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Deuteronomio 26

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1 At mangyayari, pagka nakapasok ka sa lupain na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios na pinakamana, at iyong inaari, at iyong tinatahanan;

2 Na iyong kukunin ang mga una sa lahat ng bunga ng lupain, na iyong mga pipitasin sa lupain na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios: at iyong isisilid sa isang buslo, at ikaw ay paroroon sa dakong pipiliin ng Panginoon mong Dios, na patatahanan sa kaniyang pangalan:

3 At paroroon ka sa saserdote sa mga araw na yaon, at sasabihin mo sa kaniya, Aking ipinahahayag sa araw na ito sa Panginoon mong Dios, na ako'y nasok sa lupain na isinumpa ng Panginoon sa aming mga magulang, upang ibigay sa amin.

4 At kukunin ng saserdote ang buslo sa iyong kamay at ilalagay sa harap ng dambana ng Panginoon mong Dios.

5 At ikaw ay sasagot, at magsasabi sa harap ng Panginoon mong Dios, Isang taga Siria na kamunti nang mamatay ang aking ama; siyang bumaba sa Egipto, at nakipamayan doon, na kaunti sa bilang; at doo'y naging isang bansang malaki, makapangyarihan, at makapal:

6 At kami ay tinampalasan ng mga taga Egipto, at pinighati kami at inatangan kami ng isang mabigat na pagkaalipin:

7 At kami ay dumaing sa Panginoon, sa Dios ng aming mga magulang at dininig ng Panginoon ang aming tinig, at nakita ang aming kadalamhatian, at ang aming gawa, at ang aming kapighatian;

8 At inilabas kami ng Panginoon sa Egipto ng kamay na makapangyarihan, at ng unat na bisig, at ng malaking kakilabutan, at ng mga tanda, at ng mga kababalaghan:

9 At kaniyang dinala kami sa lupaing ito, at ibinigay sa amin ang lupaing binubukalan ng gatas at pulot.

10 At ngayon, narito, aking dala ang mga una sa bunga ng lupa, na ibinigay mo sa akin, Oh Panginoon. At iyong ilalapag sa harap ng Panginoon mong Dios, at sasamba ka sa harap ng Panginoon mong Dios:

11 At magagalak ka sa lahat ng magaling na ibinigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios, at sa iyong sangbahayan, ikaw, at ang Levita, at ang taga ibang lupa na nasa gitna mo.

12 Pagkatapos mo ng pagbibigay ng buong ikasangpung bahagi ng iyong pakinabang sa ikatlong taon, na siyang taon ng pagbibigay ng ikasangpung bahagi, ay magbibigay ka nga rin sa Levita, sa taga ibang lupa, sa ulila, at sa babaing bao, upang sila'y makakain sa loob ng iyong mga pintuang-daan, at mabusog;

13 At iyong sasabihin sa harap ng Panginoon mong Dios, Aking inalis ang mga pinapaging banal na bagay sa aking bahay, at akin ding ibinigay sa Levita, at sa taga ibang lupa, sa ulila at sa babaing bao, ayon sa iyong madlang utos na iyong iniutos sa akin: hindi ko sinalangsang ang anoman sa iyong mga utos, ni kinalimutan ko:

14 Hindi ko kinain sa aking pagluluksa, ni inilabas ko nang ako'y marumi, ni ibinigay ko upang gamitin sa patay: aking dininig ang tinig ng Panginoon kong Dios; aking ginawa ayon sa buong iniutos mo sa akin.

15 Tumungo ka mula sa iyong banal na tahanan, mula sa langit, at pagpalain mo ang iyong bayang Israel, at ang lupa na iyong ibinigay sa amin, gaya ng iyong isinumpa sa aming mga magulang, na isang lupang binubukalan ng gatas at pulot.

16 Sa araw na ito ay iniuutos sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios, na tuparin mo ang mga palatuntunan at mga hatol na ito: iyo ngang gaganapin at tutuparin ng iyong buong puso, at ng iyong buong kaluluwa.

17 Iyong ipinahayag sa araw na ito na ang Panginoo'y iyong Dios, at ikaw ay lalakad sa kaniyang mga daan, at iyong gaganapin ang kaniyang mga palatuntunan, at ang kaniyang mga utos, at ang kaniyang mga hatol, at iyong didinggin ang kaniyang tinig:

18 At inihayag ka ng Panginoon sa araw na ito, na maging isang bayan sa kaniyang sariling pag-aari, gaya ng ipinangako niya sa iyo, upang iyong ganapin ang lahat ng kaniyang utos;

19 At upang itaas ka sa lahat ng bansa na kaniyang nilikha, sa ikapupuri, at sa ikababantog, at sa ikararangal; at upang ikaw ay maging isang banal na bayan sa Panginoon mong Dios, gaya ng kaniyang sinabi.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 166

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166. "'Who have not defiled their garments.'" This symbolically means, who possess truths, and have not soiled their worship by evil practices and the falsities attendant on these.

Garments in the Word symbolize truths that clothe good, and in an opposite sense, falsities that clothe evil. For a person embodies either his goodness or his evilness. Truths or falsities are therefore his garments.

