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5 Mose 19

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1 Wenn Jehova, dein Gott, die Nationen ausrotten wird, deren Land Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt, und du sie austreibst und in ihren Städten und in ihren Häusern wohnst:

2 so sollst du dir drei Städte aussondern inmitten deines Landes, das Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt, es zu besitzen.

3 Du sollst dir den Weg dahin zurichten, und das Gebiet deines Landes, das Jehova, dein Gott, dir als Erbteil geben wird, in drei Teile teilen; und das soll geschehen, damit jeder Totschläger dahin fliehe.

4 Und dies ist die Sache mit dem Totschläger, der dahin fliehen soll, damit er am Leben bleibe: Wer seinen Nächsten unabsichtlich erschlägt, und er haßte ihn vordem nicht,

5 wie etwa wenn jemand mit seinem Nächsten in den Wald geht, um Holz zu hauen, und seine Hand holt aus mit der Axt, um das Holz abzuhauen, und das Eisen fährt vom Stiele und trifft seinen Nächsten, daß er stirbt: Der soll in eine dieser Städte fliehen, damit er am Leben bleibe;

6 auf daß nicht der Bluträcher, weil sein Herz entbrannt ist, dem Totschläger nachsetze und ihn erreiche, weil der Weg lang ist, und ihn totschlage, obwohl ihm kein Todesurteil gebührt, da er ihn vordem nicht haßte.

7 Darum gebiete ich dir und sage: Drei Städte sollst du dir aussondern. -

8 Und wenn Jehova, dein Gott, deine Grenzen erweitert, so wie er deinen Vätern geschworen hat, und dir das ganze Land gibt, welches er deinen Vätern zu geben verheißen hat

9 (wenn du darauf achtest, dieses ganze Gebot zu tun, das ich dir heute gebiete, indem du Jehova, deinen Gott, liebst und auf seinen Wegen wandelst alle Tage), so sollst du dir zu diesen dreien noch drei Städte hinzufügen;

10 damit nicht unschuldiges Blut vergossen werde inmitten deines Landes, das Jehova, dein Gott, dir als Erbteil gibt, und Blutschuld auf dir sei. -

11 Wenn aber ein Mann seinen Nächsten haßt, und ihm auflauert und sich wider ihn erhebt und ihn totschlägt, so daß er stirbt, und er flieht in eine dieser Städte:

12 so sollen die Ältesten seiner Stadt hinsenden und ihn von dannen holen lassen und ihn in die Hand des Bluträchers liefern, daß er sterbe.

13 Dein Auge soll seiner nicht schonen; und du sollst das unschuldige Blut aus Israel hinwegschaffen, und es wird dir wohlgehen.

14 Du sollst nicht die Grenze deines Nächsten verrücken, welche die Vorfahren in deinem Erbteil gesetzt haben, das du erben wirst in dem Lande, welches Jehova, dein Gott, dir gibt, es zu besitzen.

15 Ein einzelner Zeuge soll nicht wider jemand auftreten wegen irgend einer Ungerechtigkeit und wegen irgend einer Sünde, bei irgend einer Sünde, die er begeht; auf zweier Zeugen Aussage oder auf dreier Zeugen Aussage soll eine Sache bestätigt werden. -

16 Wenn ein ungerechter Zeuge wider jemand auftritt, um ein Vergehen wider ihn zu bezeugen,

17 so sollen die beiden Männer, die den Hader haben, vor Jehova treten, vor die Priester und die Richter, die in jenen Tagen sein werden.

18 Und die Richter sollen wohl nachforschen; und siehe, ist der Zeuge ein falscher Zeuge, hat er Falsches wider seinen Bruder bezeugt,

19 so sollt ihr ihm tun, wie er seinem Bruder zu tun gedachte; und du sollst das Böse aus deiner Mitte hinwegschaffen.

20 Und die Übrigen sollen es hören und sich fürchten und fortan nicht mehr eine solche Übeltat in deiner Mitte begehen.

21 Und dein Auge soll nicht schonen: Leben um Leben, Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn, Hand um Hand, Fuß um Fuß!

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #505

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505. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their bodies for three and a half days. (11:9) This symbolizes all those who were or who would be caught up in doctrinal falsities and the resulting evil practices at the end of the church still existing, when they have heard and later hear about these two essential elements at the beginning of the New Church, namely, an acknowledgment of the Lord and of works in accordance with the Ten Commandments.

Peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations mean all those of the Protestant Reformed who were or who would be caught up in doctrinal falsities and the resulting evil practices owing to their faith alone. Peoples symbolize people caught up in doctrinal falsities (no. 483), tribes the falsities and evils in the church (no. 349), tongues a confession and acceptance of these (no. 483), and nations people caught up in evil practices (no. 483). Therefore the four together symbolize all those individually and collectively who were or who would be of such a character, thus all those who were in that great city and all those like them who would later come from the world.

The bodies that they would see, those of the two witnesses, symbolize the two essential elements of the New Church, as said in no. 501 above. That they would see them means, symbolically, when they have heard and later hear about them, since it is bodies that are said to be seen, and the two essential elements that are heard.

Three and a half days mean, symbolically, at the end and then the beginning, namely, at the end of the church still existing and the beginning of a new one.

Putting all these things together now into a single meaning, it is apparent that "those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their bodies for three and a half days" has, in the spiritual sense, the symbolic meaning stated above.

Three and a half days mean, symbolically, at the end and then the beginning because a day symbolizes a state, the number three symbolizes something completed to the end, and a half symbolizes a new beginning. For three and half days have the same symbolic meaning as a week, six days of which symbolize something completed to the end, and the seventh day something holy. That is because the number three and a half is one half of seven, and seven days constitute a week; and a number doubled or divided has the same symbolic meaning.

