love and faith, the Lord also shows in these words:

"They said unto Jesus, What shall we do, that we may work the works of God? He answered, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom" the Father "hath sent" (John 6:28, 29).

And in another place:

"The night shall come when no man can work" (John 9:4).

Night signifies the last time of the church, when there is no faith, because no charity. (That night signifies time see Arcana Coelestia 2353, 6000.) The reason why works are so often mentioned, is, that the sense of the letter of the Word consists only of things external, which are in nature, and are seen by the eyes in order that the spiritual sense may be in each of the expressions, as the soul is in the body; for otherwise the Word would not be a means of communication with the angels, but would be like a house without a foundation (see what was said above, n. 8, 16). This is why the angels, because they are spiritual, do not understand works, when works are named, but the things from which works proceed, which are, as was said above, the will or love, and thence the thought belonging to faith. (But this circumstance may be seen more clearly set forth in the work, Heaven and Hell 470-483, where it is shown that a man after death is such as his life was in the world.) The reason why by labour in the spiritual sense is meant everything that a man thinks, is, that to labour spiritually is to think; and the reason why endurance signifies every thing that a man does is, that to endure in this case is to be assiduous, and to remove the obstacles which are in the natural man, which continually rise up and cause hindrance.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Arcana Coelestia # 1074

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1074. 'The middle of the tent' is the chief thing of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'the middle' and from the meaning of 'a tent'. In the Word 'the middle' means that which is inmost, and 'tent' charity, or worship deriving from charity. Charity is the inmost, that is, the chief thing of faith and worship, and so is 'the middle of the tent'. That 'the middle' means that which is inmost has been shown already, and that 'tent' means the holiness of love, which is charity, see what has appeared already in 414.

  
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