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Matthew 10

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1 και G2532 CONJ προσκαλεσαμενος G4341 G5666 V-ADP-NSM τους G3588 T-APM δωδεκα G1427 A-NUI μαθητας G3101 N-APM αυτου G846 P-GSM εδωκεν G1325 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM εξουσιαν G1849 N-ASF πνευματων G4151 N-GPN ακαθαρτων G169 A-GPN ωστε G5620 CONJ εκβαλλειν G1544 G5721 V-PAN αυτα G846 P-APN και G2532 CONJ θεραπευειν G2323 G5721 V-PAN πασαν G3956 A-ASF νοσον G3554 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ πασαν G3956 A-ASF μαλακιαν G3119 N-ASF

2 των G3588 T-GPM δε G1161 CONJ δωδεκα G1427 A-NUI αποστολων G652 N-GPM τα G3588 T-NPN ονοματα G3686 N-NPN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ταυτα G5023 D-NPN πρωτος G4413 A-NSM σιμων G4613 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM λεγομενος G3004 G5746 V-PPP-NSM πετρος G4074 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ ανδρεας G406 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM αδελφος G80 N-NSM αυτου G846 P-GSM ιακωβος G2385 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM του G3588 T-GSM ζεβεδαιου G2199 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ ιωαννης G2491 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM αδελφος G80 N-NSM αυτου G846 P-GSM

3 φιλιππος G5376 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ βαρθολομαιος G918 N-NSM θωμας G2381 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ ματθαιος G3156 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM τελωνης G5057 N-NSM ιακωβος G2385 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM του G3588 T-GSM αλφαιου G256 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ λεββαιος G3002 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM επικληθεις G1941 G5685 V-APP-NSM θαδδαιος G2280 N-NSM

4 σιμων G4613 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM κανανιτης G2581 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ ιουδας G2455 N-NSM ισκαριωτης G2469 N-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM και G2532 CONJ παραδους G3860 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM αυτον G846 P-ASM

5 τουτους G5128 D-APM τους G3588 T-APM δωδεκα G1427 A-NUI απεστειλεν G649 G5656 V-AAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM παραγγειλας G3853 G5660 V-AAP-NSM αυτοις G846 P-DPM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM εις G1519 P EP οδον G3598 N-ASF εθνων G1484 N-GPN μη G3361 P T-N απελθητε G565 G5632 V-2AAS-2P και G2532 CONJ εις G1519 P EP πολιν G4172 N-ASF σαμαρειτων G4541 N-GPM μη G3361 P T-N εισελθητε G1525 G5632 V-2AAS-2P

6 πορευεσθε G4198 G5737 V-PNM-2P δε G1161 CONJ μαλλον G3123 ADV προς G4314 P EP τα G3588 T-APN προβατα G4263 N-APN τα G3588 T-APN απολωλοτα G622 G5756 V-2 AP-APN οικου G3624 N-GSM ισραηλ G2474 N-P I

7 πορευομενοι G4198 G5740 V-PNP-NPM δε G1161 CONJ κηρυσσετε G2784 G5720 V-PAM-2P λεγοντες G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ ηγγικεν G1448 G5758 V- AI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM

8 ασθενουντας G770 G5723 V-PAP-APM θεραπευετε G2323 G5720 V-PAM-2P λεπρους G3015 A-APM καθαριζετε G2511 G5720 V-PAM-2P νεκρους G3498 A-APM εγειρετε G1453 G5720 V-PAM-2P δαιμονια G1140 N-APN εκβαλλετε G1544 G5720 V-PAM-2P δωρεαν G1432 ADV ελαβετε G2983 G5627 V-2AAI-2P δωρεαν G1432 ADV δοτε G1325 G5628 V-2AAM-2P

9 μη G3361 P T-N κτησησθε G2932 G5667 V-ADS-2P χρυσον G5557 N-ASM μηδε G3366 CONJ αργυρον G696 N-ASM μηδε G3366 CONJ χαλκον G5475 N-ASM εις G1519 P EP τας G3588 T-APF ζωνας G2223 N-APF υμων G5216 P-2GP

