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Hesekiel 39

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1 "Ja sinä, ihmislapsi, ennusta Googia vastaan ja sano: Näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Katso, minä tulen sinun tykösi, Goog, sinä Roosin, Mesekin ja Tuubalin ruhtinas.

2 Minä kuljetan sinua, talutan sinua, nostatan sinut pohjan periltä ja annan sinun hyökätä Israelin vuorille.

3 Mutta minä lyön pois jousesi sinun vasemmasta kädestäsi ja pudotan nuolesi sinun oikeasta kädestäsi.

4 Israelin vuorille sinä olet kaatuva, samoin kaikki sinun sotalaumasi ja kansat, jotka sinun kanssasi ovat: minä annan sinut petolinnuille, kaikille siivekkäille ja metsän eläimille ruuaksi.

5 Kentälle sinä kaadut. Sillä minä olen puhunut, sanoo Herra, Herra.

6 Ja minä lähetän tulen Maagogiin ja rantamaalla turvassa asuvien keskeen. Ja he tulevat tietämään, että minä olen Herra.

7 Ja pyhän nimeni minä teen tunnetuksi kansani Israelin keskuudessa enkä enää salli häväistävän pyhää nimeäni. Ja pakanakansat tulevat tietämään, että minä olen Herra, Israelin Pyhä.

8 Katso, se tulee, se tapahtuu, sanoo Herra, Herra: Tämä on se päivä, josta minä olen puhunut.

9 Israelin kaupunkien asukkaat menevät ulos ja sytyttävät ja polttavat aseita, pieniä ja suuria kilpiä, jousia, nuolia, käsikarttuja ja keihäitä. He pitävät niitä polttoaineina seitsemän vuotta;

10 eivät he kanna puita kedolta eivätkä hakkaa metsistä, vaan pitävät polttoaineina aseita. Näin he saalistavat saalistajiaan ja ryöstävät ryöstäjiään, sanoo Herra, Herra.

11 Sinä päivänä minä annan Googille siellä, Israelissa, hautasijan, 'Kulkijain laakson', itää kohden merestä; se sulkee tien noilta kulkijoilta. Sinne haudataan Goog ja koko hänen meluisa joukkonsa, ja sille pannaan nimeksi: 'Googin meluisan joukon laakso'.

12 Niitä hautaa Israelin heimo seitsemän kuukautta puhdistaaksensa maan.

13 Koko maan kansa hautaa heitä, ja se on koituva heille kiitokseksi sinä päivänä, jona minä näytän kunniani, sanoo Herra, Herra.

14 Valitaan vakinaiset miehet, jotka kulkevat maata ja hautaavat noita kulkijoita, mitä niitä vielä on jäljellä maan pinnalla, puhdistaaksensa sen; seitsemän kuukauden kuluttua he sen tutkivat läpikotaisin.

15 Kun nämä kulkijat kulkevat maata ja joku heistä näkee ihmisen luut, laittaa hän niitten ääreen kivimerkin, siihen asti että haudankaivajat saavat ne haudatuiksi 'Googin meluisan joukon laaksoon'.

16 Onpa eräällä kaupungillakin nimenä Hamona. -Niin he puhdistavat maan.

17 Ja sinä, ihmislapsi! Näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Käske lintuja, kaikkia siivekkäitä, ja kaikkia metsän eläimiä: Kokoontukaa, tulkaa, yhtykää joka taholta minun teurasuhrilleni jonka minä teitä varten uhraan, suurelle teurasuhrille Israelin vuorille; syökää lihaa ja juokaa verta.

18 Syökää sankarien lihaa ja juokaa maan ruhtinaitten verta-oinaita, lampaita, kauriita ja härkiä, kaikki tyynni Baasanissa syötettyjä.

19 Syökää itsenne kylläisiksi rasvasta ja juokaa itsenne juovuksiin verestä, teurasuhrista, jonka minä teitä varten uhraan.

20 Tulkaa kylläisiksi minun pöydässäni ratsuista ja vaunuhevosista, sankareista ja kaikenkaltaisista sotamiehistä, sanoo Herra, Herra.

