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Luke 24:13-35 : The Road to Emmaus

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13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.

14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass therein these days?

19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

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A caminho de Emaús

Por Joe David (máquina traduzida em Português)

Lelio Orsi's painting, Camino de Emaús, is in the National Gallery in London, England.

Cada um dos quatro evangelhos contém uma história sobre Jesus aparecendo aos seus discípulos depois da manhã de domingo, quando eles encontraram o sepulcro vazio. Por exemplo, veja Mateus 28:16-20; Marcos 16:14-19; Lucas 24:13-33; João 20:19-31, e João 21.

Em Lucas, há uma história de dois discípulos caminhando de Jerusalém até a aldeia de Emaús, uma caminhada de cerca de sete milhas. Pouco depois de deixarem a cidade, são abordados por outro viajante que notou seus rostos perturbados e conversas sérias e lhes pergunta o que os perturba. Caminhando juntos, perguntam ao estranho: "Não ouviste falar dos problemas em Jerusalém, como o profeta da Galiléia, que esperávamos que fosse o que salvaria Israel, foi entregue para ser crucificado? E é estranho dizer que, quando algumas das mulheres foram ao terceiro dia ungir o Seu corpo, viram anjos que lhes disseram que ele não estava lá, mas que ressuscitou dos mortos".

Ao ouvir isto, o viajante repreende-os por não acreditarem, e diz: "Não vês que Cristo teve de sofrer estas coisas e entrar na sua glória?" O estranho conta então aos dois discípulos muitas coisas a respeito de Jesus, dos livros de Moisés, e dos profetas, no Antigo Testamento. Os dois discípulos escutam com admiração, mas não reconhecem o estranho. Chegam longamente a Emaús. O estranho parece querer continuar quando os dois param, mas eles lhe imploram que pare também, porque já é tarde, e eles querem ouvir mais. Então todos se sentam para compartilhar a refeição da noite, e quando o estranho pega o pão e o parte e lhes dá pedaços, seus olhos se abrem e eles O reconhecem, e Ele desaparece.

Pode-se imaginar o espanto atordoado que passou por cima de ambos ao perceberem que este era Jesus. Eles sabiam que Ele estava crucificado, e mesmo assim Ele tinha caminhado e falado com eles por várias horas. As mulheres estavam certas! Os anjos estavam certos! Ele estava vivo!

A Nova Igreja acredita que há significados internos em todas as histórias da Palavra do Senhor, as escrituras sagradas, e que esse significado interno, dentro das histórias literais sobre Abraão, Isaac e Jacó, Josué, Samuel, Davi e o resto, e todos os ditos dos profetas desde Isaías até Malaquias, e os quatro evangelhos... esse significado é o que torna a Palavra sagrada.

Então o que podemos ver aqui nesta história? Bem, esse significado interno em "Moisés e os profetas" é a história da vida de Jesus no mundo, desde o Seu nascimento em Belém, passando por todos os Seus anos de crescimento até a Sua "morte" e depois a Sua ascensão. Porque Jesus sabia disso, e certamente tinha lido as Escrituras e as entendido internamente, Ele sabia há muito tempo como a Sua vida terrena iria se fechar, e que era necessário que ela se fechasse como tinha sido "escrita", a fim de salvar a raça humana. Então Ele contou aos dois discípulos essa história enquanto caminhavam em direção a Emaús.

Mais sobre esse passeio... Na Palavra, qualquer menção a caminhar refere-se realmente à forma como vivemos as nossas vidas no dia-a-dia. Em muitas histórias da Palavra, diz-se que alguém caminhou com Deus. Diz-se que devemos caminhar nos Seus caminhos e que devemos caminhar pelo caminho reto e estreito.

Também nesta história nos é dito que esta foi uma viagem de sessenta estádios (no grego original). Sessenta (ou outros múltiplos de "seis") representa o trabalho vitalício de rejeitar as tentações que vêm do nosso egoísmo inato. Apocalipse Explicato 648. Então, esta jornada para Emaús significa a jornada da nossa vida - como uma pessoa que está tentando seguir os ensinamentos do Senhor e se tornar um anjo.

O destino era Emaús. Na Palavra, qualquer cidade representa uma doutrina, um conjunto organizado de verdades que colocamos em ordem para que possamos viver de acordo com elas - nossas regras de vida. Veja Arcanos Celestes 402. Elas não são necessariamente boas, como em Jerusalém ou Belém, mas também podem ser doutrinas más, por exemplo, Sodoma ou Babilônia. O meu dicionário me diz que o nome Emaús significa "fontes termais". Outro significado universal na Palavra é que água significa verdade em seus usos benéficos, mas também pode significar verdade torcida em falsidade por aqueles no inferno, em sentido contrário. Veja, por exemplo, Arcanos Celestes 790. Pense nos poços que Abraão cavou, ou nas águas que Jesus prometeu à mulher de Samaria enquanto falavam junto ao poço de Jacó, ou no rio de água pura que corre sob o trono na Nova Jerusalém, no livro do Apocalipse. No seu sentido inverso, onde a água é destrutiva, pense no dilúvio que destruiu todos, exceto Noé e sua família, ou no Mar Vermelho que teve que ser separado para que os filhos de Israel pudessem atravessar. As fontes representadas por Emaús eram verdades sagradas que borbulhavam da Palavra para que as usássemos. E estas são fontes termais, e calor significa amor. Então esse é o nosso destino, onde a verdade e o amor juntos estão fluindo para nós usarmos, em uma corrente contínua do Senhor.

