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1 Ja Bileam ütles Baalakile: 'Ehita mulle siia seitse altarit ja muretse mulle siia seitse härjavärssi ja seitse jäära!'

2 Ja Baalak tegi, nagu Bileam ütles; ja Baalak ja Bileam ohverdasid igal altaril härjavärsi ja jäära.

3 Ja Bileam ütles Baalakile: 'Jää oma põletusohvri juurde, mina aga lähen sinna! Vahest Issand tuleb mulle vastu. Ja mida tema mulle ilmutab, seda ma ütlen sinule.' Ja ta läks lagedale künkale.

4 Ja Jumal tuli vastu Bileamile, kes ütles temale: 'Ma püstitasin need seitse altarit ning ohverdasin igal altaril härjavärsi ja jäära.'

5 Ja Issand pani Bileamile sõnad suhu ning ütles: 'Mine tagasi Baalaki juurde ja räägi nõnda!'

6 Siis ta läks tagasi tema juurde, ja vaata, ta seisis oma põletusohvri juures, tema ja kõik Moabi vürstid.

7 Siis ta hakkas lausuma ja ütles: 'Aramist tõi mind Baalak, ida mägedelt Moabi kuningas: 'Tule, nea mulle Jaakob, tule sajata Iisraeli!'

8 Kuidas ma võiksin needa, keda Jumal ei nea? Ja kuidas ma võiksin sajatada, keda Issand ei sajata?

9 Sest ma näen teda kaljude tipust ja vaatan küngastelt: ennäe rahvast, kes elab eraldi ega arva ennast paganate hulka.

10 Kes loendab Jaakobi põrmu ja kes arvab kokku Iisraeli tolmukübemed? Mu hing surgu õiglaste surma ja mu lõpp olgu nagu temal!'

11 Siis Baalak ütles Bileamile: 'Mis sa mulle tegid? Ma tõin sind oma vaenlasi needma, ja vaata, sa oled neid hoopis õnnistanud!'

12 Aga tema vastas ja ütles: 'Kas ma ei peaks ustavalt rääkima seda, mis Issand mu suhu paneb?'

13 Siis Baalak ütles temale: 'Tule nüüd koos minuga teise paika, kust sa näed seda rahvast. Sa näed küll ainult ta äärt, sa ei näe teda kogu ulatuses, aga nea ta mulle sealt!'

14 Ja ta võttis tema kaasa valvurite väljakule, Pisgaa mäetippu, ehitas seitse altarit ning ohverdas igal altaril härjavärsi ja jäära.

15 Siis Bileam ütles Baalakile: 'Jää siia oma põletusohvri juurde, mina lähen sinna kohtamisele!'

16 Ja Issand tuli Bileamile vastu, pani temale sõnad suhu ja ütles: 'Mine tagasi Baalaki juurde ja räägi nõnda!'

17 Siis ta tuli tema juurde, ja vaata, ta seisis oma põletusohvri juures ja koos temaga Moabi vürstid. Ja Baalak küsis temalt: 'Mis Issand rääkis?'

18 Siis ta hakkas rääkima ja ütles: 'Tõuse, Baalak, ja kuule, pane mind tähele, Sippori poeg!

19 Jumal ei ole inimene, et ta valetaks, inimlaps, et ta kahetseks. Kas tema ütleb, aga ei tee, või räägib, aga ei vii täide?

20 Vaata, mind on kästud õnnistada. Tema on õnnistanud, mina ei saa seda tagasi võtta.

21 Ei märgata häda Jaakobis ega nähta õnnetust Iisraelis. Issand, ta Jumal, on temaga ja rõõmuhääl kuningast tema keskel.

22 Jumal, kes tõi nad Egiptusest, on neile otsekui sarved metshärjale.

23 Sellepärast ei ole lausumist Jaakobi vastu ega loitsimist Iisraeli vastu. Küll öeldakse Jaakobist ja Iisraelist: Vaata, mis Jumal on teinud!

