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Zechariah 14

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1 Katso, päivä tulee Herralle, jona sinun saaliis sinussa jaetaan.

2 Sillä minä olen kokoova kaikkinaiset pakanat sotaan Jerusalemia vastaan, ja kaupunki voitetaan, huoneet ryöstetään ja vaimot raiskataan. Puoli osaa kaupunkia viedään vangiksi, ja jääneitä kansasta ei ajeta ulos kaupungista.

3 Mutta Herra on lähtevä sotimaan pakanoita vastaan, niinkuin hän on tottunut sodan ajalla sotimaan.

4 Silloin hänen jalkansa pitää Öljymäellä seisoman, joka on läsnä Jerusalemia itään päin; ja Öljymäen pitää halkeeman kekeltä itään ja länteen, sangen leviältä toinen toisestansa; toinen osa mäkeä pitää erkaneman pohjoiseen päin ja toinen etelään päin.

5 Ja teidän pitää pakeneman sitä laaksoa, joka on näiden vuorten vaiheella, sillä se laakso mäkien vaiheella pitää ulottuman Atsaliin asti; ja pitää paettaman niinuin muinen paettiin maanjäristyksen tähden, Ussian Juudan kuninkaan aikana. Silloin Herra minun Jumalani on tuleva, ja kaikki pyhät hänen kanssansa.

6 Ja siihen aikaan pitää tapahtuman, ettei valkeus pidä oleman kallis eikä sumuinen.

7 Ja yksi päivä on oleva, joka Herralle tuttu on, ei päivä eikä ; vaan pitää tapahtuman, että ehtoona pitää valkeus oleman.

8 Silloin pitää Jerusalemista elävät vedet vuotaman, puoli osa itäistä merta päin, ja toinen puoli hamaan äärimäiseen mereen; ja sen pitää sekä kesällä että talvella tapahtuman.

9 Ja Herra on kaiken maan Kuningas oleva; siihen aikaan on ainoastaan yksi Herra oleva, ja hänen nimensä yksi.

10 Ja koko maakunnassa pitää käytämän ympäri niinkuin tasaisella kedolla, Gibeasta niin Rimmoniin asti, lounaan puolella Jerusalemia; sillä se korotetaan ja asutaan hänen siassansa, Benjaminin portista hamaan ensimäisen portin paikkaan, hamaan Kulmaporttiin, ja Hananeelin tornista niin kuninkaan viinakuurniin asti.

11 Ja hänessä pitää asuttaman, eikä enään pidä yhtään kirousta oleman, sillä Jerusalemin pitää turvallisesti asuman.

12 Ja tämä on rangaistus oleva, jolla Herra kaikkia kansoja on rankaiseva, jotka ovat sotineet Jerusalemia vastaan: heidän lihansa pitää raukeaman jaloillansa seisoissansa, ja heidän silmänsä pitää lävissänsä vaipuman, ja heidän kielensä suussansa raukeaman.

13 Siihen aikaan on Herra suuren metelin heidän sekaansa nostava, että jokainen pitää kumppaninsa käteen rupeeman, ja paneman kätensä kumppaninsa käden päälle.

14 Sillä Juuda on myös Jerusalemissa sotiva; ja sen ympärille kootaan kaikkein pakanain tavarat, kultaa, hopiaa ja sangen paljo vaatteita.

15 Ja niin on tämä rangaistus tapahtuva hevosille, muuleille, kameleille, aaseille ja kaikkinaisille eläimille, jotka heidän leirissänsä ovat, niinkuin tämä rangaistus on.

16 Ja kaikki jääneet kaikkein pakanain seassa, jotka läksivät Jerusalemia vastaan, menevät joka vuosi kumartamaan Kuningasta, Herraa Zebaotia, ja lehtimajan juhlaa pitämään.

17 Ja on tapahtuva, että joka maan sukukunnista ei mene ylös Jerusalemiin tätä Kuningasta, Herraa Zebaotia, kumartamaan, ei pidä heille sadetta tuleman.

18 Ja ellei Egyptiläisten sukukunta menisi ylös ja tulisi, niin ei heidänkään päällensä pidä sataman; tämä on se rangaistus, jolla Herra on pakanat rankaiseva, jotka ei tule lehtimajan juhlaa pitämään.

19 Sillä se on Egyptiläisten synti ja kaikkein pakanain synti, jotka ei tule lehtimajan juhlaa pitämään.

20 Siihen aikaan pitää hevosten kelloin päälle (kirjoitettu) oleman: Herran pyhyys; ja kattilat Herran huoneessa pitää oleman niinkuin maljat alttarin edessä.

