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Deuteronomio 26

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1 At mangyayari, pagka nakapasok ka sa lupain na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios na pinakamana, at iyong inaari, at iyong tinatahanan;

2 Na iyong kukunin ang mga una sa lahat ng bunga ng lupain, na iyong mga pipitasin sa lupain na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios: at iyong isisilid sa isang buslo, at ikaw ay paroroon sa dakong pipiliin ng Panginoon mong Dios, na patatahanan sa kaniyang pangalan:

3 At paroroon ka sa saserdote sa mga araw na yaon, at sasabihin mo sa kaniya, Aking ipinahahayag sa araw na ito sa Panginoon mong Dios, na ako'y nasok sa lupain na isinumpa ng Panginoon sa aming mga magulang, upang ibigay sa amin.

4 At kukunin ng saserdote ang buslo sa iyong kamay at ilalagay sa harap ng dambana ng Panginoon mong Dios.

5 At ikaw ay sasagot, at magsasabi sa harap ng Panginoon mong Dios, Isang taga Siria na kamunti nang mamatay ang aking ama; siyang bumaba sa Egipto, at nakipamayan doon, na kaunti sa bilang; at doo'y naging isang bansang malaki, makapangyarihan, at makapal:

6 At kami ay tinampalasan ng mga taga Egipto, at pinighati kami at inatangan kami ng isang mabigat na pagkaalipin:

7 At kami ay dumaing sa Panginoon, sa Dios ng aming mga magulang at dininig ng Panginoon ang aming tinig, at nakita ang aming kadalamhatian, at ang aming gawa, at ang aming kapighatian;

8 At inilabas kami ng Panginoon sa Egipto ng kamay na makapangyarihan, at ng unat na bisig, at ng malaking kakilabutan, at ng mga tanda, at ng mga kababalaghan:

9 At kaniyang dinala kami sa lupaing ito, at ibinigay sa amin ang lupaing binubukalan ng gatas at pulot.

10 At ngayon, narito, aking dala ang mga una sa bunga ng lupa, na ibinigay mo sa akin, Oh Panginoon. At iyong ilalapag sa harap ng Panginoon mong Dios, at sasamba ka sa harap ng Panginoon mong Dios:

11 At magagalak ka sa lahat ng magaling na ibinigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios, at sa iyong sangbahayan, ikaw, at ang Levita, at ang taga ibang lupa na nasa gitna mo.

12 Pagkatapos mo ng pagbibigay ng buong ikasangpung bahagi ng iyong pakinabang sa ikatlong taon, na siyang taon ng pagbibigay ng ikasangpung bahagi, ay magbibigay ka nga rin sa Levita, sa taga ibang lupa, sa ulila, at sa babaing bao, upang sila'y makakain sa loob ng iyong mga pintuang-daan, at mabusog;

13 At iyong sasabihin sa harap ng Panginoon mong Dios, Aking inalis ang mga pinapaging banal na bagay sa aking bahay, at akin ding ibinigay sa Levita, at sa taga ibang lupa, sa ulila at sa babaing bao, ayon sa iyong madlang utos na iyong iniutos sa akin: hindi ko sinalangsang ang anoman sa iyong mga utos, ni kinalimutan ko:

14 Hindi ko kinain sa aking pagluluksa, ni inilabas ko nang ako'y marumi, ni ibinigay ko upang gamitin sa patay: aking dininig ang tinig ng Panginoon kong Dios; aking ginawa ayon sa buong iniutos mo sa akin.

15 Tumungo ka mula sa iyong banal na tahanan, mula sa langit, at pagpalain mo ang iyong bayang Israel, at ang lupa na iyong ibinigay sa amin, gaya ng iyong isinumpa sa aming mga magulang, na isang lupang binubukalan ng gatas at pulot.

16 Sa araw na ito ay iniuutos sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios, na tuparin mo ang mga palatuntunan at mga hatol na ito: iyo ngang gaganapin at tutuparin ng iyong buong puso, at ng iyong buong kaluluwa.

17 Iyong ipinahayag sa araw na ito na ang Panginoo'y iyong Dios, at ikaw ay lalakad sa kaniyang mga daan, at iyong gaganapin ang kaniyang mga palatuntunan, at ang kaniyang mga utos, at ang kaniyang mga hatol, at iyong didinggin ang kaniyang tinig:

18 At inihayag ka ng Panginoon sa araw na ito, na maging isang bayan sa kaniyang sariling pag-aari, gaya ng ipinangako niya sa iyo, upang iyong ganapin ang lahat ng kaniyang utos;

19 At upang itaas ka sa lahat ng bansa na kaniyang nilikha, sa ikapupuri, at sa ikababantog, at sa ikararangal; at upang ikaw ay maging isang banal na bayan sa Panginoon mong Dios, gaya ng kaniyang sinabi.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4933

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4933. The reason why the hands, arms, and shoulders correspond to power in the Grand Man is that the strength and powers of the whole body and of all its internal organs are linked to them, in that the body employs the arms and hands to exercise its strength and powers. This also is the reason why in the Word powers are meant by 'the hands', 'the arms', and 'the shoulders'. As regards 'the hands' having this meaning, see 878, 3387, and as regards 'the arms' meaning the same, this is evident from many places, such as the following,

Be their arm every morning. Isaiah 33:2.

The Lord Jehovih is coming with might, and His arm will exercise dominion for Him. Isaiah 40:10.

He works it by means of His arm of strength. Isaiah 44:12.

My arms will judge the peoples. Isaiah 51:5.

Put on strength, O arm of Jehovah. Isaiah 51:9.

