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Ζαχαρίας 8

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1 Και εγεινε λογος του Κυριου των δυναμεων, λεγων,

2 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· ειμαι ζηλοτυπος δια την Σιων εν ζηλοτυπια μεγαλη και ειμαι ζηλοτυπος δι' αυτην εν οργη μεγαλη.

3 Ουτω λεγει Κυριος· Επεστρεψα εις την Σιων και θελω κατοικησει εν μεσω της Ιερουσαλημ· και η Ιερουσαλημ θελει ονομασθη πολις αληθειας, και το ορος του Κυριου των δυναμεων ορος αγιον.

4 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· Ετι θελουσι καθησει πρεσβυτεροι και πρεσβυτεραι εν ταις πλατειαις της Ιερουσαλημ, και εκαστος με την ραβδον αυτου εν τη χειρι αυτου απο του πληθους των ημερων.

5 Και αι πλατειαι της πολεως θελουσιν εισθαι πληρεις παιδιων και κορασιων παιζοντων εν ταις πλατειαις αυτης.

6 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· Εαν φανη θαυμαστον εις τους οφθαλμους του υπολοιπου του λαου τουτου εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις, μηπως θελει φανη θαυμαστον και εις τους οφθαλμους μου; λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων.

7 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· Ιδου, εγω θελω σωσει τον λαον μου απο της γης της ανατολης και απο της γης της δυσεως του ηλιου,

8 και θελω φερει αυτους και θελουσι κατοικησει εν μεσω της Ιερουσαλημ· και θελουσιν εισθαι λαος μου και εγω θελω εισθαι Θεος αυτων εν αληθεια και δικαιοσυνη.

9 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· Ενισχυσατε τας χειρας σας, σεις οι ακουοντες εν ταις ημεραις ταυταις τους λογους τουτους δια στοματος των προφητων, οιτινες ησαν εν τη ημερα καθ' ην εθεμελιωθη ο οικος του Κυριου των δυναμεων, δια να οικοδομηθη ο ναος.

10 Διοτι προ των ημερων εκεινων δεν ητο μισθος δια τον ανθρωπον ουδε μισθος δια το κτηνος ουδε ειρηνη εις τον εξερχομενον η εισερχομενον εξ αιτιας της θλιψεως, διοτι εξαπεστειλα παντας τους ανθρωπους εκαστον κατα του πλησιον αυτου.

11 Αλλα τωρα, εγω δεν θελω φερεσθαι προς το υπολοιπον του λαου τουτον καθως εν ταις αρχαιαις ημεραις, λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων.

12 Διοτι ο σπορος θελει εισθαι της ειρηνης· η αμπελος θελει δωσει τον καρπον αυτης και η γη θελει δωσει τα γεννηματα αυτης και οι ουρανοι θελουσι δωσει την δροσον αυτων, και θελω κληροδοτησει εις το υπολοιπον του λαου τουτου παντα ταυτα.

13 Και καθως ησθε καταρα μεταξυ των εθνων, οικος Ιουδα και οικος Ισραηλ, ουτω θελω σας διασωσει και θελετε εισθαι ευλογια· μη φοβεισθε· ας ενισχυωνται αι χειρες σας.

14 Διοτι ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· Καθ' ον τροπον εστοχασθην να σας τιμωρησω, οτε οι πατερες σας με παρωργισαν, λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων, και δεν μετενοησα,

15 ουτω παλιν εβουλευθην εν ταις ημεραις ταυταις να αγαθοποιησω την Ιερουσαλημ και τον οικον του Ιουδα· μη φοβεισθε.

16 Ουτοι ειναι οι λογοι, τους οποιους θελετε καμει· λαλειτε εκαστος την αληθειαν προς τον πλησιον αυτου· αληθειαν και κρισιν ειρηνης κρινετε εν ταις πυλαις σας.

