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1 Nang magsalita ang Ephraim, ay nagkaroon ng panginginig; siya'y nagpapakalaki sa kaniyang sarili sa Israel; nguni't nang siya'y magkasala tungkol kay Baal ay namatay siya.

2 At ngayo'y nangagkasala sila ng higit at higit, at nagsigawa sila ng mga larawang binubo sa kanilang pilak, mga diosdiosan na ayon sa kanilang unawa, lahat ng yaon ay gawa ng manggagawa: sinasabi nila tungkol sa mga yaon; Magsihalik sa mga guya ang mga tao na nangaghahain.

3 Kaya't sila'y magiging parang ulap sa umaga, at parang hamog na nawawalang maaga, na gaya ng dayami na tinatangay ng ipoipo mula sa giikan, at parang usok na lumalabas sa Chimenea:

4 Gayon ma'y ako ang Panginoon mong Dios mula sa lupain ng Egipto; at wala kang makikilalang Dios kundi ako, at liban sa akin ay walang tagapagligtas.

5 Nakilala kita sa ilang, sa lupain ng malaking katuyuan.

6 Ayon sa pastulan sa kanila, gayon sila nangabusog; sila'y nangabusog, at ang kanilang puso ay nagmalaki: kaya't kinalimutan nila ako.

7 Kaya't ako'y magiging parang leon sa kanila; parang leopardo na ako'y magbabantay sa tabi ng daan;

8 Aking sasalubungin sila na gaya ng oso na ninakawan ng kaniyang mga anak, at aking babakahin ang lamak ng kanilang puso; at doo'y lalamunin ko sila ng gaya ng leon; lalapain sila ng mabangis na hayop.

9 Siyang iyong kapahamakan Oh Israel, na ikaw ay laban sa akin, laban sa iyong katulong.

10 Saan nandoon ngayon ang iyong hari upang mailigtas ka niya sa lahat ng iyong bayan? at ang iyong mga hukom, na iyong pinagsasabihan, Bigyan mo ako ng hari at mga prinsipe?

11 Aking binigyan ka ng hari sa aking kagalitan, at inalis ko siya sa aking poot.

12 Ang kasamaan ng Ephraim ay nababalot; ang kaniyang kasalanan ay nabubunton.

13 Ang mga kapanglawan ng nagdaramdam na babae ay dadanasin niya: siya'y hindi pantas na anak; sapagka't panahon na hindi sana siya marapat maghirap sa pagwawaksi ng mga yaon.

14 Aking tutubusin sila mula sa kapangyarihan ng Sheol; aking tutubusin sila mula sa kamatayan. Oh kamatayan, saan nandoon ang iyong mga salot? Oh Sheol, saan nandoon ang iyong kasiraan? pagsisisi ay malilingid sa aking mga mata.

15 Bagaman siya'y mabunga sa kaniyang mga kapatid, isang hanging silanganan ay darating, ang hinga ng Panginoon ay umiilanglang mula sa ilang; at ang kaniyang tipunan ng tubig ay magiging tuyo, at ang kaniyang bukal ay matutuyo: kaniyang sasamsamin ang kayamanan ng lahat na maligayang kasangkapan.

16 Tataglayin ng Samaria ang kaniyang sala; sapagka't siya'y nanghimagsik laban sa kaniyang Dios: sila'y mangabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak; ang kanilang mga sanggol ay pagluluraylurayin at ang kanilang mga nagdadalang tao ay paluluwain ang bituka.

   

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Doctrine of the Lord # 33

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33. The Lord made His humanity Divine through temptations or trials that He underwent and by continual victories then. This we discussed in nos. 1214 above. To that we need only add the following:

Temptations or trials are nothing but battles against evils and falsities, and because evils and falsities originate from hell, they are also battles against hell. Moreover, present in people who are undergoing spiritual trials are evil spirits from hell, who induce those trials. No one is aware that it is evil spirits inducing the temptations or trials. Yet that such is the case is something I have been given to know from a good deal of experience.

[2] That is why, when a person by the Lord’s power overcomes in temptations or trials, he is withdrawn from hell and raised into heaven. It is why through trials or battles against evils a person becomes a spiritual being, thus an angel.

The Lord, on the other hand, fought against the hells by His own power, and completely subdued and overcame them. And by at the same time glorifying His humanity, He kept them subdued and overcome to eternity.

[3] In fact, before the Lord’s advent, the hells had risen to such a height that they began to harass even the angels in heaven, and likewise every person coming into the world and departing from the world. The hells rose to such a height because the church was completely destroyed, people in the world were by their idolatries caught up in nothing but falsities and evils, and the hells are composed of people. As a consequence, if the Lord had not come into the world, no mortal could have been saved.

Regarding these battles of the Lord, much is said in the Psalms of David and in the Prophets, but little in the Gospels. These battles are those meant by the temptations and trials that the Lord endured, the last of which was the suffering of the cross.

[4] It is because of those battles that the Lord is called the Savior and Redeemer. This is so well known in the church that people say that the Lord conquered death or the devil, that is, hell, and that He rose victorious. Moreover, that without the Lord there is no salvation.

That He also glorified His humanity and thereby became the Savior, Redeemer, Reformer and Regenerator to eternity, will be seen hereafter.

[5] That the Lord became the Savior through battles or trials is apparent from the numerous passages cited in nos. 12-14 above, and from this one as well in Isaiah:

...the day of vengeance is in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has come.... I have trodden (them) down in My anger..., and brought down their victory to the earth.... So He became their Savior. (Isaiah 63:4, 6, 8)

The Lord’s battles are the subject in this chapter. And in Psalms:

Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you doors of the world, that the King of glory may come in! Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and a hero, Jehovah a hero of war. (Psalms 24:7-8)

This, too, refers to the Lord.

  
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Published by the General Church of the New Jerusalem, 1100 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania 19009, U.S.A. A translation of Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Domino, by Emanuel Swedenborg, 1688-1772. Translated from the Original Latin by N. Bruce Rogers. ISBN 9780945003687, Library of Congress Control Number: 2013954074.

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Isaiah 54:8

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8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness will I have mercy on you," says Yahweh your Redeemer.