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Deuteronomium 8

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1 Všelikého přikázaní, kteréž já přikazuji tobě dnes, skutečně ostříhejte, abyste živi byli a rozmnožili se, a vešli k dědičnému obdržení země, kterouž s přísahou zaslíbil Hospodin otcům vašim.

2 A rozpomínati se budeš na všecku cestu, kterouž tě vedl Hospodin Bůh tvůj již teď čtyřidceti let po poušti, aby ponížil tebe a zkusil tě, aby známé bylo, co jest v srdci tvém, budeš-li ostříhati přikázaní jeho, čili nic.

3 I ponížil tě a dopustil na tebe hlad, potom tě krmil mannou, kteréž jsi ty neznal, ani otcové tvoji, aby známé učinil tobě, že ne samým chlebem živ bude člověk, ale vším tím, což vychází z úst Hospodinových, živ bude člověk.

4 Roucho tvé nevetšelo na tobě, a noha tvá se neodhnetla, již od čtyřidceti let.

5 Znejž tedy v srdci svém, že jakož cvičí člověk syna svého, tak Hospodin Bůh tvůj cvičí tebe.

6 A ostříhej přikázaní Hospodina Boha svého, chodě po cestách jeho, a boje se jeho.

7 Nebo Hospodin Bůh tvůj uvozuje tě do země výborné, země, v níž jsou potokové vod, studnice a propasti prýštící se po údolích i po horách,

8 Do země hojné na pšenici a ječmen, na vinice a fíky a jablka zrnatá, do země, v níž jest hojnost olivoví olej přinášejícího a medu.

9 Země, v níž bez nedostatku chléb jísti budeš, a v ničemž nouze trpěti nebudeš, Země, jejíž kamení jest železo, a z hor jejích měď sekati budeš.

10 Kdyžkoli jísti budeš a nasytíš se, dobrořečiti budeš Hospodina Boha svého za zemi výbornou, kterouž dal tobě.

11 Aniž se kdy toho dopouštěj, abys se měl zapomenouti na Hospodina Boha svého, a neostříhati přikázaní a soudů jeho i ustanovení jeho, kteráž já dnes přikazuji tobě,

12 Aby, když bys jedl a nasycen byl, a domů krásných nastavěje, v nich bys bydlil,

13 A volové i ovce tvé rozmnoženy byly by, stříbra také a zlata měl bys mnoho, a hojnost ve všech věcech svých,

14 Nepozdvihlo se srdce tvé, a zapomenul bys na Hospodina Boha svého, kterýž tě vyvedl z země Egyptské, z domu služby,

15 A vedl tě přes poušť velikou a hroznou, na níž byli hadové ohniví a štírové, poušť žíznivou, na níž nebylo žádné vody, a vyvedl tobě vodu z přetvrdé skály,

16 Kterýž tě krmil na poušti mannou, o kteréž nevěděli otcové tvoji, aby tě potrápil a zkusil tebe, naposledy však aby dobře učinil tobě.

17 Aniž říkej v srdci svém: Moc má a síla ruky mé způsobila mi tato zboží,

18 Ale pamatuj na Hospodina Boha svého, nebo on dává tobě moc k dobývání zboží, aby utvrdil smlouvu svou, kterouž s přísahou učinil s otci tvými, jakož to ukazuje dnešní den.

19 Pakli zapomena se na Hospodina Boha svého, postoupil bys po bozích cizích, a sloužil bys jim a klaněl bys se jim: osvědčuji proti vám dnes, že konečně zahynete.

20 Jako pohané, kteréž Hospodin zahladil před tváří vaší, tak zahynete, proto že jste neposlouchali hlasu Hospodina Boha svého.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 527

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527. "And those who fear Your name, small and great." This symbolizes people who love things having to do with the Lord, in a lesser or greater degree.

To fear the Lord's name means, symbolically, to love things having to do with the Lord. To fear means, symbolically, to love, and the Lord's name symbolizes everything by which He is worshiped (no. 81). People small and great symbolize people who fear the Lord in a lesser or greater degree.

To fear here means, symbolically, to love because everyone who loves another is afraid of injuring the one he loves. There is no genuine love without that fear. Accordingly, someone who loves the Lord is afraid of doing evil, because evils go counter to the Lord, as they go counter to His Divine laws in the Word - the Word that originates from the Lord and thus embodies Him. Indeed, they go counter to His Divine essence, which is to will the salvation of all. For He is a savior. But He cannot save a person unless the person lives in accordance with the Lord's laws and commandments. What is more, someone who loves evils also desires to injure the Lord, indeed to crucify Him. This desire is inmostly present in every evil, even in people who in the world acknowledge Him with the lips. The reality of this is something unknown to people, but well known to angels.

[2] That to fear God means, symbolically, to love things having to do with God, by doing them and refusing to do things which go counter to Him, is apparent from the following passages:

...what does Jehovah your God require of you, but to fear Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him... (Deuteronomy 10:12)

You shall walk after Jehovah your God and fear Him, that you may keep His commandments... (Deuteronomy 13:4)

You shall fear Jehovah your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast... (Deuteronomy 10:20. Cf. 6:2, 6:13-14, 6:24; 8:6; 17:19; 28:58; 31:12)

Who will grant them to have a heart to fear Me and keep... My commandments... (Deuteronomy 5:29)

Teach me Your way, O Jehovah...; unite my heart to a fear of Your name. (Psalms 86:11)

Blessed is he who fears Jehovah, who walks in His ways. (Psalms 128:1, cf. 112:1, Jeremiah 44:10)

If I am a Father, where is My honor? If I am Lord, where is the fear of Me? (Malachi 1:6, cf. 2:5, Isaiah 11:2-3)

I will give them one heart, and one way, to fear Me... and I will put fear of Me in their hearts so that they do not turn away from Me. (Jeremiah 32:39-40)

The beginning of wisdom is fear of Jehovah... (Psalms 111:10)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 8:13; 25:3; 29:13; 50:10; Jeremiah 33:9; Psalms 22:23; 33:8, 18; 34:7, 9; 55:19; 115:11, 13; 147:11; Revelation 14:7; Luke 1:50.

A fear of God in evil people, on the other hand, is not love, but a fear of hell.

  
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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.

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Revelation 11

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1 A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.

2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

3 I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."

4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth.

5 If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.

6 These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.

8 Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

9 From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

10 Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

11 After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.

12 I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.

13 In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly.

15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"

16 The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

17 saying: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.

18 The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

19 God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.