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Postanak 32

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1 A Jakov otide svojim putem; i sretoše ga anđeli Božiji;

2 A kad ih ugleda Jakov, reče: Ovo je logor Božji. I prozva ono mesto Mahanaim.

3 I Jakov posla pred sobom glasnike k Isavu bratu svom u zemlju Sir, krajinu edomsku.

4 I zapovedi im govoreći: Ovako kažite gospodaru mom Isavu: Sluga tvoj Jakov ovako kaže: Bio sam došljak kod Lavana i bavio se do sad.

5 A imam volova i magaraca, ovaca i sluga, i sluškinja, i poslah da javim tebi gospodaru svom, eda bih našao milost pred tobom.

6 I vratiše se glasnici k Jakovu i rekoše mu: Idosmo do brata tvog Isava, i eto on ti ide na susret s četiri stotine momaka.

7 A Jakov se uplaši jako i zabrinu se; pa razdeli svoje ljude i ovce i goveda i kamile u dve čete.

8 I reče: Ako Isav udari na jednu četu i razbije je, da ako druga uteče.

9 I reče Jakov: Bože oca mog Avrama i Bože oca mog Isaka, Gospode, koji si mi kazao: Vrati se u zemlju svoju i u rod svoj, i ja ću ti biti dobrotvor!

10 Nisam vredan tolike milosti i tolike vere što si učinio sluzi svom; jer samo sa štapom svojim pređoh preko Jordana, a sada sam gospodar od dve čete.

11 Izbavi me iz ruke brata mog, iz ruke Isavove, jer se bojim da ne dođe i ubije mene i mater s decom.

12 A Ti si kazao: Zaista ja ću ti biti dobrotvor, i učiniću seme tvoje da bude kao peska morskog, koji se ne može izbrojati od množine.

13 I zanoći onde onu noć, i uze šta mu dođe do ruke, da pošalje na dar Isavu bratu svom,

14 Dvesta koza s dvadeset jaraca, dvesta ovaca s dvadeset ovnova,

15 Trideset kamila dojilica s kamiladima, četrdeset krava s desetoro teladi, dvadeset magarica s desetoro magaradi.

16 I predade ih slugama svojim, svako stado napose, i reče slugama: Idite napred preda mnom, ostavljajući dosta mesta između jednog stada i drugog.

17 I zapovedi prvom govoreći: Kad sretneš Isava, brata mog, pa te zapita: Čiji si? I kuda ideš? I čije je to što goniš pred sobom?

18 A ti reci: Sluge tvog Jakova, a ovo šalje na dar gospodaru svom Isavu, a eto i sam ide za nama.

19 Tako zapovedi i drugom i trećem i svima koji iđahu za stadom, i reče: Tako kažite Isavu kad naiđete na nj.

20 I još kažite: Eto, Jakov sluga tvoj ide za nama. Jer govoraše: Ublažiću ga darom koji ide preda mnom, pa ću mu onda videti lice, da ako me lepo primi.

21 Tako otide dar napred, a on prenoći onu noćkod čete svoje.

22 I po noći usta, i uze obe žene i dve robinje i jedanaestoro dece svoje; i prebrodi brod Javok.

23 A pošto njih uze i prevede preko potoka, preturi i ostalo što imaše.

24 A kad osta Jakov sam, tada se jedan čovek rvaše s njim do zore.

25 I kad vide da ga ne može svladati, udari ga po zglavku u stegnu, te se Jakovu iščaši stegno iz zglavka, kad se čovek rvaše s njim.

26 Pa onda reče: Pusti me, zora je. A Jakov mu reče: Neću te pustiti dokle me ne blagosloviš.

27 A čovek mu reče: Kako ti je ime. A on odgovori: Jakov.

28 Tada mu reče: Odsele se nećeš zvati Jakov, nego Izrailj; jer si se junački borio i s Bogom i s ljudima, i odoleo si.

29 A Jakov zapita i reče: Kaži mi kako je tebi ime. A On reče: Što pitaš kako mi je ime? I blagoslovi ga onde.

30 I Jakov nadede ime onom mestu Fanuil; jer, veli, Boga videh licem k licu, i duša se moja izbavi.

31 I sunce mu se rodi kad prođe Fanuil, i hramaše na stegno svoje.

32 Zato sinovi Izrailjevi ne jedu krajeve od mišića na zglavku u stegnu do današnjeg dana, što se Jakovu povrediše krajevi od mišića na zglavku u stegnu.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 862

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862. We have said that the nations' surrounding the camp of the saints and the beloved city means, symbolically, that these people attempted to destroy everything connected with the New Church, both its truths and goods and its fundamental doctrine regarding the Lord and life, as stated in the preceding number. This is the symbolic meaning because the camp of the saints symbolizes all the truths and goods of the church which is the New Jerusalem.

That a camp in the spiritual sense symbolizes everything connected with the church with respect to its truths and goods can be seen from the following passages:

The sun and moon grew dark, and the stars diminished their brightness. Jehovah uttered His voice before His army, for His camp is very great; for numberless are those who obey His Word. (Joel 2:10-11)

I will encamp for My house some of the army... (Zechariah 9:8)

...God has scattered the bones of them who encamp against you..., because God has rejected them. (Psalms 53:5)

The angel of Jehovah encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. (Psalms 34:7)

(An angel of God met Jacob, and said to Jacob,) "This is God's camp." Therefore he called the name of that place Mahanaim (Two Camps). (Genesis 32:1-2)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 29:3, Ezekiel 1:24, Psalms 27:3.

That an army or host in the Word symbolizes the church's truths and goods, and also its falsities and evils, may be seen in nos. 447, 826, 833; and so, too, does a camp.

[2] Since the children of Israel and their twelve tribes symbolize the church in respect to all its truths and goods (nos. 349, 350), they were therefore called the armies or hosts of Jehovah (Exodus 7:4; 12:41, 51), and the places where they stopped and assembled were called camps, as in Leviticus 4:12; 8:17; 13:46; 14:8; 16:26, 28; 24:14, 23; Numbers 1; 2; 3; 4:5 ff., 5:2-4; 9:17-23; 10:1-10, 11-28; 11:31-32; 12:14-15; 21:10-15; 33:1-49; Deuteronomy 23:9-14; Amos 4:10.

It is apparent from this now that the nations' surrounding the camp of the saints and the beloved city means, symbolically, that these people tried to destroy all the truths and goods of the New Church, which is the New Jerusalem, and also its doctrine regarding the Lord and life.

The same symbolism is found in these verses in Luke:

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near... (At length) Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:20, 24)

This is said in reference to the end of the age, which is the final period of the church. Jerusalem here also symbolizes the church.

That Gog and Magog, that is, people who engage in external worship divorced from any internal worship, will then invade the church and try to destroy it, is something we are told also in Ezekiel 38:8-9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 39:2, and that the New Church will then be established by the Lord, Ezekiel 39:17-29.

  
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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.