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Džons 15

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1 Es esmu īstais vīna koks, un mans Tēvs ir kopējs.

2 Viņš nocērt no manis ikkatru zaru, kas nenes augļus, un ikkatru, kas nes augļus, tīra, lai tas vēl vairāk nestu augļus.

3 Jūs jau esat tīri to vārdu dēļ, ko jums teicu.

4 Palieciet manī, un es jūsos. Kā zars nevar nest augļus no sevis, ja nepaliek pie vīna koka, tā arī jūs ne, ja jūs nepaliksiet manī.

5 Es esmu vīna koks, bet jūs zari. Kas paliek manī, un es viņā, tas nes daudz augļu, jo bez manis jūs nekā nespējat darīt.

6 Ja kas manī nepaliek, to kā zaru izmet ārā; un tas sakalst, un to paņem un iemet ugunī, un tas sadeg.

7 Ja jūs paliksiet manī, un mani vārdi paliks jūsos, tad, ko vien jūs vēlēsieties un lūgsiet, tas jums notiks.

8 Ar to mans Tēvs tiek pagodināts, ja jūs nesat daudz augļu un kļūstat mani mācekļi.

9 Kā Tēvs mani mīlējis, tā es jūs mīlu. Palieciet manā mīlestībā!

10 Ja jūs manus baušļus pildīsiet, jūs paliksiet manā mīlestibā, tāpat kā es sava Tēva baušļus pildīju un palieku Viņa mīlestībā.

11 To es jums sacīju, lai mans prieks paliktu jūsos un jūsu prieks būtu pilnīgs.

12 Tas ir mans bauslis, lai jūs viens otru mīlētu, kā es jūs mīlēju.

13 Nav nevienam lielākas mīlestības par to, ja kāds atdod savu dzīvību par saviem draugiem.

14 Jūs esat mani draugi, ja jūs darīsiet to, ko es jums pavēlu.

15 Es jūs vairs nesaucu par kalpiem, jo kalps nezina, ko viņa kungs dara; bet es jūs saucu par draugiem, jo visu, ko dzirdēju no sava Tēva, es jums pasludināju.

16 Ne jūs mani izredzējāt, bet es jūs izredzēju un liku, lai jūs ietu un nestu augļus un lai jūsu augļi paliktu, jo visu, ko jūs no Tēva lūgsiet manā vārdā, to Viņš jums dos.

17 Šo es jums pavēlu, lai jūs cits citu mīlētu.

18 Ja pasaule jūs ienīst, ziniet, ka tā pirms jums mani ienīda.

19 Ja jūs būtu no pasaules, pasaule savējos mīlētu. Bet tā kā jūs neesat no pasaules, bet es jūs no pasaules izredzēju, tad pasaule jūs ienīst.

20 Atcerieties manus vārdus, ko es jums teicu: kalps nav lielāks par savu kungu. Ja viņi mani vajāja, tie vajās arī jūs. Ja viņi manus vārdus ievērojuši, tie pildīs arī jūsējos.

21 Bet to visu viņi jums darīs mana vārda dēļ, tāpēc ka tie nepazīst to, kas mani sūtījis.

22 Ja es nebūtu atnācis un viņiem to sacījis, tiem nebūtu grēka; bet tagad viņiem nav sava grēka attaisnojuma.

23 Kas mani ienīst, ienīst arī manu Tēvu.

24 Ja es viņiem nebūtu darījis darbus, kādus neviens cits nav darījis, tiem nebūtu grēka; bet tagad viņi tos redzēja un ienīda mani un manu Tēvu.

25 Bet vārdiem jāizpildās, kas rakstīti viņu bauslībā: Viņi mani veltīgi ienīda.

26 Bet kad atnāks Iepriecinātājs, ko es sūtīšu no Tēva, patiesības Gars, kas no Tēva iziet, Viņš dos jums liecību par mani.

