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Malachi 3

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1 Narito, aking sinusugo ang aking sugo, at siya'y maghahanda, ng daan sa harap ko: at ang Panginoon na inyong hinahanap, ay biglang paroroon sa kaniyang templo; at ang sugo ng tipan na inyong kinaliligayahan, narito, siya'y dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo.

2 Nguni't sino ang makatatahan sa araw ng kaniyang pagparito? at sino ang tatayo pagka siya'y pakikita? sapagka't siya'y parang apoy ng mangdadalisay, at parang sabon ng mga tagapagpaputi:

3 At siya'y mauupong gaya ng mangingintab at mangdadalisay ng pilak, at kaniyang dadalisayin ang mga anak ni Levi, at kaniyang pakikinising parang ginto at pilak; at sila'y mangaghahandog sa Panginoon ng mga handog sa katuwiran.

4 Kung magkagayo'y ang handog ng Juda at ng Jerusalem ay magiging kalugodlugod sa Panginoon, gaya ng mga araw nang una, at gaya ng mga taon nang una.

5 At aking lalapitan kayo sa kahatulan; at ako'y magiging maliksing saksi laban sa mga manghuhula, at laban sa mga mangangalunya, at laban sa mga sinungaling na manunumpa, at laban doon sa nagsisipighati sa mangaaraw sa kaniyang mga kaupahan, sa babaing bao, at sa ulila, at sa nagliligaw sa taga ibang lupa mula sa kaniyang matuwid, at hindi natatakot sa akin, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo.

6 Sapagka't ako, ang Panginoon, ay hindi nababago, kaya't kayo, Oh mga anak na lalake ni Jacob ay hindi nangauubos.

7 Mula nang mga kaarawan ng inyong mga magulang kayo'y nangagpakaligaw sa aking mga tuntunin, at hindi ninyo tinalima. Manumbalik kayo sa akin, at ako'y manunumbalik sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo. Nguni't inyong sinasabi, Sa ano kami manunumbalik?

8 Nanakawan baga ng tao ang Dios? gayon ma'y ninanakaw ninyo ako. Nguni't inyong sinasabi, Sa ano ka namin ninakawan? Sa mga ikasangpung bahagi at sa mga handog.

9 Kayo'y nangagsumpa ng sumpa sapagka't inyo akong ninakawan, sa makatuwid baga'y nitong buong bansa.

10 Dalhin ninyo ang buong ikasangpung bahagi sa kamalig, upang magkaroon ng pagkain sa aking bahay, at subukin ninyo ako ngayon sa bagay na ito, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, kung hindi ko bubuksan sa inyo ang mga dungawan sa langit, at ihuhulog ko sa inyo ang isang pagpapala, na walang sapat na silid na kalalagyan.

11 At aking sasawayin ang mananakmal dahil sa inyo, at hindi niya sisirain ang mga bunga sa inyong lupa; ni malalagasan man ng bunga sa di panahon ang inyong puno ng ubas sa parang, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo,

12 At tatawagin kayo ng lahat na bansa na mapalad: sapagka't kayo'y magiging maligayang lupain, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo.

13 Ang inyong mga salita ay naging lapastangan laban sa akin, sabi ng Panginoon. Gayon ma'y inyong sinasabi, Sa ano kami nangagsalita ng laban sa iyo?

14 Inyong sinabi, Walang kabuluhan ang maglingkod sa Dios; at anong kapakinabangan nito na ating iningatan ang kanyang bilin, at tayo'y nagsilakad na may pananangis sa harap ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo?

15 At ngayo'y ating tinatawag ang palalo na mapalad, oo, silang nagsisigawa ng kasamaan ay nangagtayo; oo, kanilang tinutukso ang Dios, at tumatakas.

16 Nang magkagayo'y silang nangatatakot sa Panginoon ay nagsangusapan: at pinakinggan ng Panginoon, at dininig, at isang aklat ng alaala ay nasulat sa harap niya, para sa kanila na nangatakot sa Panginoon, at gumunita ng kaniyang pangalan.

17 At sila'y magiging akin, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, sa araw na aking gawin, sa makatuwid baga'y isang tanging kayamanan; at akin silang kaaawaan, na gaya ng isang tao na naaawa sa kaniyang anak na naglilingkod sa kaniya.

