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Exodo第7章

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1 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Tingnan mo, ginawa kitang dios kay Faraon: at si Aaron na iyong kapatid ay magiging iyong propeta.

2 Iyong sasalitaing lahat ang aking iniuutos sa iyo: at sasalitain kay Faraon ni Aaron na iyong kapatid upang kaniyang pahintulutan ang mga anak ni Israel ay lumabas sa kaniyang lupain.

3 At aking papagmamatigasin ang puso ni Faraon, at aking pararamihin ang aking mga tanda at ang aking mga kababalaghan sa lupain ng Egipto.

4 Nguni't si Faraon ay hindi makikinig sa inyo, at aking ipapatong sa Egipto ang aking kamay at ilalabas ko ang aking mga hukbo, ang aking bayan, na mga anak ni Israel, sa lupaing Egipto sa pamamagitan ng mga dakilang kahatulan.

5 At malalaman ng mga taga Egipto na ako ang Panginoon, pagka iniunat ko sa Egipto ang aking kamay, at pagka inilabas ko ang mga anak ni Israel sa gitna nila.

6 At ginawang gayon ni Moises at ni Aaron: kung paanong iniutos ng Panginoon sa kanila, ay gayon ginawa nila.

7 At si Moises ay may walong pung taon gulang, at si Aaron ay may walong pu't tatlong taong gulang nang sila'y magsalita kay Faraon.

8 At nagsalita ang Panginoon kay Moises at kay Aaron, na sinasabi,

9 Pagsasalita ni Faraon sa inyo, na sasabihin, Magpakita kayo ng isang kababalaghan sa ganang inyo; ay iyo ngang sasabihin kay Aaron: Kunin mo ang iyong tungkod, at ihagis mo sa harap ni Faraon, na magiging isang ahas.

10 At si Moises at si Aaron ay naparoon kay Faraon, at kanilang ginawang gayon gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon, at inihagis ni Aaron ang kaniyang tungkod sa harap ni Faraon at sa harap ng kaniyang mga lingkod at naging ahas.

11 Nang magkagayo'y tinawag naman ni Faraon ang mga marunong at ang mga manghuhula, at sila naman na mga mahiko sa Egipto, ay gumawa sa gayon ding paraan ng kanilang mga pag-enkanto.

12 Sapagka't inihagis ng bawa't isa ang kanikaniyang tungkod, at nangaging ahas: nguni't nilamon ng tungkod ni Aaron ang mga tungkod nila.

13 At ang puso ni Faraon ay nagmatigas, at hindi niya dininig sila; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

14 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Ang puso ni Farao'y nagmatigas, ayaw niyang paalisin ang bayan.

15 Pumaroon ka kay Faraon kinaumagahan; narito, siya'y pasasa tubig; at ikaw ay tatayo sa tabi ng ilog upang matagpuan mo siya; at ang tungkod na naging ahas ay iyong tatangnan sa iyong kamay.

16 At iyong sasabihin sa kaniya, Sinugo ako sa iyo ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng mga Hebreo, na sinasabi, Pahintulutan mong ang aking bayan ay yumaon, upang sila'y makapaglingkod sa akin sa ilang at, narito, hanggang ngayo'y hindi mo dininig.

17 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Dito mo makikilala, na ako ang Panginoon: narito, aking papaluin ng tungkod, na nasa aking kamay, ang tubig, na nasa ilog at magiging dugo.

18 At ang mga isda, na nasa ilog ay mamamatay, at ang ilog ay babaho; at ang mga Egipcio ay masusuklam na uminom ng tubig sa ilog.

19 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Sabihin mo kay Aaron, Kunin mo ang iyong tungkod, at iunat mo ang iyong kamay sa tubig sa Egipto, sa kanilang mga ilog, sa kanilang mga bangbang, at sa kanilang mga lawa at sa lahat nilang tipunan ng tubig, upang mga maging dugo; at magkakadugo sa buong lupain ng Egipto, maging sa mga sisidlang kahoy at maging sa mga sisidlang bato.

20 At ginawang gayon ni Moises at ni Aaron, gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon; at kaniyang itinaas ang tungkod, at pinalo ang tubig, na nasa ilog, sa paningin ni Faraon, at sa paningin ng kaniyang mga lingkod; at ang lahat ng tubig, na nasa ilog ay naging dugo.

21 At ang isda, na nasa tubig ay namatay; at ang ilog ay bumaho at ang mga Egipcio ay hindi makainom ng tubig sa ilog; at nagkadugo sa buong lupain ng Egipto.

22 At ang mga mahiko sa Egipto ay gumawa ng gayon din, sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga enkanto; at ang puso ni Faraon ay nagmatigas, at hindi niya dininig sila; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

23 At si Faraon ay pumihit at umuwi sa kaniyang bahay, na hindi man lamang nabagbag ang kaniyang puso.

24 At lahat ng mga Egipcio ay humukay sa palibot ng ilog, upang makasumpong ng tubig na mainom; sapagka't sila'y hindi makainom ng tubig sa ilog.

25 At naganap ang pitong araw, pagkatapos na masalot ng Panginoon ang ilog.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#7442

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7442. 'And the houses of the Egyptians will be full of the noxious flying insects, and also the land on which they are' means that malevolent falsities will take possession of everything in the natural mind. This is clear from the meaning of 'filling' as taking possession of; from the meaning of 'the houses of the Egyptians' as the interior parts of the natural mind, dealt with above in 7407; from the meaning of 'noxious flying insects' as malevolent falsities, dealt with immediately above in 7441; and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the natural mind in general, dealt with in 5276, 5178, 5180, 5288, 5301.

