AC.372, 창4:9, '여호와께서 가인에게 이르시되' (AC.370-372)

9절, 여호와께서 가인에게 이르시되 네 아우 아벨이 어디 있느냐 그가 이르되 내가 알지 못하나이다 내가 내 아우를 지키는 자니이까 And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not, am I my brother’s keeper?

 

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To be a “keeper” signifies to serve, like “door keepers” and “porters” (that is, the keepers of the threshold) in the Jewish church. Faith is called the “keeper” of charity, from the fact that it ought to serve it, but it was according to the principles of the doctrine called “Cain” that faith should rule, as was said in verse 7.