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1 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Tingnan mo, ginawa kitang dios kay Faraon: at si Aaron na iyong kapatid ay magiging iyong propeta.

2 Iyong sasalitaing lahat ang aking iniuutos sa iyo: at sasalitain kay Faraon ni Aaron na iyong kapatid upang kaniyang pahintulutan ang mga anak ni Israel ay lumabas sa kaniyang lupain.

3 At aking papagmamatigasin ang puso ni Faraon, at aking pararamihin ang aking mga tanda at ang aking mga kababalaghan sa lupain ng Egipto.

4 Nguni't si Faraon ay hindi makikinig sa inyo, at aking ipapatong sa Egipto ang aking kamay at ilalabas ko ang aking mga hukbo, ang aking bayan, na mga anak ni Israel, sa lupaing Egipto sa pamamagitan ng mga dakilang kahatulan.

5 At malalaman ng mga taga Egipto na ako ang Panginoon, pagka iniunat ko sa Egipto ang aking kamay, at pagka inilabas ko ang mga anak ni Israel sa gitna nila.

6 At ginawang gayon ni Moises at ni Aaron: kung paanong iniutos ng Panginoon sa kanila, ay gayon ginawa nila.

7 At si Moises ay may walong pung taon gulang, at si Aaron ay may walong pu't tatlong taong gulang nang sila'y magsalita kay Faraon.

8 At nagsalita ang Panginoon kay Moises at kay Aaron, na sinasabi,

9 Pagsasalita ni Faraon sa inyo, na sasabihin, Magpakita kayo ng isang kababalaghan sa ganang inyo; ay iyo ngang sasabihin kay Aaron: Kunin mo ang iyong tungkod, at ihagis mo sa harap ni Faraon, na magiging isang ahas.

10 At si Moises at si Aaron ay naparoon kay Faraon, at kanilang ginawang gayon gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon, at inihagis ni Aaron ang kaniyang tungkod sa harap ni Faraon at sa harap ng kaniyang mga lingkod at naging ahas.

11 Nang magkagayo'y tinawag naman ni Faraon ang mga marunong at ang mga manghuhula, at sila naman na mga mahiko sa Egipto, ay gumawa sa gayon ding paraan ng kanilang mga pag-enkanto.

12 Sapagka't inihagis ng bawa't isa ang kanikaniyang tungkod, at nangaging ahas: nguni't nilamon ng tungkod ni Aaron ang mga tungkod nila.

13 At ang puso ni Faraon ay nagmatigas, at hindi niya dininig sila; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

14 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Ang puso ni Farao'y nagmatigas, ayaw niyang paalisin ang bayan.

15 Pumaroon ka kay Faraon kinaumagahan; narito, siya'y pasasa tubig; at ikaw ay tatayo sa tabi ng ilog upang matagpuan mo siya; at ang tungkod na naging ahas ay iyong tatangnan sa iyong kamay.

16 At iyong sasabihin sa kaniya, Sinugo ako sa iyo ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng mga Hebreo, na sinasabi, Pahintulutan mong ang aking bayan ay yumaon, upang sila'y makapaglingkod sa akin sa ilang at, narito, hanggang ngayo'y hindi mo dininig.

17 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Dito mo makikilala, na ako ang Panginoon: narito, aking papaluin ng tungkod, na nasa aking kamay, ang tubig, na nasa ilog at magiging dugo.

18 At ang mga isda, na nasa ilog ay mamamatay, at ang ilog ay babaho; at ang mga Egipcio ay masusuklam na uminom ng tubig sa ilog.

19 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Sabihin mo kay Aaron, Kunin mo ang iyong tungkod, at iunat mo ang iyong kamay sa tubig sa Egipto, sa kanilang mga ilog, sa kanilang mga bangbang, at sa kanilang mga lawa at sa lahat nilang tipunan ng tubig, upang mga maging dugo; at magkakadugo sa buong lupain ng Egipto, maging sa mga sisidlang kahoy at maging sa mga sisidlang bato.

20 At ginawang gayon ni Moises at ni Aaron, gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon; at kaniyang itinaas ang tungkod, at pinalo ang tubig, na nasa ilog, sa paningin ni Faraon, at sa paningin ng kaniyang mga lingkod; at ang lahat ng tubig, na nasa ilog ay naging dugo.

