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Ezequiel 29

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1 En el año décimo, en el mes décimo, a los doce del mes, vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

2 Hijo de hombre, pon tu rostro contra Faraón rey de Egipto, y profetiza contra él y contra todo Egipto.

3 Habla, y di: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: He aquí estoy contra ti, Faraón rey de Egipto, el gran dragón que yace en medio de sus ríos, el cual dijo: Mío es mi río, y yo me lo hice.

4 Yo pues, pondré anzuelos en tus mejillas, y pegaré los peces de tus ríos a tus escamas, y te sacaré de en medio de tus ríos, y todos los peces de tus ríos saldrán pegados a tus escamas.

5 Y te dejaré en el desierto, a ti y a todos los peces de tus ríos; sobre la faz del campo caerás; no serás recogido, ni serás juntado; a las bestias de la tierra y a las aves del cielo te he dado por comida.

6 Y sabrán todos los moradores de Egipto que yo soy el SEÑOR, por cuanto fueron bordón de caña a la Casa de Israel.

7 Cuando te tomaron con la mano, te quebraste, y les rompiste todo el hombro; y cuando se recostaron sobre ti, te quebraste, y los deslomaste enteramente.

8 Por tanto, así dijo el Señor DIOS: He aquí que yo traigo contra ti espada, y talaré de ti hombres y bestias.

9 Y la tierra de Egipto será asolada y desierta; y sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR, porque dijo: Mi río, y yo lo hice.

10 Por tanto, he aquí estoy contra ti, y contra tus ríos; y pondré la tierra de Egipto en asolamientos de la soledad del desierto, desde la torre de Sevene, hasta el término de Etiopía.

11 No pasará por ella pie de hombre, ni pie de bestia pasará por ella; ni será habitada por cuarenta años.

12 Y pondré a la tierra de Egipto en soledad entre las tierras asoladas, y sus ciudades entre las ciudades destruidas estarán asoladas por cuarenta años; y esparciré a Egipto entre las naciones, y los aventaré por las tierras.

13 Porque así dijo el Señor DIOS: Al fin de cuarenta años juntaré a Egipto de los pueblos entre los cuales fueren esparcidos;

14 y tornaré a traer los cautivos de Egipto, y los volveré a la tierra de Patros, a la tierra de su habitación; y allí serán un reino bajo.

15 En comparación de los otros reinos será humilde; ni más se alzará sobre las naciones; porque yo los disminuiré, para que no se enseñoreen en los gentiles.

16 Y no será más a la Casa de Israel por confianza, que haga acordar el pecado, mirando en pos de ellos; y sabrán que yo soy el Señor DIOS.

17 Y aconteció en el año veintisiete, en el mes primero, al primero del mes, que vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

18 Hijo de hombre, Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia hizo a su ejército prestar grande servicio contra Tiro. Toda cabeza se encalveció, y se peló todo hombro; y ni para él ni para su ejército hubo paga de Tiro, por el servicio que prestó contra ella.

19 Por tanto, así dijo el Señor DIOS: He aquí que yo doy a Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, la tierra de Egipto; y él tomará su multitud, y cogerá sus despojos, y arrebatará su presa, y habrá paga para su ejército.

20 Por su trabajo con que sirvió contra ella le he dado la tierra de Egipto; porque trabajaron para mí, dijo el Señor DIOS.

21 En aquel tiempo haré reverdecer el cuerno a la Casa de Israel, y te daré apertura de boca en medio de ellos; y sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 626

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626. APOCALYPSE. CHAPTER 11.

1. And there was given to me a reed like a staff; and the angel stood near, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

2. And the court which is without the temple cast out, and measure it not, for it is given to the nations, and the holy city shall they trample down forty-two months.

3. And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

4. These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands standing before the God of the earth.

5. And if anyone will hurt them, fire shall go forth out of their mouth and shall devour their enemies; and if anyone will hurt them, thus must he be killed.

6. These have power to shut heaven, that the rain rain not in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague as often as they will.

7. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them and overcome them and kill them.

