Bible

 

Ezekiel 39

Studie

   

1 At ikaw, anak ng tao, manghula ka laban kay Gog, at iyong sabihin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Narito, ako'y laban sa iyo, Oh Gog, na prinsipe sa Ros, sa Mesech, at sa Tubal:

2 At aking ipipihit ka sa palibot, at ihahatid kita, at pasasampahin kita mula sa mga pinakahuling bahagi ng hilagaan; at aking dadalhin ka sa mga bundok ng Israel;

3 At aking sisirain ang iyong busog sa iyong kaliwa, at aking ihuhulog ang iyong pana sa iyong kanan.

4 Ikaw ay mabubuwal sa mga bundok ng Israel, ikaw, at ang lahat mong mga pulutong, at ang mga bayan na kasama mo: aking ibibigay ka sa mga mangdadagit na ibong sarisari, at sa mga hayop sa parang upang lamunin ka.

5 Ikaw ay mabubuwal sa luwal na parang: sapagka't aking sinalita, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

6 At ako'y magpapasapit ng apoy sa Magog, at sa kanilang nagsisitahang tiwasay sa mga pulo; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

7 At ang aking banal na pangalan ay ipakikilala ko sa gitna ng aking bayang Israel; at hindi ko man titiising malapastangan pa ang aking banal na pangalan: at malalaman ng mga bansa na ako ang Panginoon, ang banal sa Israel.

8 Narito, dumarating, at mangyayari, sabi ng Panginoong Dios; ito ang araw na aking sinalita.

9 At silang nagsisitahan sa mga bayan ng Israel ay magsisilabas, at sisilaban ng mga apoy ang mga almas, at susunugin ang mga kalasag at gayon din ang mga longki, ang mga busog at ang mga pana, at ang mga tungkod, at ang mga sibat, at mga sisilaban nilang pitong taon;

10 Na anopa't sila'y hindi magsisikuha ng kahoy sa parang, o magsisiputol man ng anoman sa mga gubat; sapagka't kanilang sisilaban ang mga almas; at kanilang sasamsaman yaong nagsisamsam sa kanila, at nanakawan yaong nangagnakaw sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

11 At mangyayari sa araw na yaon, na ako'y magbibigay kay Gog ng dakong pinakalibangan sa Israel, ang libis nila na nagsisidaang patungo sa silanganan ng dagat: at paglilikatan nilang daanan; at doon nila ililibing si Gog at ang buo niyang karamihan; at kanilang tatawagin ito: Ang libis ng Hamon-gog.

12 At pitong buwan na mangaglilibing ang sangbahayan ni Israel, upang kanilang linisin ang lupain.

13 Oo, sila'y mangaglilibing ng buong bayan ng lupain; at magiging sa kanila'y kabantugan, sa araw na ako'y luluwalhati, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

14 At sila'y mangaghahalal ng mga lalaking magkakatungkulang palagi, na mangagdaraan sa lupain at, kasama nilang nangagdaraan, silang nangaglilibing ng nalabi sa ibabaw ng lupain, upang linisin: pagkatapos ng pitong buwan ay mangagsisihanap sila.

15 At silang nangagdaraan sa lupain ay mangagdaraan; at pagka ang sinoman ay nakakita ng buto ng tao, lalagyan nga niya ng tanda, hanggang sa mailibing ng mga manglilibing sa libis ng Hamon-gog.

16 At Hamonah ang magiging pangalan ng bayan. Ganito nila lilinisin ang lupain.

17 At ikaw, anak ng tao, ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Salitain mo sa sarisaring ibon, at sa lahat na hayop sa parang, Magpupulong kayo, at kayo'y magsiparito; magpipisan kayo sa lahat ng dako sa aking hain na aking inihahain sa inyo, sa malaking hain sa ibabaw ng mga bundok ng Israel, upang kayo'y mangakakain ng laman at mangakainom ng dugo.

18 Kayo'y magsisikain ng laman ng makapangyarihan, at magsisiinom ng dugo ng mga prinsipe sa lupa, ng mga lalaking tupa, ng mga batang tupa, at ng mga kambing, ng mga toro, na pawang patabain sa Basan.

19 At kayo'y magsisikain ng taba hanggang sa kayo'y mangabusog, at magsisiinom ng dugo hanggang sa kayo'y mangalango, sa aking hain na aking inihain sa inyo.

20 At kayo'y mangabubusog sa aking dulang ng mga kabayo at mga karo, ng mga makapangyarihang lalake, at ng lahat na lalaking mangdidigma, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

21 At aking pararatingin ang aking kaluwalhatian sa mga bansa; at makikita ng lahat ng bansa ang aking kahatulan na aking inilapat, at ang aking kamay na aking binuhat sa kanila.

22 Sa gayo'y malalaman ng sangbahayan ni Israel na ako ang Panginoon na kanilang Dios, mula sa araw na yaon hanggang sa haharapin.

23 At malalaman ng mga bansa na ang sangbahayan ni Israel ay pumasok sa pagkabihag dahil sa kanilang kasamaan; sapagka't sila'y nagsisalangsang laban sa akin, at ikinubli ko ang aking mukha sa kanila: sa gayo'y ibinigay ko sila sa kamay ng kanilang mga kaaway, at silang lahat ay nangabuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak.

24 Ayon sa kanilang karumihan at ayon sa kanilang mga pagsalangsang ay gumawa ako sa kanila; at ikinubli ko ang aking mukha sa kanila.

