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Jeremija 30

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1 Sõna, mis Jeremijale tuli Issandalt; ta ütles:

2 'Nõnda räägib Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, ja ütleb: Kirjuta kõik sõnad, mis ma sulle olen rääkinud, enesele raamatusse!

3 Sest vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand, mil ma pööran oma Iisraeli ja Juuda rahva vangipõlve, ütleb Issand, ja ma toon nad tagasi maale, mille ma andsin nende vanemaile, ja nad pärivad selle.'

4 Ja need on sõnad, mis Issand rääkis Iisraeli ja Juuda kohta,

5 sest nõnda ütleb Issand: 'Me oleme kuulnud hirmukisa; on kartus, aga mitte rahu.

6 Küsige ometi ja vaadake: kas meesterahvas sünnitab? Mispärast ma näen iga meest käed puusas nagu sünnitajal naisel, ja mispärast on kõik näod muutunud kahvatuks?

7 Häda! Sest see päev on suur, sellesarnast ei ole. See on Jaakobile ahastuse aeg, aga ta päästetakse sellest.

8 Ja sel päeval, ütleb vägede Issand, ma murran ikke su kaelast ja kisun katki su köidikud; ja muulased ei pane neid enam teenima,

9 vaid nad teenivad Issandat, oma Jumalat, ja Taavetit, oma kuningat, kelle ma neile tõstan.

10 Aga sina, mu sulane Jaakob, ära karda, ütleb Issand, ja Iisrael, ära ehmu! Sest vaata, ma päästan sind kaugelt ja sinu soo nende vangipõlvemaalt. Jaakob tuleb tagasi ning elab rahus ja muretult, ilma et keegi teda hirmutaks.

11 Sest mina olen sinuga, ütleb Issand, et sind päästa. Ma teen lõpu kõigile rahvaile, kelle sekka ma sind olen pillutanud. Aga sinule ma ei tee lõppu: ma karistan sind õiglaselt, aga hoopis karistamata ma sind küll ei jäta.

12 Sest nõnda ütleb Issand: Su vigastus on ravimatu, su haav on valus.

13 Ei ole kedagi, kes kaitseks su õigust, mädapaisel ei ole paranemist, sulle ei kasva korpa.

14 Kõik su armukesed on sind unustanud, nad ei küsi su järele. Sest ma olen sind löönud, nagu lüüakse vaenlast halastamatu karistusega, sellepärast et su süü on suur, et su patte on palju.

15 Miks sa kisendad oma haava pärast, et su valu on vaigistamatu? Su suure süü, su paljude pattude pärast olen ma sulle seda teinud.

16 Ometi õgitakse ära kõik, kes sind õgivad, ja kõik, kes sind rõhuvad - viimane kui üks läheb vangi; kes sind rüüstavad, saavad rüüstatavaiks, ja kõik, kes võtavad sind saagiks, annan ma saagiks.

17 Sest ma tahan lasta kasvada sulle korba ja ravida sind sinu haavadest, ütleb Issand, sellepärast et sind on nimetatud hüljatuks: 'Siion, kellest ükski ei hooli!'

18 Nõnda ütleb Issand: Vaata, ma pööran Jaakobi telkide vangipõlve ja ma halastan tema eluasemete peale; linn ehitatakse üles oma rusuhunnikule ja palee asub seal, kus see peab asuma.

19 Sealt kostab tänulaul ja rõõmsate hääl. Ma teen nad paljuks ja nad ei vähene, ma teen nad auväärseiks ja neid ei halvustata.

20 Siis on ta pojad nagu muistegi ja ta kogudus seisab kindlana mu ees. Ja ma karistan kõiki ta piinajaid.

21 Temast enesest tuleb ta aukandja ja tema keskelt ilmub ta valitseja; ma luban teda ligineda ja ta tuleb mu juurde, sest kes muidu annaks pandiks oma südame, et minule ligineda? ütleb Issand.

