335 - Of Interest
Par Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Of Interest
Topic: The Word
Summary: The Old Testament commands us not to charge interest on loans, but a couple of parables in the New Testament chide us for NOT, at the very least, putting our money in the bank and getting interest? What is going on?
References:
Ex 22:25-27
Lev 25:35-37
Deut 23:19-20
Nehemiah 5:1-12
Psalms 15
Proverbs 28:6-8
Jeremiah 15:10
Ezekiel 18:5-17; 22:6-16
Luke 6:32-36
Matthew 25:14-30
Luke 19:12-13, 16-25
This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 4/4/2018. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Arcana Coelestia #4582
4582. ‘Et fudit super illam oleum’: quod significet Divinum Bonum amoris, constat ex significatione ‘olei’ quod sit Divinum Bonum amoris, de qua n. 886, 3728. Per ‘statuere statuam lapidis, libare super illam libamen, et fundere super illam oleum’ interno describitur processus progressionis a vero quod in ultimo ad verum et bonum interius, et tandem, ad bonum 1 amoris; ‘statua cum lapidis’ est verum in ultimo ordinis, n 4580; ‘libamen’ est verum et bonum interius, n. 4581; ‘oleum’ autem bonum amoris; est etiam processus progressionis 2 fuit Domino Humanum suum Divinum faciendi; et talis etiam est 3 homini cum Dominus illum per regenerationem, caelestem facit.
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