Matthaeus 7
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Richtet nicht, auf daß ihr nicht gerichtet werdet;
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denn mit welchem Gericht ihr richtet, werdet ihr gerichtet werden, und mit welchem Maße ihr messet, wird euch gemessen werden.
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Was aber siehst du den Splitter, der in deines Bruders Auge ist, den Balken aber in deinem Auge nimmst du nicht wahr?
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Oder wie wirst du zu deinem Bruder sagen: Erlaube, ich will den Splitter aus deinem Auge ziehen; und siehe, der Balken ist in deinem Auge?
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Heuchler, ziehe zuerst den Balken aus deinem Auge, und dann wirst du klar sehen, um den Splitter aus deines Bruders Auge zu ziehen.
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Gebet nicht das Heilige den Hunden; werfet auch nicht eure Perlen vor die Schweine, damit sie dieselben nicht etwa mit ihren Füßen zertreten und sich umwenden und euch zerreißen.
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Bittet, und es wird euch gegeben werden; suchet, und ihr werdet finden; klopfet an, und es wird euch aufgetan werden.
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Denn jeder Bittende empfängt, und der Suchende findet, und dem Anklopfenden wird aufgetan werden.
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Oder welcher Mensch ist unter euch, der, wenn sein Sohn ihn um ein Brot bitten würde, ihm einen Stein geben wird?
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Und wenn er um einen Fisch bitten würde, ihm eine Schlange gegeben wird?
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Wenn nun ihr, die ihr böse seid, euren Kindern gute Gaben zu geben wisset, wieviel mehr wird euer Vater, der in den Himmeln ist, Gutes geben denen, die ihn bitten!
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Alles nun, was immer ihr wollt, daß euch die Menschen tun sollen, also tut auch ihr ihnen; denn dies ist das Gesetz und die Propheten.
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Gehet ein durch die enge Pforte; denn weit ist die Pforte und breit der Weg, der zum Verderben führt, und viele sind, die durch dieselbe eingehen.
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Denn eng ist die Pforte und schmal der Weg, der zum Leben führt, und wenige sind, die ihn finden.
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Hütet euch aber vor den falschen Propheten, die in Schafskleidern zu euch kommen, inwendig aber sind sie reißende Wölfe.
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An ihren Früchten werdet ihr sie erkennen. Liest man etwa von Dornen eine Traube, oder von Disteln Feigen?
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Also bringt jeder gute Baum gute Früchte, aber der faule Baum bringt schlechte Früchte.
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Ein guter Baum kann nicht schlechte Früchte bringen, noch ein fauler Baum gute Früchte bringen.
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Jeder Baum, der nicht gute Frucht bringt, wird abgehauen und ins Feuer geworfen.
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Deshalb, an ihren Früchten werdet ihr sie erkennen.
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Nicht jeder, der zu mir sagt: Herr, Herr! wird in das Reich der Himmel eingehen, sondern wer den Willen meines Vaters tut, der in den Himmeln ist.
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Viele werden an jenem Tage zu mir sagen: Herr, Herr! Haben wir nicht durch deinen Namen geweissagt, und durch deinen Namen Dämonen ausgetrieben, und durch deinen Namen viele Wunderwerke getan?
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Und dann werde ich ihnen bekennen: Ich habe euch niemals gekannt; weichet von mir, ihr Übeltäter!
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Jeder nun, der irgend diese meine Worte hört und sie tut, den werde ich einem klugen Manne vergleichen, der sein Haus auf den Felsen baute;
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und der Platzregen fiel hernieder, und die Ströme kamen, und die Winde wehten und stürmten wider jenes Haus; und es fiel nicht, denn es war auf den Felsen gegründet.
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Und jeder, der diese meine Worte hört und sie nicht tut, der wird einem törichten Manne verglichen werden, der sein Haus auf den Sand baute;
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und der Platzregen fiel hernieder, und die Ströme kamen, und die Winde wehten und stießen an jenes Haus; und es fiel, und sein Fall war groß.
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Und es geschah, als Jesus diese Worte vollendet hatte, da erstaunten die Volksmengen sehr über seine Lehre;
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denn er lehrte sie wie einer, der Gewalt hat, und nicht wie ihre Schriftgelehrten.
