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Deuteronomio 30

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1 Kaj kiam venos sur vin cxiuj cxi tiuj aferoj, la beno kaj la malbeno, kiujn mi prezentis al vi, kaj vi pentos per via koro inter cxiuj popoloj, inter kiujn jxetis vin la Eternulo, via Dio;

2 kaj kiam vi revenos al la Eternulo, via Dio, kaj auxskultos Lian vocxon konforme al cxio, kion mi ordonas al vi hodiaux, vi kaj viaj gefiloj, per via tuta koro kaj per via tuta animo:

3 tiam la Eternulo, via Dio, revenigos viajn kaptitojn, kaj Li kompatos vin, kaj rekolektos vin el inter cxiuj popoloj, inter kiujn disjxetis vin la Eternulo, via Dio.

4 Ecx se vi estus forjxetita gxis la rando de la cxielo, ecx el tie rekolektos vin la Eternulo, via Dio, kaj el tio Li vin prenos.

5 Kaj la Eternulo, via Dio, venigos vin en la landon, kiun posedis viaj patroj, kaj vi gxin ekposedos; kaj Li faros al vi bonon kaj multigos vin pli ol viajn patrojn.

6 Kaj la Eternulo, via Dio, cirkumcidos vian koron kaj la koron de via idaro, por ke vi amu la Eternulon, vian Dion, per via tuta koro kaj per via tuta animo, por ke vi vivu.

7 Kaj la Eternulo, via Dio, venigos cxiujn cxi tiujn malbenojn sur viajn malamikojn kaj sur viajn malamantojn, kiuj persekutis vin.

8 Kaj vi konvertigxos kaj auxskultos la vocxon de la Eternulo, kaj plenumos cxiujn Liajn ordonojn, kiujn mi transdonas al vi hodiaux.

9 Kaj la Eternulo, via Dio, donos al vi abundon en cxiu faro de viaj manoj, en la frukto de via ventro kaj en la frukto de via bruto kaj en la frukto de via tero, al via bono; cxar denove la Eternulo gxojos pri vi, farante al vi bonon, kiel Li gxojis pri viaj patroj;

10 se vi auxskultos la vocxon de la Eternulo, via Dio, observante Liajn ordonojn kaj Liajn legxojn, kiuj estas skribitaj en cxi tiu libro de instruo, se vi revenos al la Eternulo, via Dio, per via tuta koro kaj per via tuta animo.

11 CXar cxi tiu ordono, kiun mi donas al vi hodiaux, ne estas neatingebla por vi, kaj gxi ne estas malproksima.

12 Ne en la cxielo gxi estas, por ke oni povu diri:Kiu suprenirus por ni en la cxielon kaj prenus gxin por ni kaj auxdigus gxin al ni, por ke ni gxin plenumu?

13 Kaj ne trans la maro gxi estas, por ke oni povu diri:Kiu irus por ni trans la maron kaj prenus gxin por ni kaj auxdigus gxin al ni, por ke ni gxin plenumu?

14 Sed tre proksime de vi estas la afero:en via busxo kaj en via koro, por plenumi gxin.

15 Rigardu, mi proponis al vi hodiaux la vivon kaj bonon, kaj la morton kaj malbonon;

16 ordonante al vi ami la Eternulon, vian Dion, iri laux Liaj vojoj, kaj observi Liajn ordonojn kaj Liajn legxojn kaj Liajn decidojn, por ke vi vivu kaj multigxu, kaj por ke vin benu la Eternulo, via Dio, en la lando, en kiun vi venas, por ekposedi gxin.

17 Sed se deklinigxos via koro kaj vi ne auxskultos kaj vi lasos forlogi vin kaj vi adorklinigxos al aliaj dioj kaj servos al ili:

18 en tia okazo mi sciigas al vi hodiaux, ke vi pereos, ke vi ne longe vivos sur la tero, sur kiun vi transiras trans Jordanon, por veni tien kaj ekposedi gxin.

