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1 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, behu dve žene, kćeri jedne matere.

3 One se kurvahu u Misiru, u mladosti svojoj kurvahu se, onde im pipaše grudi, i onde im zgnječiše dojke devojačke.

4 A imena im behu, starijoj Ola, a sestri joj Oliva; one postaše moje, i rodiše sinove i kćeri. imena im behu Ola Samariji, a Oliva Jerusalimu.

5 I Ola kad beše moja kurvaše se, i upaljivaše se za svojim milosnicima, Asircima susedima,

6 Koji nošahu porfiru, i behu knezovi i vlastelji, sve lepi mladići, vitezovi, koji jahahu na konjima.

7 I udari u kurvanje s njima, koji svi behu najlepši između sinova asirskih, i za kojima se god upaljivaše, skvrnjaše se o sve gadne bogove njihove.

8 A ni s Misircima ne okani se kurvanja svog, jer spavahu s njom od mladosti njene i oni joj gnječiše devojačke dojke i s njom se kurvaše.

9 Zato je dadoh u ruke milosnicima njenim, u ruke Asircima, za kojima se upaljivaše.

10 Oni otkriše golotinju njenu, uzeše joj sinove i kćeri, a nju mačem ubiše; i ona izađe na glas među ženama kad sudove izvršiše na njoj.

11 A sestra njena Oliva, videći to, upaljivaše se još gore nego ona, i kurvarstvo njeno beše gore od kurvarstva sestre joj.

12 Upaljivaše se za Asircima, knezovima i vlasteljima, susedima, krasno odevenim, vitezima koji jahahu na konjima i svi behu lepi mladići.

13 I videh gde se oskvrni, i gde obe idu jednim putem.

14 I ova se još više kurvaše; jer kad bi videla ljude napisane na zidu, likove haldejske napisane crvenilom,

15 Opasane pojasima po bedrima, sa šarenim kapama na glavi, koji svi behu na oči kao vojvode nalik na sinove vavilonske iz zemlje haldejske, svoje postojbine,

16 Upaljivaše se za njima čim ih viđaše očima svojim, i slaše poslanike k njima u haldejsku.

17 I Vavilonjani dolažahu k njoj na postelju ljubavnu, i skvrnjahu je kurvarstvom svojim, i pošto bi se oskvrnila s njima, odvraćaše se duša njena od njih.

18 I kad otkri kurvarstva svoja i otkri golotinju svoju, odvrati se duša moja od nje kao što se odvrati duša moja od sestre njene.

19 Jer umnoži kurvarstva svoja opominjući se dana mladosti svoje kad se kurvaše u zemlji misirskoj,

20 I upaljivaše se za svojim milosnicima, u kojih je telo kao u magarca, i tečenje kao u konja.

21 I tako si se vratila na nevaljalstvo mladosti svoje kad ti pipahu grudi u Misiru radi devojačkih dojaka tvojih.

22 Za to, Olivo, ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo, ja ću podignuti milosnike tvoje na te, one od kojih se odvratila duša tvoja, i dovešću ih na te od svuda,

23 Vavilonjane i sve Haldejce, Fekođane i Sojane i Kojane, sve Asirce s njima, lepe mladiće, knezove i vlastelje sve, vitezove i ljude čuvene, koji svi jašu na konjima.

24 I doći će na te s kolima i s kolicima i s točkovima i s mnoštvom naroda, i opkoliće te sa štitovima i štitićima i šlemovima; i njima ću dati sud da ti sude svojim sudom.

25 I staviću revnost svoju tebi na suprot, te će raditi s tobom gnevno, nos i uši odseći će ti, i šta te ostane pašće od mača, i uzeće sinove tvoje i kćeri tvoje, i šta te ostane proždreće oganj.

26 I svući će s tebe haljine, i uzeće krasni nakit tvoj.

27 Tako ću učiniti kraj grdilu tvom i tvom kurvanju u zemlji misirskoj, te nećeš podignuti očiju svojih k njima i nećeš se više sećati Misiraca.

28 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo, ja ću te dati u ruke onima na koje mrziš, u ruke onima od kojih se odvratila duša tvoja.

