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1 Χειρ Κυριου εσταθη επ' εμε· και με εξηγαγεν ο Κυριος δια πνευματος και με εθεσεν εν μεσω πεδιαδος και αυτη ητο πληρης οστεων.

2 Και με εκαμε να διελθω πλησιον αυτων κυκλω· και ιδου, ησαν πολλα σφοδρα επι το προσωπον της πεδιαδος· και ιδου, ησαν καταξηρα.

3 Και ειπε προς εμε, Υιε ανθρωπου, δυνανται τα οστα ταυτα να αναζησωσι; Και ειπα, Κυριε Θεε, συ εξευρεις.

4 Και ειπε προς εμε, Προφητευσον επι τα οστα ταυτα και ειπε προς αυτα, Τα οστα τα ξηρα, ακουσατε τον λογον του Κυριου·

5 Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος προς τα οστα ταυτα· Ιδου, εγω θελω εμβαλει εις εσας πνευμα και θελετε αναζησει·

6 και θελω βαλει εφ' υμας νευρα και αναγαγει σαρκα εφ' υμας και περισκεπασει υμας με δερμα, και θελω εμβαλει εις εσας πνευμα και θελετε αναζησει και θελετε γνωρισει οτι εγω ειμαι ο Κυριος.

7 Και προεφητευσα, ως προσεταχθην· και καθως προεφητευσα, εγεινεν ηχος, και ιδου, σεισμος, και τα οστα συνηλθον ομου, οστουν μετα του οστου αυτου.

8 Και ειδον και ιδου, νευρα και σαρκες ανεφυησαν επ' αυτα και δερμα περιεσκεπασεν αυτα επανω· πνευμα ομως δεν ητο εν αυτοις.

9 Και ειπε προς εμε, προφητευσον επι το πνευμα, προφητευσον, υιε ανθρωπου, και ειπε προς το πνευμα, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Ελθε, πνευμα, εκ των τεσσαρων ανεμων και εμφυσησον επι τους πεφονευμενους τουτους και ας αναζησωσι.

10 Και προεφητευσα, ως προσεταχθην· και το πνευμα εισηλθεν εις αυτους και ανεζησαν και εσταθησαν επι τους ποδας αυτων, στρατευμα μεγα σφοδρα.

11 Και ειπε προς εμε, Υιε ανθρωπου, τα οστα ταυτα ειναι πας ο οικος Ισραηλ· ιδου, ουτοι λεγουσι, τα οστα ημων εξηρανθησαν και η ελπις ημων εχαθη· ημεις ηφανισθημεν.

12 Δια τουτο προφητευσον και ειπε προς αυτους, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Ιδου, λαε μου, εγω ανοιγω τους ταφους σας και θελω σας αναβιβασει εκ των ταφων σας, θελω σας φερει εις την γην του Ισραηλ.

13 Και θελετε γνωρισει οτι εγω ειμαι ο Κυριος, οταν, λαε μου, ανοιξω τους ταφους σας και σας αναβιβασω εκ των ταφων σας.

14 Και θελω δωσει το πνευμα μου εις εσας και θελετε αναζησει και θελω σας θεσει εν τη γη υμων, και θελετε γνωρισει οτι εγω ο Κυριος ελαλησα και εξετελεσα, λεγει Κυριος.

15 Και εγεινε λογος Κυριου προς εμε, λεγων,

16 Και συ, υιε ανθρωπου, λαβε εις σεαυτον ραβδον μιαν και γραψον επ' αυτην περι του Ιουδα και περι των υιων Ισραηλ των συνακολουθων αυτου· λαβε και αλλην ραβδον και γραψον επ' αυτην περι του Ιωσηφ, της ραβδον του Εφραιμ, και παντος του οικου Ισραηλ των συνακολουθων αυτου.

17 Και συναψον αυτας εις σεαυτον μιαν προς μιαν εις ραβδον μιαν και θελουσι γεινει μια εν τη χειρι σου.