17 Και μη βουλευεσθε κακον εν ταις καρδιαις σας εκαστος κατα του πλησιον αυτου και ορκον ψευδη μη αγαπατε· διοτι παντα ταυτα ειναι εκεινα, τα οποια μισω, λεγει Κυριος.

18 Και εγεινε λογος του Κυριου των δυναμεων προς εμε, λεγων,

19 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· Η νηστεια του τεταρτου μηνος και η νηστεια του πεμπτου και η νηστεια του εβδομου και η νηστεια του δεκατου θελουσιν εισθαι εις τον οικον Ιουδα εν χαρα και εν ευφροσυνη και εν ευθυμοις εορταις· οθεν αγαπατε την αληθειαν και την ειρηνην.

20 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· Ετι θελουσιν ελθει λαοι και οι κατοικουντες πολεις πολλας·

21 και οι κατοικοι της μιας θελουσιν υπαγει εις την αλλην, λεγοντες, Ας υπαγωμεν σπευδοντες δια να εξιλεωσωμεν το προσωπον του Κυριου και να εκζητησωμεν τον Κυριον των δυναμεων· θελω υπαγει και εγω.

22 Και λαοι πολλοι και εθνη ισχυρα θελουσιν ελθει δια να εκζητησωσι τον Κυριον των δυναμεων εν Ιερουσαλημ και να εξιλεωσωσι το προσωπον του Κυριου.

23 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· Εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις δεκα ανδρες εκ πασων των γλωσσων των εθνων θελουσι πιασει σφιγκτα, ναι, θελουσι πιασει σφιγκτα το κρασπεδον ενος Ιουδαιου, λεγοντες· θελομεν υπαγει με σας· διοτι ηκουσαμεν οτι ο Θεος ειναι με σας.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #298

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298. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. (6:2) This symbolizes an understanding of truth and goodness from the Word among those people.

A horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word, and a white horse an understanding of truth from the Word. For the color white is predicated of truths (no. 167).

That a horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word is something we showed in a separate short work titled The White Horse. But because we cited only some passages there, we will present more here by way of confirmation. The reality of it is clearly apparent from the fact that horses were seen to go forth from the book which the Lamb opened, and that the living creatures said, "Come and see." For the living creatures symbolize the Word (nos. 239, 275, 286). So, too, does the book (no. 256). And the Son of Man, who here is the Lamb, is the Lord in relation to the Word (no. 44).

It is apparent from this, first, that nothing else is meant here by the horse than an understanding of the Word. This can be still more clearly seen from this later description in the book of Revelation:

I saw heaven opened, when behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called... The Word of God... And He has on His garment and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS... And His armies in heaven... followed Him on white horses. (Revelation 19:11, 13-14, 16)

[2] That a horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word can be further seen from the following passages:

O Jehovah..., is Your wrath against the sea, that You ride on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation? ...You trampled the sea with your horses, the mud of many waters. (Habakkuk 3:8, 15)

The hooves of Jehovah's horses are regarded as rocks... (Isaiah 5:28)

On that day... I will strike every horse with stupor, and its rider with madness...; and I will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. (Zechariah 12:4)

On that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, "Holiness to Jehovah." (Zechariah 14:20)

Because God has made her forget wisdom, and did not impart to her understanding. When she lifts herself on high, she scorns the horse and its rider. (Job 39:17-18, and following verses)

I will cut off... the horse from Jerusalem... Rather He shall speak peace to the nations. (Zechariah 9:10)

At Your rebuke, (O Jehovah,) both the chariot and horse fell asleep. (Psalms 76:6)

I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms... and I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down... (Haggai 2:22)

With you I will disperse... kingdoms; with you I will disperse the horse and its rider. (Jeremiah 51:20-21)

Assemble yourselves... from round about to My sacrifice... You will be satisfied at My table with horses and riders... (Thus) I will set My glory among the nations. (Ezekiel 39:17, 20-21)

...gather together for the great supper of God, (and) you (will) eat... the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them... (Revelation 19:17-18)

