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Joel 2:9
Apocalypse Revealed # 331
331. And behold, there was a great earthquake. This symbolizes the state of the church among those people completely changed, and their terror.
Earthquakes symbolize changes in the state of the church because the earth symbolizes the church (no. 285), and because in the spiritual world, when the state of the church is corrupted somewhere and a change is made, an earthquake occurs. And because this presages the people's destruction, they are in terror. For lands in the spiritual world are in appearance like lands in the natural world (no. 260). But because lands there, like everything else in that world, have a spiritual origin, therefore those lands change in accordance with the state of the church among the inhabitants upon them, and when the state of the church is corrupted, the lands tremble and quake, even sinking down and being moved from their location.
That this is what happened when the Last Judgment was imminent and taking place may be seen in the short work, The Last Judgment.
It can be seen from this what quakes, shakings and removals of the earth symbolize in the following places:
...there will be pestilences, famines, and earthquakes in various places. (Matthew 24:7, cf. Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11)
(These things are said there of the Last Judgment.)
...in the fire of My wrath I have spoken, if in that day there is not a great earthquake... so that... every person on the face of the earth shakes... and the mountains are overthrown... (Ezekiel 38:18-20).
...there was a great earthquake, such as had not occurred since people came on the earth. (Revelation 16:18)
...I will shake the heavens, and the earth will be moved out of her place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts... (Isaiah 13:13)
...the foundations of the earth are shaken... The earth is shaken exceedingly...(because) its transgression is heavy upon it... (Isaiah 24:18-20)
The earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the hills..., because He was angry. (Psalms 18:7)
The mountains quake before (Jehovah)...and the rocks are overthrown... (Nahum 1:5-6)
So likewise in other places, as in Jeremiah 10:10; 49:21, Joel 2:10, Haggai 2:6-7, Revelation 11:19, and elsewhere.
These things, however, must be understood as taking place in the spiritual world, and not in the natural world. In the natural world they symbolize such things as stated above.
Luke 21
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He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
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He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
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He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
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for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."
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As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
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"As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down."
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They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"
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He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.
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When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."
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Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
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There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
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But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
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It will turn out as a testimony for you.
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Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
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for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
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You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
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You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
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And not a hair of your head will perish.
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"By your endurance you will win your lives.
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"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.
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Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.
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For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
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Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.
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They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
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men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
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But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near."
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He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.
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When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
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Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.
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Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
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"So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
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For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
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Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
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Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
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All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.
