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1 Potom dođoše k meni neki od starešina Izrailjevih i sedoše preda me.

2 I dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

3 Sine čovečji, ovi su ljudi stavili u srca svoja gadne bogove svoje, i metnuli su preda se o šta se spotiču na bezakonje svoje; traže li me doista?

4 Zato govori im i reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Ko je god od doma Izrailjevog stavio u srce svoje gadne bogove svoje i metnuo preda se o šta se spotiče na bezakonje svoje, pa dođe k proroku, ja Gospod odgovoriću mu kad dođe za mnoštvo gadnih bogova njegovih,

5 Da uhvatim dom Izrailjev za srce njihovo što su se odvratili od mene svi za gadnim bogovima svojim.

6 Zato reci domu Izrailjevom: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Obratite se i odstupite od gadnih bogova svojih, odvratite lice svoje od svih gadova svojih.

7 Jer ko bi god od doma Izrailjevog ili od inostranaca koji žive u Izrailju odstupio od mene, i stavio u srce svoje gadne bogove svoje, i metnuo preda se o šta će se spoticati na bezakonje svoje, pa bi došao k proroku da me upita preko njega, njemu ću odgovoriti ja sam Gospod sobom.

8 I okrenuću lice svoje prema tom čoveku, i učiniću od njega znak i priču, i istrebiću ga iz naroda svog, te ćete poznati da sam ja Gospod.

9 I ako bi se prorok prevario, te rekao što, ja Gospod prevarih onog proroka, i dignuću ruku svoju na nj, i istrebiću ga iz naroda svog Izrailja.

10 I poneće obojica svoje bezakonje: kako je bezakonje onog koji pita tako će biti i prorokovo bezakonje,

11 Da više dom Izrailjev ne odstupa od mene i da se više ne skvrne svakojakim prestupima svojim, nego da mi budu narod, i ja da im budem Bog, govori Gospod Gospod.

12 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

13 Sine čovečji, ako mi koja zemlja zgreši učinivši neveru, i ja dignem ruku svoju na nju i slomim joj potporu u hlebu, i pustim na nju glad i istrebim u njoj ljude i stoku,

14 Ako bi u njoj bila ova tri čoveka: Noje, Danilo i Jov, oni će pravdom svojom izbaviti duše svoje, govori Gospod Gospod.

15 Ako pustim ljute zveri u zemlju, te pomore ljude, i ona opusti da niko ne može prolaziti od zverja;

16 Ako bi u njoj bila ta tri čoveka, tako ja živ bio, govori Gospod Gospod, neće izbaviti sinove ni kćeri, nego će se sami izbaviti, a zemlja će opusteti.

17 Ili ako mač pustim na tu zemlju, i kažem: Maču, prođi tu zemlju, da istrebim u njoj ljude i stoku;

18 Ako bi ta tri čoveka bila u njoj, tako ja bio živ, govori Gospod Gospod, neće izbaviti sinove ni kćeri, nego će se sami izbaviti.

19 Ili ako pustim pomor na zemlju i izlijem gnev svoj na nju da bi krv tekla da istrebim u njoj ljude i stoku;

20 Ako bi Noje, Danilo i Jov bili u njoj, tako ja živ bio, govori Gospod Gospod, neće izbaviti sina ni kćeri, nego će svoje duše izbaviti pravdom svojom.

21 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: A kamo li kad pustim četiri ljuta zla svoja, mač i glad i zle zveri i pomor na Jerusalim, da istrebim u njemu ljude i stoku.

22 I opet, gle, nekoliko će ih ostati u njemu koji će se izbaviti, sinovi ili kćeri, oni će izaći k vama, i videćete put njihov i dela njihova, i utešićete se za zlo koje ću pustiti na Jerusalim, za sve što ću pustiti na nj.

23 I oni će vas utešiti kad vidite put njihov i dela njihova; i poznaćete da nisam bez uzroka učinio šta sam god učinio u njemu, govori Gospod Gospod.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 883

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883. "And He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. And He Himself will be with them their God." This symbolizes their conjunction with the Lord, which is of such a nature that the people are in Him and He in them.

His dwelling with them symbolizes a conjunction of the Lord with them, as we will see below. The people's being His people, and His being with them their God, symbolically means that they are the Lord's, and that He is their Lord. Moreover, because dwelling with them symbolizes conjunction, it symbolically means that they will be in the Lord and have the Lord in them. Otherwise there is no conjunction. That this is the nature of the conjunction is clearly apparent from the Lord's words in John:

Abide in Me, and I in you... I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. (John 15:4-5)

And elsewhere:

At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. (John 14:20)

He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. (John 6:56)

[2] The Lord's assuming a humanity and uniting it with the Divinity He had in Him from birth, which is called the Father, had as its goal a conjunction with people, as is apparent also in John:

For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth..., that they may be one as We are one: I in them, and You in Me. (John 17:19, 21-23, 26)

It follows from this that the conjunction is formed with the Lord's Divine humanity, that it is a reciprocal one, and that this is the only means of conjunction with the Divine called the Father.

[3] The Lord also teaches that the conjunction is formed by the Word's truths and by living in accordance with them (John 14:20-24; 15:7).

This, then, is what is meant by the Lord's dwelling with them and their being His people, and His being with them their God. So, too, elsewhere where the same words occur: Jeremiah 7:23; 11:4; Ezekiel 14:11; Jeremiah 24:7; 30:22; Ezekiel 11:20; 36:28; 37:23, 27; Zechariah 8:8; Exodus 29:45.

[4] To dwell with them symbolizes a conjunction with them because to dwell symbolizes conjunction out of love, as may be seen from many passages in the Word. It may be seen also from the abodes of angels in heaven. Heaven is distinguished into countless societies, all of them different from each other in accordance with the differences in their love's affections, in general and in particular. Each society embodies one particular variety of affection, and the people in it have dwellings distinct from each other, depending on how close or akin they are within that variety of affection, and those who are the most closely related dwell together in the same house. Dwelling together, therefore, when said of married partners, symbolizes in the spiritual sense conjunction by love.

It should be known that conjunction with the Lord is not the same as His presence. Conjunction with the Lord is possible only with people who turn to Him directly, His presence with everyone else.

  
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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.