The Bible

 

Osija 8

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1 Trubu na usta, i reci: Kao orao ide na dom Gospodnji; jer prestupiše zavet moj i otpadiše se od zakona mog.

2 Izrailj će vikati ka meni; Bože moj; poznajemo Te.

3 Izrailj je ostavio dobro; neprijatelj će ga goniti.

4 Postavljaju careve, ali ne od mene; podižu knezove, za koje ja ne znam; od srebra svog i od zlata svog grade sebi likove, da se istrebe.

5 Ostavilo te je tele tvoje, Samarijo; jarost se moja raspalila na njih; dokle se neće moći očistiti?

6 Jer je i ono od Izrailja, načinio ga je umetnik, i nije Bog; tele će samarijsko otići u komade.

7 Jer seju vetar, pa će žeti oluju; stabljike neće imati, klica neće dati brašno, da bi i dala, proždreće ga tuđinci.

8 Proždreće se Izrailj, biće među narodima kao sud na kome nema miline.

9 Jer otidoše k Asircu, divljem magarcu, koji je sam za se; Jefrem naima ljubavnike.

10 A što naimaše među narodima, ja ću ih sabrati; a veći okusiše malo radi bremena Cara nad knezovima.

11 Što umnoži Jefrem oltare da greši, biće mu oltari na greh.

12 Napisah mu velike stvari u zakonu svom; ali mu se čine kao nešto tuđe.

13 Za žrtve, koje mi prinose, prinose meso, i jedu ga; Gospod ih ne prima; sada će se opomenuti bezakonja njihova i pohodiće grehe njihove; oni će se vratiti u Misir.

14 Izrailj zaboravi Tvorca svog, i sagradi dvorove, i Juda umnoži tvrde gradove; ali ću pustiti oganj u gradove ovom, i spaliće dvorove onom.

   

Commentary

 

Gold

  
by Mask: anonymous, Photo: Andreas Praefcke

Gold means good, and just as gold was the most precious metal known to ancient mankind so it represents the good of the highest and wisest of the angels. These angels foremostly love the Lord, and because they do they act from that love at all times. So the things they do are from love or as the writings for the new church often say, their acts are "goods of love". This is what gold represents. As soon as God planted the garden of Eden, He created a river in it, to water it. This river went out and branched into four, the first branch mentioned, Pishon, encompassed the "…land of Havilah, where there is gold… and the gold…is good". Another mention of gold comes in Exodus where the Lord is telling Moses how to make the Tabernacle. If you pay attention you will see that inside the tabernacle the main thing you see is gold, the boards of the wall are covered with it and all the furniture is either wood covered completely with gold, or is made of solid gold. Then at the end of the Word the holy city descends from God and it is made of gold, "gold like unto clear glass" good of love that can be clearly and completely understood. And it has its river. This is a promise from the Lord that we can come into a state similar to that of the garden of Eden, if we follow Him so as to come into love for Him, and act from that love.