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4 Mose 19

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1 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und zu Aaron und sprach:

2 Dies ist die Satzung des Gesetzes, das Jehova geboten hat, indem er sprach: ede zu den Kindern Israel, daß sie dir eine rote junge Kuh bringen, ohne Fehl, an der kein Gebrechen, auf welche kein Joch gekommen ist;

3 und ihr sollt sie Eleasar, dem Priester, geben, und er soll sie vor das Lager hinausführen, und man soll sie vor ihm schlachten.

4 Und Eleasar, der Priester, nehme von ihrem Blute mit seinem Finger und sprenge von ihrem Blute siebenmal gegen die Vorderseite des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft hin.

5 Und man soll die junge Kuh vor seinen Augen verbrennen: ihre Haut und ihr Fleisch und ihr Blut samt ihrem Mist soll man verbrennen.

6 Und der Priester soll Cedernholz und Ysop und Karmesin nehmen und es mitten in den Brand der jungen Kuh werfen.

7 Und der Priester soll seine Kleider waschen und sein Fleisch im Wasser baden, und danach soll er in das Lager gehen; und der Priester wird unrein sein bis an den Abend.

8 Und der sie verbrennt, soll seine Kleider mit Wasser waschen und sein Fleisch im Wasser baden, und er wird unrein sein bis an den Abend.

9 Und ein reiner Mann soll die Asche der jungen Kuh sammeln und sie außerhalb des Lagers an einen reinen Ort schütten, (Eig. niederlegen) und sie soll für die Gemeinde der Kinder Israel aufbewahrt werden zum Wasser der einigung; es ist eine Entsündigung.

10 Und der die Asche der jungen Kuh gesammelt hat, soll seine Kleider waschen, und er wird unrein sein bis an den Abend. Und es soll den Kindern Israel und dem Fremdling, der in ihrer Mitte weilt, zur ewigen Satzung sein.

11 Wer einen Toten anrührt, irgend eine Leiche eines Menschen, der wird sieben Tage unrein sein.

12 Selbiger soll sich am dritten Tage damit entsündigen, und am siebten Tage wird er rein sein; und wenn er sich nicht entsündigt am dritten Tage, so wird er am siebten Tage nicht rein sein.

13 Jeder, der einen Toten anrührt, die Leiche irgend eines Menschen, der gestorben ist, und sich nicht entsündigt, hat die Wohnung Jehovas verunreinigt; und selbige Seele soll ausgerottet werden aus Israel. Weil das Wasser der einigung nicht auf ihn gesprengt wurde, ist er unrein; seine Unreinigkeit ist noch an ihm.

14 Dies ist das Gesetz, wenn ein Mensch im Zelte stirbt: Jeder, der ins Zelt geht, und jeder, der im Zelte ist, wird sieben Tage unrein sein.

15 Und jedes offene Gefäß, auf dem kein festgebundener Deckel ist, wird unrein sein. -

16 Und jeder, der auf freiem Felde einen mit dem Schwerte Erschlagenen oder einen Gestorbenen oder das Gebein eines Menschen oder ein Grab anrührt, wird sieben Tage unrein sein.

17 Und man soll für den Unreinen von dem Staube des zur Entsündigung Verbrannten nehmen und lebendiges Wasser darauf tun in ein Gefäß;

18 und ein reiner Mann soll Ysop nehmen und ihn in das Wasser tauchen, und soll auf das Zelt sprengen und auf alle Geräte und auf die Personen, die daselbst sind, und auf den, der das Gebein oder den Erschlagenen oder den Gestorbenen oder das Grab angerührt hat.

19 Und zwar soll der eine auf den Unreinen sprengen am dritten Tage und am siebten Tage, und ihn am siebten Tage entsündigen; und er soll seine Kleider waschen und sich im Wasser baden, und am Abend wird er rein sein. -

20 Und wenn jemand unrein wird, und sich nicht entsündigt, selbige Seele soll ausgerottet werden aus der Mitte der Versammlung; denn er hat das Heiligtum Jehovas verunreinigt: das Wasser der einigung ist nicht auf ihn gesprengt worden, er ist unrein.