21 Minä asetan kunniani pakanakansojen keskeen, ja kaikki pakanakansat saavat nähdä minun tuomioni, jonka minä toimitan, ja käteni, jonka minä lasken heidän päällensä.

22 Mutta Israelin heimo tulee tietämään, että minä, Herra, olen heidän Jumalansa siitä päivästä lähtien ja aina eteenpäin.

23 Ja pakanakansat tulevat tietämään, että Israelin heimo joutui pakkosiirtolaisuuteen syntivelkansa tähden, koska olivat olleet minulle uskottomat, ja minä kätkin heiltä kasvoni, ja niin minä annoin heidät heidän vihollistensa käsiin, ja he kaatuivat miekkaan kaikki tyynni.

24 Minä tein heille heidän saastaisuutensa ja rikkomustensa mukaan ja kätkin heiltä kasvoni.

25 Sentähden, näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Nyt minä käännän Jaakobin kohtalon ja armahdan kaikkea Israelin heimoa ja kiivailen pyhän nimeni puolesta.

26 Ja häpeänsä ja kaiken uskottomuutensa, jota he ovat minulle osoittaneet, he unhottavat, asuessaan nyt maassansa turvallisina, kenenkään peloittelematta.

27 Kun minä tuon heidät takaisin kansojen seasta ja kokoan heidät heidän vihamiestensä maista, niin minä osoitan heissä pyhyyteni lukuisain pakanakansain silmien edessä.

28 Ja he tulevat tietämään, että minä, Herra, olen heidän Jumalansa, kun minä, vietyäni heidät pakkosiirtolaisuuteen pakanakansojen luokse, kokoan heidät omaan maahansa enkä jätä sinne jäljelle ainoatakaan heistä.

29 Enkä minä enää kätke heiltä kasvojani, sillä minä vuodatan Henkeni Israelin heimon päälle, sanoo Herra, Herra."

   

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Coronis (An Appendix to True Christian Religion) #3

  
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3. The same four Churches on this earth are described by four beasts rising up out of the sea, in Daniel; of which it is there written:

The first was seen like a lion, but it had eagle's wings. I beheld until the wings thereof were plucked out, and it was lifted up from the earth, and set up upon feet, erect like a man, and a man's heart was given to it. Afterwards, behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side; three ribs were in its mouth between the teeth: moreover, they were saying thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After these things, I beheld, and, lo, another, like a leopard, which had four wings, like birds' wings, upon the back of it; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. After this, I saw in the night visions, and beheld a fourth beast, terrible and dreadful, and strong exceedingly, which had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; but it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. I beheld till thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit; and the judgment was set, and the books were opened; and, behold, one like the Son of Man was coming with the clouds of the heavens. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations and languages should worship Him: His dominion is a dominion of an age, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not perish (Dan. 7:3-9, [7:10], 7:13-14, etc.).

That by these beasts, in like manner, are meant and described those four Churches, is manifest from all the particulars there (which shall be unfolded in their order in the following pages); more especially from the last expressions there, that after those four beasts there will come "the Son of Man, to whom shall be given dominion, and a kingdom which shall not pass away nor perish"; who, also, is meant by the Stone made into "a great Rock, which shall fill the whole earth," as may be seen above (n. 2, at the end).

[2] That the states of the Church are likewise described by beasts, as well as by metals, in the Word, is evident from numberless passages, some only of which I will adduce here; which are as follows:

Thou causest the rain of benefits to drop; thou wilt confirm thy wearied inheritance; the beast 1 -thy assembly-shall dwell therein (Psalm 68:9-10).

Every wild beast of the forest is Mine, the beasts in the mountains of thousands; I know every bird of the mountains, the beasts of My fields are with Me (Psalm 50:10-11).

Asshur was a cedar in Lebanon, his height was exalted; all the birds of the heavens made their nests in his branches, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth, and in his shadow dwelt all great nations (Ezek. 31:3, 5-6, 13; Dan. 4:7-13).

In that day will I make a covenant for them with the beast of the field, and with the bird of the heavens, and I will betroth Myself unto thee to eternity (Hosea 2:18-19).

