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1 μετά-P δέ-X ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN οὗτος- D--APN γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ῥῆμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P *αβραμ-N---ASM ἐν-P ὅραμα-N3M-DSN λέγω-V1--PAPNSM μή-D φοβέω-V2--PMD2S *αβραμ-N---VSM ἐγώ- P--NS ὑπερἀσπίζω-V1--PAI1S σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM μισθός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS πολύς-A1P-NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σφόδρα-D

2 λέγω-V1--PAI3S δέ-X *αβραμ-N---NSM δεσπότης-N1M-VSM τίς- I--ASN ἐγώ- P--DS δίδωμι-VF--FAI2S ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X ἀπολύω-V1--PMI1S ἄτεκνος-A1B-NSM ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X υἱός-N2--NSM *μασεκ-N---GSF ὁ- A--GSF οἰκογενής-A3H-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NSM *δαμασκός-N2--NS *ελιεζερ-N---NSM

3 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *αβραμ-N---NSM ἐπειδή-C ἐγώ- P--DS οὐ-D δίδωμι-VAI-AAI2S σπέρμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X οἰκογενής-A3H-NSM ἐγώ- P--GS κληρονομέω-VF--FAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS

4 καί-C εὐθύς-D φωνή-N1--NSF κύριος-N2--GSM γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM οὐ-D κληρονομέω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--AS οὗτος- D--NSM ἀλλά-C ὅς- --NSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S ἐκ-P σύ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NSM κληρονομέω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--AS

5 ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--ASM ἔξω-D καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAD2S δή-X εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM καί-C ἀριθμέω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--APM ἀστήρ-N3--APM εἰ-C δύναμαι-VF--FMI2S ἐκἀριθμέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--APM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὕτως-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN σπέρμα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS

6 καί-C πιστεύω-VAI-AAI3S *αβραμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM καί-C λογίζομαι-VSI-API3S αὐτός- D--DSM εἰς-P δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF

7 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ἐγώ- P--NS ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἐκἄγω-VB--AAPNSM σύ- P--AS ἐκ-P χώρα-N1A-GSF *χαλδαῖος-N2--GPM ὥστε-C δίδωμι-VO--AAN σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF κληρονομέω-VA--AAN

8 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X δεσπότης-N1M-VSM κύριος-N2--VSM κατά-P τίς- I--ASN γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI1S ὅτι-C κληρονομέω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASF

9 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS δάμαλις-N3I-ASF τριετίζω-V1--PAPASF καί-C αἴξ-N3G-ASF τριετίζω-V1--PAPASF καί-C κριός-N2--ASM τριετίζω-V1--PAPASM καί-C τρυγών-N3N-ASF καί-C περιστερά-N1A-ASF

10 λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM πᾶς-A3--APN οὗτος- D--APN καί-C διααἱρέω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN μέσος-A1--APN καί-C τίθημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ἀντιπρόσωπος-A1B-APN ἀλλήλω- D--DPM ὁ- A--APN δέ-X ὄρνεον-N2N-APN οὐ-D διααἱρέω-VBI-AAI3S

11 καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S δέ-X ὄρνεον-N2N-NPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN σῶμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--APN διχοτόμημα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C συν καταἵζω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *αβραμ-N---NSM

12 περί-P δέ-X ἥλιος-N2--GSM δυσμή-N1--APF ἔκστασις-N3I-NSF ἐπιπίπτω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *αβραμ-N---DSM καί-C ἰδού-I φόβος-N2--NSM σκοτεινός-A1--NSM μέγας-A1P-NSM ἐπιπίπτω-V1--PAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM

13 καί-C εἴρω-VCI-API3S πρός-P *αβραμ-N---ASM γιγνώσκω-V1--PAPNSM γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2S ὅτι-C πάροικος-A1B-NSN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN σπέρμα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF οὐ-D ἴδιος-A1A-DSF καί-C δουλόω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C κακόω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C ταπεινόω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM τετρακόσιοι-A1A-APN ἔτος-N3E-APN

14 ὁ- A--ASN δέ-X ἔθνος-N3E-ASN ὅς- --DSN ἐάν-C δουλεύω-VA--AAS3P κρίνω-VF2-FAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS μετά-P δέ-X οὗτος- D--APN ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P ὧδε-D μετά-P ἀποσκευή-N1--GSF πολύς-A1--GSF

15 σύ- P--NS δέ-X ἀποἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S πρός-P ὁ- A--APM πατήρ-N3--APM σύ- P--GS μετά-P εἰρήνη-N1--GSF θάπτω-VA--APPNSM ἐν-P γῆρας-N3--DSN καλός-A1--DSN

16 τέταρτος-A1--NSF δέ-X γενεά-N1A-NSF ἀποστρέφω-VD--FPI3P ὧδε-D οὔπω-D γάρ-X ἀναπληρόω-VX--XMI3P ὁ- A--NPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NPF ὁ- A--GPM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--GPM ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN νῦν-D

17 ἐπεί-C δέ-X γίγνομαι-V1I-IMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἥλιος-N2--NSM πρός-P δυσμή-N1--DPF φλόξ-N3G-NSF γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S καί-C ἰδού-I κλίβανος-N2--NSM καπνίζω-V1--PMPNSM καί-C λαμπάς-N3D-NPF πῦρ-N3--GSN ὅς- --NPF διαἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GPN διχοτόμημα-N3M-GPN οὗτος- D--GPM

18 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF διατίθημι-VEI-AMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβραμ-N---DSM διαθήκη-N1--ASF λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--DSN σπέρμα-N3M-DSN σύ- P--GS δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM μέγας-A1--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM *εὐφράτης-N1M-GSM

19 ὁ- A--APM *καιναῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *κενεζαῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *κεδμωναῖος-N2--APM

20 καί-C ὁ- A--APM *χετταῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *φερεζαῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *ραφαϊν-N---APM

21 καί-C ὁ- A--APM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *χαναναῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *ευαῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *γεργεσαῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *ιεβουσαῖος-N2--APM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1839

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1839. That 'behold, a dread of great darkness was coming over him' means that it was a dreadful darkness, 'darkness' being falsities, is clear from the meaning of 'darkness' as falsities, to be dealt with immediately below. The state of the Church just before the close, or when the sun was going down, is described by 'the dread of great darkness', but the state when the sun had gone down is described by 'the thick darkness' and other details given in verse 17 below.

[2] The Lord spoke of it in the same way in Matthew,

The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Matthew 24:29.

He did not mean that the sun of the world will be darkened but the celestial entity of love and charity. Nor will the moon be darkened but the spiritual entity of faith. Nor will the stars fall from heaven but the cognitions of good and truth with the member of the Church, which are 'the powers of the heavens'. Nor will these things take place in heaven but on earth, for heaven is never plunged into darkness.

[3] 'A dread of great darkness fell on him' means His horror at such great devastation. In the measure that the heavenly or celestial things of love find acceptance in anyone, so great is his horror when he perceives the close. This applied to the Lord more than anybody else, since His love was heavenly and Divine love itself.

[4] 'Darkness' means falsities, as is clear from very many places in the

Word, as in Isaiah,

Woe to those who put darkness for light, and light for darkness! Isaiah 5:20.

'Darkness' stands for falsities and 'light' for truths. In the same prophet, He will look to the land, and behold, darkness, distress; and the light has been darkened. Isaiah 5:30.

'Darkness' stands for falsities, 'darkened light' for the fact that truth does not appear.

[5] In the same prophet,

Behold, darkness is covering the earth, and thick darkness the peoples. Isaiah 60:2.

In Amos,

The day of Jehovah is that of darkness and not light. Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, thick darkness and no brightness in it? Amos 5:18, 20.

In Zephaniah,

The great day of Jehovah is near. A day of wrath is that day, a day of anguish and repression, a day of vastation and desolation, a day of darkness and thick darkness, a day of cloud and shadow. Zephaniah 1:14-15.

Here 'the day of Jehovah' stands for the final period and state of the Church, while 'darkness and thick darkness' stands for falsities and evils.

[6] The Lord too calls falsities 'darkness', in Matthew,

If your eye has been evil, the whole body has been made full of darkness. If therefore the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Matthew 6:23.

'Darkness' is used to mean falsities that have overtaken people who possess cognitions, a greater darkness than that found in those called gentiles, who have no cognitions.

[7] Similarly in the same gospel,

The sons of the kingdom will be thrown into outer darkness. Matthew 8:12; 22:13.

'Outer darkness' stands for the quite dreadful falsities of those inside the Church, for those people shut out the light and oppose truths with falsities, something gentiles are not able to do. In John,

In Him was life, and the life was the light of men; but the light appears in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:4-5.

'The darkness' stands for falsities inside the Church.

[8] Falsities outside the Church too are called 'darkness' but these are capable of receiving light. Of them it is said in Matthew,

The people sitting in darkness have seen a great light; and for those sitting in the region and shadow of death, the light has arisen. Matthew 4:16.

'Darkness' stands for falsities that go with not knowing, such as exist with gentiles.

[9] In John,

This is the judgement, that light has come into the world, but men have preferred darkness rather than light, for their deeds were evil. John 3:19.

'Light' stands for truths, and 'darkness' for falsities. 'The light' also stands for the Lord since He is the source of all truth, while 'darkness' stands for the hells since they are the source of all falsity.

[10] In the same gospel,

Jesus said, I am the light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in darkness. John 8:12.

In the same gospel,

Walk, as long as you have the light, lest darkness overtakes you, for he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. I have come as light into the world in order that all who believe in Me may not remain in darkness. John 12:35, 46.

'Light' stands for the Lord, the source of all good and truth, 'darkness' for falsities, which are dispersed by the Lord alone.

[11] The falsities that prevail in the last times and which are called 'the darkness' here, that is, to which 'the dread of great darkness' has reference, were represented and meant by the darkness that came over the whole earth from the sixth to the ninth hour, and also by the sun's being darkened at that time, by which was represented and meant that no love, that is, no faith, existed any more, Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44-45.

  
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