335 - Of Interest
By 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.
Arcana Coelestia #5300
5300. ‘Ad septem annos famis’: quod significet secundum necessitatem in defectibus, constat ex significatione ‘famis’ quod sit defectus veri, de qua supra n. 5277, 5278; quod tunc ad necessitatem, patet, nam ‘anni’ in sensu interno sunt status, ut supra aliquoties ostensum, hic itaque ‘ad illos annos’ est ad illos status cum necessitas.