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1 Ιδου, εγω αποστελλω τον αγγελον μου και θελει κατασκευασει την οδον εμπροσθεν μου· και ο Κυριος, τον οποιον σεις ζητειτε, εξαιφνης θελει ελθει εις τον ναον αυτου, ναι, ο αγγελος της διαθηκης, τον οποιον σεις θελετε· ιδου, ερχεται, λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων.

2 Αλλα τις δυναται να υπομεινη την ημεραν της ελευσεως αυτου; και τις δυναται να σταθη εις την παρουσιαν αυτου; διοτι αυτος ειναι ως πυρ χωνευτου και ως σμιγμα γναφεων.

3 Και θελει καθησει ως ο χωνευων και καθαριζων το αργυριον, και θελει καθαρισει τους υιους του Λευι και θελει στραγγισει αυτους ως το χρυσιον και το αργυριον, και θελουσι προσφερει εις τον Κυριον προσφοραν εν δικαιοσυνη.

4 Τοτε η προσφορα του Ιουδα και της Ιερουσαλημ θελει εισθαι αρεστη εις τον Κυριον καθως εν ταις ημεραις ταις αρχαιαις και καθως εν τοις προλαβουσιν ετεσι.

5 Και θελω πλησιασει προς εσας δια κρισιν· και θελω εισθαι μαρτυς σπευδων εναντιον των μαγων και εναντιον των μοιχευοντων και εναντιον των επιορκων και εναντιον των αποστερουντων τον μισθον του μισθωτου, των καταδυναστευοντων την χηραν και τον ορφανον, και των αδικουντων τον ξενον και των μη φοβουμενων με, λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων.

6 Διοτι εγω ειμαι ο Κυριος· δεν αλλοιουμαι· δια τουτο σεις, οι υιοι του Ιακωβ, δεν απωλεσθητε.

7 Εκ των ημερων των πατερων σας απεχωρισθητε απο των διαταγματων μου και δεν εφυλαξατε αυτα. Επιστρεψατε προς εμε και θελω επιστρεψει προς εσας, λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· πλην ειπετε, Τινι τροπω θελομεν επιστρεψει;

8 Μηπως θελει κλεπτει ο ανθρωπος τον Θεον; σεις ομως με εκλεπτετε· και λεγετε, Εις τι σε εκλεψαμεν; εις τα δεκατα και εις τας προσφορας.

9 Σεις εισθε κατηραμενοι με καταραν· διοτι σεις με εκλεψατε, ναι, σεις, ολον το εθνος.

10 Φερετε παντα τα δεκατα εις την αποθηκην, δια να ηναι τροφη εις τον οικον μου· και δοκιμασατε με τωρα εις τουτο, λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων, εαν δεν σας ανοιξω τους καταρρακτας του ουρανου και εκχεω την ευλογιαν εις εσας, ωστε να μη αρκη τοπος δι' αυτην.

11 Και θελω επιτιμησει υπερ υμων τον καταφθειροντα, και δεν θελει φθειρει τους καρπους της γης σας· ουδε η αμπελος σας θελει απορριψει προ καιρου τον καρπον αυτης εν τω αγρω, λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων.

12 Και θελουσι σας μακαριζει παντα τα εθνη· διοτι σεις θελετε εισθαι γη επιθυμητη, λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων.

13 Οι λογοι σας ησαν σκληροι εναντιον μου, λεγει ο Κυριος· και ειπετε, Τι ελαλησαμεν εναντιον σου;

14 Σεις ειπετε, Ματαιον ειναι να δουλευη τις τον Θεον· και, Τις η ωφελεια οτι εφυλαξαμεν τα διαταγματα αυτου και οτι περιεπατησαμεν πενθουντες ενωπιον του Κυριου των δυναμεων;

15 Και τωρα ημεις μακαριζομεν τους υπερηφανους· ναι, οι εργαζομενοι την ανομιαν υψωθησαν, ναι, οι πειραζοντες τον Θεον, και αυτοι εσωθησαν.

16 Τοτε οι φοβουμενοι τον Κυριον ελαλουν προς αλληλους· και ο Κυριος προσειχε και ηκουε και εγραφη βιβλιον ενθυμησεως ενωπιον αυτου περι των φοβουμενων τον Κυριον και των ευλαβουμενων το ονομα αυτου·

17 και θελουσιν εισθαι εμου, λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων, εν τη ημερα εκεινη, οταν εγω ετοιμασω τα πολυτιμα μου· και θελω σπλαγχνισθη αυτους, καθως σπλαγχνιζεται ανθρωπος τον υιον αυτου, οστις δουλευει αυτον.

