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Zeechaarja 6

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1 Mi levis denove miajn okulojn, kaj mi ekvidis:jen kvar cxaroj eliras el inter du montoj; kaj la montoj estas kupraj.

2 La unua cxaro havis cxevalojn rugxajn, la dua cxaro havis cxevalojn nigrajn,

3 la tria cxaro havis cxevalojn blankajn, kaj la kvara cxaro havis cxevalojn makulitajn kaj brunajn.

4 Mi ekparolis kaj diris al la angxelo, kiu parolis kun mi:Kio tio estas, mia sinjoro?

5 La angxelo respondis kaj diris al mi:Tio estas la kvar spiritoj de la cxielo, kiuj eliras post sia starado antaux la Reganto de la tuta tero.

6 La cxaro kun la nigraj cxevaloj iris al la lando norda, la blankaj iris post ili, kaj la makulitaj iris al la lando suda.

7 La brunaj eliris, kaj deziris trairi la teron; kaj li diris:Iru, trairu la teron; kaj ili trairis la teron.

8 Kaj li kriis al mi, kaj diris al mi jene:Vidu, tiuj, kiuj eliris al la lando norda, kontentigis Mian spiriton en la lando norda.

9 Kaj aperis al mi vorto de la Eternulo, dirante:

10 Prenu de la forkondukitoj, de HXeldaj, de Tobija, kaj de Jedaja, kaj iru en la domon de Josxija, filo de Cefanja, iru en la sama tago, kiam ili venos el Babel;

11 prenu argxenton kaj oron, kaj faru kronojn kaj metu sur la kapon de la cxefpastro Josuo, filo de Jehocadak,

12 kaj diru al li jene:Tiele diras la Eternulo Cebaot:Jen estas viro, kies nomo estas Markoto; li kreskos el sia loko kaj konstruos la templon de la Eternulo.

13 Li konstruos la templon de la Eternulo, li ricevos gloron kaj sidos kaj regos sur sia trono; li estos ankaux pastro sur sia trono, kaj konsiligxo paca estos inter ambaux.

14 Kaj tiuj kronoj estos cxe HXelem, Tobija, Jedaja, kaj HXen, filo de Cefanja, kiel memorajxo en la templo de la Eternulo.

15 Kaj malproksime logxantoj venos kaj konstruos en la templo de la Eternulo, kaj vi ekscios, ke la Eternulo Cebaot sendis min al vi; kaj tio okazos, se vi obeados la vocxon de la Eternulo, via Dio.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 474

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474. Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever. (10:6; 10:6) This symbolizes an attestation and testification of the Lord on His own authority.

The angel standing on the sea and on the land means the Lord (no. 470). Lifting up the hand to heaven symbolizes an attestation, here that there should be no more time (verse 6). Swearing symbolizes a testification, here that in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel the mystery of God would be concluded (verse 7). He who lives forever and ever means the Lord, as in Revelation 1:18; 4:9-10, and 5:14 above, and in Daniel 4:34. That the Lord swears on His own authority will be seen shortly.

It is apparent from this that the statement, "Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever," symbolizes an attestation and testification of the Lord on His own authority.

[2] That Jehovah swears or testifies on His own authority is clear from the following passages:

I have sworn by Myself; a word has gone out of My mouth (which) shall not return... (Isaiah 45:23)

I swear by Myself... that this house shall become a desolation. (Jeremiah 22:5)

Jehovah... has sworn by His soul. (Jeremiah 51:14, Amos 6:8)

...Jehovah has sworn by His holiness. (Amos 4:2)

Jehovah has sworn by His right hand and by the arm of His strength. (Isaiah 62:8)

Behold, I have sworn by My great name... (Jeremiah 44:26)

That Jehovah, which is to say, the Lord, swore by Himself or on His own authority means, symbolically, that Divine truth attests; for the Lord is Divine truth itself, and this attests of itself and on its own authority.

In addition to these passages, that Jehovah swore may be seen in Isaiah 14:24; 54:9, Psalms 89:3, 35; 95:11; 110:4; 132:11.

We are told that Jehovah swore because the church established with the children of Israel was a representational church, and the conjunction of the Lord with the church was represented by a covenant, like one made between two parties who swear to their compact. Therefore, because an oath was a part of any covenant, we are told that Jehovah swore. Still, this does not mean that He swore, but that Divine truth attests to something.

[3] That an oath was a part of any covenant is apparent from the following:

I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, so that you became Mine... (Ezekiel 16:8)

...to remember His covenant, the oath which He swore... (Luke 1:72-73; cf. Psalms 105:9, Jeremiah 11:5; 32:22, Deuteronomy 1:34; 10:11; 11:9, 21; 26:3, 15; 31:20; 34:4)

Because the covenant was representative of the conjunction of the Lord with the church, and reciprocally of the church with the Lord, and because an oath was a part of any covenant and was to be sworn on the ground of the truth in it, being sworn thus also in appeal to that truth, therefore the children of Israel were permitted to swear by Jehovah, and so in appeal to Divine truth (Exodus 20:7, Leviticus 19:12, Deuteronomy 6:13; 10:20, Isaiah 48:1; 65:16, Jeremiah 4:2, Zechariah 5:4).

After the representative constituents of the church were abrogated, however, the Lord also abrogated oaths to covenants (Matthew 5:33-37; 23:16-22).

  
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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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Deuteronomy 10:11

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11 Yahweh said to me, "Arise, take your journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them."