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1 Kaj kiam Jesuo estis naskita en Bet-Lehxem de Judujo en la tempo de la regxo Herodo, jen sagxuloj el la oriento venis al Jerusalem, dirante:

2 Kie estas tiu, kiu estas naskita Regxo de la Judoj? cxar ni vidis lian stelon en la oriento, kaj venis, por adorklinigxi al li.

3 Kaj kiam la regxo Herodo tion auxdis, li maltrankviligxis, kaj la tuta Jerusalem kun li.

4 Kaj kunveniginte cxiujn cxefpastrojn kaj skribistojn de la popolo, li demandis al ili, kie la Kristo devas naskigxi.

5 Kaj ili diris al li:En Bet-Lehxem de Judujo, cxar per la profeto estas skribite jene:

6 Kaj vi, ho Bet-Lehxem, lando de Judujo, Neniel estas plej malgranda inter la regantoj de Judujo; CXar el vi venos reganto, Kiu pasxtos Mian popolon Izrael.

7 Tiam Herodo sekrete venigis la sagxulojn, kaj precize sciigxis de ili pri la tempo, kiam aperis la stelo.

8 Kaj li sendis ilin al Bet-Lehxem, dirante:Iru kaj elsercxu zorge pri la knabeto; kaj kiam vi lin trovos, sciigu al mi, por ke mi ankaux venu kaj adorklinigxu al li.

9 Kaj auxdinte la regxon, ili ekvojiris; kaj jen la stelo, kiun ili vidis en la oriento, antauxiris ilin, gxis gxi venis kaj staris super la loko, kie estis la juna knabeto.

10 Kaj vidante la stelon, ili gxojis kun tre granda gxojo.

11 Kaj veninte en la domon, ili vidis la knabeton kun lia patrino Maria, kaj adorklinigxis al li; kaj malferminte siajn trezorojn, ili faligis sin kaj prezentis al li donacojn:oron kaj olibanon kaj mirhon.

12 Kaj avertite de Dio en songxo, ke ili ne iru returne al Herodo, ili foriris per alia vojo al sia lando.

13 Kaj post ilia foriro jen angxelo de la Eternulo aperis en songxo al Jozef, dirante:Levigxu, kaj prenu la knabeton kaj lian patrinon, kaj forrapidu en Egiptujon, kaj restu tie, gxis mi parolos al vi; cxar Herodo sercxos la knabeton, por lin pereigi.

14 Kaj li levigxis, kaj prenis la knabeton kaj lian patrinon nokte, kaj migris en Egiptujon,

15 kaj restis tie gxis la morto de Herodo; por ke plenumigxu tio, kion la Eternulo parolis per la profeto, dirante:El Egiptujo Mi vokis Mian filon.

16 Tiam Herodo, ekvidinte, ke li estas trompita de la sagxuloj, tre koleris; kaj sendinte, li mortigis cxiujn knabojn en Bet-Lehxem kaj en cxiuj gxiaj cxirkauxajxoj, havantajn du jarojn aux malpli, laux la tempo, pri kiu li precize sciigxis de la sagxuloj.

17 Tiam plenumigxis tio, kio estis dirita per la profeto Jeremia, nome:

18 Vocxo estas auxdita en Rama, GXemado kaj maldolcxa plorado, Rahxel priploras siajn infanojn, Kaj sxi ne volas konsoligxi, cxar ili forestas.

19 Sed kiam Herodo mortis, jen angxelo de la Eternulo aperis en songxo al Jozef en Egiptujo, dirante:

20 Levigxu, kaj prenu la knabeton kaj lian patrinon, kaj iru en la landon de Izrael; cxar mortis tiuj, kiuj atencis la vivon de la knabeto.

21 Kaj li levigxis, kaj prenis la knabeton kaj lian patrinon, kaj venis en la landon de Izrael.

22 Sed kiam li auxdis, ke Arhxelao regxas en Judujo anstataux sia patro Herodo, li timis iri tien; kaj avertite de Dio en songxo, li fortiris sin en la regionojn de Galileo,

23 kaj venis al kaj logxis en urbo nomata Nazaret, por ke plenumigxu tio, kio estis dirita per la profetoj, ke li estos nomata Nazaretano.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 72

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72. Verse 16. And having in His right hand seven stars, signifies all knowledges of good and truth from Him. This is evident from the signification of "having in His right hand," as being from Him; for "hand" signifies power, thus it signifies whatever pertains to one, and so also whatever is from him. It is said "right hand," because "right hand" signifies the power of good through truth. (That "hand" signifies power, see Arcana Coelestia, n. Arcana Coelestia 878, 3091, 4931-4937, 6947, 10019; and consequently that it signifies whatever pertains to one, and so also whatever is from him, 9133, 10019, 10405; that the "right hand" signifies the power of good through truth, see n. 9604, 9736, 10061; and that "the right hand of Jehovah" signifies the Lord's Divine power, thus omnipotence, see n. 3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 7673, 8281, 9133, 10019.) This is evident also from the signification of "stars," as being the knowledges of good and truth, of which more in what follows; and from the signification of "seven," as being all (See above, n. 20, 24).

