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Joelis 3

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1 “Tuo metu, kai parvesiu Judo ir Jeruzalės ištremtuosius,

2 Aš surinksiu visas tautas ir atvesiu jas į Juozapato slėnį. Ten juos teisiu dėl mano tautos ir mano paveldo Izraelio, kurį jos buvo išsklaidžiusios ir pasidalinusios mano žemę.

3 Jie metė burtus dėl mano tautos, už paleistuvę atidavė berniuką, už vyną pardavė mergaitę ir girtuokliavo.

4 Ką jūs turite bendro su manimi, Tyre, Sidone ir visi filistinų kraštai? Ar jūs norite man atlyginti už mano darbus ir man atkeršyti? Aš greitai ir lengvai sugrąžinsiu jūsų kerštą ant jūsų pačių galvų.

5 Jūs paėmėte mano sidabrą bei auksą ir mano brangenybes nugabenote į savo šventyklas.

6 Jūs pardavėte Judo ir Jeruzalės gyventojus graikams, išvarėte juos toli iš jų krašto.

7 Aš pakelsiu juos toje vietoje, kurion jūs juos pardavėte, ir sugrąžinsiu jūsų kerštą ant jūsų pačių galvų.

8 Aš atiduosiu jūsų sūnus ir dukteris Judo vaikams, o jie parduos juos šebiečiams, toli gyvenančiai tautai, nes taip pasakė Viešpats”.

9 Paskelbkite tai tautoms, pasiruoškite karui, žadinkite karžygius! Kariai tegul ateina artyn.

10 Perkaldinkite savo žagres į kardus ir pjautuvus į ietis. Silpnasis tesako: “Aš stiprus”.

11 Skubiai susirinkusios, ateikite, aplinkinės tautos! Viešpatie, ten atvesk savo karžygius!

12 “Tepakyla ir tesusirenka tautos į Juozapato slėnį: ten Aš teisiu jas.

13 Imkite pjautuvą, nes atėjo pjūties metas. Spaustuvas pilnas, ateikite ir minkite. Indai bus sklidini, nes jų nedorybė didelė”.

14 Minių minios sprendimo slėnyje! Viešpaties diena priartėjo.

15 Saulė ir mėnulis aptems, žvaigždės neteks spindesio.

16 Viešpats suriaumos iš Siono, Jo balsas pasigirs iš Jeruzalės, dangus ir žemė sudrebės. Viešpats yra savo tautos viltis ir Izraelio vaikų stiprybė.

17 “Tada jūs žinosite, kad Aš esu Viešpats, jūsų Dievas, kuris gyvena Sione, savo šventame kalne. Jeruzalė bus šventa, svetimieji nebemindžios jos.

18 dieną iš kalnų lašės saldus vynas, iš kalvų tekės pienas. Judo upės bus pilnos vandens, iš Viešpaties namų tekės šaltinis ir drėkins Šitimo slėnį.

19 Egiptas taps dykyne, Edomas virs tuščia dykuma, nes jie žiauriai praliejo nekaltą Judo vaikų kraują.

20 Judas gyvens per amžius ir Jeruzalė per kartų kartas.

21 Aš apvalysiu jų kraują, kurio dar neapvaliau, nes Viešpats gyvena Sione!”

   

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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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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.