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1 Viešpats pasirodė Abraomui prie Mamrės ąžuolų, kai jis sėdėjo palapinės prieangyje pačioje dienos kaitroje.

2 Jis, pakėlęs akis, pamatė tris vyrus, stovinčius prieš jį. Jis išbėgo iš palapinės ir, nusilenkęs iki žemės,

3 tarė: “Mano Viešpatie, jei radau malonę Tavo akyse, prašau, neaplenk savo tarno!

4 Leiskite atnešti kiek vandens nusiplauti kojoms, pailsėkite po medžiu,

5 kol atnešiu duonos kąsnį jums pasistiprinti. Po to galėsite toliau keliauti, nes tam juk atėjote pas savo tarną”. Jie tarė: “Daryk taip, kaip sakei!”

6 Abraomas nuskubėjo į palapinę pas Sarą ir tarė: “Skubiai įmaišyk tris saikus geriausių miltų ir iškepk papločių”.

7 Abraomas nubėgo pas gyvulius ir, paėmęs rinktinį veršiuką, padavė tarnui, o tas skubėjo jį paruošti.

8 Jis ėmė sviesto, pieno ir veršiuką, kurį buvo paruošęs, ir patiekė jiems. O jis pats, jiems valgant, stovėjo prie jų po medžiu.

9 Jie paklausė jį: “Kur yra tavo žmona Sara?” Jis atsakė: “Palapinėje”.

10 Vienas iš jų tarė: “Aš tikrai sugrįšiu pas tave kitais metais šiuo laiku, ir tavo žmona Sara turės sūnų!” Tuo metu Sara klausėsi palapinės prieangyje, kuris buvo jų.

11 Abraomas ir Sara buvo seni, sulaukę žilos senatvės. Sarai nebebūdavo to, kas būna moterims.

12 Todėl Sara savyje juokėsi: “Būdama pasenusi ir mano viešpačiui esant senam, argi dar turėsiu malonumą?”

13 Viešpats tarė Abraomui: “Kodėl Sara juokėsi, sakydama: ‘Ar aš iš tikrųjų gimdysiu, būdama pasenusi?’

14 Ar yra kas nors Viešpačiui neįmanoma? Kitais metais, numatytu laiku, Aš sugrįšiu pas tave, ir Sara turės sūnų!”

15 Sara gynėsi, sakydama: “Aš nesijuokiau”, nes išsigando. O Jis tarė: “Ne! Tu juokeisi!”

16 Po to tie vyrai pakilo ir ėjo Sodomos link, o Abraomas ėjo su jais, norėdamas juos palydėti.

17 Viešpats tarė: “Ar Aš slėpsiu nuo Abraomo, ką ketinu daryti?

18 Juk Abraomas tikrai taps didele ir galinga tauta, jame bus palaimintos visos žemės tautos.

19 Nes Aš žinau, kad jis įsakys savo vaikams ir savo namams po savęs laikytis Viešpaties kelio ir daryti, kas yra teisinga ir teisu, kad Viešpats galėtų ištesėti Abraomui, ką Jis kalbėjo apie jį”.

20 Viešpats tarė: “Sodomos ir Gomoros šauksmas yra garsus, o jų nuodėmė­labai sunki.

21 Aš nusileisiu ir pažiūrėsiu, ar jų nusikaltimai atitinka šauksmą, pasiekusį mane. Jeigu ne, Aš sužinosiu”.

22 Tie vyrai ėjo toliau, o Abraomas pasiliko bestovįs Viešpaties akivaizdoje.

23 Abraomas priartėjęs tarė: “Ar sunaikinsi teisųjį kartu su nusikaltėliu?

24 Galbūt penkiasdešimt teisiųjų yra mieste. Ar tikrai sunaikinsi ir neatleisi tai vietovei dėl penkių dešimčių teisiųjų?

25 Tai nėra Tavo būdas nužudyti teisųjį su nusikaltėliu, kad teisusis gautų tą patį kaip piktadarys! Ar visos žemės Teisėjas pasielgs neteisingai?”

26 Viešpats tarė: “Jei Sodomos mieste rasiu penkiasdešimt teisiųjų, tai pasigailėsiu visos vietovės”.

27 Abraomas atsakė: “Štai, išdrįsau kalbėti Viešpačiui, nors esu dulkė ir pelenai.

28 Galbūt iki penkiasdešimt teisiųjų trūks penkių. Ar dėl keturiasdešimt penkių sunaikinsi visą miestą?” Jis tarė: “Nesunaikinsiu, jei ten rasiu keturiasdešimt penkis”.

29 Abraomas toliau kalbėjo: “Galbūt ten atsiras tik keturiasdešimt?” Jis atsakė: “Dėl keturiasdešimties nesunaikinsiu”.

30 Tada jis tarė: “Nesirūstink, Viešpatie, kad drįstu kalbėti. Galbūt ten atsiras tik trisdešimt”. O Jis atsakė: “Nieko nedarysiu, jei ten rasiu trisdešimt”.

