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創世記 18

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1 はマムレのテレビンの木のかたわらでアブラハムに現れられた。それは昼の暑いころで、彼は天幕の入口にすわっていたが、

2 を上げて見ると、人の人が彼に向かって立っていた。彼はこれを見て、天幕の入口から走って行って彼らを迎え、地に身をかがめて、

3 言った、「わがよ、もしわたしがあなたの前に恵みを得ているなら、どうぞしもべを通り過ごさないでください。

4 をすこし取ってこさせますから、あなたがたはを洗って、このでお休みください。

5 わたしは一口のパンを取ってきます。元気をつけて、それからお出かけください。せっかくしもべの所においでになったのですから」。彼らは言った、「お言葉どおりにしてください」。

6 そこでアブラハム急いで天幕に入り、サラの所に行って言った、「急いで細かい麦粉セヤをとり、こねてパンを造りなさい」。

7 アブラハム群れに走って行き、柔らかな良い子牛を取って若者に渡したので、急いで調理した。

8 そしてアブラハムは凝乳と牛乳および牛の調理したものを取って、彼らのに供え、で彼らのかたわらに立って給仕し、彼らは食事した。

9 彼らはアブラハムに言った、「あなたのサラはどこにおられますか」。彼は言った、「天幕の中です」。

10 そのひとりが言った、「来年の春、わたしはかならずあなたの所に帰ってきましょう。その時、あなたのサラには男のが生れているでしょう」。サラはうしろの方の天幕の入口で聞いていた。

11 さてアブラハムサラとは年がすすみ、老人となり、サラは女の月のものが、すでに止まっていた。

12 それでサラは心の中で笑って言った、「わたしは衰え、主人もまた老人であるのに、わたしに楽しみなどありえようか」。

13 アブラハムに言われた、「なぜサラは、わたしは老人であるのに、どうして子を産むことができようかと言って笑ったのか。

14 にとって不可能なことがありましょうか。来年の春、定めの時に、わたしはあなたの所に帰ってきます。そのときサラには男のが生れているでしょう」。

15 サラ恐れたので、これを打ち消して言った、「わたしは笑いません」。主は言われた、「いや、あなたは笑いました」。

16 その人々はそこを立ってソドムの方に向かったので、アブラハムは彼らを見送って共に行った。

17 時には言われた、「わたしのしようとする事をアブラハムに隠してよいであろうか。

18 アブラハムは必ず大きな強い民となって、地のすべての民がみな、彼によって祝福を受けるのではないか。

19 わたしは彼がらと族とに命じて主の道を守らせ、正義と公道とを行わせるために彼を知ったのである。これはがかつてアブラハムについて言った事を彼の上に臨ませるためである」。

20 はまた言われた、「ソドムとゴモラの叫びは大きく、またそのは非常に重いので、

21 わたしはいま下って、わたしに届いた叫びのとおりに、すべて彼らがおこなっているかどうかを見て、それを知ろう」。

22 その人々はそこから身を巡らしてソドムの方に行ったが、アブラハムはなお、主の立っていた

23 アブラハムは近寄って言った、「まことにあなたは正しい者を、悪い者と一緒に滅ぼされるのですか。

24 たとい、あの五十人の正しい者があっても、あなたはなお、その所を滅ぼし、その中にいる五十人の正しい者のためにこれをゆるされないのですか。

25 正しい者と悪い者とを一緒に殺すようなことを、あなたは決してなさらないでしょう。正しい者と悪い者とを同じようにすることも、あなたは決してなさらないでしょう。全地をさばく者は公義を行うべきではありませんか」。

26 は言われた、「もしソドムの中に五十人の正しい者があったら、その人々のためにその所をすべてゆるそう」。

27 アブラハムは答えて言った、「わたしはちりに過ぎませんが、あえてわが主に申します。

28 もし五十人の正しい者のうち五人欠けたなら、その五人欠けたためにを全く滅ぼされますか」。主は言われた、「もしそこに四十五人いたら、滅ぼさないであろう」。

29 アブラハムはまた重ねて主に言った、「もしそこに四十人いたら」。主は言われた、「その四十人のために、これをしないであろう」。

30 アブラハムは言った、「わが主よ、どうかお怒りにならぬよう。わたしは申します。もしそこに三十人いたら」。主は言われた、「そこに三十人いたら、これをしないであろう」。

31 アブラハムは言った、「いまわたしはあえてわが主に申します。もしそこに二十人いたら」。主は言われた、「わたしはその二十人のために滅ぼさないであろう」。

32 アブラハムは言った、「わが主よ、どうかお怒りにならぬよう。わたしはいま一度申します、もしそこに人いたら」。主は言われた、「わたしはその人のために滅ぼさないであろう」。

33 アブラハムと語り終り、去って行かれた。アブラハムは自分の所に帰った。

   

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4060. Therefore that by the words now before us there is signified the state of the church at that time in respect to good (that is, as to charity toward the neighbor and love to the Lord), is evident from their internal sense, which is as follows:

But immediately after the affliction of those days;

signifies the state of the church in respect to the truth of faith (concerning which just above). In the Word the desolation of truth in various places is called “affliction.” (That “days” are states may be seen above, n. 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785.) From this it is manifest that by these words is signified that after there is no longer any faith, there will be no charity. For faith leads to charity, because it teaches what charity is, and charity receives its quality from the truths of faith; but the truths of faith receive their essence and their life from charity, as has been repeatedly shown in the preceding volumes.

