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Jóel 3

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1 Mert ímé, azokon a napokon és abban az idõben, a mikor meghozom Júda és Jeruzsálem fogságát:

2 Egybegyûjtöm akkor mind a pogányokat, és levezetem õket a Josafát völgyébe, és perbe szállok ott velök, az én népemért és örökségemért, az Izráelért, a melyet szétszórtak a pogányok közé, és megosztoztak az én földemen;

3 Népemre pedig sorsot vetettek; a fiút szajháért adták oda, a leányt pedig borért cserélték el, hogy ihassanak.

4 Sõt néktek is mi közötök velem, Tírus, Sidon és Filiszteának egész környéke?! Vajjon bosszút állani [jöttök-]é reám? Ha bosszút akarnátok rajtam állani, nagy hirtelen fejetekre fordítom vissza bosszútokat!

5 Mivelhogy elraboltátok ezüstömet és aranyomat, és legszebb kincsemet templomaitokba vittétek;

6 És a Júda fiait és Jeruzsálem fiait eladtátok a Jávánok fiainak, hogy messze vessétek õket határaiktól:

7 Ímé, kiindítom õket a helybõl, a hova eladtátok õket, és fejetekre fordítom vissza bosszútokat.

8 És adom a ti fiaitokat és leányaitokat a Júda fiainak kezébe; azok pedig eladják õket a Sabeusoknak, a messze lakó népnek; mert [ezt] végezte az Úr.

9 Hirdessétek ezt a pogányok között; készüljetek harczra; indítsátok fel a hõsöket. Járuljanak elé, jõjjenek fel mindnyájan a hadakozó férfiak!

10 Kovácsoljátok szántóvasaitokat kardokká, kaszáitokat dárdákká; mondja a beteg [is:] Hõs vagyok!

11 Siessetek és jõjjetek el ti népek mindenfelõl, és seregeljetek egybe! Ide vezesd Uram a te hõseidet!

12 Serkenjenek fel és jõjjenek fel a népek a Josafát völgyébe; mert ott ülök [törvényt,] hogy megítéljek minden népeket.

13 Ereszszétek néki a sarlót, mert megérett az aratni való! Jertek el, tapossatok, mert tetézve a kád, ömlenek a sajtók! Mert megsokasult az õ gonoszságuk!

14 Tömegek, tömegek! az ítélet völgyében! Mert közel van az Úrnak napja az ítélet völgyében!

15 A nap és hold elsötétednek; a csillagok bevonják fényöket;

16 Az Úr pedig megharsan a Sionról és megzendül Jeruzsálembõl, és megrendülnek az egek és a föld; de az Úr az õ népének oltalma és az Izráel fiainak erõssége!

17 És megtudjátok, hogy én vagyok az Úr, a ti Istenetek, a ki a Sionon lakozom, az én szent hegyemen. És szentté lészen Jeruzsálem, és idegenek nem vonulnak át többé rajta.

18 És majd azon a napon a hegyek musttal csepegnek és a halmok tejjel folynak, és a Júda minden medre bõ vízzel ömledez, és forrás fakad az Úrnak házából, és megöntözi a Sittimnek völgyét.

19 Égyiptom pusztasággá lészen, Edom pedig kietlen sivataggá; a Júda fiain való erõszakosságért, mert ártatlan vért ontottak azoknak földén.

20 De a Júda örökké megmarad; Jeruzsálem is nemzetségrõl nemzetségre.

21 És kitisztítom vérökbõl, a melybõl még ki nem tisztítottam, és a Sion lesz az Úr lakóhelye!

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #51

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51. Having in His right hand seven stars. (1:16) This symbolizes all concepts of goodness and truth in the Word, which exist therefore in angels in heaven and in people in the church.

When angels are below the heavens, a great number of what look like little stars appear around them, and likewise around spirits who, when they lived in the world, acquired concepts of goodness and truth for themselves from the Word, or truths of life and doctrine. These little stars appear fixed, however, in the case of those who possess genuine truths from the Word, but wandering in the case of those who possess falsified truths.

(Regarding these little stars, and the stars appearing in the sky there, I could relate marvelous things, but that is not the subject of this work.)

It is apparent from this that stars symbolize concepts of goodness and truth from the Word.

The Son of Man's having them in His right hand means, symbolically, that they come from the Lord alone through the Word. Seven symbolically means all, as may be seen in no. 10 above.

[2] That stars symbolize concepts of goodness and truth from the Word may be seen also from the following passages:

(I will) turn the earth into a wasteland... ...the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. (Isaiah 13:9-10)

The earth that will be turned into a wasteland is the church, in which, having been laid waste, concepts of goodness and truth in the Word are not seen.

When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens... All the bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you, and bring darkness upon your land. (Ezekiel 32:7-8)

Darkness upon the land is the darkness of falsities in the church.

The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars diminish their brightness. (Joel 2:10; 3:15)

...after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven... (Matthew 24:29, cf. Mark 13:24)

The stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs... (Revelation 6:13)

...a star (fell) from heaven to the earth. (Revelation 9:1)

Stars falling from heaven do not mean stars, but concepts of goodness and truth perishing.

[3] This is still more apparent from the statement that a dragon swept down a third of the stars from heaven, in Revelation 12:4, and the statement that a he-goat cast down some of the stars and trampled them, in Daniel 8:8-11. That is why the next verse in Daniel goes on to say that it cast truth to the ground (Daniel 8:12).

Stars also symbolize concepts of goodness and truth in the following passages:

(Jehovah) counts... the stars; He gives all of them names. (Psalms 147:4)

Praise (Jehovah), all you stars of light! (Psalms 148:3)

The stars from their courses fought... (Judges 5:20)

From this it is apparent what is meant by the following statement in Daniel:

The intelligent shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, ...those turning many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. (Daniel 12:3)

The intelligent are people concerned with truths, and those turning many to righteousness are those concerned with goodness.

  
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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 1

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1 This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

2 who testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

4 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;

6 and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

9 I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet

11 saying, "What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.

13 And among the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.

14 His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.

15 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.

16 He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last,

18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

19 Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;

20 the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.