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Εξοδος πλήθους第10章

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1 Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Εισελθε προς τον Φαραω· διοτι εγω εσκληρυνα την καρδιαν αυτου και την καρδιαν των θεραποντων αυτου, δια να δειξω τα σημεια μου ταυτα εν μεσω αυτων·

2 και δια να διηγησαι εις τα ωτα του υιου σου και εις τον υιον του υιου σου, τα οσα επραξα εις τους Αιγυπτιους και τα σημεια μου οσα εκαμα εν μεσω αυτων, και να γνωρισητε οτι εγω ειμαι ο Κυριος.

3 Εισηλθον δε ο Μωυσης και ο Ααρων προς τον Φαραω και ειπον προς αυτον, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος των Εβραιων· Εως ποτε αρνεισαι να ταπεινωθης εμπροσθεν μου; εξαποστειλον τον λαον μου δια να με λατρευση·

4 διοτι εαν δεν θελης να εξαποστειλης τον λαον μου, ιδου, αυριον θελω φερει ακριδα επι τα ορια σου·

5 και θελει σκεπασει το προσωπον της γης, ωστε να μη δυναται τις να ιδη την γην· και θελει καταφαγει το επιλοιπον το διασωθεν, οσον αφηκεν εις εσας η χαλαζα, και θελει καταφαγει παντα τα δενδρα τα φυομενα εις εσας εκ των αγρων·

6 και θελουσι γεμισθη αι οικιαι σου και αι οικιαι παντων των θεραποντων σου και αι οικιαι παντων των Αιγυπτιων· το οποιον δεν ειδον οι πατερες σου ουτε οι πατερες των πατερων σου, αφ' ης ημερας υπηρξαν επι της γης μεχρι της σημερον. Επειτα στραφεις εξηλθεν απο του Φαραω.

7 Και ειπον οι θεραποντες του Φαραω προς αυτον, Εως ποτε ουτος θελει εισθαι προσκομμα εις ημας; εξαποστειλον τους ανθρωπους, δια να λατρευσωσι Κυριον τον Θεον αυτων· ακομη δεν εξευρεις οτι ηφανισθη η Αιγυπτος;

8 Τοτε εφεραν παλιν τον Μωυσην και τον Ααρων προς τον Φαραω· και ειπε προς αυτους, Υπαγετε, λατρευσατε τον Κυριον τον Θεον σας· αλλα ποιοι και ποιοι θελουσιν υπαγει;

9 Και ειπεν ο Μωυσης· μετα των νεων ημων και μετα των γεροντων ημων θελομεν υπαγει, μετα των υιων ημων και μετα των θυγατερων ημων, μετα των προβατων ημων και μετα των βοων ημων θελομεν υπαγει διοτι εχομεν εορτην εις τον Κυριον.

10 Ο δε ειπε προς αυτους, Ουτως ας ηναι ο Κυριος μεθ' υμων, καθως εγω θελω σας εξαποστειλει μετα των τεκνων σας· ιδετε· διοτι κακον προκειται εμπροσθεν σας·

11 ουχι ουτως, οι ανδρες υπαγετε τωρα, και λατρευσατε τον Κυριον, διοτι τουτο ζητειτε. Και εξεβαλεν αυτους ο Φαραω απ' εμπροσθεν αυτου.

12 Ειπε δε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Εκτεινον την χειρα σου επι την γην της Αιγυπτου δια την ακριδα, δια να αναβη επι την γην της Αιγυπτου και να καταφαγη παντα τον χορτον της γης, παν ο, τι η χαλαζα αφηκε.

13 Και εξετεινεν ο Μωυσης την ραβδον αυτου επι την γην της Αιγυπτον, και ο Κυριος επεφερεν επι την γην ολην την ημεραν εκεινην και ολην την νυκτα ανατολικον ανεμον· και το πρωι ο ανεμος ο ανατολικος εφερε την ακριδα.

14 Και ανεβη η ακρις εφ' ολην την γην της Αιγυπτου και εκαθισεν επι παντα τα ορια της Αιγυπτου, πολλη σφοδρα· προτερον αυτης δεν υπηρξε τοιαυτη ακρις, ουδε θελει υπαρξει τοιαυτη μετ' αυτην·

15 και εκαλυψε το προσωπον ολης της γης και εσκοτισθη η γη· και κατεφαγε παντα τον χορτον της γης και παντας τους καρπους των δενδρων, οσους η χαλαζα αφηκε, και δεν εμεινεν ουδεν χλωρον ουτε εις τα δενδρα ουτε εις τα χορτα του αγρου καθ' ολην την γην της Αιγυπτου.

16 Τοτε εσπευσεν ο Φαραω να καλεση τον Μωυσην και τον Ααρων και ειπεν, Ημαρτησα εις Κυριον τον Θεον σας και εις εσας·

17 πλην τωρα συγχωρησατε μοι, παρακαλω, το αμαρτημα μου, μονον ταυτην την φοραν, και δεηθητε Κυριου του Θεου υμων δια να σηκωση απ' εμου τον θανατον τουτον μονον.