21 Und es soll ihnen zur ewigen Satzung sein. Und wer das Wasser der einigung sprengt, soll seine Kleider waschen; und wer das Wasser der einigung anrührt, wird unrein sein bis an den Abend.

22 Und alles, was der Unreine anrührt, wird unrein sein; und wer (W. die Seele, die) ihn anrührt, wird unrein sein bis an den Abend.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6767

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6767. Sayest thou to kill me? That this signifies “wouldest thou destroy my faith?” is evident from the signification of “killing,” as being to destroy (of which below); and from the signification of a “Hebrew man,” here meant by “me,” as being one who is of the church, thus also faith, for faith is of the church, and these two things are so united that he who destroys faith with anyone, destroys the church with him. This also is “killing” him, for he who takes away faith, takes away spiritual life, the life which remains being that which is called “death.” Hence it is evident that by, “Sayest thou to kill me?” is signified “wouldest thou destroy my faith?”

[2] That “to kill” denotes to take away spiritual life, is clear from many passages in the Word, as in Jeremiah:

Drag them away as a sheep for the slaughter, and devote them for the day of killing. How long shall the land mourn and the herb of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts and the bird will be consumed (Jeremiah 12:3-4);

“the day of killing” denotes the time of the vastation of the church, when there is no longer any faith, because no charity; “the land which shall mourn” denotes the church; “the herb of every field” denotes every true memory-knowledge of the church; “the beasts and the bird will be consumed” denotes that goods and truths will be so. (That the “land” is the church, see n. 566, 662, 1067, 1262, 1413, 1607, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118, 2928, 3355, 4335, 4447, 5577; that “herb” is true memory-knowledge is evident from the passages in the Word where “herb” is mentioned; that “field” is that which is of the church, n. 2971, 3310, 3766; that “beasts” are affections of good, thus goods, n. 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 1823, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198; and “birds” affections of truth, n. 5149.) Hence it can be seen what is the meaning of the above words, and also that there is a spiritual sense in every detail. Everyone can see that without an interior sense it could not be understood what is meant by “a day of killing,” by “the earth mourning,” by “every herb of the field withering for the wickedness of those who dwell therein,” and by “the beasts and the bird being consumed.”

[3] In Zechariah:

Thus said Jehovah my God, Feed the sheep of killing, which their possessors kill (Zech. 11:4-5); where “the sheep of killing” plainly denotes those whose faith the possessors destroy.

In Ezekiel:

Thou hast profaned Me with My people, for handfuls of barley, and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls which ought not to die, and to keep the souls alive which ought not to live (Ezekiel 13:19);

here also “to kill” plainly denotes to destroy spiritual life, that is, faith and charity.

In Isaiah:

What will ye do in the day of visitation and of vastation? Beneath the bound, and beneath the killed shall they fall (Isaiah 10:3-4); where the “killed” denote those who are in hell, thus who are in evils and falsities.

[4] Again:

Thou art cast out of thy sepulchre like an abominable shoot, the raiment of the killed, of one pierced with the sword. Thou shalt not be united with them in the grave, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast killed thy people (Isaiah 14:19-20);

“the killed” denote those who are deprived of spiritual life; “thou hast killed thy people” denotes that he has destroyed the truths and goods of faith.

In John:

The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life (John 10:10);

“to kill” denotes to destroy the life of faith, and therefore it is said, “I am come that they may have life.”

In Mark:

The brother shall deliver the brother to death, and the father the children, and children shall rise up against their parents and shall kill them (Mark 13:12); speaking of the last times of the church, when there is no longer any charity, and therefore not any faith; “brother,” “children,” and “parents,” in the internal sense, are the goods and truths of the church, and “to kill” is to destroy them.

