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1 Evo ide dan Gospodnji, i plen će se tvoj razdeliti usred tebe.

2 Jer ću skupiti sve narode na Jerusalim u boj, i grad će se uzeti, i kuće opleniti i žene osramotiti i polovina će grada otići u ropstvo, a ostali narod neće se istrebiti iz grada.

3 Jer će Gospod izaći, i vojevaće na narode kao što vojuje na dan kad je boj.

4 I noge će Njegove stati u taj dan na gori Maslinskoj koja je prema Jerusalimu s istoka, i gora će se Maslinska raspasti po sredi na istok i na zapad da će biti prodol vrlo velika, i polovina će gore ustupiti na sever a polovina na jug.

5 I bežaćete u prodol gorsku, jer će prodol gorska dopirati do Asala, i bežaćete kao što bežaste od trusa u vreme Ozije, cara Judinog; i doći će Gospod Bog moj, i svi će sveti biti s tobom.

6 I u taj dan neće biti videlo svetlo i mračno;

7 Nego će biti jedan dan, koji je poznat Gospodu, neće biti dan i noć, jer će i uveče biti svetlost.

8 I u taj će dan proteći iz Jerusalima voda živa, pola k istočnom moru a pola k zapadnom moru, i biće i leti i zimi.

9 I Gospod će biti car nad svom zemljom, u onaj dan biće Gospod jedan i ime Njegovo jedno.

10 I sva će se zemlja pretvoriti u ravnicu od Gavaje do Rimona s juga Jerusalimu, koji će se podignuti i naseliti na svom mestu od vrata Venijaminovih do mesta gde su prva vrata, do vrata na uglu, i od kule Ananeilove do teska carevog.

11 I oni će nastavati u njemu, i neće više biti prokletstva, i Jerusalim će stajati bez straha.

12 A ovo će biti zlo kojim će Gospod udariti sve narode koji bi vojevali na Jerusalim: telo će svakom posahnuti dok još stoji na nogu, i oči će svakom posahnuti u rupama svojim, i jezik će svakom posahnuti u ustima.

13 I u to će vreme biti velika smetnja među njima od Gospoda, i hvataće jedan drugog za ruku, i ruka će se jednog podignuti na ruku drugog.

14 A i Juda će vojevati na Jerusalim, i blago svih naroda unaokolo sabraće se, zlato i srebro i odelo vrlo mnogo.

15 I zlo kao to zlo snaći će konje, mazge, kamile i magarce i svu stoku koja bude u tom logoru.

16 I ko god ostane od svih naroda koji dođu na Jerusalim, svak će dolaziti od godine do godine da se pokloni caru Gospodu nad vojskama i da praznuje praznik senica.

17 I ako koje od plemena zemaljskih ne bi došlo u Jerusalim da se pokloni caru Gospodu nad vojskama, na njih neće biti dažda;

18 I ako se pleme misirsko ne bi podiglo i došlo, na koje ne daždi, biće isto zlo kojim će Gospod udariti narode koji ne bi dolazili da praznuju praznik senica.

19 Takav će biti greh Misircima i greh svim narodima koji ne bi dolazili da praznuju praznik senica.

20 U taj će dan biti na zvoncima konjskim: Svetinja Gospodu; i lonci će u domu Gospodnjem biti kao zdele pred oltarom;

21 I svi će lonci u Jerusalimu i u Judi biti svetinja Gospodu nad vojskama, i svi koji hoće da prinesu žrtvu dolazeći uzimaće ih i kuvati u njima; i u taj dan neće više biti Hananejca u domu Gospoda nad vojskama.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 664

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664. "For just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!" This symbolically means that everything that emanates from the Lord is just and true, because He is Divine goodness itself and Divine truth itself in heaven and in the church.

Ways symbolize truths that lead to good (no. 176). The title "king" in reference to the Lord symbolizes Divine truth, and "O King of saints" the Divine truth derived from Him in heaven and the church; for saints symbolize people who are governed by Divine truths from the Lord (nos. 173, 586). Consequently "just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!" means symbolically that everything emanating from the Lord is just and true, because He is Divine truth itself in heaven and in the church.

The Lord is called a king in reference to His Divine humanity, because this is the Messiah, the Anointed, the Christ, the Son of God. Messiah in Hebrew is Christ in Greek, and Messiah or Christ is the Son of God, as may be seen in no. 520 above. It is well known that Messiah in Hebrew means both king and anointed.

The Lord as king is the embodiment of Divine truth because that is the symbolic meaning of the title "king" (nos. 20, 483). Kings accordingly symbolize people who possess Divine truths from the Lord (Revelation 1:6; 5:10).

It is because of this that heaven and the church are called the Lord's kingdom, and that His advent into the world is called the gospel of the kingdom.

Heaven and the church are called the Lord's kingdom in Daniel 2:44; 7:13-14, 27; Luke 1:33; 4:43; 8:1, 10; 9:2, 11, 27; 10:11; 16:16; 19:11; 21:31; 22:18; 23:51. And His advent is called the gospel of the kingdom in Matthew 4:23; 9:35; 24:14. 1

But more on this subject may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord.

