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1 Nang magkagayo'y inawit ni Moises at ng mga anak ni Israel ang awit na ito sa Panginoon, at sinalita, na sinasabi, Ako'y aawit sa Panginoon, sapagka't siya'y nagtagumpay ng kaluwaluwalhati: Ang kabayo at ang sakay niyaon ay kaniyang ibinulusok sa dagat.

2 Ang Panginoon ay aking lakas at awit, At siya'y naging aking kaligtasan: Ito'y aking Dios, at siya'y aking pupurihin. Dios ng aking ama, at siya'y aking tatanghalin.

3 Ang Panginoo'y isang mangdidigma: Panginoon ang kaniyang pangalan.

4 Ang mga karro ni Faraon at ang kaniyang hukbo ay ibinulusok niya sa dagat; At ang kaniyang mga piling kapitan ay ipinaglulubog sa Dagat na Mapula.

5 Ang mga kalaliman ang tumatabon sa kanila: Sila'y lumubog sa mga kalaliman, na parang isang bato.

6 Ang iyong kanan, Oh Panginoon, ay maluwalhati sa kapangyarihan. Ang iyong kanan, Oh Panginoon, ay dumudurog ng kaaway.

7 At sa kalakhan ng iyong karilagan ay ibinubuwal mo yaong bumabangon laban sa iyo: Iyong ipinakikita ang iyong pagiinit, at nililipol silang parang dayami.

8 At sa hihip ng iyong ilong ay natitipon ang tubig, Ang mga agos ay nagsilagay na parang isang bunton; Ang mga kalaliman ay namuo sa gitna ng dagat.

9 Sinabi ng kaaway, Aking hahabulin, aking aabutan, magbabahagi ako ng samsam, Ang aking nasa ay masisiyahan sa kanila; Aking bubunutin ang aking tabak, lilipulin sila ng aking kamay.

10 Ikaw ay nagpahihip ng iyong hangin, at tinabunan sila ng dagat. Sila'y lumubog na parang tingga sa makapangyarihang tubig.

11 Sinong gaya mo, Oh Panginoon, sa mga dios? Sinong gaya mo, maluwalhati sa kabanalan, Nakasisindak sa pagpuri, na gumagawa ng mga kababalaghan?

12 Iyong iniunat ang iyong kanang kamay, Nilamon sila ng lupa.

13 Iyong pinapatnubayan sa iyong awa ang bayan na iyong tinubos: Sa iyong kalakasan ay iyong inihahatid sila sa banal mong tahanan.

14 Narinig ng mga bayan; at sila'y nanginig: Mga sakit ang kumapit sa mga taga Filistia.

15 Nang magkagayo'y natulig ang mga pangulo sa Edom; Sa matatapang sa Moab, ay panginginig ang sumasakanila: Lahat ng taga Canaan ay nauubos.

16 Sindak at gulat ang suma-sakanila; Sa kadakilaan ng iyong bisig ay nagiging walang kibo sila na parang bato; Hanggang sa ang iyong bayan ay makaraan, Oh Panginoon, Hanggang sa makaraan ang bayang ito na iyong kinamtan.

17 Sila'y iyong papapasukin, at sila'y iyong itatayo sa bundok na iyong pamana, Sa dako, Oh Panginoon, na iyong ginawa sa iyo, upang iyong tahanan, Sa santuario, Oh Panginoon, na itinatag ng iyong mga kamay.

18 Ang Panginoon ay maghahari magpakailan man.

19 Sapagka't ang mga kabayo ni Faraon, ay nagsipasok pati ng kaniyang mga karro at pati ng kaniyang mga nangangabayo sa dagat, at pinapanumbalik ng Panginoon ang tubig ng dagat sa kanila; datapuwa't lumakad ang mga anak ni Israel sa tuyong lupa sa gitna ng dagat.

20 At si Miriam na propetisa na kapatid ni Aaron, ay tumangan ng isang pandereta sa kaniyang kamay; at sumunod ang lahat ng mga babae sa kaniya, na may mga pandereta at nagsayawan.

21 At sila'y sinagot ni Miriam, Umawit kayo sa Panginoon, sapagka't siya'y nagtagumpay ng kaluwaluwalhati; Ang kabayo at ang sakay niyaon ay ibinulusok niya sa dagat.

22 At pinatnubayan ni Moises ang Israel mula sa Dagat na Mapula, at sila'y lumabas sa ilang ng Shur; at sila'y lumakad na tatlong araw sa ilang, at hindi nakasumpong ng tubig.

23 At nang sila'y dumating sa Mara, ay hindi sila makainom ng tubig sa Mara, sapagka't mapait: kaya't ang pangalang itinawag ay Mara.

24 At inupasala ng bayan si Moises, na sinasabi, Anong aming iinumin?

25 At siya'y dumaing sa Panginoon; at pinapagkitaan siya ng Panginoon ng isang puno ng kahoy, at inihagis niya sa tubig, at ang tubig ay tumabang. Doon inatangan niya ng palatuntunan, at ng tagubilin at doon sila sinubok niya;

26 At sinabi, Kung iyong didinggin ng buong sikap ang tinig ng Panginoon mong Dios, at iyong gagawin ang matuwid sa kaniyang mga mata, at iyong didinggin ang kaniyang mga utos, at iyong gaganapin ang lahat niyang mga palatuntunan ay wala akong ilalagay na karamdaman sa iyo, na gaya ng inilagay ko sa mga Egipcio: sapagka't ako ang Panginoon na nagpapagaling sa iyo.

