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Осия 13:1

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1 Когда Ефрем говорил, все трепетали. Он был высок в Израиле; но сделался виновным через Ваала, и погиб.

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St Lucy before the Judge, by Lorenzo Lotto

It's easy to see the connection between judging and truth. In a court of law, the whole purpose of the judge is to find the truth. Any time anyone judges anything, we hope it is on the basis of the truth. It's no wonder, then, that judging and judgment in the Bible represent truth being put to work. Depending on the circumstances judging can be teaching truth, determining someone's character from truth or setting order to things according to truth. There is a twist, though -- when the Lord is referred to as a judge, it actually signifies Divine Good, rather than Divine Truth. This is because the Lord judges us ultimately from love, and his truth flows from that love.

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Arcana Coelestia # 7054

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7054. 'Go to meet Moses' means that it was to be joined to truth going forth directly from the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'going to meet' as being joined to; and from the representation of 'Moses' as truth going forth directly from the Divine, dealt with above in 7010.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.