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Ezechiel 38

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1 Opět stalo se slovo Hospodinovo ke mně, řkoucí:

2 Synu člověčí, obrať tvář svou proti Gogovi, země Magog, knížeti a hlavě v Mešech a Tubal, a prorokuj proti němu,

3 A rci: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Aj, já budu proti tobě, Gogu, kníže a hlavo v Mešech a Tubal.

4 A odvedu tě zpět, dada udice do čelistí tvých, když tě vyvedu i všecko vojsko tvé, koně i jezdce, všecky oblečené v celou zbroj, zástup veliký s pavézami a štíty, všecky ty, kteříž užívají meče:

5 Perské, Mouřeníny i Putské s nimi, všecky ty s štíty a lebkami,

6 Gomera i všecky houfy jeho, dům Togarmy od stran půlnočních, i všecky houfy jeho, národy mnohé s tebou.

7 Budiž hotov, a připrav se, ty i všecko shromáždění tvé, těch, kteříž se k tobě sebrali, a buď strážcím jejich.

8 Po mnohých dnech navštíven budeš, v potomních letech přitáhneš na lid vysvobozený od meče, a shromážděný z národů mnohých na hory Izraelské, kteréž byly pustinou ustavičně, když oni z národů jsouce vyvedeni, budou bydliti bezpečně všickni.

9 V tom přitáhneš a přijdeš jako bouře, budeš jako oblak přikrývající zemi, ty i všickni houfové tvoji, i národové mnozí s tebou.

10 Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: I stane se v ten den, že vstoupí mnohé věci na srdce tvé, a budeš mysliti myšlení zlé.

11 A díš: Potáhnu na zemi, v níž jsou vsi, přitáhnu na ty, jenž pokoje užívají, bydlíce bezpečně, na všecky, kteříž bydlejí beze všech zdí, a nemají žádné závory ani bran,

12 Abych vzebral kořisti, a rozchvátal loupeže, obraceje ruku svou proti pouštěm již osazeným, a proti lidu zase shromážděnému z národů, zacházejícímu s dobytkem a jměním, bydlejícím u prostřed země.

13 Sába a Dedan, a kupci mořští, i všecka lvíčata jeho řeknou tobě: K rozebrání-liž kořistí ty se béřeš? K rozchvátání-li loupeže shromáždil jsi množství své, abys bral stříbro a zlato, abys nabral dobytka i zboží, a nashromáždil loupeže veliké?

14 Protož synu člověčí, prorokuj a rci Gogovi: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Zdaliž toho dne, když bude lid můj Izraelský bydliti bezpečně, nezvíš,

15 Kdyžto přitáhnouce z místa svého od stran půlnočních, ty i národové mnozí s tebou, sedíce na koních všickni, shromáždění veliké a vojsko znamenité,

16 Potáhneš na lid můj Izraelský jako oblak, abys přikryl tu zemi? V potomních dnech stane se, že tě přivedu na zemi svou, aby mne poznali národové, když posvěcen budu v tobě před očima jejich, ó Gogu.

17 Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Zdaliž ty nejsi ten, o kterémž jsem mluvil za dnů starodávních skrze služebníky své, proroky Izraelské, kteříž prorokovali za těch dnů a let, že tě přivedu na ně?

18 A však stane se v ten den, v den, v kterýž přitáhne Gog na zemi Izraelskou, praví Panovník Hospodin, že povstane prchlivost má s hněvem mým,

19 A v rozhorlení svém, v ohni prchlivosti své mluviti budu. Jistě že v ten den bude pohnutí veliké v zemi Izraelské,

20 Tak že se pohnou před tváří mou ryby mořské i ptactvo nebeské, a zvěř polní i všeliký zeměplaz plazící se po zemi, i všickni lidé, kteříž jsou na svrchku země. I rozválejí se hory, a padnou výsosti, i každá zed na zem upadne.

21 Nebo zavolám proti němu po všech horách mých meče, praví Panovník Hospodin; meč každého proti bratru jeho bude.

22 A vykonám při něm soud morem a krve prolitím a přívalem rozvodnilým, a kamením krupobití velikého, ohněm a sirou dštíti budu na něj i na houfy jeho, a na národy mnohé, kteříž jsou s ním.