27 At sila'y dumating sa Elim, na doo'y mayroong labingdalawang bukal ng tubig, at pitongpung puno ng palma; at sila'y humantong doon sa tabi ng mga tubig.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 343

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343. Holding back the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. This symbolizes the Lord's holding back and restraining a closer and thus stronger influx into the lower regions where good people were attached to evil ones.

It must be known that a last judgment takes place when evil people multiply below the heavens in the world of spirits, and this to such a degree that angels in the heavens cannot continue in the state of their love and wisdom, as they are then without a support and foundation. Since this results from a multiplication of evil people below, therefore in order to preserve the angels' state, the Lord flows in more and more strongly with His Divinity, and this continually until no influx can preserve them unless the evil people below are separated from the good. This is accomplished by a subsidence and closing in of the heavens, with a consequently stronger influx, until the evil cannot bear it. And at that point the evil flee away and cast themselves into hell.

This, too, is what is symbolized in the preceding chapter by the statement, "They said to the mountains and rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?'" (Revelation 6:16-17)

[2] Now for the exposition:

The four winds symbolize an influx of the heavens. The earth, the sea, and every tree symbolize all the lower regions and all that they contain - the earth and sea symbolizing all the lower regions, and every tree all that they contain.

That a wind symbolizes influx - properly speaking, the influx of truth into the intellect - can be seen from the following passages:

Thus says the Lord Jehovih, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live." (Ezekiel 37:9-10)

(There appeared four chariots to which were harnessed four horses.) These are the four winds of the heavens... (Zechariah 6:1-5)

You must be born again. The wind blows where it wishes, and... cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. (John 3:7-8)

The Maker of the earth... prepares the world by His wisdom... He brings the wind out of His treasuries. (Jeremiah 10:12-13; 51:15-16, cf. Psalms 135:7)

He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow. He declares His Word..., His statutes and His judgments... (Psalms 147:18-19)

It praises Jehovah..., the stormy wind, doing His Word... (Psalms 148:7-8)

(Jehovah) makes His angels winds... (Psalms 104:4)

(Jehovah) rode... upon the wings of the wind. (Psalms 18:10, cf. 104:3)

The wings of the wind are Divine truths that flow in. The Lord is therefore called "the breath of our nostrils" (Lamentations 4:20), and we are told that He "breathed into (Adam's) nostrils the breath of life" (Genesis 2:7); moreover, that "He breathed on (the Disciples) and said..., "Receive the Holy Spirit" (John 20:21-22). The Holy Spirit is the Divine truth emanating from the Lord, the influx of which into the Disciples was represented and thus symbolized by the Lord's breathing on them.

[3] A wind and breathing symbolize the influx of Divine truth into the intellect, owing to the correspondence of the lungs with the intellect, a treatment of which may be seen in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Wisdom, nos. 371-429.

Since a closer and stronger Divine influx through the heavens dispels truths in the case of evil people, therefore a wind symbolizes the dispersion of truth in them, and thus their conjunction with hell and perishing - as may be seen from the following passages:

I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four ends of heaven and scatter him. (Jeremiah 49:36)

You shall scatter them, that the wind may carry them away and the storm disperse them. (Isaiah 41:16)

The breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, sets them on fire. (Isaiah 30:33)

The workers of iniquity... perish by the breathing of God, and by the breath of His nostrils they are consumed. (Job 4:8-9)

...the foundations of the world were uncovered at the rebuke (of Jehovah), at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. (Psalms 18:15)

I saw in my vision..., and behold, the four winds... were rushing upon the Great Sea. And four beasts came up... (Daniel 7:2-3ff.)

...from a storm of Jehovah has gone forth fury... It will rush upon the head of the wicked. (Jeremiah 23:19; 30:23)

O my God..., ...pursue them with Your storm, ...frighten them with Your tempest. (Psalms 83:13, 15)

(Jehovah's) way in the storm and in the tempest... (Nahum 1:3)

And so also elsewhere, as in Jeremiah 25:32, Ezekiel 13:13, Hosea 8:7, Amos 1:14, Zechariah 9:14, Psalms 11:6; 50:3; 55:8, and Psalms 107, where we read:

...He commands the stormy wind to blow... (God) causes the storm to subside, so that its waves are still. (Psalms 107:25, 29)

[4] It is apparent from this what is symbolically meant in the spiritual sense by the following:

(Jesus in the boat) rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ."..be still!" And... there was a... calm. (Mark 4:39, cf. Luke 8:23-24)

The sea here symbolizes hell, and the wind an influx from it.

A strong influx, too, is symbolically meant by the east wind in Ezekiel 17:10, Jeremiah 18:17, Ezekiel 19:12, Hosea 13:15, Psalms 48:7. And by that same wind which dried up the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21), regarding which Moses said:

At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were heaped up... You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them. (Exodus 15:8, 10)

It can now be seen from this that holding back the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, symbolizes the holding back and restraining of a closer and thus stronger influx into the lower regions.

  
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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.