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Title Ten 541-508 (642) 783-774 Proof of both the Old and New Testaments Simultaneously—To prove both books at once, we need only see if the prophecy of one book is fulfilled in the other.To examine these prophecies, one must understand them.For, if we believe that they have only one meaning, then it is true that the Messiah did not come; but if they have two senses, then it is true that He did come in the person of Jesus Christ. The whole question, then, is to know whether they have both meanings. The Holy Books handed down by Jesus Christ and the Apostles have two meanings, which are demonstrated as follows:

1.As evidenced by the holy book itself. 2.Witness the rabbis: Moses Memon said it had two sides, while the prophets foretold only one side of Jesus Christ. 3.Evidenced by Jewish mystical philosophy. 4.Witness the rabbis' own mystical interpretations of the holy books. 5.By the principle of the rabbis: two senses; two comings of the Messiah, the glorious and the humiliating, according to their merits; Not for eternity, but to change at the Messiah—then the Red Sea will no longer be remembered; Jews and Gentiles will mingle. (6.Witness the keys given to us by Jesus Christ and the Apostles. 〕

560-509 (643) 717-775 Chapter 51 of Isaiah.The Red Sea, the shadow of redemption. Ut sciatis quod eilius hominis habet potestatem remittendi peccata, tibi dico: Sur-ge [To know that the Son of Man has the right to forgive sins, I say to you: Arise. ].To show that he could form a holy people with an invisible holiness, and fill them with eternal glory, God created visible things.Since nature is a shadow of grace, he has made in the fullness of nature what he would have made in the fullness of divine grace; in order that we may judge, since he takes the visible Created so well, so He can also create the invisible.

Thus he delivered the people from the flood; he caused them to be born of Abraham, he redeemed them from their enemies and gave them rest. It was not God's purpose to save them from the flood and to cause a whole nation to be born of Abraham, but only to bring them to a fertile land. Even a divine favor is but a badge of honor, for it is not the final destination.It is symbolized by the law, which itself symbolizes [honor]. But it is a badge of honor, and a principle or cause. The daily life of people is similar to the daily life of saints.They both seek their own gratification, differing only in the object they set for it; they both call those who stand in the way of their object their enemies, and so on.God thus manifests his power to confer unseen blessings by manifesting his power over visible things.

542-512 (644) 713-755 Symbol—God is willing to create a holy people for himself, he will separate them from all other countries, he will rescue them from the hands of their enemies, he will put them in a place of rest; God has promised to Do this, and the time and manner of his coming are foretold by his prophets.But to strengthen the hope of his electors, he also makes them see its shadow in all ages, never letting them lack faith in his power and will to deliver them.For at the creation of man, Adam was his witness and trustee of the promise that the Savior would be born of a woman, and men were so near to Genesis that they could not have forgotten their own creation and own downfall.When the people who had seen Adam were no longer alive, God sent Noah, and God saved him with a miracle and flooded the whole earth. Power and the will that God must do so and cause the promised Savior to be born from the seed of woman.This miracle was enough to strengthen [the people's] hope.

When Noah was alive, and the memory of the Flood was fresh among the people, God made a promise to Abraham; and while Shem was alive, Moses was sent, etc. . . . 561-445 (645) 739-781 Symbolism—God wanted to deprive himself of all passing goodness, and to show that it wasn't out of incompetence, he created the Jewish nation. 773-520 (646) 711-780 The synagogue is not destroyed, because it is a symbol; but because it is only a symbol, it is enslaved.The symbol lasts until the truth comes, so that the Church—whether in the picture that promised it or in reality—may always be visible.

549-479 (647) 727-584 Let the laws be symbolic. 550-486 (648) 714-668 There are two kinds of mistakes: (1) grasping everything literally; (2) grasping everything spiritually. 551-488 (649) 714-782 To argue against things that are too symbolic. 552-411 (650) 714-772 Some symbols are clear and demonstrable, but others are a little irrational, and can only testify to those who have been persuaded.The latter is like the Apocalypse, but here the difference is that there is nothing certain about it; and nothing is more justified than that they also show that something of theirs is as certain as something of ours. Justified; for they have nothing to testify like some of ours.Therefore, the two cannot be equated.These things must never be equated and confused, for they seem alike at one end and so different at the other; and it is the clarity, when it is holy, that deserves respect for the obscurity. .

