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maastamuutto第24章

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1 Ja hän sanoi Mosekselle: astu Herran tykö, sinä ja Aaron, Nadab ja Abihu, ja seitsemänkymmentä vanhinta Israelista: ja kumartakaat itsenne taampana.

2 Mutta Moses lähestyköön yksinänsä Herran tykö, ja älkööt muut lähestykö: älköön myös kansa astuko ylös hänen kanssansa.

3 Ja Moses tuli ja jutteli kansalle kaikki Herran sanat, ja oikeudet. Niin vastasi kaikki kansa yhdellä äänellä, ja sanoi: kaikki ne sanat, mitkä Herra puhunut on, tahdomme me tehdä.

4 Niin kirjoitti Moses kaikki Herran sanat, ja nousi varhain aamulla, ja rakensi alttarin vuoren palttaan, kahdentoistakymmenen patsaan kanssa, kahdentoistakymmenen Israelin sukukunnan jälkeen.

5 Ja lähetti sinne nuoria miehiä Israelin lapsista, jotka uhrasivat polttouhria, ja kiitosuhria Herralle, mulleista.

6 Ja Moses otti puolen verestä ja pani maljoihin; mutta toisen puolen verestä priiskotti hän alttarille.

7 Ja otti liitonkirjan, ja luki sen kansan korvain kuullen, ja he sanoivat: kaikki mitä Herra puhunut on tahdomme me tehdä ja olla hänelle kuuliaiset.

8 Niin Moses otti veren ja priiskotti kansan päälle, ja sanoi: katso, tämä on liiton veri, jonka Herra teki teidän kanssanne kaikkein näiden sanain päälle.

9 Niin astui Moses ja Aaron, Nadab ja Abihu ylös, ja seitsemänkymmentä Israelin vanhinta.

10 Ja näkivät Israelin Jumalan: hänen jalkainsa alla oli niinkuin teko saphirin kivestä, ja kuin itse taivas, koska seijes on;

11 Eikä ojentanut kättänsä Israelin lasten päämiesten tykö: ja kuin he olivat nähneet Jumalan, niin he söivät ja joivat.

12 Ja Herra sanoi Mosekselle: astu ylös minun tyköni vuorelle, ja ole siellä: ja minä annan sinulle kiviset taulut, ja lain, ja käskyt, jotka minä kirjoittanut olen, jotka sinun pitää heille opettaman.

13 Silloin nousi Moses ja hänen palveliansa Josua: ja Moses astui ylös Jumalan vuorelle.

14 Ja sanoi vanhimmille: olkaat tässä siihen asti, kuin me palajamme teidän tykönne: katso, Aaron ja Hur ovat teidän tykönänne: jolla joku asia on, se tulkaan heidän eteensä.

15 Koska Moses tuli vuorelle, niin pilvi peitti vuoren,

16 Ja Herran kunnia asui Sinain vuorella, ja pilvi peitti sen kuusi päivää: ja hän kutsui Moseksen pilven keskeltä seitsemäntenä päivänä.

17 Ja Herran kunnia oli nähdä niinkuin kuluttavainen tuli, vuoren kukkulalla, Israelin lasten edessä.

18 Ja Moses meni keskelle pilveä, ja astui ylös vuorelle: ja Moses oli vuorella neljäkymmentä päivää ja neljäkymmentä yötä.

   


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Arcana Coelestia#9378

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9378. 'And Moses alone shall come near Jehovah' means the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people achieved through the Word in general. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming near' as the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people, dealt with below; and from the representation of 'Moses' as the Word in general, dealt with above in 9372. The reason why 'Moses shall come near' means the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people achieved through the Word is that 'coming near' in the spiritual sense means being joined together through love; for those who love each other are joined together, love being spiritual togetherness. It is universally so in the next life that all are joined together according to their love of goodness and truth received from the Lord. Consequently the whole of heaven consists in such togetherness. The situation is similar with coming near or being joined to the Lord. Those who love the Lord are joined to Him, so intimately that they are said to be 'in Him' when they are in heaven. And all those people love the Lord, and are consequently joined to Him through their love, who lead a good life based on the truths of faith, since the good based on those truths emanates from the Lord, indeed is the Lord, John 14:20-21.

[2] But it should be recognized that a person is unable of himself to come near the Lord and be joined to Him; rather the Lord has to come near the person and be joined to him. Yet since the Lord draws a person towards Himself, John 6:44; 12:32, the appearance is that the person does of himself come near and join himself. This happens when the person refrains from evils, for refraining from evils is left to a person's own decision or free will. At this time good from the Lord is flowing in; and it is never lacking, for it is present within the very life a person has from the Lord. But the good accompanying that life is received only in the measure that evils have been removed. The reason why the Word is the means by which the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people is achieved is that the Word unites a person to heaven and through heaven to the Lord. For the Word is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, and therefore those who adhere to that truth in doctrine and life, or in faith and love, adhere to what is Divine emanating from the Lord, and in so doing are joined to Him.

[3] From all this it is evident that 'Moses alone shall come near Jehovah' means the Lord's togetherness with and presence among people achieved through the Word. The reason why 'coming near' means togetherness and presence is that in the next life distances between one person and another are determined altogether by the dissimilarity and diversity of the interior things which belong to thought and affection, see 1273-1277, 1376-1381, 9104. Also every moving away from the Lord or coming near Him is determined altogether by the good of love and consequently of faith received from Him and shown towards Him. So it is that every heaven's nearness to the Lord is determined by its good and conversely every hell's remoteness from Him by its evil. From all this it is evident why it is that 'being near' and 'coming near' in the spiritual sense mean being joined together, as also in the following places: In David,

Jehovah is near to all calling on Him, who call on Him in truth. Psalms 145:18.

'Near' stands for present and joined together with. In the same author,

Blessed is [anyone] whom You choose and cause to come near; he will dwell in Your courts. Psalms 65:4.

'Causing to come near' stands for being joined together with.

[4] In the same author,

O Jehovah, come near my soul; deliver me. Psalms 69:18.

In the same author,

Jehovah is near to those broken in heart. Psalms 34:18.

In Jeremiah,

Let them cause My people to hear My words, and let them bring them back from their evil way, from the wickedness of their deeds. Am I a God near at hand, and not a God afar off? Jeremiah 23:22-23.

The words 'a God near at hand' apply, it is evident, to those who refrain from evils, and the words 'a God afar off' to those who are immersed in evils. In Moses,

Moses said to Aaron, This is what Jehovah spoke, In those who are near Me 1 I will be sanctified. Leviticus 10:3.

'Being sanctified in those who are near' means with those who have been joined to the Lord through the good of love and the truth of faith derived from the Word. In Jeremiah,

At that time their Magnificent One will be one of themselves, and their Ruler will come from their midst; and I will cause Him to come near, and He will come near Me. For who is This [who] has pledged His heart to come near Me? Jeremiah 30:21.

This refers to the Lord, who is 'the Magnificent One' and 'the Ruler'. 'Coming near Jehovah' is being united to Him, for the coming near of [Him who is] Divine to Divine [Being Itself] is nothing other than union.

脚注:

1. literally, In My near ones

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.