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Deuteronomio 8

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1 Ang lahat ng utos na aking iniuutos sa iyo sa araw na ito ay inyong isasagawa, upang kayo'y mangabuhay at dumami, at inyong mapasok at ariin ang lupain na isinumpa ng Panginoon sa inyong mga magulang.

2 At iyong aalalahanin ang buong paraan na ipinatnubay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios nitong apat na pung taon sa ilang, upang kaniyang mapangumbaba ka, at subukin ka, na maalaman kung ano ang nasa iyong puso, kung iyong gaganapin ang kaniyang mga utos o hindi.

3 At ikaw ay pinapangumbaba niya, at pinapagdamdam ka niya ng gutom, at pinakain ka niya ng mana, na hindi mo nakilala, ni nakilala ng iyong mga magulang; upang kaniyang maipakilala sa iyo na hindi lamang sa tinapay nabubuhay ang tao, kundi sa bawa't bagay na nagmumula sa bibig ng Panginoon.

4 Ang iyong suot ay hindi naluma sa iyo, ni hindi namaga ang iyong paa nitong apat na pung taon.

5 At iyong pagmunimuniin sa iyong puso, na kung paanong pinarurusahan ng tao ang kaniyang anak, ay gayon pinarurusahan ka ng Panginoon mong Dios.

6 At iyong tutuparin ang mga utos ng Panginoon mong Dios, na lumakad ka sa kaniyang mga daan, at matakot ka sa kaniya.

7 Sapagka't dinala ka ng Panginoon mong Dios sa isang mabuting lupain, na lupain ng mga batis ng tubig, ng mga bukal at ng mga kalaliman, na bumubukal sa mga libis at mga bundok.

8 Lupain ng trigo at ng sebada at ng puno ng ubas at ng mga puno ng igos, at ng mga granada; lupain ng mga puno ng olibo at ng pulot:

9 Lupain na kakainan mo ng tinapay na di kapos, na walang magkukulang sa iyo roon; lupain na ang mga bato ay bakal, at ang kaniyang mga burol ay makukunan mo ng tanso.

10 At kakain ka, at mabubusog ka, at iyong pupurihin ang Panginoon mong Dios dahil sa mabuting lupain na kaniyang ibinigay sa iyo.

11 Magingat ka na baka iyong malimutan ang Panginoon mong Dios, sa hindi mo pagtupad ng kaniyang mga utos, at ng kaniyang mga kahatulan, at ng kaniyang mga palatuntunan, na aking iniuutos sa iyo sa araw na ito:

12 Baka pagka ikaw ay nakakain at nabusog, at nakapagtayo ng mabubuting bahay, at iyong natahanan;

13 At pagka ang iyong mga bakahan at ang iyong mga kawan ay dumami at ang iyong pilak at ang iyong ginto ay dumami at ang lahat ng tinatangkilik mo ay dumami;

14 Ay magmataas ang iyong puso, at iyong malimutan ang Panginoon mong Dios, na naglabas sa iyo sa lupain ng Egipto, sa bahay ng pagkaalipin;

15 Na siyang pumatnubay sa iyo sa malaki at kakilakilabot na ilang na tinatahanan ng mga makamandag na ahas at mga alakdan, at uhaw na lupa, na walang tubig; na siyang naglabas sa iyo ng tubig mula sa batong pingkian;

16 Na siyang nagpakain sa iyo ng mana sa ilang, na hindi nakilala ng iyong mga magulang; upang kaniyang mapangumbaba ka, at kaniyang subukin ka, na pabutihin ka sa iyong wakas:

17 At baka iyong sabihin sa iyong puso, Ang aking kapangyarihan at ang lakas ng aking kamay ang siyang nagbigay sa akin ng kayamanang ito.

18 Kundi iyong aalalahanin ang Panginoon mong Dios, sapagka't siya ang nagbigay sa iyo ng kapangyarihan upang magkaroon ka ng kayamanan; upang kaniyang papagtibayin ang kaniyang tipan na kaniyang isinumpa sa iyong mga magulang, gaya nga sa araw na ito.

19 At mangyayari, na kung iyong kalilimutan ang Panginoon mong Dios, at ikaw ay susunod sa ibang mga dios, at iyong paglilingkuran sila, at iyong sasambahin sila ay aking pinatototohanan laban sa inyo sa araw na ito, na kayo'y tunay na malilipol.

20 Kung paano ang bansang nililipol ng Panginoon sa harap ninyo, ay gayon kayo malilipol; sapagka't hindi ninyo dininig ang tinig ng Panginoon ninyong Dios.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10154

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10154. 'And I will be their God' means the Lord's presence and His influx into truth in the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'being their God' as the Lord's presence and His influx into truth - into truth because in the Old Testament Word the Lord is called God where truth is the subject, but Jehovah where good is the subject. This also goes to explain why angels are called gods, because they are recipients of Divine Truth from the Lord, and in addition why in the original language the plural word Elohim is used to denote God; for truths are many but good is one, Matthew 19:16-17.