21 At ang isda, na nasa tubig ay namatay; at ang ilog ay bumaho at ang mga Egipcio ay hindi makainom ng tubig sa ilog; at nagkadugo sa buong lupain ng Egipto.

22 At ang mga mahiko sa Egipto ay gumawa ng gayon din, sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga enkanto; at ang puso ni Faraon ay nagmatigas, at hindi niya dininig sila; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

23 At si Faraon ay pumihit at umuwi sa kaniyang bahay, na hindi man lamang nabagbag ang kaniyang puso.

24 At lahat ng mga Egipcio ay humukay sa palibot ng ilog, upang makasumpong ng tubig na mainom; sapagka't sila'y hindi makainom ng tubig sa ilog.

25 At naganap ang pitong araw, pagkatapos na masalot ng Panginoon ang ilog.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7290

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7290. 'When he says, Perform a wonder' means and they therefore wish to receive proof. This is clear from the meaning of 'wonders and signs' as proofs or corroborations of truths, dealt with in 3900, 6870. With regard to the wonders and signs described in what follows from here onwards, it should be realized that they were performed among the kind of people whose worship was external and who had no wish to know about internal worship. For those whose worship was like that had to be coerced by means of external things. This explains why miracles were performed among the Israelite and Jewish people, for their worship was entirely external and not at all internal. What is more, since they had no liking for internal worship, external worship was the kind they were required to engage in, to the end that they might represent things of a holy nature within their external observances. This would establish a channel of communication with heaven as if through something of a Church. For correspondences, representatives, and meaningful signs link the natural world to the spiritual world. This then was why so many miracles were performed among that nation.

[2] But no miracles are performed among those whose worship is internal, that is, who have charity and faith residing with them, since miracles are harmful to them; for miracles compel one to believe, and what one is compelled to believe does not remain but is thrown to the winds. The internal constituents of their worship, which are faith and charity, must be implanted in freedom; for then they make them their own and what they make their own in this way remains, whereas what is implanted under compulsion remains outside the internal man, in the external man. This is because nothing passes into the internal man except by way of ideas seen in the understanding, that is, seen rationally, since the soil which receives what is implanted in the internal man is enlightened reason. This is why no miracles are performed at the present day. One may also conclude from this that they are harmful, for they compel a person to believe something and give the external man fixed ideas about the truth of it. If after that the internal man refuses to believe what the miracles have proved, the internal man and the external become opposed to and clash with each other, and when at length the ideas implanted under the influence of miracles are driven to the winds, falsity becomes joined to truth, that is, profanation occurs. This shows how harmful miracles are at the present day in a Church in which the internal qualities constituting worship have been made known. This is also what is meant by the Lord's words to Thomas,

Because you have seen Me, Thomas, you have believed; blessed are those who do not see yet believe. John 20:29.

This shows too that they are 'blessed', those whose belief is not induced by miracles.

[3] But miracles are not harmful to those whose worship is external, devoid of anything internal, for with them no opposition between the internal man and the external is possible, nor thus any clashing, nor consequently any profanation. The fact that miracles do not make any contribution towards faith becomes quite clear from the miracles performed among the Israelite people in Egypt and in the wilderness; those miracles had no effect whatever on them. Although those people had not long before seen so many miracles in Egypt, after which they had seen the Sea Suph divided, and the Egyptians drowned in it, with the pillar of cloud going before them by day and the pillar of fire by night, and with the manna raining from heaven each day; and although they had seen Mount Sinai smoking and heard Jehovah speaking from it, and other miracles besides, nevertheless, while yet in the midst of such wonders, they fell completely away from faith, and from worship of Jehovah to calf-worship, Exodus 32:1-end. From this one may see what effect miracles have.

[4] They would have even less effect at the present day when nobody acknowledges that there is anything which has its origin in the spiritual world, and when anything miraculous that occurs and is not attributed to natural causes is refused recognition. For a refusal to recognize that the Divine flows in and governs on earth reigns everywhere. If at the present day therefore one who belongs to the Church were to witness utterly Divine miracles, he would first deduce that they had a natural origin and sully them with this, then dismiss them as fantasies, and finally mock whoever attributed them to the Divine and not to natural causes. The fact that miracles have no effect at all is also clear from the Lord's words in Luke,

If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead. Luke 16:31.

  
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