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Luke 24:13-35 : The Road to Emmaus

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13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass therein these days?

19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

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En el camino de Emaús

Por Joe David (Traducido por computadora al Español)

Lelio Orsi's painting, Camino de Emaús, is in the National Gallery in London, England.

Hay algo en cada evangelio sobre una aparición de Jesús a sus discípulos después del domingo por la mañana cuando encontraron el sepulcro vacío. Por ejemplo, ver Mateo 28:16-20; Marcos 16:14-19; Lucas 24:13-33; Juan 20:19-31...y... Juan 21.

En Lucas, hay una historia de dos discípulos caminando desde Jerusalén al pueblo de Emaús, una caminata de unas siete millas. Poco después de salir de la ciudad se les acerca otro viajero que se ha fijado en sus rostros preocupados y en su seria conversación y les pregunta qué es lo que les preocupa. Caminando juntos, le preguntan al desconocido: "¿No habéis oído hablar de los problemas de Jerusalén, cómo el profeta de Galilea, que esperábamos que fuera el que salvara a Israel, fue entregado para ser crucificado? Y es extraño decir que cuando algunas de las mujeres fueron al tercer día a ungir su cuerpo, vieron ángeles que les dijeron que no estaba allí, sino que había resucitado de entre los muertos".

Al oír esto, el viajero los reprende por no creer, y dice: "¿No ven que Cristo tuvo que sufrir estas cosas y entrar en su gloria?" El desconocido entonces le dice a los dos discípulos muchas cosas acerca de Jesús, de los libros de Moisés, y los profetas, en el Antiguo Testamento. Los dos discípulos escuchan con asombro, pero no reconocen al extraño. Al final llegan a Emaús. El desconocido parece querer continuar cuando los dos se detienen, pero le ruegan que se detenga también, porque se está haciendo tarde y quieren escuchar más. Así que todos se sientan a compartir la cena, y cuando el extraño toma la barra de pan y la rompe y les da pedazos, sus ojos se abren y lo reconocen, y Él desaparece.

Uno puede imaginarse el asombro que les invadió a ambos cuando se dieron cuenta de que era Jesús. Sabían que estaba crucificado, y aún así había caminado y hablado con ellos durante varias horas. ¡Las mujeres tenían razón! ¡Los ángeles tenían razón! ¡Estaba vivo!

La Nueva Iglesia cree que hay significados internos en todas las historias de la Palabra del Señor, las sagradas escrituras, y que este significado interno, dentro de las historias literales sobre Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, Josué, Samuel, David y el resto, y todos los dichos de los profetas desde Isaías hasta Malaquías, y los cuatro evangelios... este significado es lo que hace que la Palabra sea santa.

Entonces, ¿qué podemos ver aquí en esta historia? Bueno, ese significado interno en "Moisés y los profetas" es la historia de la vida de Jesús en el mundo, desde su nacimiento en Belén a través de todos sus años de crecimiento hasta su "muerte" y luego su resurrección. Porque Jesús lo sabía, y ciertamente había leído las Escrituras y las entendía internamente, sabía desde hace mucho tiempo cómo se iba a cerrar su vida terrenal, y que era necesario que se cerrara como había sido "escrito", para salvar a la raza humana. Así que les contó a los dos discípulos esa historia mientras caminaban hacia Emaús.

Más sobre ese paseo... En la Palabra, cualquier mención de caminar se refiere a cómo vivimos nuestras vidas día a día. En muchas historias de la Palabra, se dice que alguien caminó con Dios. Se dice que debemos caminar en sus caminos y que debemos caminar por el camino recto y estrecho.

También en esta historia se nos dice que este fue un viaje de sesenta estadios (en el griego original). Sesenta (u otros múltiplos de "seis") representa el trabajo de toda una vida de rechazar las tentaciones que vienen de nuestro egoísmo innato. Apocalipsis Explicado 648. Así que, este viaje a Emaús significa el viaje de nuestra vida - como una persona que está tratando de seguir las enseñanzas del Señor y convertirse en un ángel.