[2] The sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light; signifies love to the Lord, which is the “sun;” and charity toward the neighbor, which is the “moon.” “To be darkened and not to give their light” signifies that they will not appear, and thus will vanish away. (That the “sun” is the celestial of love, and the “moon” the spiritual of love; that is, that the “sun” is love to the Lord, and the “moon” charity toward the neighbor, which comes forth through faith, may be seen above, n. 1053, 1529-1530, 2120, 2441, 2495.) The reason why this is the signification of the “sun and moon,” is that in the other life the Lord appears as a sun to those in heaven who are in love to Him, and who are called the celestial; and as a moon to those who are in charity toward the neighbor, and who are called the spiritual (see n. 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 3636, 3643).

[3] The sun and moon in the heavens (that is, the Lord) is never darkened, nor does it lose its light, but it shines perpetually; and so neither is love to the Lord darkened with the celestial, nor does charity toward the neighbor lose its light with the spiritual, in the heavens; nor on earth with those with whom these angels are, that is, those who are in love and charity. Those however who are in no love and charity, but in the love of self and of the world, and consequently in hatred and revenge, bring that “darkening” upon themselves. The case herein is as it is with the sun of this world, which shines continuously; but when the clouds interpose, it does not appear (n. 2441).

[4] And the stars shall fall from heaven;

signifies that the knowledges of good and truth will perish. Nothing else is signified by “stars” when these are mentioned in the Word (n. 1808, 2849).

And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken; signifies the foundations of the church, which are said to be “shaken” and “made to quake” when they perish. For the church on earth is the foundation of heaven, because the influx of good and truth from the Lord through the heavens finally terminates in the goods and truths that are with the man of the church. When therefore the man of the church is in such a perverted state as no longer to admit the influx of good and truth, the powers of the heavens are said to be “shaken.” For this reason it is always provided by the Lord that something of the church shall remain; and that when an old church perishes, a new one shall be set up again.

[5] And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven;

signifies the appearing of Divine truth at that time; the “sign” signifies the appearing; the “Son of man,” the Lord as to Divine truth (see n. 2803, 2813, 3704). It was this appearing or this “sign,” concerning which the disciples asked when they said, “Tell us when shall these things be, and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the consummation of the age” (verse 3). For they knew from the Word that when the age should be consummated, the Lord would come; and they learned from the Lord Himself that He would “come again,” by which they understood that the Lord would once more come into the world; not yet knowing that the Lord has come whenever the church has been vastated, not indeed in person, as when He assumed the human by birth and made it Divine; but by means of appearings-either manifest, as when He appeared to Abraham in Mamre, to Moses in the bush, to the people of Israel on Mount Sinai, and to Joshua when he entered the land of Canaan; or not so manifest, as by inspirations through which the Word was given, and afterwards through the Word; for the Lord is present in the Word, because all things in the Word are from Him and concerning Him, as may be seen from what has already been frequently shown. This latter is the appearing here signified by the “sign of the Son of man,” and which is described in this verse.

[6] And then shall all the tribes of the earth wail;

signifies that all who are in the good of love and the truth of faith shall be in grief. That “wailing” signifies this, may be seen in Zechariah 12:10-14; and that “tribes” signify all things of good and truth, or of love and faith, and consequently those who are in them, may be seen above (n. 3858, 3926). They are called the “tribes of the earth,” because those are meant who are within the church. (That the “earth” is the church may be seen above, n. 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2928, 3355)

[7] And they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of the heavens with power and great glory;

signifies that the Word will then be revealed as to its internal sense, in which the Lord is; the “Son of man” is the Divine truth therein (n. 2803, 2813, 3704); the “cloud” is the literal sense; “power” is predicated of the good, and “glory” of the truth, therein. (That these things are signified by “seeing the Son of man coming in the clouds of the heavens,” see the preface to the eighteenth chapter.) This is the “coming of the Lord” here meant, and not that He will literally appear in the clouds. Now follows the subject of the setting up of a New Church, which takes place when the old one is vastated and rejected.

[8] He shall send forth His angels with a trumpet and a great voice;

signifies election, not by visible angels, still less by trumpets, and by great voices; but by the influx of holy good and holy truth from the Lord through angels; and therefore by “angels” in the Word there is signified something of the the Lord, (n. 1925, 2821, 3039); here, there are signified things that are from the Lord and concerning the Lord. By the “trumpet” and the “great voice” there is signified evangelization, as elsewhere in the Word.

[9] And they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the end of the heavens even to the end thereof;

signifies the setting up of a New Church. The “elect” are those who are in the good of love and of faith (n. 3755-3900); the “four winds” from which they shall be gathered together, are all states of good and truth (n. 3708); “from the end of the heavens to the end of them” denotes the internals and the externals of the church. Such therefore are the things signified by these words of the Lord.

  
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