21 Sillä kaikki kattilat Jerusalemissa ja Juudassa pitää Herralle Zebaotille pyhitetyt oleman; että kaikkein, jotka uhrata tahtovat, pitää tuleman ja ne ottaman ja niissä keittämän. Ja ei yksikään Kanaanealainen pidä enää Herran Zebaotin huoneessa oleman siihen aikaan.

   


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Apocalypse Explained #72

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72. Verse 16. And having in His right hand seven stars, signifies all knowledges of good and truth from Him. This is evident from the signification of "having in His right hand," as being from Him; for "hand" signifies power, thus it signifies whatever pertains to one, and so also whatever is from him. It is said "right hand," because "right hand" signifies the power of good through truth. (That "hand" signifies power, see Arcana Coelestia, n. Arcana Coelestia 878, 3091, 4931-4937, 6947, 10019; and consequently that it signifies whatever pertains to one, and so also whatever is from him, 9133, 10019, 10405; that the "right hand" signifies the power of good through truth, see n. 9604, 9736, 10061; and that "the right hand of Jehovah" signifies the Lord's Divine power, thus omnipotence, see n. 3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 7673, 8281, 9133, 10019.) This is evident also from the signification of "stars," as being the knowledges of good and truth, of which more in what follows; and from the signification of "seven," as being all (See above, n. 20, 24).

[2] That "stars" signify the knowledges of good and truth, thus goods and truths, is from the appearance in the spiritual world; for there the Lord appears as a sun, and angels from afar off as stars. Angels appear thus from their reception of light from the Lord as a sun, thus from their reception of Divine truth, which is from the Lord, for this is the light of heaven. From this it is that it is said in Daniel:

The intelligent shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that justify many, as the stars for ever and ever (Daniel 12:3).

The "intelligent" are they that are in truths, and "they that justify" are those that are in good (See the work on Heaven and Hell 346-348).

[3] When it is known to any that the "sun" signifies the Lord in respect to Divine love, thus also Divine love from the Lord, and that "stars" signify the truths of the church and knowledges thereof, these can also know what is signified in the Word where it is said that "the sun shall be darkened," and that "the stars shall not give light," also that they "shall fall from heaven;" and also what "stars" signify when mentioned elsewhere in the Word, as in the following passages. In Isaiah:

I will make the land a waste, and destroy the sinners thereof out of it; the stars of the heaven and the constellations thereof shall not shine forth with their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not make bright her light (Isaiah 13:9-10).

The vastation of the church is here treated of, which is when there is no good of love any more, nor any truths of faith. The "land" that shall be laid waste is the church; the "land" is the church (as may be seen above, n. 29.

[4] In Ezekiel:

When I shall extinguish thee I will cover the heavens, and will make the stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not make her light to shine; all the luminaries of light will I make dark over thee, and I will set darkness upon the land (Ezekiel 32:7-8

"Darkness upon the land" means falsities in the church. In Joel:

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars withdraw their brightness (Joel 2:10-11; 3:15).

In Matthew:

In the consummation of the age, after the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken (Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24).

In Daniel:

From one of the horns of the he-goat went forth a horn, a little one, and it waxed exceeding great towards the south, and towards the east, and towards splendor; and it waxed great towards the host of the heavens; and some of the host and of the stars it cast down and trampled upon them. Yea, it magnified itself even to the Prince of the host (Daniel 8:9-11).

By the "host of the heavens" the goods and truths of the church in the complex are meant (See Arcana Coelestia 3448, 7236, 7988, 8019); in particular, such as combat against falsities (See n. 7277). From this Jehovah is called "Jehovah Zebaoth," that is, Jehovah of Hosts (See n. 3448, 7988).

[5] In Revelation:

The dragon with his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven to the earth (Revelation 12:4).

The "stars" here also are the goods and truths of the church, and the knowledges thereof; the "third part" is the greater part; but what is signified by the "dragon" will be told in what follows. In the same:

The stars of heaven fell unto the earth (Revelation 6:13).

In the same:

A star from heaven is fallen unto the earth (Revelation 9:1).

In the same:

There fell from heaven a great star burning as a torch; it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters (Revelation 8:10).

As "stars" signify the goods and truths of the church and the knowledges thereof, by their "falling from heaven" is signified that these perish. In David:

Jehovah telleth the number of the stars, He calleth them all by names (Psalms 147:4).

In the same:

Praise ye Jehovah, sun and moon; praise Him, all ye stars of light (Psalms 148:3).

In the book of Judges:

The kings came, they fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought (Judges 5:19-20).

