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Miicaah 4

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1 Sed iam en la tempo estonta la monto de la domo de la Eternulo staros kiel cxefo inter la montoj, kaj gxi estos pli alta ol cxiuj altajxoj; kaj fluos al gxi popoloj.

2 Kaj iros multaj nacioj, kaj diros:Venu, ni iru supren sur la monton de la Eternulo kaj en la domon de Dio de Jakob, por ke Li instruu nin pri Siaj vojoj kaj ke ni iru laux Lia irejo; cxar el Cion eliros la instruo, kaj la vorto de la Eternulo el Jerusalem.

3 Kaj Li jugxos inter multe da popoloj, kaj Li decidos pri potencaj nacioj en landoj malproksimaj; kaj ili forgxos el siaj glavoj plugilojn kaj el siaj lancoj rikoltilojn; ne levos nacio glavon kontraux nacion, kaj oni ne plu lernos militon.

4 Sed cxiu sidos sub sia vinberujo kaj sub sia figarbo, kaj neniu timigos; cxar la busxo de la Eternulo Cebaot tion diris.

5 CXiuj popoloj iros cxiu en la nomo de sia dio, sed ni irados en la nomo de la Eternulo, nia dio, cxiam kaj eterne.

6 En tiu tago, diras la Eternulo, Mi kolektos la lamulojn, kunvenigos la dispelitojn, kaj tiujn, kiujn Mi suferigis.

7 Kaj la lamulojn Mi faros restantaro, kaj la suferintojn potenca nacio, kaj la Eternulo regxos super ili sur la monto Cion de nun kaj eterne.

8 Kaj vi, ho turo de la grego, fortikajxo de la filino de Cion, al vi venos, revenos la antauxa regxado, la regno de la filino de Jerusalem.

9 Kial vi nun ploras tiel lauxte? CXu vi ne havas regxon? cxu pereis viaj konsilistoj, ke vin atakis doloroj kiel naskantinon?

10 Suferu, kaj havu dolorojn, ho filino de Cion, kiel naskantino; cxar nun vi eliros el la urbo kaj logxos sur la kampo kaj venos gxis Babel; tie vi estos savata; tie la Eternulo liberigos vin el la mano de viaj malamikoj.

11 Nun kolektigxis kontraux vi multe da nacioj, kiuj diras:GXi malsanktigxu, kun gxuo ni rigardu Cionon!

12 Sed ili ne scias la pensojn de la Eternulo, ili ne komprenas Lian intencon, ke Li kolektis ilin kiel garbojn en la drasxejon.

13 Levigxu kaj drasxu, ho filino de Cion, cxar vian kornon Mi faros fera, viajn hufojn Mi faros kupraj, kaj vi dispremos multe da popoloj, vi konsekros al la Eternulo ilian akiritajxon, kaj ilian havajxon al la Sinjoro de la tuta tero.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 685

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685. And he shall reign unto the ages of the ages, signifies His dominion by means of Divine truth to eternity. This is evident from the signification of "to reign," as being in reference to the Lord to have dominion by means of Divine truth (of which presently); also from the signification of "unto the ages of the ages," as being to eternity. "Unto the ages of the ages" means to eternity because the sense of the letter of the Word is natural, and to it the spiritual sense corresponds. The natural sense of the Word consists of such things as are in nature, which in general have reference to times and spaces and to places and persons, and "the ages of the ages" belong to times to which eternity corresponds in the spiritual sense. It is similar with "generation of generations," where the propagation of faith and charity in the church is treated of.

[2] "To reign" signifies in reference to the Lord to have dominion by means of Divine truth, because dominion is predicated of good, and to reign of truth, for the Lord is called "Lord" [Dominus] from Divine good, and "king" from Divine truth. This is why here and there in the Word, both terms, dominion and kingdom, or to have dominion and to reign, are used, as in the following passages. In Micah:

Thou, O hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall come and shall return the former dominion, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem (Micah 4:8).

Because "the daughter of Zion" signifies the celestial church, the essential of which is the good of love, "dominion" is predicated of it, while "kingdom" is predicated of "the daughter of Jerusalem" because that signifies the spiritual church, the essential of which is the truth of doctrine.

[3] In David:

Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all the ages, and thy dominion to every generation and generation (Psalms 145:13).

In Daniel:

To the Son of man there was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom. His dominion is a dominion of an age, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed (Daniel 7:14).

In the same-

The kingdom and the dominion and the majesty of kingdoms shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High (Daniel 7:27).

In these passages "dominion" is predicated of good, because from good the Lord is called "Lord," and "kingdom" is predicated of truth, because from truth the Lord is called "King," as in Revelation:

He who sat upon the white horse had on His garment and on His thigh a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19:16).

"King of kings" is said to be the name "on the garment," and "Lord of lords" the name "on the thigh," for "garment" signifies truth, here Divine truth, since the Lord is meant, and "thigh" signifies good, here the Divine good of the Divine love. The like is true as applied to men, in David:

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers consulted together (Psalms 2:2).

From this it can be seen what is signified in particular by "reigning unto the ages of the ages." That "kingdom" signifies heaven and the church in respect to the truth of doctrine may be seen above n. 48; therefore "to reign" belongs to the Lord alone, and when it is said of men it means to be in truths from good from the Lord, and to have power therefrom to resist the falsities from evil n. 333.

  
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