Arcana Coelestia #131
131. Genesis 2:18-25
18. And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man 1 should be alone. I will make for him a help suitable for him.
19. And Jehovah God formed out of the ground every beast of the field, and every bird of the air, 2 and He brought it to the man to see what he would call it; and whatever the man called it, the living creature, 3 that was its name.
20. And the man gave names to every beast, and to the birds of the air, 2 and to every wild animal of the field; but for man there was not found a help suitable for him.
21. And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he fell asleep; and He took one of his ribs, and He closed up the flesh in its place.
22. And Jehovah God built the rib which He took from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man.
23. And the man said, By this change, it is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh; for this she will be called Wife, because she was taken out of man (vir).
24. Therefore a man (vir) will leave his father and his mother and will cling to his wife, and they will be one flesh.
25. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.
CONTENTS
The subject is the descendants of the Most Ancient Church, who set their heart on the proprium.
Footnotes:
1. Unless otherwise indicated man in these verses 18-25 represents the Latin homo.
2. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)
3. literally, the living soul
John 10:1-17
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"Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
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But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
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Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
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They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."
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Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.
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Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
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All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
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I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
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The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
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I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
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The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.
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I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own;
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even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
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I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
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Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
