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1 At ang buong kapisanan ay naglakas ng kanilang tinig, at humiyaw; at ang bayan ay umiyak ng gabing yaon.

2 At inupasala ng lahat ng mga anak ni Israel si Moises at si Aaron: at sinabi sa kanila ng buong kapisanan, Nangamatay na sana tayo sa lupain ng Egipto! o kaya'y nangamatay na sana tayo sa ilang na ito!

3 At bakit kaya tayo dinala ng Panginoon sa lupaing ito, upang tayo'y mabuwal sa tabak? Ang ating mga asawa at ang ating mga anak ay magiging mga huli: hindi ba magaling sa atin na tayo'y magbalik sa Egipto?

4 At nag-sangusapan sila, Tayo'y maglagay ng isang kapitan at tayo'y magbalik sa Egipto.

5 Nang magkagayon, si Moises at si Aaron ay nagpatirapa sa harap ng buong kapulungan na kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel.

6 At hinapak ni Josue na anak ni Nun, at ni Caleb na anak ni Jephone, na mga kasamang tumiktik sa lupain, ang kanilang mga suot:

7 At sinalita nila sa buong kapisanan ng mga anak ni Israel, na sinasabi, Ang lupain na aming dinaanan upang tiktikan ay isang napakainam na lupain.

8 Kung kalulugdan tayo ng Panginoon ay dadalhin nga niya tayo sa lupaing yaon, at ibibigay niya sa atin; na yao'y lupaing binubukalan ng gatas at pulot.

9 Huwag lamang kayong manghimagsik laban sa Panginoon, ni matakot sa bayan ng lupaing yaon, sapagka't sila'y tinapay sa atin; ang kaniyang kalinga ay inilayo sa kanila, at ang Panginoon ay sumasaatin: huwag kayong matakot sa kanila.

10 Datapuwa't tinangka ng buong kapisanan na pagbatuhanan sila. At ang kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon ay lumitaw sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan sa lahat ng mga anak ni Israel.

11 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Hanggang kailan hahamakin ako ng bayang ito? at hanggang kailan hindi sila mananampalataya sa akin, sa lahat ng mga tanda na aking ginawa sa kanila?

12 Aking sasaktan sila ng salot, at hindi ko sila pamamanahan at gagawin kita na isang bansang malaki at matibay kay sa kanila.

13 At sinabi ni Moises sa Panginoon, Kung gayo'y mababalitaan ng mga taga Egipto; sapagka't isinampa mo ang bayang ito ng iyong kapangyarihan sa gitna nila;

14 At kanilang sasaysayin sa mga tumatahan sa lupaing ito. Kanilang nabalitaan na ikaw Panginoon, ay nasa gitna ng bayang ito; sapagka't ikaw Panginoon, ay napakita ng mukhaan, at ang iyong ulap ay nakatindig sa ibabaw ng mga yaon, at ikaw ay nangunguna sa kanila, sa isang haliging ulap sa araw, at sa isang haliging apoy sa gabi.

15 Kung iyong papatayin nga ang bayang ito na parang isang tao, ay magsasalita nga ang mga bansang nakabalita ng iyong kabantugan na sasabihin,

16 Sapagka't hindi madadala ng Panginoon ang bayang ito sa lupain, na kaniyang isinumpa sa kanila, kaya't kaniyang pinatay sila sa ilang.

17 At ngayon, idinadalangin ko sa iyo, na itulot mo na ang kapangyarihan ng Panginoon ay maging dakila, ayon sa iyong sinalita, na sinasabi,

18 Ang Panginoon ay banayad sa pagkagalit at sagana sa kaawaan, na nagpapatawad ng kasamaan at ng pagsalangsang; at sa anomang paraan ay hindi aariing walang muang ang may sala, na dinadalaw ang kasamaan ng mga ama sa mga anak sa ikatlo at sa ikaapat na salin ng lahi.

19 Ipatawad mo, isinasamo ko sa iyo, ang kasamaan ng bayang ito ayon sa kalakhan ng iyong kaawaan, at ayon sa iyong pagkapatawad sa bayang ito, mula sa Egipto hanggang ngayon.

