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Deuteronomio 33

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1 At ito ang basbas na ibinasbas ni Moises, tao ng Dios, sa mga anak ni Israel bago siya namatay.

2 At kaniyang sinabi, Ang Panginoo'y nanggaling sa Sinai, At bumangon mula sa Seir na patungo sa kanila; Siya'y lumiwanag mula sa bundok ng Paran, At siya'y nanggaling sa laksa-laksa ng mga banal: Sa kaniyang kanan, ay may hawak na isang mahigpit na kautusan sa kanila.

3 Oo't kaniyang iniibig ang bayan: Lahat ng kaniyang mga banal ay nasa iyong kamay: At sila'y umupo sa iyong paanan; Na bawa't isa'y tatanggap ng iyong mga salita.

4 Si Moises ay nagutos sa atin ng isang kautusan, Na mana sa kapisanan ng Jacob.

5 At siya'y hari sa Jeshurun, Nang magkatipon ang mga pangulo ng bayan, Sangpu ng lahat ng mga lipi ni Israel.

6 Mabuhay nawa ang Ruben, at huwag mamatay; Gayon ma'y kumaunti nawa ang kaniyang mga tao.

7 At ito ang basbas sa Juda; at kaniyang sinabi, Dinggin mo, Panginoon, ang tinig ng Juda, At padatnin mo sa kaniyang bayan: Sukat na sa kaniya ang kaniyang mga kamay; At ikaw ay maging tulong laban sa kaniyang mga kaalit.

8 At tungkol sa Levi ay kaniyang sinabi, Ang iyong Thummim at ang iyong Urim ay sumaiyong banal, Na siyang iyong sinubok sa Massa, Na siya mong kinatunggali sa tubig ng Meriba;

9 Na siyang nagsabi tungkol sa kaniyang ama, at tungkol sa kaniyang ina, Hindi ko siya nakita; Ni kinilala niya ang kaniyang mga kapatid, Ni kinilala niya ang kaniyang sariling mga anak; Sapagka't kanilang sinunod ang iyong salita, At ginaganap ang iyong tipan.

10 Sila'y magtuturo sa Jacob ng iyong mga kahatulan, At ng iyong mga kautusan, sa Israel; Sila'y maglalagay ng kamangyan sa harap mo, At ng buong handog na susunugin sa ibabaw ng iyong dambana.

11 Basbasan mo, Panginoon, ang kaniyang tinatangkilik, At tanggapin mo ang gawa ng kaniyang mga kamay; Saktan mo ang mga balakang niyaong nagsisibangon laban sa kaniya, At niyaong nangapopoot sa kaniya, upang sila'y huwag bumangon uli.

12 Tungkol sa Benjamin, ay kaniyang sinabi, Ang minamahal ng Panginoon ay tatahang ligtas sa siping niya; Siya'y kakanlungan niya buong araw, At siya'y mananahan sa pagitan ng kaniyang mga balikat.

13 At tungkol sa Jose ay kaniyang sinabi, Pagpalain nawa ng Panginoon ang kaniyang lupain, Sa mga mahalagang bagay ng langit, sa hamog, At sa kalaliman na nasa ilalim niya,

14 At sa mga mahalagang bagay na pinatubo ng araw, At sa mga mahalagang bagay na pinatubo ng buwan,

15 At sa pinakamarikit na mga bagay ng matandang bundok, At sa mga mahalagang bagay ng mga burol na walang hanggan,

16 At sa mga mahalagang bagay ng lupa at ng kapunuan niyaon, At ang mabuting kalooban niyaong tumahan sa mababang punong kahoy: Sumaulo nawa ni Jose ang kapalaran, At sa tuktok ng ulo niya na hiwalay sa kaniyang mga kapatid.

17 Ang panganay ng kaniyang baka, na may kamahalan; At ang mga sungay niyaon ay parang mga sungay ng mabangis na toro: Siya niyang ipantutulak sa mga bayan, lahat sa kanila, kahit na nasa mga hangganan ng lupa: At sila ang laksa-laksa ng Ephraim, At sila ang libolibo ng Manases.

18 At tungkol sa Zabulon ay kaniyang sinabi, Magalak ka, Zabulon, sa iyong paglabas; At ikaw, Issachar, sa iyong mga tolda.