I looked around, and there was no helper, therefore My own arm brought salvation to Me. Isaiah 63:5.

Cursed is he who trusts in man (homo) and makes flesh his arm. Jeremiah 17:5.

I have made the earth, man, and beast, by My great strength and by My outstretched arm. Jeremiah 27:5; 32:17.

The horn of Moab has been cut off and his arm broken. Jeremiah 48:25.

I am breaking the arms of the king of Egypt, but I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babel. Ezekiel 30:22, 24-25.

O Jehovah, break the arm of the wicked. Psalms 10:15.

According to the greatness of Your arm preserve those who are appointed to die. 1 Psalms 79:11.

They were brought out of Egypt by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Deuteronomy 7:19; 11:2-3; 26:8; Jeremiah 32:21; Psalms 136:12.

From these places it may also be recognized that by the right hand in the Word superior power is meant, and by 'sitting on the right hand of Jehovah' almighty power, Matthew 26:63-64; Luke 22:69; Mark 14:61-62; 16:19.

Fußnoten:

1. literally, cause the sons of death to remain

  
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Arcana Coelestia #3387

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3387. 'For he was afraid to say, My wife, [thinking,] The men of the place may perhaps kill me on account of Rebekah' means that it was impossible for Divine Truths themselves to be disclosed, and so for Divine Good to be received. This is clear from the meaning of 'being afraid to say' as an inability to disclose; from the meaning of 'wife', who is Rebekah here, as the Lord's Divine Rational in respect to Divine Truth, dealt with in 3012, 3013, 3077; from the meaning of 'killing me' as good not being received, for 'Isaac', to whom 'me' refers here, represents the Divine Good of the Lord's Rational, 3012, 3194, 3210 - good being said 'to be killed' or to perish when it is not received, for it ceases to exist with that person; and from the meaning of 'the men of the place' as people who possess matters of doctrine concerning faith, dealt with just above in 3385. From these meanings it is now evident what the internal sense of these words is, namely: If Divine truths themselves were disclosed they would not be received by those who possess matters of doctrine concerning faith because those truths go beyond the whole range of their rational grasp of things, and so go beyond the whole of their faith, and as a consequence of this no good at all could flow in from the Lord. For good from the Lord, or Divine good, cannot flow in except into truths, for truths are the vessels for good, as shown many times.

[2] Truths or appearances of truth are given to a person to enable Divine Good to develop the understanding part of his mind, and so the person himself, for truths exist to the end that good may flow in. Indeed without vessels or receptacles good has nowhere to go, for it can find no condition answering to itself. Where no truths exist therefore, that is, where they have not been received, neither does any rational or human good exist; and as a consequence the person does not possess any spiritual life. Therefore, so that a person may nevertheless possess truths, and from these receive spiritual life, appearances of truth are given, to everyone according to his ability to grasp them; and these appearances are acknowledged as truths because they have the capacity to hold Divine things within them.

[3] So that it may be known what appearances are and that they are what serve a person as Divine truths, let the following be used by way of illustration: If man were told that in heaven angels have no concept of place, and so no concept of distance, but that instead they have concepts of state, he could not possibly grasp it, for he would suppose from this that nothing distinct and separate existed but that everything was fused together, that is to say, all the angels were together in a single place. Yet everything there is so distinct and separate that nothing could ever be more so. Places, distances, and intervals of space which exist in the natural order exist in heaven as states, see 3356. From this it is evident that all the things that are stated in the Word about places and intervals of space between objects, also ideas that are formed from these and expressed through them, are appearances of truth; and unless everything were stated by means of those appearances it would in no way be received and would as a consequence be scarcely anything; for the concept of space and time is present in almost every single detail of a person's thought as long as he is in the world, that is, living within space and time.

[4] The fact that the Word speaks according to appearances involving space is clear from almost every single part of it, as in Matthew,

Jesus said, How is it that David says, The Lord [said] to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool? Matthew 22:43-44.

Here the expression 'sitting at the right hand' is derived from the concept of place and so according to the appearance - when in fact it is a state of the Lord's Divine power which is described by that expression. In the same gospel,

Jesus said, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven. Matthew 26:64.

Here similarly 'sitting at the right hand' and also 'coming on clouds' are expressions derived from men's concept of place, whereas the concept angels have is one of the state of the Lord's power. In Mark,

The sons of Zebedee said to Jesus, Grant us to sit in Your glory, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left. Jesus replied, To sit at My right hand and at My left is not Mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared. Mark 10:37, 40.

From this it is evident what kind of concept the disciples had of the Lord's kingdom, that is to say, one that involved sitting on the right hand and on the left. Such being the concept they had of it the Lord also replied to them in a way they could understand and so by an appearance that could be seen by them.

[5] In David,

Like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, he rejoices as a mighty man to run the course. From the end of the heavens is His going forth, and His circuit to the ends of them. Psalms 19:5-6.

This refers to the Lord, the state of whose Divine power is described by means of such things as belong to space. In Isaiah,

How you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the dawn! You said in your heart, I will go up into the heavens, above the stars of God 1 I will raise my throne. I will go up above the heights of the clouds. Isaiah 14:12-14.

'Falling from heaven', 'going up the heavens', 'raising a throne above the stars of God', 'going up above the heights of the clouds' are all expressions derived from the concept and appearance of space or a place, and are used to describe self-love profaning holy things. Since celestial and spiritual things are presented to man by means of and according to visual objects like these, heaven too is therefore described as being on high when in fact it is not on high but in that which is internal, 450, 1380, 2148.

Fußnoten:

1. The Latin means heaven; but the Hebrew means God which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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