29 I oni će raditi s tobom neprijateljski, i uzeće svu muku tvoju, i ostaviće te golu nagu, te će se otkriti golotinja kurvarstva tvog, i grdilo tvoje i kurvarstvo tvoje.

30 To ću ti učiniti što si se kurvala za narodima, što si se oskvrnila o njihove gadne bogove.

31 Putem sestre svoje išla si, zato ću dati čašu njenu tebi u ruku.

32 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Čašu sestre svoje ispićeš duboku i široku, bićeš podsmeh i rug, jer čaša mnogo bere.

33 Napunićeš se pijanstva i žalosti čašom pustošenja i zatiranja, čašom sestre svoje Samarije.

34 I ispićeš je i iscediti, i razbićeš je, i dojke ćeš svoje pokidati, jer ja rekoh, govori Gospod Gospod.

35 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što si me zaboravila i bacila me za leđa svoja, za to i ti nosi grdilo svoje i kurvarstva svoja.

36 Po tom reče mi Gospod: Sine čovečji, hoćeš li suditi Oli i Olivi? Pokaži im gadove njihove,

37 Da su činile preljubu i da je krv na rukama njihovim i da su činile preljubu s gadnim bogovima svojim i vodile kroz oganj sinove svoje koje su mi rodile, da ih jedu.

38 Još i ovo mi činiše: Skvrniše svetinju moju u isti dan, i subote moje przniše.

39 Jer zaklavši sinove svoje gadnim bogovima svojim dolaziše u svetinju moju istog dana da je oskvrne; i gle, tako činiše usred doma mog.

40 I još slaše po ljude da bi došli iz daleka, i oni, čim poslanik bi poslan k njima, gle, odmah dolaziše, i njih radi si se kupala, mazala oči svoje i kitila si se nakitom.

41 I sedala si na krasan odar, pred kojim beše sto postavljen, i na nj si metala kad moj i ulje moje.

42 I beše onde vika veselog mnoštva, i osim ljudi iz gomile dovođahu Saveje iz pustinje, koji im metahu narukvice na ruke i krasne vence na glave.

43 I rekoh za ostarelu u kurvarstvu: Još će se kurvati.

44 I dolažahu k njoj kao što idu k ženi kurvi; tako dolažahu k Oli i Olivi, ženama nevaljalim.

45 Zato će im pravedni ljudi suditi kao što se sudi ženama preljubočinicama i kao što se sudi onima koje prolivaju krv; jer su preljubočinice i krv je na rukama njihovim.

46 Zato ovako govori Gospod Gospod: Dovešću na njih ljudstvo, i daću ih da se zlostave i oplene.

47 I ljudstvo će ih zasuti kamenjem, i iseći će ih mačevima svojim; sinove će njihove i kćeri njihove pobiti, i kuće će njihove spaliti ognjem.

48 I tako ću ukinuti nevaljalstvo u zemlji, i naučiće se sve žene da ne rade po vašem nevaljalstvu.

49 I vrći će vaše nevaljalstvo na vas, i nosićete grehe gadnih bogova svojih, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod Gospod.

   

Iz Swedenborgovih djela

 

Apocalypse Revealed #601

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601. Telling those dwelling upon the earth to make an image of the beast that was injured by the sword and lived. This symbolically means that the clergy induce people in the church to accept as doctrine that faith is the only means of salvation, because no one can do good of himself without its being merit-seeking, and because no one can fulfill the law and in that way be saved.

Those dwelling upon the earth mean people in the Protestant Reformed Church, as in no. 600 above. The image symbolizes the doctrine of that church, as explained below. And the image of the beast that was injured by the sword and lived symbolizes this tenet of the doctrine, that faith is the only means of salvation, because no one can do good of himself without its being merit-seeking, and because no one can fulfill the law and in that way be saved (see nos. 576, 577ff. above).

[2] Every church appears to the Lord as a person. If it is governed by truths from the Word, it appears as an attractive person. But if it is caught up in truths falsified, it appears as a hideous person. The church appears as it does in keeping with its doctrine and in keeping with its life in accordance with that doctrine. It follows from this that a church's doctrine presents an image of the church.

