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1 Nang magkagayo'y lumabas ang lahat ng mga anak ni Israel, at ang kapisanan ay nagpisang gaya ng isang tao sa Panginoon sa Mizpa, mula sa Dan hanggang sa Beer-seba, na kalakip ng lupain ng Galaad.

2 At nagsiharap ang mga pinuno ng buong bayan, sa makatuwid baga'y ng lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel, sa kapulungan ng bayan ng Dios, na apat na raang libong lalake na humahawak ng tabak.

3 (Nabalitaan nga ng mga anak ni Benjamin na umahon ang mga anak ni Israel sa Mizpa.) At sinabi ng mga anak ni Israel, Saysayin ninyo sa amin kung bakit ang kasamaang ito ay nangyari?

4 At ang Levita, ang asawa ng babaing pinatay, ay sumagot at kaniyang sinabi, Ako'y naparoon sa Gabaa na ukol sa Benjamin, ako at ang aking babae upang tumigil.

5 At bumangon ang mga lalake sa Gabaa laban sa akin, at kinubkob ang bahay sa palibot laban sa akin nang kinagabihan; ako'y kanilang pinagakalaang patayin, at kanilang dinahas ang aking babae, at siya'y namatay.

6 At aking kinuha ang aking babae, at aking pinagputolputol, at ipinadala ko sa buong lupain ng mana ng Israel: sapagka't sila'y nagkasala ng kalibugan at ng kaululan sa Israel.

7 Narito, kayong mga anak ni Israel, kayong lahat, ibigay ninyo rito ang inyong payo at pasiya.

8 At ang buong bayan ay bumangong parang isang tao, na nagsasabi, Hindi na babalik ang sinoman sa amin sa kaniyang tolda, ni uuwi man ang sinoman sa amin sa kaniyang bahay.

9 Kundi ngayo'y ito ang bagay na aming gagawin sa Gabaa; magsisiahon kami laban sa kaniya na aming pagsasapalaran;

10 At magsisikuha kami ng sangpung lalake sa isang daan, sa lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel, at isang daan sa isang libo, at isang libo sa sangpung libo, upang ipagbaon ng pagkain ang bayan, upang kanilang gawin pagparoon nila sa Gabaa ng Benjamin ang ayon sa buong kaululang kanilang ginawa sa Israel.

11 Sa gayo'y nagpipisan ang lahat ng mga lalake ng Israel laban sa bayang yaon, na nagtibay na magkakapisang parang isang tao.

12 At nagsugo ang mga lipi ng Israel ng mga lalake sa buong lipi ng Benjamin, na sinasabi, Anong kasamaan ito na nangyari sa gitna ninyo?

13 Ngayon nga'y ibigay ninyo ang mga lalake, ang mga hamak na tao, na nasa Gabaa, upang aming patayin sila, at alisin ang kasamaan sa Israel. Nguni't hindi dininig ng mga anak ni Benjamin ang tinig ng kanilang mga kapatid na mga anak ni Israel.

14 At nagpisan ang mga anak ni Benjamin sa mga bayang patungo sa Gabaa, upang lumabas na makibaka laban sa mga anak ni Israel.

15 At ang mga anak ni Benjamin ay binilang nang araw na yaon sa mga bayan, na dalawang pu't anim na libong lalake na humahawak ng tabak, bukod pa ang mga tumatahan sa Gabaa na binilang, na pitong daang piling lalake.

16 Sa kabuoan ng bayang ito ay may pitong daang piling lalake na kaliwete: na bawa't isa'y nakapagpapahilagpos ng pagpapatama ng bato sa isang buhok, at hindi sumasala.

17 At binilang ang mga lalake sa Israel, bukod pa ang sa Benjamin, ay apat na raang libong lalake na humahawak ng tabak: lahat ng mga ito ay mga lalaking mangdidigma.

18 At bumangon ang mga anak ni Israel, at nagsiahon sa Beth-el upang sumangguni sa Dios; at kanilang sinabi, Sino ang unang aahon sa amin upang makibaka laban sa mga anak ni Benjamin? At sinabi ng Panginoon, Ang Juda ang unang aahon.

19 At nagsibangon ang mga anak ni Israel sa kinaumagahan, at humantong laban sa Gabaa.

20 At lumabas ang mga lalake ng Israel upang makibaka laban sa Benjamin; at humanay ang mga lalake ng Israel sa Gabaa, sa pakikibaka laban sa kanila.

