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Ezekiel 5

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1 At ikaw, anak ng tao, magdala ka ng matalas na tabak; na parang pangahit ng manggugupit ang iyong dadalhin, at iyong pararaanin sa iyong ulo at sa iyong balbas: kung magkagayo'y kumuha ka ng timbangang panimbang, at bahagihin mo ang buhok.

2 Ang ikatlong bahagi ay iyong susunugin sa apoy sa gitna ng bayan, pagka ang mga araw ng pagkubkob ay naganap; at iyong kukunin ang ikatlong bahagi, at susugatan mo ng tabak sa palibot; at ang ikatlong bahagi ay iyong pangangalatin sa hangin, at ako'y magbubunot ng tabak sa likuran nila.

3 At kukuha ka sa mga yaon ng kaunti sa bilang, at ipagtatali mo sa iyong mga tunika.

4 At sa mga ito'y kukuha ka uli, at ihahagis mo sa gitna ng apoy, at susunugin mo sa apoy; siyang panggagalingan ng apoy sa buong sangbahayan ni Israel.

5 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Ito ay Jerusalem; inilagay ko siya sa gitna ng mga bansa, at mga lupain ay nangasa palibot niya.

6 At siya'y nanghimagsik laban sa aking mga kahatulan sa paggawa ng kasamaan na higit kay sa ginawa ng mga bansa, at laban sa aking mga palatuntunan na higit kay sa mga lupain na nangasa palibot niya; sapagka't kanilang itinakuwil ang aking mga kahatulan, at tungkol sa aking mga palatuntunan, hindi nila nilakaran.

7 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Sapagka't kayo'y manggugulo na higit kay sa mga bansa na nangasa palibot ninyo, at hindi nagsilakad sa aking mga palatuntunan, o iningatan man ang aking mga kahatulan, o nagsigawa man ng ayon sa mga ayos sa mga bansa na nangasa palibot ninyo;

8 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Narito, ako, sa makatuwid baga'y ako, ay laban sa iyo; at ako'y maglalapat ng mga kahatulan sa gitna mo sa paningin ng mga bansa.

9 At aking gagawin sa iyo ang hindi ko ginawa, at hindi ko na gagawin pa ang kaparis, dahil sa iyong lahat na kasuklamsuklam.

10 Kaya't kakanin ng mga magulang ang mga anak sa gitna mo, at kakanin ng mga anak ang kanilang mga magulang; at ako'y maglalapat ng mga kahatulan sa iyo; at ang buong nalabi sa iyo ay aking pangangalatin sa lahat ng dako.

11 Kaya't buhay ako, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, walang pagsala, na sapagka't iyong nilapastangan ang aking santuario ng lahat mong kasuklamsuklam na bagay, at ng lahat mong karumaldumal, kaya't akin namang babawasan ka; ni hindi magpapatawad ang aking mata, at ako nama'y hindi mahahabag.

12 Ang ikatlong bahagi mo ay mamamatay sa pamamagitan ng salot, at sa pamamagitan ng kagutom ay mauubos sila sa gitna mo; at ang isang ikatlong bahagi ay mabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak sa palibot mo; at ang ikatlong bahagi ay aking pangangalatin sa lahat ng dako, at magbubunot ako ng tabak sa likuran.

13 Ganito magaganap ang aking galit, at aking lulubusin ang aking kapusukan sa kanila, at ako'y maaaliw: at kanilang malalaman na akong Panginoon ay nagsalita sa aking pagsisikap, pagka aking naganap ang aking kapusukan sa kanila.

14 Bukod dito'y gagawin kitang kasiraan at kapulaan, sa gitna ng mga bansa na nangasa palibot mo, sa paningin ng lahat na nagsisidaan.

15 Sa gayo'y magiging kadustaan at kapulaan, aral at katigilan sa mga bansang nangasa palibot mo, pagka ako'y maglalapat ng mga kahatulan sa iyo sa galit at sa kapusukan, at sa mababagsik na pagsaway (akong Panginoon ang nagsalita);

16 Pagka ako'y magpapasapit sa kanila ng mga masamang pana ng kagutom na ikasisira nila, na siyang aking pasasapitin upang sirain kayo. At aking palalalain ang kagutom sa inyo, at aking babaliin ang inyong tungkod ng tinapay;

17 At ako'y magpapasapit sa inyo ng kagutom at mga masamang hayop, at kanilang aalisan ka ng anak; at salot at dugo ay daraan sa iyo; at aking pararatingin ang tabak sa iyo; ako ang Panginoon na nagsalita.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 350

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350. Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed. (7:5) This symbolizes celestial love, which is love toward the Lord, and this in all those people who will be in the Lord's New Heaven and New Church.