18 Και οταν οι υιοι του λαου σου ειπωσι προς σε, λεγοντες, Δεν θελεις απαγγειλει εις ημας τι δηλουσιν εις σε ταυτα;

19 ειπε προς αυτους, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Ιδου, εγω θελω λαβει την ραβδον του Ιωσηφ, την εν τη χειρι του Εφραιμ, και των φυλων του Ισραηλ των συνακολουθων αυτου, και θελω βαλει εκεινας μετα ταυτης, της ραβδου του Ιουδα, και καμει αυτας μιαν ραβδον, και θελουσιν εισθαι μια εν τη χειρι μου.

20 Και αι ραβδοι, επι τας οποιας εγραψας, θελουσιν εισθαι εν τη χειρι σου ενωπιον αυτων.

21 Και ειπε προς αυτους, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Ιδου, εγω θελω λαβει τους υιους Ισραηλ εκ μεσου των εθνων οπου υπηγον, και θελω συναξει αυτους πανταχοθεν και φερει αυτους εις την γην αυτων.

22 Και θελω καμει αυτους εν εθνος εν τη γη, επι των ορεων του Ισραηλ· και εις βασιλευς θελει εισθαι βασιλευς επι παντας αυτους· και δεν θελουσιν εισθαι πλεον δυο εθνη και δεν θελουσιν εισθαι του λοιπου διηρημενοι πλεον εις δυο βασιλεια·

23 και δεν θελουσι μιαινεσθαι πλεον εν τοις ειδωλοις αυτων ουδε εν τοις βδελυγμασιν αυτων ουδε εν πασαις ταις παραβασεσιν αυτων· αλλα θελω σωσει αυτους εκ πασων των κατοικησεων αυτων, εν αις ημαρτησαν, και θελω καθαρισει αυτους· και θελουσιν εισθαι λαος μου και εγω θελω εισθαι Θεος αυτων.

24 Και Δαβιδ ο δουλος μου θελει εισθαι βασιλευς επ' αυτους· και θελει εισθαι επι παντας αυτους εις ποιμην· και θελουσι περιπατει εν ταις κρισεσι μου και θελουσι φυλαττει τα διαταγματα μου και εκτελει αυτα.

25 Και θελουσι κατοικει εν τη γη, την οποιαν εδωκα εις τον δουλον μου τον Ιακωβ, οπου κατωκησαν οι πατερες σας· και εν αυτη θελουσι κατοικει, αυτοι και τα τεκνα αυτων και τα τεκνα των τεκνων αυτων, εως αιωνος· και Δαβιδ ο δουλος μου θελει εισθαι αρχων αυτων εις τον αιωνα.

26 Και θελω καμει προς αυτους διαθηκην ειρηνης· αυτη θελει εισθαι διαθηκη αιωνιος προς αυτους· και θελω στηριξει αυτους και πληθυνει αυτους, και θελω θεσει το αγιαστηριον μου εν μεσω αυτων εις τον αιωνα.

27 Και η σκηνη μου θελει εισθαι εν μεσω αυτων, και θελω εισθαι Θεος αυτων και αυτοι θελουσιν εισθαι λαος μου.

28 Και θελουσι γνωρισει τα εθνη οτι εγω ο Κυριος ειμαι ο αγιαζων τον Ισραηλ, οταν το αγιαστηριον μου ηναι εν μεσω αυτων εις τον αιωνα.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 350

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350. Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed. (7:5) This symbolizes celestial love, which is love toward the Lord, and this in all those people who will be in the Lord's New Heaven and New Church.

In the highest sense Judah symbolizes the Lord in relation to celestial love; in the spiritual sense, the Lord's celestial kingdom and the Word; and in the natural sense, the doctrine of a celestial church drawn from the Word. Here, however, Judah symbolizes celestial love, which is love toward the Lord; and because it is named first in the series, it symbolizes that love in all those people who will be in the New Heaven and in the Lord's New Church. For the tribe named first is everything in the rest, being to them as though their head and serving as a universal property entering into all those that follow, tying them together, qualifying them and affecting them. This property is love toward the Lord.

