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1 Samuel 26

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1 Die aber von Siph kamen zu Saul gen Gibea und sprachen: Ist nicht David verborgen auf dem Hügel Hachila vor der Wüste?

2 Da machte sich Saul auf und zog herab zur Wüste Siph und mit ihm dreitausend junger Mannschaft in Israel, daß er David suchte in der Wüste Siph,

3 und lagerte sich auf dem Hügel Hachila, der vor der Wüste liegt am Wege. David aber blieb in der Wüste. Und da er merkte, daß Saul ihm nachkam in die Wüste,

4 sandte er Kundschafter aus und erfuhr, daß Saul gewiß gekommen wäre.

5 Und David machte sich auf und kam an den Ort, da Saul sein Lager hielt, und sah die Stätte, da Saul lag mit seinem Feldhauptmann Abner, dem Sohn des Ners. (Denn Saul lag in der Wagenburg und das Heervolk um ihn her.)

6 Da antwortete David und sprach zu Ahimelech, dem Hethiter, und zu Abisai, dem Sohn der Zeruja, dem Bruder Joabs: Wer will mit mir hinab zu Saul ins Lager? Abisai sprach: Ich will mit dir hinab.

7 Also kam David und Abisai zum Volk des Nachts. Und siehe, Saul lag und schlief in der Wagenburg, und sein Spieß steckte in der Erde zu seinen Häupten; Abner aber und das Volk lag um ihn her.

8 Da sprach Abisai zu David: Gott hat deinen Feind heute in deine Hand beschlossen; so will ich ihn nun mit dem Spieß stechen in die Erde einmal, daß er's nicht mehr bedarf.

9 David aber sprach zu Abisai: Verderbe ihn nicht; denn wer will die Hand an den Gesalbten des HERRN legen und ungestraft bleiben?

10 Weiter sprach David: So wahr der HERR lebt, wo der HERR nicht ihn schlägt, oder seine Zeit kommt, daß er sterbe oder in einen Streit ziehe und komme um,

11 so lasse der HERR ferne von mir sein, daß ich meine Hand sollte an den Gesalbten des HERRN legen. So nimm nun den Spieß zu seinen Häupten und den Wasserbecher und laß uns gehen.

12 Also nahm David den Spieß und den Wasserbecher zu den Häupten Sauls und ging hin, und war niemand, der es sah noch merkte noch erwachte, sondern sie schliefen alle; denn es war ein tiefer Schlaf vom HERRN auf sie gefallen.

13 Da nun David auf die andere Seite hinübergekommen war, trat er auf des Berges Spitze von ferne, daß ein weiter Raum war zwischen ihnen,

14 und schrie das Volk an und Abner, den Sohn Ners, und sprach: Hörst du nicht, Abner? Und Abner antwortete und sprach: Wer bist du, daß du so schreist gegen den König?

15 Und David sprach zu Abner: Bist du nicht ein Mann und wer ist dir gleich in Israel? Warum hast du denn nicht behütet deinen Herrn, den König? Denn es ist des Volk einer hineingekommen, deinen Herrn, den König, zu verderben.

16 Es ist aber nicht fein, was du getan hast. So wahr der HERR lebt, ihr seid Kinder des Todes, daß ihr euren Herrn, den Gesalbten des HERRN, nicht behütet habt. Nun siehe, hier ist der Spieß des Königs und der Wasserbecher, die zu seinen Häupten waren.

17 Da erkannte Saul die Stimme Davids und sprach: Ist das nicht deine Stimme mein Sohn David? David sprach: Es ist meine Stimme, mein Herr König.

18 Und sprach weiter: Warum verfolgt mein Herr also seinen Knecht? Was habe ich getan? und was Übels ist in meiner Hand?

19 So höre doch nun mein Herr, der König, die Worte seines Knechtes: Reizt dich der Herr wider mich, so lasse man ihn ein Speisopfer riechen; tun's aber Menschenkinder, so seien sie verflucht vor dem HERRN, daß sie mich heute verstoßen, daß ich nicht hafte in des HERRN Erbteil, und sprechen: Gehe hin, diene andern Göttern!