21 At lumabas ang mga anak ni Benjamin sa Gabaa at ibinuwal sa lupa sa mga Israelita sa araw na yaon ay dalawang pu't dalawang libong lalake.

22 At ang bayan, ang mga lalake ng Israel, ay nagpakatapang, at humanay uli sa pakikibaka sa dakong kanilang hinanayan nang unang araw.

23 At nagsiahon ang mga anak ni Israel, at nagsiiyak sa harap ng Panginoon hanggang sa kinahapunan; at sila'y sumangguni sa Panginoon, na sinasabi, Lalapit ba uli ako upang makibaka laban sa mga anak ni Benjamin na aking kapatid? At sinabi ng Panginoon. Umahon ka laban sa kanila.

24 At lumapit uli ang mga anak ni Israel laban sa mga anak ni Benjamin nang ikalawang araw.

25 At lumabas ang sa Benjamin sa Gabaa laban sa kanila nang ikalawang araw, at nabuwal uli sa lupa sa mga anak ni Israel ay labing walong libong lalake; lahat ng mga ito ay humahawak ng tabak.

26 Nang magkagayo'y nagsiahon ang lahat ng mga anak ni Israel, at ang buong bayan, at nagsiparoon sa Bethel, at nagsiiyak, at nagsiupo roon sa harap ng Panginoon, at nagsipagayuno nang araw na yaon hanggang sa kinahapunan; at sila'y naghandog ng mga handog na susunugin at ng mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan sa harap ng Panginoon.

27 At itinanong ng mga anak ni Israel sa Panginoon (sapagka't ang kaban ng tipan ng Dios ay nandoon nang mga araw na yaon,

28 At si Phinees, na anak ni Eleazar, na anak ni Aaron, ay tumayo sa harap niyaon nang mga araw na yaon,) na sinasabi, Lalabas ba ako uli upang makibaka laban sa mga anak ni Benjamin na aking kapatid, o magtitigil ako? At sinabi ng Panginoon, Umahon ka; sapagka't bukas ay ibibigay ko siya sa iyong kamay.

29 At bumakay ang Israel laban sa Gabaa, sa buong palibot.

30 At nagsiahon ang mga anak ni Israel laban sa mga anak ni Benjamin nang ikatlong araw, at humanay laban sa Gabaa, gaya ng dati.

31 At ang mga anak ni Benjamin ay nagsilabas laban sa bayan, na ipinalayo sa bayan; at kanilang pinasimulang sinaktan at pinatay ang bayan gaya ng dati, sa mga lansangan, na ang isa'y umahon sa Beth-el, at ang isa'y sa Gabaa, sa bukid, na may tatlong pung lalake ng Israel.

32 At sinabi ng mga anak ni Benjamin, Sila'y nangasaktan sa harap natin, gaya ng una. Nguni't sinabi ng mga anak ni Israel, Tayo'y tumakas, at palabasin natin sila mula sa bayan hanggang sa mga lansangan.

33 At lahat ng mga lalake sa Israel ay bumangon sa kanilang dako, at nagsihanay sa Baal-tamar: at ang mga bakay ng Israel ay nagsilabas mula sa kanilang dako, sa makatuwid baga'y mula sa Maare-Gabaa.

34 At nagsidating laban sa Gabaa ang sangpung libong piling lalake sa buong Israel, at ang pagbabaka ay lumala: nguni't hindi nila naalaman na ang kasamaan ay malapit na sa kanila.

35 At sinaktan ng Panginoon ang Benjamin sa harap ng Israel: at pinatay ng mga anak ni Israel sa Benjamin nang araw na yaon ay dalawang pu't limang libo at isang daang lalake: lahat ng mga ito'y humahawak ng tabak.

36 Sa gayo'y nakita ng mga anak ni Benjamin na sila'y nasaktan: sapagka't binigyang kaluwagan ng mga lalake ng Israel ang Benjamin, sapagka't sila'y umaasa sa mga bakay na kanilang inilagay laban sa Gabaa.

37 At nangagmadali ang mga bakay at nagsidaluhong sa Gabaa, at nangagpatuloy ang mga bakay, at sinugatan ang buong bayan ng talim ng tabak.

