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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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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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Luke 12

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1 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2 But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

3 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

4 "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

5 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

6 "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

8 "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;

9 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

10 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."

13 One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

14 But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"

15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

17 He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

18 He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

22 He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

24 Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

26 If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

28 But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

29 Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

30 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

31 But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

32 Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

35 "Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

36 Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

38 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.

40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

41 Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"

42 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

43 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

44 Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.

45 But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

46 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

47 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

48 but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

49 "I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

51 Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.

52 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

53 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

54 He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

55 When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.

56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time?

57 Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

58 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

59 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."