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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 übriggelassen hatte, fraß die Heuschrecke; und was die Heuschrecke übriggelassen, fraß der Abfresser; und was der Abfresser übriggelassen, fraß der Vertilger.

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 Ranken 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 Ackersleute, 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, 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 Rinderherden 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 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.