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Ezechiel 38

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1 Opět stalo se slovo Hospodinovo ke mně, řkoucí:

2 Synu člověčí, obrať tvář svou proti Gogovi, země Magog, knížeti a hlavě v Mešech a Tubal, a prorokuj proti němu,

3 A rci: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Aj, já budu proti tobě, Gogu, kníže a hlavo v Mešech a Tubal.

4 A odvedu tě zpět, dada udice do čelistí tvých, když tě vyvedu i všecko vojsko tvé, koně i jezdce, všecky oblečené v celou zbroj, zástup veliký s pavézami a štíty, všecky ty, kteříž užívají meče:

5 Perské, Mouřeníny i Putské s nimi, všecky ty s štíty a lebkami,

6 Gomera i všecky houfy jeho, dům Togarmy od stran půlnočních, i všecky houfy jeho, národy mnohé s tebou.

7 Budiž hotov, a připrav se, ty i všecko shromáždění tvé, těch, kteříž se k tobě sebrali, a buď strážcím jejich.

8 Po mnohých dnech navštíven budeš, v potomních letech přitáhneš na lid vysvobozený od meče, a shromážděný z národů mnohých na hory Izraelské, kteréž byly pustinou ustavičně, když oni z národů jsouce vyvedeni, budou bydliti bezpečně všickni.

9 V tom přitáhneš a přijdeš jako bouře, budeš jako oblak přikrývající zemi, ty i všickni houfové tvoji, i národové mnozí s tebou.

10 Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: I stane se v ten den, že vstoupí mnohé věci na srdce tvé, a budeš mysliti myšlení zlé.

11 A díš: Potáhnu na zemi, v níž jsou vsi, přitáhnu na ty, jenž pokoje užívají, bydlíce bezpečně, na všecky, kteříž bydlejí beze všech zdí, a nemají žádné závory ani bran,

12 Abych vzebral kořisti, a rozchvátal loupeže, obraceje ruku svou proti pouštěm již osazeným, a proti lidu zase shromážděnému z národů, zacházejícímu s dobytkem a jměním, bydlejícím u prostřed země.

13 Sába a Dedan, a kupci mořští, i všecka lvíčata jeho řeknou tobě: K rozebrání-liž kořistí ty se béřeš? K rozchvátání-li loupeže shromáždil jsi množství své, abys bral stříbro a zlato, abys nabral dobytka i zboží, a nashromáždil loupeže veliké?

14 Protož synu člověčí, prorokuj a rci Gogovi: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Zdaliž toho dne, když bude lid můj Izraelský bydliti bezpečně, nezvíš,

15 Kdyžto přitáhnouce z místa svého od stran půlnočních, ty i národové mnozí s tebou, sedíce na koních všickni, shromáždění veliké a vojsko znamenité,

16 Potáhneš na lid můj Izraelský jako oblak, abys přikryl tu zemi? V potomních dnech stane se, že tě přivedu na zemi svou, aby mne poznali národové, když posvěcen budu v tobě před očima jejich, ó Gogu.

17 Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Zdaliž ty nejsi ten, o kterémž jsem mluvil za dnů starodávních skrze služebníky své, proroky Izraelské, kteříž prorokovali za těch dnů a let, že tě přivedu na ně?

18 A však stane se v ten den, v den, v kterýž přitáhne Gog na zemi Izraelskou, praví Panovník Hospodin, že povstane prchlivost má s hněvem mým,

19 A v rozhorlení svém, v ohni prchlivosti své mluviti budu. Jistě že v ten den bude pohnutí veliké v zemi Izraelské,

20 Tak že se pohnou před tváří mou ryby mořské i ptactvo nebeské, a zvěř polní i všeliký zeměplaz plazící se po zemi, i všickni lidé, kteříž jsou na svrchku země. I rozválejí se hory, a padnou výsosti, i každá zed na zem upadne.

21 Nebo zavolám proti němu po všech horách mých meče, praví Panovník Hospodin; meč každého proti bratru jeho bude.

22 A vykonám při něm soud morem a krve prolitím a přívalem rozvodnilým, a kamením krupobití velikého, ohněm a sirou dštíti budu na něj i na houfy jeho, a na národy mnohé, kteříž jsou s ním.

23 A tak zveleben, a posvěcen, a v známost uveden budu před očima národů mnohých, a zvědí, že já jsem Hospodin.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 404