Dan shall be... a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that its rider falls backward. I have waited for your salvation, O Jehovah! (Genesis 49:17-18)

Gird Your sword..., O Mighty One... Mount up..., ride upon the Word of truth... (Psalms 45:3-4)

Sing to God...; extol Him who rides on the clouds... (Psalms 68:4)

Behold, Jehovah is riding on a... cloud... (Isaiah 19:1)

Sing praises to the Lord..., to Him who rides on the heaven of the heaven of old...! (Psalms 68:32-33)

(God) rode upon a cherub... (Psalms 18:10)

Then you shall delight yourself in Jehovah; and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the earth... (Isaiah 58:14)

Jehovah alone led him... (And) He made him ride in the heights of the earth... (Deuteronomy 32:12-13)

I will make Ephraim ride. (Hosea 10:11)

Ephraim also symbolizes an understanding of the Word.

[3] Since Elijah and Elisha represented the Lord in relation to the Word, therefore they were called the chariot of Israel and his horsemen. Elisha said to Elijah,

"My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!" (2 Kings 2:12)

And Joash said to Elisha,

"O my father..., the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!" (2 Kings 13:14)

Jehovah opened the eyes of (Elisha's) servant, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. (2 Kings 6:17)

A chariot symbolizes doctrine from the Word, and a horseman one who is wise as a result of it.

The following have similar symbolic meanings: The four chariots coming from between the bronze mountains in Zechariah, and the four horses harnessed to them, which were red, black, white, and dappled, called also four spirits, and said to go out from their station before the Lord of all the earth (Zechariah 6:1-8, 15). Horses in these places symbolize an understanding of the Word, or an understanding of truth from the Word. So, too, in other places.

[4] This can be further seen from horses mentioned in an opposite sense, in which they symbolize an understanding of the Word or of truth falsified by reasonings, and also extinguished, and likewise a person's own intelligence, as in the following passages:

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses..., and do not look to the Holy One of Israel... Egypt is man and not God, and its horses are flesh and not spirit. (Isaiah 31:1, 3)

You shall... set a king over (Israel) whom Jehovah... chooses... Only let him not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses. (Deuteronomy 17:15-16)

These statements are made because Egypt symbolizes knowledge and reasoning springing from a person's own intelligence, the result of which is a falsification of the Word's truth, which is the meaning of horses here.

Assyria shall not save us. We will not ride on a horse... (Hosea 14:3)

Some glory in chariots, and some in horses; but we will glory in the name of... our God. (Psalms 20:7)

A horse is a false means for safety. (Psalms 33:17)

(Jehovah) does not delight in the strength of the horse. (Psalms 147:10)

...thus says... the Holy One of Israel: ."..In... confidence shall be your strength." But... you said, "No..., ...we will flee on a horse...." And, "We will ride on a swift horse." (Isaiah 30:15-16)

...Jehovah... will make (Judah) as a glorious horse... ...the riders on horses shall be put to shame. (Zechariah 10:3, 5)

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies... ...and the neighing horse, and the jolting chariot... The horseman causing to ascend... (Nahum 3:1-4)

...I will bring against Tyre... the king of Babylon..., with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen... Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen... and the chariots... With the hooves of his horses he will trample all your streets. (Ezekiel 26:7-11)

Tyre symbolizes the church in respect to its concepts of truth, in this case these concepts falsified in it, which are the horses of Babylon. And so on in other places, as in Isaiah 5:28; Ezekiel 17:15; 23:6, 20; Habakkuk 1:6, 8-10; Psalms 66:12.

An understanding of the Word extinguished is symbolized also by the horses, fiery red, black and pale, in the verses that now follow.

To be shown that a horse symbolizes an understanding of truth from the Word owing to appearances in the spiritual world, see my small book titled The White Horse.

  
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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.

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Revelation 6

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1 I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come and see!"

2 And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"

4 Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.

5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.

6 I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage the oil and the wine!"

7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"

8 And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

10 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

11 A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.

14 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

15 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

16 They told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

17 for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?"

   

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