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Deuteronomio 5

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1 At tinawag ni Moises ang buong Israel, at sinabi sa kanila, Dinggin mo, Oh Israel, ang mga palatuntunan at mga kahatulan na aking sinalita sa inyong mga pakinig sa araw na ito, upang matutunan ninyo sila, at ingatan at isagawa sila.

2 Ang Panginoong ating Dios ay nakipagtipan sa atin sa Horeb.

3 Hindi pinagtibay ng Panginoon ang tipang ito sa ating mga magulang, kundi sa atin, sa atin ngang nangariritong lahat na buhay sa araw na ito.

4 Sinalita ng Panginoon sa inyo ng mukhaan sa bundok mula sa gitna ng apoy

5 (Ako'y tumayo sa pagitan ng Panginoon at ninyo nang panahong yaon, upang ipatalastas sa inyo ang salita ng Panginoon: sapagka't kayo'y natatakot dahil sa apoy, at hindi kayo sumampa sa bundok;) na sinasabi,

6 Ako ang Panginoon mong Dios na naglabas sa iyo sa lupain ng Egipto, sa bahay ng pagkaalipin.

7 Huwag kang magkakaroon ng ibang mga Dios sa harap ko.

8 Huwag kang gagawa para sa iyo ng larawang inanyuan na kawangis ng anomang anyong nasa itaas sa langit, o ng nasa ibaba sa lupa, o ng nasa tubig sa ilalim ng lupa:

9 Huwag mong yuyukuran sila o paglilingkuran man sila: sapagka't akong Panginoon mong Dios ay mapanibughuing Dios, na aking dinadalaw ang kasamaan ng mga magulang sa mga anak, sa ikatlo at sa ikaapat na salin ng nangapopoot sa akin;

10 At pinagpapakitaan ko ng kaawaan ang libolibong umiibig sa akin at tumutupad ng aking mga utos.

11 Huwag mong babanggitin ang pangalan ng Panginoon mong Dios sa walang kabuluhan; sapagka't hindi aariin ng Panginoon na walang sala ang bumanggit ng kaniyang pangalan sa walang kabuluhan.

12 Iyong ipagdiwang ang araw ng sabbath, upang ipangilin, gaya ng iniuutos sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios.

13 Anim na araw na gagawa ka, at iyong gagawin ang lahat ng iyong gawain:

14 Nguni't ang ikapitong araw ay sabbath sa Panginoon mong Dios: sa araw na iyan ay huwag kang gagawa ng anomang gawa, ikaw, ni ang iyong anak na lalake ni babae, ni ang iyong aliping lalake ni babae, ni ang iyong baka, ni ang iyong asno, ni anoman sa iyong hayop, ni ang iyong taga ibang lupa na nasa loob ng iyong mga pintuang-daan; upang ang iyong aliping lalake at babae ay makapagpahingang gaya mo.

15 At iyong aalalahanin na ikaw ay naging alipin sa lupain ng Egipto, at ikaw ay inilabas ng Panginoon mong Dios doon sa pamamagitan ng isang makapangyarihang kamay at unat na bisig: kaya't iniutos sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios, na ipangilin mo ang araw ng sabbath.

16 Igalang mo ang iyong ama at ang iyong ina, gaya ng iniutos sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios: upang ang iyong mga araw ay lumawig at upang ikabuti mo sa lupain na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios.

17 Huwag kang papatay.

18 Ni mangangalunya.

19 Ni magnanakaw.

20 Ni sasaksi sa di katotohanan laban sa iyong kapuwa.

21 Ni huwag mong iimbutin ang asawa ng iyong kapuwa; ni huwag mong pagnanasaan ang bahay ng iyong kapuwa, ang kaniyang bukid, ni ang kaniyang aliping lalake, o babae, ni ang kaniyang baka, ni ang kaniyang asno, ni anomang bagay ng iyong kapuwa.

22 Ang mga salitang ito ay sinalita ng Panginoon sa buong kapisanan ninyo sa bundok mula sa gitna ng apoy, sa ulap, at sa salisalimuot na kadiliman, ng malakas na tinig: at hindi na niya dinagdagan pa. At kaniyang isinulat sa dalawang tapyas na bato, at ibinigay sa akin.