In the highest sense Judah symbolizes the Lord in relation to celestial love; in the spiritual sense, the Lord's celestial kingdom and the Word; and in the natural sense, the doctrine of a celestial church drawn from the Word. Here, however, Judah symbolizes celestial love, which is love toward the Lord; and because it is named first in the series, it symbolizes that love in all those people who will be in the New Heaven and in the Lord's New Church. For the tribe named first is everything in the rest, being to them as though their head and serving as a universal property entering into all those that follow, tying them together, qualifying them and affecting them. This property is love toward the Lord.

To be shown that twelve thousand symbolizes all who possess that love, see no. 348 above.

[2] People know that after the death of Solomon the twelve tribes of Israel were divided into two kingdoms: the kingdom of Judah and the kingdom of Israel. The kingdom of Judah represented the celestial kingdom or the Lord's priestly kingdom, while the kingdom of Israel represented the spiritual kingdom or the Lord's royal kingdom. But the latter was destroyed when the people had nothing spiritual left in them, whereas the kingdom of Judah was preserved, for the sake of the Word, and because the Lord would be born there. However, when the people adulterated the Word completely, and thus could not recognize the Lord, then their kingdom was destroyed.

It can be seen from this that the tribe of Judah symbolizes celestial love, which is love toward the Lord. But because the people were of the character they were with respect to the Word and with respect to the Lord, the tribe of Judah symbolizes also the opposite love, which is love of self - properly speaking, a love of dominating springing from a love of self - a love which we call diabolical love.

[3] The fact that Judah and his tribe symbolize the celestial kingdom and its love, which is love toward the Lord, follows from these passages:

Judah, your brothers shall praise you... The scepter shall not be taken from Judah... until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people. Binding his donkey's foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he washes his garment in wine... His eyes are redder than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. (Genesis 49:8-12)

...David shall be their prince forever, and I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them..., and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. (Ezekiel 37:25-26)

Exult and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! ...Jehovah will make Judah an inheritance for Himself, His portion on the holy land. (Zechariah 2:10-12)

O Judah, celebrate your feasts, perform your vows. For Belial 1 shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off. (Nahum 1:15)

The Lord... will suddenly come to His temple... Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be sweet to Jehovah as in the days of old... (Malachi 3:1, 4)

Judah shall abide forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. (Joel 3:20)

Behold, the days are coming..., that I will raise to David a righteous Branch... In His days Judah will be saved... (Jeremiah 23:5-6)

I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, and from Judah an heir of My mountains, that My elect may possess it... (Isaiah 65:9)

Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. (Psalms 114:2)

Behold, the days are coming..., when I will make a new covenant... with the house of Judah... ...this will be the covenant...: I will put My law within them, and write it on their heart... (Jeremiah 31:27, 31, 33-34)

In those days ten men... shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, "We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." (Zechariah 8:23)

...as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me..., so shall your offspring and your name remain.

Kings (of the nations) shall be your foster fathers, their princesses your nursing mothers. They shall bow down to you, their faces to the ground, and lick the dust of your feet. (Isaiah 66:22; 49:23)

[4] From these and many other passages, which we do not have the space to cite because of their number, it can be clearly seen that Judah means not Judah but the church. We are told, for example, that the Lord would make a new and eternal covenant with that nation, that He would make it His heir and His sanctuary forevermore, and that kings of the nations and their princesses would bow down to them, licking the dust of their feet, and so on.

[5] That the tribe of Judah, regarded in itself, means the diabolic kingdom, which is one of a love of dominating springing from a love of self, can be seen from the following passages:

I will hide My face from them, I will see what their posterity will be. ...they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faith... ...they are a nation void of counsel... ...their vine is of the vine of Sodom and of the fields of Gomorrah; its grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter. Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. Is this not laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? (Deuteronomy 32:20-34)

(Know that) it is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart... that Jehovah... is... giving you (the land of Canaan)..., for you are a stiff-necked people. (Deuteronomy 9:5-6)

...according to the number of your cities have been your gods, O Judah... ...according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars... to burn incense to Baal. (Jeremiah 2:28; 11:13)

You are of your father the devil, and you choose to do the desires of your father. (John 8:44)

Jews are said to be full of hypocrisy, iniquity, and uncleanness (Matthew 23:27-28.

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1. In the Old Testament, the personification of wickedness and destruction, originally conceived perhaps as some sort of spirit demon.

  
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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.