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1 Ang Ephraim ay kumakain ng hangin, at sumusunod sa hanging silanganan: siya'y laging nagpaparami ng mga kabulaanan at kasiraan; at sila'y nakikipagtipan sa Asiria, at ang langis ay dinadala sa Egipto.

2 Ang Panginoon ay may pakikipagkaalit din sa Juda, at parurusahan niya ang Jacob ayon sa kaniyang mga lakad; ayon sa kaniyang mga gawa ay gagantihan niya siya.

3 Sa bahay-bata ay kaniyang hinawakan sa sakong ang kaniyang kapatid; at sa kaniyang kabinataan ay nagtaglay ng kapangyarihan ng Dios:

4 Oo, siya'y nagtaglay ng kapangyarihan sa anghel, at nanaig: siya'y tumangis, at namanhik sa kaniya: nasumpungan niya siya sa Beth-el, at doo'y nakipagsalitaan siya sa atin.

5 Sa makatuwid baga'y ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng mga hukbo; ang Panginoon ay kaniyang alaala.

6 Kaya't magbalik-loob ka sa iyong Dios magingat ka ng kaawaan at ng kahatulan, at hintayin mong lagi ang iyong Dios.

7 Mangangalakal siya na may timbangang magdaraya sa kaniyang kamay: maibigin ng pagpighati.

8 At sinabi ng Ephraim, Tunay na ako'y naging mayaman, ako'y nakasumpong ng kayamanan; sa lahat ng aking gawin, walang masusumpungan sila sa akin na kasamaan,

9 Nguni't ako ang Panginoon mong Dios mula sa lupain ng Egipto, akin pa kitang patatahanin uli sa mga tolda, gaya sa mga kaarawan ng takdang kapistahan.

10 Ako rin naman ay nagsalita sa mga propeta, at ako'y nagparami ng mga pangitain; at sa pangangasiwa ng mga propeta ay gumamit ako ng mga talinhaga.

11 Ang Galaad baga'y kasamaan? sila'y pawang walang kabuluhan; sa Gilgal ay nangaghahain sila ng mga toro; oo, ang kanilang dambana ay parang mga bunton sa mga bungkal ng bukid.

12 At si Jacob ay tumakas na napatungo sa parang ng Aram, at naglingkod si Israel dahil sa isang asawa, at dahil sa isang asawa ay nagalaga ng mga tupa.

13 At sa pamamagitan ng isang propeta ay isinampa ng Panginoon ang Israel mula sa Egipto, at sa pamamagitan ng isang propeta, siya'y naingatan.

14 Ang Ephraim ay namungkahi ng di kawasang galit: kaya't ang kaniyang dugo ay maiiwan sa kaniya, at ibabalik ng kaniyang Panginoon sa kaniya ang kakutyaan sa kaniya.

   

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Heaven and Hell # 364

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364. Poor people do not get into heaven because of their poverty but because of their lives. Our lives follow us whether we are rich or poor. There is no special mercy for the one any more than for the other. 1 People who have lived well are accepted; people who have lived badly are rejected.

Poverty can actually seduce people and lead them away from heaven just as much as wealth can. There are many people among the poor who are not content with their lot, who covet much more, and who believe that wealth is a blessing; 2 so when they do not get what they want, they are enraged and harbor evil thoughts about divine providence. They envy other people their assets, and given the chance would just as soon cheat them and live in their own foul pleasures.

It is different, though, for poor people who are content with their lot, are conscientious and careful in their work, prefer work to idleness, behave honestly and reliably, and lead Christian lives. I have sometimes talked with rural and common people who had believed in God while they lived in this world and had behaved honestly and righteously in their jobs. Because they were impelled by a desire to know what was true, they kept asking what thoughtfulness and faith were, since they had heard a lot about faith in this world and were hearing a lot about thoughtfulness in the other life. So they were told that thoughtfulness is all about living and faith is all about doctrine. This means that thoughtfulness is intending and doing what is fair and right in every task, while faith is thinking what is fair and right; so faith and thoughtfulness go together like doctrine and a life according to it, or like thought and intent. Faith becomes thoughtfulness, then, when we intend and do the fair and right things that we think. When this happens, they are not two but one. They understood this perfectly well and were overjoyed, saying that in the world they had not understood believing to be any different from living.

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1. [Swedenborg's footnote] There is no direct mercy, only mercy through means - that is, for people who live according to the Lord's commandments, whom he in his mercy is constantly leading in this world, and afterwards to eternity: 8700, 10659.

2. [Swedenborg's footnote] High rank and wealth are not real blessings, so both evil and good people have them: 8939, 10755, 10776. Real blessing is the acceptance of love and faith from the Lord and a consequent union [with him], because these bring us happiness forever: 1420, 1422, 2846, 3017, 3408 [3406?], 3504, 3514, 3530, 3565, 3584, 4216, 4981, 8939, 10495.

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