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Jeremia 30

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1 Das Wort, welches von seiten Jehovas zu Jeremia geschah, also:

2 So spricht Jehova, der Gott Israels, und sagt: Schreibe dir alle Worte, die ich zu dir geredet habe, in ein Buch.

3 Denn siehe, Tage kommen, spricht Jehova, da ich die Gefangenschaft meines Volkes Israel und Juda wenden werde, spricht Jehova; und ich werde sie in das Land zurückbringen, welches ich ihren Vätern gegeben habe, damit sie es besitzen.

4 Und dies sind die Worte, welche Jehova über Israel und über Juda geredet hat.

5 Denn so spricht Jehova: Eine Stimme des Schreckens haben wir gehört; da ist Furcht und kein Friede.

6 Fraget doch und sehet, ob ein Mann (Eig. ein Männliches) gebiert? Warum sehe ich eines jeden Mannes Hände auf seinen Lenden, einer Gebärenden gleich, und jedes Angesicht in Blässe verwandelt?

7 Wehe! denn groß ist jener Tag, ohnegleichen, und es ist eine Zeit der Drangsal für Jakob; doch wird er aus ihr gerettet werden.

8 Denn es wird geschehen an jenem Tage, spricht Jehova der Heerscharen, daß ich sein Joch von deinem Halse zerbrechen und deine Fesseln zerreißen werde, und Fremde sollen ihn (d. i. Jakob) nicht mehr dienstbar machen;

9 sondern sie werden Jehova, ihrem Gott, dienen und ihrem König David, den ich ihnen erwecken werde.

10 Und du, fürchte dich nicht, mein Knecht Jakob, spricht Jehova, und erschrick nicht, Israel! denn siehe, ich will dich retten aus der Ferne und deine Nachkommen (Eig. deinen Samen) aus dem Lande ihrer Gefangenschaft; und Jakob wird zurückkehren und ruhig und sicher sein, und niemand wird ihn aufschrecken.

11 Denn ich bin mit dir, spricht Jehova, um dich zu retten. Denn ich werde den Garaus machen allen (Eig. unter allen) Nationen, wohin ich dich zerstreut habe; nur dir werde ich nicht den Garaus machen, sondern dich nach Gebühr züchtigen und dich keineswegs ungestraft lassen.

12 Denn so spricht Jehova: Deine Wunde ist unheilbar, schmerzlich (O. gefährlich, tödlich) ist dein Schlag;

13 niemand führt deine Streitsache, für das Geschwür gibt es kein Heilmittel, da ist kein Pflaster für dich!

14 Alle deine Buhlen haben dich vergessen, sie fragen nicht nach dir. Denn ich habe dich geschlagen mit dem Schlage eines Feindes, mit grausamer Züchtigung, um der Größe deiner Ungerechtigkeit (O. Missetat, Schuld) willen, weil deine Sünden zahlreich sind.

15 Was schreist du über deine Wunde, daß dein Schmerz unheilbar ist? Um der Größe deiner Ungerechtigkeit willen, weil deine Sünden zahlreich sind, habe ich dir solches getan.

16 Darum sollen alle, die dich fressen, gefressen werden, und alle deine Bedränger sollen insgesamt in die Gefangenschaft gehen; und deine Berauber sollen zum aube werden, und alle deine Plünderer werde ich zur Plünderung hingeben.

17 Denn ich will dir einen Verband anlegen und dich von deinen Schlägen heilen, spricht Jehova, weil man dich eine Verstoßene nennt: "Das ist Zion, nach der niemand fragt!"

18 So spricht Jehova: Siehe, ich will die Gefangenschaft der Zelte Jakobs wenden, und seiner Wohnungen will ich mich erbarmen. Und die Stadt wird auf ihrem Hügel wieder erbaut, und der Palast nach seiner Weise bewohnt werden;

19 und Lobgesang und die Stimme der Spielenden (O. Tanzenden) wird von ihnen ausgehen. Und ich will sie mehren, und sie werden sich nicht mindern; und ich will sie herrlich machen, und sie werden nicht gering werden.

20 Und seine Söhne werden sein wie ehedem, und seine Gemeinde wird vor mir feststehen; und alle seine Bedrücker werde ich heimsuchen.

21 Und sein Herrlicher wird aus ihm sein, und sein Herrscher aus seiner Mitte hervorgehen; und ich will ihn herzutreten lassen, daß er mir nahe; denn wer ist es wohl, der sein Herz verpfändete, um zu mir zu nahen? spricht Jehova.

