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Ezekiel 25

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1 And the word of Jehovah was unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, set thy face against the sons of Ammon, and prophesy against them;

3 and say unto the sons of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Jehovih*; Thus says the Lord Jehovih; Because thou didst say, Aha, against My sanctuary, when it was·​·profaned; and against the ground of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into exile;

4 therefore, behold, I will give thee to the sons of the east for a possession, and they shall dwell in thee with their rows, and put their habitations in thee; they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

5 And I will give Rabbah for a home of camels, and the sons of Ammon a place· for flocks ·to·​·lie·​·down; and you shall know that I am Jehovah.

6 For thus says the Lord Jehovih; Because thou hast·​·clapped thy hands, and stamped* with the foot, and wast·​·glad in all thy contempt in thy soul against the ground of Israel,

7 behold, therefore I will stretch·​·out My hand on thee, and will give thee for plunder to the nations; and I will cut· thee ·off from the peoples, and I will cause thee to perish from the lands; I will blot· thee ·out; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

8 Thus says the Lord Jehovih; Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is as all the nations;

9 therefore, behold, I am opening the shoulder of Moab from the cities, from his cities, from his ends, the elegance of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,

10 unto the sons of the east with the sons of Ammon, and will give them for a possession, so·​·that the sons of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations.

11 And I will make judgments on Moab; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

12 Thus says the Lord Jehovih, Because Edom has done to the house of Judah by avenging with vengeance, and being·​·guilty is·​·guilty, and has avenged himself upon them;

13 therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih; And I will stretch·​·out My hand on Edom, and will cut·​·off man and beast from her; and I will give her as a waste from Teman; and toward Dedan shall fall by the sword.

14 And I will put My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according·​·to My anger and according·​·to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance, says the Lord Jehovih.

15 Thus says the Lord Jehovih; Because the Philistines have done this with vengeance, and have avenged with vengeance with contempt in the soul, for destruction with eternal enmity,

16 therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih; Behold, I will stretch·​·out My hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut·​·off the Cherethites, and make· to ·perish what·​·is·​·left of the sea coast.

17 And I will make great vengeance upon them with furious reprovings; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put My vengeance upon them.

   


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Apocalypse Revealed # 704

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704. That perform signs to go away to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. This symbolizes assertions that their falsities are true, and efforts to stir up all those throughout the church who are caught up in the same falsities to attack the truths of the New Church.

To perform signs is to testify and also to assert that something is true, as may be seen in nos. 598, 599 above, here that their falsities are true. Kings of the earth and of the whole world symbolize people who are caught up primarily in falsities springing from evil, here all who are caught up in the same falsities throughout the church. For kings symbolize people impelled by truths that spring from goodness, and in an opposite sense people impelled by falsities springing from evil (no. 483). The earth symbolizes the church (no. 285), and so likewise does the world (no. 551). To go away to gather them to battle means, symbolically, to stir those people to fight or attack; for war symbolizes a spiritual war, which is one of falsity against truth and of truth against falsity (nos. 500, 586). It is to attack the truths of the New Church because it is called the battle of that great day of God Almighty, and that day symbolizes the Lord's advent and a new church then. That this is the symbolic meaning of the great day there will be seen below.

We are told that the spirits of demons would do this, because the spirits of demons symbolize lusts to falsify truths and to reason on the basis of falsities, as just said in no. 703 above.

It is apparent from this that spirits of demons performing signs to go away to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty, symbolize assertions by the people meant by the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, as described in nos. 701, 702 above, that their falsities are true, and efforts to stir up all those throughout the church who are caught up in the same falsities to attack the truths of the New Church.

[2] That the great day of God Almighty symbolizes the Lord's advent and a new church then, is clear from many passages in the Word, as from the following:

Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. (Isaiah 2:11)

...in that day... Israel... will depend on Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. (Isaiah 10:20)

In that day a Root of Jesse... shall the Gentiles seek, and His resting place shall be glorious. (Isaiah 11:10-11)

In that day... eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 17:7, 9)

They will say in that day: "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, to set us free." (Isaiah 25:9)

...My people shall know My name...(and) in that day, I am He who speaks: "Behold, it is I." (Isaiah 52:6)

Alas! ...great is (the day of Jehovah, and) there is none like it. (Jeremiah 30:7)

Behold, the days are coming... when I will make a new covenant... and the city shall be built for Jehovah... (Jeremiah 31:27, 31, 38)

In those days... I will cause to grow up to David a righteous Branch... (Jeremiah 33:15)

(They will not) stand in battle on the day of Jehovah. (Ezekiel 13:5)

In that day Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the children of your people... In that day... shall be delivered everyone who is found written in the book. (Daniel 12:1)

...in that day... you will call Me "My Husband."... In that day I will make a covenant for them... ...in that day I will hear... (Hosea 2:16, 18, 21).

Behold, I am sending you Elijah... before the coming of the great... day of Jehovah. (Malachi 4:5)

Jehovah... will save them in that day, as the flock of His people. (Zechariah 9:16)

In that day Jehovah will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (Zechariah 12:8)

Behold, the day of Jehovah is coming... It shall be one day which is known to Jehovah... In that day Jehovah shall be one and His name one... In that day there shall be a great tumult... In that day "Holiness to the Lord" shall be engraved on the bells of the horses. (Zechariah 14:1, 4, 6-9, 13, 20-21)

There are many other passages in addition to these in which "the day of Jehovah" means the Lord's advent and a new church from Him then, as in the following: Isaiah 4:2; 19:16, 18, 21, 24; 22:20; 28:5; 29:18; 30:25-26; 31:7; and elsewhere.

Since the end of an age or final period of a former church is the time when the Lord's advent takes place and a new church begins, therefore the day of Jehovah in many places symbolizes the end of a previous church, and we are told that then there will be rumors, tumult, and wars. 1 See the passages collected in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, nos. 4, 5.

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1. E.g., Matthew 24:6

  
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Ezekiel 13:5

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5 You have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Yahweh.