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1 Da blev Jesus af Ånden ført op i Ørkenen for at fristes af Djævelen.

2 Og da han havde fastet fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter, blev han omsider hungrig.

3 Og Fristeren gik til ham og sagde: "Er du Guds Søn, da sig, at disse Sten skulle blive Brød."

4 Men han svarede og sagde: "Der er skrevet: Mennesket skal ikke leve af Brød alene, men af hvert Ord, som udgår igennem Guds Mund."

5 Da. tager Djævelen ham med sig til den hellige Stad og stiller ham Helligdommens Tinde og siger til ham:

6 "Er du Guds Søn, da kast dig herned; thi der er skrevet: Han skal give sine Engle Befaling om dig, og de skulle bære dig Hænder, for at du ikke skal støde din Fod nogen Sten."

7 Jesus sagde til ham: "Der er atter skrevet: Du må ikke friste Herren din Gud."

8 Atter tager Djævelen ham med sig op på et såre højt Bjerg og viser ham alle Verdens iger og deres Herlighed; og han sagde til ham:

9 "Alt dette vil jeg give dig, dersom du vil falde ned og tilbede mig."

10 Da siger Jesus til ham: "Vig bort, Satan! thi der er skrevet: Du skal tilbede Herren din Gud og tjene ham alene."

11 Da forlader Djævelen ham, og se, Engle kom til ham og tjente ham.

12 Men da Jesus hørte, at Johannes var kastet i Fængsel, drog han bort til Galilæa.

13 Og han forlod Nazareth og kom og tog Bolig i Kapernaum, som ligger ved Søen, i Sebulons og Nafthalis Egne,

14 for at det skulde opfyldes, som er talt ved Profeten Esajas, som siger:

15 "Sebulons Land og Nafthalis Land langs Søen, Landet hinsides Jordan, Hedningernes Galilæa,

16 det Folk, som sad i Mørke, har set et stort Lys, og for dem, som sad i Dødens Land og Skygge, for dem er der opgået et Lys."

17 Fra den Tid begyndte Jesus at prædike og sige: "Omvender eder, thi Himmeriges ige er kommet nær."

18 Men da han vandrede ved Galilæas Sø, så han to Brødre, Simon, som kaldes Peter, og Andreas, hans Broder, i Færd med at kaste Garn i Søen; thi de vare Fiskere.

19 Og han siger til dem: "Følger efter mig, så vil jeg gøre eder til Menneskefiskere."

20 Og de forlode straks Garnene og fulgte ham.

21 Og da han derfra gik videre, så han to andre Brødre, Jakob, Zebedæus's Søn, og Johannes, hans Broder, i Skibet med deres Fader Zebedæus, i Færd med at bøde deres Garn, og han kaldte på dem.

22 Og de forlode straks Skibet og deres Fader og fulgte ham.

23 Og Jesus gik omkring i hele Galilæa, idet han lærte i deres Synagoger og prædikede igets Evangelium og helbredte enhver Sygdom og enhver Skrøbelighed iblandt Folket.

24 Og hans y kom ud over hele Syrien; og de bragte til ham alle dem, som lede af mange Hånde Sygdomme og vare plagede af Lidelser, både besatte og månesyge og værkbrudne; og han helbredte dem.

25 Og store Skarer fulgte ham fra Galilæa og Dekapolis og Jerusalem og Judæa og fra Landet hinsides Jordan.

   


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Apocalypse Revealed # 546

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546. Then the woman fled into the wilderness. (12:6) This symbolizes the church, namely, the New Jerusalem, being at first among few.

The woman symbolizes the New Church (no. 533), and the wilderness symbolizes a circumstance in which there are no longer any truths. The church is symbolized as being at first among few because the statement follows, "Where she has a place prepared by God, that they may feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days," which symbolizes the state of that church then, that in the meantime provision may be made for it to exist among more people until it grows to its appointed state (no. 547).

A wilderness in the Word symbolizes:

1. A church devastated, or one in which the Word's truths have all been falsified, as was the case with the Jews at the time of the Lord's advent.

2. A church without truths, because it does not have the Word, as was the case with upright gentiles at the time of the Lord's advent.

3. A state of temptation or trial, in which a person is seemingly without truths, being surrounded by evil spirits who induce the temptation or trial and appear to rob him of his truths.

[2] 1. That a wilderness symbolizes a church devastated, or one in which the Word's truths have all been falsified, as was the case with the Jews at the time of the Lord's advent: This is apparent from the following passages:

Is this the man who shook the earth, who made kingdoms tremble, who made the world as a wilderness...? (Isaiah 14:16-17)

This said in reference to Babylon.

On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers...; ...the palace will be deserted... (Isaiah 32:13-14)

I beheld, and lo, Carmel was a wilderness... "The whole land shall be a wasteland." (Jeremiah 4:26-27)

The land is the church (no. 285).

...shepherds have destroyed My vineyard..., they have made the field of My desire a desolate wilderness... The devastators are coming... in the wilderness. (Jeremiah 12:10, 12)

...(the vine) is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. (Ezekiel 19:13)

...fire has devoured the habitations of the wilderness. (Joel 1:19-20)

...the day of Jehovah is coming... The land is like the Garden of Eden before it, but after it a desolate wilderness. (Joel 2:1, 3)

...see the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of darkness? (Jeremiah 2:31)

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God." (Isaiah 40:3)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 33:9; Jeremiah 3:2; 23:10; Lamentations 5:9; Hosea 2:2-3; 13:15; Joel 3:19; Malachi 1:3; Matthew 24:26; Luke 13:35.

That such is the state of the church today may be seen in no. 566 below.

[3] 2. That a wilderness symbolizes a church without truths, because it does not have the Word, as was the case with upright gentiles at the time of the Lord's advent: This is apparent from these passages:

...the Spirit shall be poured upon us from on high, then the wilderness shall become a fertile field...; and judgment will dwell in the wilderness... (Isaiah 32:15-16)

(I will put) fountains in the midst of the valleys, [and turn] the wilderness into a pool of water... I will put in the wilderness the shittim cedar... and the oil tree. (Isaiah 41:18-19)

He will turn a wilderness into a pool of water, and dry land into springs of water. (Psalms 107:35-36)

I will make a road in the wilderness, rivers in the desert... to give drink to My people, My chosen. (Isaiah 43:19-20)

...Jehovah... will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; gladness and joy will be found in her... (Isaiah 51:3)

The habitations of the wilderness drip... (Psalms 65:12-13)

Let the wilderness... lift up (its) voice... Let the inhabitants of the rock sing... (Isaiah 43:10-11)

[4] 3. That a wilderness symbolizes a state of temptation or trial, in which a person is seemingly without truths, being surrounded by evil spirits who induce the temptation or trial and appear to rob him of his truths: This is apparent from Matthew 4:1-3, Mark 1:12-13.

  
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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.