Rejoice and be glad; be not afraid, ye beasts of My fields; for the habitations of the desert are become full of grass (Joel 2:21-22).

Thou, son of man, say unto the bird of every wing, and to every beast of the field, Gather yourselves together to My sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel: thus I will set My glory among the nations (Ezek. 39:17, 20-21).

The enemy hath reproached Jehovah; deliver not the soul of the turtle-dove unto the beast 2 (Psalm 74:18-19).

Jehovah gathereth the outcasts of Israel; every beast of My fields, come (Isa. 56:8-9).

The spirit urging, made Jesus to go forth into the wilderness and He was with the beasts; and angels ministered unto Him (Mark 1:12-13).

He was not with beasts, but with devils, with whom He fought and whom He subdued-(not to mention a thousand other passages, which are adduced in part in the APOCALYPSE REVEALED , n. 567). Moreover, it is well known that the Lord Himself, in the Word, is called a "Lamb" and also a "Lion"; likewise, that the Holy Spirit was represented as a "Dove"; that the cherubs, also, by which the Word in the literal sense is signified, appeared like "four beasts," in Ezekiel and in the Apocalypse; and that the man of the Church who acknowledges the Lord as his God and Shepherd, is called a "sheep"; and, on the other hand, he who does not acknowledge Him, is called a "he-goat" and also a "dragon"; and that an assembly of the latter is described, in like manner as in Daniel, by

The beast out of the sea, like a leopard, whose feet were as it were a bear's, and his mouth as it were a lion's (Rev. 13:1-2).

These comparisons originate from the spiritual world, where all the affections and thoughts therefrom, of angels and spirits, are presented at a distance from them as beasts, which also appear in a form in all respects similar to that of the beasts in the natural world; the affections of the love of good as gentle beasts and good uses, but the affections of the love of evil as savage beasts and evil uses. Hence it is that beasts are so often named in the Word; and by them in the spiritual sense are signified affections, inclinations, perceptions and thoughts. From these considerations it is manifest what is meant by creatures in the following passages:

Jesus commanded the disciples to go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15).

If any one be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things have passed away, and all things are become new (2 Cor. 5:17).

These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creature of God (Rev. 3:14).

By "creatures," here, are meant those who are capable of being created anew, that is, regenerated, and thus becoming of the Lord's Church.

Bilješke:

1. "Thy beast" is the literal rendering of the Hebrew in this passage, which is [Hebrew]; but it is assumed, in the text here, to be used figuratively for "thy congregation." See Fuerst, in loc. [Hebrew].

2. See R.V.; also the previous footnote.

  
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Ezekiel 40

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1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was struck, in the same day, the hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me there.

2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.

3 He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

4 The man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I shall show you; for, to the intent that I may show them to you, you are brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel.

5 Behold, a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

6 Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

7 Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.

8 He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.

9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

10 The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

11 He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;

12 and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.

13 He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door.

14 He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court [reached] to the posts, around the gate.

15 [From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.

16 There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and windows were around inward; and on [each] post were palm trees.

17 Then brought he me into the outer court; and behold, there were rooms and a pavement, made for the court all around: thirty rooms were on the pavement.

18 The pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.

19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, [both] on the east and on the north.

20 The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured its length and its breadth.

21 The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its arches were after the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

22 The windows of it, and its arches, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.

23 There was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.

24 He led me toward the south; and behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measures.

25 There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

26 There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on its posts.

27 There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.

28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

29 and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.

30 There were arches all around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad.

31 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

32 He brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;

33 and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.

34 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

35 He brought me to the north gate: and he measured [it] according to these measures;

36 its lodges, its posts, and its arches: and there were windows therein all around; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.

37 The posts of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

38 A room with its door was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt offering.

39 In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to kill thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.

40 On the [one] side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.

41 Four tables were on this side, and Four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed [the sacrifices].

42 There were four tables for the burnt offering, of cut stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

43 The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within all around: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

44 Outside of the inner gate were rooms for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

45 He said to me, This room, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the house;

46 and the room whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him.

47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

48 Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.