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5 Mose 16

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1 Beobachte den Monat Abib und feiere das Passah Jehova, deinem Gott; denn im Monat Abib hat Jehova, dein Gott, dich des Nachts aus Ägypten herausgeführt.

2 Und du sollst Jehova, deinem Gott, das Passah schlachten, Klein-und Rindvieh, an dem Orte, den Jehova erwählen wird, um seinen Namen daselbst wohnen zu lassen.

3 Du sollst kein Gesäuertes dazu essen; sieben Tage sollst du Ungesäuertes dazu essen, Brot des Elendes, denn in Eile bist du aus dem Lande Ägypten herausgezogen, auf daß du gedenkest des Tages deines Auszugs aus dem Lande Ägypten alle Tage deines Lebens.

4 Und sieben Tage soll kein Sauerteig bei dir gesehen werden in deinem ganzen Gebiet; und von dem Fleische, das du am Abend schlachtest, am ersten Tage, soll nichts über Nacht bleiben bis an den Morgen. -

5 Du kannst das Passah nicht in einem deiner Tore schlachten, die Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt;

6 sondern an dem Orte, den Jehova, dein Gott, erwählen wird, um seinen Namen daselbst wohnen zu lassen, dort sollst du das Passah schlachten, am Abend, beim Untergang der Sonne, zur Zeit deines Auszuges aus Ägypten;

7 und du sollst es braten und essen an dem Orte, den Jehova, dein Gott, erwählen wird. Und am Morgen sollst du dich wenden und nach deinen Zelten gehen.

8 Sechs Tage sollst du Ungesäuertes essen; und am siebten Tage ist eine Festversammlung Jehova, deinem Gott; du sollst kein Werk tun.

9 Sieben Wochen sollst du dir zählen; von da an, wo man beginnt, die Sichel an die Saat zu legen, sollst du anfangen, Sieben Wochen zu zählen.

10 Und du sollst das Fest der Wochen Jehova, deinem Gott, feiern, je nach der freiwilligen Gabe deiner Hand, die du geben magst, so wie Jehova, dein Gott, dich segnen wird;

11 und du sollst dich vor Jehova, deinem Gott, freuen, du und dein Sohn und deine Tochter, und dein Knecht und deine Magd, und der Levit, der in deinen Toren ist, und der Fremdling und die Waise und die Witwe, die in deiner Mitte sind, an dem Orte, den Jehova, dein Gott, erwählen wird, um seinen Namen daselbst wohnen zu lassen.

12 Und du sollst gedenken, daß du ein Knecht in Ägypten gewesen bist, und sollst diese Satzungen beobachten und tun.

13 Das Fest der Laubhütten sollst du dir sieben Tage feiern, wenn du den Ertrag von deiner Tenne und von deiner Kelter einsammelst;

14 und du sollst dich an deinem Feste freuen, du und dein Sohn und deine Tochter, und dein Knecht und deine Magd, und der Levit und der Fremdling und die Waise und die Witwe, die in deinen Toren sind.

15 Sieben Tage sollst du Jehova, deinem Gott, das Fest feiern an dem Orte, den Jehova erwählen wird; denn Jehova, dein Gott, wird dich segnen in all deinem Ertrag und in allem Werke deiner Hände, und du sollst nur fröhlich sein.

16 Dreimal im Jahre sollen alle deine Männlichen vor Jehova, deinem Gott, erscheinen an dem Orte, den er erwählen wird: Am Feste der ungesäuerten Brote und am Feste der Wochen und am Feste der Laubhütten; und man soll nicht leer vor Jehova erscheinen:

17 Ein jeder nach dem, was seine Hand geben kann, nach dem Segen Jehovas, deines Gottes, den er dir gegeben hat.

18 Richter und Vorsteher sollst du dir einsetzen, nach deinen Stämmen, in allen deinen Toren, die Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt, damit sie das Volk richten mit gerechtem Gericht.

19 Du sollst das Recht nicht beugen, du sollst die Person nicht ansehen und kein Geschenk nehmen, denn das Geschenk blendet die Augen der Weisen und verkehrt die Worte der Gerechten.

20 Der Gerechtigkeit, der Gerechtigkeit sollst du nachjagen, auf daß du lebest und das Land besitzest, welches Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt.

21 Du sollst dir keine Aschera pflanzen, irgend ein Holz neben dem Altar Jehovas, deines Gottes, den du dir machen wirst.

