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အာမုတ် 4:7

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7 စပါးရိတ်ရာကာလမရောက်မှီ သုံးအထက်က၊ မိုဃ်းမရွာစေခြင်းငှါ မိုဃ်းကိုငါဆီးတားပြီ။ မြို့မြို့ပေါ်မှာ ရွာစေခြင်းငှါ၎င်း၊ တမြို့ပေါ်မှာမရွာစေခြင်းငှါ၎င်းပြုျက်၊ မြေတကွက်သည် မိုဃ်းရေကိုခံရ၍ တကွက်သည် မခံရ၊ သွေ့ခြောက်ျက် နေရ၏။

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Exploring the Meaning of Amos 4

Por Helen Kennedy

In chapter 4 of the Book of Amos, verses 1-3 are talking about people who pervert the truths of the church. They will fall into falsities in outermost things.

In the Bible, fish represent "lower" things than mammals, so we can interpret the fishhooks in verse 2 as meaning being caught and held fast in natural or lower things.

Verses 4-6 are about acts of worship such as tithes and sacrifices. These look similar to genuine worship, but are only external sorts of things. We can tell because ‘teeth’ (in verse 6) represent ultimates or outermost things (see Secrets of Heaven 6380). It follows that “cleanness of teeth” would mean outermost things that look good but only imitate genuine worship. The Lord exhorts, “Yet you have not returned to me.”

Verses 7-8. Some things true will remain, when where there are too many false ideas, the truths don't get through. This can be seen where the Lord says, “I made it rain on one city; I withheld rain from another city... where it did not rain the part withered.” Again the Lord exhorts, “Yet you have not returned to me.”

Verse 9. Afterward all things of the church are falsified, shown by blight attacking the gardens, vineyards, fig tree and olive trees. The last three represent spiritual, natural and celestial things, or all the things of spiritual life. “Yet you have not returned to me,” says the Lord.

Verses 10-11. The Lord explains the devastating things he allowed to happen: plague in Egypt, death of young men by swords, stench in the camps, Sodom and Gomorrah. This is because they are profaned by sensual knowledges. Profanation means the mixing of good and evil together. (See Secrets of Heaven 1001[2]).

This extends to all things of the church, with the church being the Lord’s kingdom on earth (Secrets of Heaven 768[3]).

With profanation “as soon as any idea of what is holy arises, the idea of what is profane joins immediately to it,” (Secrets of Heaven 301).

Now there is hardly anything left. “Yet you have not returned to Me,” says the Lord again.

Verses 12-13: Because people adamantly remain in their profane ways, they are warned, “Prepare to meet your God!”. This is the God powerful and mighty, “who forms mountains, and creates the wind,” and even more close to home, “Who declares to man what his thought is.” As intimately a knowing as that is, the Lord’s love for all humanity is contained in His exhortations for them to turn themselves to Him.

See, for example, Luke 6:44-45, and True Christian Religion 373.

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Pedro

  

Pedro - nascido Simão, filho de Jonas - um dos discípulos de Jesus, é uma das figuras mais importantes da Bíblia. Foi, segundo três dos quatro Evangelhos, o primeiro homem chamado por Jesus para ser discípulo, e é claramente identificado por Jesus como o líder do grupo. O seu nome, que lhe foi dado por Jesus, deriva da palavra grega para "pedra", que Jesus explica dizendo "sobre esta pedra edificarei a minha igreja". Ele viria a ser um dos fundadores e patriarcas da igreja cristã primitiva, e é considerado pelos católicos como o primeiro papa.

Quando é mencionado nos Evangelhos, Pedro simboliza normalmente a fé. A nível espiritual, Pedro representa a "verdade do bem", ou seja, os princípios verdadeiros que se centram no objectivo de ser bom e de fazer o que é bom. No seu estado mais elevado, isto seria a verdade divina, ideias de amor expressas directamente pelo Senhor; no seu estado mais baixo, seriam regras de vida que têm de ser aceites e obedecidas. A razão pela qual este é um conceito tão importante - e pela qual Pedro é uma figura tão crucial - é que a verdade deste género é a primeira coisa de que precisamos para iniciar uma viagem espiritual para o Senhor. Numa fase tão precoce, estamos sobrecarregados com desejos de maldade e não podemos confiar nos nossos sentimentos e reacções emocionais, mas podemos elevar as nossas mentes acima desses desejos e reconhecer a verdade sobre o Senhor e a vida. Se o fizermos com empenho, confiança e esperança no Senhor, Ele removerá lentamente esses desejos maus até nos tornarmos angélicos, fazendo o que é bom por amor. Mas tudo tem de começar com Pedro - a pedra sólida e inamovível da verdade que é o único alicerce digno da vida.