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Ιεζεκιήλ 28

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1 Και εγεινε λογος Κυριου προς εμε, λεγων,

2 Υιε ανθρωπου, ειπε προς τον ηγεμονα της Τυρου, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Επειδη υψωθη η καρδια σου και ειπας, Εγω ειμαι Θεος, επι της καθεδρας του Θεου καθημαι, εν τη καρδια των θαλασσων· ενω εισαι ανθρωπος αλλ' ουχι Θεος· και εκαμες την καρδιαν σου ως καρδιαν Θεου·

3 ιδου, συ εισαι σοφωτερος του Δανιηλ· ουδεν μυστηριον ειναι κεκρυμμενον απο σου·

4 δια της σοφιας σου και δια της συνεσεως σου εκαμες εις σεαυτον δυναμιν και απεκτησας εν τοις θησαυροις σου χρυσιον και αργυριον·

5 δια της μεγαλης σοφιας σου ηυξησας τα πλουτη σου δια του εμποριου, και η καρδια σου υψωθη δια την δυναμιν σου·

6 δια τουτο, ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Επειδη εκαμες την καρδιαν σου ως καρδιαν Θεου,

7 ιδου, δια τουτο θελω φερει εναντιον σου ξενους, τους τρομερωτερους των εθνων· και θελουσιν εκσπασει τα ξιφη αυτων κατα του καλλους της σοφιας σου και θελουσι μολυνει την λαμπροτητα σου.

8 Θελουσι σε καταβιβασει εις τον λακκον, και θελεις τελευτησει με τον θανατον των πεφονευμενων εν τη καρδια των θαλασσων.

9 Θελεις λεγει ετι ενωπιον του φονευοντος σε, Εγω ειμαι θεος, ανθρωπος ων και ουχι θεος, εν ταις χερσι του φονευοντος σε;

10 Θανατον απεριτμητων θελεις θανατωθη δια χειρος των ξενων· διοτι εγω ελαλησα, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

11 Και εγεινε λογος Κυριου προς εμε, λεγων,

12 Υιε ανθρωπου, αναλαβε θρηνον επι τον βασιλεα της Τυρου και ειπε προς αυτον, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Συ επεσφραγισας τα παντα, εισαι πληρης σοφιας και τελειος εις καλλος.

13 Εσταθης εν Εδεμ τω παραδεισω του Θεου· ησο περιεσκεπασμενος υπο παντος λιθου τιμιου, υπο σαρδιου, τοπαζιου και αδαμαντος, βηρυλλιου, ονυχος και ιασπεως, σαπφειρου, σμαραγδου και ανθρακος και χρυσιου· η υπηρεσια των τυμπανων σου και των αυλων σου ητο ητοιμασμενη δια σε την ημεραν καθ' ην εκτισθης.

14 Ησο χερουβ κεχρισμενον, δια να επισκιαζης· και εγω σε εστησα· ησο εν τω ορει τω αγιω του Θεου· περιεπατεις εν μεσω λιθων πυρινων.

15 Ησο τελειος εν ταις οδοις σου αφ' ης ημερας εκτισθης, εωσου ευρεθη αδικια εν σοι.

16 Εκ του πληθους του εμποριου σου ενεπλησαν το μεσον σου απο ανομιας και ημαρτες· δια τουτο θελω σε απορριψει ως βεβηλον απο του ορους του Θεου, και θελω σε καταστρεψει εν μεσω των πυρινων λιθων, χερουβ επισκιαζον.

17 Η καρδια σου υψωθη δια το καλλος σου· εφθειρας την σοφιαν σου δια την λαμπροτητα σου· θελω σε ριψει κατα γης· θελω σε εκθεσει ενωπιον των βασιλεων, δια να βλεπωσιν εις σε.

18 Εβεβηλωσας τα ιερα σου δια το πληθος των αμαρτιων σου, δια τας αδικιας του εμποριου σου· δια τουτο θελω εκβαλει πυρ εκ μεσου σου, το οποιον θελει σε καταφαγει· και θελω σε καταστησει σποδον επι της γης, ενωπιον παντων των βλεποντων σε.

19 Παντες οι γνωριζοντες σε μεταξυ των λαων θελουσιν εκπλαγη δια σε· φρικη θελεις εισθαι και δεν θελεις υπαρξει εως αιωνος.

20 Και εγεινε λογος Κυριου προς εμε, λεγων,

21 Υιε ανθρωπου, στηριξον το προσωπον σου επι την Σιδωνα, και προφητευσον κατ' αυτης

22 και ειπε, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Ιδου, εγω ειμαι εναντιον σου, Σιδων· και θελω δοξασθη εν μεσω σου· και θελουσι γνωρισει οτι εγω ειμαι ο Κυριος, οταν εκτελεσω κρισεις εις αυτην και αγιασθω εν αυτη.

