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1 At aking sinabi, Isinasamo ko sa inyo, na inyong dinggin, ninyong mga pangulo ng Jacob, at mga pinuno ng sangbahayan ni Israel: hindi baga sa inyo ang pagalam ng katuwiran.

2 Kayong napopoot sa mabuti at umiibig sa kasamaan; na siyang umaagaw sa mga dukha ng balat nila, at ng kanilang laman sa kanilang mga buto;

3 Kayo ring kumakain ng laman ng aking bayan, at lumalapnos ng kanilang balat, at bumabali ng kanilang mga buto, at kanilang pinagputolputol yaon, na wari'y para sa palyok, at parang laman sa loob ng caldera.

4 Kung magkagayo'y magsisidaing sila sa Panginoon, nguni't hindi niya sasagutin sila; oo, kaniyang ikukubli ang kaniyang mukha sa kanila sa panahong yaon, ayon sa kanilang ginawang kasamaan sa kanilang mga gawa.

5 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol sa mga propeta na nagliligaw sa aking bayan; na nagkakanggigitil ng kanilang mga ngipin at nagsisihiyaw, Kapayapaan; at yaong hindi naglalagay sa kanilang bibig, ay pinaghahandaan siya nila ng digma:

6 Kaya't magiging gabi sa inyo, na hindi kayo magkakaroon ng pangitain; at magkakaroon ng kadiliman, na hindi kayo makapanghuhula; at ang araw ay lulubog sa mga propeta, at ang araw ay mangungulimlim sa kanila.

7 At ang mga tagakita ay mangapapahiya, at ang mga manghuhula ay mangatutulig; oo, silang lahat ay mangagtatakip ng kanilang mga labi; sapagka't walang kasagutan ng Dios.

8 Nguni't sa ganang akin, ako'y puspos ng kapangyarihan sa pamamagitan ng Espiritu ng Panginoon, at ng kahatulan, at ng kapangyarihan, upang ipahayag sa Jacob ang kaniyang pagsalansang, at sa Israel ang kaniyang kasalanan.

9 Dinggin ninyo ito, isinasamo ko sa inyo, ninyong mga pangulo sa sangbahayan ni Jacob, at mga pinuno sa sangbahayan ni Israel, na nangapopoot sa kahatulan, at nangagbabaluktot ng matuwid.

10 Kanilang itinatayo ang Sion sa pamamagitan ng dugo, at ang Jerusalem sa pamamagitan ng kasamaan.

11 Ang mga pangulo niya'y nagsisihatol dahil sa suhol, at ang mga saserdote, niya'y nangagtuturo dahil sa upa, at ang mga propeta niya'y nanganghuhula dahil sa salapi: gayon ma'y sila'y sasandal sa Panginoon, at mangagsasabi, Hindi baga ang Panginoon ay nasa gitna natin? walang kasamaang darating sa akin.

12 Kaya't ang Sion ay bubukirin na parang isang bukid dahil sa inyo, at ang Jerusalem ay magiging mga bunton, at ang mga bundok ng bahay ay parang mga mataas na dako sa isang gubat.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 939

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939. The fact that seeing the Lord's face does not mean seeing His face, but knowing and acknowledging Him as He is in respect to His Divine attributes, of which there are many, and that people conjoined with Him by love know Him and in that way see His face, can be seen from the following passages:

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me... ...When you come to see the face of Jehovah... (Isaiah 1:11-12)

My heart said..., "Seek my face. Your face, Jehovah, I am seeking." (Psalms 27:8)

We will shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His face with confession. (Psalms 95:1-2)

My soul thirsts... for the living God. When shall I come to see the face of God? ...yet shall I confess to Him the salvation of His countenance. (Psalms 42:2, 5)

They shall not see My face empty-handed. (Exodus 23:15)

...to come... to placate the face of Jehovah. (Zechariah 8:21-22, cf. Malachi 1:9)

Make Your face shine upon Your servant. (Psalms 31:16)

Who will show us any good? Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, Jehovah. (Psalms 4:6)

They shall walk, O Jehovah, in the light of Your countenance. (Psalms 89:15)

...O God, cause Your face to shine, that we may be saved! (Psalms 80:3, 7, 19)

God be merciful to us and bless us. May He cause His face to shine upon us. (Psalms 67:1)

Jehovah bless you and keep you; Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be merciful to you; Jehovah lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. (Numbers 6:24-26)

You hide them in the secret place of Your countenance... (Psalms 31:20)

You have set... our hidden secret in the light of Your countenance. (Psalms 90:8)

(Jehovah) said (to Moses), "My countenance will go... (Moses) said..., "If Your countenance does not go..., do not bring us down from here." (Exodus 33:14-15)

The bread on the table in the Tabernacle was called [literally] "the bread of faces" (Exodus 25:30, Numbers 4:7).

[2] We are often told, too, that Jehovah hid His face or turned His face away, as in the following:

...for (their) wickedness I have hidden My face from (them). (Jeremiah 33:5, cf. Ezekiel 7:22)

Your sins have hidden (God's) face from you... (Isaiah 59:2)

The face of Jehovah... will no longer regard them. (Lamentations 4:16)

(Jehovah) will hide His face from them..., according as they have made their works evil. (Micah 3:4)

You hid Your face... (Psalms 30:7, cf. 44:24; 104:29)

I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them... I will surely hide My face... because of all the evil which they have done... (Deuteronomy 31:17-18)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 8:17; Ezekiel 39:23, 28-29; Deuteronomy 32:20.

[3] In an opposite sense, the face of Jehovah symbolizes anger and aversion, because an evil person turns away from the Lord, and when he turns away, it seems to him as though the Lord had turned away and was angry, as is clear from the following passages:

...I have set My face against this city for its evil... (Jeremiah 21:10, cf. 44:11)

I will set My face against that man and... devastate him... (Ezekiel 14:7-8)

I will set My face against them... and... fire shall devour them..., when I set My face against them. (Ezekiel 15:7)

...(he) who eats any blood, I will set My face against that soul... (Leviticus 17:10)

At the rebuke of Your countenance they perished. (Psalms 80:16)

The face of Jehovah is against those who do evil... (Psalms 34:16)

...I send an angel before you... Beware of his face..., for he will not endure your transgression. (Exodus 23:20-21)

Let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee from Your countenance. (Numbers 10:35)

(I saw one sitting on the throne) from whose face the earth and heaven fled away. (Revelation 20:11)

That no one can see the Lord as He is in Himself, as we said above, is apparent from the following:

(Jehovah said to Moses,) "You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live." (Exodus 33:18-23)

That people nevertheless saw the Lord and lived, because He appeared by means of an angel, is apparent from Genesis 32:30, 1 Judges 13:22-23, 2 and elsewhere.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: "For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

2. Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God!" But his wife said to him, "If Jehovah had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have told us such things as these at this time."

  
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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.