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2 Mose第24章

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1 Und er sprach zu Mose: Steige zu Jehova herauf, du und Aaron, Nadab und Abihu und siebzig von den Ältesten Israels, und betet an von ferne.

2 Und Mose allein nahe sich zu Jehova; sie aber sollen sich nicht nahen, und das Volk soll nicht mit ihm heraufsteigen.

3 Und Mose kam und erzählte dem Volke alle Worte Jehovas und alle echte; und das ganze Volk antwortete mit einer Stimme und sprach: Alle Worte, die Jehova geredet hat, wollen wir tun.

4 Und Mose schrieb alle Worte Jehovas nieder. Und er machte sich des Morgens früh auf und baute einen Altar unten am Berge und zwölf Denksteine nach den zwölf Stämmen Israels.

5 Und er sandte Jünglinge der Kinder Israel hin, und sie opferten Brandopfer und schlachteten Friedensopfer (O. Dankopfer) von Farren dem Jehova.

6 Und Mose nahm die Hälfte des Blutes und tat es in Schalen, und die Hälfte des Blutes sprengte er an den Altar.

7 Und er nahm das Buch des Bundes und las es vor den Ohren des Volkes; und sie sprachen: Alles, was Jehova geredet hat, wollen wir tun und gehorchen.

8 Und Mose nahm das Blut und sprengte es auf das Volk und sprach: Siehe, das Blut des Bundes, den Jehova mit euch gemacht hat über alle diese Worte. (O. nach allen diesen Worten)

9 Und es stiegen hinauf Mose und Aaron, Nadab und Abihu, und siebzig von den Ältesten Israels;

10 und sie sahen den Gott Israels; und unter seinen Füßen war es wie ein Werk von Saphirplatten und wie der Himmel selbst (Eig. wie das Wesen des Himmels) an Klarheit.

11 Und er streckte seine Hand nicht aus gegen die Edlen der Kinder Israel; und sie schauten Gott und aßen und tranken.

12 Und Jehova sprach zu Mose: Steige zu mir herauf auf den Berg und sei daselbst; und ich werde dir die steinernen Tafeln geben und das Gesetz (Eig. die Lehre, Unterweisung) und das Gebot, das ich geschrieben habe, um sie zu belehren.

13 Und Mose machte sich auf mit Josua, seinem Diener, und Mose stieg auf den Berg Gottes.

14 Und er sprach zu den Ältesten: Wartet hier auf uns, bis wir zu euch zurückkehren; und siehe, Aaron und Hur sind bei euch: wer irgend eine Sache hat, trete vor sie.

15 Und Mose stieg auf den Berg, und die Wolke bedeckte den Berg.

16 Und die Herrlichkeit Jehovas ruhte auf dem Berge Sinai, und die Wolke bedeckte ihn sechs Tage; und am siebten Tage rief er Mose aus der Mitte der Wolke.

17 Und das Ansehen der Herrlichkeit Jehovas war wie ein verzehrendes Feuer auf dem Gipfel des Berges vor den Augen der Kinder Israel.

18 Und Mose ging mitten in die Wolke hinein und stieg auf den Berg; und Mose war auf dem Berge vierzig Tage und vierzig Nächte.

   

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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.