22 Und du sollst dir keine Bildsäule aufrichten, die Jehova, dein Gott, haßt.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 10

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10. John, to the seven churches. (1:4) This symbolically means, to all who are in the Christian world where the Word exists and where through it the Lord is known, and who turn to the church.

The seven churches mean, not seven churches, but all who are constituents of the church in the Christian world. For numbers in the Word symbolize properties, and seven symbolizes all things or all people, and so also fullness and completeness, and it occurs in the Word where the subject is something holy, and in an opposite sense, something profane. Consequently this number involves holiness, and in an opposite sense, profanation.

Numbers symbolize properties, or rather they serve as a class of adjectives to substantives, assigning some attribute to their subjects, because a number in itself is a natural quantity. For natural things are measured by numbers, but spiritual things by properties and their states. Therefore someone who does not know the symbolism of numbers in the Word, and particularly in the book of Revelation, cannot know the many secrets that it contains.

Now, because seven symbolizes all things or all people, it is apparent that the seven churches mean all people in the Christian world where the Word exists and where through it the Lord is known. If these live according to the Lord's commandments in the Word, they form the real church.

[2] It is because of this that the Sabbath was instituted on the seventh day, and that the seventh year was called a sabbatical year, and the forty-ninth year the year of Jubilee, which symbolized everything holy in the church.

It is because of this, too, that a week in Daniel and elsewhere symbolizes an entire period from beginning to end and is predicated of the church.

Similar things are symbolized by seven hereafter, as for example, by the seven golden lampstands, in the midst of which was the Son of Man (Revelation 1:13); by the seven stars in His right hand (1:16, 20); by the seven spirits of God (1:4; 4:5); by the seven lamps of fire (4:5); by the seven angels to whom were given seven trumpets (8:2); by the seven angels having the seven last plagues (15:5-6); by the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues (16:1; 21:9); by the seven seals with which the book was sealed (5:1).

Likewise in the following places: That their hands should be filled for seven days (Exodus 29:35). That they should be sanctified for seven days (Exodus 29:37). That when they were inaugurated they should go in seven days, clothed in holy garments (Exodus 29:30). That for seven days they should not go out of the Tabernacle while being initiated into the priesthood (Leviticus 8:33, 35). That atonement should be made for the altar seven times on its horns (Leviticus 16:18-19), and also seven times toward the east (Leviticus 16:12-15). That the water of separation should be sprinkled seven times toward the Tabernacle (Numbers 19:4). That Passover should be celebrated for seven days and unleavened bread eaten for seven days (Exodus 12:1ff., Deuteronomy 16:4-7).

So, too, that the Jews should be punished sevenfold for their sins (Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28), on which account David says, "Requite our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom" (Psalms 79:12). "Sevenfold" means fully.

[3] Also in these places:

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver... in a furnace... purified seven times. (Psalms 12:6)

The hungry have ceased, until the barren has borne seven, while she who has many children has become feeble. (1 Samuel 2:5)

"The barren" is the church of the gentiles, who did not have the Word. "She who has many children" is the church of the Jews, who did have the Word. Similarly,

She will languish who has borne seven; she will breath out her soul. (Jeremiah 15:9)

Those who dwell in the cities of Israel will... set on fire and burn the weapons...; and they will make fires with them for seven years... ...they will bury Gog, and... for seven months... will be cleansing the land. (Ezekiel 39:9, 11-12)

(The unclean spirit) will take seven other spirits more wicked than himself... (Matthew 12:45)

Profanation is described there, and the seven spirits with which he would return symbolize all falsities of evil, thus a complete extinguishing of goodness and truth.

The seven heads of the dragon, and the seven jewels 1 on its heads (Revelation 12:3), symbolize the profanation of all goodness and truth.

This makes apparent that "seven" involves holiness or profanation, and symbolizes completeness and fullness.

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1. The word translated as "jewels" here means diadems or crowns in the original Greek and Latin, but the writer's definitions of the term elsewhere make plain that he regularly and consistently interpreted it to mean jewels or gems.

  
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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.

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Revelation 14

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1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

2 I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.

4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

5 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

7 He said with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"

8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality."

9 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,

10 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

11 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

12 Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."

13 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."

14 I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

15 Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!"

16 He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17 Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle.

18 Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth's grapes are fully ripe!"

19 The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

20 The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.