AC 10047 - sacrifices and burnt offerings

AC 10047 [2-3]
It was said above that in this chapter the subject treated of
is the glorification of the Lord's Human,
and in the representative sense
the regeneration of a person by the Lord.
As regards the glorification of the Lord's Human,
it was effected by the union of Divine truth with Divine good.
The Divine good, which is Jehovah,
was in the Lord as the soul from the father in man,
for He was conceived of Jehovah,
and through Divine means He made His Human Divine truth,
especially through the combats of temptations;
and insofar as He united it
He glorified it,
that is, made it Divine.
This union is what is signified in the supreme sense
by "sprinkling the blood round about the altar."

As the Lord glorified His Human,
so also He regenerates a person;
for with a person the Lord flows in with good through the soul,
which is through the internal way,
and with truth through the hearing and the sight,
which is through the external way;
and insofar as a person desists from evils,
so far the Lord conjoins the good with truth,
and the good becomes of charity toward the neighbor
and of love to God,
and the truth becomes of faith.
So does the Lord create the person anew, or regenerate him;
for as before said the regeneration of a person
is effected by purification from evils and falsities,
by the implantation of good and truth,
and by the conjunction of these.
The regeneration of a person,
and in the supreme sense the glorification of the Lord's Human,
is what is represented by the sacrifices and burnt-offerings.

Luke 12:13-15

Someone in the crowd said to Him,
"Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed Me
a judge or an arbiter between you?"
The He said to them,
"Watch out!  Be on your guard against all kinds of greed;
a man's life does not consist
in the abundance of his possessions."
(Luke 12:13-15)

AC 10042 - what regeneration does

AC 10042 [6]
To glorify the Human 
is to make it Divine,
but to regenerate a person 
is to make him heavenly,
in order that the Divine of the Lord 
may dwell in him.

Luke 27-28

As Jesus was saying these things,
a woman in the crowd called out,
"Blessed is the mother
who gave You birth and nursed You."
He replied,
"Blessed rather are those
who hear the word of God and obey it."
(Luke 27-28)

AC 10038 - the two fires of life

AC 10038 [2]
There are two fires of life with a person:
one is the love of self,
the other is love to God.
They who are in the love of self cannot be in love to God,
because these loves are opposite.
They are opposite
because the love of self produces all evils,
which are contempt for others in comparison with self,
enmity against those who do not favor [them],
and finally hatreds, revenges, brutalities, cruelties;
which evils wholly resist the Divine influx,
and consequently extinguish
the truths and goods of faith and of charity,
for these are what flow in from the Lord.

Luke 10:25-37; AC 9057

On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus.
"Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"What is written in the Law?" He replied.  "How do you read it?"
He answered:

"'Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul
and with all your strength
and with all your mind'; (Deuteronomy 6:5)
and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" (Leviticus 19:18)

"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied.
"Do this and you will live."
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus,
"And who is my neighbor?"
In reply Jesus said:
"A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,
when he fell into the hands of robbers.
They stripped him of his clothes,
beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
A priest happened to be going down the same road,
and when he saw the man,
he passed by on the other side.
So too, a Levite,
when he came to the place and saw him,
passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, as he traveled,
came where the man was;
and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
He went to him and bandaged his wounds,
pouring on oil and wine.
Then he put the man on his own donkey,
took him to an inn and took care of him.
The next day he took out two silver coins (denarii)
and gave them to the innkeeper.
'Look after him,' he said,
'and when I return, I will reimburse you
for any extra expense you may have.'
"Which of these three
do you think was a neighbor to the man
who fell into the hands of robbers?"
The expert in the law replied,
"The one who had mercy on him."
Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
(Luke 10:25-37)

. . . 'a Samaritan'
means someone with an affection for truth;
'bandaging his wounds'
means healing that affection when it has been injured;
'pouring in oil and wine'
means introducing the good of love and the good of faith;
and 'lifting onto his animal'
means supporting with his own power of understanding.
(AC 9057)

AC 10026 - the life of faith, the life of good

AC 10026
. . . by "blood" in the Word
is signified the Divine truth
that proceeds from the Lord's Divine good,
and by which all purification is accomplished, 
for truth teaches a person what is good
and how he should live,
and when a person knows this,
then for the first time
can the affection or love of good be implanted,
and thus the person be regenerated.
For knowledge must come first,
before a person can have faith,
and live the life of faith,
which is the life of good.

John 8:14-20

Jesus Answered, "Even if I testify on My own behalf,
My testimony is valid,
for I know where I came from and where I am going.
But you have no idea
where I come from or where I am going.
You judge by human standards;
I pass judgment on no one.
But if I do judge,
My decisions are right,
because I am not alone.
I stand with the Father Who sent Me.
In your own Law it is written
that the testimony of two men is valid.
I am One who testifies for Myself;
My other Witness is the Father, Who sent Me."
Then they asked Him, "Where is Your Father?"
You do not know Me or My Father," Jesus replied.
"If you knew Me,
You would know My Father also."
He spoke these words while teaching in the temple area
near the place where the offerings were put.
Yet no one seized Him,
because His time had not yet come.
(John 8:14-20)

AC 10022 - conjunction

AC 10022 [3]
Because these three - purification from evils and falsities,
the implantation of truth and good,
and the conjunction of them -
were represented by sacrifices and burnt offerings . . ..

Mark 9:36-37

He took a little child
and had him stand among them.
Taking him in His arms, He said to them,
"Whoever welcomes
one of these little children in My Name
welcomes Me;
and whoever welcomes Me
does not welcome Me
but the one who sent Me."
(Mark 9:36-37)

AC 10019 - Divine power

AC 10019
. . . Divine good has all power through Divine truth,
and the Lord alone has this power . . .