[It is like some obscure language among certain people; those who cannot understand it can only understand an inexplicable meaning. 〕 553-521 (651) 721-783 The Hyperbole of the Apocalyptic and Pre-Adamic, the Millennium, and so on—whoever tries to base his pompous views on the Holy Book will base them, for example, on the point that "the Until all this is accomplished, this generation will never be a thing of the past."To this I would say that this generation will be followed by another, and it will go on forever. Solomon and the king are spoken of in 2 Chronicles as if they were two different persons.I would say that they are two people.

562(c)-665(652)715-769 Special symbols—double laws, double tables of laws, double temples, double captives. 562(d)-482(653)778-507 Symbols - The prophets prophesied with symbols such as girdles, beards and burned hair. 562, 740-535 (654) 704-508 The difference between lunch and dinner. With God there is no distinction between words and intentions, for he is true; words and effects, for he is omnipotent; means and effects, for he is wise.Bei; ult. serm in misH sus. [The last sermon in the Song of Solomon] was written by St. Bernardl de Clairvaux (1090-1153). Augustine's "The Celestial City", Book Five, Chapter Ten.This maxim is universal: God can do everything, except there are some things that He would not be omnipotent if He could do them, such as death, being deceived and lying, and so on.

Many evangelicals espouse confirmation of the truth; their differences are useful. Communion follows the Last Supper, truth after symbols. The destruction of Jerusalem is symbolic of the destruction of the whole world forty years after Jesus' death. As a person or as a messenger, "I don't know". The Gospel of Mark, chapter 13, verse 32. Jesus was punished by Jews and Gentiles. Jew and Gentile are symbolized by two sons.Volume 20, Chapter 29 of Aogu's "City". 549(a)-542(655)760-506 Six ages, six fathers of six ages, six wonders at the beginning of six ages, six Easts at the beginning of six ages.