10 μη G3361 P T-N πηραν G4082 N-ASF εις G1519 P EP οδον G3598 N-ASF μηδε G3366 CONJ δυο G1417 A-NUI χιτωνας G5509 N-APM μηδε G3366 CONJ υποδηματα G5266 N-APN μηδε G3366 CONJ {VA 1: ραβδον G4464 N-ASF } {VA 2: ραβδους G4464 N-APF } αξιος G514 A-NSM γαρ G1063 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM εργατης G2040 N-NSM της G3588 T-GSF τροφης G5160 N-GSF αυτου G846 P-GSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S

11 εις G1519 P EP ην G3739 -ASF δ G1161 CONJ αν G302 P T πολιν G4172 N-ASF η G2228 P T κωμην G2968 N-ASF εισελθητε G1525 G5632 V-2AAS-2P εξετασατε G1833 G5657 V-AAM-2P τις G5101 I-NSM εν G1722 P EP αυτη G846 P-DSF αξιος G514 A-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S κακει G2546 ADV-C μεινατε G3306 G5657 V-AAM-2P εως G2193 CONJ αν G302 P T εξελθητε G1831 G5632 V-2AAS-2P

12 εισερχομενοι G1525 G5740 V-PNP-NPM δε G1161 CONJ εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF οικιαν G3614 N-ASF ασπασασθε G782 G5663 V-ADM-2P αυτην G846 P-ASF

13 και G2532 CONJ εαν G1437 COND μεν G3303 P T η G5600 G5753 V-PXS-3S η G3588 T-NSF οικια G3614 N-NSF αξια G514 A-NSF ελθετω G2064 G5628 V-2AAM-3S η G3588 T-NSF ειρηνη G1515 N-NSF υμων G5216 P-2GP επ G1909 P EP αυτην G846 P-ASF εαν G1437 COND δε G1161 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N η G5600 G5753 V-PXS-3S αξια G514 A-NSF η G3588 T-NSF ειρηνη G1515 N-NSF υμων G5216 P-2GP προς G4314 P EP υμας G5209 P-2AP επιστραφητω G1994 G5649 V-2APM-3S

14 και G2532 CONJ ος G3739 -NSM εαν G1437 COND μη G3361 P T-N δεξηται G1209 G5667 V-ADS-3S υμας G5209 P-2AP μηδε G3366 CONJ ακουση G191 G5661 V-AAS-3S τους G3588 T-APM λογους G3056 N-APM υμων G5216 P-2GP εξερχομενοι G1831 G5740 V-PNP-NPM της G3588 T-GSF οικιας G3614 N-GSF η G2228 P T της G3588 T-GSF πολεως G4172 N-GSF εκεινης G1565 D-GSF εκτιναξατε G1621 G5657 V-AAM-2P τον G3588 T-ASM κονιορτον G2868 N-ASM των G3588 T-GPM ποδων G4228 N-GPM υμων G5216 P-2GP

15 αμην G281 HEB λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP ανεκτοτερον G414 A-NSN-C εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S γη G1093 N-DSF σοδομων G4670 N-GPN και G2532 CONJ γομορρων G1116 N-GPN εν G1722 P EP ημερα G2250 N-DSF κρισεως G2920 N-GSF η G2228 P T τη G3588 T-DSF πολει G4172 N-DSF εκεινη G1565 D-DSF

16 ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S εγω G1473 P-1NS αποστελλω G649 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμας G5209 P-2AP ως G5613 ADV προβατα G4263 N-NPN εν G1722 P EP μεσω G3319 A-DSN λυκων G3074 N-GPM γινεσθε G1096 G5737 V-PNM-2P ουν G3767 CONJ φρονιμοι G5429 A-NPM ως G5613 ADV οι G3588 T-NPM οφεις G3789 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ ακεραιοι G185 A-NPM ως G5613 ADV αι G3588 T-NPF περιστεραι G4058 N-NPF

17 προσεχετε G4337 G5720 V-PAM-2P δε G1161 CONJ απο G575 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM παραδωσουσιν G3860 G5692 V-FAI-3P γαρ G1063 CONJ υμας G5209 P-2AP εις G1519 P EP συνεδρια G4892 N-APN και G2532 CONJ εν G1722 P EP ταις G3588 T-DPF συναγωγαις G4864 N-DPF αυτων G846 P-GPM μαστιγωσουσιν G3146 G5692 V-FAI-3P υμας G5209 P-2AP

