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1 Potom godine devete, desetog meseca, desetog dana, dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, zapiši ime ovog dana, ovog istog dana; u taj dan dođe car vavilonski na Jerusalim.

3 I kaži priču tom domu odmetničkom, i reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: pristavi lonac, pristavi, i nalij u nj vode.

4 Složi u nj delove, sve dobre delove, stegno i pleće, i napuni ga najboljih kostiju.

5 Uzmi najbolje iz stada, i naloži kosti ispod njega, i uzvari dobro da se i kosti raskuvaju u njemu.

6 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Teško gradu krvničkom, loncu, na kome stoji zagorel, s kog neće da siđe zagorel; povadi deo po deo; žreb da se ne baci za nj.

7 Jer je krv njegova usred njega; na go kamen metnu je, ne proli je na zemlju da se pokrije prahom.

8 Raspalivši gnev da učinim osvetu, metnuću krv njegovu na go kamen da se ne pokrije.

9 Zato ovako govori Gospod Gospod: Teško gradu krvničkom! I ja ću naložiti velik oganj.

10 Nanesi drva, i raspali oganj, neka se straši meso, začini korenjem, i kosti neka izgore.

11 Metni ga praznog na živo ugljevlje da se ugreje i izgori bronza njegova i da se stopi u njemu nečistota njegova i da nestane zagoreli njegove.

12 Lažima dosadio mi je; zato neće izaći iz njega mnoga zagorel njegova; u oganj će zagorel njegova.

13 U nečistoti je tvojoj grdilo tvoje; jer sam te čistio, ali se ti ne očisti; nećeš se više čistiti od nečistote svoje, dokle ne namirim gnev svoj nad tobom.

14 Ja Gospod govorih; doći će, i izvršiću; neću odustati niti ću žaliti niti ću se raskajati, po putevima tvojim i po delima tvojim sudiće ti, govori Gospod Gospod.

15 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

16 Sine čovečji, evo ja ću ti uzeti želju očiju tvojih zlom, ali ne tuži ni plači, niti suza roni.

17 Nemoj uzdisati, ne žali kako biva za mrtvim, metni kapu na glavu, i obuću svoju obuj na noge, i usta svojih nemoj pokriti i hleba ničijeg ne jedi.

18 I govorih ujutru narodu, a uveče mi umre žena; i sutradan učinih kako mi beše zapoveđeno.

19 I reče mi narod: Hoćeš li nam kazati šta nam je to što radiš?

20 I odgovorih im: Dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

21 Reci domu Izrailjevom: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: evo, ja ću oskvrniti svetinju svoju, veličanstvo sile vaše, želju očiju vaših i šta je milo duši vašoj; i sinovi će vaši i kćeri vaše koje ostaviste pasti od mača.

22 I činićete kako ja činim: usta nećete pokriti i hleba ničijeg nećete jesti;

23 I kape će vam biti na glavama i obuća na nogama; nećete tužiti ni plakati, nego ćete sa bezakonja svojih čileti i uzdisaćete jedan s drugim.

24 I Jezekilj će vam biti znak: činićete sve što on čini; kad to dođe, poznaćete da sam ja Gospod Gospod.

25 A ti, sine čovečji, u onaj dan kad im uzmem silu njihovu, radost slave njihove, želju očiju njihovih i za čim teži duša njihova, sinove njihove i kćeri njihove,

26 U taj dan ko pobegne, neće li doći k tebi da ti donese glas?

27 U taj će se dan otvoriti usta tvoja prema onom ko pobegne, i govorićeš i nećeš više biti nem; i bićeš im znak, i oni će poznati da sam ja Gospod.

   

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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 #577

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577. And its mortal injury was healed. This symbolizes a remedy for that chief point of doctrine by saying that no one can do any good work of himself and fulfill the law, and that another means of salvation has therefore been provided instead, which is a faith in the righteousness and merit of Christ, who suffered for mankind and thereby bore the condemnation of the law.

People see that this is the remedy for the "wounded head," and also was the remedy given, when they understand the wounded head to be as said above in no. 576. Therefore we have no need to explain it further.

  
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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.