Mark 9:25-27

When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene,
He rebuked the evil (unclean) spirit.
"You deaf and mute spirit," He said,
"I command you, come out of him
and never enter him again."
The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out.
The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,
 "He's dead."
But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet,
and he stood up.
(Mark 9:25-27)

AC 9995 - the difficulty in seeing the difference

AC 9995
. . . the Divine truth
that proceeds from the Lord's Divine good
is called truth,
it is nevertheless good.
The reason why it is called truth,
is that it appears in the heavens,
before the external sight of the angels there, as light;
for the light in the heavens is Divine truth.
But the heat in this light,
which is the good of love,
makes it to be good.
Similar is the case with a person.
When the truth of faith proceeds from the good of charity,
which is the case when the person has been regenerated,
it then appears as good,
which from this is called "spiritual good;"
for the being of truth is good,
and truth is the form of good.

[2] From this it can be seen
why a person finds it so difficult to distinguish
between thinking and willing;
for when he wills anything,
he says that he thinks it;
and often when he thinks anything,
that he wills it.
And yet they are distinct,
like truth and good;
for the being of thought is will,
and the form of will is thought;
as the being of truth is good,
and the form of good is truth, as just said.
As a person finds
such difficulty in distinguishing between these two,
he therefore does not know what is the being of his life,
and that it is good;
and not truth
except insofar as this comes forth from good.
Good pertains to the will,
and will is that which a person loves;
and therefore truth
does not become the being of a person's life
until he loves it;
and when a person loves it
he does it.
But truth pertains to the understanding,
the office of which is to think,
and when a person thinks it,
he can speak about it.
Moreover, it is possible to understand and think truth
without willing and doing it;
but when it is devoid of will,
it is not appropriated to the person's life,
because it has not in it the being of his life.
Being ignorant of this,
a person attributes everything of salvation to faith,
and scarcely anything to charity;
when yet faith has its being of life from charity,
as truth has it from good.

[3] Moreover, all the good with a person
is formed by means of truth;
for good flows in by an internal way from the Lord,
and truth enters by an external way . . ..

Matthew 16:5-12

When they went across the lake,
the disciples forgot to take bread.
"Be careful," Jesus said to them.
"Be on your guard
against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
They discussed this among themselves and said,
"It is because we didn't bring any bread."
Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked,
"You of little faith,
why are you talking among yourselves
about having no bread?
Do you still not understand?
Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand,
and how many basketfuls you gathered?
Or the seven loaves for the four thousand,
and how many basketfuls you gathered?
How is it you don't understand
that I was not talking to you about bread?
But be on your guard
against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
Then they understood
that He was not telling them
to guard against the yeast used in bread,
but against the teaching
of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
(Matthew 16:5-12)

AC 9987 - the laws of heavenly order consist of Divine Truths

AC 9987 [5]
The reason why 'the word' is a law of order
is that Divine Truth emanating from the Lord
brings order to the heavens,
to such an extent that it constitutes order there.

The law of order which is signified by "word" in this chapter
is the way in which the Lord glorified His Human,
that is, made it Divine,
for this is the subject treated here in the internal sense;
and from this in the relative sense
the regeneration of a person is treated of,
for the regeneration of a person
is an image of the glorification of the Lord.
That this is the law of order in particular,
is because the Lord as to the Divine Human
is Order in the heavens,
and because everyone who is being regenerated
is brought into this order;
wherefore those who are in this order
are in the Lord.

Leaving that place,
Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to Him,
crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession."
Jesus did not answer a word.
So His disciples came to Him and urged Him,
"Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us."
He answered,
"I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."
The woman came and knelt before Him.
"Lord, help me!" she said.
He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread
and toss it to their dogs."
"Yes, Lord," she said, "But even the dogs
eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."
Then Jesus answered,
"Woman, you have great faith!
Your request is granted."
Ans her daughter was healed from that very hour.
(Matthew 15:21-28)

AC 9965- no one is damned

AC 9965 [2]
. . .no one is damned
on account of the omission of external rites;
but on account of evils of the heart,
thus on account of the omission of them
from the evil of the heart.

Matthew 15:10-12;15-20

Jesus called the crowd to Him and said,
"Listen and understand.
What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,'
but what comes out of his mouth,
that is what makes him 'unclean.'"
Then the disciples came to Him and asked,
"Do you know
that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"

Peter said, "Explain the parable to us."
"Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them.
"Don't you see
that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach
and then out of the body?
But the things that come out of the mouth
come from the heart,
and these make a man 'unclean.'
For out of the heart come evil thoughts,
murder, adultery, sexual immorality,
theft false testimony, slander.
These are what make a man 'unclean';
but eating with unwashed hands
does not make him 'unclean'.
(Matthew 15:10-12;15-20)

AC 9954 - when the Lord was in the world

AC 9954 [11]
. . . when the Lord was in the world,
He was, in respect to the Human,
the Divine truth itself;
and in respect to the very being of His life,
He was the Divine good itself,
which with a person is called the soul from the father;
for He was conceived from Jehovah,
and in the Word "Jehovah"
denotes the Divine good of the Divine love,
 which is the being of the life of all.
From this it is that the Lord alone
was "the Anointed of Jehovah"
in very essence and in very performance,
because the Divine good was in Him;
and the Divine truth proceeding from this good
was in His Human while He was in the world.

Matthew 14:34-36

When they had crossed over,
they landed at Gennesaret.
And when the men of that place recognized Jesus,
they sent word to all the surrounding country.
People brought all their sick to Him
and begged Him to let the sick
just touch the edge of His cloak,
and all who touched Him were healed.
(Matthew 14:34-36)

. . . "garments in the Word signify truths . . .
(AC 9952, and many other places)