18 και G2532 CONJ επι G1909 P EP ηγεμονας G2232 N-APM δε G1161 CONJ και G2532 CONJ βασιλεις G935 N-APM αχθησεσθε G71 G5701 V-FPI-2P ενεκεν G1752 ADV εμου G1700 P-1GS εις G1519 P EP μαρτυριον G3142 N-ASN αυτοις G846 P-DPM και G2532 CONJ τοις G3588 T-DPN εθνεσιν G1484 N-DPN

19 οταν G3752 CONJ δε G1161 CONJ παραδιδωσιν G3860 G5725 V-PAS-3P υμας G5209 P-2AP μη G3361 P T-N μεριμνησητε G3309 G5661 V-AAS-2P πως G4459 ADV-I η G2228 P T τι G5101 I-ASN λαλησητε G2980 G5661 V-AAS-2P δοθησεται G1325 G5701 V-FPI-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ υμιν G5213 P-2DP εν G1722 P EP εκεινη G1565 D-DSF τη G3588 T-DSF ωρα G5610 N-DSF τι G5101 I-ASN λαλησετε G2980 G5692 V-FAI-2P

20 ου G3756 P T-N γαρ G1063 CONJ υμεις G5210 P-2NP εστε G2075 G5748 V-PXI-2P οι G3588 T-NPM λαλουντες G2980 G5723 V-PAP-NPM αλλα G235 CONJ το G3588 T-NSN πνευμα G4151 N-NSN του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM υμων G5216 P-2GP το G3588 T-NSN λαλουν G2980 G5723 V-PAP-NSN εν G1722 P EP υμιν G5213 P-2DP

21 παραδωσει G3860 G5692 V-FAI-3S δε G1161 CONJ αδελφος G80 N-NSM αδελφον G80 N-ASM εις G1519 P EP θανατον G2288 N-ASM και G2532 CONJ πατηρ G3962 N-NSM τεκνον G5043 N-ASN και G2532 CONJ επαναστησονται G1881 G5695 V-FDI-3P τεκνα G5043 N-NPN επι G1909 P EP γονεις G1118 N-APM και G2532 CONJ θανατωσουσιν G2289 G5692 V-FAI-3P αυτους G846 P-APM

22 και G2532 CONJ εσεσθε G2071 G5704 V-FXI-2P μισουμενοι G3404 G5746 V-PPP-NPM υπο G5259 P EP παντων G3956 A-GPM δια G1223 P EP το G3588 T-ASN ονομα G3686 N-ASN μου G3450 P-1GS ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ υπομεινας G5278 G5660 V-AAP-NSM εις G1519 P EP τελος G5056 N-ASN ουτος G3778 D-NSM σωθησεται G4982 G5701 V-FPI-3S

23 οταν G3752 CONJ δε G1161 CONJ διωκωσιν G1377 G5725 V-PAS-3P υμας G5209 P-2AP εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF πολει G4172 N-DSF ταυτη G3778 D-DSF φευγετε G5343 G5720 V-PAM-2P εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF αλλην G243 A-ASF αμην G281 HEB γαρ G1063 CONJ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N τελεσητε G5055 G5661 V-AAS-2P τας G3588 T-APF πολεις G4172 N-APF του G3588 T-GSM ισραηλ G2474 N-P I εως G2193 CONJ αν G302 P T ελθη G2064 G5632 V-2AAS-3S ο G3588 T-NSM υιος G5207 N-NSM του G3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου G444 N-GSM

24 ουκ G3756 P T-N εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S μαθητης G3101 N-NSM υπερ G5228 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM διδασκαλον G1320 N-ASM ουδε G3761 ADV δουλος G1401 N-NSM υπερ G5228 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM κυριον G2962 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM

25 αρκετον G713 A-NSN τω G3588 T-DSM μαθητη G3101 N-DSM ινα G2443 CONJ γενηται G1096 G5638 V-2ADS-3S ως G5613 ADV ο G3588 T-NSM διδασκαλος G1320 N-NSM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM δουλος G1401 N-NSM ως G5613 ADV ο G3588 T-NSM κυριος G2962 N-NSM αυτου G846 P-GSM ει G1487 COND τον G3588 T-ASM οικοδεσποτην G3617 N-ASM {VA 1: βεελζεβουλ G954 N-P I } {VA 2: βεελζεβουβ G954 N-P I } εκαλεσαν G2564 G5656 V-AAI-3P ποσω G4214 Q-DSN μαλλον G3123 ADV τους G3588 T-APM οικιακους G3615 N-APM αυτου G846 P-GSM