Esta pequena anedota simples sobre os discípulos encontrarem o Senhor no caminho de Emaús não é apenas uma história sobre a ressurreição de Jesus com um corpo espiritual. É também uma história de como deveríamos estar vivendo nossas vidas. Podemos viajar em direção ao céu, ouvir o Senhor, caminhar no caminho com Ele, e no final Ele vai partir o pão e jantar conosco.

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Apocalypse Revealed # 36

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36. I became in the spirit on the Lord's day. (1:10) This symbolizes a spiritual state then owing to Divine influx.

"I became in the spirit" means, symbolically, a spiritual state, the state in which John was while he was experiencing the visions, and which we will take up in the following exposition. "On the Lord's day" symbolizes influx from the Lord then, for that day brings the Lord's presence, as it is a holy day.

Concerning the prophets we read that they were in the spirit or in vision, and that the Word came to them from Jehovah.

When they were in the spirit or in vision, they were not in the body, but in their spirit, a state in which they saw phenomena such as are found in heaven. But when the Word came to them, they were then in the body and heard Jehovah speaking.

These two states of the prophets must be properly distinguished. In the state of vision the eyes of their spirit were open and the eyes of their body closed; and they heard then what angels said, and what Jehovah said through angels, and also saw representations produced for them in heaven. Moreover, they sometimes seemed to themselves to be taken then from place to place, their body remaining where it was.

[2] This was the state in which John was when he wrote the book of Revelation, and the state sometimes experienced by Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel. They also said that they were then in vision or in the spirit. For Ezekiel says,

The Spirit lifted me up... and brought me back into Chaldea, to those in captivity, in a vision (of God), in the spirit of God. (Thus) went up from me the vision that I had seen. (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)

He also says that the Spirit lifted him up, and he heard behind him an earthquake, and more (Ezekiel 3:12, 24). So, too, that the Spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, that it brought him in visions of God to Jerusalem, and that he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3f.). He was likewise in a vision of God or in the spirit when he saw the four living creatures, which were cherubim (Ezekiel 1; 10), as also when he saw a new earth and a new temple, and an angel measuring them (Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48). That he was then in the visions of God, he himself says (Ezekiel 40:2), and that the spirit lifted him up (Ezekiel 43:5).

[3] The same was the case with Zechariah, who had an angel with him at the time, when he saw a man riding a horse among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8ff.); when he saw the four horns, and then a man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1ff.); when he saw Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1ff.); when he saw the lampstand and two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1ff.); when he saw the flying scroll and the ephah (Zechariah 5:1, 6); when he saw the four chariots coming from between two mountains, and the horses (Zechariah 6:1ff.).

Daniel was in a like state when he saw the four beasts coming up from the sea (Daniel 7:1ff.), and when he saw the combat between the ram and the male goat (Daniel 8:1ff.). He himself says that he saw these things in visions (Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8), and that the angel Gabriel appeared to him in a vision (Daniel 9:21).

[4] The same was the case with John, as when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands (Revelation 1), and finally, the new heaven and the new earth, and then the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven (Revelation 21, 22. John himself says that he saw these things in the spirit and in vision (1:10; 4:2; 9:17; 21:10). This, too, is meant by the statement, "I saw," everywhere it occurs in this book.

[5] It is clearly apparent from this that to be in the spirit is to be in a state of vision, which is brought about by an opening of the sight of a person's spirit; and when this is opened, phenomena found in the spiritual world are as clearly visible as those in the natural world are to the sight of the body.

The reality of this is something I can attest to from many years' experience.

The disciples were in this state when they saw the Lord after His resurrection, which is why are told that their eyes were opened (Luke 24:30-31).

Abraham was in a like state when he saw the three angels and spoke with them. 1

So, too, Hagar, Gideon, Joshua and others, when they saw angels of Jehovah. Likewise when Elisha's lad saw the mountain full of fiery chariots and horses all around Elisha, for Elisha prayed and said,

"Jehovah, open, I pray, his eyes that he may see." And Jehovah opened the eyes of the lad, and he saw. (2 Kings 6:17)

As regards the Word, however, it was not revealed in a state of the spirit or of vision, but the Lord dictated it to the prophets in an audible voice. Consequently we are nowhere told that the prophets spoke it from the Holy Spirit, but from Jehovah. See The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, no. 53.

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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.