Arcana Coelestia #6280
6280. As regards 'the redeeming angel' - that the Lord's Divine Human is meant - this is clear from the consideration that by His assumption of the Human and making it Divine the Lord redeemed man, that is, delivered him from hell, on account of which, in respect of His Divine Human, the Lord is called the Redeemer. The reason why the Divine Human is called an angel is that the word 'angel' means one who has been sent, and the Lord's Divine Human is called 'the One who has been sent', as is evident from quite a number of places in the Word, in the Gospels. Furthermore the Divine Human that existed before the Lord's Coming into the world was Jehovah Himself flowing in by way of heaven when He was declaring His Word. Jehovah was above the heavens, but what passed from Him through the heavens was the Divine Human at that time; for by means of Jehovah's flowing into heaven a human image was presented, and the Divine itself as present by this inflowing was the Divine Man. This is the Divine Human which has existed from eternity and is called the One who has been sent, by which is meant that which goes forth and which is one and the same as 'the angel' spoken of here.
[2] But because Jehovah was no longer able to reach men by flowing into them through that Divine Human of His, for the reason that they had distanced themselves so far away from that Divine, He took on a human form and made it Divine. Then by flowing in from this into heaven, He could reach right out to those members of the human race who would accept the good of charity and the truth of faith from His Divine Human, which had thus been made visible, and so could deliver them from hell - a deliverance which could not possibly have been accomplished in any other way. This deliverance is what is called Redemption, and the Divine Human itself effecting that deliverance or redemption is what is called 'the redeeming angel'.
[3] But the Lord's Divine Human, it should be recognized, is above heaven - as the Divine itself is - since the Lord is the Sun that gives heaven its light; thus heaven is far below Him. The Divine Human present in heaven is the Divine Truth going forth from Him, which is the light radiating from Him as from the sun. In Essence the Lord is not Divine Truth, for that Truth is what goes forth from Him like light from the sun; rather, His Essence is Divine Goodness itself, which is one with Jehovah.
[4] The Lord's Divine Human is also called 'the angel' in other places in the Word, for example when He appeared to Moses in the bramble-bush, described as follows in Exodus,
When Moses came to the mountain of God, to Horeb, the angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire from the middle of a bramble-bush. Jehovah saw that Moses turned aside to see, therefore God called to him from the middle of the bramble-bush. And He went on to say, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Exodus 3:1-2, 4, 6.
It is the Lord's Divine Human that is referred to here by the name 'the angel of Jehovah'. He was really Jehovah, which he is also explicitly called. Jehovah's presence there within His Divine Human may be recognized from the consideration that the Divine itself could not become visible except through the Divine Human, as the Lord's words in John declare,
Nobody has ever seen God; the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known. John 1:18.
And in another place,
You have never heard the Father's voice nor seen His shape. John 5:37.
[5] The Lord's Divine Human is also called 'an angel' where the leading of the people into the land of Canaan is the subject, referred to in Exodus as follows,
Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way, and to bring you to the place which I have prepared. Take notice of his face; for he will not tolerate your transgression, since My name is within him. Exodus 23:20-21, 23.
Here 'an angel' is the Divine Human. This is evident from the fact that it says 'since My name is within him', that is, Jehovah Himself is within him. 'My name' means Jehovah's essential nature, present in the Divine Human. For more about the meaning of 'the name of Jehovah' as the Lord's Divine Human, see 2628; and for more about the meaning of 'the name of God' as His essential nature, and so everything in its entirety by which God is worshipped, 1724, 3006.
[6] In Isaiah,
In all their affliction He suffered affliction, and the angel of His face delivered them; because of His love and His compassion He redeemed them, and took them and carried them all the days of eternity. Isaiah 63:9.
'The angel of Jehovah's face' is plainly the Lord's Divine Human, for it says that 'He redeemed them'. In Malachi,
Behold, suddenly there will come to His temple the Lord whom you seek, and the angel of the covenant in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming, says Jehovah Zebaoth. But who can endure the day of His Coming, and who will stand when He appears? Then the minchah of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to Jehovah, as in the days of eternity, and as in former years. Malachi 3:1-2, 4
'The angel of the covenant' quite clearly means the Lord's Divine Human, for the subject is the Lord's Coming. 'Then the minchah of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to Jehovah' means that worship offered out of love and faith in Him will be acceptable then. It is perfectly plain that 'Judah' is not used in these verses to mean Judah, or 'Jerusalem' to mean Jerusalem, for neither at that time nor any later time was the minchah of Judah and Jerusalem acceptable. 'The days of eternity' are the states of the Most Ancient Church, which was a celestial Church, while 'former years' are the states of the Ancient Church, which was a spiritual one, see 6239. Furthermore 'angel' in the Word does not mean in the internal sense any angel but some Divine attribute within the Lord, 1925, 2319, 2821, 3039, 4085.