19 Kanilang tatawagin ang mga bayan sa bundok; Doo'y maghahandog sila ng mga hain ng katuwiran: Sapagka't kanilang hihititin ang mga kasaganaan ng mga dagat, At ang natatagong kayamanan sa buhanginan.

20 At tungkol sa Gad, ay kaniyang sinabi, Pagpalain yaong magpalaki sa Gad: Siya'y tumatahan parang isang leona, At dudurog ng bisig, sangpu ng bao ng ulo.

21 At kaniyang inagap ang unang bahagi para sa kaniya, Sapagka't doon natago ang bahagi ng gumagawa ng kautusan; At siya'y pumaroong kasama ng mga pangulo ng bayan, Kaniyang isinagawa ang katuwiran ng Panginoon, At ang kaniyang mga kahatulan sa Israel.

22 At tungkol sa Dan ay kaniyang sinabi, Ang Dan ay anak ng leon, Na lumukso mula sa Basan.

23 At tungkol sa Nephtali ay kaniyang sinabi, Oh Nephtali, busog ng lingap, At puspos ng pagpapala ng Panginoon: Ariin mo ang kalunuran at ang timugan.

24 At tungkol sa Aser ay kaniyang sinabi, Pagpalain nawa sa mga anak ang Aser, Mahalin nawa siya ng kaniyang mga kapatid, At ilubog ang kaniyang paa sa langis.

25 Ang iyong mga halang ay magiging bakal at tanso; At kung paano ang iyong mga kaarawan ay magkagayon nawa ang iyong lakas.

26 Walang gaya ng Dios, Oh Jeshurun, Na sumasakay sa langit dahil sa pagtulong sa iyo, At sa himpapawid dahil sa kaniyang karangalan.

27 Ang walang hanggang Dios ay iyong dakong tahanan, At sa ibaba'y ang walang hanggang mga bisig: At kaniyang itinutulak sa harap mo ang kaaway, At sinabi, Lansagin mo.

28 At ang Israel ay tumatahang tiwala, Ang bukal ng Jacob na nagiisa, Sa isang lupain ng trigo at alak; Oo't, ang kaniyang mga langit ay nagbababa ng hamog.

29 Maginhawa ka, Oh Israel: Sino ang gaya mo, bayang iniligtas ng Panginoon, Ng kalasag na iyong tulong, At siyang tabak ng iyong karangalan! At ang iyong mga kaaway ay susuko sa iyo: At ikaw ay tutungtong sa kanilang mga matataas na dako.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4311

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4311. That in the internal historical sense by for I have seen God faces to faces, and my soul is delivered, is signified that He was present representatively, is evident from the signification of “seeing God faces to faces,” when these words are predicated of the state in which the posterity of Jacob were, as being that the Lord was present representatively; for to see God faces to faces in the external form and with the bodily sight, is not to see Him present (n. 4299). That He was not present as with those who are regenerate, and thereby are in spiritual love and faith, is manifest from what has been said of that nation (n. 4281, 4288, 4290, 4293)—that they were in external worship, and not at the same time in internal, or what is the same, in bodily and worldly, and not in spiritual and heavenly love. With such the Lord could never be present except representatively.

[2] What it is to be present representatively, must be briefly told. A man who is in bodily and worldly love and not at the same time in spiritual and heavenly love, has none but evil spirits with him, even when he is in a holy external; for good spirits cannot possibly be present with such a person, because they at once perceive in what kind of love a man is. There is a sphere which is exhaled from his interiors, which spirits perceive as manifestly as a man perceives by his sense of smell offensive and foul vapors floating around him in the air. That nation which is here treated of, was in such a state as to good and truth, or as to love and faith. In order, however, that they might serve as the representative of a church, it was miraculously provided by the Lord that when they were in a holy external, and were at the same time surrounded by evil spirits, the holy in which they were might yet be uplifted into heaven; and this by good spirits and angels not within but without them, for within them there was nothing but emptiness or uncleanness. Communication was therefore given not with the man himself, but with the holy itself in which they were when they fulfilled the statutes and precepts given them, which were all representative of spiritual and heavenly things of the Lord’s kingdom. This is signified by the Lord’s being present with that nation representatively. But the Lord is present in a very different way with those within the church who are in spiritual love and thence in faith. With these there are good spirits and angels not only in their external worship, but also at the same time in their internal; and therefore with them there exists a communication of heaven with themselves; for the Lord flows into them through heaven through their internals into their externals. To these the holy of worship is profitable in the other life, but not to the former.