[2] That the number three symbolizes something completed, thus something completed to the end, can be seen from the following accounts in the Word:

That Isaiah was to go naked and barefoot for three years (Isaiah 20:3).

That Jehovah called three times to Samuel, and Samuel ran three times to Eli, and that the third time Eli understood (1 Samuel 3:1-8).

That Elijah stretched himself out three times on the widow's son (1 Kings 17:21).

That Elijah ordered that water be poured on the burnt sacrifice three times (1 Kings 18:34).

That Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal (Matthew 13:33).

That Jesus told Peter he would deny Him three times (Matthew 26:34).

That the Lord asked Peter three times, "Do you love Me?" (John 21:15-17).

That Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17).

That Jesus said He would destroy the Temple and in three days build it (Matthew 26:61, John 2:19)

That Jesus prayed three times in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:39-44).

That Jesus rose on the third day (Matthew 28:1ff.).

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 16:14; Hosea 6:2; Exodus 3:18; 10:22-23; 19:1, 11, 15-16, 18; Leviticus 19:23-25; Numbers 19:11-22; 31:19-24; Deuteronomy 19:2-4; 26:12; Joshua 1:11; 3:2; 1 Samuel 20:5, 12, 19-20, 35-36, 41; 2 Samuel 24:11-13; Daniel 10:1-3; Mark 12:2, 4-6; Luke 20:12; 13:32-33.

Seven, like three, symbolizes something full and complete, but seven is predicated of holy things, while three is predicated of things not holy.

  
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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 #483

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483. And he said to me, "You must prophesy again about peoples, nations, tongues, and many kings." (10:11) This symbolically means that such being the case, the character of people caught up in faith alone must be further told.

That this is the symbolic meaning is apparent from what follows, in which the subject is people caught up in faith alone, to the end of chapter 16. After that the subject is the Roman Catholic religion, then the casting out of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet into hell, and afterward the New Church, which will worship the Lord alone.

To prophesy means, symbolically, to teach (nos. 8, 133), and so to prophesy again means to teach further. "Peoples" symbolize people who are impelled by doctrinal truths or doctrinal falsities, and "nations" symbolize people who are impelled by good practices or evil practices. More about these later. "Tongues" symbolize people who are impelled by truths and goods or falsities and evils externally (no. 282), and "kings" people who are impelled by them internally. To be shown that kings symbolize people who are impelled by truths springing from goodness, and in an opposite sense, people who are impelled by falsities springing from evil, and abstractly truths themselves springing from goodness or falsities themselves springing from evil, see nos. 20, 664, 704, 720, 830, 921. And as the subject in what follows is in particular people impelled by interior falsities, the text says, "and many kings," which symbolizes falsities accompanying evil in abundance.

The text says peoples, nations, tongues and kings in order to mean all people in the church who are of this character.

John's being told that he had to prophesy again means, symbolically, to teach further the character of people caught up in faith alone, in order that their falsities may be exposed and thus eradicated, since no falsity is eradicated before it has been exposed.

[2] That "peoples" symbolize people impelled by doctrinal truths or falsities, and "nations" people impelled by good or evil practices, can be seen from many passages in the Word where peoples and nations are mentioned. However, to demonstrate this we will cite here only some passages where peoples and nations are mentioned together, from which this conclusion may be drawn, as each and every particular in the Word contains a marriage of the Lord and the church, and consequently a marriage of goodness and truth; and "peoples" refer to truth, and "nations" to goodness. The presence of such a marriage in each and every particular of the Word may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 80-90.

[3] Here are the passages in the Word:

Woe to a sinful nation, to a people laden with iniquity... (Isaiah 1:4)

I will send him against a hypocritical nation, against the people of My wrath I will command him... (Isaiah 10:6)

(Jehovah) who is striking the peoples... with an incurable plague, who is ruling the nations in anger... (Isaiah 14:6)

At that time a present will be brought to Jehovah..., a people scattered and shaven..., and a nation marked off and downtrodden... (Isaiah 18:7)

...a strong people will honor You, a city of mighty nations will fear You. (Isaiah 25:3)

(Jehovah) will swallow up... the covering... over all peoples, and the veil... over all nations. (Isaiah 25:7)

Come near, you nations..., and pay heed, you peoples! (Isaiah 34:1)

I... have called You... as a covenant to the peoples, and as a light to the nations. (Isaiah 42:6)

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples assemble. (Isaiah 43:9)

Behold, I will lift My hand... to the nations, and... My standard to the peoples. (Isaiah 49:22)

...I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and lawgiver to the nations. (Isaiah 55:4)

Behold, a people is coming from the north country, and a great nation... from the edges of the earth. (Jeremiah 6:22)

Many peoples and numerous nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem... (Zechariah 8:22)

Jehovah renders the counsel of the nations of no effect, He overturns the deliberations of the peoples. (Psalms 33:10)

(Jehovah) will subdue the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet... (Jehovah) reigned over the nations... The willing of the peoples have gathered together... (Psalms 47:3, 8-9)

The peoples shall confess You... The nations shall be glad... For You shall judge the peoples righteously, and guide the nations on the earth. (Psalms 67:3-4)

Remember me, O Jehovah, with good pleasure toward Your people..., that I may rejoice in the joy of Your nations... (Psalms 106:4-5)

...all peoples, nations, and languages shall worship (the Son of Man). (Daniel 7:14)

And so on elsewhere, as in Psalms 18:43, Isaiah 9:2-3; 11:10, Ezekiel 36:15, Joel 2:17, Zephaniah 2:9, Revelation 5:9, Luke 2:30-32.

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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.