El destino era Emaús. En la Palabra cualquier ciudad representa una doctrina, un conjunto organizado de verdades que hemos puesto en orden para poder vivir de acuerdo a ellas... nuestras reglas de vida. Ver Arcana Coelestia 402. No son necesariamente buenas, como en el caso de Jerusalén o Belén, pero también pueden ser malas doctrinas, por ejemplo, Sodoma o Babilonia. Mi diccionario me dice que el nombre Emaús significa "aguas termales". Otro significado universal en la Palabra es que el agua significa verdad en sus usos benéficos, pero también puede significar verdad convertida en falsedad por los que están en el infierno, en un sentido opuesto. Ver, por ejemplo, Arcana Coelestia 790. Piensa en los pozos que Abraham cavó, o las aguas que Jesús prometió a la mujer de Samaria mientras hablaban junto al pozo de Jacob, o el río de agua pura que fluye de debajo del trono en la Nueva Jerusalén en el libro del Apocalipsis. En su sentido inverso, donde el agua es destructiva, piense en el diluvio que destruyó a todos excepto a Noé y su familia, o el Mar Rojo que tuvo que ser separado para que los hijos de Israel pudieran cruzar. Los manantiales representados por Emaús eran verdades sagradas que surgían de la Palabra para que las usáramos. Y estas son fuentes calientes, y el calor significa amor. Así que ese es nuestro destino, donde la verdad y el amor juntos fluyen para que los usemos, en un flujo continuo del Señor.

Esta pequeña anécdota sobre los discípulos que se encontraron con el Señor en el camino a Emaús no es sólo una historia sobre la resurrección de Jesús con un cuerpo espiritual. También es una historia de cómo deberíamos vivir nuestras vidas. Podemos estar viajando hacia el cielo, escuchando al Señor, caminando en el camino con él, y al final Él partirá el pan y cenará con nosotros.

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Arcana Coelestia #9429

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9429. 'And the glory of Jehovah lay over Mount Sinai' means the more internal levels of the Lord's Word in heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the glory of Jehovah', when the Word is the subject, as its inward sense, thus the more internal levels of the Word, dealt with in the Preface to Genesis 18, and in 5922; and from the meaning of 'Mount Sinai' as Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, and consequently as heaven, dealt with above in 9420, 9427. The reason why the more internal levels of the Word are called 'the glory' is that Divine Truth emanating from the Lord as the Sun composes the light in heaven, which enables the angels there to see with their eyes and at the same time gives them intelligence and wisdom, 1531, 1619-1632, 2776, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4302, 4415, 4527, 5400, 6313, 6608, 6907, 8644, 8707, 8861. This Divine light is the source of all the glory in heaven, whose brightness is such that it exceeds all human imagination. From this it is evident why the inward sense of the Word is 'the glory'; for the inward sense of the Word is the Divine Truth emanating from the Lord in heaven, and so it is the light which is the source of all the glory there.

[2] This is what 'glory' is used to mean in a large number of places in the Word, such as where it says that they would see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with glory, Matthew 24:30; Luke 21:27; that the Lord, after He had suffered would enter into His glory, Luke 24:26; that when He came in His glory He would sit on the throne of His glory, Matthew 25:31, 'sitting on the throne of glory' meaning judging with Divine Truth that comes from Him; and that Moses and Elijah appeared in glory, Luke 9:30-31, 'Moses and Elijah' there being the Word, see Preface to Genesis 18, and 2762, 5247, 9372. It is also what the Lord's 'being glorified' is used to mean in John,

Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him at once. John 13:31-32.

'Being glorified in God' means becoming Divine Good from which Divine Truth springs. Something similar appears in John 12:28.

