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261 - Daily and Yearly Preparation for Heaven

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: Daily and Yearly Preparation for Heaven

Topic: Salvation

Summary: The daily sacrifices, weekly sabbaths, and three annual feasts prescribed in the Old Testament are a picture of how to prepare for heaven.

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References:
2 Peter 2:22, 10
Numbers 28:1
Exodus 23:14, 17
Leviticus 23:1, 5, 10, 33
Deuteronomy 16:1, 9, 13-14
Luke 6:1
Acts of the Apostles 2:1; 20:16
Nehemiah 8:13-14
Ezekiel 45:21, 25
Zechariah 14:16
John 7:2, 37

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John 7:25

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25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

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Arcana Coelestia #5578

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5578. 'And it happened' means a new situation. This is clear from the meaning of 'so it was' or 'it happened' as that which implies a new state, dealt with in 4979, 4987, 4999, 5074, 5466. In the original language used in ancient times the meaning was not indicated with the aid of punctuation marks; rather the text continued without any breaks in the same way as speech does in heaven. Instead of punctuation marks the conjunction 'and' was used, also the verb 'so it was' or 'it happened'. This explains why these expressions occur so many times and why 'so it was' or 'it happened' means a new situation.

  
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