26 μη G3361 P T-N ουν G3767 CONJ φοβηθητε G5399 G5676 V-AOM-2P αυτους G846 P-APM ουδεν G3762 A-NSN γαρ G1063 CONJ εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S κεκαλυμμενον G2572 G5772 V- PP-NSN ο G3739 -NSN ουκ G3756 P T-N αποκαλυφθησεται G601 G5701 V-FPI-3S και G2532 CONJ κρυπτον G2927 A-NSN ο G3739 -NSN ου G3756 P T-N γνωσθησεται G1097 G5701 V-FPI-3S

27 ο G3739 -ASN λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF σκοτια G4653 N-DSF ειπατε G2036 G5628 V-2AAM-2P εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSN φωτι G5457 N-DSN και G2532 CONJ ο G3739 -ASN εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN ους G3775 N-ASN ακουετε G191 G5719 V-PAI-2P κηρυξατε G2784 G5657 V-AAM-2P επι G1909 P EP των G3588 T-GPN δωματων G1430 N-GPN

28 και G2532 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N φοβηθητε G5399 G5676 V-AOM-2P απο G575 P EP των G3588 T-GPM αποκτεινοντων G615 G5723 V-PAP-GPM το G3588 T-ASN σωμα G4983 N-ASN την G3588 T-ASF δε G1161 CONJ ψυχην G5590 N-ASF μη G3361 P T-N δυναμενων G1410 G5740 V-PNP-GPM αποκτειναι G615 G5658 V-AAN φοβηθητε G5399 G5676 V-AOM-2P δε G1161 CONJ μαλλον G3123 ADV τον G3588 T-ASM δυναμενον G1410 G5740 V-PNP-ASM και G2532 CONJ ψυχην G5590 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ σωμα G4983 N-ASN απολεσαι G622 G5658 V-AAN εν G1722 P EP γεεννη G1067 N-DSF

29 ουχι G3780 P T-I δυο G1417 A-NUI στρουθια G4765 N-NPN ασσαριου G787 N-GSN πωλειται G4453 G5743 V-PPI-3S και G2532 CONJ εν G1520 A-NSN εξ G1537 P EP αυτων G846 P-GPN ου G3756 P T-N πεσειται G4098 G5695 V-FDI-3S επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF γην G1093 N-ASF ανευ G427 P EP του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM υμων G5216 P-2GP

30 υμων G5216 P-2GP δε G1161 CONJ και G2532 CONJ αι G3588 T-NPF τριχες G2359 N-NPF της G3588 T-GSF κεφαλης G2776 N-GSF πασαι G3956 A-NPF ηριθμημεναι G705 G5772 V- PP-NPF εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P

31 μη G3361 P T-N ουν G3767 CONJ φοβηθητε G5399 G5676 V-AOM-2P πολλων G4183 A-GPN στρουθιων G4765 N-GPN διαφερετε G1308 G5719 V-PAI-2P υμεις G5210 P-2NP

32 πας G3956 A-NSM ουν G3767 CONJ οστις G3748 -NSM ομολογησει G3670 G5692 V-FAI-3S εν G1722 P EP εμοι G1698 P-1DS εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM ομολογησω G3670 G5692 V-FAI-1S καγω G2504 P-1NS-C εν G1722 P EP αυτω G846 P-DSM εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM μου G3450 P-1GS του G3588 T-GSM εν G1722 P EP ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM

33 οστις G3748 -NSM δ G1161 CONJ αν G302 P T αρνησηται G720 G5667 V-ADS-3S με G3165 P-1AS εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP των G3588 T-GPM ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM αρνησομαι G720 G5695 V-FDI-1S αυτον G846 P-ASM καγω G2504 P-1NS-C εμπροσθεν G1715 P EP του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM μου G3450 P-1GS του G3588 T-GSM εν G1722 P EP ουρανοις G3772 N-DPM

34 μη G3361 P T-N νομισητε G3543 G5661 V-AAS-2P οτι G3754 CONJ ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-1S βαλειν G906 G5629 V-2AAN ειρηνην G1515 N-ASF επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF γην G1093 N-ASF ουκ G3756 P T-N ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-1S βαλειν G906 G5629 V-2AAN ειρηνην G1515 N-ASF αλλα G235 CONJ μαχαιραν G3162 N-ASF

