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Micah 5

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1 iv nu Sår i din Hud! De bar opkastet en Vold imod os; med Stokken slår de Israels Hersker på Kinden.

2 Og du du Betlehems-Efrata, liden til at være blandt Judas Tusinder! Af dig skal udgå mig een til at være Hersker i Israel. Hans Udspring er fra fordum, fra Evigheds Dage.

3 Derfor giver han dem hen, så længe til hun, som skal føde, føder, og esten af hans Brødre vender hjem til Israeliterne.

4 Han skal stå og vogte i HE ENs Kraft, i HE EN sin Guds høje Navn. De skal bo trygt, thi nu skal hans Storhed nå Jordens Grænser.

5 Og han skal være Fred. Når Assur trænger ind i vort Land, og når han træder ind i vore Borge, stiller vi syv Hyrder imod ham og otte fyrstelige Mænd,

6 som skal vogte Assurs Land med Sværd og Nimrods Land med Klinge. Og han skal fri os fra Assur, når han trænger ind i vort Land, træder ind på vore Enemærker.

7 Da bliver Jakobs est i de mange Folkeslags Midte som Dug, der kommer fra HE EN, som egnens Dråber på Græs, der ikke venter på nogen eller bier på Menneskens Børn.

8 Da bliver Jakobs est blandt Folkene i de mange Folkeslags Midte som en Løve blandt Skovens Dyr, en Ungløve blandt Fårehjorde, der nedtramper, når den går frem, og sønderriver redningsløst.

9 Din Hånd skal være over dine Uvenner, alle dine Fjender ryddes bort.

10 På hin Dag, lyder det fra HE EN, udrydder jeg Hestene af dig, dine Stridsvogne gør jeg til intet.

11 rydder Byerne bort i dit Land, river alle dine Fæstninger ned,

12 rydder Trolddommen bort af din Hånd, Tegntydere får du ej mer;

13 jeg rydder dine Billeder bort, Stenstøtterne bort af din Midte og du skal ikke mer tilbede dine Hænders Værk.

14 Jeg udrydder dine Asjerer og lægger dine Afguder øde;

15 i Vrede og Harme tager jeg Hævn over Folk, som ikke vil høre.

   


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Apocalypse Revealed # 901

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901. 21:13 Three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. This symbolically means that concepts of truth and goodness which have in them spiritual life from the Lord out of heaven and introduce into the New Church are provided for people who possess more or less love or affection for goodness, and for people who possess more or less wisdom or affection for truth.

The gates now symbolize concepts of truth and goodness which have in them spiritual life from the Lord out of heaven, because over the gates were twelve angels with the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel written on them, and these symbolize this life in those concepts, as is apparent from the explanation just above in no. 900. That the gates symbolize concepts of truth and goodness which introduce into the New Church may be seen in no. 899 above.

There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west, because the east symbolizes love and an affection for goodness in a higher degree, thus in greater measure, whereas the west symbolizes love and an affection for goodness in a lower degree, thus in lesser measure; and the south symbolizes wisdom and an affection for truth in a higher degree, thus in greater measure, whereas the north symbolizes wisdom and an affection for truth in a lower degree, thus in lesser measure. The east, west, south and north have these symbolic meanings because the Lord is the sun in the spiritual world, and east and west are determined by the direction He faces, with the south and north on either side - to His right the south, and to His left the north. Consequently people who possess love toward the Lord and its attending affection in a greater measure live in the east, and in a lesser measure in the west, while those who possess wisdom from an affection for truth in a greater measure live in the south, and in a lesser measure in the north.

That the dwellings of angels in heaven are arranged in this way may be seen in the book Heaven and Hell (London 1758), nos. 141-153.

There are three gates facing each of the cardinal points of the compass because the number three symbolizes all (nos. 400, 505).

  
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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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Psalms 11:2-3

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2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?