26
וְכָרַתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית שָׁלֹום בְּרִית עֹולָם יִהְיֶה אֹותָם וּנְתַתִּים וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֹותָם וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־מִקְדָּשִׁי בְּתֹוכָם לְעֹולָם׃
Yechezchial 37:26
True Christian Religion # 310
310. In the spiritual sense murders mean all manners of killing and destroying human souls. These are of many and varied kinds, for instance, turning them away from God, religion and the worship of God, making these things the subject of scandal, and persuading people of things which cause them to be hated and rejected. Such are all the devils and satans in hell, and linked with them are those in this world who offer violence to and prostitute the holiness of the church. It is those who destroy souls by means of falsities who are meant by the king of the abyss, called 'Abaddon' or 'Apollyon', that is, the destroyer, in Revelation 9:11; and in the prophetic parts of the Word by 'the slain', as in these passages:
Jehovah God has said, Feed the sheep to be slain, which their owners slaughtered, Zechariah 11:4-5, 7.
We were slain all day long; we were considered sheep for slaughter, Psalms 44:22.
Jacob will cause those who are to come to take root; has he not been slain even as he slew others? Isaiah 27:6-7.
A thief 1 does not come except to steal and slaughter sheep; I have come so that they may have life and plenty, John 10:10.
There are further passages of this kind, such as Isaiah 14:21; 26:21; Ezekiel 37:9 2 ; Jeremiah 4:31; 12:3; Revelation 9:4-5; 11:7. This is why the devil is called 'a murderer from the beginning' (John 8:44).
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. The Latin text has 'a stranger', but this is corrected in the author's copy. The word 'sheep' has been added to the quotation.
2. This reference appears to be wrong; possibly is intended.
Hosea 11
1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
2
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
3
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
4
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
5
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
6
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
7
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
8
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
9
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
10
They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
11
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
12
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