[2] That "stars" signify the knowledges of good and truth, thus goods and truths, is from the appearance in the spiritual world; for there the Lord appears as a sun, and angels from afar off as stars. Angels appear thus from their reception of light from the Lord as a sun, thus from their reception of Divine truth, which is from the Lord, for this is the light of heaven. From this it is that it is said in Daniel:

The intelligent shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that justify many, as the stars for ever and ever (Daniel 12:3).

The "intelligent" are they that are in truths, and "they that justify" are those that are in good (See the work on Heaven and Hell 346-348).

[3] When it is known to any that the "sun" signifies the Lord in respect to Divine love, thus also Divine love from the Lord, and that "stars" signify the truths of the church and knowledges thereof, these can also know what is signified in the Word where it is said that "the sun shall be darkened," and that "the stars shall not give light," also that they "shall fall from heaven;" and also what "stars" signify when mentioned elsewhere in the Word, as in the following passages. In Isaiah:

I will make the land a waste, and destroy the sinners thereof out of it; the stars of the heaven and the constellations thereof shall not shine forth with their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not make bright her light (Isaiah 13:9-10).

The vastation of the church is here treated of, which is when there is no good of love any more, nor any truths of faith. The "land" that shall be laid waste is the church; the "land" is the church (as may be seen above, n. 29.

[4] In Ezekiel:

When I shall extinguish thee I will cover the heavens, and will make the stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not make her light to shine; all the luminaries of light will I make dark over thee, and I will set darkness upon the land (Ezekiel 32:7-8

"Darkness upon the land" means falsities in the church. In Joel:

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars withdraw their brightness (Joel 2:10-11; 3:15).

In Matthew:

In the consummation of the age, after the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken (Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24).

In Daniel:

From one of the horns of the he-goat went forth a horn, a little one, and it waxed exceeding great towards the south, and towards the east, and towards splendor; and it waxed great towards the host of the heavens; and some of the host and of the stars it cast down and trampled upon them. Yea, it magnified itself even to the Prince of the host (Daniel 8:9-11).

By the "host of the heavens" the goods and truths of the church in the complex are meant (See Arcana Coelestia 3448, 7236, 7988, 8019); in particular, such as combat against falsities (See n. 7277). From this Jehovah is called "Jehovah Zebaoth," that is, Jehovah of Hosts (See n. 3448, 7988).

[5] In Revelation:

The dragon with his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven to the earth (Revelation 12:4).

The "stars" here also are the goods and truths of the church, and the knowledges thereof; the "third part" is the greater part; but what is signified by the "dragon" will be told in what follows. In the same:

The stars of heaven fell unto the earth (Revelation 6:13).

In the same:

A star from heaven is fallen unto the earth (Revelation 9:1).

In the same:

There fell from heaven a great star burning as a torch; it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters (Revelation 8:10).

As "stars" signify the goods and truths of the church and the knowledges thereof, by their "falling from heaven" is signified that these perish. In David:

Jehovah telleth the number of the stars, He calleth them all by names (Psalms 147:4).

In the same:

Praise ye Jehovah, sun and moon; praise Him, all ye stars of light (Psalms 148:3).

In the book of Judges:

The kings came, they fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought (Judges 5:19-20).

Since the angels in the spiritual heaven shine as stars, and since all the truths and goods that are with the angels are from the Lord, therefore the Lord, as He is called an "Angel," is likewise called a "Star," as in Moses:

There shall arise a star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall arise out of Israel (Numbers 24:17).

In Revelation:

Jesus, the bright and morning Star (Revelation 22:16).

From this it can be seen:

Why the wise men from the east saw a star, and followed it, and why it stood where Jesus had been born (Matthew 2:1-2, 9).

From this it can now be known what is signified by the "seven stars" that were in the right hand of the Son of man, who there is the Lord in respect to the Divine Human (See above, n. 63).

  
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