True Christianity: The Portable New Century Edition, Volume 1

Chapter 5 The Catechism, or Ten Commandments, Explained in Both Its Outer and Its Inner Meanings 282 E VERY nation on the face o ...

established in the Israelite nation. In a brief encapsulation they included all the elements of religion that provide for God’s ...

Shemesh were struck down. Uzza died because he touched the ark. David brought the ark back into Zion with sacrifices and shouts ...

6 : 2 ; Psalms 132 : 7 , 8 ). Due to the holiness of this law, Aaron was not allowed to go behind the veil unless he offered sac ...

286 There was tremendous holiness and power in this law because it is a synopsis of all the elements of religion. It was engrave ...

all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And Jesus said, “Do this and you will live.” (Luke 10 : 25 – 28 ) Because everyth ...

This is the law of jealousy. (Numbers 5 : 29 , 30 ) This is the law of the Nazirite. (Numbers 6 : 13 , 21 ) This is the law of c ...

meaning, and the heavenly meaning. You can see that this is the nature of the Word from the things I have shown above in the cha ...

most accessible sense is that we must not worship idols; for it goes on to say, You are not to make yourself a sculpture or any ...

because of this we are connected to people like ourselves in hell, where all are gathered who have loved themselves or the world ...

Jehovah Sabaoth is his name, your Redeemer,the Holy One of Israel. He will be called God of all the earth. (Isaiah 54 : 5 ) Abra ...

not hear any of the conversation of people on the second or third floors, because the ceiling over their heads stops the sound f ...

The Second Commandment You Are Not to Take the Name of Jehovah Your God in Vain, Because Jehovah Will Not Hold Guiltless Someone ...

for God. Taking God’s name in vain, then, means misusing any of these things for idle chatter, lies, deceptions, curses, sorcery ...

299 In the heavenly meaning,taking the Lord’s name in vain parallels what the Lord said to the Pharisees: All sin and blasphemy ...

Lord and who worship him. The names of people and places in the Word do not mean people and places either; they mean aspects of ...

into a day for instruction in divine things, for rest from labors, for medi- tating on things related to salvation and eternal l ...

by following him.The battles of the Lord are called labors, and were labors, as is clear from Isaiah 53 and 63. Similar things a ...

These sections also make it clear why the Lord calls himself the Lord of the Sabbath, that is, the Lord of rest and peace.) 304 ...

they have played. In a comparable sense, it also means that wards whose parents have died are to honor their guardians. In a bro ...