Title: Daily and Yearly Preparation for Heaven
Topic: Salvation
Summary: The daily sacrifices, weekly sabbaths, and three annual feasts prescribed in the Old Testament are a picture of how to prepare for heaven.
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
2 Peter 2:22, 10
Numbers 28:1
Exodus 23:14, 17
Leviticus 23:1, 5, 10, 33
Deuteronomy 16:1, 9, 13-14
Luke 6:1
Acts of the Apostles 2:1; 20:16
Nehemiah 8:13-14
Ezekiel 45:21, 25
Zechariah 14:16
John 7:2, 37
261 - Daily and Yearly Preparation for Heaven
Од страна на Jonathan S. Rose
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 5/4/2016. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
John 7
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After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
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Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
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His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
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For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
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For neither did his brethren believe in him.
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Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
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The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
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Go ye up unto this feast: I Go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
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When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
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But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
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Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
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And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
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Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
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Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
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And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
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Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
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If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
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He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
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Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
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The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
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Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
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Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
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If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
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Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
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Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
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But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
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Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
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Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
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But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
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Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
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And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
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The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
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Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
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Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
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Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
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What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
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In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
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He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
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(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
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Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
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Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
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Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
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So there was a division among the people because of him.
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And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
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Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
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The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
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Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
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Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
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But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
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Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
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Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
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They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Arcana Coelestia #8395
8395. Exodus 16
1. And they travelled on from Elim, and all the assembly of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their coming out 1 of the land of Egypt.
2. And all the assembly of the children of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.
3. And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died 2 by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by a pot of flesh, eating bread to the full! For you have brought us out to this wilderness, to kill all this congregation with hunger.
4. And Jehovah said to Moses, behold, I am causing it to rain bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out and gather the thing of a day in its day, 3 in order that I may test them [to see] whether they walk in My law or not.
5. And it shall be on the sixth day, that they are to prepare what they have brought in; and it shall be double to what they shall gather day by day.
6. And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At evening you will know that Jehovah has brought you out of the land of Egypt.
7. And in the morning you will see the glory of Jehovah; He hears your grumblings against Jehovah, and what are we, that you grumble against us?
8. And Moses said, Jehovah is giving you flesh to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; Jehovah hears your grumblings which you make against Him. What are we? Your grumblings are not against us, but against Jehovah.
9. And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the assembly of the children of Israel, Come near before Jehovah, for He has heard your grumblings.
10. And so it was, as Aaron was speaking to all the assembly of the children of Israel, that they looked back towards the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Jehovah was seen in the cloud.
11. And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
12. I have heard the grumblings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, At evening 4 you will eat flesh, and in the morning you will be filled with bread; and you will know that I am Jehovah your God.
13. And it happened in the evening, that the selav 5 came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a deposit of dew around the camp.
14. And the deposit of dew went up, and behold, on the face of the wilderness a tiny round thing, tiny like hoar frost on the earth.
15. And the children of Israel saw it and said, a man to his brother, Man 6 is it? because they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat.
16. This is the thing 7 which Jehovah has commanded: Gather from it, each according to the mouth of his eating, an omer a head, [according to] the number of your souls; take it, each for whoever is in his tent.
17. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered it, [each] collecting it for a large number or for a few.
18. And they measured it with an omer, and no large number had more than enough and no few had less; they gathered, each according to the mouth of his eating.
19. And Moses said to them, Let no one leave any of it 8 until the morning
20. And they did not hear 9 Moses, and some did leave part of it 10 until the morning; and it bred worms and became putrid. And Moses was incensed with them.
21. And they gathered it morning by morning, each according to the mouth of his eating; and the sun grew hot, and it melted.
22. And so it was, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the princes of the assembly came and told Moses.
23. And he said to them, This is what Jehovah has spoken: [A day of] rest, a holy sabbath to Jehovah shall tomorrow be. Bake what you will bake, and boil what you will boil; and all that is left over put aside for yourselves to keep until the morning.
24. And they put it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not become putrid, and there was no worm in it.
25. And Moses said, Eat it today, because today is a sabbath to Jehovah, today you will not find it in the field.
26. Six days you shall gather it; and on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none in it.
27. And so it was on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and did not find.
28. And Jehovah said to Moses, How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?
29. See! Because Jehovah has given you the sabbath, therefore on the sixth day He gives you the bread of two days; rest, each of you in his place, 11 let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.
30. And the people rested on the seventh day.
31. And the house of Israel called its name Man; 12 and it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like that of a cake with honey.
32. And Moses said, This is the thing 13 which Jehovah has commanded: Fill an omer with it to be kept for your generations, in order that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.
33. And Moses said to Aaron, Take a jar, and put an omerful of man[na] in it, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept for your generations.
34. As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
35. And the children of Israel ate the man[na] forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate the man[na] until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
36. And an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
CONTENTS
The previous chapter dealt with the second temptation of those belonging to the spiritual Church, which arose because truth was perceived to be unpleasant. The present chapter deals in the internal sense with the third temptation, which arises because good is lacking. The lack of bread and flesh, which the children of Israel grumbled about, means a lack of good. Comfort after temptation is meant and described by the manna they received, and by the selav, the manna being spiritual good. The Lord constantly conferred this good on them, and without any care and aid on their part, which is meant by their receiving the manna every day and by the breeding of worms in it if they gathered too much.
Фусноти:
1. literally, on the fifteenth day, to the second month, at their coming out
2. literally, Who will give? We should have died
3. i.e. a day's portion every day
4. literally, between the evenings
5. Swedenborg retains the Hebrew word, which he takes to mean some tend of bird of the sea; see 8452.
6. i.e. the Hebrew interrogative word What? from which the word manna is derived; see 8462.
7. or word
8. literally, Let not anyone make a residue from it
9. literally, hear towards
10. literally, and men (vir) made a residue out of it
11. literally, each under himself
12. Swedenborg retains the Hebrew word, which he takes to mean some tend of bird of the sea; see 8452.
13. or word