20 At sinabi ng Panginoon, Aking pinatawad ayon sa iyong salita:

21 Nguni't tunay, na kung paanong ako'y buhay at kung paanong mapupuspos ng kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon ang buong lupa:

22 Sapagka't ang lahat ng taong yaon na nakakita ng aking kaluwalhatian at ng aking mga tanda, na aking ginawa sa Egipto at sa ilang ay tinukso pa rin ako nitong makasangpu, at hindi dininig ang aking tinig;

23 Tunay na hindi nila makikita ang lupain na aking isinumpa sa kanilang mga magulang, ni sinoman sa kanila na humamak sa akin ay hindi makakakita:

24 Kundi ang aking lingkod na si Caleb, sapagka't siya'y nagtaglay ng ibang diwa at siya'y sumunod na lubos sa akin, ay aking dadalhin siya sa lupain na kaniyang pinaroonan; at aariin ng kaniyang lahi.

25 Ngayon nga'y ang mga Amalecita at ang mga Cananeo ay tumatahan sa libis: bukas ay magbalik kayo at kayo'y pasa ilang sa daang patungo sa Dagat na Mapula.

26 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises at kay Aaron, na sinasabi,

27 Hanggang kailan titiisin ko ang masamang kapisanang ito, na naguupasala laban sa akin? Aking narinig ang mga pag-upasala ng mga anak ni Israel na kanilang inuupasala laban sa akin.

28 Sabihin mo sa kanila, Ako'y buhay, sabi ng Panginoon, tunay na kung paano ang sinalita ninyo sa aking pakinig ay gayon ang gagawin ko sa inyo:

29 Ang inyong mga bangkay ay mangabubuwal sa ilang na ito; at yaong lahat na nangabilang sa inyo ayon sa inyong kabuoan ng bilang, mula sa dalawang pung taong gulang na patanda na nag-upasala laban sa akin,

30 Ay tunay na hindi kayo papasok sa lupaing pinagtaasan ko ng aking kamay, na patatahanan ko sana sa inyo, maliban si Caleb na anak ni Jephone, at si Josue na anak ni Nun.

31 Nguni't ang inyong mga bata, na inyong sinabing magiging mga huli ay aking papapasukin, at kanilang makikilala ang lupain na inyong itinakuwil.

32 Nguni't tungkol sa inyo, ang inyong mga bangkay ay mangabubuwal sa ilang na ito.

33 At ang inyong mga anak ay magiging gala sa ilang na apat na pung taon, at kanilang tataglayin ang inyong pakikiapid, hanggang sa ang inyong mga bangkay ay matunaw sa ilang.

34 Ayon sa bilang ng mga araw na inyong itiniktik sa lupain, sa makatuwid baga'y apat na pung araw, sa bawa't araw ay isang taon, ay inyong tataglayin ang inyong mga kasamaan, na apat na pung taon, at inyong makikilala ang pagsira ko ng kapangakuan.

35 Akong Panginoon ang nagsalita, tunay na ito'y aking gagawin sa buong masamang kapisanang ito, na nagpipisan laban sa akin: sa ilang na ito matutunaw sila, at diyan sila mamamatay.

36 At ang mga lalake, na sinugo ni Moises upang tumiktik ng lupain, na nagsipagbalik, at nagpaupasala ng buong kapisanan laban sa kaniya sa paghahatid ng masamang balita laban sa lupain,

37 Sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga taong yaon na nagsipaghatid ng masamang balita ng lupain, ay nangamatay sa salot sa harap ng Panginoon.

38 Nguni't si Josue na anak ni Nun, at si Caleb na anak ni Jephone, ay naiwang buhay sa mga taong yaon na nagsiparoong tumiktik ng lupain.

39 At sinaysay ni Moises ang mga salitang ito sa lahat ng mga anak ni Israel: at ang bayan ay tumaghoy na mainam.

40 At sila'y bumangong maaga sa kinaumagahan, at umakyat sila sa taluktok ng bundok, na sinasabi, Narito kami, at kami ay aakyat sa dakong ipinangako ng Panginoon: sapagka't kami ay nagkasala.