18 Kung magkagayo'y manunumbalik kayo at makikilala ninyo ang matuwid at ang masama, yaong naglilingkod sa Dios at yaong hindi naglilingkod sa kaniya.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 666

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666. 'A covenant' means nothing other than regeneration and the things that constitute regeneration. This becomes clear from many places in the Word where the Lord Himself is called 'the Covenant', for it is He alone who regenerates, to whom a regenerated person looks, and who is the All in all of love and faith. That the Lord is the Covenant itself is clear in Isaiah,

I Jehovah have called You in righteousness, taking You by the hand and keeping You, and I will give You for a Covenant of the people, a light of the nations. Isaiah 42:6.

Here 'a Covenant' stands for the Lord, and 'the light of the nations' is faith. Similarly in Isaiah 49:6, 8. In Malachi,

Behold, I am sending My angel, and suddenly there will come to His temple the Lord whom you are seeking, and the Angel of the Covenant in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming. Who will endure the day of His coming? Malachi 3:1-2.

Here the Lord is called 'the Angel of the Covenant'. In Exodus 31:16 the Sabbath is called an eternal covenant because it means the Lord Himself. It also means the celestial man who has been regenerated by Him.

[2] The Lord being the Covenant itself, it is clear that what constitutes the covenant is everything that joins a person to the Lord, that is to say, love and faith and the things that belong to love and faith. In fact these are the Lord's and the Lord is within them, and so the Covenant itself exists within these, where they are received. These things do not exist except with someone who has been regenerated, with whom anything at all that is the Regenerator's, or the Lord's, constitutes the covenant, or is the covenant. As in Isaiah,

My mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of My peace will not be removed. Isaiah 54:10.

Here 'mercy and covenant of peace' means the Lord and things that are the Lord's. In the same prophet,

Incline your ear and come to Me; hear, that your soul may live, and I will make with you an eternal covenant, even the sure mercies of David. Lo, I have given Him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and lawgiver to the peoples. Isaiah 55:3-4.

Here 'David' stands for the Lord. 'The eternal covenant' exists in and acts through those qualities that are the Lord's, which are meant by 'coming to Him' and 'hearing so that your soul may live'.

[3] In Jeremiah,

I will give them one heart and one way, to fear Me all their days, for their own good and that of their sons after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear into their heart. Jeremiah 31:39, 40.

This stands for those who are to be regenerated, and also for those things with someone regenerate which are 'one heart and one way', namely charity and faith, which belong to the Lord and so to the covenant. In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers, for they rendered My covenant invalid. But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I will put My law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart, and I will be their God, and they will be My people. Jeremiah 31:31-33.

This is an explicit statement of what constitutes the covenant - love and faith in the Lord, which will be present with him who is to be regenerated.

[4] In the same prophet love is called the covenant far the day, and faith the covenant for the night, Jeremiah 33:20. In Ezekiel,

I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David will be prince in the midst of them; and I will make with them a covenant of peace, and I will banish the evil wild animal from the land, and they will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. Ezekiel 34:24-25.

This clearly refers to regeneration. 'David' stands for the Lord. In the same prophet,

David will be their prince for ever. I will make with them a covenant of peace, it will be an eternal covenant with them. I will set My sanctuary in their midst for evermore. Ezekiel 37:25-26.

This similarly refers to regeneration. 'David' and 'the sanctuary' stand for the Lord. In the same prophet,

I entered into a covenant with you, and you were Mine. And I washed you with water and washed away your blood from upon you, and anointed you with oil. Ezekiel 16:8-9, 11.

This clearly stands for regeneration. In Hosea,

I will make for them a covenant on that day, with the wild animals of the field, and with the birds of the air, 1 and with the creeping things of the earth. Hosea 2:18.

This stands for regeneration. 'Wild animals of the field' stands for things of the will, 'birds of the air' 1 for those of the understanding. In David,

He sent redemption to His people, He commanded His covenant for ever. Psalms 111:9.

This stands for regeneration. This is called 'a covenant' because it is something given and received.

[5] People however who have not been regenerated - or what amounts to the same, who focus worship on things that are external and who set up and worship as gods both themselves and everything they desire and think - are referred to, because they separate themselves from the Lord, as 'rendering the covenant invalid', as in Jeremiah,

They forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and bowed down to other gods and served them. Jeremiah 22:9.

In Moses,

He who transgressed the covenant by serving other gods, the sun, the moon, and the host of heaven, was to be stoned. Deuteronomy 17:2 and following verses.

'The sun' stands for self-love, 'the moon' for false assumptions, 'the host of heaven' for falsities themselves. From this it is now clear what 'the Ark of the covenant' is, containing the testimony or covenant, namely the Lord Himself; what 'the Book of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:4-7, 34:27; Deuteronomy 4:13, 23; what 'the Blood of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:6, 8; who alone is the Regenerator. Hence 'a covenant' is regeneration itself.

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1. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)

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