23 A tak zveleben, a posvěcen, a v známost uveden budu před očima národů mnohých, a zvědí, že já jsem Hospodin.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed#290

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290. And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying. (5:13) This symbolizes a confession and glorification of the Lord by angels of the lowest heavens.

That it is a confession and glorification of the Lord by angels of the lowest heavens is apparent from the series, because the preceding confessions and glorifications of the Lord were made by angels of the higher and lower heavens (nos. 275ff., 286ff.). For there are three heavens, and in each countless societies, every one of which is called a heaven.

It is apparent that angels are meant by every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and in the sea, for we are told, "I heard (them) saying," and they said "Blessing and honor and glory and strength be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!"

[2] Their being called created things accords with the style of the Word, in which all created things, both those of the animal kingdom and those of the plant kingdom, symbolize various constituents in a person - in general constituents having to do with his will or affection, and constituents having to do with his intellect or thought. They have symbolic meanings because they are correspondent forms. And because the Word was written solely in terms of things that correspond, similar things are therefore said in it about angels in heaven and people of the church. To confirm this we will cite just a few passages, as the following:

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

But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; and the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or... the vegetation of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will recount to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this... (Job 12:7-9)

Let heaven and earth praise (Jehovah), the seas and everything that moves in them. For God will save Zion... (Psalms 69:34-35)

Praise Jehovah from the earth, you whales and all the depths. (Psalms 148:7)

I will utterly consume everything from the face of the earth...; I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea. (Zephaniah 1:2-3, Revelation 8:7-9)

The heavens will be glad, the earth will rejoice, the sea will pitch and roll, and all its fullness; the field will exult, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing before Jehovah. For He is coming, coming to judge the earth. (Psalms 96:11-13)

And so on in many other places.

[3] The text says, "every created thing," and the meaning is every reformed thing, or all reformed people. For to create means, symbolically, to reform and regenerate (no. 254).

To be shown the meaning of "in heaven," "on the earth," and "under the earth," see no. 260 above. And for the meaning of the sea, no. 238. It is apparent from this what is symbolically meant by "such as are in the sea, and all that are in them." Such things as are in the Word are meant by the fish of the sea, and these are sensual affections, which are the lowest affections of the natural self. For in the spiritual world people's affections look at a distance like fish, and as being in a sea, because the atmosphere in which they exist appears as though made of water, and thus as a sea, in the eyes of the inhabitants who dwell in the heavens and on the earth there, as may be seen in no. 238 above, and as regards fish, in no. 405.

  
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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#260

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260. And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able. This symbolically means that no one in the higher heavens or in the lower heavens [had the power].

In heaven, on the earth, and under the earth mean in the higher and lower heavens, as also below in verse 13, where these words occur:

And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying... [Revelation 5:13]

Because John heard them all speaking, it is apparent that the speakers were angels and spirits, inasmuch as John was in the spirit, as he himself says in the preceding chapter (4:2), and when he was in that state the only earth that appeared to him was that of the spiritual world. For there are lands there as in the natural world, as can be seen from the description of that world in the book Heaven and Hell, and in The Last Judgment (Supplement) 32-38.

The higher heavens in the spiritual world appear on mountains and hills, the lower heavens on lands below, and the lowest heavens as though underground. For the heavens are expanses, one above another, and each expanse is as ground beneath the feet of its inhabitants. The highest expanse is like a mountaintop, with the second expanse below it, but one spreading more broadly all around, with the lowest expanse being still more broadly spread. And because the last exists below the second, its inhabitants are those who are below ground.

The three heavens also so appear to angels in the higher heavens, because to them there are two heavens below them. To John they appeared likewise, therefore, for he was in the presence of those higher angels, having ascended to them, as is apparent from chapter 4:1, where he is told, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this."

Someone who knows nothing of the spiritual world and the lands there cannot possibly know what "under the earth" means, or by the same token what the lower parts of the earth in the Word mean, as in Isaiah,

Sing, O heavens...! Exult, you lower parts of the earth; ring with singing, you mountains...! For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob... (Isaiah 44:23)

And so elsewhere.

Who does not see that the lands of the spiritual world are meant there? For no one lives underground in the natural world.

  
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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.