41 At sinabi ni Moises, Bakit sinasalangsang ninyo ngayon ang utos ng Panginoon, sa bagay ay hindi ninyo ikasusulong?

42 Huwag kayong umakyat, sapagka't ang Panginoon ay wala sa gitna ninyo; upang huwag kayong masaktan sa harap ng inyong mga kaaway.

43 Sapagka't nandoon ang mga Amalecita at ang mga Cananeo sa harap ninyo, at kayo'y mangabubuwal sa tabak: sapagka't kayo'y humiwalay sa pagsunod sa Panginoon, kaya't ang Panginoon ay wala sa inyo.

44 Nguni't sila'y nagpumilit umakyat sa taluktok ng bundok: gayon ma'y ang kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon, at si Moises ay hindi nagsilabas sa kampamento.

45 Nang magkagayon ang mga Amalecita ay bumaba at ang mga Cananeo na tumatahan sa bundok na yaon, ay sinaktan sila at nilupig silang hinabol, hanggang sa Horma.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 134

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134. "'To teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality.'" This symbolically means, in consequence of which faith the truths of the church are falsified.

To teach and seduce the Lord's servants means, symbolically, to teach and seduce people who can be and are willing to be instructed in truths from the Word. That servants of the Lord are what people governed by truths are called may be seen in nos. 3 and 128 above; and to commit sexual immorality means, symbolically, to adulterate and falsify the Word. To commit sexual immorality has this symbolic meaning because every particular of the Word contains a marriage of good and truth, and this marriage is broken when goodness is divorced and estranged from truth.

To be shown that every particular of the Word contains a marriage of good and truth, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 80-90. It is because of this that to commit sexual immorality means, symbolically, to adulterate the goods of the Word and falsify its truths. Moreover, because this is spiritual licentiousness, therefore people who have employed their own reason to falsify the Word become sexually licentious people when they enter the spiritual world after death. And something as yet unrecognized in the world is the fact that people who have affirmed faith alone to the exclusion of any works of charity are prompted by the lust of an adultery of a son with his mother. In the spiritual world I have often perceived them to be impelled by the lust of so unspeakable an adultery. Remember this and inquire into it after death, and you will be convinced. I have not dared to reveal this previously, because it offends the ears.

[2] This adultery is symbolized by the adultery of Reuben with Bilhah, his father's concubine (Genesis 35:22), inasmuch as Reuben symbolizes that faith. Therefore he was cursed by his father Israel, and the birthright was subsequently taken from him. For in prophesying concerning his sons, his father Israel said of Reuben,

Reuben, you are my firstborn, My might and the beginning of my strength... Unstable as water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my pallet. (Genesis 49:3-4)

And therefore the birthright was taken from him:

...Reuben (was) the firstborn of Israel..., but because he defiled his father's pallet, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph... (1 Chronicles 5:1)

We will see in the explanation of Revelation 7:5 that Reuben represented truth arising from good or faith springing from charity, and afterward truth divorced from good or faith divorced from charity.

[3] That references to sexual licentiousness in the Word symbolize adulterations of good and falsifications of truth can be seen from the following passages:

...when Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" And he said, "What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft are many?" (2 Kings 9:22)

The harlotries of Jezebel do not mean any acts of licentiousness, but her deeds, as cited in no. 132 above.

Your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms... (Numbers 14:33)

The person who has regard to mediums and soothsayers, to go whoring after them..., I will cut him off... (Leviticus 20:6)

(Do not) make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, (lest) they go whoring after their gods... (Exodus 34:15).

(Jerusalem,) you trusted in your own beauty and played the harlot because of your fame, (so that) you poured out your harlotries on everyone passing by... You also committed harlotry with the Egyptians, your very carnal neighbors, and multiplied your acts of harlotry... You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable, (with whom) you played the harlot... You multiplied your harlotry as far as... Chaldea... The adulterous woman, who in place of her husband takes strangers. All men give payment to their harlots, but you made your payments to them all, (that they may) come to you from all around for your harlotries... Therefore, harlot, hear the word of Jehovah. (Ezekiel 16:15-16, 26, 28-29, 32-33, 35ff.)

