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Joel 1

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1 Das Wort Jehovas, welches zu Joel, dem Sohne Pethuels, geschah.

2 Höret dieses, ihr Alten, und nehmet es zu Ohren, alle ihr Bewohner des Landes! Ist solches in euren Tagen geschehen oder in den Tagen eurer Väter?

3 Erzählet davon euren Kindern, und eure Kinder ihren Kindern, und ihre Kinder dem folgenden Geschlecht:

4 Was der Nager (Verschiedene Arten oder Benennungen der Heuschrecke) übriggelassen hatte, fraß die Heuschrecke; (Eig. der Mehrling, die gewöhnliche hebr. Benennung der Heuschrecke) und was die Heuschrecke übriggelassen, fraß der Abfresser (Verschiedene Arten oder Benennungen der Heuschrecke;) und was der Abfresser übriggelassen, fraß der Vertilger (Verschiedene Arten oder Benennungen der Heuschrecke.)

5 Wachet auf, ihr Trunkenen, und weinet! und heulet, alle ihr Weinsäufer, über den Most, weil er weggenommen ist von eurem Munde!

6 Denn eine Nation ist über mein Land heraufgezogen, mächtig und ohne Zahl; ihre Zähne sind Löwenzähne, und sie hat das Gebiß einer Löwin.

7 Sie hat meinen Weinstock zu einer Wüste gemacht und meinen Feigenbaum zerknickt; sie hat ihn gänzlich abgeschält und hingeworfen, seine anken sind weiß geworden.

8 Wehklage wie eine Jungfrau, die mit Sacktuch umgürtet ist wegen des Gatten ihrer Jugend!

9 Speisopfer und Trankopfer sind weggenommen vom Hause Jehovas; es trauern die Priester, die Diener Jehovas. -

10 Das Feld ist verwüstet, es trauert der Erdboden; denn das Korn ist verwüstet, der Most ist vertrocknet, verwelkt das Öl.

11 Seid beschämt, ihr Ackerleute, heulet, ihr Winzer, über den Weizen und über die Gerste! Denn die Ernte des Feldes ist zu Grunde gegangen;

12 der Weinstock ist verdorrt und der Feigenbaum verwelkt; Granate, auch Palme und Apfelbaum, alle Bäume des Feldes sind verdorrt; ja, (O. denn) verdorrt ist die Freude von den Menschenkindern. -

13 Umgürtet euch und wehklaget, ihr Priester; heulet, ihr Diener des Altars! kommet, übernachtet in Sacktuch, ihr Diener meines Gottes! denn Speisopfer und Trankopfer sind dem Hause eures Gottes entzogen.

14 Heiliget ein Fasten, rufet eine Festversammlung aus; versammelt die Ältesten, alle Bewohner des Landes, zum Hause Jehovas, eures Gottes, und schreiet zu Jehova!

15 Ach über den Tag! denn nahe ist der Tag Jehovas, und er kommt wie eine Verwüstung vom Allmächtigen.

16 Ist nicht die Speise vor unseren Augen weggenommen, Freude und Frohlocken von dem Hause unseres Gottes?

17 Vermodert sind die Samenkörner unter ihren Schollen; verödet sind die Vorratshäuser, zerfallen die Scheunen, denn das Korn ist verdorrt.

18 Wie stöhnt das Vieh! die inderherden sind bestürzt, weil sie keine Weide haben; auch die Kleinviehherden büßen.

19 Zu dir, Jehova, rufe ich; denn ein Feuer hat die Auen der Steppe verzehrt, und eine Flamme alle Bäume des Feldes versengt.

20 Auch die Tiere des Feldes schreien lechzend zu dir; denn vertrocknet sind die Wasserbäche, und ein Feuer hat die Auen der Steppe verzehrt.

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Apocalypse Explained # 649

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649. Verse 7. And when they shall have finished their testimony, signifies in the end of the church, when the Divine of the Lord is no longer acknowledged, and thence there is no longer any good of love or truth of doctrine. This is evident from the signification of "testimony," as being the acknowledgment of the Divine in the Lord, and thence of the good of love and truth of doctrine (of which presently), and from the signification of "to finish it," as being to bring to an end; and as this comes to an end at the end of the church; "to finish" here signifies the end of the church; and as there is then no longer any acknowledgment of the Divine in the Lord, there is therefore no good of love or truth of doctrine.

[2] That this is the signification of "testimony," can be seen from what has been thus far said about "the two witnesses," namely, that by them the good of love and charity and the truth of doctrine and faith are meant, because these are what especially testify concerning the Lord, for they are from the Lord, and are His with man; therefore "their testimony" signifies preaching concerning these. That "testimony" here signifies the acknowledgment of the Divine in the Lord is evident from what follows in Revelation:

That the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10).

For unless a man acknowledges this from the heart, and believes it from spiritual faith, he can have no ability to receive the good of love or the truth of doctrine.

[3] At the end of the church indeed the Lord is preached, and from doctrine a Divine is also attributed to Him like the Divine of the Father; yet scarcely anyone thinks of His Divine, for the reason that they place it above or outside of His Human; therefore they do not look to the Lord when they look to His Divine, but to the Father as to another, and yet the Divine that is called the Father is in the Lord, as He Himself teaches in John 10:30, 38; 14:7. For this reason men think of the Lord in the same way as they think of a common man, and from that thought their faith flows, however much they may say with the lips that they believe in His Divine. Let anyone explore, if he can, the idea of his thought about the Lord, whether it be not such. But when it is such man cannot be conjoined to the Lord by faith and love, nor through conjunction receive any good of love or truth of faith. This, then, is why there is at the end of the church no acknowledgment of the Lord, that is, of the Divine in the Lord and from the Lord. It is believed that there is an acknowledgment of the Divine of the Lord, because such is the doctrine of the church; but so long as His Divine is separated from His Human, His Divine is yet not acknowledged interiorly but only exteriorly, and to acknowledge exteriorly is to acknowledge with the mouth only and not with the heart, or in speech only and not in faith.

[4] That this is so can be seen from Christians in the other life, where the thoughts of the heart are manifested. When they are permitted to speak from doctrine and from what they have heard from preaching they attribute a Divine to the Lord, and call it their belief; but when their interior thought and faith are explored they have no other idea of the Lord than as of a common man who has no Divine. It is man's interior thought that is the source of his faith; and as such is the thought and consequent faith of man's spirit, there is plainly no acknowledgment of the Divine in the Lord and from the Lord in the Christian world at the end of the church. In other words, there is an external acknowledgment of the Divine of the Lord, but no internal, and an external acknowledgment is of the natural man alone, while internal acknowledgment is of his very spirit; and after death the external acknowledgment is put to sleep, while the internal is the acknowledgment of his spirit. From this it can in some measure be seen how what follows is to be understood, namely, "the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall overcome and kill the two witnesses," and their "bodies shall be seen upon the street of the city that is called Sodom and Egypt," and afterwards that "the spirit of life entered into them."

  
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Daniel 7:2-7

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2 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea.

3 Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I saw until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.

5 Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.

6 After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns.