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Apocalypse Explained # 660
660. Verse 10. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them and shall be glad, signifies delights from infernal love with those who are opposed to the goods and truths of the church. This is evident from the signification of "they that dwell upon the earth," as being those who are in the church, here those therein who are in evils and in falsities therefrom, thus who are opposed to its goods and truths; also from the signification of "rejoicing and being glad," as being here the delight of infernal love; for all joy and all gladness is of love, since everyone rejoices and is glad when his love is favored, and when he pursues and obtains what he loves; in a word, all the joy of man proceeds from his love and all the sadness and grief of mind from antagonism to his love.
[2] It is said "rejoice and be glad" because of the marriage of good and truth; for "joy" is predicated of good because it relates to love, for it belongs especially to the heart and will, and "gladness" is predicated of truth, because it relates to the love of truth, for it belongs especially to the mind and its thought; therefore we speak of "joy of heart" and "gladness of mind." Everywhere in the Word there are two expressions, one of which has reference to good and the other to truth, and this because it is the conjunction of good and truth that makes both heaven and the church; therefore both heaven and the church are compared to a marriage, for the reason that the Lord is called "Bridegroom" and "Husband," and heaven and the church are called "bride" and "wife." Everyone, therefore, who is not in that marriage is not an angel of heaven nor a man of the church; and the reason is that there is no good with anyone unless it is formed by truths, nor is there truth with anyone unless it is made living by good; for every truth is a form of good, and all good is the being [esse] of truth, and as one is not possible without the other it follows that there must needs be a marriage of good and truth with the man of the church as well as with an angel of heaven. Moreover, all intelligence and wisdom are from that marriage, for from it truths and goods are continually born, by which the understanding and will are formed.
[3] This has been said that it may be known why "to rejoice" and "to be glad" are both mentioned, namely, because "to rejoice" is predicated of good and its love or affection, and "to be glad" is predicated of truth and its love or affection. This is the case in many other passages in the Word, as in the following:
The heavens shall be glad and the earth shall rejoice (Psalms 96:11).
Let all that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee (Psalms 40:16; 70:4).
The righteous shall be glad and exult before God, and shall rejoice in gladness (Psalms 68:3).
That we may rejoice all our days, make us glad according to the days in which Thou hast afflicted us (Psalms 90:14, 15).
Be glad in Jerusalem and exult in her, all ye that love her, rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her (Isaiah 66:10).
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom (Lamentations 4:21).
Behold joy and gladness, slaying the ox (Isaiah 22:13).
They shall obtain joy and gladness, sorrow and sighing shall flee away (Isaiah 35:10; 51:11).
Joy and gladness shall be found in Zion, confession and the voice of singing (Isaiah 51:3).
They shall make 1 me to hear joy and gladness (Psalms 51:8).
Joy and gladness are cut off from the house of our God (Joel 1:16).
The fast of the tenth month shall be to the house of Judah for joy and for gladness (Zechariah 8:19).
The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, and the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride (Jeremiah 7:34; 25:10; 33:11).
[4] In place of joy exultation is also mentioned, because exultation, like joy, is predicated of good, because it relates to love, to the heart, and to the will; as in the following passages:
Jacob shall exult, Israel shall be glad (Psalms 14:7; 53:6).
I exult and am glad in Thy kindness (Psalms 31:7).
Be glad in Jehovah, and exult, ye righteous (Psalms 32:11).
Mount Zion shall be glad, and the daughters of Judah shall exult (Psalms 48:11).
Let all that trust in Thee be glad, and let them that love Thy name exult in Thee (Psalms 5:11).
This is the day that Jehovah hath made, let us exult and be glad in it (Psalms 118:24).
Let us exult and be glad in His salvation (Isaiah 25:9).
Be ye glad and exult forever in the things which I create (Isaiah 65:18).
Exult and be glad that Jehovah hath magnified in doing (Joel 2:21).
Exult, ye sons of Zion, and be glad in Jehovah your God (Joel 2:23; Habakkuk 3:18).
Be glad and exult with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem (Zephaniah 3:14).
Gladness and exultation are taken away from Carmel (Isaiah 16:10; Jeremiah 48:33).
The angel said unto Zacharias, Thou shalt have gladness and exultation, and many shall rejoice at His birth (Luke 1:14).
In all these passages, "exultation" signifies delight from love and from the affection of good, and "gladness" signifies pleasure from the love and affection of truth.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. The Hebrew has "Thou shalt make," as also found in Arcana Coelestia 3812, 8339.
Isaiah 65
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"I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who didn't seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.
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I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
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a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;
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who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
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who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
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"Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,
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your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together," says Yahweh, "who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom."
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Thus says Yahweh, "As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, 'Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it:' so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
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I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
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Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.
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"But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;
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I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight."
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Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;
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behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.
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You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name:
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so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
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"For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
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But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
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I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.
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"There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
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They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
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They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
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They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them.
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It shall happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
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The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain," says Yahweh.
