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1 A sedme godine, petog meseca, dana desetog, dođoše neki od starešina Izrailjevih da upitaju Gospoda, i sedoše preda mnom.

2 I dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

3 Sine čovečji, kaži starešinama Izrailjevim i reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Dođoste li da me pitate? Tako ja živ bio, nećete me pitati, govori Gospod Gospod.

4 Hoćeš li da im sudiš? Hoćeš li da im sudiš? Sine čovečji. Pokaži im gadove otaca njihovih.

5 I reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Kog dana izabrah Izrailja i podigoh ruku svoju semenu doma Jakovljevog, i pokazah im se u zemlji misirskoj, i podigoh im ruku svoju govoreći: Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš;

6 Onog dana podigoh im ruku svoju da ću ih odvesti iz zemlje misirske u zemlju koju sam pronašao za njih, gde teče mleko i med, koja je dika svim zemljama.

7 I rekoh im: Odbacite svaki gadove ispred svojih očiju, i nemojte se skvrniti o gadne bogove misirske, ja sam Gospod Bog vaš.

8 Ali se odvrgoše od mene, i ne hteše me poslušati, nijedan ih ne odbaci gadova ispred očiju svojih, i gadnih bogova misirskih ne ostaviše; zato rekoh da ću izliti jarost svoju na njih da izvršim gnev svoj na njima usred zemlje misirske.

9 Ali imena svog radi, da se ne oskvrni pred onim narodima među kojima behu, pred kojima im se pokazah, učinih da ih izvedem iz zemlje misirske.

10 I izvedoh ih iz zemlje misirske, i dovedoh ih u pustinju.

11 I dadoh im uredbe svoje, i objavih im zakone svoje, koje ko vrši, živ će biti kroz njih.

12 I subote svoje dadoh im da su znak između mene i njih da bi znali da sam ja Gospod koji ih posvećujem.

13 Ali se odvrže od mene dom Izrailjev u pustinji; ne hodiše po mojim uredbama, i zakone moje odbaciše, koje ko vrši živi kroz njih, i subote moje grdno oskvrniše; zato rekoh da ću izliti gnev svoj na njih u pustinji da ih istrebim.

14 Ali učinih, imena svog radi, da se ne oskvrni pred narodima pred kojima ih izvedoh.

15 I ja im još podigoh ruku svoju u pustinji da ih neću odvesti u zemlju koju im dadoh, gde teče mleko i med, koja je dika svim zemljama;

16 Jer odbaciše moje zakone i po uredbama mojim ne hodiše, i subote moje oskvrniše, jer srce njihovo iđaše za gadnim bogovima njihovim.

17 Ali ih požali oko moje, te ih ne istrebih, i ne zatrh ih u pustinji.

18 Nego rekoh sinovima njihovim u pustinji: Ne idite po uredbama otaca svojih i ne držite njihove zakone, i ne skvrnite se gadnim bogovima njihovim.

19 Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš, po mojim uredbama hodite, i moje zakone držite i izvršujte;

20 I subote moje svetkujte da su znak između mene i vas, da znate da sam ja Gospod Bog vaš.

21 Ali se odvrgoše od mene i sinovi, ne hodiše po mojim uredbama, i zakone moje ne držaše da ih izvršuju, koje ko vrši živi kroz njih; subote moje oskvrniše; zato rekoh da ću izliti jarost svoju na njih i navršiti gnev svoj na njima u pustinji.

22 Ali povratih ruku svoju i učinih imena svog radi da se ne oskvrni pred narodima pred kojima ih izvedoh.

23 I ja im još podigoh ruku svoju u pustinji da ću ih rasejati po narodima i razasuti po zemljama.

24 Jer zakone moje ne izvršavaše i uredbe moje odbaciše i subote moje oskvrniše, i oči im gledahu za gadnim bogovima otaca njihovih.

25 Zato im i ja dadoh uredbe ne dobre i zakone kroz koje neće živeti.

26 I oskvrnih ih darovima njihovim što propuštahu kroz oganj sve što otvori matericu, da ih potrem, da poznadu da sam ja Gospod.