20 So falle nun mein Blut nicht auf die Erde, ferne von dem Angesicht des HERRN. Denn der König Israels ist ausgezogen zu suchen einen Floh, wie man ein Rebhuhn jagt auf den Bergen.

21 Und Saul sprach: Ich habe gesündigt, komm wieder, mein Sohn David, ich will dir fürder kein Leid tun, darum daß meine Seele heutigestages teuer gewesen ist in deinen Augen. Siehe, ich habe töricht und sehr unweise getan.

22 David antwortete und sprach: Siehe, hier ist der Spieß des Königs; es gehe der Jünglinge einer herüber und hole ihn.

23 Der HERR aber wird einem jeglichen vergelten nach seiner Gerechtigkeit und seinem Glauben. Denn der HERR hat dich heute in meine Hand gegeben; aber ich wollte meine Hand nicht an den Gesalbten des HERRN legen.

24 Und wie heute deine Seele in meinen Augen ist groß geachtet gewesen, so werde meine Seele groß geachtet vor den Augen des HERRN, und er errette mich von aller Trübsal.

25 Saul sprach zu David: Gesegnet seist du, mein Sohn David; du wirst's tun und hinausführen. David aber ging seine Straße, und Saul kehrte wieder an seinen Ort.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2913

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2913. 'And spoke to the sons of Heth, saying' means those with whom a new spiritual Church was to exist. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'Heth' and of Hittite. Many were the nations inhabiting the land of Canaan who are mentioned one by one in various places in the Word, among them the Hittites, see Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 23:23; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 11:1, 3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kings 9:20; and elsewhere. Most of them belonged to the Ancient Church which was spread through many lands, including the land of Canaan, see 1238, 2385. All who belonged to that Church acknowledged charity as the chief thing, and everything they taught was about charity or life. People who cultivated teachings about faith were called Canaanites and were separate from the rest of the inhabitants in the land of Canaan, Numbers 13:29 - see 1062, 1063, 1076.

[2] The Hittites belonged among those in the land of Canaan who were more acceptable. This is also made clear by the fact that Abraham, and subsequently Isaac and Jacob, dwelt among them and had a burial-place there, and also by the fact that they treated Abraham with greatest respect, as is quite clear from what is recorded about them in this chapter, especially verses 5-6, 10-11, 14-15. Since they were an upright nation they therefore represent and mean the spiritual Church, or the truth of the Church. But it happened that like all the others who belonged to the Ancient Church the Hittites fell away in the course of time from charity or good that goes with faith; and this explains why later on they mean the falsity of the Church, as in Ezekiel 16:3, 45, and elsewhere. Yet the Hittites did belong among those who were more honourable, as may be seen from the fact that David had Hittites with him, such as Ahimelech, 1 Samuel 26:6, and Uriah, who was a Hittite, 2 Samuel 11:3, 6, 17, 21 - by whose wife Bathsheba David begot Solomon, 2 Samuel 12:24. 'Heth' means exterior cognitions that have regard to life and which constitute the external truths of the spiritual Church, 1 see 1203.

[3] The subject in the present verse is a new Church which the Lord establishes when the previous one breathes its last, and in the verses which follow the subject is the reception of faith among those people. The subject is not some particular Church among the sons of Heth but in general the re-establishment by the Lord of a spiritual Church after its predecessor fades away and approaches its end. The sons of Heth are simply those who represent and carry a spiritual meaning. Please see what has been stated already about Churches in the following places:

In course of time a Church goes into decline and decay, 494, 501, 1327, 2422.

It departs from charity, and brings forth evils and falsities, 1834, 1835.

At that point the Church is said to be vastated and made desolate, 407-411, 2243.

The Church is established among gentiles; the reason why, 1366.

Within a Church undergoing vastation something of the Church is always preserved as a nucleus, 468, 637, 931, 2422.

If the Church did not exist in the world the human race would perish, ibid.