8. And their bodies shall be upon the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9. And they of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations shall see their bodies three days and a half, and shall not suffer their bodies to be placed in sepulchers.

10. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them and shall be glad, and shall send gifts one to another, because those two prophets tormented them that dwell upon the earth.

11. And after the three days and a half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon them that beheld them.

12. And they heard a great voice out of heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they went up into heaven in the cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

13. And in that hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and there were killed in the earthquake names of men seven thousand; and the rest became afraid, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14. The second woe is past; behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

15. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world are become our Lord's and His Christ's, and He shall reign unto the ages of the ages.

16. And the twenty-four elders who sit before God upon their thrones fell upon their faces and worshiped God,

17. Saying, We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who is, and who was, and who is to come, because Thou hast taken Thy great power and entered upon the kingdom.

18. And the nations were angered, and Thy anger is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to Thy servants, the prophets and the saints, and to them that fear Thy name, the small and the great, and to destroy them that destroy the earth.

19. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His covenant; and there were lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and great hail.

EXPOSITION

Verses 1, 2. And there was given to me a reed like a staff; and the angel stood near saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. And the court which is without the temple cast out, and measure it not, for it is given to the nations; and the holy city shall they trample down forty-two months.

1. "And there was given to me a reed like a staff," signifies the mode of visitation, that is, of exploring the quality of the church in respect to truth and to good n. 627; "and the angel stood near saying," signifies the Lord's will and command (n. 628); "Rise, measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein," signifies that he should explore the church, what is its quality in respect to the reception of Divine truth and Divine good, and thence in respect to the worship of the Lord. n. 629).

2. "And the court which is without the temple cast out, and measure it not," signifies that the external of the Word, and thence of the church and of worship, is not to be explored n. 630; "for it is given to the nations," signifies since it has been perverted by evils of life and falsities of doctrine n. 631; "and the holy city shall they trample down," signifies that they will destroy all the doctrine of truth and good from the Word n. 632; "forty-two months," signifies even to the end of the old church and the beginning of the new n. 633.

  
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Heaven and Hell # 197

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197. It follows from this that in the Word places and spaces, and all things that in any way relate to space, signify such things as relate to states, such as distances, near, far off, ways, journeys, sojourning, miles and furlongs, plains, fields, gardens, cities and streets, motions, measures of various kinds, long, broad, high, and deep, and innumerable other things; for most things in man's thought from the world take on something from space and time.

[2] I will mention here only what is signified in the Word by length, breadth, and height. In this world, that is called long or broad which is long or broad in relation to space, and the same is true of height. But in heaven, where there is no thought from space, length means a state of good, breadth a state of truth, and height the distinction between them in accordance with degrees (see 38). Such is the meaning of these three dimensions, because length in heaven is from east to west, and those that dwell there are in good of love; while breadth in heaven is from south to north, and those that dwell there are in truth from good (see 148); while height in heaven applies to both of these in respect to degrees. This is why length, breadth, and height have these significations in the Word, as in Ezekiel (from chap. 40 to 48), where the new temple and the new earth, with the courts, chambers, gates, doors, windows, and surroundings are described by measures giving the length, breadth, and height, by which a new church, and the goods and truths that are in it are signified. Otherwise to what purpose would be all those measures?

[3] In like manner the New Jerusalem is described in the Apocalypse in these words:

The city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs; the length, the breadth, and the height are equal (Apocalypse 21:16).

Because "the New Jerusalem" here signifies a new church these measures signify the things of the church, "length" its good of love, "breadth" truth from that good, "height" good and truth in respect to degrees, "twelve thousand furlongs" all good and truth in the complex. Otherwise, how could there be said to be a height of twelve thousand furlongs, the same as the length and the breadth? That "breadth" in the Word signifies truth is evident from David:-

Jehovah, Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy, Thou hast made my feet to stand in a broad place (Psalm 31:8).

Out of straitness I called upon Jah; He answereth me in a broad place (Psalm 118:5).

Besides other passages (as in Isaiah 8:8; and in Habakkuk 1:6). So in all other cases.

  
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