22 Siis te olete mu rahvas ja mina olen teie Jumal.

23 Vaata, Issanda torm, raev, puhkeb, ja keeristorm keerutab üle õelate pea.

24 Issanda viha ei pöördu enne, kui ta on teoks teinud ja korda saatnud oma tahtmise. Viimseil päevil te mõistate seda.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 704

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704. That perform signs to go away to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. This symbolizes assertions that their falsities are true, and efforts to stir up all those throughout the church who are caught up in the same falsities to attack the truths of the New Church.

To perform signs is to testify and also to assert that something is true, as may be seen in nos. 598, 599 above, here that their falsities are true. Kings of the earth and of the whole world symbolize people who are caught up primarily in falsities springing from evil, here all who are caught up in the same falsities throughout the church. For kings symbolize people impelled by truths that spring from goodness, and in an opposite sense people impelled by falsities springing from evil (no. 483). The earth symbolizes the church (no. 285), and so likewise does the world (no. 551). To go away to gather them to battle means, symbolically, to stir those people to fight or attack; for war symbolizes a spiritual war, which is one of falsity against truth and of truth against falsity (nos. 500, 586). It is to attack the truths of the New Church because it is called the battle of that great day of God Almighty, and that day symbolizes the Lord's advent and a new church then. That this is the symbolic meaning of the great day there will be seen below.

We are told that the spirits of demons would do this, because the spirits of demons symbolize lusts to falsify truths and to reason on the basis of falsities, as just said in no. 703 above.

It is apparent from this that spirits of demons performing signs to go away to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty, symbolize assertions by the people meant by the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, as described in nos. 701, 702 above, that their falsities are true, and efforts to stir up all those throughout the church who are caught up in the same falsities to attack the truths of the New Church.

[2] That the great day of God Almighty symbolizes the Lord's advent and a new church then, is clear from many passages in the Word, as from the following:

Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. (Isaiah 2:11)

...in that day... Israel... will depend on Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. (Isaiah 10:20)

In that day a Root of Jesse... shall the Gentiles seek, and His resting place shall be glorious. (Isaiah 11:10-11)

In that day... eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 17:7, 9)

They will say in that day: "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, to set us free." (Isaiah 25:9)

...My people shall know My name...(and) in that day, I am He who speaks: "Behold, it is I." (Isaiah 52:6)

Alas! ...great is (the day of Jehovah, and) there is none like it. (Jeremiah 30:7)

Behold, the days are coming... when I will make a new covenant... and the city shall be built for Jehovah... (Jeremiah 31:27, 31, 38)

In those days... I will cause to grow up to David a righteous Branch... (Jeremiah 33:15)

(They will not) stand in battle on the day of Jehovah. (Ezekiel 13:5)

In that day Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the children of your people... In that day... shall be delivered everyone who is found written in the book. (Daniel 12:1)

...in that day... you will call Me "My Husband."... In that day I will make a covenant for them... ...in that day I will hear... (Hosea 2:16, 18, 21).

Behold, I am sending you Elijah... before the coming of the great... day of Jehovah. (Malachi 4:5)

Jehovah... will save them in that day, as the flock of His people. (Zechariah 9:16)

In that day Jehovah will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (Zechariah 12:8)

Behold, the day of Jehovah is coming... It shall be one day which is known to Jehovah... In that day Jehovah shall be one and His name one... In that day there shall be a great tumult... In that day "Holiness to the Lord" shall be engraved on the bells of the horses. (Zechariah 14:1, 4, 6-9, 13, 20-21)

There are many other passages in addition to these in which "the day of Jehovah" means the Lord's advent and a new church from Him then, as in the following: Isaiah 4:2; 19:16, 18, 21, 24; 22:20; 28:5; 29:18; 30:25-26; 31:7; and elsewhere.

Since the end of an age or final period of a former church is the time when the Lord's advent takes place and a new church begins, therefore the day of Jehovah in many places symbolizes the end of a previous church, and we are told that then there will be rumors, tumult, and wars. 1 See the passages collected in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, nos. 4, 5.

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1. E.g., Matthew 24:6

  
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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.