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Exodo 35

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1 At pinulong ni Moises ang buong kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel, at sinabi sa kanila, Ito ang mga salita na iniutos ng Panginoon, na inyong gagawin.

2 Anim na araw na gagawa, datapuwa't ang ikapitong araw ay ipangingilin ninyo, isang sabbath na takdang kapahingahan sa Panginoon: sinomang gumawa ng anomang gawa sa araw na iyan ay papatayin.

3 Huwag kayong magpapaningas ng apoy sa inyong buong tahanan sa araw ng sabbath.

4 At sinalita ni Moises, sa buong kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel, na sinasabi, Ito ang bagay na iniutos ng Panginoon, na sinasabi,

5 Magsikuha kayo sa inyo ng isang handog na taan sa Panginoon; sinomang may kusang loob, ay magdala ng handog sa Panginoon; ginto, at pilak, at tanso;

6 At kayong bughaw, at kulay-ube, at pula, at lino, at balahibo ng kambing;

7 At mga balat ng tupang lalake na tininang pula, at mga balat ng poka, at kahoy na akasia;

8 At langis na pangilawan, at mga espesia sa langis na pangpahid, at sa mabangong kamangyan:

9 At mga batong onix, at mga batong pangkalupkop, na pang-epod, at pangpektoral.

10 At pumarito ang bawa't matalino sa inyo, at gawin ang lahat ng iniutos ng Panginoon;

11 Ang tabernakulo, ang tolda niyan, at ang takip niyan, ang mga kawit niyan, at ang mga tabla niyan, ang mga barakilan niyan, ang mga haligi niyan, at ang mga tungtungan niyan;

12 Ang kaban, at ang mga pingga niyan, ang luklukan ng awa, at ang lambong ng tabing;

13 Ang dulang at ang mga pingga niyan, at ang lahat ng kasangkapan niyan at ang tinapay na handog;

14 Ang kandelero rin naman na pangilaw, at ang mga kasangkapan niyan, at ang mga ilawan niyan, at ang langis na pangilawan;

15 At ang dambana ng kamangyan at ang mga pingga niyan, at ang langis na pangpahid, at ang mabangong kamangyan, at ang tabing na pangpintuan sa pintuan ng tabernakulo;

16 Ang dambana ng handog na susunugin, sangpu ng salang tanso niyan, at lahat ng mga kasangkapan niyan, ang hugasan at ang tungtungan niyan;

17 Ang mga tabing sa looban, ang mga haligi niyan, at ang mga tungtungan ng mga iyan, at ang tabing sa pintuan ng looban;

18 Ang mga tulos ng tabernakulo, at ang mga tulos ng looban, at ang mga panali ng mga iyan;

19 Ang mga mainam na yaring kasuutan sa pangangasiwa sa dakong banal, ang mga banal na kasuutan kay Aaron na saserdote, at ang mga kasuutan ng kaniyang mga anak, upang mangasiwa sa katungkulang saserdote.

20 At ang buong kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel ay umalis sa harap ni Moises.

21 At sila'y lumapit, lahat ng tao na napukaw ang kalooban, at lahat na pinapagkusa ng sariling diwa, at nagdala ng panghandog sa Panginoon, sa gawain sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan, at sa buong ipaglilingkod at sa mga banal na kasuutan.

22 At sila'y naparoon, mga lalake at mga babae, yaong lahat na nagkaroon ng kusang loob, at nagdala ng mga espile, at ng mga hikaw, at ng mga singsing na panatak, at ng mga pulsera, ng madlang hiyas na ginto; sa makatuwid baga'y lahat na naghandog ng handog na ginto sa Panginoon.

23 At bawa't taong may kayong bughaw, at kulay-ube, at pula, at lino, at balahibo ng mga kambing, at balat ng mga tupa na tininang pula, at ng mga balat ng poka, ay nangagdala.

24 Ang lahat na naghandog ng handog na pilak at tanso, ay nagdala ng handog sa Panginoon: at lahat ng taong may kahoy na akasia na magagamit sa anomang gawa na paglilingkod ay nagdala.

25 At lahat ng mga babaing matatalino ay nagsihabi ng kanilang mga kamay, at dinala ang kanilang mga hinabi, na kayong bughaw, at kulay-ube, at pula, at lino.

26 At lahat ng mga babae na napukaw ang kalooban, sa karunungan, ay nagsihabi ng balahibo ng mga kambing.

27 At ang mga pinuno ay nagdala ng mga batong onix, at ng mga batong pangkalupkop na gamit sa epod, at sa pektoral;

28 At ng mga espesia, at ng langis; na pangilawan, at langis na pangpahid, at pangmabangong kamangyan.

29 Ang mga anak ni Israel ay nagdala ng kusang handog sa Panginoon; bawa't lalake at babae, na ang puso'y nagkusang nagpadala ng magagamit sa lahat na gawain, na iniutos ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ni Moises na gawin.

30 At sinabi ni Moises sa mga anak ni Israel, Tingnan ninyo, tinawag ng Panginoon sa pangalan si Bezaleel na anak ni Uri, na anak ni Hur, sa lipi ni Juda;

31 At kaniyang pinuspos siya ng Espiritu ng Dios, tungkol sa karunungan, sa pagkakilala, at sa kaalaman, at sa lahat ng sarisaring gawain;

32 At upang kumatha ng mga gawang kaayaaya, na gumawa sa ginto, at sa pilak, at sa tanso,

33 At sa pagputol ng mga batong pangkalupkop, at sa pagukit sa kahoy, na gumawa sa lahat ng sarisaring maiinam na gawa.

34 At isinapuso niya ang katalinuhan, na siya'y makapagturo, siya at gayon din si Aholiab, na anak ni Ahisamac, sa lipi ni Dan.

35 Sila'y kaniyang pinuspos ng karunungan sa puso upang gumawa ng lahat na sarisaring gawa, ng taga-ukit, at tagakatha, at ng mangbuburda sa kayong bughaw, at sa kulay-ube, sa pula, at sa lino, at ng manghahabi, ng mga gumagawa ng anomang gawain, at ng mga kumakatha ng maiinam na gawa.

   

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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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Luke 11

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1 It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

2 He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.

3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

4 Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'"

5 He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'

7 and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?

8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

9 "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

10 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

12 Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?

13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

14 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

15 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."

16 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.

18 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

19 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.

20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.

21 "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.

22 But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

23 "He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.

24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'

25 When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.

26 Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."

27 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"

28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.

30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

31 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

32 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.

35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

37 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.

38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

39 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

40 You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?

41 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

45 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."

46 He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

48 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

49 Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

52 Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."

53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;

54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.