38 Nagkaroon nga ng palatandaan ang mga anak ng Israel at ang mga bakay, na sila'y gagawa ng alapaap na usok na pauusukin mula sa bayan.

39 At nang ang mga lalake ng Israel ay nagsipihit mula sa pagbabaka, at pinasimulang sinaktan at pinatay ng Benjamin ang mga lalake ng Israel na may tatlong pung lalake: sapagka't kanilang sinabi, Walang pagsalang sila'y nasaktan sa harap natin gaya ng unang pagbabaka.

40 Nguni't nang ang alapaap ay magpasimulang umilanglang mula sa bayan, sa isang haliging usok, ang mga Benjaminita ay lumingon sa likuran, at, narito, ang apoy ng buong bayan ay napaiilanglang sa langit.

41 At nangagbalik ang mga lalake ng Israel, at ang mga lalake ng Benjamin ay nangabalisa: sapagka't kanilang nakita na ang kasamaan ay dumating sa kanila.

42 Kaya't kanilang itinalikod ang kanilang likod sa harap ng mga lalake ng Israel, na nangagsitungo sa ilang; nguni't hinabol silang mainam ng pakikibaka; at yaong nangagsilabas sa mga bayan, ay nagsilipol sa kanila sa gitna ng ilang.

43 Kanilang kinubkob ang mga Benjamita sa palibot, at kanilang hinabol, at kanilang inabutan sa pahingahang dako hanggang sa tapat ng Gabaa, sa dakong sinisikatan ng araw.

44 At nabuwal sa Benjamin, ay labing walong libong lalake; lahat ng mga ito ay mga lalaking may tapang.

45 At sila'y nagsiliko at nagsitakas sa dakong ilang sa malaking bato sa Rimmon. At hinabol nila sa mga lansangan ang limang libong lalake; at hinabol silang mainam hanggang sa Gidom, at pumatay sa kanila ng dalawang libong lalake.

46 Na ano pa't lahat na nabuwal nang araw na yaon sa Benjamin ay dalawang pu't limang libong lalake na humawak ng tabak; lahat ng mga ito ay mga lalaking may tapang.

47 Nguni't anim na raang lalake ay nagsiliko at nagsitakas sa dakong ilang sa malaking bato ng Rimmon, at nagsitahan sa malaking bato ng Rimmon na apat na buwan.

48 At binalikan ng mga lalake ng Israel ang mga anak ni Benjamin, at sinugatan nila ng talim ng tabak, ang buong bayan, at gayon din ang kawan, at yaong lahat na kanilang nasumpungan: bukod dito'y yaong lahat ng mga bayan na kanilang nasumpungan ay kanilang sinilaban.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #686

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686. Verses 16, 17. And the twenty-four elders who sit before God upon their thrones fell upon their faces and worshipped God, saying, We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who is, who was, and who is to come, because Thou hast taken Thy great power and entered upon the kingdom.

16. "And the twenty-four elders who sit before God upon their thrones," signifies the higher heavens in light and power from the Lord to separate the evil from the good before the day of the Last Judgment which is to come shortly n. 687; "fell upon their faces and worshipped God," signifies the adoration of the Lord with them from a most humble heart n. 688.

7. "Saying, We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty," signifies the acknowledgment that all being, living, and ability are from the Lord. n. 689); "who is, and who was, and who is to come," signifies from Him who is the all in all things of heaven and the church from eternity to eternity (n. 690); "because Thou hast taken Thy great power and entered upon the kingdom," signifies the establishment of the new heaven and the New Church, when the former heaven and church are destroyed n. 691.

  
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413. Verse 17. For the great day of His anger is come, signifies the Last Judgment upon the evil. This is evident from the following passages from the Word. The Last Judgment, which is signified by "the great day," is upon the evil and also upon the good; the judgment upon the evil is called "a day of indignation," "of wrath," "of anger," and "of vengeance," while the judgment upon the good is called "the time of the Lord's coming," "the year of His good pleasure," "the year of the redeemed," "the year of salvation." Everyone, whether evil or good, is judged immediately after death, when he enters the spiritual world, where he is to live to eternity, for man is then immediately marked out either for heaven or for hell; he that is marked out for heaven is connected with some heavenly society into which he will afterwards come, and he that is marked out for hell is connected with the infernal society into which he will afterwards come. There is, however, an interval of time before they go thither, chiefly for the purpose of preparation; for the good, that the evils that adhere to them from the body in the world may be wiped away; and for the evil, that the goods that adhere to them outwardly from teachers and from religion may be taken away; according to the Lord's words in Matthew:

Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, that he may have more abundantly; whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath (Matthew 13:32; 25:29).