35 ηλθον G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-1S γαρ G1063 CONJ διχασαι G1369 G5658 V-AAN ανθρωπον G444 N-ASM κατα G2596 P EP του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ θυγατερα G2364 N-ASF κατα G2596 P EP της G3588 T-GSF μητρος G3384 N-GSF αυτης G846 P-GSF και G2532 CONJ νυμφην G3565 N-ASF κατα G2596 P EP της G3588 T-GSF πενθερας G3994 N-GSF αυτης G846 P-GSF

36 και G2532 CONJ εχθροι G2190 A-NPM του G3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου G444 N-GSM οι G3588 T-NPM οικιακοι G3615 N-NPM αυτου G846 P-GSM

37 ο G3588 T-NSM φιλων G5368 G5723 V-PAP-NSM πατερα G3962 N-ASM η G2228 P T μητερα G3384 N-ASF υπερ G5228 P EP εμε G1691 P-1AS ουκ G3756 P T-N εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S μου G3450 P-1GS αξιος G514 A-NSM και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM φιλων G5368 G5723 V-PAP-NSM υιον G5207 N-ASM η G2228 P T θυγατερα G2364 N-ASF υπερ G5228 P EP εμε G1691 P-1AS ουκ G3756 P T-N εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S μου G3450 P-1GS αξιος G514 A-NSM

38 και G2532 CONJ ος G3739 -NSM ου G3756 P T-N λαμβανει G2983 G5719 V-PAI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM σταυρον G4716 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ ακολουθει G190 G5719 V-PAI-3S οπισω G3694 ADV μου G3450 P-1GS ουκ G3756 P T-N εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S μου G3450 P-1GS αξιος G514 A-NSM

39 ο G3588 T-NSM ευρων G2147 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM την G3588 T-ASF ψυχην G5590 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM απολεσει G622 G5692 V-FAI-3S αυτην G846 P-ASF και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM απολεσας G622 G5660 V-AAP-NSM την G3588 T-ASF ψυχην G5590 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM ενεκεν G1752 ADV εμου G1700 P-1GS ευρησει G2147 G5692 V-FAI-3S αυτην G846 P-ASF

40 ο G3588 T-NSM δεχομενος G1209 G5740 V-PNP-NSM υμας G5209 P-2AP εμε G1691 P-1AS δεχεται G1209 G5736 V-PNI-3S και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM εμε G1691 P-1AS δεχομενος G1209 G5740 V-PNP-NSM δεχεται G1209 G5736 V-PNI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM αποστειλαντα G649 G5660 V-AAP-ASM με G3165 P-1AS

41 ο G3588 T-NSM δεχομενος G1209 G5740 V-PNP-NSM προφητην G4396 N-ASM εις G1519 P EP ονομα G3686 N-ASN προφητου G4396 N-GSM μισθον G3408 N-ASM προφητου G4396 N-GSM ληψεται G2983 G5695 V-FDI-3S και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM δεχομενος G1209 G5740 V-PNP-NSM δικαιον G1342 A-ASM εις G1519 P EP ονομα G3686 N-ASN δικαιου G1342 A-GSM μισθον G3408 N-ASM δικαιου G1342 A-GSM ληψεται G2983 G5695 V-FDI-3S

42 και G2532 CONJ ος G3739 -NSM εαν G1437 COND ποτιση G4222 G5661 V-AAS-3S ενα G1520 A-ASM των G3588 T-GPM μικρων G3398 A-GPM τουτων G5130 D-GPM ποτηριον G4221 N-ASN ψυχρου G5593 A-GSN μονον G3440 ADV εις G1519 P EP ονομα G3686 N-ASN μαθητου G3101 N-GSM αμην G281 HEB λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N απολεση G622 G5661 V-AAS-3S τον G3588 T-ASM μισθον G3408 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM

   

