Apocalypse Revealed # 629
629. "And give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come." This symbolizes an acknowledgment and confession that all the Word's truth which makes the church a church comes from the Lord, and that everyone will be judged in accordance with it.
To give glory to Him means, symbolically, to acknowledge and confess that every truth comes from the Lord, as may be seen in no. 249 above; and because every truth that makes the church a church is drawn from the Word, it is the Word's truth that is meant. "For the hour of His judgment has come" means symbolically that everyone will be judged in accordance with the Word's truth. This is the symbolic meaning because to give glory to Him means, symbolically, to acknowledge and confess that the Word's truth all comes from the Lord, and we are told next, "for the hour of His judgment has come," the word "for" entailing this as the cause.
That everyone will be judged by the Word's truth may be seen in 233, 273 above. And that the church is founded on the Word, and that its character is such as its understanding of the Word, may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 76-79.
It is apparent from this that the spiritual meaning of these words is as stated. It is as stated because angels in heaven perceive glory to mean nothing else than Divine truth; and because all Divine truth comes from the Lord, they perceive giving glory to Him to mean an acknowledgment and confession that all truth comes from Him. For all glory in the heavens springs from no other origin, and to the extent that any society in heaven is governed by Divine truth, to the same extent everything in it is radiant, and the angels are surrounded by a commensurate glorious radiance.
[2] That glory means Divine truth can be seen from the following passages:
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of Jehovah... The glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it...." (Isaiah 40:3, 5)
...shine, for your light has come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon you... Jehovah will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. (Isaiah 60:1-2 to the end)
I will... give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles..., and My glory I will not give to another... (Isaiah 42:6, 8)
For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it... And I will not give My glory to another. (Isaiah 48:11)
They shall fear... His glory from the rising of the sun... The Redeemer will come to Zion... (Isaiah 59:19-20)
...your light shall break forth like the morning...; the glory of Jehovah shall gather you. (Isaiah 58:8)
...He will come to gather all nations and tongues, that they may... see My glory. (Isaiah 66:18)
(Jehovah said,) "I live, and all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah." (Numbers 14:21)
The whole earth is full of His glory! (Isaiah 6:1-3)
In the beginning was the Word..., and the Word was God... In Him was life, and the life was the light of men... That was the true Light... And the Word became flesh..., and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father... (John 1:1, 4, 9, 14)
These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory... (John 12:41)
And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with... glory. (Matthew 24:3, 30)
The heavens shall declare the glory of God... (Psalms 19:1)
Then the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth Your glory, because (He) built up Zion, (and) He appeared in His glory. (Psalms 102:15-16)
...the glory of God (will illuminate the Holy Jerusalem) and the Lamb is its light. And the nations (which) are saved shall walk in its light... (Revelation 21:23-25)
...the Son of Man (will come) in His glory...(to) sit on the throne of His glory. (Matthew 25:31, cf. Mark 8:38)
That the glory of Jehovah filled and covered the Tabernacle: Exodus 40:34-35, Numbers 14:10-12; 16:19; 16:42.
That it filled the house of Jehovah: 1 Kings 8:10-11.
And so on elsewhere as in Isaiah 24:23; Ezekiel 1:28; 8:4; 9:3; 10:4, 18-19; 11:22-23; Luke 2:32; 9:26; John 2:11; 7:18; 17:24.
Mark 8
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In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,
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"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
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If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."
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His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
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He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."
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He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
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They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
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They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
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Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.
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Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
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The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
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He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."
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He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.
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They forgot to take bread; and they didn't have more than one loaf in the boat with them.
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He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
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They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we have no bread."
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Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?
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Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?
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When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Twelve."
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"When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Seven."
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He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"
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He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.
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He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
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He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking."
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Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
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He sent him away to his house, saying, "Don't enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village."
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Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?"
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They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."
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He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
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He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
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He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
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He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
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But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."
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He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
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For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
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For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
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For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
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For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