This delay occurs for this reason also, that the affections, which are of many kinds, may be so arranged and reduced to the ruling love that the man-spirit may become wholly his own love. Yet many of them, both evil and good, were reserved for the Last Judgment; but only such of the evil as from habit acquired in the world had been able to lead a moral life in externals, and such of the good as from ignorance and from their religion had been imbued with falsities; but the rest, when their time had been fulfilled, were separated from these, the good were elevated into heaven, and the evil were cast into hell, and this before the Last Judgment.

[2] The Last Judgment is called "the great day of the anger of God" because to the evil who are cast down into hell it appears as if it were God who did this from anger and wrath, for the destruction that then comes upon them comes from above, and also from the east where the Lord is as a sun, and they are then in terrors, griefs, and also in torments. But the Lord has no anger whatever, for He is love and mercy itself and good itself; and pure love and good itself cannot be angry; for this is contrary to its essence. But it so appears for this reason: when the last state is reached, which is when evils on the earth and at the same time then in the spiritual world have so increased that the supremacy inclines to their side, and thereby the equilibrium between heaven and hell is perishing, and this perishing, the heavens where the angels dwell begin to labor, then the Lord from the sun directs His energy, that is His love, to protecting the angels and restoring the state which labors and begins to totter; and by this energy and power Divine truth united to Divine good, which in its essence is Divine love, penetrates through the heavens to the places below, where the evil have associated themselves together; and because they cannot endure such influx and presence of the Divine love they begin to tremble, and to be in anguish and torment; for thereby the goods and truths which they have learned to feign by speech and action merely in externals, are dispersed, and their internals, which are nothing but evils and falsities, are opened; and as these are in direct opposition to the goods and truths that flow in from within, although they have made evils and falsities their life, they experience such tremor, anguish and torment, that they can no longer maintain themselves, therefore they flee away and cast themselves into the hells which are under the mountains and rocks, where they can be in evils and in the falsities of their evils. This in particular is signified by the words explained above, "They said to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb."

[3] From this it can be seen why the words "the anger of the Lamb" are used, and why the Last Judgment is called "the great day of His anger," although it is the Divine love that is meant, the operation of which viewed in itself is to save all, for it is a will to save, thus not anger at all, but love. The like is true when an evil spirit who can feign himself an angel of light ascends into heaven. When he comes thither, as he cannot endure the Divine good and the Divine truth that are there, he begins to feel anguish and torment to the extent even that he casts himself down with all his might, nor does he rest until he is in the hell corresponding to his evil.

It is from this appearance, and because when they do evils they are punished, that indignation, anger, wrath, and even fury and vengeance, are so often in the Word attributed to Jehovah, that is, the Lord; but a presentation of all the passages where these are attributed to Jehovah, that is, to the Lord, is here omitted because there are so many of them, and a few only will be cited, in which the Last Judgment is called "the day of the indignation," "of the anger," "of the wrath," and "of the vengeance" of Jehovah and God, as in the following.

[4] In Isaiah:

Behold the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel and of indignation and of the glowing of anger, to lay the land waste, and He shall destroy its sinners out of it. I will make heaven to tremble, the land shall quake out of its place, in the indignation of Jehovah of Hosts, and in the day of the glowing of His anger (Isaiah 13:9, 13).

"A day cruel and of the glowing of Jehovah's anger" means the Last Judgment; and because it is evil that glows, and falsity that is angry, it is called "a day of the glowing of anger." "The land that shall be laid waste, and that shall quake out of its place," means the land that is in the spiritual world, for there are lands there the same as on our globe; and those lands, while the Last Judgment is going on, are "laid waste" and "quake out of their place," for the mountains and hills are then overturned, and the valleys sink down into marshes, and the face of all things there is changed. Nevertheless, "land" in the spiritual sense means the church everywhere, for in the spiritual world the face of the land is similar to the state of the church with those who dwell upon the land there, consequently when the church perishes the land also perishes, for they make one; and then in place of the former land a new one comes into existence; but these changes are unknown to us on our earth. Nevertheless they must be made known, in order that it may be understood what is meant by "the land shall be laid waste, and shall quake out of its place."