23 At nangyari, nang inyong marinig ang tinig mula sa gitna ng kadiliman, samantalang ang bundok ay nagliliyab sa apoy, ay lumapit kayo sa akin, sa makatuwid baga'y ang lahat ng mga pangulo sa inyong mga lipi, at ang inyong mga matanda;

24 At inyong sinabi, Narito, ipinakita sa amin ng Panginoon nating Dios ang kaniyang kaluwalhatian at ang kaniyang kadakilaan, at aming narinig ang kaniyang tinig mula sa gitna ng apoy: aming nakita sa araw na ito, na ang Dios ay nakikipag-usap sa tao, at siya'y buhay.

25 Ngayon nga, bakit kami mamamatay? sapagka't pupugnawin kami ng dakilang apoy na ito: kung marinig pa namin ang tinig ng Panginoon nating Dios, ay mamamatay nga kami.

26 Sapagka't sino sa lahat ng laman na nakarinig ng tinig ng buhay na Dios na nagsasalita mula sa gitna ng apoy, na gaya namin, at nabuhay?

27 Lumapit ka, at iyong pakinggan ang lahat ng sasabihin ng Panginoon nating Dios: at iyong salitain sa amin, yaong lahat na sasalitain sa iyo ng Panginoon nating Dios; at aming didinggin, at gagawin.

28 At narinig ng Panginoon ang tinig ng inyong mga salita, nang kayo'y magsalita sa akin; at sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Aking narinig ang tinig ng mga salita ng bayang ito, na kanilang sinalita sa iyo; mabuti ang kanilang pagkasabi ng lahat na kanilang sinalita.

29 Oh mamalagi nawa sa kanila ang kaloobang ito, na sila'y matakot sa akin, at kanilang ingatan kailan man ang lahat ng aking mga utos upang ikabuti nila at pati ng kanilang mga anak magpakailan man!

30 Yumaon ka, sabihin mo sa kanila, Magsibalik kayo sa inyong mga tolda.

31 Nguni't tungkol sa iyo, matira ka rito sa akin, at aking sasalitain sa iyo ang lahat ng utos, at ang mga palatuntunan, at ang mga kahatulan, na iyong ituturo sa kanila, upang kanilang gawin sa lupain na aking ibinibigay sa kanila upang ariin.

32 Inyo ngang isagawa na gaya ng iniutos sa inyo ng Panginoon ninyong Dios: huwag kayong liliko sa kanan o sa kaliwa.

33 Kayo'y lalakad ng buong lakad na iniutos sa inyo ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, upang kayo'y mabuhay, at upang ikabuti ninyo, at upang inyong mapalawig ang inyong mga araw sa lupain na inyong aariin.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8495

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8495. 'A holy sabbath to Jehovah shall tomorrow be' means the joining together of goodness and truth into eternity. This is clear from the meaning of 'sabbath' as the joining together of goodness and truth, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'tomorrow' as into eternity, dealt with in 3998. Anyone who does not know what the sabbath represented, and what it was consequently a sign of, also cannot know why it was held to be the holiest institution of all. It was held to be the holiest because in the highest sense it represented the union of the Divine and the Divine Human within the Lord, and in the relative sense the joining together of the Lord's Divine Human and the human race. This is why the sabbath was the holiest. And since it represented those realities it also represented heaven in respect of the joining together of goodness and truth, that is, the joining together called the heavenly marriage. And since the joining together of goodness and truth is accomplished by the Lord alone and nothing at all of it by man, and since it is accomplished in a state of peace, people were most strictly forbidden to do any work on that day. The prohibition was so strict that the soul who did do any was to be cut off. This is stated in Moses as follows,

You shall keep the sabbath, for it is holy to you. He who profanes it must certainly die; for everyone who does work on that day, this soul shall be cut off from the midst of his people. Exodus 31:14.