[3] Divine Truth emanating from the Lord as it exists in heaven is meant by 'the glory' in the following places as well: In Isaiah,

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah. And the glory of Jehovah will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together. Isaiah 40:3, 5.

These are words referring to the Coming of the Lord, in which 'the glory of Jehovah' that will be revealed is Divine Truth. The Lord is that Truth because it comes from Him, as is evident in John,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. He was the true light. And the Word became flesh; and we saw His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father. John 1:1, 4, 9, 14.

'The Word' here is Divine Truth, and so is 'the light', from which it is evident what 'seeing His glory' means. The Lord, as is well known, did not appear in any glory in the world, apart from when He was transfigured.

[4] 'The glory' has the same meaning elsewhere in John,

These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. But they delighted in the glory of men more than in the glory of God. I have come as light into the world in order that everyone who believes in Me may not remain in darkness. John 12:41, 43, 46.

Here also 'the Lord's glory' and 'the glory of God' stand for Divine Truth, while 'the glory of men' stands for falsity. In Isaiah,

Shine, for your light has come, and the glory of Jehovah has risen upon you. Jehovah will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen over you. The glory of Lebanon will come to you to beautify the place of My sanctuary. Your sun will no longer go down and your moon will not be withdrawn, for Jehovah will be to you an everlasting light. Isaiah 60:1-end.

This plainly refers to the Coming of the Lord, His kingdom, heaven, and the Church. Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Human is described in the whole of that chapter, where it is called light, honour, and glory.

[5] In the same prophet,

They will fear the name of Jehovah from the setting of the sun, and His glory from the rising of the sun. The Redeemer will come to Zion. Isaiah 59:19-20.

Here also it refers to the Lord. 'The name of Jehovah' stands for all the truth of faith and good of love from which worship flows, 2724, 3006, 6674, 9310. In the same prophet,

I have called You in righteousness, and will give You as a covenant of the people, 1 a light of the nations. I am Jehovah, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another. Isaiah 42:6, 8.

This too is a reference to the Lord, in which 'a light of the nations' means Divine Truth which comes from Him; 'not giving glory to another' means that that Divine Truth comes from no one other than the Lord, who is one with Jehovah, as again in the same prophet,

For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; and My glory I will not give to another. Isaiah 48:11.

[6] 'Glory' has a like meaning elsewhere in Isaiah,

Your light will break forth like the dawn; your righteousness will walk before you, the glory of Jehovah will gather you up. Isaiah 58:8.

In the same prophet,

One will come to gather all nations and tongues, that they may come and see My glory. Isaiah 66:18.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before all His elders, glory. Isaiah 24:23.

In Moses,

Jehovah said, I am the Living One, and the whole earth will be filled with the glory of Jehovah. Numbers 14:20-21.

In all these places, which refer to the Lord, 'glory' means Divine Truth which emanates from Him.

[7] In Isaiah,

I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. And above Him stood the seraphim. And one cried to another, Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah Zebaoth; the whole earth is full of His glory. Isaiah 6:1-3.

In David,

The heavens recount the glory of God. Psalms 19:1.

And in the same author,

... that the nations may fear the name of Jehovah, and the kings of the earth Your glory, in that Jehovah has built Zion and appeared in His glory. Psalms 102:15-16.

In Revelation,

The glory of God will give the holy Jerusalem light, and its lamp is the Lamb. And the nations that are saved will walk in His light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and honour into it. Revelation 21:23-25.

'The holy Jerusalem' stands for a new Church; 'the glory of God' stands for Divine Truth from the Lord there, as does 'His light' in which they will walk; and 'the kings of the earth' who 'will bring glory' stands for those who are guided by truths derived from good, 2015, 2069, 4581, 4966, 5044, 6148. All this now makes clear what the meaning is of 'the glory of Jehovah' which lay over Mount Sinai. See also 8427.

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1. The Latin means for the people but the Hebrew means of the people, which Swedenborg has in some other places where he quotes this verse.

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