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Ezekiel 4

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1 Ikaw naman, anak ng tao, kumuha ka ng isang losa, at ilagay mo sa harap mo, at gumuhit ka sa ibabaw ng isang bayan, sa makatuwid baga'y ng Jerusalem.

2 At kubkubin mo, at magtayo ka ng mga katibayan sa tapat noon, at maglagay ka ng bunton sa tapat noon; maglagay ka rin ng mga kampamento sa tapat noon; at magumang ka ng mga pangsaksak sa tapat noon sa palibot.

3 At magdala ka ng kawaling bakal, at ilagay mo na pinakakutang bakal sa pagitan mo at ng bayan: at iharap mo ang iyong mukha sa dako niyaon, at makukubkob, at iyong kukubkubin. Ito ang magiging tanda sa sangbahayan ni Israel.

4 Bukod dito'y humiga ka ng patagilid sa iyong kaliwa at ilagay mo ang kasamaan ng sangbahayan ni Israel doon; ayon sa bilang ng mga araw na iyong ihihiga roon, magdadanas ka ng kanilang kasamaan.

5 Sapagka't aking itinakda ang mga taon ng kanilang kasamaan upang maging sa iyo'y isang bilang ng mga araw, sa makatuwid baga'y tatlong daan at siyam na pung araw: gayon mo dadanasin ang kasamaan ng sangbahayan ni Israel.

6 At muli, pagka iyong natapos ang mga ito, ikaw ay hihiga sa iyong tagilirang kanan, at iyong dadanasin ang kasamaan ng sangbahayan ni Juda; apat na pung araw, bawa't araw ay pinaka isang taon, aking itinakda sa iyo.

7 At iyong ihaharap ang iyong mukha sa pagkubkob ng Jerusalem na may lilis kang manggas; at ikaw ay manghuhula laban doon.

8 At, narito, ipinaglalagay kita ng lubid, at ikaw ay huwag magpapalikoliko mula sa isang dako hanggang sa kabila, hanggang sa matupad mo ang mga kaarawan ng iyong pagkubkob.

9 Magdala ka rin ng trigo, at ng cebada, at ng habas, at ng lentejas, at ng mijo, at ng espelta, at ilagay mo sa isang sisidlan, at gawin mong tinapay; ayon sa bilang ng mga araw na iyong ihihiga sa iyong tagiliran, sa makatuwid baga'y tatlong daan at siyam na pung araw, iyong kakanin yaon.

10 At ang iyong pagkain na iyong kakanin ay magiging ayon sa timbang, dalawang pung siklo isang araw: araw-araw ay iyong kakanin.

11 At ikaw ay iinom ng tubig ayon sa takal, na ikaanim na bahagi ng isang hin: araw-araw ikaw ay iinom.

12 At iyong kakaning parang mga munting tinapay na cebada, at iyong lulutuin sa dumi na galing sa tao sa kanilang paningin.

13 At sinabi ng Panginoon, Ganito kakanin ng mga anak ni Israel ang kanilang maruming tinapay, sa gitna ng mga bansa na aking pagtatabuyan sa kanila.

14 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ko, Ah Panginoong Dios! narito, ang aking kaluluwa ay hindi nadumhan, sapagka't mula sa aking kabataan hanggang ngayon ay hindi ako kumain ng namamatay sa sarili, o nilapa ng mga hayop; o pumasok man ang kasuklamsuklam na karne sa aking bibig.

15 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Tingnan mo, ibinigay ko sa iyo'y dumi ng baka na kahalili ng dumi ng tao, at iyong ihahanda ang iyong tinapay sa ibabaw niyaon.