To be shown that twelve thousand symbolizes all who possess that love, see no. 348 above.

[2] People know that after the death of Solomon the twelve tribes of Israel were divided into two kingdoms: the kingdom of Judah and the kingdom of Israel. The kingdom of Judah represented the celestial kingdom or the Lord's priestly kingdom, while the kingdom of Israel represented the spiritual kingdom or the Lord's royal kingdom. But the latter was destroyed when the people had nothing spiritual left in them, whereas the kingdom of Judah was preserved, for the sake of the Word, and because the Lord would be born there. However, when the people adulterated the Word completely, and thus could not recognize the Lord, then their kingdom was destroyed.

It can be seen from this that the tribe of Judah symbolizes celestial love, which is love toward the Lord. But because the people were of the character they were with respect to the Word and with respect to the Lord, the tribe of Judah symbolizes also the opposite love, which is love of self - properly speaking, a love of dominating springing from a love of self - a love which we call diabolical love.

[3] The fact that Judah and his tribe symbolize the celestial kingdom and its love, which is love toward the Lord, follows from these passages:

Judah, your brothers shall praise you... The scepter shall not be taken from Judah... until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people. Binding his donkey's foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he washes his garment in wine... His eyes are redder than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. (Genesis 49:8-12)

...David shall be their prince forever, and I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them..., and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. (Ezekiel 37:25-26)

Exult and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! ...Jehovah will make Judah an inheritance for Himself, His portion on the holy land. (Zechariah 2:10-12)

O Judah, celebrate your feasts, perform your vows. For Belial 1 shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off. (Nahum 1:15)

The Lord... will suddenly come to His temple... Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be sweet to Jehovah as in the days of old... (Malachi 3:1, 4)

Judah shall abide forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. (Joel 3:20)

Behold, the days are coming..., that I will raise to David a righteous Branch... In His days Judah will be saved... (Jeremiah 23:5-6)

I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, and from Judah an heir of My mountains, that My elect may possess it... (Isaiah 65:9)

Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. (Psalms 114:2)

Behold, the days are coming..., when I will make a new covenant... with the house of Judah... ...this will be the covenant...: I will put My law within them, and write it on their heart... (Jeremiah 31:27, 31, 33-34)

In those days ten men... shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, "We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." (Zechariah 8:23)

...as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me..., so shall your offspring and your name remain.

Kings (of the nations) shall be your foster fathers, their princesses your nursing mothers. They shall bow down to you, their faces to the ground, and lick the dust of your feet. (Isaiah 66:22; 49:23)

[4] From these and many other passages, which we do not have the space to cite because of their number, it can be clearly seen that Judah means not Judah but the church. We are told, for example, that the Lord would make a new and eternal covenant with that nation, that He would make it His heir and His sanctuary forevermore, and that kings of the nations and their princesses would bow down to them, licking the dust of their feet, and so on.

[5] That the tribe of Judah, regarded in itself, means the diabolic kingdom, which is one of a love of dominating springing from a love of self, can be seen from the following passages:

I will hide My face from them, I will see what their posterity will be. ...they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faith... ...they are a nation void of counsel... ...their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; its grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter. Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. Is this not laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? (Deuteronomy 32:20-34)

(Know that) it is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart... that Jehovah... is... giving you (the land of Canaan)..., for you are a stiff-necked people. (Deuteronomy 9:5-6)

...according to the number of your cities have been your gods, O Judah... ...according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars... to burn incense to Baal. (Jeremiah 2:28; 11:13)

You are of your father the devil, and you choose to do the desires of your father. (John 8:44)

Jews are said to be full of hypocrisy, iniquity, and uncleanness (Matthew 23:27-28.

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1. In the Old Testament, the personification of wickedness and destruction, originally conceived perhaps as some sort of spirit demon.

  
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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.