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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 # 8487

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8487. 'And the sun grew hot, and it melted' means its disappearance gradually as craving increased. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sun growing hot' as craving that is increasing, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'melting' as disappearing. The reason why 'the sun grew hot' means craving that was increasing is that 'the sun' in a good sense means heavenly love. It means this because the Lord is the Sun in the next life, the heat which comes from it being the good of love, and the light the truth of faith. (For more about that Sun - that it is the Lord and that heavenly love comes from it - see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 2120, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4321 (end), 4696, 5084, 5047, 5377, 7078, 7083, 7171, 7173, 7270.) Therefore 'the sun' in the contrary sense means self-love and love of the world, and the heat from the sun or its 'growing hot' in that sense means craving.

[2] The nature of the occurrence described here - that the good of truth, meant by 'the manna', disappeared gradually as craving increased, meant by its melting when the sun grew hot - must be explained briefly. The good of truth or spiritual good is indeed imparted to a member of the spiritual Church undergoing regeneration; but that good kills off every delight belonging to self-love and love of the world that has constituted his life previously, since they are contrary to each other. This being so, pure good of truth cannot remain for long with that person, but is modified by the Lord by means of the delights belonging to the two loves constituting his life previously. For if that good were not modified in this way it would hold no delight for him and so would be loathsome. This is what heavenly good is like initially with those undergoing regeneration. To the extent therefore that the delights of self-love and love of the world rise up, the good of heavenly love disappears, since, as has been stated, they are contrary to that good. So the reverse also occurs.

[3] This explains why in heaven there are changes of states, to which changes of times and seasons in the world correspond, 8426, and why such changes return those who are there to the delights that go with natural pleasures. For without such change of states the good of heavenly love would become so to speak dry and worthless. It is different when it is modified by natural delights, at once or in stages. This is why at first, when the children of Israel were given the man[na] every morning they were also given the selav in the evening; for 'the selav' means natural delight, and also the delight that goes with craving, 8452.

[4] But it should be recognized that the cravings to which those in heaven return when their evening comes are not cravings that are contrary to heavenly good, but ones that are to some extent in accord with it. For there are the delights of conferring benefits rather lavishly and getting some glory out of doing so, delights however which hold goodwill and the desire to serve others. Then there are the delights of opulence in home decor and personal dress, and very many other delights like these. Such delights are not ones that destroy the good of heavenly love, though they do nevertheless eclipse it. But eventually - depending on the degree the person's regeneration reaches - they become the lowest levels of heavenly good. At this point they are no longer spoken of as cravings but as delights. The fact that the good of heavenly love unless modified by such delights becomes so to speak dry, and after that is loathed as being so to speak worthless, is meant by the reaction of the children of Israel who, when they were no longer given the selav, called the manna dry food and worthless food. Their doing so is referred to in Moses as follows,

The rabble who were in the midst [of the people] had a strong craving, and so the children of Israel also wept repeatedly and said, Who will feed us with flesh? But now our soul is dry; there is nothing at all except the man[na] for our eyes [to look] at. Numbers 11:4, 6.

In the same author,

The people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you caused us to come up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor water; now our soul loathes this most worthless bread. Numbers 21:5.

And elsewhere in the same author,

Jehovah afflicted you, and caused you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor your fathers knew, in order that He might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but that man lives by every utterance of the mouth of Jehovah. Deuteronomy 8:3.

[5] 'Manna' is similar in meaning to 'unleavened bread', which means good pure and free from falsities, 8058. That bread is for a similar reason called the bread of misery, 1 Deuteronomy 16:3.

From all this one may now see how to understand the disappearance of the good of truth gradually as craving increased, meant by the melting of the man[na] when the sun grew hot.

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1. Here Swedenborg follows Sebastian Schmidt; in other places Swedenborg has the bread of affliction.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.