Arcana Coelestia#2449
2449. That 'He overthrew those cities' means that all truths were separated from them so that they might possess falsities alone is clear from the meaning of 'cities' as matters of doctrine, and so as truths, for truths make up matters of doctrine, dealt with in 402, 2268, 2428. These are said to be 'overthrown' when falsities stand in place of truths, here when all truths have been separated from them, as well as all goods - goods too being dealt with in this verse, since the subject is the final state of those inside the Church who are governed by falsities and evils.
[2] This also is what their state comes to be, which, so that the nature of it may be known, must be described briefly. All who enter the next life are taken back to a life similar to that which they were leading during their lifetime., Then in the case of the good evils and falsities are separated so that the Lord may raise these people up by means of goods and truths into heaven; but in the case of the evil goods and truths are separated so that those evil ones may be carried away by means of evils and falsities into hell, see 2119, in exact accord with the Lord's words in Matthew,
To him who has, it will be given, so that he may have more abundantly; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Matthew 13:12.
And elsewhere in the gospel,
To everyone who has, it will be given, so that he may have in abundance; but from him who has not, it will be taken away. Matthew 25:29; Luke 8:18; 19:24-26; Mark 4:24-25.
The same is meant by the following words which appear in Matthew,
Let both grow together until the harvest; and at the time of harvest I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. The harvest is the close of the age. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. Matthew 13:30, 39-40.
The same point is made in the description of the net thrown into the sea gathering fish of various kinds, and how after that the good were sorted into vessels while the bad were thrown away; and this is how it will be at the close of the age, Matthew 13:47-50. What 'the close' is and that for the Church it entails events like these, see 1857, 2243.
[3] The reason why evils and falsities are separated in the case of people who are good is that the latter may not be left suspended between evils and goods and so that they may be raised up by means of goods into heaven. And the reason why goods and truths are separated in the case of the evil is so that they do not lead the upright astray by means of any goods present with them, and so that by means of their evils they may withdraw to the evil in hell. For in the next life such is the communication of all ideas comprising thought, and of all affections, that goods are communicated with the good, and evils with the evil, 1388-1390. Consequently unless separation took place countless harmful things would result, in addition to the fact that association together would not otherwise be possible. Yet all things are associated together in a very wonderful way, in heaven according to all the variations of love to the Lord and of mutual love, and consequently of faith, 685, 1394, and in hell according to all the variations of evil desires and of delusions resulting from these, 695, 1322. It should be recognized however that separation does not mean complete removal, for nothing anybody has once possessed is totally removed from him.
Mark第5章
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They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
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When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
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He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
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because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
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Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
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When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
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and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me."
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For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"
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He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
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He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.
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All the demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."
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At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
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Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.
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They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.
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Those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.
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They began to beg him to depart from their region.
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As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
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He didn't allow him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you."
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He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
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When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
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Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
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and begged him much, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."
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He went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides.
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A certain woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years,
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and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse,
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having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes.
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For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well."
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Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
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Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
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His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
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He looked around to see her who had done this thing.
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But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
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He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease."
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While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?"
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But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe."
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He allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
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He came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.
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When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."
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They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.
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Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha cumi!" which means, being interpreted, "Girl, I tell you, get up!"
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Immediately the girl rose up and walked, for she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement.
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He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.