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404. Verse 14. And the heaven departed as a book rolled up, signifies that the spiritual man became closed up. This is evident from the signification of "heaven," as being the church in general and in particular; for the church is the heaven of the Lord on the earth; moreover, the church makes one with heaven by conjunction; therefore when "heaven and earth" are mentioned in the Word, the church internal and external is meant, for the internal of the men of the church is heaven with them, and their external is the world with them; and as "heaven and earth" signify the church internal and external so they signify the internal and external man, or the spiritual and the natural man; for as man in whom is the good of love and of faith is a church, so the church, in general exists from the men in whom the church is. This makes clear why it is that "heaven" here means the internal or spiritual man. It is said "the spiritual man," by which is meant the spiritual mind, which is the higher or interior mind of man, while the lower or exterior mind is called the natural man. The above is evident also from the signification of "departed as a book rolled up," as meaning that it became closed up; for the spiritual mind, which is, as was said, the higher or interior mind with man, is opened by truths applied to life, thus by goods, but it is closed up by falsities applied to life, thus by evils; and the closing up is as the rolling up of the scroll of a book. That this is so was made very clear by the appearances in the spiritual world when the Last Judgment was accomplished; for the mountains and the hills there then appeared sometimes to be rolled up as the scroll of a book is rolled up, and those that were upon them were then rolled down into hell. The cause of this appearance was this: that the interiors of their minds, through which somewhat of light from heaven had before flowed in, were then closed up. What takes place in general with many, takes place with everyone in particular of a like character, for in the spiritual world such as the general is, such is the particular (See in the work on Heaven and Hell 73). By "book" is meant a scroll, because in ancient times there were no types and thus no books like those at the present day, but there were scrolls of parchments; so "books" in Revelation mean scrolls, and "heaven departed as a book rolled up" means as a scroll rolled up; the same as in Isaiah:

All the host of the heavens shall waste away, and the heavens shall be rolled up as a book (Isaiah 34:4).

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1151

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1151. 'Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras' were just so many nations with whom such worship existed, and who in the internal sense mean just so many differing types of doctrine which were one and the same as the forms of ritual which they observed devoutly. This is quite clear from the Word where these nations are mentioned in various places, for those nations everywhere mean external worship, sometimes external worship corresponding to internal, sometimes the contrary The reason the latter is sometimes meant is that all Churches everywhere altered in the course of time, and altered indeed into something contrary. The fact that the nations named here mean nothing other than external worship, and therefore their doctrinal teachings, which were forms of ritual, becomes clear, as has been stated, from other parts of the Word, chiefly in the Prophets.

[2] Magog, Meshech, Tubal, and Gomer are referred to in Ezekiel as follows,

Son of man, set your face 1 towards Gog, the land of Magog, the prince, the head of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince, the head of Meshech and Tubal; and I will turn you about, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you back, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company, with shield and buckler, all of them wielding swords: Persia, Cush, and Put with them; Gomer and all on his flanks; Bethtogarmah, the uttermost parts of the north, and all on his Ranks. In the latter years you will come upon the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel, which have been made a waste. Ezekiel 38:2-6, 8.

The subject in the whole of this chapter is a Church that became corrupted and which at length focused the whole of worship in external things or religious observances once charity, meant by 'the mountains of Israel', had been destroyed. Here 'Gog and the land of Magog, the prince and head of Meshech and Tubal' is worship confined to external things. Anyone may see that Gog and Magog are not the subject, for the Word of the Lord does not deal with worldly things, but embodies Divine matters.

[3] In the same prophet,

Prophesy against Gog and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince, the head of Meshech and Tubal; and I will bring you back, and will split you into six, and make you come up from the uttermost parts of the north and bring you on to the mountains of Israel. On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all on your flanks, and the peoples that are with you. Ezekiel 39:1-2, 4.

The subject in the whole of this chapter is likewise external worship separated from internal and made idolatrous. Such worship is meant here by 'Gog, Meshech and Tubal' who are also used to mean the matters of doctrine which people adopt and then confirm from the literal sense of the Word, and in so doing falsify truths and destroy internal worship. For, as has been stated, those same nations also mean contrary things.

[4] In John,

When the thousand years have come to an end, Satan will be loosed from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth. Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. They went up over the breadth 2 of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, [and] the beloved city. Revelation 20:7-9.

Here also 'Gog and Magog' has a similar meaning. External worship separated from internal, that is, separated from love to the Lord and from love towards the neighbour, is nothing but idolatrous worship which 'surrounds the camp of the saints and the beloved city'.

[5] Meshech and Tubal are referred to in Ezekiel as follows,

Meshech and Tubal are there, and all their crowd; round about it are its graves; all of them are uncircumcised, pierced by the sword, for they spread their terror in the land of the living. Ezekiel 32:26.

This refers to Egypt, that is, to factual knowledge by means of which people wish to inquire into spiritual things. 'Meshech and Tubal' stands for doctrinal teachings, which were forms of ritual, which are called 'uncircumcised' when love does not exist. Consequently they are 'pierced by the sword, and a terror in the land of the living'.

[6] Javan is referred to in Joel,

You have sold the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem to the sons of the Javanites, 3 to remove them far away from their border. Joel 3:6.

'The sons of Judah' stands for things on the celestial side of faith, 'the sons of Jerusalem' for those on the spiritual side, and so for things that are internal. 'The sons of the Javanites' stands for worship in external things that is separated from internal worship; and because this worship is so far removed from that which is internal it is said that they 'removed them far away from their border'.

[7] 'Javan and Tubal' in Isaiah stands for true external worship itself,

One is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they will come and see My glory, and I will set a sign among them And I will send survivors from them to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands far off that have not heard My fame and have not seen My glory; and they will declare My glory among the nations. Isaiah 66:18-19.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom and His Coming. 'Tubal and Javan' stands for those whose worship is external corresponding to internal and who are to be informed about internal things.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, faces

2. literally, the plain

3. i.e. the Greeks

  
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