27 Zato govori domu Izrailjevom, sine čovečji, i kaži im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Još me i ovim ružiše oci vaši čineći mi bezakonje:

28 Kad ih odvedoh u zemlju, za koju podigoh ruku svoju da ću im je dati, gde god videše visok hum i drvo granato, onde prinosiše svoje žrtve i stavljaše svoje dare, kojima dražahu, i metaše mirise svoje ugodne, i onde liše nalive svoje.

29 I rekoh im: Šta je visina, na koju idete? I opet se zove visina do danas.

30 Zato reci domu Izrailjevom: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Ne skvrnite li se na putu otaca svojih? I za gadovima njihovim ne kurvate li se?

31 I prinoseći dare svoje, provodeći sinove svoje kroz oganj ne skvrnite li se o sve gadne bogove svoje do danas, i mene li ćete pitati, dome Izrailjev? Tako ja živ bio, govori Gospod Gospod, nećete me pitati.

32 A šta mislite, neće biti nikako, što govorite: Bićemo kao narodi, kao plemena po zemljama, služeći drvetu i kamenu.

33 Tako ja bio živ, govori Gospod Gospod, rukom krepkom i mišicom podignutom i izlivenim gnevom carovaću nad vama.

34 I izvešću vas iz naroda, i sabraću vas iz zemalja po kojima ste rasejani, rukom krepkom i mišicom podignutom i izlivenim gnevom.

35 I odvešću vas u pustinju tih naroda, i onde ću se suditi s vama licem k licu.

36 Kako sam se sudio s ocima vašim u pustinji zemlje misirske, tako ću se suditi s vama, govori Gospod Gospod.

37 I propustiću vas ispod štapa i dovesti vas u sveze zavetne.

38 I odlučiću između vas odmetnike i koji odustaju mene; izvešću ih iz zemlje gde su došljaci, ali neće ući u zemlju Izrailjevu, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

39 Vi, dakle, dome Izrailjev, ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Idite, služite svaki gadnim bogovima svojim i u napredak, kad nećete da me slušate; ali imena mog svetog ne skvrnite više darovima svojim i gadnim bogovima svojim.

40 Jer na mojoj gori svetoj, na visokoj gori Izrailjevoj, govori Gospod Gospod, onde će mi služiti sav dom Izrailjev, koliko ih god bude u zemlji, onde će mi biti mili i onde ću iskati prinose vaše i prvine od darova vaših sa svim svetim stvarima vašim.

41 Mili ćete mi biti s ugodnim mirisom, kad vas izvedem iz naroda i saberem vas iz zemalja u koje ste rasejani; i biću posvećen u vama pred narodima.

42 I poznaćete da sam ja Gospod kad vas dovedem u zemlju Izrailjevu, u zemlju za koju podigoh ruku svoju da ću je dati ocima vašim.

43 I onde ćete se opomenuti puteva svojih i svih dela svojih, kojima se oskvrniste, i sami ćete sebi biti mrski za sva zla svoja koja činiste.

44 I poznaćete da sam ja Gospod kad vam učinim radi imena svog; ne po vašim zlim putevima niti po opakim delima vašim, dome Izrailjev, govori Gospod Gospod.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 316

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316. "And do not harm the oil and the wine." This symbolizes the Lord's provision that they not violate and profane the goods and truths concealed inwardly in the Word.

Oil symbolizes the goodness of love, and wine the truth springing from that goodness. Thus the oil here symbolizes sacred goodness, and the wine sacred truth. The Lord's provision that these not be violated and profaned is symbolized by the people's being told not to harm them. For this instruction came from the midst of the four living creatures, thus from the Lord (no. 314). Whatever the Lord says He also provides. That this is something He provides may be seen in nos. 314 and 255 above.

That oil symbolizes the goodness of love - this we will see in nos. 778, 779 below.

That wine symbolizes the truth springing from that goodness is clear from the following passages:

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes..., buy wine and milk without money... (Isaiah 55:1)

It shall come to pass in that day that the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills flow with milk... (Joel 3:18, cf. Amos 9:13-14)

Joy is taken away... from Carmel, and in the vineyards there will be no singing... No treaders will tread out wine in the presses; I have made their shouting cease. (Isaiah 16:10, cf. Jeremiah 48:32-33)

Carmel symbolizes the spiritual church, because it had vineyards there.