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6832. 'In a flame of fire from the middle of a bramble bush' means God's love present in true factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'a flame of fire' as God's love, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'a bramble bush' as true factual knowledge. The reason why 'a bramble bush' means true factual knowledge is that all shrubs of every kind mean factual knowledge, whereas actual plantations of trees, being larger, mean cognitions and perceptions. Because it produces flower and berries 'a bramble bush' means true factual knowledge. True factual knowledge that the Church possesses consists in nothing else than the Word as it exists in the sense of the letter and also every one of the Church's representative forms and meaningful signs that existed among the descendants of Jacob. These in the external form they take are called true factual knowledge; but in their internal form they are spiritual truths. But truths in their internal or spiritual form could not be made visible to those descended from Jacob, for the reason that they were interested solely in things of an external nature and had no wish whatever to know about anything internal. Therefore the Lord appeared in a bramble bush (when the Lord appears to people He does so in a way suited to the kind of people they are, for a person cannot receive the Divine in any way other than that which is a way suited to the kind of person he is); and therefore also, when the Lord appeared on Mount Sinai He appeared to the people' as a fire burning even to the heart of heaven, and as darkness, cloud, and pitch darkness', Deuteronomy 4:11; 5:22-25; also Exodus 19:18. He would have appeared in an altogether different way if the people below the mountain who beheld Him had not been the kind of people they were. And because those people were interested solely in things of an external nature, when Moses went in to the Lord on Mount Sinai, it is said that he went into the cloud, Exodus 20:21; 24:2, 18; 34:2-5, 'the cloud' being the external aspect of the Word, see Preface to Genesis 18, and 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343 (end), and also consequently representatives in the Church which are seen in outward form.

[2] The truth that the Lord appears to each individual person in a way suited to the kind of person he is may be recognized from the consideration that the Lord appears to those in the inmost or third heaven as the Sun from which light beyond description radiates, the reason being that those there are governed by the good of love to the Lord. He appears to those in the middle or second heaven as the Moon, the reason being that there they are governed by love to the Lord in a more remote and obscure way; for they are governed by love towards the neighbour. But the Lord does not appear to those in the lowest or first heaven either as the Sun or the Moon, only as Light, a light far more brilliant than light in the world. And since the Lord appears to each in a way suited to the kind of person he is, He cannot appear to those in hell as anything other than dark cloud and pitch darkness. For as soon as the light of heaven which comes from the Lord shines into any hell, darkness and thick darkness are produced there. From all this one may now recognize that the Lord appears to each individual person in a way suited to the kind of person he is, for this is suited to the way he receives the Lord. And since the descendants of Jacob were interested solely in things of an external nature, the Lord appeared to Moses in a bramble bush, and also in a cloud when Moses went in to the Lord on Mount Sinai.

[3] The reason why 'a flame' is God's love is that love in its earliest origin is nothing other than fire or flame from the Lord as the Sun. The fire or flame of this sun is what supplies each individual person with the being (esse) of his life; it is that life-giving fire which fills a person's interiors with warmth, as one may recognize from what happens with love. To the extent that love increases in a person he warms up; but to the extent that it diminishes he cools off. This explain s why, when the Lord appeared in a vision, He appeared as fire and flame, as in Ezekiel,

The appearance of the four living creatures (who were cherubs) was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of lamps. It was moving between the living creatures as a bright fire, and out of the fire went forth lightning. Above the firmament that was over their heads, in appearance like a sapphire stone, there was the likeness of a throne, and over the likeness of a throne there was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it, above. And I saw the shape of burning coals, as the shape of fire, within it round about, from the appearance of His loins and upwards. But from the appearance of His loins and downwards I saw as it were the appearance of fire, whose brightness was round about it. Ezekiel 1:13, 26-28.

[4] Nobody can deny that all the several details of this vision are signs that represent aspects of the Divine; but unless one knows what is meant by 'the cherubs', 'the burning coals of fire, like the appearance of lamps', 'a throne', 'the appearance of a man upon it', 'his loins from which fire emanated upwards and downwards, and the brightness radiating from the fire', one can have no knowledge of the real holiness hidden within all those several details. 'The cherubs' are the Lord's Providence, see 308; 'the throne' is heaven, or - to be exact - Divine Truth that emanates from the Lord to form heaven, 5313; 'the appearance of a man upon the throne above' is plainly the Lord's Divine Human; and 'loins' are conjugial love and all heavenly love that derives from it, 3021, 4277, 4280, 4575, 5050, 5062. This love was represented by 'the shape of burning coal, as the shape of fire, whose brightness was round about it'.