Jerusalem there is the Israelite and Jewish Church. Its harlotries mean adulterations and falsifications of the Word. And because Egypt symbolizes the knowledge of the natural self, Assyria reasoning on the basis of it, Chaldea the profanation of truth, and Babel the profanation of good, therefore the passage says that it played the harlot with them.

[4] ...two women, the daughters of one mother, committed harlotry in Egypt; in their youth they committed harlotry... (One,) my subject, played the harlot, and she doted on her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians... She committed her harlotries with them... (Yet) she has not given up her harlotries in Egypt....

(The other) became more corrupt in her loving than she, and in her harlotries more corrupt than her sister's harlotries... She increased her harlotries... She loved (Chaldeans).... Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and they defiled her with their harlotry. (Ezekiel 23:2-3, 5, 7-8, 11, 14, 16-17ff.)

The two daughters of the same mother are likewise the Israelite and Jewish Church, whose adulterations and falsifications of the Word are described here, as above, by harlotries.

[5] So, too, in the following passages:

...you have played the harlot with many lovers... You have profaned the land with your harlotries and your wickedness... Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and... played the harlot... Treacherous Judah... went and played the harlot also. So that... by the report of her harlotry she defiled the land; ...she committed adultery with stone and wood. (Jeremiah 3:1-2, 6, 8-9)

And elsewhere:

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see... if you can find a man... who executes judgment and seeks the truth... I satiated them, and they committed harlotry and came by troops into the harlots' house. (Jeremiah 5:1, 7)

I have seen your adulteries... your neighings, the wickedness of your harlotry, your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! You will not be made clean... (Jeremiah 13:27)

I have seen a horrible obstinacy in the prophets of Jerusalem: they commit adultery and walk in a lie. (Jeremiah 23:14)

...they have committed folly in Israel, have committed adultery..., and have spoken (My) word in My name falsely... (Jeremiah 29:23)

...they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into disrepute... They committed harlotry..., because they have forsaken Jehovah. Harlotry... enslaved (their) heart... ...your daughters commit harlotry, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery. (Hosea 4:7, 10-11, 13)

I know Ephraim..., (that) he has (altogether) committed harlotry, (and) Israel is defiled. (Hosea 5:3)

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: Ephraim committed harlotry there, (and) Israel is defiled. (Hosea 6:10)

Israel there is the church, and Ephraim is its understanding of the Word, from which and in accordance with which the church is formed. Therefore Ephraim is said to have committed harlotry and Israel to be defiled.

[6] Since the church had falsified the Word, the prophet Hosea was commanded to take himself a harlot as a wife, as follows:

...take yourself a woman of harlotries and children of harlotries, for the land has committed great harlotry behind Jehovah. (Hosea 1:2).

Again:

...love a woman who is loved by a companion and is an adulteress... (Hosea 3:1)

Since the Jewish Church was such as described, therefore the Lord called the Jewish nation an adulterous generation (Matthew 12:39; 16:4, Mark 8:38); and in Isaiah, the offspring of an adulterer (Isaiah 57:3).

In Nahum:

Woe to the bloody city! Full of lying... The multitude of the slain... because of the multitude of the harlotries of the harlot..., who sells nations through her harlotries... (Nahum 3:1, 3-4)

[7] Since Roman Catholicism adulterates and falsifies the Word more than any others in the Christian world, it is therefore called Babylon, the Great Harlot, and the following things are said of it in the book of Revelation:

Babylon... has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her harlotry. (Revelation 14:8)

(Babylon has made) all the nations (drink) of the wine of the wrath of her harlotry, and the kings of the earth have committed harlotry with her... (Revelation 18:3)

(The angel said,) "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot... with whom the kings of the earth committed harlotry. (Revelation 17:1-2)

...He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her harlotry. (Revelation 19:2)

It is apparent from this now that to commit adultery and to commit sexual immorality mean, symbolically, to adulterate and falsify the goods and truths of the Word.

  
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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.