25 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Ngayo'y aking ibabalik ang Jacob na mula sa pagkabihag, at maaawa ako sa buong sangbahayan ni Israel; at ako'y magiging mapanibughuin dahil sa aking banal na pangalan.

26 At sila'y mangagtataglay ng kanilang kahihiyan, at ng kanilang lahat na pagsalangsang na kanilang isinalangsang laban sa akin, pagka sila'y magsisitahang tiwasay sa kanilang lupain, at walang tatakot sa kanila;

27 Pagka sila'y aking nadala uli na mula sa mga bayan, at nangapisan na mula sa mga lupain ng kanilang mga kaaway, at ako'y inaaring banal sa kanila sa paningin ng maraming bansa.

28 At kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon nilang Dios, sa pagpapapasok ko sa kanila sa pagkabihag sa gitna ng mga bansa, at sa pagpipisan ko sa kanila sa kanilang sariling lupain; at hindi ako magiiwan sa kanila ng sino pa man doon;

29 Ni hindi ko na naman ikukubli pa ang aking mukha sa kanila; sapagka't binuhusan ko ng aking Espiritu ang sangbahayan ni Israel, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

   

Bible

 

Isaias 25:3

Studie

       

3 Kaya't luluwalhatiin ka ng matibay na bayan, ang bayan ng kakilakilabot na mga bansa ay matatakot sa iyo.

Ze Swedenborgových děl

 

Arcana Coelestia # 6222

Prostudujte si tuto pasáž

  
/ 10837  
  

6222. 'And he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim' means the Church's will and the Church's understanding, born from the internal. This is clear from the representation of 'Manasseh' as the new will in the natural and its essential nature, dealt with in 5354 (end); and from the representation of 'Ephraim' as the new understanding in the natural and its essential nature, dealt with in 5354. The birth of the two from the internal is meant by the fact that they were the sons of Joseph, who represents the internal celestial, 5869, 5877.

[2] What the Church's understanding is and what its will is must be stated. The Church's understanding consists in perceiving from the Word what the truth of faith is and what the good of charity is. As is well known, the literal sense of the Word is by nature such that a person can use that sense to support any opinion at all that he may adopt. The reason for this is that ideas appearing in the literal sense of the Word serve as general vessels to receive truths, though not until they have actually received truths does the real nature of those vessels reveal itself as if through transparency. Thus those ideas form merely a general impression which a person must gain first in order that he may aptly receive particular aspects and specific details. This fact - that the literal sense of the Word is by nature such that a person can use that sense to support any opinion at all that he may adopt - is clearly evident from the great number of heresies that have existed in the Church, and still exist in it. Adherents of each heresy find support for it in the literal sense of the Word, support which enables them to believe fully that it is the truth, which means that if they were to hear the actual truth from heaven they would receive nothing at all of it.

[3] The reason why they would not receive it is that they do not share in the understanding that the Church possesses; for that understanding exists when people read the Word, assiduously take one statement together with another, and by doing so see what they ought to believe and what they ought to do. Such understanding comes only to those who receive light from the Lord, whom the Christian world also calls 'the enlightened'. That enlightenment does not come to any but the kind of people who have the desire to know truths, not for the sake of reputation and glory but for the sake of life and service. That same enlightenment is received by a person in his understanding, for the understanding is the receiver of light. This is clearly evident from the fact that people who have little understanding cannot by any means see such things from the Word but have faith in those who they think are the enlightened. Furthermore it should be recognized that those who have been regenerated receive from the Lord an understanding which is capable of being enlightened; and it is the light of heaven coming from the Lord that flows into the understanding and gives it light, for the understanding receives its light, its sight, and consequently its perception from no other source.

[4] But this understanding which is being called the Church's understanding is more internal than an understanding based merely on factual knowledge, for it consists in a discernment that a thing is true not because factual evidence and philosophical deductions dictate it but because the Word in its spiritual sense does so. For example, people who possess the Church's understanding can perceive clearly that in every single part the Word teaches that love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour are the essential qualities of the Church, that a person's life continues after death, and that his life arises out of his loves. They can also perceive that faith separated from charity is not faith, that faith contributes nothing to eternal life except in the measure that the good of love to the Lord and the good of charity towards the neighbour are linked to it, and that faith and charity must therefore be joined together so that spiritual life may exist. People with an enlightened understanding can perceive quite clearly that these things are true; but those without it can by no means see that they are.

[5] It is thought that the people with an understanding in things of the Church are those who know how to substantiate extensively the opinions or teachings of their Church, to the point of convincing others that they are true, and who know how to refute numerous heresies in a masterly way. But this is not what is meant by the Church's understanding, for substantiating opinions is not a characteristic of the understanding but of mental ability at a sensory level, which sometimes comes to exist in very wicked people; indeed those without any beliefs at all, also those who are steeped in actual falsities, can have that ability. Nothing comes more easily to both these kinds of people than to substantiate whatever idea they like, so thoroughly that they convince the simple. But before substantiating any opinion the Church's understanding engages in seeing and perceiving whether it is true or not, and in substantiating it only after that.

[6] This understanding is what is represented by 'Ephraim'. But the Church's good, which is represented by 'Manasseh', is the good of charity, which the Lord instills into a member of the Church through the truths of faith. For these truths together with the good of charity are what flow into the understanding and give it light, and also enable the understanding and the will to constitute one mind. The truth that both these - the understanding and the will - are born from the internal may be seen from what was stated and shown previously; for the whole affection for goodness and truth, the affection through which enlightenment comes, flows in from no other origin, thus is born from no other origin than the internal; that is, it comes from the Lord through the internal.

  
/ 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.