Angels and spirits all appear dressed in clothing that reflects the truths of their goodness or the falsities of their evilness - on which subject, see the book Heaven and Hell, published in London, nos. 177-182. It is apparent from this that not defiling their garments symbolizes their possessing truths and not soiling their worship by evil practices and the falsities attendant on these.

[2] It is apparent from the following passages that garments in the Word symbolize truths, and in an opposite sense, falsities:

Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem... (Isaiah 52:1)

(Jerusalem), I clothed you in embroidered cloth, gave you sandals of badger skin, clothed you with fine linen..., and adorned you with ornaments... You were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth..., (so that) you became exceedingly beautiful... But you took some of your garments and made for yourself multicolored high places, so as to play the harlot on them... You took your embroidered garments... and made for yourself male images with which you played the harlot. 1 (Ezekiel 16:10-18)

The Jewish Church is described here, as having been given truths, because they had the Word, but that they falsified them. To play the harlot means to falsify (no. 134).

[3] The king's daughter is all glorious within, (and) her clothing is woven with gold. She shall be brought to the King in embroidered garments. (Psalms 45:13-14)

The king's daughter is the church in relation to its affection for truth.

O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet elegantly, and put ornamentation of gold on your apparel. (2 Samuel 1:24)

This is said of Saul because as a king he symbolized Divine truth (no. 20).

...I will visit judgment on the princes and the king's children, and on all clothed with foreign apparel. (Zephaniah 1:8)

(Your enemies) shall also strip you of your garments, and take away your adornments. (Ezekiel 23:26)

Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing (thus) before the Angel, (who said) "Take away the filthy garments from him (and clothe him with other garments). (Zechariah 3:3-5)

...the king came in and saw the guests, and he saw a man... who did not have on a wedding garment. So he said to him, "Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?" (Matthew 22:11-13)

A wedding garment is Divine truth from the Word.

[4] Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing... (Matthew 7:15)

No one puts a piece of cloth from a new garment on an old garment; otherwise the new one tears (the old), and the piece from the new one does not match the old. (Luke 5:36-37)

Because a garment symbolizes truth, therefore the Lord compares the truths of the previous church, which were external and representative of spiritual ones, to a piece of cloth belonging to an old garment, while comparing the truths of the new church, which were internal and spiritual, to a piece of cloth from a new garment.

...on the thrones... twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments. (Revelation 4:4)

(Those who stood) before the throne... in the presence of the Lamb (were) clothed with white robes..., and they washed their robes and made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. (Revelation 7:9, 13-14)

...white robes were given to each (of those who were under the altar). (Revelation 6:11)

...the armies (of Him who sat on the white horse) followed Him..., clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (Revelation 19:14)

[5] Because angels symbolize Divine truths, therefore angels seen in the Lord's sepulchre appeared in white and shining garments (Matthew 28:3, Luke 24:4).

Because the Lord is Divine good and Divine truth, and truths are meant by garments, therefore when He was transfigured "His face shone like the sun, and His garments became [as white] as the light" (Matthew 17:2), or "blazing white (Luke 9:29), or "shining white, like snow, such that no launderer on earth can whiten them" (Mark 9:3).

Of the Ancient of Days, which also is the Lord, it is said that "His garment was as white as snow" (Daniel 7:9).

Moreover we find the following, too, said of the Lord:

He has anointed... all your garments with myrrh, aloes and cassia. (Psalms 45:7-8)

...He washed his clothing in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes. (Genesis 49:11)

Who is this who comes from Edom, having sprinkled his garments from Bozrah? This One honorable in His apparel...? ...Why are You red in Your apparel? Your garments as though of one who treads in the winepress...? Their victory is sprinkled upon My garments, and I have polluted all My vesture. (Isaiah 63:1-3)

This also is said of the Lord. His garments there are the Word's truths.

...He who sat on (the white horse)...was clothed with a garment dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19:11, 13)

[6] From the symbolic meaning of garments it can be seen why the Lord's disciples put their garments upon the donkey and its colt when the Lord was ready to enter Jerusalem, and why the people spread their garments on the road (Matthew 21:7-9, Mark 11:7-8), thus what is symbolically meant by this verse in the Psalms,

They divided My garments..., and over My vesture they cast lots. (Psalms 22:18)

[7] The symbolism of garments makes it apparent moreover why the people rent their garments whenever someone spoke against the Divine truth of the Word (Isaiah 37:1 and elsewhere). Also why they washed their garments in order to purify themselves (Exodus 19:14, Leviticus 11:25, 40; 14:8-9).

Someone who knows what garments symbolize in general and in particular can know what the vestments of Aaron and his sons symbolized - the ephod, the robe, the lace tunic, the girdle, the breeches, and the turban.

Since light symbolizes Divine truth, and a garment likewise, therefore we find it said in the Psalms that Jehovah covers Himself "with light as a with garment" (Psalms 104:2).

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1. The last two clauses are reversed from the order in which they appear in the original Hebrew.

  
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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.