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Και τωρα θελω αποκαλυψει την ακαθαρσιαν αυτης εμπροσθεν των εραστων αυτης, και ουδεις θελει λυτρωσει αυτην εκ της χειρος μου.
Hosea 2:10
Doctrine of the Lord # 5
5. “Day” or “time” in these passages mean the Lord’s advent.
A day of gloom, of darkness, of haziness, one without light, one of devastation, of the final iniquity, or of destruction, means the Lord’s advent when He was no longer known and when as a consequence nothing any longer of the church remained.
A cruel day, a dreadful day, a day of wrath, of anger, of tumult, of visitation, of sacrifice, of retribution, of distress, of war, or of a cry, means the Lord’s coming to judge.
A day when Jehovah alone will be exalted; when He shall be one and His name one; when an offshoot of Jehovah shall be beautiful and glorious; when the righteous shall flourish; when Jehovah shall vivify; when He will seek His flock; when He will make a new covenant; when the mountains drip new wine; when living waters flow from Jerusalem; when people will look to the God of Israel; and the like — these mean the Lord’s advent to establish a new church, one that will acknowledge Him as the redeemer and savior.
Published by the General Church of the New Jerusalem, 1100 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania 19009, U.S.A. A translation of Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Domino, by Emanuel Swedenborg, 1688-1772. Translated from the Original Latin by N. Bruce Rogers. ISBN 9780945003687, Library of Congress Control Number: 2013954074.
Isaiah 24:21-23
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It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
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They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
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Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.