16 Bukod dito'y sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, narito, aking babaliin ang tungkod ng tinapay sa Jerusalem: at sila'y magsisikain ng tinapay ayon sa timbang, at may pagkatakot; at magsisiinom sila ng tubig ayon sa takal, at manglulupaypay:

17 Upang sila'y mangailangan ng tinapay at tubig, at manglupaypay na magkakasama, at manganlata sa kanilang kasamaan.

   

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A Brief Exposition of New Church Doctrine # 100

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100. BRIEF ANALYSIS

The reason the New Church is meant by the New Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, in Revelation 21, is that Jerusalem was the metropolis of the land of Canaan. The temple and the altar were there; there also sacrifices were offered. Thus, Divine worship itself was performed there, and every male throughout the land was commanded to come to this worship three times a year. A further reason is that the Lord was in Jerusalem and taught in its temple; afterwards glorifying His Human there; thence it is that Jerusalem signifies the Church. That the Church is meant by Jerusalem is clearly evident from the prophecies in the Old Testament concerning a New Church to be established by the Lord, and which is there called Jerusalem.

[2] The following passages only shall be cited, from which anyone possessed of interior reason may see that by Jerusalem is there meant the Church. Let these passages alone be taken from the prophets:

Behold, I create a new heaven and a new earth, and the former shall not be remembered. . . . I will create Jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy; that I may rejoice over Jerusalem and be joyful over My people. . . Then the wolf and the lamb shall feed together. . . they shall do no evil in all the mountain of My holiness.Isaiah 65:17-19, 25.

For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof goes forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. Then the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall name. And thou shalt be a crown of beauty.. . and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God... Jehovah shall be well pleased in thee, and thy land shall be married . . . Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, His reward is with Him . . . and they shall call them, The holy people, the redeemed of Jehovah; and thou shalt be called, sought out, a city not forsaken.Isaiah 62:1-4, 11-12.

Awake! awake! put on thy strength, O Zion; put on the garments of thy beauty, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem . . . The people shalt know My name in that day, for I am He that doth speak; behold, it is I. . .. Jehovah hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem.Isaiah 52:1-2, 6, 9.

Shout with joy, O daughter of Zion; be glad with all thy heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. . .. The King of Israel is in the midst of thee; fear not evil any more . . . He will be glad over thee with joy; He will rest in thy love; He will exult over thee with joyful shouting. . . will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth.Zephaniah 3:14-17, 20.

Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer . . . saying to Jerusalem, thou shalt be inhabited. Isaiah 44:24, 26.

Thus saith Jehovah, I am returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; whence Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth, and the mountain of Jehovah Zebaoth, the mountain of holiness. Zechariah 8:3.

Then shall ye know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion, the mountain of holiness; and Jerusalem shall be holiness... .And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drop new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk... and Jerusalem shall abide from generation to generation. Joel 3:17-18, 20.

In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beauty and glory. . . And it shall come to pass that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy; everyone that is written unto life in Jerusalem. Isaiah 4:2-3.

In the last days the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the head of the mountains ... for out of Zion shall go forth doctrine, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. Micah 4:1-2.

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah, and all nations shall be gathered to Jerusalem because of the name of Jehovah; neither shall they go any more after the confirmation of their own evil heart. Jeremiah 3:17.

Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; let thine eyes see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; the stakes thereof shall never be removed, and the cords thereof shall not be broken. Isaiah 33:20.

Other passages are: Isaiah 24:23; 37:32; 66:10-14; Zechariah 12:3, 6-10; 14:8, 11-12, 21; Malachi 3:2, 4; Psalms 122:1-7; 137:4-6.

[3] That by Jerusalem in the above passages is meant a Church to be established by the Lord, and not the Jerusalem inhabited by the Jews, is plain from every detail of its description therein; as that Jehovah God was about to create a new heaven and a new earth, and Jerusalem also at the same time; that this Jerusalem would be a crown of beauty, and a royal diadem; that it is to be called holiness, and the city of truth, the throne of Jehovah, a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; that the wolf and the lamb shall feed together there; that there the mountains shall drop with new wine, and the hills flow with milk; that it should abide from generation to generation; besides many other things respecting the people therein, that they should be holy, all written unto life, and should be called the redeemed of Jehovah.

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