[2] That the Lord is called a king is apparent from the following passages:

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings. (Revelation 17:14)

(He who sat on the white horse) is called the Word... And... His... name (is) Lord of lords and King of kings. (Revelation 19:13, 16, cf. Daniel 2:47)

Nathanael... said..., ."..You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" (John 1:49)

When the Son of Man comes in His glory..., ...He will sit on the throne of His glory... And the King will say to those on His right hand... (and) to those on the left hand... (Matthew 25:31, 34, 41)

...they cried out: "Hosanna! 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!' The King of Israel! " (John 12:13)

Pilate (asked the Lord:) "Are You a king...?" Jesus answered, ."..I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world...." (John 18:37)

Your eyes will see the King in His beauty... ...Jehovah our King, He will save us. (Isaiah 33:17 , 22)

I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. (Isaiah 43:15)

Thus said Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: "I am the First and I am the Last, and beside Me there is no God." (Isaiah 44:6)

Jehovah shall become King over all the earth. (Zechariah 14:9, cf. Psalms 47:2, 6-8)

Lift up your heads, O you gates..., that the King of glory may come in... Jehovah of hosts, He is the King of glory. (Psalms 24:7-10)

I will raise to David a righteous Branch, (who as) a king shall reign... and execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. (Jeremiah 23:5, cf. 33:15)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 6:5; 52:7; Jeremiah 10:7, 10; 46:18; Ezekiel 37:22, 24; Zephaniah 3:15; Psalms 20:9; 45:11, 13-14; 68:24; 74:12.

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1. See also Mark 1:14

  
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Apocalypse Revealed # 585

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585. And against His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. This symbolizes scandalous assertions against the Lord's celestial church and against heaven.

The Tabernacle has almost the same symbolic meaning as the Temple, namely, in the highest sense, the Lord's Divine humanity, and in a relative sense, heaven and the church (nos. 191, 529). But in the latter sense the Tabernacle symbolizes the celestial church, which is impelled by the goodness of love toward the Lord received from the Lord; and the Temple symbolizes the spiritual church, which is impelled by truths of wisdom received from the Lord. Those who dwell in heaven symbolize heaven.

The Tabernacle symbolizes the celestial church because the Most Ancient Church, being impelled by love toward the Lord, was a celestial church and held sacred worship in tents. And the Ancient Church was a spiritual church and held sacred worship in temples.

Tents used wood in their construction, while temples used stone, and wood symbolizes goodness, and stone truth.

[2] That the Tabernacle symbolizes the Lord's Divine humanity in respect to Divine love, and a heaven and a church that is impelled by love toward the Lord, can be seen from the following passages:

Jehovah, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy mountain? He who walks uprightly, and practices righteousness, and speaks the truth... (Psalms 15:1-2)

(Jehovah) shall hide me in His tabernacle; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall conceal me; He shall set me high... (Psalms 27:4-5)

I will abide in Your tabernacle forever. (Psalms 61:4)

Look upon Zion...; let your eyes behold Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that will not be dispelled... (Isaiah 33:20)

(Jehovah) who... spreads (the heavens) out like a tent to dwell in. (Isaiah 40:22)

...you have made Jehovah..., the Most High, your dwelling place..., no plague shall come near your tent. (Psalms 91:9-10)

(Jehovah) set (His) tabernacle among (them).... (He) will walk among (them).... (Leviticus 26:11-12)

(Jehovah) forsook the tent of Shiloh, the tabernacle in which He dwelled among men. (Psalms 78:60)

I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them...." (Revelation 21:3)

...My tabernacle has been laid waste... (Jeremiah 4:20; 10:20)

He shall... pluck you out of your tent, and uproot you from the land of the living. (Psalms 52:5)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 16:5; 54:2, Jeremiah 30:18, Lamentations 2:4, Hosea 9:6; 12:9, Zechariah 12:7.

[3] Since the Most Ancient Church, which was a celestial church, being impelled by love toward the Lord and being thus in conjunction with Him, held sacred worship in tents, therefore by the Lord's command Moses erected a tent or tabernacle, in which everything relating to heaven and the church was represented. And it was so holy that no one was permitted to enter except Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons; and if any of the people were to do so, they would die (Numbers 17:12-13; 18:1, 22-23; 19:14-19).

Inmostly in that tabernacle, containing the two tables of the Decalogue, was the Ark, on which was the mercy seat and over it the cherubim. And outside the veil was the table holding the showbread, the altar of incense, and the lampstand having seven lamps. All of these things were representative objects relating to heaven and the church. The tabernacle itself is described in Exodus 26:7-16; 36:8-37.

We also read that the design of the Tabernacle was shown to Moses upon Mount Sinai (Exodus 25:9; 26:30); and whatever he was given to see from heaven is a representation relating to heaven and the church.

In memory of the most ancient people's sacred worship of the Lord in tents, and of their conjunction with Him through love, Israel was commanded to observe the Feast of Tabernacles, as recorded in Leviticus 23:39-44, Deuteronomy 16:13-14.

  
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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.