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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

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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 Explained # 649

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649. Verse 7. And when they shall have finished their testimony, signifies in the end of the church, when the Divine of the Lord is no longer acknowledged, and thence there is no longer any good of love or truth of doctrine. This is evident from the signification of "testimony," as being the acknowledgment of the Divine in the Lord, and thence of the good of love and truth of doctrine (of which presently), and from the signification of "to finish it," as being to bring to an end; and as this comes to an end at the end of the church; "to finish" here signifies the end of the church; and as there is then no longer any acknowledgment of the Divine in the Lord, there is therefore no good of love or truth of doctrine.

[2] That this is the signification of "testimony," can be seen from what has been thus far said about "the two witnesses," namely, that by them the good of love and charity and the truth of doctrine and faith are meant, because these are what especially testify concerning the Lord, for they are from the Lord, and are His with man; therefore "their testimony" signifies preaching concerning these. That "testimony" here signifies the acknowledgment of the Divine in the Lord is evident from what follows in Revelation:

That the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10).

For unless a man acknowledges this from the heart, and believes it from spiritual faith, he can have no ability to receive the good of love or the truth of doctrine.

[3] At the end of the church indeed the Lord is preached, and from doctrine a Divine is also attributed to Him like the Divine of the Father; yet scarcely anyone thinks of His Divine, for the reason that they place it above or outside of His Human; therefore they do not look to the Lord when they look to His Divine, but to the Father as to another, and yet the Divine that is called the Father is in the Lord, as He Himself teaches in John 10:30, 38; 14:7. For this reason men think of the Lord in the same way as they think of a common man, and from that thought their faith flows, however much they may say with the lips that they believe in His Divine. Let anyone explore, if he can, the idea of his thought about the Lord, whether it be not such. But when it is such man cannot be conjoined to the Lord by faith and love, nor through conjunction receive any good of love or truth of faith. This, then, is why there is at the end of the church no acknowledgment of the Lord, that is, of the Divine in the Lord and from the Lord. It is believed that there is an acknowledgment of the Divine of the Lord, because such is the doctrine of the church; but so long as His Divine is separated from His Human, His Divine is yet not acknowledged interiorly but only exteriorly, and to acknowledge exteriorly is to acknowledge with the mouth only and not with the heart, or in speech only and not in faith.

[4] That this is so can be seen from Christians in the other life, where the thoughts of the heart are manifested. When they are permitted to speak from doctrine and from what they have heard from preaching they attribute a Divine to the Lord, and call it their belief; but when their interior thought and faith are explored they have no other idea of the Lord than as of a common man who has no Divine. It is man's interior thought that is the source of his faith; and as such is the thought and consequent faith of man's spirit, there is plainly no acknowledgment of the Divine in the Lord and from the Lord in the Christian world at the end of the church. In other words, there is an external acknowledgment of the Divine of the Lord, but no internal, and an external acknowledgment is of the natural man alone, while internal acknowledgment is of his very spirit; and after death the external acknowledgment is put to sleep, while the internal is the acknowledgment of his spirit. From this it can in some measure be seen how what follows is to be understood, namely, "the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall overcome and kill the two witnesses," and their "bodies shall be seen upon the street of the city that is called Sodom and Egypt," and afterwards that "the spirit of life entered into them."

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.