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Išėjimas 3

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1 Mozė ganė savo uošvio, midjaniečių kunigo Jetro, avis. Kartą jis buvo nusivaręs avis dykumos, prie Dievo kalno Horebo.

2 Jam pasirodė Viešpaties angelas ugnies liepsnoje, kylančioje iš krūmo vidurio. Jis matė krūmą degantį, tačiau nesudegantį.

3 Mozė pasakė: “Eisiu ir pažiūrėsiu į šį didingą reginį. Kodėl nesudega tas krūmas?”

4 Viešpats pamatė jį artėjant ir pašaukė iš krūmo: “Moze! Moze!” Tas atsiliepė: “Aš čia!”

5 Jis sakė: “Nesiartink prie šios vietos! Nusiauk nuo kojų apavą, nes vieta, ant kurios stovi, yra šventa žemė!

6 Aš esu tavo tėvo Dievas, Abraomo, Izaoko ir Jokūbo Dievas”. Mozė užsidengė veidą, nes bijojo pažvelgti į Dievą.

7 Viešpats tarė: “Aš pamačiau savo tautos vargą Egipte ir išgirdau jos šauksmą dėl jų prižiūrėtojų. Aš žinau jos sielvartą.

8 Aš nužengiau jos išvaduoti iš egiptiečių rankos ir išvesti jos iš tos šalies į gerą ir plačią šalį, plūstančią pienu ir medumi: į kanaaniečių, hetitų, amoritų, perizų, hivų ir jebusiečių žemę.

9 Izraelio vaikų šauksmas pasiekė mane. Aš mačiau jų priespaudą, kaip egiptiečiai juos engė.

10 Taigi dabar eik. Aš siunčiu tave pas faraoną, kad išvestum iš Egipto mano tautą, Izraelio vaikus!”

11 Mozė atsakė Dievui: “Kas aš, kad eičiau pas faraoną ir išvesčiau iš Egipto izraelitus?”

12 Dievas atsakė: “Aš būsiu su tavimi! Štai ženklas, kad Aš tave siunčiu: kai išvesi tautą iš Egipto, jūs tarnausite Dievui ant šito kalno”.

13 Mozė klausė Dievo: “Kai aš ateisiu pas izraelitus ir jiems sakysiu: ‘Jūsų tėvų Dievas mane siuntė pas jus’, jie manęs klaus: ‘Koks yra Jo vardas?’ Ką turiu jiems atsakyti?”

14 Dievas tarė Mozei: “AŠ ESU, KU IS ESU. Sakyk izraelitams: ‘AŠ ESU mane siuntė pas jus’ ”.

15 Dievas dar kalbėjo Mozei: “Šitaip sakyk izraelitams: ‘Viešpats, jūsų tėvų Dievas, Abraomo Dievas, Izaoko Dievas ir Jokūbo Dievas, mane siuntė pas jus’. Toks mano vardas per amžius ir taip mane vadinsite per kartų kartas.

16 Eik, surink Izraelio vyresniuosius ir jiems sakyk: ‘Viešpats, jūsų tėvų Dievas, Abraomo Dievas, Izaoko Dievas ir Jokūbo Dievas, man pasirodė ir kalbėjo: ‘Aš aplankiau jus ir mačiau, kas jums buvo padaryta Egipte.

17 Aš išvesiu jus iš Egipto vargo į kanaaniečių, hetitų, amoritų, perizų, hivų ir jebusiečių žemę, plūstančią pienu ir medumi’.

18 Jie klausys tavo balso. Tu su Izraelio vyresniaisiais nueisite pas Egipto karalių ir jam sakysite: ‘Viešpats, hebrajų Dievas, mus pašaukė, ir dabar prašome: leisk mums tris dienas keliauti į dykumą, aukoti Viešpačiui, savo Dievui’.

19 Aš žinau, kad Egipto karalius neišleis jūsų, jei nebus priverstas galingos rankos.

20 Aš ištiesiu savo ranką ir ištiksiu Egiptą visais savo stebuklais, kuriuos darysiu jų tarpe. Po to jis išleis jus.

21 Ir suteiksiu šiai tautai malonę egiptiečių akyse, kad jūs neišeisite tuščiomis rankomis.

22 Kiekviena moteris paprašys savo kaimynės ir savo įnamės sidabrinių bei auksinių indų ir drabužių; juos uždėsite ant savo sūnų ir dukterų ir taip išsinešite egiptiečių turtus”.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #6895

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6895. 'Saying, I have certainly visited you' means His coming to those who belong to the spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'visiting' as the Lord's coming, which precedes the final period of the Church, the period which is spoken of in the Word as a final judgement. Regarding the meaning of 'visitation' as that judgement, see 2242, 6588; and the fact that that judgement is called the Lord's coming is evident from the following words in Matthew,

The disciples said to Jesus, Tell us, when will those things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age? Matthew 24:3.

The Lord was telling the disciples then about the final period of the Church, as may be seen from the explanations given in 3353-3356, 3486, 3489, 3897-3901, 4055-4060, 4229-4231, 4422-4424. He said that when all those things happen,

The sign of the Son of Man will appear, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory. Matthew 24:30.

[2] 'The Lord's coming' is not used to mean His appearance together with angels in the clouds, but the acceptance of Him in people's hearts through love and faith, see 3353, 3900, and also His appearance from within the Word, the inmost or highest sense of which deals with the Lord alone, 4060. This coming is meant by 'the Lord's coming', which takes place at the time when an old Church is done away with and a new one is established by the Lord. And because a new phase of the Church was to be established now among the descendants of Jacob, the words 'I have certainly visited you' are used, like those spoken by Joseph when he was about to die,

Joseph said to his brothers, I am dying; and God will certainly visit you and cause you to go up out of this land to the land which He swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Genesis 50:24.

'Certainly visiting you' here means in the sense of the letter deliverance from slavery in Egypt and introduction into the land of Canaan. This however is not the spiritual subject matter contained in the Word but the natural. The spiritual subject matter in the Word has to do with the Lord, His kingdom and the Church, and love and faith. Consequently 'certainly visiting' is used to mean in the spiritual sense deliverance from falsities and thus introduction into things that belong to the Church and the Lord's kingdom, that is, the Lord's coming in love and faith among those who will belong to the new Church.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Exodus 3

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1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.

2 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

3 Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt."

4 When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."

5 He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

6 Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

7 Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

8 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

9 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

11 Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

12 He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."

13 Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"

14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

15 God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.

16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;

17 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."'

18 They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'

19 I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

20 I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go.

21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians."