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1 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X ὄφις-N3I-NSM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S φρόνιμος-A1B-NSMS πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN θηρίον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὅς- --GPN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ὄφις-N3I-NSM ὁ- A--DSF γυνή-N3K-DSF τίς- I--ASN ὅτι-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM οὐ-D μή-D ἐσθίω-VB--AAS2P ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM παράδεισος-N2--DSM

2 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF ὁ- A--DSM ὄφις-N3I-DSM ἀπό-P καρπός-N2--GSM ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSM παράδεισος-N2--GSM ἐσθίω-VF--FMI1P

3 ἀπό-P δέ-X καρπός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM ὁ- A--GSM παράδεισος-N2--GSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSM οὐδέ-C μή-D ἅπτομαι-VA--AMS2P αὐτός- D--GSM ἵνα-C μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS2P

4 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ὄφις-N3I-NSM ὁ- A--DSF γυνή-N3K-DSF οὐ-D θάνατος-N2--DSM ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI2P

5 οἶδα-VXI-YAI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὅτι-C ἐν-P ὅς- --DSF ἄν-X ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐσθίω-VB--AAS2P ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSM δια ἀναοἴγω-VQ--FPI3P σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--NPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--NPM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI2P ὡς-C θεός-N2--NPM γιγνώσκω-V1--PAPNPM καλός-A1--ASN καί-C πονηρός-A1A-ASN

6 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF ὅτι-C καλός-A1--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ξύλον-N2N-NSN εἰς-P βρῶσις-N3I-ASF καί-C ὅτι-C ἀρεστός-A1--NSN ὁ- A--DPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--DPM ὁράω-VB--AAN καί-C ὡραῖος-A1A-NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--GSN κατανοέω-VA--AAN καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSF ὁ- A--GSM καρπός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSN ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--DSM ἀνήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GSF μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3P

7 καί-C δια ἀναοἴγω-VQI-API3P ὁ- A--NPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GPM δύο-M καί-C γιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3P ὅτι-C γυμνός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--IAI3P καί-C ῥάπτω-VAI-AAI3P φύλλον-N2N-APN συκῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM περίζωμα-N3W-APN

8 καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF φωνή-N1--ASF κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM περιπατέω-V2--PAPGSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM παράδεισος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--ASN δειλινός-A1--ASN καί-C κρύπτω-VZI-AAI3P ὅς- --NSN τε-X *αδαμ-N---NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM ὁ- A--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSM παράδεισος-N2--GSM

9 καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM *αδαμ-N---ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM *αδαμ-N---VSM ποῦ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI2S

10 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--ASF φωνή-N1--ASF σύ- P--GS ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S περιπατέω-V2--PAPGSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM παράδεισος-N2--DSM καί-C φοβέω-VCI-API1S ὅτι-C γυμνός-A1--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI1S καί-C κρύπτω-VDI-API1S

11 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM τίς- I--NSM ἀναἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S σύ- P--DS ὅτι-C γυμνός-A1--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI2S μή-D ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --GSN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI1S σύ- P--DS οὗτος- D--GSM μόνος-A1--GSM μή-D ἐσθίω-VB--AAN ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSN ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI2S

12 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM *αδαμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF ὅς- --ASF δίδωμι-VAI-AAI2S μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NSF ἐγώ- P--DS δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN καί-C ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3P

13 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSF γυνή-N3K-DSF τίς- I--ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF ὁ- A--NSM ὄφις-N3I-NSM ἀπατάω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3P

14 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM ὄφις-N3I-DSM ὅτι-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S οὗτος- D--ASN ἐπικατάρατος-A1B-NSM σύ- P--NS ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN καί-C ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN θηρίον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN στῆθος-N3E-DSN σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--DSF κοιλία-N1A-DSF πορεύομαι-VF--FMI2S καί-C γῆ-N1--ASF ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ὁ- A--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS

15 καί-C ἔχρα-N1A-ASF τίθημι-VF--FAI1S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN σύ- P--GS καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GSF γυνή-N3K-GSF καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GSN σπέρμα-N3M-GSN σύ- P--GS καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GSN σπέρμα-N3M-GSN αὐτός- D--GSF αὐτός- D--NSM σύ- P--GS τηρέω-VF--FAI3S κεφαλή-N1--ASF καί-C σύ- P--NS τηρέω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--GSM πτέρνα-N1S-ASF

16 καί-C ὁ- A--DSF γυνή-N3K-DSF εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πληθύνω-V1--PAPNSM πληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--APF λύπη-N1--APF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASM στεναγμός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS ἐν-P λύπη-N1--DPF τίκτω-VF--FMI2S τέκνον-N2N-APN καί-C πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀνήρ-N3--ASM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSF ἀποστροφή-N1--NSF σύ- P--GS καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM σύ- P--GS κυριεύω-VF--FAI3S

17 ὁ- A--DSM δέ-X *αδαμ-N---DSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὅτι-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF γυνή-N3K-GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI2S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὅς- --GSN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI1S σύ- P--DS οὗτος- D--GSM μόνος-A1--GSM μή-D ἐσθίω-VB--AAN ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSN ἐπικατάρατος-A1B-NSM ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔργον-N2N-DPN σύ- P--GS ἐν-P λύπη-N1--DPF ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--ASF πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ὁ- A--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS

18 ἄκανθα-N1A-APF καί-C τρίβολος-N2--APM ἀνατέλλω-VF2-FAI3S σύ- P--DS καί-C ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S ὁ- A--ASM χόρτος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM

19 ἐν-P ἱδρώς-N3T-DSM ὁ- A--GSN πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GS ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S ὁ- A--ASM ἄρτος-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAN σύ- P--AS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐκ-P ὅς- --GSF λαμβάνω-VVI-API2S ὅτι-C γῆ-N1--NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI2S καί-C εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF ἀποἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S

20 καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S *αδαμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSF γυνή-N3K-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM *ζωή-N1--NSF ὅτι-C οὗτος- D--NSF μήτηρ-N3--NSF πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ζάω-V3--PAPGPM

21 καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *αδαμ-N---DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSF γυνή-N3K-DSF αὐτός- D--GSM χιτών-N3W-APM δερμάτινος-A1--APM καί-C ἐνδύω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM

22 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἰδού-I *αδαμ-N---NSM γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S ὡς-C εἷς-A3--NSM ἐκ-P ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--GSN γιγνώσκω-V1--PAN καλός-A1--ASM καί-C πονηρός-A1A-ASM καί-C νῦν-D μήποτε-D ἐκτείνω-VA--AAS3S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAS3S ὁ- A--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF καί-C ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S καί-C ζάω-VF--FMI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM αἰών-N3W-ASM

23 καί-C ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM παράδεισος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF τρυφή-N1--GSF ἐργάζομαι-V1--PMN ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐκ-P ὅς- --GSF λαμβάνω-VVI-API3S

24 καί-C ἐκβάλλω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *αδαμ-N---ASM καί-C καταοἰκίζω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἀπέναντι-P ὁ- A--GSM παράδεισος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF τρυφή-N1--GSF καί-C τάσσω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN χερουβιμ-N---APN καί-C ὁ- A--ASF φλόγινος-A1--ASF ῥομφαία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--ASF στρέφω-V1--PMPASF φυλάσσω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8495

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8495. 'A holy sabbath to Jehovah shall tomorrow be' means the joining together of goodness and truth into eternity. This is clear from the meaning of 'sabbath' as the joining together of goodness and truth, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'tomorrow' as into eternity, dealt with in 3998. Anyone who does not know what the sabbath represented, and what it was consequently a sign of, also cannot know why it was held to be the holiest institution of all. It was held to be the holiest because in the highest sense it represented the union of the Divine and the Divine Human within the Lord, and in the relative sense the joining together of the Lord's Divine Human and the human race. This is why the sabbath was the holiest. And since it represented those realities it also represented heaven in respect of the joining together of goodness and truth, that is, the joining together called the heavenly marriage. And since the joining together of goodness and truth is accomplished by the Lord alone and nothing at all of it by man, and since it is accomplished in a state of peace, people were most strictly forbidden to do any work on that day. The prohibition was so strict that the soul who did do any was to be cut off. This is stated in Moses as follows,

You shall keep the sabbath, for it is holy to you. He who profanes it must certainly die; for everyone who does work on that day, this soul shall be cut off from the midst of his people. Exodus 31:14.

This was why the one who merely gathered sticks on that day was stoned, Numbers 15:32-36. It is also why the command regarding the sabbath is the third of the Ten Commandments, coming immediately after the two regarding holy worship of Jehovah, Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12. And it is why the sabbath is called 'an eternal covenant', Exodus 31:16; for 'a covenant' means a joining together, 665, 666, 1023, 1038, 1864, 1996, 2003, 2021, 6804.

[2] From all this one may now see what is meant in the internal sense by the things said about the sabbath in the following places, as in Isaiah,

Blessed is the person keeping the sabbath so that he does not profane it. Thus said Jehovah to the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths and choose that in which I delight, and hold fast to My covenant, I will give those in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off. Whoever keeps the sabbath so that he does not profane it, and those who hold fast to My covenant, I will bring them onto My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Isaiah 56:2-7.

From these words it is evident that those who are joined to the Lord are meant by those who keep the sabbath holy. That they will be in heaven is meant by the promise that those in Jehovah's house will be given a place and a name better than sons and daughters, an eternal name which will not be cut off, and that they will be brought onto the holy mountain.

[3] In the same prophet,

If you turn away your foot from the sabbath, so that you do not do your own will on My holy day, but call the sabbath, Delights holy to Jehovah, honourable, and honour it, so that you do not do your own ways, nor find your own desire or speak [your own] words, then you will take delight in Jehovah, and I will convey you into the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob. Isaiah 58:13-14.

What was represented by the requirement that they should not do any work on the sabbath day is clearly evident here, namely that they must not do anything that begins in themselves, only what begins in the Lord. For the angelic state in heaven is such that they do not will or do, they do not even think or utter, anything that begins in themselves or what is properly their own. This is what their being joined to the Lord consists in. Not doing anything that begins in themselves is meant when it says that they should not do their own will, nor do their own ways, nor find their own desire, nor speak [their own] words. This state existing with the angels is the heavenly state itself; and when they are in it they experience peace and rest. Also the Lord has rest, for when they have been joined to Him their labour ceases; they now abide in the Lord. These things are meant by the words 'so shall you call the sabbath, Delights holy to Jehovah' and that they will take delight in Jehovah. The Lord's rest is meant where it says that after creating on six days 'He rested on the seventh day', Genesis 2:2.

[4] The same things are meant by the following words in Jeremiah,

If you most certainly hear Me, so that you do not bring a burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, and you keep the sabbath day holy, so that you do not do any work in it, then there will enter through the gates of this city kings and princes seated on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men (vir) of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city will be inhabited forever. Jeremiah 17:24-25

'Work on the sabbath' means everything that springs from the self. The state of people who are not led by self but by the Lord is what 'there will enter through the gates of the city kings and princes seated on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses' describes. 'Kings' means the truths of faith, 'princes' leading aspects of them, 'seated on the throne of David' the fact that they come from the Lord, and 'chariots and horses' religious teachings and intellectual concepts belonging to faith. It should be recognized that everything coming from a person's self is bad, and everything coming from the Lord is good. The fact that everything, in the case of those who are led by the Lord, flows in, down to the smallest particle of life in both their understanding and their will, thus down to every single part of the faith and charity they possess, see what has been shown abundantly from experience in 2886-2888, 6053-6058, 6189-6215, 6307-6327, 6466-6495, 6598-6626, 6982, 6985, 6996, 7004, 7055, 7056, 7058, 7147, 7270.

[5] As regards the sabbath and its being a representative of the joining together of the Lord and the human race, this is clear in Ezekiel,

I gave them My sabbaths, in order that they might be a sign between Me and them, to know that I am Jehovah who sanctifies them. Ezekiel 20:12.

See too Exodus 31:13. Therefore also it was forbidden to kindle fire on the sabbath day, Exodus 35:3, because 'fire' meant all that composed life, and 'kindling fire' that which composed life beginning from self. From all that has been stated it is evident that the Lord is Lord of the sabbath, in accordance with His words in Matthew 12:1-9. It is evident too why a large number of healings by the Lord were performed on sabbath days, Matthew 12:10-14; Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-12; 13:10-17; 14:1-6; John 5:9-18; 7:22-23; 9:14, 16; for the sicknesses from which the Lord healed people involved spiritual sicknesses which exist as a result of evil, 7337, 8364.

  
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