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Jeremiah 50:16

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16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

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The Lord #41

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41. We can see that the Lord is called Lord and God from many passages, so many that to cite them all would fill pages. These few may suffice. In John:

When Thomas at the Lord’s bidding looked at his hands and touched his side, he said, “My Lord and my God.” (John 20:27-28)

In David,

They remembered that God was their Rock, and God on High their Redeemer. (Psalms 78:35)

And in Isaiah,

Jehovah Sabaoth is his name, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. He will be called the God of the whole earth. (Isaiah 54:5)

We can see this also from the fact that they worshiped him and fell on their faces before him-Matthew 9:18; 14:33; 15:25; 28:9; Mark 1:40; 5:22; 7:25; 10:17; Luke 17:15-16; John 9:38. And in David,

We heard of him in Ephrata; let us enter his dwelling and bow down at the stool for his feet. (Psalms 132:6-7)

It is much the same in heaven, as described in the Book of Revelation:

I was in the spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. He was like a jasper and a sardius stone, and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. And the twenty-four elders fell down before the one who sits on the throne and worshiped the one who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne. (Revelation 4:2-3, 10)

And again,

I saw in the right hand of the one who sat on the throne a scroll, written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And no one was able to open the scroll. Then one of the elders said, “Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.” And I saw in the midst of the throne a Lamb standing. He came and took the scroll, and [the twenty-four elders] fell down before the Lamb and worshiped the one who lives forever and ever. (Revelation 5:1, 3, 5-8, 14)

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.

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Binding of Isaac

Catching" is used in a variety of ways in the Bible, both positive and negative. Thieves get caught; the Egyptians caught up with the Children of Israel at the Red Sea; a ram got caught in a thicket for Abraham to sacrifice instead of sacrificing Isaac.

In a more positive sense, Jesus caught Peter when Peter was walking on water and started to sink, and the baby in Revelation was caught up to heaven before the dragon could eat him.

In all these cases, both positive and negative, being caught represents a communication and even conjunction between spiritual states. Sometimes it means higher states get ensnared in the falsity and evil of lower states; sometimes it means higher states reach out to and elevate lower ones by sharing deeper truths and describing more exquisite desires for good.