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1 Nämät ovat ne käskyt, säädyt ja oikeudet, jotka Herra teidän Jumalanne käski opettaa teille tehdäksenne siinä maassa, kuhunka te menette omistamaan sitä.

2 Ettäs pelkäisit Herraa sinun Jumalaas, ja pitäisit kaikki hänen säätynsä ja käskynsä, jotka minä käsken sinulle, sinä ja sinun lapses ja sinun lastes lapset, kaikkena sinun elinaikanas, ettäs kauvan eläisit.

3 Israel, sinun pitää kuuleman ja pitämän, niin että sinä myös teet sen jälkeen, että sinulle hyvin kävis, ja te tulisitte paljon lisätyksi; niinkuin Herra sinun isäis Jumala sinulle on luvannut maan, joka rieskaa ja hunajaa vuotaa.

4 Kuule Israel, Herra meidän Jumalamme on yksi (ainoa) Herra,

5 Ja sinun pitää rakastaman Herraa sinun Jumalaas, kaikesta sydämestäs, ja kaikesta sielustas ja kaikesta voimastas.

6 Ja nämät sanat, jotka minä käsken sinulle tänäpänä, pitää sinun paneman sydämees,

7 Ja teroittaman ne sinun lapsilles, ja niistä puhuman, huoneessa istuissas ja tiellä käydessäs, maata pannessas ja noustessas.

8 Ja sinun pitää sitoman ne merkiksi kätees, ja ne pitää oleman sinulle muistoksi sinun silmäis edessä.

9 Ja sinun pitää kirjoittaman ne huonees pihtipieliin ja portteihis,

10 Kuin Herra sinun Jumalas johdattaa sinun sille maalle, jonka hän sinun isilles, Abrahamille, Isaakille ja Jakobille on vannonut sinulle antaaksensa, suuret ja jalot kaupungit, joita et sinä rakentanut,

11 Ja huoneet täynnä kaikkea hyvyyttä, joita et sinä itse täyttänyt, ja vuojonkiviset kaivot, joita et sinä itse kaivanut, ja viinamäet ja öljymäet, joita et sinä itse istuttanut, että sinä syöt ja ravitaan.

12 Niin ota vaari, ettet sinä unhota Herraa, joka sinun Egyptin maalta, orjuuden huoneesta on johdattanut ulos.

13 Mutta sinun pitää pelkäämän Herraa sinun Jumalaas ja palveleman häntä, ja hänen nimensä kautta pitää sinun vannoman.

14 Ei teidän pidä seuraaman muukalaisia jumalia, niiden kansain jumalia, jotka teidän ympärillänne ovat.

15 Sillä Herra sinun Jumalas on kiivas Jumala teidän keskellänne, ettei Herran sinun Jumalas viha julmistuisi sinun päälles, ja hukuttaisi sinua maasta.

16 Ei teidän pidä kiusaaman Herraa teidän Jumalaanne, niinkuin te häntä kiusasitte Massassa;

17 Mutta pitämän uskollisesti Herran teidän Jumalanne käskyt, niin myös hänen todistuksensa ja hänen säätynsä, jotka hän sinulle käskenyt on,

18 Ettäs teet sitä mikä oikia ja hyvä on Herran edessä, että sinulle hyvin kävis, ja tulisit sisälle ja omistaisit sen hyvän maan, josta Herra vannoi sinun isilles,

19 Että hän karkottais kaikki viholliset sinun edestäs, niinkuin Herra sanonut on.

20 Kuin poikas tästälähin kysyy sinulta, sanoen: mitkä todistukset ja säädyt ja oikeudet nämät ovat, jotka Herra meidän Jumalamme teille käskenyt on?

21 Niin sinun pitää sanoman pojalles: me olimme Pharaon orjat Egyptissä; mutta Herra johdatti meidät ulos Egyptistä väkevällä kädellä.

22 Ja Herra teki suuria ja pahoja tuunustähtejä, ja ilmeitä Egyptille, Pharaolle, ja kaikelle hänen huoneellensa, meidän silmäimme edessä.

23 Ja johdatti meidät sieltä, että hän veis meitä, ja antais meille sen maan, josta hän vannoi meidän isillemme.

24 Ja Herra käski meitä tekemään kaikkein näiden säätyin jälkeen, peljäten Herraa meidän Jumalaamme, että meille hyvin kävis kaikkena meidän elinaikanamme, niinkuin myös tänäpänä käy.

25 Ja sen pitää oleman meille vanhurskaudeksi, jos me pidämme ja teemme kaikki nämät käskyt Herran meidän Jumalamme edessä, niinkuin hän meille on käskenyt.

   


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Apocalypse Explained #209

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209. For thou hast some power, and hast kept My word, and hast not denied My name, signifies that they have power from the Lord against evils and falsities, in the measure in which they make truths from the Word to be of the life, and acknowledge the Divine of the Lord in His Human. This is evident from the signification of "having power," as being power from the Lord against evils and falsities; and as those who are in faith from charity are treated of, it is said that they "have some power" (of which presently). It is evident also from the signification of "to keep My word," as being to make truths from the Word to be of the life; for to keep truths or commandments means not only to know and perceive them but also to will and do them, that is to keep them; and those who will and do, make the truths that they know and perceive from the Word to be of their life (See also above n. 15). It is evident also from the signification of "not denying My name," as being to acknowledge the Divine of the Lord in His Human (See above, n. 135).