22 Und ihr werdet mein Volk, und ich werde euer Gott sein.

23 Siehe, ein Sturmwind Jehovas, ein Grimm ist ausgegangen, ein sausender Sturmwind; er wird sich herniederwälzen auf den Kopf der Gesetzlosen.

24 Nicht wenden wird sich die Glut des Zornes Jehovas, bis er getan und bis er ausgeführt hat die Gedanken seines Herzens. Am Ende der Tage werdet ihr dessen innewerden.

   

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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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Apocalypse Revealed # 285

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285. We are told they "will reign upon the earth" because the earth here and elsewhere means the Lord's church in heaven and on earth. The church in both worlds is the Lord's kingdom. Therefore, lest anyone suppose that people who are redeemed by the Lord all become kings and priests who will reign upon the earth, it is important that we demonstrate from the Word that the earth or land symbolizes the church. This can be seen from the following passages:

Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes (the earth) waste, and will overturn its surface... The land shall be entirely emptied... The (habitable) earth will mourn and... be turned upside down... The earth will be profaned under its inhabitants... Therefore a curse shall devour the earth... and... the inhabitants of the earth shall be burned, and few men will be left... ...in the midst of the land... it shall be like the stripping of an olive tree... ...the cataracts on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth are shaken. The earth is violently broken, the earth is utterly split open, the earth is shaken exceedingly. The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard... (Isaiah 24:1-23.)

[2] The lion has come up from his thicket... to make your land desolate... I beheld the earth (when) lo, it was empty and void... ...Jehovah has said, "The whole land shall be desolate... For this shall the earth mourn... (Jeremiah 4:7, 23-28)

How long will the land mourn...? The whole land is made desolate, because no one lays it to heart. (Jeremiah 12:4, 11-13)

The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and withered away. (Isaiah 33:9)

Its land shall become burning pitch...(and) it shall lie waste. (Isaiah 34:9-10)

...I have heard from the Lord... a destruction decreed upon the whole earth. (Isaiah 28:22)

Behold, the day of Jehovah comes... to lay the land desolate..., and the earth will be shaken out of its place... (Isaiah 13:9-13)

The earth shook and trembled, and the foundations of the mountains quaked... (Psalms 18:7)

...we will not fear when the earth is transformed... When He uttered His voice, the earth melted. (Psalms 46:2-3, 6, 8)

Have you not understood the foundations of the earth? (Isaiah 40:21)

O God, You have forsaken us... You have made the earth tremble...; heal its breaches, for it is shaken. (Psalms 60:1-2)

[3] The earth and all its inhabitants will melt away; I will firm up its pillars. (Psalms 75:3)

Woe to a land overshadowed by wings... Go, ...messengers, to... a nation... trodden down, whose land rivers have despoiled. (Isaiah 18:1-2)

By the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts the land is darkened... (Isaiah 9:19)

...you will be a delightful land... (Malachi 3:12)

...I have given You as a covenant of the people to restore the earth... Sing, O heavens! And exult, O earth! (Isaiah 49:8, 13)

I shall not see Yah... in the land of the living. (Isaiah 38:11)

...who caused terror in the land of the living. (Ezekiel 32:23-27)

I would not have believed I would see the goodness... in the land of life. (Psalms 27:13)

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)

I am Jehovah, who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens alone, who spreads out the earth by Myself. (Isaiah 44,24, cf. Zechariah 12:1, Jeremiah 10:11-13; 51:15, Psalm. 136:6)

Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation... ...thus said Jehovah, who created the heavens..., who formed the earth... (Isaiah 45:8, 12, 18-19)

...behold, I create new heavens and a new earth... (Isaiah 65:17, cf. 66:22)

And in many other places as well, which, if I were to cite them, would fill a page.

[4] The earth or land symbolizes the church for the reason that it very often means the land of Canaan, which is where the church was. That is the heavenly Canaan. Moreover, when the earth or land is mentioned, angels, being spiritual, do not think of the earth or land, but of the human race dwelling upon it and its spiritual state; and its spiritual state is the state of the church.

The earth or land also has an opposite meaning, and in that sense it symbolizes damnation, since when the church is not present in a person, damnation is. The earth or land is mentioned in that sense in Isaiah 14:12; 21:9; 26:19, 21; 29:4; 47:1; 63:6, Lamentations 2:2, 10, Ezekiel 26:20; 32:24, Numbers 16:29-33; 26:10, and elsewhere.

  
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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.