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Zechariah 10

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1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Labanon; and place shall not be found for them.

11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

   

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Doctrine of Faith # 68

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68. IV. That people whose faith is divorced from charity are meant in the Word by goats is something shown by their lack of charity as told in Matthew. The goats and sheep in Matthew 25:31-46 mean the very same people as those meant by the goat and ram in Daniel, and this is apparent from the fact that enumerated for the sheep are a list of charitable works, and we are told that they did them; and that enumerated for the goats is the same list of charitable works, and we are told that they did not do them, who are therefore condemned. For works are lacking in the case of people whose faith is divorced from charity, owing to their denial that works involve anything having to do with salvation or the church. And when charity, which consists in works, is thus set aside, faith also founders, since faith is an expression of charity. Then, when there is no longer any charity or faith, damnation results.

If all evil people were meant by the goats there, we would find listed not charitable works that they did not do, but the evils that they had done.

The same kind of people are also meant by goats in Zechariah:

My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will visit judgment on the goats. (Zechariah 10:3)

And in Ezekiel:

…I judge between one flock and another, between rams and goats. Is it too little for you to have eaten up the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture…? …Because you have…struck all the weak sheep with your horns, until you scattered them abroad, therefore I will save My flock, so that it shall no longer be prey. (Ezekiel 34:17-18, 21-22)

  
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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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