[2] It should be known that there are two principal things of the church, namely, the acknowledgment of the Lord's Divine in His Human, and making the truths from the Word to be of one's life; moreover, no one can be in the one of these unless he is at the same time in the other; for all truths that are made to be of the life are from the Lord, and this is done with those who acknowledge the Divine in His Human. For the Lord flows in with all, as well in the heavens as on the earth, from His Divine Human, and not from the Divine separately. Consequently those who in their thought separate the Divine of the Lord from His Human, and look to the Divine of the Father not as in the Human but as beside it or above it, thus separated from it, receive no influx from the Lord nor thus from heaven, for all who are in the heavens acknowledge the Lord's Divine Human (See concerning this in the work on Heaven and Hell 2-12, 59-72, 78-86. From this it is clear that all truths that are made of the life are from the Lord with those who acknowledge the Divine in His Human, that is the Divine Human. Truths become of the life when man loves them, thus when he wills them and does them, for he who loves, wills and does; in a word, truths are made of the life when man from affection lives according to them. Such truths are from the Lord because the Lord flows into the love with man, and through the love into truths and thus makes them to be of the life.

[3] Something shall now be said about the power that man has from the Lord against evils and falsities. All power that angels have and also that men have is from the Lord; and the measure in which they receive the Lord is the measure of their power. He who believes that any power against evils and falsities comes from what is man's own [proprium] is greatly mistaken; for it is evil spirits, conjoined to the hells, that induce evils and falsities thence with men, and these spirits are numerous, and each one of them is conjoined to many hells, in each of which also there are many spirits, and no one except the Lord can turn these away from man, for the Lord alone has power over the hells, and man has no power at all from himself or from what is his own [proprium]; therefore man has power to the extent that he is conjoined to the Lord by love. There are two loves that reign in the heavens and constitute the heavens, namely, love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor; love to the Lord is called celestial love, and love toward the neighbor is called spiritual love. Those who are in celestial love have much power, but those who are in spiritual love have some power; and because what is written to the angel of this church, treats of those who are in love towards the neighbor, or in charity and in faith therefrom, which love is spiritual love, it is said, "Thou hast some power."

[4] But it is to be noted, that all the power that angels and men have from the Lord is from the good of love; and since the good of love does not act from itself but through truths, therefore all power is from the good of love through truths, and with those who are spiritual, from the good of charity through the truths of faith. For good takes on a quality through truths, good without truths having no quality and where there is no quality there is neither force nor power. From this it is clear, that good has all power through truths, or charity through faith, and neither charity apart from faith nor faith apart from charity has any power. This is meant also by the keys given to Peter, for "Peter" there means, in the spiritual sense, truth from good which is from the Lord, thus faith from charity; and the "keys" given to him the power over evil and falsities. These things were said to Peter when he acknowledged the Divine of the Lord in His Human; which means, that those have power who acknowledge the Divine of the Lord in His Human, and from Him are in the good of charity, and in the truths of faith. That these things were said to Peter when he acknowledged the Lord is shown in Matthew:

Jesus said to the disciples, Who say ye that I am? Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering said unto him, Blessed art thou Simon Bar-Jonah; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but My Father who is in the heavens. But I also say unto thee, thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of the hells shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 16:15-19).

(But of Peter and his keys, see what is said above, n. 9; also what is shown in The small work on The Last Judgment 57, and in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 122; and that truth has all power from good, which is from the Lord, in the work on Heaven and Hell 228-233, 539, and Arcana Coelestia 3091, 3387, 3563, 4592, 4933, 6344, 6423, 7518, 7673, 8281, 8304, 9133, 9327, 9410, 10019, 10182).

  
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Arcana Coelestia #10370

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10370. 'And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath [throughout] their generations' means that the truly essential thing of the Church is the acknowledgement of the union of the Divine itself within the Lord's Human, and that this acknowledgement must be present in every single part of worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'keeping the sabbath' as thought which is holy and goes on unceasingly regarding the union of Divinity itself to the Lord's Human, dealt with above in 10356, and so also acknowledging it, for thinking without acknowledging and believing is not spiritual thinking; from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as the Church, dealt with in the places referred to in 9340; from the meaning of 'observing the sabbath' as worshipping that union in a holy way and so worshipping the Lord's Divine Human, since that union resides within His Human; and from the meaning of 'the generations of the children of Israel' as in every single thing of the Church, dealt with in 10282. From all this it is evident that 'the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath [throughout] your generations' means maintaining the acknowledgement of Divinity itself within the Lord's Human in every single part of worship. The reason why this is the essential thing of the Church and consequently of its worship is that the salvation of the human race depends solely on that union. For the sake also of this union the Lord came into the world; and therefore also that is what the whole Word in its inmost sense deals with and what the religious observances of the Church established among the children of Israel represented and meant spiritually.

[2] The Lord Himself teaches in a number of places that the salvation of the human race depends on that union, consequently that the acknowledgement of it is the essential thing of the Church and of its worship, for example in John,

He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not believe in the Son will not see life. John 3:36.

See also John 3:15-16; 6:40; 11:25-26; 20:31. 'The Son' is the Lord's Divine Human. The reason why those who do not in faith acknowledge the Lord do not have eternal life is that this acknowledgement is made by the whole of heaven; for the Lord is Lord of heaven and earth, as He Himself teaches in Matthew,

All power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matthew 28:18.

Therefore heaven is closed to those who do not acknowledge Him; and those who do not acknowledge Him in the world - that is, those within the Church - do not acknowledge Him in the next life. Such is a person's condition after death.

  
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