31 Tada jis tarė: “Štai išdrįsau kalbėti Viešpačiui. Galbūt ten atsiras dvidešimt!” O Jis tarė: “Nesunaikinsiu ir dėl dvidešimties”.

32 Tada jis tarė: “Nesirūstink, Viešpatie, jei išdrįsiu dar kartą kalbėti. Galbūt ten atsiras dešimt?” O Jis atsakė: “Nesunaikinsiu ir dėl dešimties”.

33 Viešpats, baigęs kalbėti su Abraomu, nuėjo, o Abraomas sugrįžo į savo vietą.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9315

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9315. When Mine angel shall go before thee. That this signifies a life in accordance with the commandments of the Lord, is evident from the signification of “going before thee,” when said of the Lord, who is here the “angel of Jehovah,” as being to teach the commandments of faith and of life, thus also a life in accordance with these commandments (that “to go,” and “to journey,” denote to live, see n. 1293, 3335, 4882, 5493, 5605, 8417, 8420, 8557, 8559); and from the signification of “the angel of Jehovah,” as being the Lord as to the Divine Human (of which above, n. 9303, 9306). That the Lord as to the Divine Human is meant by the “angel,” is because the many angels who appeared before the coming of the Lord into the world were Jehovah Himself in a human form, that is, in the form of an angel. This is very evident from the fact that the angels who appeared were called “Jehovah,” as for instance those who appeared to Abraham and were called “Jehovah” (Genesis 18:1, 13-14, 17, 20, 26, 33); also the angel who appeared to Gideon, of whom we read in Judges, and who also was called “Jehovah” (6:12, 14, 16, 22-24); besides others elsewhere. Jehovah Himself in the human form, or what is the same, in the form of an angel, was the Lord.

[2] At that time His Divine Human appeared as an angel; of which the Lord Himself speaks in John:

Jesus said, Abraham rejoiced to see My day; and he saw it, and was glad. Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am (John 8:56, 58).

Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was (John 17:5).

That Jehovah could not appear in any other way, is evident also from the words of the Lord in John:

Ye have not heard the voice of the Father at any time, nor seen His shape (John 5:37).

Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he who is with the Father, he hath seen the Father (John 6:46).

From these passages it may be known what is meant by the Lord from eternity.

[3] The reason why it pleased the Lord to be born a man, was that He might put on the Human actually, and make it Divine, in order to save the human race. Know therefore that the Lord is Jehovah Himself or the Father in a human form, which also the Lord Himself teaches in John:

I and the Father are one (John 10:30).

Jesus said, From henceforth ye have known and have seen the Father; He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father. Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me (John 14:7, 9, 11).

All things that are Mine are Thine, and all Thine are Mine (John 17:10).

[4] This great mystery is stated in John in these words:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word. The same was in the beginning with God. All thing were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father. No man hath seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He hath set Him forth (John 1:1-3, 14, 18);

“the Word” denotes the Divine truth which has been revealed to men; and because this could not be revealed except by Jehovah as a Man, that is, except by Jehovah in a human form, thus by the Lord, therefore it is said, “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.” It is known in the church that by “the Word” is meant the Lord, because this is plainly said: “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father.” That the Divine truth could not be revealed to men except by Jehovah in a human form, is also clearly stated: “no man hath seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath set Him forth.”

[5] From all this it is evident that the Lord from eternity was Jehovah, or the Father, in a human form; but not yet in the flesh, for an angel has no “flesh.” And because Jehovah or the Father willed to put on the whole human, for the salvation of the human race, therefore He took on the flesh also. Wherefore it is said “God was the Word, and the Word was made flesh.” And in Luke:

Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; handle Me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have (Luke 24:39);

by these words the Lord taught that He was no longer Jehovah under the form of an angel; but that He was Jehovah Man, which is also meant by these words of the Lord:

I came out from the Father, and am come into the world; again I leave the world, and go unto the Father (John 16:28).

(That the Lord when in the world made His Human Divine, see n. 1616, 1725, 1813, 1921, 2025, 2026, 2033, 2034, 2083, 2523, 2751, 2798, 3038, 3043, 3212, 3241, 3318, 3637, 3737, 4065, 4180, 4211, 4237, 4286, 4585, 4687, 4692, 4724, 4738, 4766, 5005, 5045, 5078, 5110, 5256, 6373, 6700, 6716, 6849, 6864, 6872, 7014, 7211, 7499, 8547, 8864, 8865, 8878; also that He expelled all the human that was from the mother, until at last He was not the son of Mary, n. 2159, 2649, 2776, 4963, 5157; see especially n. 3704, 4727, 9303, 9306, and what has been shown about these things in the passages cited in n. 9194, 9199)

  
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