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1 Čuj, Izrailju! Ti danas prelaziš preko Jordana da uđeš i naslediš narode veće i jače od sebe, gradove velike i ograđene do neba.

2 Velik i visok narod, sinove Enakove, koje znaš i za koje si slušao:

3 Znaj dakle danas da je Gospod Bog tvoj, koji ide pred tobom, oganj koji spaljuje; On će ih istrebiti i On će ih oboriti pred tobom, i izgnaćeš ih i istrebiti brzo, kao što ti je kazao Gospod.

4 Kad ih Gospod Bog tvoj otera ispred tebe, nemoj da kažeš u srcu svom: Za pravdu moju uvede me Gospod u ovu zemlju da je nasledim; jer Gospod tera one narode ispred tebe za nevaljalstvo njihovo!

5 Ne ideš za pravdu svoju ni za čistotu srca svog da naslediš tu zemlju; nego za nevaljalstvo tih naroda Gospod Bog tvoj otera ih ispred tebe, i da održi reč za koju se zakleo ocima tvojim, Avramu, Isaku i Jakovu.

6 Znaj, dakle, da ti Gospod Bog tvoj ne daje te dobre zemlje za pravdu tvoju da je naslediš, jer si tvrdovrat narod.

7 Pamti i ne zaboravi kako si gnevio Gospoda Boga svog u pustinji; od onog dana kad iziđoste iz zemlje misirske pa dokle dođoste na ovo mesto, nepokorni bejaste Gospodu.

8 I kod Horiva razgneviste Gospoda, i od gneva htede vas Gospod da istrebi.

9 Kad iziđoh na goru da primim ploče kamene, ploče zaveta, koji s vama učini Gospod, tada stajah na gori četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći hleba ne jedući ni vode pijući.

10 I dade mi Gospod dve ploče kamene, ispisane prstom Gospodnjim, na kojima behu reči sve koje vam izgovori Gospod na gori isred ognja na dan zbora vašeg.

11 Posle četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći dade mi Gospod dve ploče kamene, ploče zavetne.

12 I reče mi Gospod: Ustani, siđi brže odavde; jer se pokvari narod tvoj koji si izveo iz Misira, siđoše brzo s puta koji im zapovedih, i načiniše sebi liven lik.

13 Još mi reče Gospod govoreći: Pogledah ovaj narod, i eto je narod tvrdog vrata.

14 Pusti me da ih istrebim i ime njihovo zatrem pod nebom; a od tebe ću učiniti narod jači i veći nego što je ovaj.

15 I ja se vratih i siđoh s gore, a gora ognjem goraše, i dve ploče zavetne behu mi u rukama.

16 I pogledah, a to zgrešiste Gospodu Bogu svom salivši sebi tele, i brzo siđoste s puta koji vam beše zapovedio Gospod.

17 Tada uzeh one dve ploče i bacih ih iz ruku svojih, i razbih ih pred vama.

18 Potom padoh i ležah pred Gospodom kao pre, četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći, hleba ne jedući ni vode pijući, radi svih greha vaših, kojima se ogrešiste učinivši što je zlo pred Gospodom i razgnevivši Ga.

19 Jer se bojah gneva i jarosti, kojom se beše Gospod razljutio na vas da vas istrebi; i usliši me Gospod i tada.

20 Beše se Gospod i na Arona razgnevio veoma da ga htede ubiti; ali se molih tada i za Arona.

21 I uzeh greh vaš koji učiniste, tele, i sažegoh ga ognjem, i razbih ga i satrh ga u prah, i prosuh prah njegov u potok, koji teče s one gore.

22 I u Taveri i u Masi i u Kivrot-Atavi gneviste Gospoda.

23 I kad vas posla Gospod u Kadis-Varniju govoreći: Idite i uzmite tu zemlju koju sam vam dao, opet se suprotiste reči Gospoda Boga svog, i ne verovaste Mu i ne poslušaste glas Njegov.

24 Nepokorni bejaste Gospodu od kad vas poznah.

25 Zato padoh i ležah pred Gospodom četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći, jer beše rekao Gospod da će vas potrti.

26 I molih se Gospodu i rekoh: Gospode, Gospode! Nemoj potrti narod svoj i nasledstvo svoje, koje si izbavio veličanstvom svojim, koje si izveo iz Misira krepkom rukom.