This can also be seen from the fact that every person embodies his own goodness and truth or his own evil and falsity. It is this and nothing else that makes a person human. Consequently it is doctrine and a life in accordance with it which produces the image of a person in the church - the image of an attractive person if the doctrine and his life in accordance with it conform with the Word's genuine truths, but the image of a hideous person if they accord with the Word's truths falsified.

[3] In the spiritual world, moreover, a person appears as a kind of animal, but it is his affection that so appears at a distance. People impelled by truths and goods from the Lord look like lambs and doves, while those caught up in falsified truths and adulterated goods look like owls and bats. People possessing a faith divorced from charity look like dragons and goats. Those caught up in falsities springing from evil look like basilisks 1 and crocodiles. And those who are of this character and yet have affirmed the teachings of the church look like fiery flying serpents.

It can be seen from this that the church's doctrine and a life in accordance with it are meant by the image of the beast which the people made for those dwelling upon the earth.

[4] But what eventually became of those who worshiped the image of the beast may be seen in Revelation 14:9-11; 19:20, cf. 20:4.

Images have similar symbolic meanings in the spiritual sense in Exodus 20:4-5, Leviticus 26:1, Deuteronomy 4:16-18, Isaiah 2:16, Ezekiel 7:20; 16:17; 23:14-16.

Among the ancients, idols and carved images were symbols of their religious faith. Consequently they symbolize doctrinal falsities and evils (no. 459).

Bilješke:

1. Legendary serpents or dragons, whose breath and glance were said to be lethal. Formerly identified in English translations of the Latin Vulgate with the cockatrice, and retained as such in the King James Bible.

  
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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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Apocalypse Revealed #578

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578. And all the earth went marveling after the beast. This symbolically means that then that faith was accepted with joy and made the doctrine of the whole church, because people were in that case not servants under the law, but free under faith.

That the earth went marveling symbolizes people's marveling that the "mortal injury" was healed, and their acceptance of that faith therefore with joy. All the earth symbolizes the entire Protestant Reformed Church, inasmuch as the earth is the church (no. 285). Consequently, that all the earth went marveling after the beast means symbolically that that faith was accepted with joy and made the doctrine of the whole church. People received it with joy because in that case they were not servants under the law, but free under faith - not knowing that the case is altogether the reverse, namely, that people who believe themselves to be free under faith, either because of that faith or by means of that faith, are servants to sin, that is to say, to the devil, for sin and the devil are one and the same. Indeed, they believe that in their case the law does not condemn. Thus they believe that to sin without the condemnation of the law is freedom, provided they have faith, even though this is the essence of servitude. On the other hand, when a person refrains from sin, that is, from the devil, he becomes no longer a servant but free.

[2] To this I will add the following account:

I have spoken with several church doctors in the world of spirits, asking what they mean by works of the law, and by the law under whose yoke, servitude and condemnation they say they are not.

They said they were the works of the law in the Decalogue.

At that I then said, "What does the Decalogue command? Is it not the following, 'You shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness'? These are the works of the law that you divorce from faith, saying that faith alone apart from works of the law justifies and saves, and that they are works for which Christ made satisfaction."

They replied that they were the works. And they heard then a voice from heaven saying, "Who can be so irrational?" And immediately their faces were turned in the direction of some diabolical spirits, with Machiavelli 1 among them, and many of the Jesuit order, who permitted all of these forbidden practices, provided they took precautions against the world's laws. And the church doctors would have joined their company, except that a society was interposed between them and separated them.

We are told that all the earth went marveling after the beast. That to go after it means to follow it and obey it, is apparent from the following passages:

...David... kept My commandments and... walked after Me with all his heart... (1 Kings 14:8)

The... sons of Jesse went... after Saul into battle. (1 Samuel 17:13)

You shall not go after a multitude to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute... after many to pervert justice. (Exodus 23:2)

...you shall not go after other gods whom you do not know. (Jeremiah 7:9)

They have gone after other gods to serve them. (Jeremiah 11:10, cf. Deuteronomy 8:19)

...Jehovah... will destroy...[every] man... who went after Baal of Peor. (Deuteronomy 4:3)

Bilješke:

1. Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), an Italian statesman and writer, whose political theories published in The Prince put expediency above morality, and excused the use of deceit and craft in maintaining the authority of the ruler and the execution of his policies.

  
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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.