23 Διοτι θελω εξαποστειλει εις αυτην θανατικον και αιμα εν ταις οδοις αυτης· και οι τετραυματισμενοι θελουσι πεσει εν μεσω αυτης δια μαχαιρας ελθουσης επ' αυτην κυκλοθεν· και θελουσι γνωρισει οτι εγω ειμαι ο Κυριος.

24 Και δεν θελει εισθαι πλεον εν τω οικω Ισραηλ σκολοψ πικριας και ακανθα οδυνης εκ παντων των περιξ αυτων των καταφρονουντων αυτους· και θελουσι γνωρισει οτι εγω ειμαι Κυριος ο Θεος.

25 Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Οταν συναξω τον οικον Ισραηλ εκ των λαων, μεταξυ των οποιων ειναι διεσκορπισμενοι, και αγιασθω εν αυτοις ενωπιον των εθνων, τοτε θελουσι κατοικησει εν τη γη αυτων, την οποιαν εδωκα εις τον δουλον μου τον Ιακωβ.

26 Και θελουσι κατοικησει εν αυτη εν ασφαλεια και θελουσιν οικοδομησει οικιας και φυτευσει αμπελωνας· ναι, θελουσι κατοικησει εν ασφαλεια, οταν εκτελεσω κρισεις επι παντας τους καταφρονησαντας αυτους κυκλοθεν αυτων· και θελουσι γνωρισει οτι εγω ειμαι Κυριος ο Θεος αυτων.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 897

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897. 21:11 Having the glory of God, and its light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal. This symbolically means that in that church the Word will be understood, because its spiritual sense will come shining through.

The glory of God symbolizes the Word in its Divine light, as will be seen next. Its light symbolizes the Divine truth in it, for this is the meaning of light in the Word (no. 796). "Like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal," symbolizes the Word shining and translucent because of its spiritual sense, as will also be seen next.

These words describe the understanding of the Word among people who possess the doctrine of the New Jerusalem and live in accordance with it. In their case the Word seems to shine when they read it. It shines because of the Lord's presence in the midst of the spiritual sense, because the Lord embodies the Word, and the spiritual sense exists in the light of heaven that emanates from the Lord as its sun. Moreover, the light that emanates from the Lord as a sun is in its essence the Divine truth of His Divine wisdom.

Every single thing in the Word contains a spiritual meaning, which angels see and from which they have their wisdom, and the light of that spiritual sense comes shining through with people who possess genuine truths from the Lord, as we showed in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture.

[2] That the glory of God means the Word in its Divine light can be seen from the following passage:

The Word became flesh..., and we beheld His glory, the glory as though of the only begotten of the Father... (John 1:14)

That the glory is the glory of the Word, or the Divine truth in the Lord, is plain, since it says, "The Word became flesh."

Glory has the same meaning in verse 23 below, where it says, "the glory of God illuminated it, and the Lamb is its lamp" (Revelation 21:23).

The same is meant by the glory in which people will see the Son of Man when He comes in the clouds of heaven (Matthew 24:30, Mark 13:26). See nos. 22, 642, 820 above.

Nor is anything else meant by the throne of glory on which the Lord will sit when He comes to execute the Last Judgment (Matthew 25:31), because He will judge everyone in accordance with the Word's truths. Therefore we are told as well that He will come in His glory.

We are, moreover, told that after the Lord was transfigured, Moses and Elijah appeared in glory (Luke 9:30-31). Moses and Elijah there symbolize the Word. The Lord Himself also then caused Himself to appear to the disciples as the Word in its glory.

To be shown that glory symbolizes Divine truth, more citations from the Word may be seen in no. 629 above.

[3] The Word is likened to a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal, because a precious stone symbolizes the Divine truth in the Word (nos. 231, 540, 726, 823), and a jasper stone symbolizes the Divine truth in the spiritual sense shining through the Divine truth in the literal sense. This is the symbolic meaning of jasper stone in Exodus 28:20, Ezekiel 28:13, and in the following verses in the present chapter, where we are told that the construction of the wall of the holy Jerusalem was of jasper (verse 18). Moreover, because the Word's spiritual sense shines through in its literal sense, we are told that the jasper stone was as bright as crystal. All enlightenment that people have who possess Divine truths from the Lord comes from that.

  
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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 21

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1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

2 I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

4 He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."

5 He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."

6 He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

7 He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride."

10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

12 having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

13 On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

15 He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.

16 The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand Twelve stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.

17 Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

18 The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.

19 The foundations of the city's wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.

21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.

23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

24 The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

25 Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),

26 and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.

27 There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.