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Ezequiel 38

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1 Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

2 Hijo de hombre, pon tu rostro contra Gog en tierra de Magog, príncipe de la cabecera de Mesec y Tubal, y profetiza sobre él.

3 Y di: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: He aquí, yo voy a ti, oh Gog, príncipe de la cabecera de Mesec y Tubal.

4 Y yo te quebrantaré, y pondré anzuelos en tus quijadas, y te sacaré a ti, y a todo tu ejército, caballos y caballeros, vestidos de todo todos ellos, gran multitud con paveses y escudos, teniendo todos ellos espadas;

5 Persia, y Etiopía, y Libia con ellos; todos ellos con escudos y almetes;

6 Gomer, y todas sus compañías; la casa de Togarma, que habitan a los lados del norte, y todas sus compañías; muchos pueblos contigo.

7 Aparéjate, y apercíbete, tú, y toda tu multitud que se ha reunido a ti, y séles por guarda.

8 De aquí a muchos días tú serás visitado; al cabo de años vendrás a la tierra quebrantada por espada, recogida de muchos pueblos, a los montes de Israel, que siempre fueron para asolamiento; y ella de pueblos fue sacada, y todos ellos morarán confiadamente.

9 Y tú subirás, vendrás como tempestad; como nublado para cubrir la tierra serás tú, y todas tus compañías, y muchos pueblos contigo.

10 Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Y será en aquel día, que subirán palabras en tu corazón, y concebirás mal pensamiento;

11 y dirás: Subiré contra la tierra de aldeas sin muros, iré contra los reposados, y que habitan confiadamente; todos ellos habitan sin muro, no tienen cerrojos ni puertas;

12 para arrebatar despojos y para tomar presa; para tornar tu mano sobre las tierras desiertas ya pobladas, y sobre el pueblo recogido de los gentiles, que ya hace ganados y posesiones, que moran en el ombligo de la tierra.

13 Sabá, y Dedán, y los mercaderes de Tarsis, y todos sus leoncillos, te dirán: ¿Has venido a arrebatar despojos? ¿Has reunido tu multitud para tomar presa, para quitar plata y oro, para tomar ganados y posesiones, para tomar grandes despojos?

14 Por tanto, profetiza, hijo de hombre, y di a Gog: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: En aquel tiempo, cuando mi pueblo Israel habitará seguramente, ¿no lo sabrás tú?

15 Y vendrás de tu lugar, de las partes del norte, tú y muchos pueblos contigo, todos ellos a caballo, gran compañía y poderoso ejército;

16 y subirás contra mi pueblo Israel como nublado para cubrir la tierra; será al cabo de los días; y yo te traeré sobre mi tierra, para que los gentiles me conozcan, cuando fuere santificado en ti, oh Gog, delante de sus ojos.

17 Así dijo el Señor DIOS: ¿No eres tú aquél de quien hablé yo en los días pasados por mis siervos los profetas de Israel, los cuales profetizaron en aquellos tiempos que yo te había de traer sobre ellos?

18 Y será en aquel tiempo, cuando vendrá Gog contra la tierra de Israel, dijo el Señor DIOS, que mi ira subirá por mi enojo.

19 Porque he hablado en mi celo, y en el fuego de mi ira: Que en aquel día habrá gran temblor sobre la tierra de Israel;

20 que los peces del mar, y las aves del cielo, y las bestias del campo, y toda serpiente que se anda arrastrando sobre la tierra, y todos los hombres que están sobre la faz de la tierra, temblarán delante de mi presencia; y se arruinarán los montes, y las gradas caerán, y todo muro caerá a tierra.

21 Y en todos mis montes llamaré cuchillo contra él, dijo el Señor DIOS: el cuchillo de cada cual será contra su hermano.

22 Y yo litigaré con él con pestilencia y con sangre; y haré llover sobre él, y sobre sus compañías, y sobre los muchos pueblos que están con él, impetuosa lluvia, y piedras de granizo, fuego y azufre.

23 Y seré engrandecido y santificado, y seré conocido en ojos de muchos gentiles; y sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR.

