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Ezekiel 11

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1 Bukod dito'y itinaas ako ng Espiritu, at dinala ako sa pintuang-daang silanganan ng bahay ng Panginoon, na nakaharap sa dakong silanganan: at narito, nasa pinto ng pintuang-daan ang dalawang pu't limang lalake; at nakita ko sa gitna nila si Jaazanias na anak ni Azur, at si Pelatias na anak ni Benaias, na mga prinsipe ng bayan.

2 At sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, ito ang mga lalake na nagsisikatha ng kasamaan, at nagbibigay ng masamang payo sa bayang ito;

3 Na nagsasabi, Hindi malapit ang panahon ng pagtatayo ng mga bahay; ang bayang ito ang caldera, at tayo ang karne.

4 Kaya't manghula ka laban sa kanila, manghula ka, Oh anak ng tao.

5 At ang Espiritu ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, at sinabi niya sa akin, Salitain mo, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon: Ganito ang inyong sinabi, Oh sangbahayan ni Israel; sapagka't nalalaman ko ang mga bagay na pumasok sa inyong pag-iisip.

6 Inyong pinarami ang inyong pinatay sa bayang ito, at inyong pinuno ang mga lansangan nito ng mga patay.

7 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Ang inyong mga patay na inyong ibinulagta sa gitna nito, ay karne, at ang bayang ito ay siyang caldera: nguni't kayo'y ilalabas sa gitna nito.

8 Kayo'y nangatakot sa tabak; at aking pararatingin ang tabak sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

9 At aking ilalabas kayo sa gitna nito, at ibibigay ko kayo sa mga kamay ng mga taga ibang lupa, at maglalapat ako ng mga kahatulan sa inyo.

10 Kayo'y mangabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak; aking hahatulan kayo sa hangganan ng Israel; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

11 Ang bayang ito ay hindi magiging inyong caldera, o kayo man ay magiging karne sa gitna nito, aking hahatulan kayo sa hangganan ng Israel;

12 At inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon: sapagka't kayo'y hindi nagsilakad ng ayon sa aking mga palatuntunan, o inyo mang isinagawa ang aking mga kahatulan, kundi kayo'y nagsigawa ng ayon sa mga kaugalian ng mga bansa na nangasa palibot ninyo.

13 At nangyari, nang ako'y nanghuhula, na si Pelatias na anak ni Benaias ay namatay. Nang magkagayo'y nasubasob ako, at ako'y sumigaw ng malakas, at aking sinabi, Ah Panginoong Dios! gagawa ka baga ng lubos na wakas sa nalabi sa Israel?

14 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na sinasabi,

15 Anak ng tao, ang iyong mga kapatid, sa makatuwid baga'y ang iyong mga kapatid, na mga lalake sa iyong kamaganakan, at ang buong sangbahayan ni Israel, silang lahat, siyang mga pinagsabihan ng mga nananahan sa Jerusalem. Magsilayo kayo sa Panginoon; sa amin ay ibinigay ang lupaing ito na pinakaari.

16 Kaya't iyong sabihin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Bagaman sila'y aking inilayo sa gitna ng mga bansa, at bagaman aking pinangalat sila sa gitna ng mga lupain, gayon ma'y ako'y magiging pinaka santuario sa kanila sa sandaling panahon sa mga lupain na kanilang kapaparunan.

17 Kaya't iyong sabihin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Aking pipisanin kayo mula sa mga bayan, at titipunin ko kayo sa mga lupain na inyong pinangalatan, at aking ibibigay sa inyo ang lupain ng Israel.

18 At sila'y magsisiparoon, at kanilang aalisin ang lahat na karumaldumal na bagay niyaon, at ang lahat ng kasuklamsuklam niyaon, mula roon.

19 At aking bibigyan sila ng isang puso, at aking lalagyan ng bagong diwa ang loob ninyo; at aking aalisin ang batong puso sa kanilang laman, at aking bibigyan sila ng pusong laman;

20 Upang sila'y magsilakad sa aking mga palatuntunan, at ganapin ang aking mga kahatulan at isagawa: at sila'y magiging aking bayan, at ako'y magiging kanilang Dios.

21 Nguni't tungkol sa kanila na ang puso ay nagsisunod ayon sa kanilang mga karumaldumal na bagay, at sa kanilang mga kasuklamsuklam, aking pararatingin ang kanilang lakad sa kanilang sariling mga ulo, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

22 Nang magkagayo'y itinaas ng mga kerubin ang kanilang mga pakpak, at ang mga gulong ay nangasa siping nila; at ang kaluwalhatian ng Dios ng Israel ay nasa itaas ng mga yaon.