27 Opomeni se sluga svojih Avrama, Isaka i Jakova, ne gledaj na tvrđu naroda ovog, na nevaljalstvo njegovo i na grehe njegove;

28 Da ne kažu koji žive u zemlji odakle si nas izveo: Nije ih mogao Gospod uvesti u zemlju koju im obeća, ili mrzeo je na njih, zato ih izvede da ih pobije u pustinji.

29 Jer su Tvoj narod i Tvoje nasledstvo, koje si izveo silom svojom velikom i mišicom svojom podignutom.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 748

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748. "And eat her flesh and burn her with fire." This symbolically means that Protestants will with hatred condemn and destroy in themselves the evils and falsities inherent in the Roman Catholic religion, and will renounce the religion itself and expunge it in themselves.

This is said of Protestants, who will deal thus with the harlot, that is, with the Roman Catholic religion. To eat her flesh means, symbolically, with hatred to condemn and destroy in themselves the inherent characteristics of that religion, which are evils and falsities, about which we will say more below. And to burn her with fire means, symbolically, to renounce that religion as profane and expunge it in themselves.

This is what burning with fire means because the penalty for profaning something holy was burning. Therefore, according to Divine law, people who profaned the name of Jehovah by worshiping other gods were burned with fire - they and all their belongings (Deuteronomy 13:12-18). Therefore Moses burned with fire the golden calf that the children of Israel were profanely worshiping (Exodus 32:20, Deuteronomy 9:21). Moreover, because two of Aaron's sons profaned holy things, they were consumed by fire from heaven (Leviticus 10:1-6). Nor is anything else symbolized by the fire and pyre in Tophet but the fire of hell, which awaits those who profane holy things (Isaiah 30:33, Jeremiah 7:11, 31-32; 19:5-6, 2 Kings 23:10), for there the people worshiped Molech with a heinous sacrifice. 1

[2] Since the fourth beast in Daniel 7 symbolizes a religion that profanes the Word and consequently the sanctities of the church (no. 717), therefore we are told that it was burned with fire (Daniel 7:11).

Now, because it is profane worship to worship a person instead of the Lord, we are accordingly told here that they burnt the harlot with fire, which symbolically means that they renounced the religion itself and expunged it in themselves.

To eat her flesh means, symbolically, with hatred to condemn and destroy in themselves the inherent characteristics of that religion, which are evils and falsities, because that is the symbolic meaning of eating her flesh. For flesh symbolizes the inherent characteristics of a thing which relate to goods and truths, and in an opposite sense, to evils and falsities, and to eat means, symbolically, to consume, thus to destroy.

That flesh symbolizes a person's inherent character, which in itself is evil, is clear from the following passages:

It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing. (John 6:63)

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:6)

As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to be children of God...: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh... (John 1:12-13)

(God) remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passes away and does not come again. (Psalms 78:39)

The Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. (Isaiah 31:3)

(Jerusalem) committed harlotry with the Egyptians..., great of flesh. (Ezekiel 16:26)

Jesus... said to (Peter), ."..flesh and blood has not revealed this to you...." (Matthew 16:17)

Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm... (Jeremiah 17:5)

[3] Because flesh symbolizes a person's inherent character, and people who hate others attack their personal character with the intention of destroying it, therefore to eat the flesh has also this symbolic meaning, as in the following passages:

Let the dying die, and the cut off be cut off. Those that are left eat each other's flesh. (Zechariah 11:9)

They shall devour Israel with the whole mouth... Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm - Manasseh, Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh. (Isaiah 9:12, 20-21)

I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh... (Isaiah 49:26)

...everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend... (Jeremiah 19:9)

To eat the flesh of sons and daughters (Jeremiah 19:9, Leviticus 26:29, Deuteronomy 28:53) means, symbolically, to destroy truths and goods in oneself, for sons symbolize truths, and daughters goods, as may be seen in nos. 139, 543, 545, 612[1-4] above.

Moreover, in the Word we find reference to "all flesh," and this symbolically means all mankind (Genesis 6:12-13, 17, 19).

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1. The heinous sacrifice consisted of "passing infants through the fire to Molech," by burning them alive on a sacrificial altar. Vestiges of this worship have been found elsewhere, as far as northern Africa. Tophet was a site in the valley of Hinnom at the foot of Mount Zion on the south side. Because of the nature of its worship, the valley of Hinnon (Ge' Hinnom = Gehenna) became synonymous with Hades or hell.

  
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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.