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Ezekiel 12

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1 Ang salita rin ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

2 Anak ng tao, ikaw ay tumatahan sa gitna ng mapanghimagsik na sangbahayan, na may mga mata na maititingin, at hindi nagsisitingin, na may mga pakinig na maipakikinig, at hindi nangakikinig; sapagka't sila'y isang mapanghimagsik na sangbahayan.

3 Kaya't ikaw na anak ng tao, maghanda ka ng daladalahan sa paglipat, at ikaw ay lumipat sa araw sa kanilang paningin; at ikaw ay lumipat mula sa iyong dako hanggang sa ibang dako sa kanilang paningin: baka sakaling sila'y magbulay, bagaman sila'y mapanghimagsik na sangbahayan.

4 At iyong ilalabas ang iyong daladalahan sa araw sa kanilang paningin, na parang daladalahan sa paglipat; at ikaw ay lalabas sa hapon sa kanilang paningin, na gaya ng kung ang mga tao ay nangapasasa pagkatapon.

5 Bumutas ka sa pader sa kanilang paningin, at iyong ilabas doon.

6 Sa kanilang paningin ay iyong papasanin sa iyong balikat, at ilalabas sa pagdilim; iyong tatakpan ang iyong mukha, upang huwag mong makita ang lupa: sapagka't inilagay kita na pinakatanda sa sangbahayan ni Israel.

7 At aking ginawang gayon na gaya ng iniutos sa akin: aking inilabas ang aking daladalahan sa araw, na gaya ng daladalahan sa paglipat, at sa hapon ay bumutas ako ng aking kamay sa pader; aking inilabas sa dilim, at pinasan ko sa aking balikat sa kanilang paningin.

8 At nang kinaumagahan ay dumating ang salita ng Panginoon sa akin, na nagsasabi,

9 Anak ng tao, hindi baga ang sangbahayan ni Israel na mapanghimagsik na sangbahayan, ay nagsabi sa iyo, Anong ginagawa mo?

10 Sabihin mo sa kanila, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Ang hulang ito ay tungkol sa prinsipe sa Jerusalem, at sa buong sangbahayan ni Israel na kinalalakipan nila.

11 Sabihin mo, Ako'y inyong tanda: kung ano ang aking ginawa, gayon ang gagawin sa kanila: sila'y mapapasa pagkatapon, sa pagkabihag.

12 At ang prinsipe na nasa gitna nila ay magpapasan sa kaniyang balikat sa pagdilim, at lalabas: sila'y magsisibutas sa pader upang ilabas doon: siya'y magtatakip ng kaniyang mukha, sapagka't hindi niya makikita ang lupa ng kaniyang mga mata.

13 Ang akin namang panilo ay aking ilaladlad sa kaniya, at siya'y mahuhuli sa aking silo; at aking dadalhin siya sa Babilonia sa lupain ng mga Caldeo; gayon ma'y hindi niya makikita, bagaman siya'y mamamatay roon.

14 At aking pangangalatin sa bawa't dako ang lahat na nangasa palibot niya na nagsisitulong sa kaniya, at ang lahat niyang mga pulutong; at aking huhugutin ang tabak sa likuran nila.

15 At kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon, pagka sila'y aking pinanabog sa gitna ng mga bansa, at aking pinangalat sa mga lupain.

16 Nguni't magiiwan ako ng kaunting lalake sa kanila, na maiiwan ng tabak, ng kagutom, at ng salot, upang kanilang maipahayag ang lahat na kanilang kasuklamsuklam sa gitna ng mga bansa na kanilang pinaroroonan; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

17 Bukod dito'y ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

18 Anak ng tao, kanin mo ang iyong tinapay na may panginginig, at inumin mo ang iyong tubig na may pangangatal at may pagkatakot;

19 At sabihin mo sa bayan ng lupain, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios tungkol sa mga nananahan sa Jerusalem, at sa lupain ng Israel. Sila'y magsisikain ng kanilang tinapay na may pagkatakot, at nanglulupaypay na iinom ng tubig, upang ang kaniyang lupain ay masira na mawawalan ng lahat na nandoon, dahil sa pangdadahas nilang lahat na nagsisitahan doon.

20 At ang mga bayan na tinatahanan ay mawawasak, at ang lupain ay masisira; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

21 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

22 Anak ng tao, ano ang kawikaang ito na sinasambit ninyo sa lupain ng Israel, na sinasabi, Ang mga kaarawan ay tumatagal, at ang bawa't pangitain ay nabubulaanan?

23 Saysayin mo nga sa kanila, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Aking papaglilikatin ang kawikaang ito, at hindi na sasambitin pang parang kawikaan sa Israel; kundi sabihin mo nga sa kanila, Ang mga kaarawan ay malapit na, at ang pagtupad ng lahat na pangitain.

24 Sapagka't hindi na magkakaroon pa ng walang kabuluhang pangitain o ng di tunay na panghuhula sa loob ng sangbahayan ni Israel.

25 Sapagka't ako ang Panginoon: ako'y magsasalita, at ang salita na aking sasalitain ay matutupad: hindi na magluluwat pa: sapagka't sa inyong mga kaarawan, Oh mapanghimagsik na sangbahayan, aking sasalitain ang salita, at aking tutuparin, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

26 Muling ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

27 Anak ng tao, narito, silang nasa sangbahayan ni Israel ay nagsasabi, Ang pangitain na kaniyang nakikita ay sa malaong mga araw na darating, at nanghuhula ng mga panahong malayo.