[5] As by “one killed” was signified one deprived of spiritual life, and by “field” the church, therefore it was a statute in the representative church, that

If anyone touched on the surface of a field anyone pierced with a sword, or killed, he should be unclean seven days (Numbers 19:16).

That “one pierced with a sword” is truth extinguished by falsity, see above, n. 4503, for “sword” denotes falsity which extinguishes truth, n. 2799, 4499, 6353.

In like manner this was a statute: If anyone was found killed in the land of inheritance, upon a field, and it should not be known who had killed him, the elders and judges were to measure between the cities round about, and having thus found the nearest city, they were to take a calf and were to head it by a running stream; besides other particulars (Deuteronomy 21:1-10).

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1850

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1850. Will I judge. That this signifies visitation and judgment, may be seen without explication. By “judging,” or “judgment,” there is not signified any last judgment, as people in general suppose, that is, that the heaven and the earth are to perish, and that so a new heaven and a new earth will be created, as spoken of in the Prophets and in Revelation; and thus that all things are to perish, which opinion has spread itself so widely that it has even taken possession of the minds of those who are best instructed; and this to such a degree that they do not believe that the dead are to rise except at that time. And therefore because this time was foretold, and still, after so many centuries have since passed by, they see that it has not come and is not at hand, feeling safe they confirm themselves in their assurance that there is no such thing, and therefore that they will not rise again. But it is to be known that by the last judgment, or by the destruction of heaven and earth, no such thing is meant. According to the sense of the letter it is so; but not at all according to the internal sense: in this sense the last judgment means the last time of the church; the heaven and earth that will perish, mean the church as to internal and external worship, which becomes no church when there is no charity.

[2] There was a last judgment of the Most Ancient Church when all charity and faith had failed, and when there was no perception, as was the case just before the flood. The flood itself, treated of above, was the last judgment of that church; heaven and earth, that is, the church, then perished; and a new heaven and a new earth, that is, a new church, were created, which was called the Ancient Church, and which also has been treated of. This church likewise had its last time, namely, when all charity grew cold and all faith was darkened, which was about the time of Eber. This time was the last judgment of that church; which was the heaven and earth that had perished.

[3] The Hebrew Church was a new heaven and a new earth, and this too had its last time, or last judgment, when it became idolatrous; and then a new church was raised up among the descendants of Jacob, which was called the Jewish Church, and which was a church that was merely representative of charity and faith. In this church, that is, among the descendants of Jacob, there was neither charity nor faith, and therefore no church, but only the representative of a church, for the reason that it had become impossible for there to be immediate communication of the Lord’s kingdom in the heavens with any true church on earth, and therefore a mediate communication was effected by means of representatives. The last time of this so-called church, or its last judgment, was when the Lord came into the world; for the representatives then ceased, that is, the sacrifices and similar rites; and in order that these might cease, the Jews were cast out of the land of Canaan.

[4] After this a new heaven and a new earth were created, that is, a new church, which is to be called the Primitive Church, which was commenced by the Lord, and afterwards gradually became stronger, and which at first was in charity and faith. The destruction of this church is foretold by the Lord in the Gospels, and by John in Revelation; and this destruction is what is called the Last Judgment. Not that heaven and earth are now to perish, but that in some quarter of the globe a new church will be raised up, the present one remaining in its external worship, as the Jews do in theirs, in whose worship it is well known that there is nothing of charity and faith, that is, nothing of the church. So far as regards the last judgment in general.

[5] In particular, there is a last judgment for everyone immediately after he dies; for he then passes into the other life, in which, when he comes into the life that he had had in the body, he is adjudged either to death or to life. There is also a last judgment in the singular, for with a man who is adjudged to death, every single thing condemns him, for there is nothing in his thought and will, not even the least thing, that does not resemble his last judgment, and that does not drag him to death. In like manner with the man who is adjudged to life: in him every single thing of his thought and of his will presents an image of his last judgment, and all carry him on to life. For such as is man in general, such is he in the singulars of his thought and of his affection. These are the things that are signified by the last judgment.

  
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