The Church is like the heart and lungs in that vast body, of which every member of the human race is a part, 637, 931, 2054, 2853.

The nature of the spiritual Church, 765, 2669.

Charity constitutes the Church, not faith separated from charity, 809, 916.

If all possessed charity the Church would be one even though they differ in matters of doctrine and in forms of worship, 1285, 1316, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2385.

All people on earth who belong to the Lord's Church, though they are scattered throughout the entire world, still so to speak make a single whole, as is the case in heaven, 2853.

Every Church is internal and external, and both together constitute a single Church, 409, 1083, 1098, 1100, 1242.

The external Church is valueless if there is no internal Church, 1795.

The Church is compared to the rise and the setting of the sun, to the seasons of the year, and also to the periods of the day, 1837.

The Last Judgement is the final period of the Church, 900, 931, 1850, 2117, 2118.

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1. Or, reading what Swedenborg has in his rough draft the truths of the external spiritual Church

  
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1799. 'Behold, a son of my house is my heir' means that in the Lord's kingdom there would be only that which is external. This is clear from the meaning in the internal sense of 'an heir' and of 'inheriting'. 'Becoming an heir' or inheriting means eternal life in the Lord's kingdom. All who are in the Lord's kingdom are heirs, for the source of the life in them is the Lord's life, which is the life of mutual love, and for that reason they are called 'sons'. The Lord's sons or heirs consist of all who have His life in them, for it is from Him that their life comes, and it is from Him that they have been born, that is, regenerated. Those born of another are that other's heirs; and so it is with all who are being regenerated by the Lord, for in that case they are receiving the life that is the Lord's.

[2] In the Lord's kingdom there are those who are external, those who are more interior, and those who are internal. Good spirits who dwell in the first heaven are external, angelic spirits who dwell in the second heaven are more interior, and angels who dwell in the third heaven are internal. Those who are external are not as close to or near the Lord as those who are more interior, and these in turn are not so close or near as those who are internal. Out of Divine love, or mercy, the Lord wills to have everyone near to Himself, so that they do not stand outside, that is, in the first heaven. His will is that they should dwell in the third heaven, and if possible not merely with Him but abiding in Him. Such is the nature of Divine or the Lord's love. But since at that time none but external things existed with the Church, He complained of this in the words that occur here - 'Behold, a son of my house is my heir' - by which is meant that in His kingdom there would thus be only that which is external. But comfort followed, and a promise of internal things, as described in the verses that follow next. What the external aspect of the Church is has been stated already in 1083, 1098, 1100, 1151, 1153.

[3] By itself doctrine does not constitute the external aspect of the Church, still less the internal, as stated above. Nor on the Lord's part is it its teachings that make one Church distinct and separate from another, but its life in accordance with those teachings, all of which, as long as they present what is true, regard charity as their basic principle. What else does doctrine do but teach men the kind of people they ought to be?

[4] In the Christian world it is their doctrines that cause Churches to be distinct and separate, and because of these they call themselves Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Calvinists or the Reformed, and Evangelicals, among other names. It is solely by reason of their doctrines that they are called by these names. This situation would never exist if they were to make love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour the chief thing of faith. In this case their doctrinal differences would be no more than shades of opinion concerning the mysteries of faith which truly Christian people would leave to individual conscience, and in their hearts would say that a person is truly a Christian when he lives as a Christian, that is, as the Lord teaches. If this were so all the different Churches would become one, and all the disagreements which stem from doctrine alone would disappear. Indeed the hatred one man holds against another would be dispelled in an instant, and the Lord's kingdom on earth would come.

[5] The Ancient Church which existed immediately after the Flood, though scattered among many kingdoms, was of this nature. That is to say, people differed much from one another in matters of doctrine, but for all that, they made charity the chief thing. Also they regarded worship, not from the standpoint of doctrinal teachings which are matters of faith, but from that of charity which is a matter of life. This is what is meant by 'they all had one lip and their words were one', Genesis 11:1, regarding which see 1285.

  
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