27 Un jūs dosiet liecību, tāpēc ka no sākuma esat pie manis.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9315

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9315. 'When My angel goes before you' means a life in keeping with the Lord's commandments. This is clear from the meaning of 'going before you' - when it refers to the Lord, who is 'the angel of Jehovah' here - as teaching the commandments of faith and life, and therefore also a life in keeping with those commandments, ('going' and 'travelling on' mean living, see 1293, 3335, 4882, 5493, 5605, 8417, 8420, 8557, 8559); and from the meaning of 'the angel of Jehovah' as the Lord's Divine Human, dealt with above in 9303, 9306. The reason why the Lord's Divine Human is meant by 'the angel' is that the numerous angels who appeared in times before the Lord's Coming into the world were Jehovah Himself in human form, that is, in that of an angel. This is plainly evident from the fact that angels who appeared were called Jehovah, such as those who appeared to Abraham and are spoken of in Genesis 18. The fact that they were called Jehovah may be seen in verses 1, 13, 14, 17, 20, 26, 33, of that chapter, as was the one who appeared to Gideon and is spoken of in Judges 6. The fact that this angel too was called Jehovah may be seen in verses 12, 14, 16, 22-24, of that chapter. The same may be seen in other places besides these. Jehovah Himself in human form, or what amounts to the same thing, in that of an angel, was the Lord.

[2] His Divine Human appeared in those times as an angel, of whom the Lord Himself speaks in John,

Jesus said, Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and saw it and was glad. Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:56, 58.

And in the same gospel,

Father, glorify Me in Your Own Self with the glory I had with You before the world was. John 17:5.

Jehovah could not have appeared in any other way, as is again clear from the Lord's words, in John,

You have never heard the Father's voice nor seen His shape. John 5:37.

And in the same gospel,

No one has seen the Father except Him who is with God, 1 He has seen the Father. John 6:46.

From all this one may see what is meant by 'the Lord from eternity'.

[3] The reason why the Lord was pleased to be born as Man (Homo) was in order that He might in reality take on a Humanity and make it Divine, to save the human race. Know therefore that the Lord is Jehovah Himself or the Father in human form, as yet again the Lord Himself teaches in John,

I and the Father are one. John 10:30.

In the same gospel,

Jesus said, From now on you know and have seen the Father. He who has seen Me has seen the Father. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me. John 14:7, 9, 11.

And in the same gospel,

All Mine are Yours, and all Yours are Mine. John 17:10.

[4] This great mystery is described in John in the following words,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father. Nobody has ever seen God; the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known. John 1:1-3, 14, 18.

'The Word' is Divine Truth which has been revealed to mankind; and since it could not have been revealed except by Jehovah as Man, that is, except by Jehovah in human form, thus by the Lord, it says, 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God'. It is well known in the Church that 'the Word' is used to mean the Lord, for it is explicitly stated, 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father'. The fact that Divine Truth could not have been revealed to mankind except by Jehovah in human form is also clearly stated, 'Nobody has ever seen God; the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known'.

[5] From all this it is evident that the Lord from eternity was Jehovah or the Father in human form, but not yet so in earthly flesh, for an angel does not have such flesh. And since Jehovah or the Father wished to take on everything human in order to save the human race, He also took flesh. This is why it says, The Word was God, and the Word became flesh, and in Luke,

See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; handle Me and see; for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see Me have. Luke 24:39.

By this the Lord taught that He was no longer Jehovah under the form of an angel but that He was Jehovah as Man. This is also what the following words spoken by the Lord serve to mean,

I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again I am leaving the world and going off to the Father. John 16:28.

The Lord made His Human Divine when He was in the world, see 1616, 1725, 1813, 1921, 2025, 2026, 2033, 2034, 2083, 2523, 2751, 2798, 3038, 3043, 3212, 3241, 3318 (end), 3637, 3737, 4065, 4180, 4211, 4237, 4286, 4585, 4687, 4692, 4724, 4738, 4766, 5005, 5045, 5078, 5110, 5256, 6373, 6700, 6716, 6849, 6864, 6872, 7014, 7211, 7499, 8547, 8864, 8865, 8878.

And everything human received from the mother was cast out, till at length He was not Mary's son, 2159, 2649, 2776, 4963, 5157, and especially 3704, 4727, 9303, 9306, as well as the things shown regarding these matters in the places referred to in 9194, 9199.

Footnotes:

1. The Latin means with the Father but the Greek means with God.

  
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