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Deuteronomium 11

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1 Milujž tedy Hospodina Boha svého a ostříhej nařízení jeho, ustanovení a soudů jeho, i přikázaní jeho po všecky dny.

2 A znejtež dnes (nebo ne k samým synům vašim mluvím, kteříž neznali toho, ani neviděli), trestání Hospodina Boha svého, důstojnost jeho, ruku jeho silnou a rámě jeho vztažené,

3 A znamení i skutky jeho, kteréž činil u prostřed Egypta Faraonovi, králi Egyptskému, i vší zemi jeho,

4 A co učinil vojsku Egyptskému, koňům i vozům jeho, kterýž uvedl vody moře Rudého na ně, když vás honili, a shladil je Hospodin až do dnešního dne;

5 Také co učinil vám na poušti, dokudž jste nepřišli až k místu tomuto,

6 A co učinil Dátanovi a Abironovi, synům Eliaba, syna Rubenova, když země otevřela ústa svá, a požřela je i čeledi jejich, stany jejich se vším statkem jejich, kterýž při sobě měli, u prostřed všeho Izraele.

7 Ale oči vaše viděly všecky skutky Hospodinovy veliké, kteréž činil.

8 Protož ostříhejte všech přikázaní, kteráž já dnes přikazuji vám, abyste zmocněni byli, a vejdouce, dědičně obdrželi zemi, do kteréž vy jdete k dědičnému jí obdržení,

9 A aby se prodlili dnové vaši na zemi, kterouž s přísahou zaslíbil dáti Hospodin otcům vašim i semeni jejich, zemi mlékem a strdí oplývající.

10 Nebo země, do kteréž ty již vcházíš, abys ji dědičně obdržel, není jako země Egyptská, z níž jsi vyšel, v kteréž jsi rozsíval símě své, a svlažoval ji do ustání noh svých jako zahradu bylinnou:

11 Ale země, do kteréž vy jdete, abyste jí dědičně vládli, jest země hornatá, mající i údolí, kteráž z deště nebeského svlažována bývá vodou,

12 Země, o kterouž Hospodin Bůh tvůj pečuje, a vždycky oči Hospodina Boha tvého obráceny jsou na ni, od počátku roku až do konce jeho.

13 Protož jestliže opravdově poslouchati budete přikázaní mých, kteráž já vám dnes přikazuji, milujíce Hospodina Boha svého a sloužíce jemu z celého srdce svého a ze vší duše své,

14 Dám déšť zemi vaší časem svým, ranní i pozdní, a sklízeti budeš obilé své, víno své i olej svůj.

15 Dám i pastvu na poli tvém pro hovada tvá, a budeš jísti až do sytosti.

16 Vystříhejtež se tedy, aby nebylo svedeno srdce vaše, abyste odstupujíce, nesloužili bohům cizím, a neklaněli se jim.

17 Pročež Hospodin velice by se na vás rozhněval, a zavřel by nebe, aby deště nedávalo, a země aby nedávala úrody své; i zahynuli byste rychle z země výborné, kterouž Hospodin vám dává.

18 Ale složte tato slova má v srdci svém a v mysli své, a uvažte je sobě za znamení na rukou svých, a budou jako náčelník mezi očima vašima.

19 A vyučujte jim syny své, rozmlouvajíce o nich, když sedneš v domě svém, aneb když půjdeš cestou, když lehneš i když vstaneš.

20 Napíšeš je také na veřejích domu svého i na branách svých,

21 Aby byli rozmnoženi dnové vaši a dnové synů vašich na zemi, kterouž s přísahou zaslíbil Hospodin otcům vašim, že ji dá jim, dokudž nebe trvá nad zemí.

22 Nebo jestliže bedlivě ostříhati budete všech přikázaní těchto, kteráž já přikazuji vám, abyste je činili, milujíce Hospodina Boha svého, a chodíce po všech cestách jeho, a přídržejíce se jeho:

23 Tedy vyžene Hospodin všecky ty národy od tváři vaší, a vládnouti budete dědičně národy většími i silnějšími, nežli jste vy.

24 Všeliké místo, na kteréž by vstoupila noha vaše, vaše bude; od pouště a od Libánu, a od řeky Eufraten až k moři nejdalšímu bude pomezí vaše.

25 Nepostaví se žádný proti vám; strach a bázeň vás pustí Hospodin Bůh váš na tvář vší země, po kteréž choditi budete, jakož jest mluvil vám.

26 Hle, já předkládám vám dnes požehnání i zlořečení,

27 Požehnání, budete-li poslouchati přikázaní Hospodina Boha svého, kteráž já dnes přikazuji vám,

28 Zlořečení pak, jestliže byste neposlouchali přikázaní Hospodina Boha svého, ale sešli byste s cesty, o kteréž já dnes přikazuji vám, následujíce bohů cizích, kterýchž neznáte.

29 A když by tě uvedl Hospodin Bůh tvůj do země, do kteréž ty jdeš, abys dědičně vládl jí, tedy dáš požehnání toto na hoře Garizim, a zlořečení na hoře Hébal,

30 Kteréž jsou za Jordánem, za cestou chýlící se k západu slunce, v zemi Kananejského, jenž bydlí na rovinách naproti Galgala, blízko rovin More.

31 Nebo vy půjdete přes Jordán, abyste vešli a dědičně vládli zemí, kterouž Hospodin Bůh váš dá vám; i obdržíte ji dědičně, a budete v ní bydliti.

32 Hleďtež tedy, abyste činili všecka ustanovení a soudy, kteréž já dnes vám předkládám.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #347

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347. "Till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." This symbolically means, before those people were separated who were governed by truths springing from goodness from the Lord, thus who were inwardly good.

Sealing them on the foreheads does not mean to seal them there actually, but to distinguish and separate people who are impelled by the goodness of love from the Lord; for the forehead symbolizes the goodness of love. They are people who are governed by truths springing from goodness from the Lord, because these are the kind of people meant by servants of God (no. 3).

The forehead symbolizes the goodness of love because the face images a person's affections, and the forehead is the highest part of the face. Just underneath the forehead is the brain, from which originates everything connected with the person's life.

Because the forehead symbolizes love - a good love in the case of good people, and an evil love in the case of evil people - therefore to seal them on the foreheads means, symbolically, to distinguish and separate one from the other according to their love.

The like is symbolically meant in Ezekiel:

Go through... the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men who groan... over... the abominations... (Ezekiel 9:4-6)

[2] Since the forehead symbolizes love, therefore regarding the plate on Aaron's turban which had "Holiness to Jehovah" engraved on it, we read that it was on the front of the turban, so as to be on Aaron's forehead, and to be always on Aaron's forehead, that the people might find favor before Jehovah (Exodus 28:36-38). And it was also commanded that the words, "You shall love your God with all your heart and with all your soul," be on the hand and on the forehead (Deuteronomy 6:5, 8; 11:18); that they have the name of the Father written on their foreheads (Revelation 14:1), and the name of God and of the Lamb on their foreheads (Revelation 22:4).

It should be known that the Lord views angels by looking upon their foreheads, and they in turn view the Lord with their eyes. The reason is that the Lord regards all in accordance with the goodness of their love, and wills that they in turn regard Him in accordance with the truths of wisdom, so as to bring about a conjunction.

[3] In an opposite sense the forehead in the following instances symbolizes an evil love: people who have the mark of the beast on their foreheads (Revelation 13:16; 14:9; 20:4); and also people with the name of Babylon on their foreheads (Revelation 17:5). The forehead of a woman who is a harlot (Jeremiah 3:3). People having an obstinate forehead and a hard heart (Ezekiel 3:7-8).

...you were obstinate..., and your forehead was bronze... (Isaiah 48:4)

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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3. Which God gave Him to show His servants. This symbolically means, for people who have faith arising from charity, or truths of wisdom arising from the goodness of love.

To show means, symbolically, to make evident, and servants here symbolize people who have faith arising from charity. The following things are made evident to them because they understand and accept.

Servants mean, in the spiritual sense, people who are governed by truths; and because truths spring from goodness, servants mean people who are governed by truths arising from goodness, thus also people governed by wisdom arising from love, because wisdom has to do with truth, and love with goodness. They also are people who have faith arising from charity, because faith, too, has to do with truth, and charity with goodness. And because the spiritual sense in reality is abstracted from person, therefore servants in that sense symbolize truths.

Now because truths, by teaching goodness, serve it, therefore in general, and properly speaking, by a servant in the Word is meant something serving, or someone or something that serves. In this sense not only were prophets called servants of God, but so, too, was the Lord in respect to His humanity.

That prophets were called servants of God is evident from the following passages:

Jehovah has sent to you all His servants the prophets... (Jeremiah 25:4)

...He has revealed His secret to His servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)

...He has set before us by the hand of His servants the prophets. (Daniel 9:10)

Moses, too, is called a servant of Jehovah (Malachi 4:4). That is because a prophet, in the spiritual sense, means doctrinal truth, as discussed below.

[2] Moreover, because the Lord was the very embodiment of Divine truth, which also is the Word, and for that reason was called the prophet, and because He served in the world and serves all people to eternity by teaching, therefore He, too, is here and there called the servant of Jehovah, as in the following passages:

Of the labor of His soul He shall see; He shall be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many... (Isaiah 53:11)

Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. (Isaiah 52:13)

Behold! My Servant on whom I rest, My Elect. My soul has good pleasure! I have put My Spirit upon Him... (Isaiah 42:1, 19)

These things are said of the Lord. David is spoken of similarly, where by him is meant the Lord, as in the following:

I, Jehovah, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them... (Ezekiel 34:24)

David My servant shall be king over them, so that they all have one shepherd... (Ezekiel 37:24)

I will protect this city to save it, for My sake and for My servant David's sake. (Isaiah 37:35)

So, too, Psalms 78:70-72; 89:3-4, 20. (That by David in these places is meant the Lord, may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, nos. 43, 44.)

The Lord Himself speaks similarly of Himself:

...whoever desires to become great among you must be your attendant, and whoever desires to be first among you must be your servant, even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister... (Matthew 20:25-28. Cf. Mark 10:42-45, Luke 22:27. So, too, Luke 12:37)

The Lord says this, because by a servant and attendant are meant one who serves and ministers by teaching, and abstractly from person, Divine truth, which He embodied.

[3] Since a servant therefore means someone who teaches Divine truth, it is apparent that servants in this place in the book of Revelation mean people who possess truths arising from goodness, or faith arising from charity, because they are able to teach from the Lord, that is to say, because the Lord is able to teach and minister through them.

It is in this sense that they are called servants in Matthew:

(At the end of the age,) who... is the faithful and prudent servant, whom his lord set over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he comes, will find so doing. (Matthew 24:45-46)

And in Luke:

Blessed are those servants whom the lord, when he comes, will find watching. Truly I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will (himself) come and attend to them. (Luke 12:37)

In heaven, all people in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called His servants, while those in His celestial kingdom are called His ministers. That is because people in His spiritual kingdom are governed by wisdom derived from Divine truth, and those in the celestial kingdom by love derived from Divine good. And good ministers, while truth serves.

In an opposite sense, however, by servants are meant people who serve the devil. These are in a real state of servitude, whereas people who serve the Lord are in a state of freedom - as the Lord also teaches in John 8:31-36. 1

Bilješke:

1. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free'?" Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. (John 8:31-36)

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.