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Joel 3

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1 Denn siehe, in jenen Tagen und zu jener Zeit, wenn ich die Gefangenschaft Judas und Jerusalems wenden werde,

2 dann werde ich alle Nationen versammeln und sie in das Tal Josaphat hinabführen; und ich werde daselbst mit ihnen rechten über mein Volk und mein Erbteil Israel, welches sie unter die Nationen zerstreut haben;

3 und mein Land haben sie geteilt, und über mein Volk das Los geworfen; und den Knaben haben sie um eine Hure gegeben, und das Mädchen um Wein verkauft, den sie getrunken haben. -

4 Und auch ihr, was wollt ihr mir, Tyrus und Zidon und alle ihr Bezirke Philistäas? Wollt ihr mir eine Tat vergelten, oder wollt ihr mir etwas antun? Schnell, eilends werde ich euer Tun auf euren Kopf zurückbringen,

5 daß ihr mein Silber und mein Gold weggenommen und meine besten Kleinode in eure Tempel gebracht,

6 und die Kinder Judas und die Kinder Jerusalems den Kindern der Griechen verkauft habt, um sie weit von ihrer Grenze zu entfernen.

7 Siehe, ich will sie erwecken von dem Orte, wohin ihr sie verkauft habt, und will euer Tun auf euren Kopf zurückbringen.

8 Und ich werde eure Söhne und eure Töchter in die Hand der Kinder Judas verkaufen; und diese werden sie an die Sabäer verkaufen, an eine ferne Nation; denn Jehova hat geredet.

9 Rufet dieses aus unter den Nationen, heiliget einen Krieg, erwecket die Helden; es sollen herankommen und heraufziehen alle Kriegsmänner!

10 Schmiedet eure Pflugmesser zu Schwertern und eure Winzermesser zu Speeren; der Schwache sage: Ich bin ein Held!

11 Eilet und kommet her, alle ihr Nationen ringsum, und versammelt euch! Dahin, Jehova, sende deine Helden hinab!

12 Die Nationen sollen sich aufmachen und hinabziehen in das Tal Josaphat; denn dort werde ich sitzen, um alle Nationen ringsum zu richten.

13 Leget die Sichel an, denn die Ernte ist reif; kommet, stampfet, denn die Kelter ist voll, die Kufen fließen über! Denn groß ist ihre Bosheit. -

14 Getümmel, Getümmel im Tale der Entscheidung; denn nahe ist der Tag Jehovas im Tale der Entscheidung.

15 Die Sonne und der Mond verfinstern sich, und die Sterne verhalten ihren Glanz.

16 Und Jehova brüllt aus Zion und läßt aus Jerusalem seine Stimme erschallen, und Himmel und Erde erbeben. Und Jehova ist eine Zuflucht für sein Volk und eine Feste für die Kinder Israel.

17 Und ihr werdet erkennen, daß ich, Jehova, euer Gott bin, der auf Zion wohnt, meinem heiligen Berge. Und Jerusalem wird heilig sein, und Fremde werden es nicht mehr durchziehen.

18 Und es wird geschehen, an jenem Tage, da werden die Berge von Most triefen, und die Hügel von Milch fließen, und alle Bäche Judas werden von Wasser fließen; und eine Quelle wird aus dem Hause Jehovas hervorbrechen und das Tal Sittim bewässern.

19 Ägypten wird zur Einöde und Edom zu einer öden Wüste werden wegen der Gewalttat an den Kindern Judas, weil sie in ihrem Lande unschuldiges Blut vergossen haben.

20 Aber Juda soll ewiglich bewohnt werden, und Jerusalem von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht.

21 Und ich werde sie von ihrem Blute reinigen, von dem ich sie nicht gereinigt hatte. Und Jehova wird in Zion wohnen.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 745

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745. Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ, signifies that now the Lord has power by His Divine truth to save those who are of His church, who receive Divine truth in heart and soul. This is evident from the signification of "salvation," as being to be saved; and from the signification of "power," as being to have ability, thus possibility (of which presently); from the signification of "kingdom," as being heaven and the church (See above, n. 48, 685); from the signification of "our God," as being the Lord in relation to His Divine; and from the signification of "the authority of His Christ," as being the efficacy of Divine truth, thus by means of Divine truth. That "the Christ" means the Lord in relation to Divine truth may be seen above (n. 684, 685); and that "authority" signifies, in reference to the Lord, the salvation of the human race, may be seen above n. 293; and that the Lord has power to save by means of His Divine truth (n. 333, 726); and because the Lord can save only those who receive Divine truth from Him with heart and soul, this too is signified. From this it is clear that "Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ," signifies that now the Lord has power by His Divine truth to save those who are of His church who receive Divine truth with heart and soul.

[2] It is said "who receive with heart and soul," meaning with love and faith, likewise with the will and understanding; for in the Word when "soul and heart" are both mentioned "soul" signifies faith, likewise understanding, and "heart" signifies love, likewise will; for soul [anima] means there in the ultimate sense the respiration of man, which is also called his "spirit" [or breath], and the verb animare means to respire; also when a man dies he is said "to give up the ghost" [emittere animam et spirituum]. Moreover, it is also from correspondence that "soul" signifies faith, also the understanding, and that "heart" signifies love, as also the will; for faith and understanding correspond to the breathing [animatio] or respiration of the lungs, and the love and will correspond to the motion and pulsation of the heart (on which correspondence see above, n. 167; and the Arcana Coelestia 2930, 3883-3896, 9050).

[3] "Now is come the salvation and the power of our God" signifies that the Lord is now able to save; so "power" here signifies to have ability, thus the possibility, because the Lord could not save those who were of His church before the dragon with his angels had been driven out, that is, separated from heaven. One who does not know the laws of Divine order might believe that the Lord can save anyone He pleases, thus the evil as well as the good; and for this reason some are of the opinion that in the end all who are in hell will be saved. But that no one can be saved by immediate mercy, but only by mediate, and that still it is from pure mercy, that those who receive Divine truth from the Lord in soul and heart are saved, may be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell 521-527.

[4] This is also meant by these words in John:

His own received Him not; but as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become sons of God, to them that believe on His name; who were born not of bloods nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:11-13).

"His own" who received Him not mean those who are of the church where the Word is, and to whom the Lord could be known through the Word; therefore those who were of the Jewish Church are here meant by "His own." That the Lord would "give to those that believe on His name power to become sons of God" signifies that He gives heaven to those 1 who receive Divine truths from Him in soul and heart, or in faith and life; "to believe on His name" meaning to receive the Lord in faith and life, for "the name of the Lord" signifies everything by which He is worshiped; "sons of God" mean those who are regenerated by the Lord; "who are born not of bloods" signifies who have not falsified and adulterated the Word; "nor of the will of the flesh" signifies who are not in evils from what is their own [proprium]; "nor of the will of man" signifies who are not in falsities from what is their own [proprium], for the "will" signifies what is man's own [proprium], "flesh" signifies evil, and "man" [vir] signifies falsity; "but born of God" signifies those who have been regenerated by truths from the Word and by a life according to them. From this it can be seen that those who are not willing to be reformed and regenerated by the Lord, which is effected by the reception of Divine truth in faith and life, cannot be saved.

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1. The Latin has "to him who receive," for "to them."

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.