24 Vaata, rahvas tõuseb nagu emalõvi, ajab ennast püsti nagu lõvi. Ei ta heida maha enne, kui saak on söödud ja tapetute veri on joodud.'

25 Aga Baalak ütles Bileamile: 'Kui sa teda ei nea, siis ära teda ometi õnnista!'

26 Bileam aga vastas ja ütles Baalakile: 'Eks ma ole sulle rääkinud ja öelnud: Ma pean tegema kõike, mida Issand käsib.'

27 Siis Baalak ütles Bileamile: 'Tule nüüd, ma võtan sind kaasa teise paika. Vahest on see õige Jumala silmis, et sa nead rahva mulle sealt!'

28 Ja Baalak võttis Bileami enesega kaasa mäetippu, mis kerkib üle kõrbepinna.

29 Siis Bileam ütles Baalakile: 'Ehita mulle siia seitse altarit ja muretse mulle siia seitse härjavärssi ja seitse jäära!'

30 Ja Baalak tegi, nagu Bileam ütles, ja ta ohverdas igal altaril härjavärsi ja jäära.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 258

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258. CHAPTER 4.

1. AFTER this I saw, and, behold, a door opened in heaven; and the first voice which I heard, as it were of a trumpet, speaking with me, said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must come to pass hereafter.

2. And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and upon the throne one sitting.

3. And he that sat was in aspect like a jasper and a sardius and there was a rainbow round about the throne in aspect like unto an emerald.

4. And round about the throne were four-and-twenty thrones; and upon the thrones I saw four-and-twenty elders sitting, clothed in white garments; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

5. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices; and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

6. And before the throne there was a glassy sea like unto crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four animals full of eyes before and behind.

7. And the first animal was like a lion, and the second animal like a calf, and the third animal had a face like a man, and the fourth animal was like a flying eagle.

8. And the four animals had each by itself six wings round about; and they were full of eyes within; and they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.

9. And when the animals gave glory and honour and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, who liveth unto the ages of the ages)

10. The four-and-twenty elders fell down before him that sitteth on the throne, and worshipped him that liveth unto the ages of the ages, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all things, and by thy will they are, and were created.

THE EXPLANATION.

IT was stated above (n. 5), that the subject treated of in this prophetical book is not the successive states of the Christian church from its beginning to its end, as has been hitherto believed, but the state of the church and of heaven in the last times, when there would be a new heaven and a new earth, that is, when there would be a new church formed in the heavens and on earth, thus when judgment takes place. It is said a new church in the heavens, because there is a church there just as on earth (as may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell 221-227). Because these are the subjects treated of in this book, therefore the first chapter treats of the Lord, who is the Judge; and the second and third of those who belong to the church, and of those who do not belong to the church, thus it treats of those who are in the former heaven, which is to be abolished, and of those who are in the new heaven, which is to be formed. (That by the seven churches which are treated of in the second and third chapters, are meant all those who are in the church, and also everything pertaining to the church, may be seen above, n. 256, 257.) The subject now treated of in this fourth chapter is the arrangement of all things, especially in the heavens, before judgment; therefore a throne was now seen in heaven, and round about it twenty-four thrones, upon which were twenty-four elders; also, near the throne, four animals, which are cherubim. That by those things is described the arrangement of all things before the judgment, and for judgment, will be seen in the explanation of this chapter. It should be known that before any change takes place everything is pre-arranged and prepared for the future event; for all things are foreseen by the Lord, and according to this foresight are disposed and provided for. By the throne, therefore, in the midst of heaven is meant judgment, and by Him who sat upon it, the Lord; by the four-and-twenty thrones upon which were four-and-twenty elders, are meant all truths in their whole extent, from which and according to which judgment is. By the four animals, which are cherubim, is meant the Lord's Divine Providence, lest the former heavens should suffer harm by the remarkable change about to take place, and that afterwards everything might be done according to order; that is to say, that those who are interiorly evil might be separated from those who are interiorly good, and the latter be elevated into heaven, but the former cast down to hell.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Revelation 1:4

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4 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;