18 Και εξηλθεν ο Μωυσης απο του Φαραω και εδεηθη του Κυριου.

19 Και μετεφερεν ο Κυριος σφοδροτατον δυτικον ανεμον, οστις εσηκωσε την ακριδα και ερριψεν αυτην εις την Ερυθραν θαλασσαν· δεν εμεινεν ουδεμια ακρις επι παντα τα ορια της Αιγυπτου.

20 Πλην ο Κυριος εσκληρυνε την καρδιαν του Φαραω, και δεν εξαπεστειλε τους υιους Ισραηλ.

21 Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Εκτεινον την χειρα σου προς τον ουρανον και θελει γεινει σκοτος επι την γην της Αιγυπτου και σκοτος ψηλαφητον.

22 Και εξετεινεν ο Μωυσης την χειρα αυτου προς τον ουρανον, και εγεινε σκοτος πυκνον εφ' ολην την γην της Αιγυπτου τρεις ημερας.

23 Δεν εβλεπεν ο εις τον αλλον· ουδε εσηκωθη τις απο του τοπου αυτου τρεις ημερας· εις παντας δε τους υιους Ισραηλ ητο φως εν ταις κατοικιαις αυτων.

24 Τοτε εκαλεσεν ο Φαραω τον Μωυσην και ειπεν, Υπαγετε, λατρευσατε τον Κυριον· μονον τα προβατα σας και οι βοες σας ας μεινωσι και τα τεκνα σας ας ελθωσι μεθ' υμων.

25 Και ειπεν ο Μωυσης, Αλλα και θυσιας και ολοκαυτωματα πρεπει συ να μας δωσης, δια να θυσιασωμεν εις Κυριον τον Θεον ημων·

26 τα κτηνη ημων ομοιως θελουσιν υπαγει μεθ' ημων· δεν θελει μεινει οπισω ουδε ονυχιον· διοτι εκ τουτων πρεπει να λαβωμεν, δια να λατρευσωμεν Κυριον τον Θεον ημων· και ημεις δεν εξευρομεν με τι εχομεν να λατρευσωμεν τον Κυριον, εωσου να φθασωμεν εκει.

27 Αλλ' ο Κυριος εσκληρυνε την καρδιαν του Φαραω, και δεν ηθελησε να εξαποστειλη αυτους.

28 Και ειπεν ο Φαραω προς αυτον, Φυγε απ' εμου· προσεχε εις σεαυτον, να μη ιδης πλεον το προσωπον μου· διοτι εις οποιαν ημεραν ιδης το προσωπον μου, θελεις αποθανει.

29 Και ειπεν ο Μωυσης, Καθως ειπας, δεν θελω ιδει πλεον το προσωπον σου.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed#424

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424. Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth. (9:3) This symbolically means that from them issued falsities of the lowest sort, such as are found in the case of people who have become sensual and who view and judge everything in accordance with the senses and their fallacies.

Falsities that we term falsities of the lowest sort are those which occur on the lowest level of a person's life, called sensual, which we will speak of below. These falsities are symbolized in the Word by locusts. It should be known, however, that the locusts here did not look like the locusts found in fields, which hop about and devastate pastures and crops. Instead they looked like pygmies or midgets, as is apparent also from their description, as for instance, that they had crowns on their heads, faces like the faces of men, hair like women's hair, teeth like lions' teeth, breastplates of iron, and the angel of the bottomless pit as king over them.

Ancient peoples, too, called midgets locusts, as we can conclude from these verses:

(Those who spied out the land of Canaan said:) ."..we saw the Nephilim, the descendants of the Anakim..., and we were like locusts... in their sight." (Numbers 13:33)

(Jehovah) who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants like locusts... (Isaiah 40:22)

[2] However, because falsities of the lowest sort, such as existed in the people here, are in the Word symbolized by locusts, therefore in Nahum the people are called locusts, as well as being termed crowned and commanders:

...the fire will devour you..., it will eat you up like a locust's larva. Make yourself many like the locust's larva! Make yourself many like locusts! ...Your crowned ones are like locusts, and your commanders like great locusts... (Nahum 3:15-17)

Because falsities of the lowest sort devour the growing truths and goods of the church in a person, they are symbolized by locusts which devour the grasses in fields and the vegetation on farms, as is clear from the following passages:

You shall carry much seed out to the field, but... the locust shall consume it. (Deuteronomy 28:38)

What the caterpillar left, the locust will eat; what the locust left, the beetle grub will eat; and what the beetle grub left, the locust's larva will eat. (Joel 1:4)

I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the beetle grub, the locust's larva, and the caterpillar... (Joel 2:25)

[3] The locusts in Egypt have the same symbolic meaning, of which we read the following in Exodus:

Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and... the east wind brought the locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt...; previously there had been no such locusts...; and they ate every herb... of the field... (Exodus 10:12ff.)