549(b)-523(656)736-505 Adam forma futuri [image of the future]. "Romans" chapter 5, verse 14: "Adam is the image of the one who is to come". .Six days are to make one day, and six ages are to make another age; the six days that Moses narrated to make Adam are just a picture of the six ages to make Jesus Christ and the church. If Adam had never sinned, and Jesus Christ had never come, there would have been only one covenant, there would have been only one human age, and Genesis would have been described as being completed within. 562(b)-480(657)731-517 The symbolism - the Jewish nation and the Egyptian nation was apparently prophesied by the two men Moses met: the Egyptians beat the Jews, Moses avenged and killed the Egyptians, and the Jews were ungrateful for it. 562(c)-534(658)568-771 The symbol of the sick soul in the Gospels is the sick body; yet since one body is not sick enough to express it well, many bodies must be used.Hence, there are the deaf, the dumb, the blind, the paralyzed, the dead Lazarus, the demon-possessed.All this is in the sick soul. 556-517 (659) 712-513 Symbolic—to show that the Old Testament was only symbolic, and that the prophets understood earthly blessings to mean other blessings, are: First, it is not worthy of God. In the second place, their utterances are most clearly a promise of earthly happiness, but they say that their utterances are obscure, and their meaning will never be understood.It follows that this secret meaning is not what they openly mean; they mean, therefore, another sacrifice, another liberator, etc. It is only at the end of time, they say, that people will understand it. "Jesus"; Chapter Thirty, at the end. A third proof is that their words are contradictory, so that there would be an evident and great contradiction if we were to suppose that their words, Laws and Sacrifice, meant nothing other than those of Moses.So they mean something else, sometimes contradicting themselves within the same chapter. Then, in order to understand the meaning of an author.... 557-395 (660) 698-777 Carnal desire has become natural to us and has become second nature to us.Therefore, there are two natures in us: one is good and the other is bad.Where is God?Where you are not, the Kingdom of God is within you.rabbis. 524-533 (661) 726-514 Confession alone, of all the mysteries, was pronouncedly proclaimed to the Jews, and proclaimed by St. John the forerunner; And the whole world should abide by it. 577-490 (662) 722-531 The carnal Jews understood neither the greatness nor the humility of the Messiah foretold in their prophecies.They misunderstood his greatness that was prophesied, for example when he said that the Messiah would be Lord of David, though also the Son of David, and when he said that he was both before Abraham and had seen Abraham when.They did not believe that he was so great as to be eternal; and they equally misunderstood his humiliation and his death.They say, "The Messiah is eternal, and this man says he will die." They therefore believe that he is neither mortal nor eternal: all they look for in him is a It's just a carnal greatness. 575-526 (663) 761-518 Symbolic—There is nothing so akin to benevolence, and nothing so contrary to it, as covetousness. The Jews, therefore, being filled with riches sufficient to flatter their avarice, were both very much in line with the Christians, and very much contrary to them.In this way they had the two qualities which were necessary for them, that of being peculiarly in conformity with the Messiah, in order to symbolize him, and peculiarly contrary, so as not to be dubious witnesses. 576-525 (664) 713-514 Symbolic—God used Jewish carnality to serve Jesus Christ [who preached the remedy for carnality]. 608-532 (665) 652-744 Charity is not a token commandment.It would be dreadful to say that Jesus Christ, who came to destroy symbols in order to establish truth, only came to erect symbols of charity in order to cancel what existed before. "If light is darkness, then what is darkness?" 722-527 (666) 623-515 Hallucination Somnum suum [they fell asleep]. Psalm 76, verse 5: "They slept a long sleep". figura hujus mundi〔The appearance of this world. ] "1 Corinthians" chapter 7, verse 31: "For the form of this world will pass away.". Communion. Comedes panem tuum [bread you eat]. "Deuteronomy" chapter 8 verse 9: "You will not lack food in that land, you will lack nothing". . Panem nostrum [·our·our·food]. "Luke Gospel" Chapter 11 Verse 3: "Give us daily our daily bread". . Inimici Dei terram lingent, [The enemy of God shall lick the earth]. Psalm 72, verse 9: "His enemies shall lick the dust".The sinner licks the earth, that is to say, lusts after earthly pleasures. The Old Testament contains symbols of future pleasures, and the New Testament contains the means of obtaining them. Joy is the symbol, penitence the means; but the Passover lamb is to be eaten with wild lettuce, cum amaritudinibus [with bitters].Chapter 12, verse 8: "The flesh of the lamb shall be eaten that night, roasted with fire, and eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs." . Singularis sum ego donec transeam, [I escape alone]. Psalm 141, verse 10: "May the wicked fall into his own net, but let me escape".Jesus Christ was pretty much the only martyr before his death. 519(a)-484(667)537-522 Symbolic—names like sword and shield. Potentissime [extremely capable]. 648—745 (668) 526—516 We are estranged from each other only by being estranged from charity. Our prayers and our virtues are an abomination before God if they are not the prayers and virtues of Jesus Christ.And if our sins were not [the sins] of Jesus Christ, they could never be the object of [mercy] but only the justice of God.He accommodated our sins and [made] us [with him] For virtue is [inherent in him, and] vice is not in him; but virtue [is] not in us, and our vice is in us. Let's change the criteria we have [hitherto] used to judge what is good.We have taken our will as our rule, let us now take [God's] will: all that he wills is good and just for us, and all that he does not want is [bad]. Everything that God does not want is forbidden.Sin is forbidden by the universal declaration that God has made, He does not want evil.Other things which he does not impose a general prohibition on, and are therefore said to be permissible, are not always permissible.For when God alienates us from one of these things, and when it appears that God does not want a thing from us, which is an expression of God's will, then it should serve as a sin is prohibited; for the will of God says that we should not have the one thing without the other.There is only one single difference between these two things, and that is that it is certain that God will never want sin; whereas it is not certain that God will never want the other.But as long as God does not want it, we should regard it as evil; as long as there is no will of God—which alone is all good and all justice— would make it unrighteous and wicked. 583(a)-522(669)529-520 Changing symbols for our fragility's sake.
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