Since the angels in the spiritual heaven shine as stars, and since all the truths and goods that are with the angels are from the Lord, therefore the Lord, as He is called an "Angel," is likewise called a "Star," as in Moses:

There shall arise a star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall arise out of Israel (Numbers 24:17).

In Revelation:

Jesus, the bright and morning Star (Revelation 22:16).

From this it can be seen:

Why the wise men from the east saw a star, and followed it, and why it stood where Jesus had been born (Matthew 2:1-2, 9).

From this it can now be known what is signified by the "seven stars" that were in the right hand of the Son of man, who there is the Lord in respect to the Divine Human (See above, n. 63).

  
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Arcana Coelestia #8813

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8813. 'That there were voices and lightnings' means a Divine state in which revelation took place. This is clear from the meaning of 'voices', which are the sounds made by claps of thunder, as God's truths; and from the meaning of 'lightnings' as the radiance and brilliance which those truths possess, for God's truths are made brilliant and radiant by the fiery brightness of light that shines from the sun of heaven. This is why 'voices and lightnings' means a Divine state in which revelation takes place, a Divine state being meant by the fact that they come down out of the sky, and revelation by the fact that 'voices' and 'lightnings' mean God's truths. For the meaning of 'voices', which are the products of lightning from the sky, as God's truths, see 7573; and the fact that 'lightnings' means brilliant flashes from them which strike a person's inward eye, enlightening those guided by truth derived from good and bewildering those steeped in falsity arising from evil, is clear from places in the Word where 'lightnings' are mentioned, as in David,

The clouds dropped water, the skies gave voice; and Your arrows went out The voice of Your thunder went into the world, 1 the lightnings lit up the earth, the earth was shaken violently and quaked. Psalms 77:17-18.

Here 'the voice of thunder' stands for God's truth, 7573, 'lightnings' for its brilliance, and 'the earth' for the Church. Consequently ' the lightnings lit up the earth' stands for the enlightenment of the Church by God's truth.

[2] Something similar occurs in the same author,

His lightnings will enlighten the earth, the earth will see and fear; the mountains will melt like wax before Jehovah. Psalms 97:4-5.

In the same author,

What Jehovah wills He does in heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all deep places. He causes the vapours to go up from the ends of the earth, He makes lightnings for the rain. Psalms 135:6-7; Jeremiah 10:13; 51:16.

'Lightnings for the rain' stands for the brightness of the truth coming down from heaven. In John,

There were lightnings, voices, and thunders. Revelation 11:19; 16:18.

'Voices, lightnings, and thunders' stands for God's truths which enlighten the good and terrify the evil.

[3] In Ezekiel,

The appearance of the living creatures (who were cherubs) was like burning coals of fire, Like the appearance of lamps. It was moving between the living creatures, so that there was the brightness of fire, and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures ran forth and back, in appearance like a flash of lightning. Ezekiel 1:13-14.

Here 'fire' stands for the good of love, and 'out of the fire went forth lightning' for God's truth derived from that good. The Lord's Divine providence, which is God's truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good, is described here by 'the cherubs'.

[4] In Daniel, behold, one clothed in linen whose loins were girded with gold of Uphaz, and his body was like tarshish; 2 his face was like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes were like fiery torches. Daniel 10:5-6.

'A face like the appearance of lightning' stands for the love of truth; for truth radiated by love carries with it a characteristic, meant by 'lightning', which is like a flame flashing from fire.

[5] In Zechariah,

Jehovah will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning; and the Lord Jehovih will sound a blast on the trumpet, and move forward in storms of the south. Zechariah 9:14.

'The arrow which will go forth like lightning' stands for God's truth which strikes and penetrates, 'an arrow' being truth coming from doctrine, see 2686, 2709, so that 'an arrow from Jehovah' is truth coming from God.

[6] In Nahum,

The glitter of the sword, the lightning-flash of the spear, 3 and the multitude of the slain. Nahum 3:3

In Moses,

I will sharpen My flashing sword 4 . Deuteronomy 32:41.

This stands for the penetration of God's truth as experienced by the evil, 'sword' standing for truth engaged in conflict, 2799, 8294, and 'lightning' for its brightness which strikes the understanding and deprives it of the ability to see truth. Something similar occurs in Ezekiel 21:15, 28. From all this it is also evident that 'lightning' is used to mean God's truth in Matthew 28:3, and Luke 17:24.

Notas a pie de página:

1. The Hebrew, word here means a wheel or a whirlwind.

2. A Hebrew word for a particular kind of stone, possibly a beryl.

3. literally, The brightness of the sword, the lightning of the spear

4. literally, the lightning of My sword

  
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