18 Τοτε θελετε επιστρεψει και διακρινει μεταξυ δικαιου και ασεβους, μεταξυ του δουλευοντος τον Θεον και του μη δουλευοντος αυτον.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 285

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285. We are told they "will reign upon the earth" because the earth here and elsewhere means the Lord's church in heaven and on earth. The church in both worlds is the Lord's kingdom. Therefore, lest anyone suppose that people who are redeemed by the Lord all become kings and priests who will reign upon the earth, it is important that we demonstrate from the Word that the earth or land symbolizes the church. This can be seen from the following passages:

Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes (the earth) waste, and will overturn its surface... The land shall be entirely emptied... The (habitable) earth will mourn and... be turned upside down... The earth will be profaned under its inhabitants... Therefore a curse shall devour the earth... and... the inhabitants of the earth shall be burned, and few men will be left... ...in the midst of the land... it shall be like the stripping of an olive tree... ...the cataracts on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth are shaken. The earth is violently broken, the earth is utterly split open, the earth is shaken exceedingly. The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard... (Isaiah 24:1-23.)

[2] The lion has come up from his thicket... to make your land desolate... I beheld the earth (when) lo, it was empty and void... ...Jehovah has said, "The whole land shall be desolate... For this shall the earth mourn... (Jeremiah 4:7, 23-28)

How long will the land mourn...? The whole land is made desolate, because no one lays it to heart. (Jeremiah 12:4, 11-13)

The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and withered away. (Isaiah 33:9)

Its land shall become burning pitch...(and) it shall lie waste. (Isaiah 34:9-10)

...I have heard from the Lord... a destruction decreed upon the whole earth. (Isaiah 28:22)

Behold, the day of Jehovah comes... to lay the land desolate..., and the earth will be shaken out of its place... (Isaiah 13:9-13)

The earth shook and trembled, and the foundations of the mountains quaked... (Psalms 18:7)

...we will not fear when the earth is transformed... When He uttered His voice, the earth melted. (Psalms 46:2-3, 6, 8)

Have you not understood the foundations of the earth? (Isaiah 40:21)

O God, You have forsaken us... You have made the earth tremble...; heal its breaches, for it is shaken. (Psalms 60:1-2)

[3] The earth and all its inhabitants will melt away; I will firm up its pillars. (Psalms 75:3)

Woe to a land overshadowed by wings... Go, ...messengers, to... a nation... trodden down, whose land rivers have despoiled. (Isaiah 18:1-2)

By the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts the land is darkened... (Isaiah 9:19)

...you will be a delightful land... (Malachi 3:12)

...I have given You as a covenant of the people to restore the earth... Sing, O heavens! And exult, O earth! (Isaiah 49:8, 13)

I shall not see Yah... in the land of the living. (Isaiah 38:11)

...who caused terror in the land of the living. (Ezekiel 32:23-27)

I would not have believed I would see the goodness... in the land of life. (Psalms 27:13)

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)

I am Jehovah, who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens alone, who spreads out the earth by Myself. (Isaiah 44,24, cf. Zechariah 12:1, Jeremiah 10:11-13; 51:15, Psalm. 136:6)

Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation... ...thus said Jehovah, who created the heavens..., who formed the earth... (Isaiah 45:8, 12, 18-19)

...behold, I create new heavens and a new earth... (Isaiah 65:17, cf. 66:22)

And in many other places as well, which, if I were to cite them, would fill a page.

[4] The earth or land symbolizes the church for the reason that it very often means the land of Canaan, which is where the church was. That is the heavenly Canaan. Moreover, when the earth or land is mentioned, angels, being spiritual, do not think of the earth or land, but of the human race dwelling upon it and its spiritual state; and its spiritual state is the state of the church.

The earth or land also has an opposite meaning, and in that sense it symbolizes damnation, since when the church is not present in a person, damnation is. The earth or land is mentioned in that sense in Isaiah 14:12; 21:9; 26:19, 21; 29:4; 47:1; 63:6, Lamentations 2:2, 10, Ezekiel 26:20; 32:24, Numbers 16:29-33; 26:10, and elsewhere.

  
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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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