[3] It is similar with priests and elders who preach holy things, and yet are in evil life and evil belief. With these there are not good, but evil spirits, even when they are in worship that appears holy in the external form. For it is the love of self and of the world, or a love for securing honors and acquiring gain and thereby fame, that fires them and presents an appearance of affection for what is holy, sometimes to such a degree that no simulation is perceived, nor is at the time believed by them to exist; when yet they are in the midst of evil spirits, who are then in a similar state, and who breathe upon them and into them. That evil spirits can be in such a state, and are so when they are in their externals, and are inflated with the love of self and of the world, has been given me to know by manifold experience, which of the Lord’s Divine mercy will be described hereafter at the end of the chapters. Such preachers have no communication with heaven in themselves; and yet those have who hear and receive the words from their mouth, if they are in a pious and holy internal; for it matters not from whom the voice of good and truth flows forth, provided their life is not manifestly wicked; for this life causes a scandal.

[4] That the nation descended from Jacob was of such a character (namely, that they were surrounded with evil spirits, and yet the Lord was present with them representatively), may be seen from many passages in the Word; for they were very far from worshiping Jehovah with the heart, and as soon as miracles were lacking, they immediately turned to other gods and became idolaters. This was a manifest proof that at heart they worshiped other gods and confessed Jehovah with the mouth only, and this merely for the reason that they might be the greatest and have preeminence over all the nations round about. That this people at heart worshiped an Egyptian idol, and only confessed Jehovah with the mouth on account of His miracles (with Aaron himself among them), is plainly evident from the golden calf which Aaron made for them, and this but a month after they had seen such great miracles on Mount Sinai, besides those which they had seen in Egypt (see Exodus 32). That Aaron also was of the same character is plainly stated at verses 2 to 5, (Exodus 32:2-5) and especially in (Exodus 32:35) verse 35. The same appears also from many other passages in Moses, in the book of the Judges, in the books of Samuel, and in the books of the Kings.

[5] That they were only in external worship and not in any internal worship, is evident also from the fact that they were forbidden to come near to Mount Sinai when the Law was promulgated, and were told that if they touched the mountain, they should surely die (Exodus 19:11-13; 20:16, 19). The reason was that their internal was unclean. It is also said in Moses:

That Jehovah dwelt with them in the midst of their uncleannesses (Leviticus 16:16).

The quality of that nation is evident also from the song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:15-43), and from many passages in the Prophets. From all this it may be known that with that nation there was not any church, but only a representative of a church, and that the Lord was present with them only representatively.

[6] Compare also what has previously been stated in regard to them:

That with the posterity of Jacob there was a representative of a church, but not a church (n. 4281, 4288);

That the representative of a church was not instituted with them until after they had been altogether vastated as to a holy internal, and that they would otherwise have profaned holy things (n. 3398, 4289);

That when they remained in their statutes they could represent, but not when they turned aside from them (n. 3881 at the end);

That on this account they were kept strictly in rituals, and that they were driven thereto by external means (n. 3147, 4281);

That their worship was made external without internal in order that they might serve as a representative of a church (n. 4281);

That for this reason also the interior things of the church were not disclosed to them (n. 301-303vvv2, 2520, 3398, 3479, 3769);

That they were of such a nature that they could more than others be in a holy external without an internal (n. 4293);

That for this reason they have been preserved to this day (n. 3479);

And that their holy external does not affect them at all as to their souls (n. 3479).

  
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Arcana Coelestia #2

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2. The Christian world however is as yet profoundly unaware of the fact that all things in the Word both in general and in particular, nay, the very smallest particulars down to the most minute iota, signify and enfold within them spiritual and heavenly things, and therefore the Old Testament is but little cared for. Yet that the Word is really of this character might be known from the single consideration that being the Lord’s and from the Lord it must of necessity contain within it such things as belong to heaven, to the church, and to religious belief, and that unless it did so it could not be called the Lord’s Word, nor could it be said to have any life in it. For whence comes its life except from those things that belong to life, that is to say, except from the fact that everything in it both in general and in particular bears reference to the Lord, who is the very Life itself; so that anything which does not inwardly regard Him is not alive; and it may be truly said that any expression in the Word that does not enfold Him within it, that is, which does not in its own way bear reference to Him, is not Divine.

  
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