[2] ...wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth... The vinedressers have wailed... (Joel 1:5, 10-11)

Almost the same images occur in Hosea 9:2-3.

He washes his clothing in wine, and His vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are red with wine... (Genesis 49:11-12)

The subject is the Lord, and the wine symbolizes Divine truth. That is why the Lord instituted the Holy Supper, in which the bread symbolizes the Lord in respect to Divine good, and the wine the Lord in respect to Divine truth; and in their recipients the bread symbolizes a sacred goodness, and the wine sacred truth, received from the Lord. Therefore He said,

I say to you, that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you... in My Father's kingdom. (Matthew 26:29, cf. Luke 22:18)

Because bread and wine have these symbolic meanings, so too Melchizedek, going to meet Abram, brought out bread and wine, he being a priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram (Genesis 14:18-19).

[3] The grain offering and drink offering used in sacrifices had similar symbolic meanings, as described in Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19ff. The grain offering was an offering of wheat flour, thus taking the place of bread, and the drink offering was an offering of wine.

It can be seen from this what these words of the Lord symbolize:

Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins... But they put the... wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. (Matthew 9:17, cf. Luke 5:37-38)

New wine is the Divine truth in the New Testament, thus in the New Church, and the old wine is the Divine truth in the Old Testament, thus in the old church.

A similar idea is symbolized by these words of the Lord at the wedding in Cana of Galilee:

Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now! (John 2:1-10)

[4] Something similar is symbolized by the wine in the Lord's parable concerning the man wounded by thieves, on whose wound the Samaritan poured oil and wine (Luke 10:33-34); for the man wounded by thieves means people whom the Jews wounded spiritually by evils and falsities, and to whom the Samaritan brought aid by pouring oil and wine on their wounds, that is, by teaching them goodness and truth, and as far as possible, healing them.

Sacred truth is symbolized by wine and new wine also elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah 1:21-22; 25:6; 36:17.

[5] Because of this, a vineyard in the Word symbolizes a church that possesses truths from the Lord.

That wine symbolizes sacred truth can be seen also from its opposite meaning, in which it symbolizes truth falsified and profaned, as in the following places:

Harlotry, wine, and new wine have taken hold of the heart... Their wine is gone, they commit harlotry continually. (Hosea 4:11, 18)

Harlotry symbolizes the falsification of truth, and so, too, do the wine and new wine here.

...in the hand of Jehovah a cup, and He mixed it with wine; He filled it with the mixture and poured it out, and its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth, sucking, drink. (Psalms 75:8)

Babylon was a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they are deranged. (Jeremiah 51:7)

Babylon has fallen..., because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication... If anyone worships the beast..., he shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed with undiluted wine in the cup of the wrath (of God). (Revelation 14:8-10)

(Babylon has made) all the nations (drink) of the wine... of her fornication. (Revelation 18:3)

...great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. (Revelation 16:19)

...the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (Revelation 17:1-2)

[6] The wine that Belshazzar, the king of Babylon, and his lords and wives and concubines drank from the vessels of the Temple in Jerusalem, while they praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone (Daniel 5:2-4) - that wine symbolized nothing else but the sacred truth of the Word and church profaned, which is why the writing then appeared on the wall, and the king that very night was slain (Daniel 5:25, 30)

Wine symbolizes truth falsified also in Isaiah 5:11-12, 21-22; 28:1, 3, 7; 29:9; 56:11-12.

The drink offering that they poured out as an offering to idols has the same symbolic meaning in Isaiah 65:11; 57:6; Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19; Ezekiel 20:28; Deuteronomy 32:38.

It is owing to its correspondence that wine symbolizes sacred truth, and in an opposite sense, truth profaned. For when a person reads "wine" in the Word, angels - who apprehend everything spiritually - have just this interpretation of it. Such is the correspondence between the natural thoughts of people and the spiritual thoughts of angels. The case is the same with the wine in the Holy Supper. That is why the Holy Supper occasions an introduction into heaven (no. 224 at the end).

  
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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.