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出埃及記 7

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1 耶和華摩西:我使你在法老面前代替,你的哥哥亞倫是替你話的。

2 凡我所吩咐你的,你都要。你的哥哥亞倫要對法老,容以色列人出他的

3 我要使法老的剛硬,也要在埃及多行神蹟奇事。

4 法老必不你們;我要伸重重的刑罰埃及,將我的軍隊以色列民從埃及領出來。

5 我伸攻擊埃及,將以色列人從他們中間領出來的時候,埃及人就要知道我是耶和華

6 摩西亞倫這樣行;耶和華怎樣吩咐他們,他們就照樣行了。

7 摩西亞倫法老說話的時候,摩西八十歲,亞倫八十三歲。

8 耶和華曉諭摩西亞倫

9 法老若對你們:你們行件奇事罷!你就吩咐亞倫:把杖丟在法老面前,使杖變作蛇。

10 摩西亞倫進去見法老,就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫把杖丟在法老和臣僕面前,杖就變作蛇。

11 於是法老召了博士和術士來;他們是埃及行法術的,也用邪術照樣而行。

12 他們各丟下自己的杖,杖就變作蛇;但亞倫的了他們的杖。

13 法老裡剛硬,不肯從摩西、亞倫,正如耶和華的。

14 耶和華摩西法老裡固執,不肯容百姓去。

15 明日早晨,他出來往邊去,你要往河邊迎接他,裡要拿著那變過蛇的杖,

16 對他耶和華希伯來人打發我來見你,:容我的百姓去,好在曠野事奉我。到如今你還是不

17 耶和華這樣:我要用我裡的杖擊打河中的就變作血;因此,你必知道我是耶和華

18 河裡的魚必,河也要腥埃及人就要厭惡吃這河裡的

19 耶和華曉諭摩西:你對亞倫:把你的杖伸在埃及所有的以上,就是在他們的江、、池、塘以上,叫都變作血。在埃及,無論在器中,器中,都必有血。

20 摩西亞倫就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫法老和臣僕眼前舉杖擊打河裡的,河裡的都變作血了。

21 河裡的魚死了,河也腥了,埃及人就不能吃這河裡的埃及都有了血。

22 埃及行法術的,也用邪術照樣而行。法老裡剛硬,不肯摩西、亞倫,正如耶和華的。

23 法老轉身進宮,也不把這事放在上。

24 埃及人都在河的兩邊地,要得,因為他們不能這河裡的

25 耶和華擊打河以滿了

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 598

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598. 13:13 "It also performs great signs." This symbolizes certifications that their teachings are true, even though they are false.

Signs symbolize certifications that things are true, because signs once occurred to attest to a truth. But after signs and miracles ceased, their symbolism still remained, which is the certification of a truth. Here, however, signs symbolize certifications by the beast or false prophet that its falsities were true, because that is how falsities appear after they are defended.

That signs symbolize certifications that something is true can be seen from the following passages:

(At the end of the age) false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. (Matthew 24:24, Mark 13:22).

There will also be fearful... signs from heaven... There will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars..., the sea and the waves roaring. (Luke 21:11, 25)

(Jehovah) frustrates the signs of liars, drives diviners mad, turning back wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish. (Isaiah 44:25)

Do not learn the way of the gentiles, and do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven. (Jeremiah 10:2)

...they are spirits of demons, performing signs..., to gather them to the battle of that great day... (Revelation 16:14)

Then the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who worked signs in its presence, (and) led astray... (Revelation 19:20)

[2] That signs were certifications that something was a truth is further apparent from the following:

(The disciples said to Jesus,) "What sign do You perform then, that we may... believe You? What work do You do?" (John 6:30-33)

The Jews, scribes and Pharisees sought a sign from the Lord, that they might know He was the Christ (Matthew 12:38-40; 16:1-4, Mark 8:11-12.

(The disciples said to Jesus,) "What will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 24:3, cf. Mark 13:4)

...if they do not believe you, nor heed the message of the first sign, still they will believe the message of the latter sign. (Exodus 4:8-9)

The message of a sign is a certification.

They have set among them the messages of His signs... (Psalms 105:27)

(Jehovah said to Ahaz,) "Ask a sign for yourself from Jehovah...." (Isaiah 7:11, 14)

This is the sign to you from Jehovah...: "Behold, I will turn back the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz...." (Isaiah 38:7-8)

Hezekiah said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?" (Isaiah 38:22)

This shall be a sign to you..., that I will visit you in this place, that you may know that My words will... stand... (Jeremiah 44:29-30)

Show me a sign (O Jehovah) for good, that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed. (Psalms 86:17)

They will... announce to us what will happen..., that we may set our heart... Show the sign that is to come..., that we may know that you are gods. (Isaiah 41:22-23)

Your enemies roar in the midst of your festival; they set up their banners as signs. (Psalms 74:3-4, 9)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 45:11; 55:13; Jeremiah 32:20-21; Ezekiel 4:3; Psalms 65:6-8; 78:42, 43; Exodus 7:3; Numbers 14:11, 22; Deuteronomy 4:34; 13:1-3; Judges 6:17, 21; 1 Samuel 2:34; 14:10; Mark 16:17, 18, 20; Luke 2:11, 12, 16).

Signs of the covenant have a similar symbolic meaning in Genesis 9:13; 17:11, Ezekiel 20:12, 20.

[3] It can be clearly seen from this that the great signs that this beast of the dragon performed do not mean signs, but certifications by the clergy that their teachings are true. For every heretic who confirms himself in falsities, afterward certifies that his falsities are true. Indeed, he does not see truths any longer, since the certification of a falsity is a denial of the truth, and truth denied loses its light. Moreover, in the measure that the light of their certification causes falsities to shine with an illusory light, in the same measure the light of truth becomes darkness (as may be seen in no. 566 above).

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.