[5] In Daniel,

I saw, until thrones had been placed, and the Ancient of Days was seated. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was a flame of fire; His wheels were burning fire. A river of five issued and came forth from before Him. Daniel 7:9-10.

The Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love was seen in this vision too as a flame of fire. In John,

He who sat on the white horse, His eyes were like aflame of fire. Revelation 19:11-12.

'He who sat on the white horse' is the Lord in respect of the Word, as is explicitly stated in verses 13, 16, of that chapter. Thus 'the flame of fire' is Divine Truth contained in the Word, which radiates from the Lord's Divine Goodness. In the same book,

In the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe. His head and hair were white, like white wool, like snow; but His eyes were like a flame of fire. Revelation 1:13-14.

Here also 'eyes like a flame of fire' is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Goodness.

[6] The meaning of 'a flame of fire' as Divine Truth emanating from the Lord is also evident in David,

The voice of Jehovah falls like a flame of fire. Psalms 29:7.

'The voice of Jehovah' stands for Divine Truth. In order that Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good might be represented, the people were commanded to make a lampstand of pure gold with seven lamps and to place it in the tent of meeting by the table where the loaves of the presence were, and to keep the lamps burning unceasingly before Jehovah, Exodus 25:31-end; 37:17-24; 40:24-25; Leviticus 24:4; Numbers 8:2; Zechariah 4:2. The lampstand with its seven lamps served to represent Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good.

[7] In order also that Divine Good itself might be represented they were commanded to have perpetual fire on the altar,

Fire shall burn on the altar and not be put out; the priest shall kindle pieces of wood on it at every dawn. Fire shall burn unceasingly on the altar and not be put out. Leviticus 6:12-13.

The fact that the ancients were very well acquainted with the use of fire to represent Divine Love may be recognized from the spread of that representative from the Ancient Church even to nations far away whose worship was idolatrous and who, as is well known, established an everlasting sacred fire and placed in charge of it virgins, who were called the vestal virgins.

[8] In the contrary sense 'fire' and 'flame' mean filthy kinds of love, such as those of vengeance, cruelty, hatred, and adultery, and in general the cravings that spring from self-love and love of the world. This too is clear from very many places in the Word, of which let just the following be quoted: In Isaiah,

Behold, they have become as stubble, the fire has burned them; they do not save themselves from the power of the flame. 1 There will be no coal to be warmed by [nor] fire to sit in front of. Isaiah 47:14.

In Ezekiel,

Behold, I will kindle in you a five, which will devour in you every green tree and every dry tree. The blazing flame 2 will not be put out, and all faces from south to north will be scorched by it. Ezekiel 20:47.

Here 'fire' and 'flame' mean desires for what is evil and false which annihilate everything good and true in the Church, and thereby lay it waste.

[9] In Luke,

The rich man said to Abraham, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. Luke 16:24.

People who do not know that a person's vital heat has a different origin from that which is the source of elemental fire cannot possibly do anything else but think that by hell fire is meant fire like that found in the world. In the Word however this latter kind of fire is not meant but the fire of love, thus the fire of a person's life, emanating from the Lord as a Sun. And when this fire comes among those engrossed in pursuits contrary to it, it is turned into the fire of evil desires which, as stated above, belong to vengeance, hatred, and cruelty, and which well up from self-love and love of the world. This is the fire that torments those who are in hell, for when the restraint placed on their evil desires is relaxed, one sets upon another and they torment one another in dreadful and indescribable ways. For each has the wish for supremacy and wants to take from the other the things he has by hidden or open devices. When one or two have such desires hatreds consequently develop within the group, and these lead to the savage deeds that are performed, especially by the use of devices involving magic and the use of figments of the imagination, devices which are countless and totally unknown in the world.

[10] People who do not believe in the existence of spiritual things, especially those who worship nature, cannot at all be led to believe that the warmth present in living persons, which constitutes the actual life within them, has a different origin from that which is the source of worldly heat. For they are not even aware, let alone able to acknowledge, that there is a heavenly fire radiating from the Lord as a Sun, and that this Fire is pure love. Consequently they are unaware of countless instances in the Word in which no other kind of fire is meant; nor are they aware of countless manifestations of it in the human being, who is an organ made to receive that fire.

Notes de bas de page:

1. literally, save their soul from the hand of the flame

2. literally, heavy flame of flame

  
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John 14:24

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24 He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.

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