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Deuteronomy 17

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1 ου θυσεις κυριω τω θεω σου μοσχον η προβατον εν ω εστιν εν αυτω μωμος παν ρημα πονηρον οτι βδελυγμα κυριω τω θεω σου εστιν

2 εαν δε ευρεθη εν σοι εν μια των πολεων σου ων κυριος ο θεος σου διδωσιν σοι ανηρ η γυνη οστις ποιησει το πονηρον εναντιον κυριου του θεου σου παρελθειν την διαθηκην αυτου

3 και ελθοντες λατρευσωσιν θεοις ετεροις και προσκυνησωσιν αυτοις τω ηλιω η τη σεληνη η παντι των εκ του κοσμου του ουρανου α ου προσεταξεν

4 και αναγγελη σοι και εκζητησεις σφοδρα και ιδου αληθως γεγονεν το ρημα γεγενηται το βδελυγμα τουτο εν ισραηλ

5 και εξαξεις τον ανθρωπον εκεινον η την γυναικα εκεινην και λιθοβολησετε αυτους εν λιθοις και τελευτησουσιν

6 επι δυσιν μαρτυσιν η επι τρισιν μαρτυσιν αποθανειται ο αποθνησκων ουκ αποθανειται εφ' ενι μαρτυρι

7 και η χειρ των μαρτυρων εσται επ' αυτω εν πρωτοις θανατωσαι αυτον και η χειρ παντος του λαου επ' εσχατων και εξαρεις τον πονηρον εξ υμων αυτων

8 εαν δε αδυνατηση απο σου ρημα εν κρισει ανα μεσον αιμα αιματος και ανα μεσον κρισις κρισεως και ανα μεσον αφη αφης και ανα μεσον αντιλογια αντιλογιας ρηματα κρισεως εν ταις πολεσιν υμων και αναστας αναβηση εις τον τοπον ον αν εκλεξηται κυριος ο θεος σου επικληθηναι το ονομα αυτου εκει

9 και ελευση προς τους ιερεις τους λευιτας και προς τον κριτην ος αν γενηται εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις και εκζητησαντες αναγγελουσιν σοι την κρισιν

10 και ποιησεις κατα το πραγμα ο εαν αναγγειλωσιν σοι εκ του τοπου ου αν εκλεξηται κυριος ο θεος σου επικληθηναι το ονομα αυτου εκει και φυλαξη σφοδρα ποιησαι κατα παντα οσα εαν νομοθετηθη σοι

11 κατα τον νομον και κατα την κρισιν ην αν ειπωσιν σοι ποιησεις ουκ εκκλινεις απο του ρηματος ου εαν αναγγειλωσιν σοι δεξια ουδε αριστερα

12 και ο ανθρωπος ος αν ποιηση εν υπερηφανια του μη υπακουσαι του ιερεως του παρεστηκοτος λειτουργειν επι τω ονοματι κυριου του θεου σου η του κριτου ος αν η εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις και αποθανειται ο ανθρωπος εκεινος και εξαρεις τον πονηρον εξ ισραηλ

13 και πας ο λαος ακουσας φοβηθησεται και ουκ ασεβησει ετι

14 εαν δε εισελθης εις την γην ην κυριος ο θεος σου διδωσιν σοι εν κληρω και κληρονομησης αυτην και κατοικησης επ' αυτης και ειπης καταστησω επ' εμαυτον αρχοντα καθα και τα λοιπα εθνη τα κυκλω μου

15 καθιστων καταστησεις επι σεαυτον αρχοντα ον αν εκλεξηται κυριος ο θεος σου αυτον εκ των αδελφων σου καταστησεις επι σεαυτον αρχοντα ου δυνηση καταστησαι επι σεαυτον ανθρωπον αλλοτριον οτι ουκ αδελφος σου εστιν

16 διοτι ου πληθυνει εαυτω ιππον ουδε μη αποστρεψη τον λαον εις αιγυπτον οπως πληθυνη εαυτω ιππον ο δε κυριος ειπεν ου προσθησετε αποστρεψαι τη οδω ταυτη ετι

17 και ου πληθυνει εαυτω γυναικας ουδε μεταστησεται αυτου η καρδια και αργυριον και χρυσιον ου πληθυνει εαυτω σφοδρα