This was why the one who merely gathered sticks on that day was stoned, Numbers 15:32-36. It is also why the command regarding the sabbath is the third of the Ten Commandments, coming immediately after the two regarding holy worship of Jehovah, Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12. And it is why the sabbath is called 'an eternal covenant', Exodus 31:16; for 'a covenant' means a joining together, 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804.

[2] From all this one may now see what is meant in the internal sense by the things said about the sabbath in the following places, as in Isaiah,

Blessed is the person keeping the sabbath so that he does not profane it. Thus said Jehovah to the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths and choose that in which I delight, and hold fast to My covenant, I will give those in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off. Whoever keeps the sabbath so that he does not profane it, and those who hold fast to My covenant, I will bring them onto My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Isaiah 56:2-7.

From these words it is evident that those who are joined to the Lord are meant by those who keep the sabbath holy. That they will be in heaven is meant by the promise that those in Jehovah's house will be given a place and a name better than sons and daughters, an eternal name which will not be cut off, and that they will be brought onto the holy mountain.

[3] In the same prophet,

If you turn away your foot from the sabbath, so that you do not do your own will on My holy day, but call the sabbath, Delights holy to Jehovah, honourable, and honour it, so that you do not do your own ways, nor find your own desire or speak [your own] words, then you will take delight in Jehovah, and I will convey you into the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob. Isaiah 58:13-14.

What was represented by the requirement that they should not do any work on the sabbath day is clearly evident here, namely that they must not do anything that begins in themselves, only what begins in the Lord. For the angelic state in heaven is such that they do not will or do, they do not even think or utter, anything that begins in themselves or what is properly their own. This is what their being joined to the Lord consists in. Not doing anything that begins in themselves is meant when it says that they should not do their own will, nor do their own ways, nor find their own desire, nor speak [their own] words. This state existing with the angels is the heavenly state itself; and when they are in it they experience peace and rest. Also the Lord has rest, for when they have been joined to Him their labour ceases; they now abide in the Lord. These things are meant by the words 'so shall you call the sabbath, Delights holy to Jehovah' and that they will take delight in Jehovah. The Lord's rest is meant where it says that after creating on six days 'He rested on the seventh day', Genesis 2:2.

[4] The same things are meant by the following words in Jeremiah,

If you most certainly hear Me, so that you do not bring a burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, and you keep the sabbath day holy, so that you do not do any work in it, then there will enter through the gates of this city kings and princes seated on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men (vir) of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city will be inhabited forever. Jeremiah 17:24-25

'Work on the sabbath' means everything that springs from the self. The state of people who are not led by self but by the Lord is what 'there will enter through the gates of the city kings and princes seated on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses' describes. 'Kings' means the truths of faith, 'princes' leading aspects of them, 'seated on the throne of David' the fact that they come from the Lord, and 'chariots and horses' religious teachings and intellectual concepts belonging to faith. It should be recognized that everything coming from a person's self is bad, and everything coming from the Lord is good. The fact that everything, in the case of those who are led by the Lord, flows in, down to the smallest particle of life in both their understanding and their will, thus down to every single part of the faith and charity they possess, see what has been shown abundantly from experience in 2886-2888, 6053-6058, 6189-6215, 6307-6327, 6466-6495, 6598-6626, 6982, 6985, 6996, 7004, 7055, 7056, 7058, 7147, 7270.

[5] As regards the sabbath and its being a representative of the joining together of the Lord and the human race, this is clear in Ezekiel,

I gave them My sabbaths, in order that they might be a sign between Me and them, to know that I am Jehovah who sanctifies them. Ezekiel 20:12.

See too Exodus 31:13. Therefore also it was forbidden to kindle fire on the sabbath day, Exodus 35:3, because 'fire' meant all that composed life, and 'kindling fire' that which composed life beginning from self. From all that has been stated it is evident that the Lord is Lord of the sabbath, in accordance with His words in Matthew 12:1-9. It is evident too why a large number of healings by the Lord were performed on sabbath days, Matthew 12:10-14; Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-12; 13:10-17; 14:1-6; John 5:9-18; 7:22-23; 9:14, 16; for the sicknesses from which the Lord healed people involved spiritual sicknesses which exist as a result of evil, 7337, 8364.

  
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