19 Mi atestigas pri vi hodiaux la cxielon kaj la teron:la vivon kaj la morton mi proponis al vi, la benon kaj la malbenon; elektu la vivon, por ke vi vivu, vi kaj via idaro,

20 amante la Eternulon, vian Dion, auxskultante Lian vocxon kaj alkrocxante vin al Li; cxar Li estas via vivo kaj via longatempeco de logxado sur la tero, pri kiu la Eternulo jxuris al viaj patroj, al Abraham, al Isaak, kaj al Jakob, ke Li donos al ili.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 635

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635. 14:10 "He himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed with pure wine in the cup of His indignation." This symbolically means that they falsify the Word's goods and truths and steep themselves in a life in accordance with their falsification of them.

This is the symbolic meaning of this declaration, because the wine of the wrath of God mixed with pure wine symbolizes the Word's truth falsified. The cup of His indignation symbolizes truth which leads to good, likewise falsified. And to drink means, symbolically, to adopt these falsified truths, or to steep oneself in a life in accordance with them.

That wine symbolizes the Word's truth may be seen in no. 316. That the wine of the wrath of God symbolizes the Word's truth adulterated and falsified may be seen in no. 632. Being mixed with pure wine clearly symbolizes its falsification. The cup also has the same symbolic meaning as the wine, because the cup is its containing vessel.

To drink means, symbolically, to steep one's life in the falsifications, because this declaration is made to people who live in accordance with the doctrine of justification by faith alone, as may be seen just above in no. 634.

Mixing wine, or wine mixed, symbolizes the falsification of truth also in the book of Psalms:

...in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and He has mixed it with wine; He has filled it with mixed wine and poured it out, and... all the impious of the earth shall drink it. (Psalms 75:8)

[2] The Word in many places mentions wrath and indignation together, and wrath there is predicated of evil, while indignation is predicated of falsity, because people caught up in evil are wrathful, while people caught up in falsity are indignant. Both characteristics, moreover, are in the Word attributed to Jehovah, that is, to the Lord, but it means that someone is wrathful or indignant at the Lord (see no. 525 above).

That the Word mentions wrath and indignation together is apparent from the following passages there:

...Jehovah comes... with indignation and wrath... ...the earth will move out of her place... in the day (of the indignation) of His wrath. (Isaiah 13:5, 9, 13)

...Assyria, the rod of My wrath... I will order him... against the people of My indignation (Isaiah 10:4-7)

I... will fight against you... in wrath... and in... indignation. (Jeremiah 21:5)

Behold, I am gathering them... in My wrath and in My indignation... (Jeremiah 32:37)

...the wrath of Jehovah is against all nations, and His indignation against the whole host of them. (Isaiah 34:2)

...Jehovah... will repay in His indignation and wrath... (Isaiah 66:15)

I have trodden down the peoples in My wrath, and made them drunk in My indignation... (Isaiah 63:6)

...My wrath and My indignation will be poured out on this place... (Jeremiah 7:20)

And so on elsewhere, as in Jeremiah 33:5, Ezekiel 5:13, Deuteronomy 29:28. Also the indignation of wrath, Isaiah 13:13.

But in Isaiah:

Only in Jehovah... righteousness and strength... And all shall be ashamed who are indignant against Him. (Isaiah 45:24)

  
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Apocalypse Revealed # 316

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316. "And do not harm the oil and the wine." This symbolizes the Lord's provision that they not violate and profane the goods and truths concealed inwardly in the Word.

Oil symbolizes the goodness of love, and wine the truth springing from that goodness. Thus the oil here symbolizes sacred goodness, and the wine sacred truth. The Lord's provision that these not be violated and profaned is symbolized by the people's being told not to harm them. For this instruction came from the midst of the four living creatures, thus from the Lord (no. 314). Whatever the Lord says He also provides. That this is something He provides may be seen in nos. 314 and 255 above.

That oil symbolizes the goodness of love - this we will see in nos. 778, 779 below.

That wine symbolizes the truth springing from that goodness is clear from the following passages:

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes..., buy wine and milk without money... (Isaiah 55:1)

It shall come to pass in that day that the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills flow with milk... (Joel 3:18, cf. Amos 9:13-14)

Joy is taken away... from Carmel, and in the vineyards there will be no singing... No treaders will tread out wine in the presses; I have made their shouting cease. (Isaiah 16:10, cf. Jeremiah 48:32-33)

Carmel symbolizes the spiritual church, because it had vineyards there.