23 At ang kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon ay napailanglang mula sa pinakaloob ng bayan, lumagay sa ibabaw ng bundok na nasa dakong silanganan ng bayan.

24 At itinaas ako ng Espiritu, at dinala ako sa pangitain sa Caldea sa pamamagitan ng Espiritu ng Dios, sa kanila na mga bihag. Sa gayo'y ang pangitain na aking nakita ay napaitaas mula sa akin.

25 Nang magkagayo'y sinalita ko sa kanila na mga bihag ang lahat na bagay na ipinakita sa akin ng Panginoon.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 926

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926. Verse 1. And I saw another sign in heaven, signifies revelation by the Lord of the state of the church just before the Last Judgment. This is evident from the signification of a "sign," as being revelation; also from the signification of "heaven," as being the Lord (of which presently). A "sign" signifies revelation because by a "sign" are meant those things that were seen by John, and that are described in what follows; and the things seen by him involve arcana respecting the state of the church just before the Last Judgment. For in general, whatever appears in heaven has precisely the same appearance as the things which exist in our material world in its three kingdoms; and such things appear before the eyes of the angels in just the same way as the things of the three kingdoms appear before the eyes of men in the world. There appear there gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, stones precious and not precious, soil, lands, mountains, hills, valleys, waters, fountains, and other things of the mineral kingdom. There appear paradises, gardens, forests, fruit trees of every kind, lawns, fields of grain, meadows filled with flowers, plants, and grasses of every kind; also things produced from these, as oils, wines, strong drinks, and other things of the vegetable kingdom. There appear animals of the earth, flying things of heaven, fishes of the sea, creeping things, and these of every kind, and so much like those on our earth that they cannot be distinguished. I have seen them, and could see no difference.

[2] Still there is this difference, that the things seen in heaven are from a spiritual origin, but those seen in our world are from a material origin; and things from a spiritual origin affect the senses of the angels because their senses are spiritual, as those from a material origin affect the senses of men because they are material. For spiritual things are homogeneous with spiritual beings, and material things are homogeneous with material beings. It is said that they are from a spiritual origin because they exist from the Divine that proceeds from the Lord as a sun; and the Divine proceeding from the Lord as a sun is spiritual. For the sun there is not fire, but is the Divine love, which appears before the eyes of angels as the sun of the world appears before the eyes of men; and whatever proceeds from the Divine love is Divine and is spiritual. That which proceeds appears in general as light, and is felt as heat; and yet that light as well as the heat is spiritual. For that light is the Divine wisdom, and is called the Divine truth, and that heat is the Divine love, and is called the Divine good, consequently that light inwardly enlightens the understanding of angels, and that heat inwardly fills the will of angels with the good of love. From that origin are all things that exist in the heavens; and they appear in forms like those in our world in its three kingdoms, as has been said above. Their appearing in such forms is according to the order of creation, which is that when the things pertaining to the wisdom of angels and to their love descend into the lower sphere in which angels are as to their bodies and their bodily sensations they are manifested in such forms and types. These are correspondences.

[3] This has been said to make known what is meant by the sign that John declares that he saw, also by the sign mentioned in the first and third verses of the twelfth chapter, namely, that it means revelation by such things as exist in heaven from a Divine spiritual origin, and thus contain in them Divine arcana; here arcana respecting the state of the church just before the Last Judgment. For seven angels were seen "with seven golden vials, clothed in linen clean and bright, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles;" there was also seen "a glassy sea mingled with fire;" also "those who had victory over the beast, having harps;" there was also seen "the temple of the Tabernacle of the testimony;" and the songs in which they glorified the Lord were heard; all these are called the "sign" that he saw, because they were significative. But the things signified by them can be seen only by correspondences; and because they contain Divine arcana, they cannot be seen unless the Lord reveals them.

[4] It is called a "sign from heaven," which means revelation by the Lord. It is said "by the Lord" because heaven is the Lord. Heaven indeed consists of angels; and yet the angels are not heaven, but the Lord is heaven, for heaven is the Divine that proceeds from the Lord, and this is called the Divine good and the Divine truth, and from it the angels have all their love and wisdom. Angels are angels from love and wisdom, and they have love and wisdom from the Lord; and because these are from the Lord they are the Lord's, and are thus the Lord with them, as can be seen from the Lord's words to His disciples:

That they are in the Lord and He in them (John 14:20);

And that He hath His abode in them in the Word from Him (John 14:22-24).

Since, then, heaven is from the angels, and angels are angels from the Lord, it follows that heaven is the Lord.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.