Title: Final Gathering, Attack, and Collapse (Rev. 19-20)
Topic: Second Coming
Summary: Final Gathering, Attack, and Collapse (Rev. 19-20)
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Revelation 19; 20:1-14; 6:9
Hebrews 9:27
Exodus 15:6, 8-10
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Ezekiel 38:8-13, 20-23; 39:1, 4-7, 17-29
034 - Final Gathering, Attack, and Collapse (Rev. 19-20)
By Jonathan S. Rose
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 3/30/2011. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Matthew 13:24-30
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Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
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But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
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But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
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So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
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He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
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But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
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Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Arcana Coelestia # 1156
1156. 'Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim' were just so many nations with whom such worship existed, and who mean just so many types of matters of doctrine which were forms of ritual, derived from the external worship existing with 'Javan'. This becomes clear from the following places in the Prophets:
Elishah is referred to in Ezekiel,
Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you an ensign; violet and purple from the islands of Elishah was your covering. Ezekiel 27:7.
This refers to Tyre, which means people who possess celestial and spiritual riches, which are cognitions. 'Embroidered work from Egypt' stands for facts, and so for forms of ritual representative of spiritual things. 'Violet and purple from the islands of Elishah' stands for forms of ritual corresponding to internal worship, and so for representatives of celestial things. In this case Elishah is used in the genuine sense.
Tarshish is referred to in Isaiah,
I will send survivors from them to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, islands far off. Isaiah 66:19.
In the same prophet,
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre has been laid waste, so that there is no house for entering in. From the land of Kittim 1 it has been revealed to them. Isaiah 23:1, 14.
Tarshish is again referred to in Isaiah 60:9; Jeremiah 10:9; Ezekiel 27:12; Psalms 48:7, where it stands for forms of ritual, that is, types of doctrinal teachings.
Kittim is referred to in Jeremiah,
Pass over into the islands of Kittim and see, and into Arabia 2 and examine thoroughly, if there has been such a thing. Jeremiah 2:10.
And in Isaiah,
He said, You will no more exult, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon; arise, pass over to Kittim; even there you will have no rest. Isaiah 23:12.
Here 'Kittim' stands for forms of ritual. In Ezekiel,
Of oaks of Bashan they made your oars; your plank they made of ivory, a daughter of steps 3 from the isles of Kittim. Ezekiel 27:6.
This refers to Tyre. Ships' planks or benches 'from the isles of Kittim' stands for the external expression of worship, and so for forms of ritual, which belong to the branch of celestial things. In Moses,
Ships from the coast of Kittim [will come]' and they will afflict Asshur, and they will afflict Eber. Numbers 24:24.
Here also 'Kittim' stands for external worship, that is, for forms of ritual. From this it becomes clear that all these names in the internal sense mean real things, which occur in their own connected sequence.
სქოლიოები:
1. i.e. Cyprus
2. English versions of the Bible preserve the Hebrew name Kedar, as does Swedenborg also in 3268 where he identifies Kedar with Arabia.
3. 'a daughter of steps' describes part of a ship, though exactly which part is not clear to the translator.