28 Kaya't sabihin mo sa kanila, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Wala nang magluluwat pa sa aking mga salita, kundi ang salita na aking sasalitain ay matutupad, sabi ng Panginoon.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 880

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880. Jerusalem in the Word means the church because the Temple and altar were there in the land of Canaan and nowhere else, and sacrifices were made there. Thus it was the focus of Divine worship. The three annual feasts were accordingly also celebrated there, and every male throughout the land was commanded to attend them. For that reason Jerusalem symbolizes the church with respect to worship, and so also the church with respect to doctrine, inasmuch as worship is prescribed by doctrine and is conducted in accordance with it.

Jerusalem means the church, too, because the Lord was there and taught in its temple, and later glorified His humanity there.

That Jerusalem means the church with respect to its doctrine and consequent worship is apparent from many passages in the Word. As for example, from these verses in Isaiah:

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as a radiance, and her salvation as a burning lamp. Then gentiles shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You shall also be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord will proclaim. And you shall be a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal jewel 1 in the hand of your God... ...Jehovah will delight in you, and your land shall be married.

Behold, your salvation is coming; behold, His reward is with Him... And they shall call them a holy people, the redeemed of Jehovah; and you shall be called a city sought out, not forsaken. (Isaiah 62:1-4, 11-12)

[2] The subject in that chapter is the Lord's advent and a new church to be established by Him. This new church is the church meant by Jerusalem, which shall be called by a new name that the mouth of Jehovah will proclaim; which will be a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah and a royal jewel 1 in the hand of God; in which Jehovah will delight; and which shall be called a city sought out and not forsaken. This does not mean the Jerusalem inhabited by Jews when the Lord came into the world, for that Jerusalem was of a totally opposite character. It was rather to be called Sodom, as it also is called in Revelation 11:8, Isaiah 3:9, Jeremiah 23:14, and Ezekiel 16:46, 48.

[3] Elsewhere in Isaiah:

...behold, I am creating a new heaven and a new earth; the former shall not be remembered... Be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating. ...behold, I am creating Jerusalem to be an exultation, and her people a joy, that I may exult over Jerusalem and rejoice over My people... Then the wolf and the lamb shall feed together... They shall not do evil... in all My holy mountain... (Isaiah 65:17-19, 25)

In this chapter, too, the subject is the Lord's advent and a church to be established by Him, one that was not established among the people in Jerusalem but among people elsewhere. Consequently that church is the one meant here by Jerusalem, which will be an exultation to the Lord and whose people will be a joy to Him, where the wolf and lamb will feed together, and the people will not do evil.

As in the book of Revelation, we are told here also that the Lord will create a new heaven and a new earth, and that He will create Jerusalem, which have similar symbolic meanings.

[4] Elsewhere in Isaiah:

Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come to you. Shake yourself from the dust, arise; sit down, O Jerusalem! ...Therefore My people shall know My name... in that day; for it is I who speaks: behold, it is I. ...Jehovah has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem. (Isaiah 52:1-2, 6, 9)

The subject in this chapter is also the Lord's advent and the church to be established by Him. Therefore the Jerusalem into which the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come, and which the Lord will redeem, means the church, and Jerusalem, the holy city, means the church with respect to doctrine from the Lord and concerning the Lord.

[5] In Zephaniah:

Shout, O daughter of Zion! Be glad... with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! ...The King of Israel... is in your midst; fear evil no longer! ...He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will rest in your love, He will exult over you with exultation... ...I will give you a name and praise among all the peoples of the earth... (Zephaniah 3:14-17, 20)

Here likewise the subject is the Lord and a church established by Him, over which the King of Israel, namely the Lord, will rejoice with gladness and exult with exultation, and in whose love He will rest, who will give them a name and praise among all the peoples of the earth.

[6] In Isaiah:

Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer and your Former..., who says to Jerusalem, "You shall be inhabited," and to the cities of Judah, "You shall be rebuilt."... (Isaiah 44:24, 26)

And in Daniel:

Know and perceive: from the going forth of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks... (Daniel 9:25)

It is apparent that Jerusalem here also means the church, since it was the church that the Lord restored and rebuilt, and not Jerusalem, the Jewish capital.

[7] Jerusalem means a church established by the Lord also in the following passages. In Zechariah:

Thus said Jehovah, "I will return to Zion and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth, and the mountain of Jehovah Zebaoth a holy mountain." (Zechariah 8:3, cf. 8:20-23)

In Joel:

Then you shall know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy... And it will come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip with new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk..., and Jerusalem (shall abide) from generation to generation. (Joel 3:17-21)

In Isaiah:

In that day the offshoot of Jehovah shall be beautiful and glorious... And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy - everyone recorded among the living in Jerusalem. (Isaiah 4:2-3)

In Micah:

...in the latter days the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on top of the mountains... For out of Zion doctrine shall go forth, and the Word of Jehovah from Jerusalem... ...to you... the former kingdom shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. (Micah 4:1-2, 8)

In Jeremiah:

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah, and all the nations shall be gathered..., because of the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem. No more shall they go after the justification of their evil hearts. (Jeremiah 3:17)

In Isaiah:

Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; let your eyes see Jerusalem, a tranquil habitation, a tabernacle that will not vanish; its stakes will never be removed, nor any of its cords be broken. (Isaiah 33:20)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 24:23; 37:32; 66:10-14; Zechariah 12:3, 6, 8-10; 14:8, 11-12, 21; Malachi 3:2, 4; Psalms 122:1-7; 137:4-6.

[8] Jerusalem in these places means a church which the Lord would establish, and not Jerusalem in the land of Canaan inhabited by Jews. This can be seen from passages in the Word which say that Jerusalem was completely ruined and would be destroyed, as in Jeremiah 5:1; 6:6-7; 7:17-18; Luke 19:41-44; 21:20-22; 23:28-30; and in many other places.

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1. The word translated as "jewel" here means a diadem or crown in the original Greek and Latin, but the writer's definitions of the term elsewhere make plain that he regularly and consistently interpreted it to mean a jewel or gem.

  
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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.