18 και εσται οταν καθιση επι της αρχης αυτου και γραψει εαυτω το δευτερονομιον τουτο εις βιβλιον παρα των ιερεων των λευιτων

19 και εσται μετ' αυτου και αναγνωσεται εν αυτω πασας τας ημερας της ζωης αυτου ινα μαθη φοβεισθαι κυριον τον θεον αυτου φυλασσεσθαι πασας τας εντολας ταυτας και τα δικαιωματα ταυτα ποιειν

20 ινα μη υψωθη η καρδια αυτου απο των αδελφων αυτου ινα μη παραβη απο των εντολων δεξια η αριστερα οπως αν μακροχρονιση επι της αρχης αυτου αυτος και οι υιοι αυτου εν τοις υιοις ισραηλ

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 447

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447. Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million. (9:16) This symbolizes their reasonings concerning faith alone, with which they had filled the interiors of their minds, springing from nothing but an abundance of falsities accompanying evil.

Armies symbolize goods and truths, and in an opposite sense, evils and falsities - here falsities accompanying evil, as we will see presently. Horsemen symbolize reasonings concerning faith alone, because a horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word (no. 298) and also a destroyed understanding of the Word (nos. 305, 312, 320). Horsemen consequently symbolize reasonings based on a destroyed understanding of the Word - here reasonings concerning faith alone, because the subject is people caught up in that faith. Two hundred million does not mean two hundred million, but an abundance. The number two is used because two is said in application to goodness, and in an opposite sense, to evil (no. 322); and a hundred million, or ten thousand times ten thousand, is said in application to truths, and in an opposite sense, to falsities (no. 287).

It can be seen from this that the number of the army of horsemen being two hundred million symbolizes reasonings concerning faith alone, with which these people had filled the interiors of their minds, springing from nothing but an abundance of falsities accompanying evil.

[2] That armies in the Word symbolize the goods and truths of heaven and the church, and in an opposite sense, evils and falsities, can be seen from passages where the sun, moon and stars are called armies or hosts, and where the sun symbolizes the goodness of love, the moon the truth of faith, and stars concepts of goodness and truth, and the antithesis in an opposite sense (nos. 51, 53, 332, 413). All of these are called armies or hosts in the following passages:

Praise (Jehovah), all His hosts! Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars...! (Psalms 148:2-3)

My hands stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded. (Isaiah 45:12)

By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. (Psalms 33:6)

Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. (Genesis 2:1)

(The male goat's horn) grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground... He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host... And the host was sent under the yoke for its transgression, (because) it cast truth to the ground... Then... a holy one said..., "How long will... the sanctuary and the host be trampled under foot?" (Daniel 8:10-14)

Jehovah has given forth His voice before His army. (Joel 2:11)

...(on the roofs of the houses) they have burned incense to all the host of heaven... (Jeremiah 19:13)

(Lest you bow down to and serve) the sun, the moon, the stars, and all the host of heaven... (Deuteronomy 4:19; cf. 17:3, Jeremiah 8:2)

So, too, Isaiah 13:4; 34:4; 40:26, Jeremiah 33:22, Zechariah 9:8, Revelation 19:14.

[3] Since the hosts of heaven symbolize the goods and truths of heaven and the church, therefore the Lord is called Jehovah Zebaoth, or Jehovah of Hosts. And therefore the ministry of the Levites was called military service (Numbers 4:3, 23, 30, 39).

Moreover, we read in the book of Psalms,

Bless Jehovah, all you His hosts, you ministers of His, who do His will. (Psalms 103:21)

Evils and falsities in the church are symbolically meant by the armies of the nations in Isaiah 34:2; and by the army of the king of the north with which he came against the king of the south, in Daniel 11:13, 15, 20. The king of the north is the falsity accompanying evil in the church, and the king of the south is the truth accompanying goodness in it.

The Lord says,

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its devastation is near. (Luke 21:20)

Jerusalem there symbolizes the church, and the armies symbolize the evils and falsities that will devastate it. The subject is the end of the age, which is the final period of the church.

Evils and falsities are symbolically meant by armies in Joel,

I will restore to you the years that the locust, the beetle grub, the locust's larva, and the caterpillar has eaten, My great army which I sent among you. (Joel 2:25)

To be shown that the locust and the rest symbolize falsity of the lowest sort, see no. 424 above.

  
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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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