   

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3. The same four Churches on this earth are described by four beasts rising up out of the sea, in Daniel; of which it is there written:

The first was seen like a lion, but it had eagle's wings. I beheld until the wings thereof were plucked out, and it was lifted up from the earth, and set up upon feet, erect like a man, and a man's heart was given to it. Afterwards, behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side; three ribs were in its mouth between the teeth: moreover, they were saying thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After these things, I beheld, and, lo, another, like a leopard, which had four wings, like birds' wings, upon the back of it; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. After this, I saw in the night visions, and beheld a fourth beast, terrible and dreadful, and strong exceedingly, which had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; but it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. I beheld till thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit; and the judgment was set, and the books were opened; and, behold, one like the Son of Man was coming with the clouds of the heavens. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations and languages should worship Him: His dominion is a dominion of an age, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not perish (Dan. 7:3-9, [7:10], 7:13-14, etc.).

That by these beasts, in like manner, are meant and described those four Churches, is manifest from all the particulars there (which shall be unfolded in their order in the following pages); more especially from the last expressions there, that after those four beasts there will come "the Son of Man, to whom shall be given dominion, and a kingdom which shall not pass away nor perish"; who, also, is meant by the Stone made into "a great Rock, which shall fill the whole earth," as may be seen above (n. 2, at the end).

[2] That the states of the Church are likewise described by beasts, as well as by metals, in the Word, is evident from numberless passages, some only of which I will adduce here; which are as follows:

Thou causest the rain of benefits to drop; thou wilt confirm thy wearied inheritance; the beast 1 -thy assembly-shall dwell therein (Psalm 68:9-10).

Every wild beast of the forest is Mine, the beasts in the mountains of thousands; I know every bird of the mountains, the beasts of My fields are with Me (Psalm 50:10-11).

Asshur was a cedar in Lebanon, his height was exalted; all the birds of the heavens made their nests in his branches, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth, and in his shadow dwelt all great nations (Ezek. 31:3, 5-6, 13; Dan. 4:7-13).

In that day will I make a covenant for them with the beast of the field, and with the bird of the heavens, and I will betroth Myself unto thee to eternity (Hosea 2:18-19).

Rejoice and be glad; be not afraid, ye beasts of My fields; for the habitations of the desert are become full of grass (Joel 2:21-22).

Thou, son of man, say unto the bird of every wing, and to every beast of the field, Gather yourselves together to My sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel: thus I will set My glory among the nations (Ezek. 39:17, 20-21).

The enemy hath reproached Jehovah; deliver not the soul of the turtle-dove unto the beast 2 (Psalm 74:18-19).

Jehovah gathereth the outcasts of Israel; every beast of My fields, come (Isa. 56:8-9).

The spirit urging, made Jesus to go forth into the wilderness and He was with the beasts; and angels ministered unto Him (Mark 1:12-13).

He was not with beasts, but with devils, with whom He fought and whom He subdued-(not to mention a thousand other passages, which are adduced in part in the APOCALYPSE REVEALED , n. 567). Moreover, it is well known that the Lord Himself, in the Word, is called a "Lamb" and also a "Lion"; likewise, that the Holy Spirit was represented as a "Dove"; that the cherubs, also, by which the Word in the literal sense is signified, appeared like "four beasts," in Ezekiel and in the Apocalypse; and that the man of the Church who acknowledges the Lord as his God and Shepherd, is called a "sheep"; and, on the other hand, he who does not acknowledge Him, is called a "he-goat" and also a "dragon"; and that an assembly of the latter is described, in like manner as in Daniel, by

The beast out of the sea, like a leopard, whose feet were as it were a bear's, and his mouth as it were a lion's (Rev. 13:1-2).

These comparisons originate from the spiritual world, where all the affections and thoughts therefrom, of angels and spirits, are presented at a distance from them as beasts, which also appear in a form in all respects similar to that of the beasts in the natural world; the affections of the love of good as gentle beasts and good uses, but the affections of the love of evil as savage beasts and evil uses. Hence it is that beasts are so often named in the Word; and by them in the spiritual sense are signified affections, inclinations, perceptions and thoughts. From these considerations it is manifest what is meant by creatures in the following passages:

Jesus commanded the disciples to go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15).

If any one be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things have passed away, and all things are become new (2 Cor. 5:17).

These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creature of God (Rev. 3:14).

By "creatures," here, are meant those who are capable of being created anew, that is, regenerated, and thus becoming of the Lord's Church.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. "Thy beast" is the literal rendering of the Hebrew in this passage, which is [Hebrew]; but it is assumed, in the text here, to be used figuratively for "thy congregation." See Fuerst, in loc. [Hebrew].

2. See R.V.; also the previous footnote.

  
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Ezekiel 39:17-21

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17 You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.

18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

19 You shall eat fat until you be full, and drink blood until you are drunk, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

20 You shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, says the Lord Yahweh.

21 I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them.