[5] In Zephaniah:

When the glowing of the anger of Jehovah hath not yet come upon you; when the day of the anger of Jehovah hath not yet come upon you, it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger (Zephaniah 2:2-3).

Here, too, "the glowing of anger" and "the day of Jehovah's anger" mean the Last Judgment. In Lamentations:

He doth not remember the footstool of His feet in the day of His anger (Lamentations 2:1).

"The footstool of Jehovah's feet" means the worship of the Lord in the natural world, for the reason that the whole heaven, together with the church in the world, is before the Lord a semblance of one man (as may be seen in Heaven and Hell 78-86), the inmost heaven constituting the head, the other heavens the breast and legs, and the church on earth the feet; consequently the feet signify also the natural; moreover, the heavens rest upon the church which is with mankind as a man does upon his feet (as can be seen from what is shown in the same work, n. 87-102, also 291-302). Since the Last Judgment comes when there is no longer any faith because there is no charity, thus when the church is at an end, it is evident what is meant by "He doth not remember the footstool of His feet in the day of His anger." And elsewhere:

There was none that escaped nor any residue in the day of Jehovah's anger; those whom I brought up and nourished hath mine enemy consumed (Lamentations 2:22).

"The day of Jehovah's anger" is the Last Judgment; that there is then no longer any good of love nor any truth of faith in the church, but evil and falsity is signified by "there was none that escaped nor any residue; those whom I brought up and nourished hath mine enemy consumed;" "there was none that escaped nor any residue" signifying that there was no good nor truth; "whom I brought up and nourished" meaning those who are of the church, who have all spiritual food or the knowledge of good and truth from the Word; "the enemy that consumed them" meaning evil and falsity.

[6] In Revelation:

Thine anger came, the time of judging the dead, and of giving the reward to Thy servants, and to those that fear Thy name, and of destroying them that destroy the earth (Revelation 11:18).

This makes clear that "anger" or "the day of anger" means the Last Judgment, for it is said "Thine anger came, the time of judging the dead." In Isaiah:

The day of vengeance is in My heart, and the year of My redeemed hath come. I have trodden down the peoples in Mine anger, and made them drunk in My wrath (Isaiah 63:4, 6).

This treats of the combats of the Lord, by which He subjugated the hells, thus of a Last Judgment which was accomplished by Him when He was in the world; for by combats, which were temptations admitted into Himself, He subjugated the hells and wrought a Last Judgment. It is this judgment that is meant by "the day of Jehovah's anger and wrath" in the Word of the Old Testament; but the Last Judgment, which has at the present time been accomplished is meant by "the day of His anger" in Revelation. (That a Last Judgment was performed by the Lord when He was in the world, see Last Judgment 46.) The subjugation of the hells is here signified by "I have trodden them down in Mine anger, and have made them drunk in My wrath;" "the year of the redeemed" signifies the judgment upon the good who are saved.

[7] In the same:

The spirit of the Lord Jehovih is upon me, to proclaim the year of Jehovah's good pleasure, and the day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all that mourn (Isaiah 61:1, 2).

The day of vengeance of Jehovah, the year of retributions for the controversy of Zion (Isaiah 34:8).

"The day of vengeance of Jehovah," like "the day of His anger and wrath," signifies the Last Judgment. This is because vengeance is attributed to Jehovah or the Lord for the same reason anger and wrath are-namely, from the appearance that those who have denied the Divine and have been hostile in heart and mind to the goods and truths of the church, consequently hostile to the Lord who is the source of these, are cast down into hell (as are all who live wickedly). And because these are treated as enemies, vengeance, like anger, is attributed to the Lord (See above). "The year of retributions" signifies the like as "the day of vengeance," but it is predicated of falsities, while "the day of vengeance" is predicated of evils; "the controversy of Zion" signifies the rejection of the truth and good of the church; "Zion" meaning the church. In other places also, the time of the Last Judgment is called "the day of Jehovah," "the day of visitation," "the day of slaughter," and "the day of the coming":

The day of the Lord's coming (Malachi 3:2; Matthew 24:3, 27, 37, 39).

  
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