[2] ...wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth... The vinedressers have wailed... (Joel 1:5, 10-11)

Almost the same images occur in Hosea 9:2-3.

He washes his clothing in wine, and His vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are red with wine... (Genesis 49:11-12)

The subject is the Lord, and the wine symbolizes Divine truth. That is why the Lord instituted the Holy Supper, in which the bread symbolizes the Lord in respect to Divine good, and the wine the Lord in respect to Divine truth; and in their recipients the bread symbolizes a sacred goodness, and the wine sacred truth, received from the Lord. Therefore He said,

I say to you, that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you... in My Father's kingdom. (Matthew 26:29, cf. Luke 22:18)

Because bread and wine have these symbolic meanings, so too Melchizedek, going to meet Abram, brought out bread and wine, he being a priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram (Genesis 14:18-19).

[3] The grain offering and drink offering used in sacrifices had similar symbolic meanings, as described in Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19ff. The grain offering was an offering of wheat flour, thus taking the place of bread, and the drink offering was an offering of wine.

It can be seen from this what these words of the Lord symbolize:

Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins... But they put the... wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. (Matthew 9:17, cf. Luke 5:37-38)

New wine is the Divine truth in the New Testament, thus in the New Church, and the old wine is the Divine truth in the Old Testament, thus in the old church.

A similar idea is symbolized by these words of the Lord at the wedding in Cana of Galilee:

Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now! (John 2:1-10)

[4] Something similar is symbolized by the wine in the Lord's parable concerning the man wounded by thieves, on whose wound the Samaritan poured oil and wine (Luke 10:33-34); for the man wounded by thieves means people whom the Jews wounded spiritually by evils and falsities, and to whom the Samaritan brought aid by pouring oil and wine on their wounds, that is, by teaching them goodness and truth, and as far as possible, healing them.

Sacred truth is symbolized by wine and new wine also elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah 1:21-22; 25:6; 36:17.

[5] Because of this, a vineyard in the Word symbolizes a church that possesses truths from the Lord.

That wine symbolizes sacred truth can be seen also from its opposite meaning, in which it symbolizes truth falsified and profaned, as in the following places:

Harlotry, wine, and new wine have taken hold of the heart... Their wine is gone, they commit harlotry continually. (Hosea 4:11, 18)

Harlotry symbolizes the falsification of truth, and so, too, do the wine and new wine here.

...in the hand of Jehovah a cup, and He mixed it with wine; He filled it with the mixture and poured it out, and its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth, sucking, drink. (Psalms 75:8)

Babylon was a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they are deranged. (Jeremiah 51:7)

Babylon has fallen..., because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication... If anyone worships the beast..., he shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed with undiluted wine in the cup of the wrath (of God). (Revelation 14:8-10)

(Babylon has made) all the nations (drink) of the wine... of her fornication. (Revelation 18:3)

...great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. (Revelation 16:19)

...the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (Revelation 17:1-2)

[6] The wine that Belshazzar, the king of Babylon, and his lords and wives and concubines drank from the vessels of the Temple in Jerusalem, while they praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone (Daniel 5:2-4) - that wine symbolized nothing else but the sacred truth of the Word and church profaned, which is why the writing then appeared on the wall, and the king that very night was slain (Daniel 5:25, 30)

Wine symbolizes truth falsified also in Isaiah 5:11-12, 21-22; 28:1, 3, 7; 29:9; 56:11-12.

The drink offering that they poured out as an offering to idols has the same symbolic meaning in Isaiah 65:11; 57:6; Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19; Ezekiel 20:28; Deuteronomy 32:38.

It is owing to its correspondence that wine symbolizes sacred truth, and in an opposite sense, truth profaned. For when a person reads "wine" in the Word, angels - who apprehend everything spiritually - have just this interpretation of it. Such is the correspondence between the natural thoughts of people and the spiritual thoughts of angels. The case is the same with the wine in the Holy Supper. That is why the Holy Supper occasions an introduction into heaven (no. 224 at the end).

  
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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.