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حزقيال 5

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1 وانت يا ابن آدم فخذ لنفسك سكينا حادا موسى الحلاق تأخذ لنفسك وامررها على راسك وعلى لحيتك. وخذ لنفسك ميزانا للوزن واقسمه

2 واحرق بالنار ثلثه في وسط المدينة اذا تمت ايام الحصار وخذ ثلثا واضربه بالسيف حواليه وذر ثلثا الى الريح. وانا استل سيفا وراءهم.

3 وخذ منه قليلا بالعدد وصرّه في اذيالك.

4 وخذ منه ايضا والقه في وسط النار واحرقه بالنار. منه تخرج نار على كل بيت اسرائيل

5 هكذا قال السيد الرب. هذه اورشليم في وسط الشعوب قد اقمتها وحواليها الاراضي.

6 فخالفت احكامي باشرّ من الامم وفرائضي باشرّ من الاراضي التي حواليها لان احكامي رفضوها وفرائضي لم يسلكوا فيها.

7 لاجل ذلك هكذا قال السيد الرب. من اجل انكم ضججتم اكثر من الامم التي حواليكم ولم تسلكوا في فرائضي ولم تعملوا حسب احكامي ولا عملتم حسب احكام الامم التي حواليكم

8 لذلك هكذا قال السيد الرب. ها اني انا ايضا عليك وسأجري في وسطك احكاما امام عيون الامم

9 وافعل بك ما لم افعل وما لن افعل مثله بعد بسبب كل ارجاسك.

10 لاجل ذلك تاكل الآباء الابناء في وسطك والابناء يأكلون آباءهم واجري فيك احكاما واذري بقيتك كلها في كل ريح.

11 من اجل ذلك حيّ انا يقول السيد الرب من اجل انك قد نجست مقدسي بكل مكرهاتك وبكل ارجاسك فانا ايضا اجزّ ولا تشفق عيني وانا ايضا لا اعفو.

12 ثلثك يموت بالوبإ وبالجوع يفنون في وسطك وثلث يسقط بالسيف من حولك وثلث اذريه في كل ريح واستل سيفا ورائهم.

13 واذا تم غضبي واحللت سخطي عليهم وتشفيت يعلمون اني انا الرب تكلمت في غيرتي اذا اتممت سخطي فيهم.

14 واجعلك خرابا وعارا بين الامم التي حواليك امام عيني كل عابر

15 فتكونين عارا ولعنة وتأديبا ودهشا للامم التي حواليك اذا اجريت فيك احكاما بغضب وبسخط وبتوبيخات حامية. انا الرب تكلمت.

16 اذا ارسلت عليهم سهام الجوع الشريرة التي تكون للخراب التي ارسلها لخرابكم وازيد الجوع عليكم واكسر لكم قوام الخبز

17 واذا ارسلت عليكم الجوع والوحوش الرديئة فتثكلك ويعبر فيك الوبأ والدم واجلب عليك سيفا. انا الرب تكلمت

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #635

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635. 14:10 "He himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed with pure wine in the cup of His indignation." This symbolically means that they falsify the Word's goods and truths and steep themselves in a life in accordance with their falsification of them.

This is the symbolic meaning of this declaration, because the wine of the wrath of God mixed with pure wine symbolizes the Word's truth falsified. The cup of His indignation symbolizes truth which leads to good, likewise falsified. And to drink means, symbolically, to adopt these falsified truths, or to steep oneself in a life in accordance with them.

That wine symbolizes the Word's truth may be seen in no. 316. That the wine of the wrath of God symbolizes the Word's truth adulterated and falsified may be seen in no. 632. Being mixed with pure wine clearly symbolizes its falsification. The cup also has the same symbolic meaning as the wine, because the cup is its containing vessel.

To drink means, symbolically, to steep one's life in the falsifications, because this declaration is made to people who live in accordance with the doctrine of justification by faith alone, as may be seen just above in no. 634.

Mixing wine, or wine mixed, symbolizes the falsification of truth also in the book of Psalms:

...in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and He has mixed it with wine; He has filled it with mixed wine and poured it out, and... all the impious of the earth shall drink it. (Psalms 75:8)

[2] The Word in many places mentions wrath and indignation together, and wrath there is predicated of evil, while indignation is predicated of falsity, because people caught up in evil are wrathful, while people caught up in falsity are indignant. Both characteristics, moreover, are in the Word attributed to Jehovah, that is, to the Lord, but it means that someone is wrathful or indignant at the Lord (see no. 525 above).

That the Word mentions wrath and indignation together is apparent from the following passages there:

...Jehovah comes... with indignation and wrath... ...the earth will move out of her place... in the day (of the indignation) of His wrath. (Isaiah 13:5, 9, 13)

...Assyria, the rod of My wrath... I will order him... against the people of My indignation (Isaiah 10:4-7)

I... will fight against you... in wrath... and in... indignation. (Jeremiah 21:5)

Behold, I am gathering them... in My wrath and in My indignation... (Jeremiah 32:37)

...the wrath of Jehovah is against all nations, and His indignation against the whole host of them. (Isaiah 34:2)

...Jehovah... will repay in His indignation and wrath... (Isaiah 66:15)

I have trodden down the peoples in My wrath, and made them drunk in My indignation... (Isaiah 63:6)

...My wrath and My indignation will be poured out on this place... (Jeremiah 7:20)

And so on elsewhere, as in Jeremiah 33:5, Ezekiel 5:13, Deuteronomy 29:28. Also the indignation of wrath, Isaiah 13:13.

But in Isaiah:

Only in Jehovah... righteousness and strength... And all shall be ashamed who are indignant against Him. (Isaiah 45:24)

  
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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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Revelation 14

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1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

2 I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.

4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

5 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

7 He said with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"

8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality."

9 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,

10 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

11 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

12 Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."

13 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."

14 I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

15 Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!"

16 He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17 Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle.

18 Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth's grapes are fully ripe!"

19 The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

20 The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.