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1 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, May isang salot pa akong dadalhin kay Faraon at sa Egipto; pagkatapos niyaon ay pahihintulutan niyang kayo'y umalis dito: pagpapahintulot niya sa inyong yumaon, ay tunay na kayo'y samasamang palalayasin niya rito.

2 Magsalita ka ngayon sa pakinig ng bayan, at humingi ang bawa't lalake sa kaniyang kapuwa, at bawa't babae sa kaniyang kapuwa, ng mga hiyas na pilak, at ng mga hiyas na ginto.

3 At pinagbiyayaan ng Panginoon ang bayan, sa paningin ng mga Egipcio. Saka si Moises ay lalaking naging dakila sa lupain ng Egipto, sa paningin ng mga lingkod ni Faraon, at sa paningin ng bayan.

4 At sinabi ni Moises, Ganito ang sinasabi ng Panginoon, Sa may hating gabi ay lalabas ako sa gitna ng Egipto:

5 At lahat ng mga panganay sa lupain ng Egipto ay mamamatay, mula sa panganay ni Faraon, na nakaluklok sa kaniyang luklukan, hanggang sa panganay ng aliping babaing nasa likuran ng gilingan; at ang lahat ng mga panganay sa mga hayop.

6 At magkakaroon ng malakas na hiyawan sa buong lupain ng Egipto, na hindi nagkaroon ng kaparis, at hindi na magkakaroon pa ng kaparis.

7 Datapuwa't sa lahat ng anak ng Israel mula sa tao hanggang sa hayop, ay walang maggagalaw kahit isang aso ng kaniyang dila laban sa tao o sa hayop: upang inyong makilala kung paano ang pagkakalagay ng pagkakaiba ng Panginoon sa mga Egipcio at sa Israel.

8 At bababain ako nitong lahat na iyong lingkod, at magsisiyukod sa akin, na magsasabi, Umalis ka, at ang buong bayan na sumusunod sa iyo: at pagkatapos niyaon ay aalis ako. At siya'y umalis sa harap ni Faraon na may maalab na galit.

9 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Hindi kayo didinggin ni Faraon: upang ang aking mga kababalaghan ay dumami sa lupain ng Egipto.

10 At ginawa ni Moises at ni Aaron ang lahat ng mga kababalaghang ito sa harap ni Faraon: at pinapagmatigas ng Panginoon ang puso ni Faraon, at hindi niya pinahintulutan ang mga anak ni Israel ay umalis sa kaniyang lupain.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 658

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658. For in them the wrath of God is complete. This symbolizes the destruction of the church and its end then.

Its being complete symbolizes the destruction of the church and its end then, as explained below. The wrath of God symbolizes the evil in people, which, because it is in opposition to God, is called the wrath of God. Not that God is angry at people, but that people's evil causes them to be angry at God. Moreover, because, when a person is punished or tormented on account of his evil - as happens in hell after death - it seems to him that it is God's doing, therefore in the Word we find anger and wrath, even evil, attributed to God. But that is the case only in the literal sense, because that sense has been written in terms of appearances and correspondences; but not so in the spiritual sense, for that sense contains no appearance or correspondent imagery, but truth in its own light. For more on the wrath of God, see nos. 525, 635 above.

This verse says that in the seven last plagues the wrath of God is complete, and we say that this symbolizes the destruction of the church and its end then. We need to explain why. The reason is that every church declines in the process of time as it turns away from the goodness of love and from truths of faith, until nothing is left of them, which is occasioned by gradually increasing evil and falsity. And then, when there is no longer any goodness of love and faith, there remains only evil and falsity, and when this is the case, the church is at an end. In this final state a person knows no better than to think that evil is good and that falsity is truth; for the delight he finds in them causes him to love evil and falsity and therefore to defend them.

This is the final state symbolized by an end, consummation or completion called a destruction in the following passages:

...I have heard from... Jehovah... a consummation and destruction upon the whole earth. (Isaiah 28:22)

A consummation is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. For the Lord, Jehovih of hosts, is making an end and destruction throughout the land. (Isaiah 10:22-23)

The whole land shall be devoured by the fire of (Jehovah's) zeal, for He will make speedy end of all those who dwell in the land. (Zephaniah 1:18)

(At length) on the bird of abominations shall be desolation, even until the consummation and destruction shall it drop upon the devastation. (Daniel 9:27)

The whole land shall be a wasteland, yet I will not make an end. (Jeremiah 4:27)

(Jehovah said,) "I will go down... and see whether they have come to an end according to the outcry... that has come to Me." (Genesis 18:21)

The last said in regard to Sodom.

...the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete. (Genesis 15:16)

The church's end is also meant by the end of the age spoken of by the Lord in the following passages:

(The disciples asked Jesus,) "What will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 24:3)

...at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares... to burn them. Gather the wheat into my barn. ...so it will be at the end of the age. (Matthew 13:30, 40)

...at the end of the age... the angels will come forth and separate the wicked from among the just... (Matthew 13:49)

(Jesus said to His disciples,) "Lo, I am with you... even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:20)

Even to the end of the age means to the end of the church, when there will be a new church with which the Lord will then be present.

  
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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.