And afterward Moses stretched out his rod, and the locusts were cast into the Red Sea.

Further, in the book of Psalms:

He gave their produce to the locust's larva, and their labor to the locust. (Psalms 78:46, cf. 105:34-35)

The miracles in Egypt describe the devastation of the church, and this particular miracle, its devastation by falsities of the lowest sort. And when the inner levels of a person's life are closed, on which the lowest levels depend, the lowest levels become hellish. Therefore the locusts were cast into the Red Sea, which symbolizes hell.

[4] Since few people today know what we mean by the sensual level, or what the character of a sensual person is, and since this is what locusts symbolize, therefore we will introduce from our Arcana Coelestia (The Secrets of Heaven) the following extracts regarding it:

The sensual level is the lowest of a person's mental life, attaching to and uniting with his five physical senses (nos. 5077 5767, 9212, 9216, 9331, 9730).

That person is called sensual who judges of everything in accordance with his physical senses, and who believes in nothing but what he can see with his eyes and touch with his hands, saying that if he can, it is real, and rejecting everything else (nos. 5094 7693).

The inner levels of that person's mind, which see in the light of heaven, are closed, so that he sees no truth on those levels which has to do with heaven and the church (nos. 6564, 6844, 6845).

A person like that thinks on the lowest levels, and not interiorly in any spiritual light (nos. 5089 5094, 6564, 7693).

In a word, people like that have a crude natural sight (nos. 6201 6310, 6564, 6844, 6845, 6612, 6614, 6622, 6624).

Inwardly they are therefore hostile to matters having to do with heaven and the church, though it is possible for them to speak in favor of them outwardly, even ardently, according to the power they have by virtue of them (nos. 6201, 6316, 6844, 6845, 6948, 6949).

The educated and learned who have deeply confirmed themselves in falsities, and still more those who are hostile to the Word's truths, are more sensual than others (no. 6316).

Sensual people reason keenly and skillfully, because their thinking is so near to speech as to almost reside in it, and to be, so to speak, on the lips, and because they place all intelligence in speech from the memory alone; moreover, some of them can cleverly defend falsities, and after they have done so, believe they are true (nos. 195 196, 5700, 10236).

They reason from fallacies of the senses and defend them, which they use to captivate and persuade the populace (nos. 5084 6948, 6949, 7693).

Sensual people are craftier and more malicious than others (nos. 7693, 10236).

Greedy people, adulterers, hedonists, and the deceitful are especially sensual, even though to the world they do not appear so (no. 6310).

The interiors of their minds are foul and filthy (no. 6201).

Through them they are in communication with the hells (no. 6311).

People residing in the hells are sensual, and the more so the deeper the hell (nos. 4623 6311).

The atmosphere of spirits in hell mixes with a person's sensual level from behind (no. 6312).

People who have based their reasoning on the evidence of the senses only, and so are hostile to the genuine truths of the church, were called by ancient peoples serpents of the tree of knowledge (nos. 195, 196, 197, 6398, 6399, 10313).

In addition, a person's sensual level and the sensual person are described (no. 10236), together with the extent of the sensual things in a person (no. 9731).

Sensual things ought to be held in last place, and not in first place, and in a wise and intelligent person they are held in last place, subject to more interior ones, while in a foolish person they are in first place and dominant; the latter are those properly called sensual (nos. 5077 5125, 5128, 7645).

If sensual things are in last place, they are the means by which a path is opened to understanding, and truths are refined by a process of abstraction (no. 5580).

These sensual things are the closest to the world, and they admit things that flow in from the world and, so to speak, sift them (no. 9726).

By these sensual things a person is in communication with the world, and by rational things with heaven (no. 4009).

Sensual things supply materials that are of service to the interior levels of the mind (nos. 5077 5081).

Some sensual things are of service to the intellectual faculty, and some are of service to the volitional faculty (no. 5077).

If a person does not raise his thought from sensual things, he is hardly wise (no. 5089).

A wise person thinks above the level of sensual things (nos. 5089, 5094).

When a person raises his thinking above the level of sensual things, he comes into a clearer sight, and finally into the light of heaven (nos. 6183 6313, 6315, 9407, 9730, 9922).

An elevation above the level of sensual things and withdrawal from them was something known to ancient peoples (no. 6313).

A person can be conscious in his spirit of things that occur in the spiritual world, if he can be withdrawn from sensual things by the Lord and elevated into the light of heaven (no. 4622). That is because it is not the body that thinks, but a person's spirit in the body, and to the extent that it dwells in the body, it thinks dimly and in a state of darkness; however, to the extent that it does not dwell in the body, it thinks clearly and in a state of light - but only as regards spiritual matters (nos. 4622, 6614, 6622).

The lowest level of the intellect is sensual knowledge, and the lowest level of the will is sensual delight (no. 9996).

The difference between sensual characteristics possessed in common with animals, and those not possessed in common with them (no. 10236).

Some sensual people are not evil, because their interior levels have not been closed: their state in the other life (no. 6311).

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.