The Lord is called God where truth is the subject but Jehovah where good is the subject, see 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4287, 4402, 7010, 9167.

Angels are called gods, because they are recipients of Divine Truth from the Lord, 4295, 4402, 7268, 7873, 8192, 8302, 8867, 8941.

In the Word Jehovah means the Lord, see the places referred to in 9373; and in Isaiah He is called explicitly 'Father from eternity' and also 'God',

To us a Boy is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulder; His name is called, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of peace. Isaiah 9:6.

And in the same prophet,

A virgin will conceive and bear [a son], and His name will be called Immanuel, that is, God with us. Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23.

The meaning of the words here 'I will be their God' as the Lord's presence and His influx into truth is also evident from the fact that 'I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel' means the Lord's presence and His influx through good. For wherever good is the subject in the Word, so too is truth, on account of the heavenly marriage, which is that of goodness and truth, in every single part of the Word, see the places referred to in 9263, 9314.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4295

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4295. 'And Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray, your name' means the angelic heaven and the nature of that heaven. This becomes clear from the representation of Jacob' as the Lord's Divine Natural, dealt with already, and from the meaning of 'God' whose name he asked for, and also of 'men', with whom he contended as a prince and prevailed, as truths and goods, and so as those who are governed by truths and goods, dealt with above in 4287. And since the angelic heaven is heaven by virtue of truths and goods it is that heaven specifically which is meant by God and men with whom the Lord prevailed. Angels are also sometimes called 'gods' in the Word, it being by virtue of truths and goods that they are called such, as in David,

God stands in the assembly of God, in the midst of the gods will He judge. I said, You are gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you. Psalms 82:1, 6.

Here it is quite plain that 'the assembly of God' and 'the gods' are the angelic heaven. In the same author,

Who in the sky will be compared to Jehovah? Who will be likened to Jehovah among the sons of gods? Psalms 89:6.

In the same author,

Confess the God of gods; confess the Lord of lords Psalms 136:2-3.

From these quotations it is evident - as it is also from the fact that no one can contend as a prince with God and prevail, and likewise from the fact that the one who is called a god was unwilling to reveal his name - that it was the angelic heaven with which the Lord fought. It is quite plain from the actual words themselves 'Why is it that you ask my name?' that an arcanum lies within them, for if he had been Jehovah God he would not have concealed his name. Nor would Jacob have asked 'What is your name?' for asking the name implies some person or persons other than God Himself.

[2] The truth that the Lord at length fought with actual angels, indeed with the whole angelic heaven, is an arcanum which has not been disclosed up to now. But the implications of this are as follows: Angels do indeed possess supreme wisdom and intelligence, yet all their wisdom and intelligence comes to them from the Lord's Divine. They have no wisdom or intelligence at all that originates in themselves, that is, in their proprium. Therefore it is only insofar as they are governed by truths and goods received from the Lord's Divine that they are wise and intelligent. The fact that angels have no wisdom or intelligence at all originating in themselves they themselves openly confess. Indeed they are also quite angry if anyone attributes to them any wisdom or intelligence at all, for they know and perceive that it would be taking away from the Divine that which is His and it would be claiming for themselves that which is not theirs, and so would be engaging in the crime of spiritual theft. Angels also say that their entire proprium consists in evil and falsity, both because of their heredity and also because of their own conduct in the world when they were men, 1880. Nor, they say, is evil or falsity separated - that is, wiped away - from them, whereby they are made righteous; rather, the whole of it remains with them, though the Lord withholds them from that evil and falsity and keeps them in good and truth, 1581. These things are confessed by every angel, and no one is allowed into heaven if he does not know and believe them. For otherwise they cannot dwell in the light of wisdom and intelligence coming from the Lord, nor consequently in good and truth. From this one can also know how the words in Job 15:15 stating that heaven is not pure in the eyes of God are to be understood.

[3] This being so, in order that the Lord might bring the whole of heaven into proper heavenly order, He even allowed angels into Himself to tempt Him, who, insofar as they acted from their proprium, did not do so from good and truth. These temptations are the inmost of all, for they go to work solely on the ends one has in view and with a subtlety such as can by no means be detected. But insofar as angels do not act from their proprium they act from good and truth and are unable to tempt anyone. What is more, angels are being perfected constantly by the Lord, and yet their perfection cannot ever reach the point when their wisdom and intelligence can be compared with the Lord's Divine wisdom and intelligence, since they are finite whereas the Lord is Infinite, and no comparison of finite with Infinite is possible. From all this one may now see what 'God with whom Jacob contended as a prince' is used to mean, and also why he was unwilling to reveal his name.

  
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