[2] A brief statement needs to be made about what is implied in the meaning here - by the idea that even the interior parts of the natural mind will be taken possession of by the falsities arising from evil which are present in the outermost parts of that mind. What a person has flowing into him from the Lord by way of heaven flows into the interior parts of him, and then spreads right down to the lowest or outermost levels, where he becomes conscious of it. Consequently it comes right down into the level of the senses, and through this into parts of the body. If the level of the senses is filled with mistaken ideas based on illusions and appearances, and especially if they are based on falsities, the truths that flow in are turned there into similar ideas, since they are received there in accordance with the form imposed on them, see 7743. Also to the extent that truths are turned into falsities the interior parts of the mind serving as channels for the passage of truths are closed. Eventually the opening is only just large enough for the smallest amount of influx that the person needs to engage in reasoning and to use falsities to justify evils.

[3] This being the situation with a person, it is necessary when he is being regenerated for his natural to be regenerated right down to the sensory level. For unless that level is regenerated no reception of truth and good takes place, because - as stated above - truth that is flowing in is perverted there and the interiors parts are in those circumstances closed. Consequently when the exterior parts have been regenerated the whole person has been regenerated. This was what the Lord meant by His words to Peter when He washed his feet, in John,

Simon Peter said, Lord, You are not to wash my feet only, but also my hands and head. Jesus said to him, He who has been washed has no need except to wash his feet, and the whole person is clean. John 13:9-10.

'Feet' means the parts forming the natural, 2162, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952; 'washing' means purifying, 3147, 5954 (end); 'hands' means the interior parts of the natural; and 'head' means the parts forming the spiritual. These meanings show what precisely one should understand by 'he who has been washed has no need except to wash his feet, and the whole person is clean' - that a person has been regenerated when even the exterior parts forming the natural have been regenerated. When therefore a person has had even his natural regenerated everything on that level is subordinated to more internal levels. And when the contents of the more internal levels enter they flow into images on that level which serve as the general vessels to contain them, and through those images the person is made conscious of them. When this is the situation with a person, he has conscious feelings of an affection for the truth of faith and of an affection for the good of charity.

[4] But it is difficult for the actual level of the senses, which is the lowest of the natural, to be regenerated, because it is completely filled with material ideas formed from earthly, bodily, and worldly things. For this reason a person who is being regenerated, especially at the present day, does not undergo regeneration at the sensory level, only at the natural level immediately above it, to which the Lord raises him from the level of the senses when he thinks about the truths and forms of the good of faith. The ability to be raised from the sensory level is what is imparted to the person who is being regenerated by the Lord. Regarding what the sensory level is like, and the raising of thought above it, see 5084, 5089, 5094, 5125, 5118, 5767, 6183, 6201, 6310, 6311, 6598, 6612, 6614, 6622, 6624, 6844, 6845, 6948.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#488

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488. As has been stated, 'days' means states in general, and 'years' states in particular. This too becomes clear from the Word, as in Ezekiel,

You have brought your days near, and you have come even to your years. Ezekiel 22:4.

This refers to people who behave abominably and sin to the fullest extent, and so 'days' has reference in this case to such people's state in general, 'years' to that state in particular.

In David,

You will add days to the king's days; and his years as generation after generation! Psalms 61:6.

This refers to the Lord and His kingdom, where again 'days' and 'years' stand for the state of His kingdom.

In the same author,

I have considered the days of old, the years of long ago. Psalms 77:5.

Here 'days of old' is states of the Most Ancient Church, and 'years of long ago' states of the Ancient Church. In Isaiah,

The day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has come. Isaiah 63:4.

This stands for the final times, where 'the day of vengeance' stands for a state of condemnation, and 'the year of the redeemed' for a state of blessedness.

Similarly, in the same prophet,

To proclaim the year of Jehovah's good pleasure, and the day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all who mourn. Isaiah 61:2.

Here again 'days' and also 'years' are mentioned and mean states.

In Jeremiah,

Renew our days as of old. Lamentations 5:21.

Here 'days' plainly stands for state.

[2] In Joel,

The day of Jehovah is coming, for it is near, a day of darkness and thick darkness, a tiny of cloud and gloom, as has never happened of old, nor will be again after it through the years of generation after generation. Joel 2:1-2, 11.

Here 'day' stands for a state of darkness, thick darkness, cloud and gloom - a state of individuals in particular and of all in general.

In Zechariah,

I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. On that day you will shout, each to his companion, under his vine and under his fig tree. Zechariah 3:9-10.

And elsewhere in Zechariah,

There will be one tiny, it is known to Jehovah, which is neither day nor night, and at evening time there will be light. Zechariah 14:7.

State is clearly meant here, for it is said that 'it will be a day, which is neither day nor night; at evening time there will be light'.

The same meaning is also clear from the following in the Decalogue,

Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with you in the land. Deuteronomy 5:16; 25:15.

Here 'a prolonging of days' does not mean living on into old age but a state that is happy.

[3] In the sense of the letter 'day' cannot be seen to mean anything other than a period of time, but in the internal sense it means a state. Angels, who abide in the internal sense of the Word, do not know what a period of time is, for the activity of the sun and moon with them does not produce divisions of time. As a consequence they do not know what a day or a year is, but only what states and changes of state are. This is why among angels, who abide in the internal sense of the Word, anything connected with matter, space, and time, goes unnoticed, as with the following usages in the sense of the letter in Ezekiel,

The day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near, a day of cloud; it will be a time of the nations. Ezekiel 30:3.

And in Joel,

Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction. Joel 1:15.

Here 'a day of cloud' stands for cloud or falsity, 'a day of the nations' for the nations or wickedness, and 'the day of Jehovah' for vastation. When the concept of time is removed there remains the concept of the state of the things existing during that period of time. The same applies to the days and the years that are mentioned so many times in this chapter.

  
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