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Exodus 7

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1 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Vaata, ma panen sind vaaraole jumalaks ja su vend Aaron olgu sulle prohvetiks.

2 Sina räägi kõik, mida ma sind käsin, ja su vend Aaron rääkigu vaaraole, et ta laseks Iisraeli lapsed oma maalt ära minna.

3 Aga mina teen kõvaks vaarao südame ja teen palju imetegusid ja tunnustähti Egiptusemaal.

4 Vaarao ei kuula teid, aga mina panen oma käe Egiptuse vastu ja viin oma väehulgad, oma rahva, Iisraeli lapsed Egiptusemaalt välja suurte nuhtluste abil.

5 Ja Egiptus peab tundma, et mina olen Issand, kui ma sirutan oma käe Egiptuse kohale ja viin Iisraeli lapsed nende keskelt välja!'

6 Ja Mooses ja Aaron tegid nõnda; nagu Issand neid oli käskinud, nõnda nad tegid.

7 Mooses oli kaheksakümmend aastat vana ja Aaron oli kaheksakümmend kolm aastat vana, kui nad vaaraoga rääkisid.

8 Ja Issand rääkis Moosese ja Aaroniga, öeldes:

9 'Kui vaarao räägib teiega ja ütleb: Tehke mõni tunnustäht!, siis ütle Aaronile: Võta oma kepp ja viska vaarao ette, siis see muutub maoks!'

10 Siis Mooses ja Aaron läksid vaarao juurde ja tegid nõnda, nagu Issand oli käskinud. Aaron viskas oma kepi vaarao ja ta sulaste ette ja see muutus maoks.

11 Aga vaaraogi kutsus targad ja nõiad, ja Egiptuse võlurid tegid oma salakunstidega ka sedasama:

12 igaüks neist viskas oma kepi maha ja need muutusid madudeks; aga Aaroni kepp neelas nende kepid ära.

13 Ja vaarao süda jäi kõvaks ja ta ei kuulanud neid, nagu Issand oli öelnud.

14 Siis Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Vaarao süda on kalk, ta keeldub rahvast ära laskmast.

15 Mine hommikul vaarao juurde, kui ta läheb vee äärde, ja astu temale vastu Niiluse jõe ääres. Võta kätte kepp, mis muutus maoks,

16 ja ütle temale: Issand, heebrealaste Jumal, on mind läkitanud sinu juurde, et ma ütleksin: Lase mu rahvas minna ja mind kõrbes teenida! Aga vaata, sa ei ole senini kuulda võtnud.

17 Seepärast ütleb Issand nõnda: Sellest sa tunned, et mina olen Issand: vaata, ma löön kepiga, mis mul käes on, jõe vett, ja see muutub vereks.

18 Kalad jões surevad ja jõgi hakkab haisema, nõnda et egiptlased jõest vett juues tunnevad tülgastust.'

19 Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Ütle Aaronile: Võta oma kepp ja siruta käsi egiptlaste vete kohale, nende jõgede, kanalite, tiikide ja kõigi veekogude kohale, et need muutuksid vereks. Siis on kogu Egiptusemaal veri, niihästi puu- kui kiviastjais.'

20 Ja Mooses ja Aaron tegid nõnda, nagu Issand oli käskinud. Ta tõstis kepi üles ning lõi Niiluse jõe vett vaarao ja ta sulaste silma ees, ja kõik vesi jões muutus vereks.

21 Ja kalad jões surid, jõgi haises ja egiptlased ei saanud jõest vett juua; ja veri oli kogu Egiptusemaal.

22 Aga Egiptuse võlurid tegid oma salakunstidega sedasama. Ja vaarao süda jäi kõvaks ning ta ei kuulanud neid, nagu Issand oli öelnud.

23 Ja vaarao pöördus ümber ning läks oma kotta ega võtnud ka seda südamesse.

24 Aga kõik egiptlased kaevasid Niiluse jõe ümbruses joogivett otsides, sest nad ei saanud jõe vett juua.

25 Möödus seitse päeva Niiluse jõe löömisest Issanda poolt.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2535

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2535. 'He will pray for you' means that it will thus be revealed. This is clear from the meaning of 'praying'. Regarded in itself prayer is talking to God and at the same time some inner view of the things that are being prayed for. Answering to this there is something akin to an influx into the perception or thought of the person's mind, which effects a certain opening of his internals towards God. But the experience varies according to the person's state and according to the essence of whatever he is praying for. If his prayer springs from love and faith, and if they are wholly celestial and spiritual things about which and for which he prays, something like a revelation is present within his prayer which manifests itself in the affection of the one praying in the form of hope, comfort, or some inward joy. This is why 'praying' in the internal sense means to be revealed. Here such a meaning is all the greater since it is a prophet who, it is said, will pray, and 'prophet' is used to mean the Lord, whose prayer was nothing else than an internal speaking to the Divine, and at the same time revelation. That there was revelation when He prayed is evident in Luke,

It happened, when Jesus was baptized and prayed, that heaven was opened. Luke 3:21.

In the same gospel,

It happened, when Jesus took Peter, James, and John, He went up on the mountain to pray. When He was praying the appearance of His face was altered, and His clothing became dazzling white. Luke 9:28-29.

Also in John, He said when praying,

Father, glorify Your name. Then a voice came from heaven, I have both glorified it and will glorify it again. John 12:27-28.

Here it is evident that the Lord's praying consisted in a talking to the Divine and at the same time in revelation.

  
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Revelation 11

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1 A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.

2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

3 I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."

4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth.

5 If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.

6 These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.

8 Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

9 From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

10 Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

11 After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.

12 I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.

13 In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly.

15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"

16 The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

17 saying: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.

18 The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

19 God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.