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Ezekiel 25

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1 Kaj aperis al mi vorto de la Eternulo, dirante:

2 Ho filo de homo, turnu vian vizagxon al la Amonidoj, kaj profetu pri ili;

3 kaj diru al la Amonidoj:Auxskultu la vorton de la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke vi diras pri Mia sanktejo:Ha, ha! gxi estas malsanktigita; kaj pri la lando de Izrael:GXi estas dezertigita; kaj pri la domo de Jehuda:Ili estas forkondukitaj en kaptitecon-

4 pro tio jen Mi transdonos vin kiel posedajxon al la filoj de la oriento, kaj ili starigos cxe vi siajn tendarojn kaj arangxos cxe vi siajn logxejojn; ili mangxos viajn fruktojn, kaj ili trinkos vian lakton.

5 Kaj Mi faros el Raba stalon por kameloj, kaj el la lando de la Amonidoj ripozejon por sxafoj; kaj vi ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

6 CXar tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke vi aplauxdis per la manoj kaj frapis per la piedoj kaj kun plena kora malestimo gxojis pri la lando de Izrael-

7 pro tio jen Mi etendos Mian manon kontraux vin kaj transdonos vin al la nacioj por disrabo, kaj Mi ekstermos vin el inter la popoloj, malaperigos vin el inter la landoj, kaj pereigos vin; kaj vi ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

8 Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke Moab kaj Seir diras:Jen la domo de Jehuda estas kiel cxiuj nacioj-

9 pro tio Mi malfermos la flankon de Moab en la urboj, en gxiaj limaj urboj, la belan landon de Bet-Jesximot, Baal-Meon, kaj Kirjataim;

10 kaj Mi donos tion kune kun la Amonidoj al la filoj de la oriento kiel posedajxon, por ke la Amonidoj ne plu estu rememorataj inter la popoloj.

11 Kaj kontraux Moab Mi faros jugxon; kaj ili ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

12 Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke Edom faris vengxon al la domo de Jehuda kaj forte kulpigxis per sia vengxo kontraux ili-

13 pro tio tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Mi etendos Mian manon kontraux la landon de Edom, kaj ekstermos en gxi la homojn kaj brutojn, kaj faros gxin dezerto; de Teman gxis Dedan ili falos de glavo.

14 Kaj Mi faros Mian vengxon kontraux Edom per la mano de Mia popolo Izrael; kaj ili agos kun la Edomidoj konforme al Mia kolero kaj indigno, por ke cxi tiuj ekkonu Mian vengxon, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

15 Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke la Filisxtoj agis vengxe kaj faris la vengxon kun plena kora malbondeziro kaj faris ekstermon laux sia eterna malamo-

16 pro tio tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Jen Mi etendos Mian manon kontraux la Filisxtojn, ekstermos la Keretidojn, kaj pereigos la restintojn cxe la bordo de la maro.

17 Kaj Mi faros kontraux ili grandan vengxon kun kolerega puno; kaj ili ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo, kiam Mi faros Mian vengxon kontraux ili.

   

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The Lord #28

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28. The reason “the Son of Humanity” means the Lord as the Word was that the prophets were also called “children of humanity.” The reason they were called this is that they represented the Lord as the Word and therefore meant the teaching of the church drawn from the Word. That is exactly what people in heaven understand by “prophets” when they are mentioned in the Word. The spiritual meaning of “prophet” and also of “son of humanity” is the teaching of the church drawn from the Word, and when it is said of the Lord, it means the Word itself.

For the prophet Daniel being called a son of humanity, see Daniel 8:17.

For the prophet Ezekiel being called a son of humanity, see Ezekiel 2:1, 3, 6, 8; 3:1, 3-4, 10, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 5:1; 6:2; 7:2; 8:5-6, 8, 12, 15; 11:2, 4, 15; 12:2-3, 9, 18, 27; 13:2, 17; 14:3, 13; 15:2; 16:2; 17:2; 20:3-4, 27, 46; 21:2, 6, 9, 12, 14, 19, 28; 22:18, 24; 23:2, 36; 24:2, 16, 25; 25:2; 26:2; 27:2; 28:2, 12, 21; 29:2, 18; 30:2, 21; 31:2; 32:2, 18; 33:2, 7, 10, 12, 24, 30; 34:2; 35:2; 36:1, 17; 37:3, 9, 11, 16; 38:2, 14; 39:1, 17; 40:4; 43:7, 10, 18; 44:5.

We can see from this that the Lord as the Divine-Human One is called “the Son of God, ” and as the Word is called “the Son of Humanity.”

  
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Apocalypse Revealed #472

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472. And when he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices. This symbolically means that the Lord has disclosed throughout the whole of heaven what is in the little book.

This is the symbolic meaning, because we read next that John wished to write what the seven thunders said, but that he was told from heaven to seal those things up and not to write them, and later that he ate the little book, which in his mouth was as sweet as honey, but made his stomach bitter. The symbolic meaning is that present within were such things as would not yet be accepted. The reason may be seen in the next number.

But now I will reveal what the little book had in it. The little book had in it the same contents as found from beginning to end in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, which are as follows:

[2] The Sacred Scripture throughout has the Lord as its subject, and the Lord is the Word (nos. 1-7).

The Lord's fulfilling all things of the Law 1 means that He fulfilled all things of the Word (nos. 8-11).

The Lord came into the world to conquer the hells and glorify His humanity, and His suffering of the cross was the final battle by which He fully overcame the hells and fully glorified His humanity (nos. 12-14).

By His suffering of the cross the Lord did not take away sins, but bore them (nos. 15-17).

Any imputation of the Lord's merit is simply the forgiveness of sins following repentance (no. 18).

The Lord is called the Son of God in relation to His Divine humanity, and the Son of Man in relation to the Word (nos. 19-28).

The Lord made His humanity Divine from the Divinity in Him, and thus became one with the Father (nos. 29-36).

The Lord is God Himself, from whom the Word originated and who is the subject of the Word (nos. 37-44).

There is one God, and the Lord is that God (no. 45).

The Holy Spirit is the Divinity emanating from the Lord, and it is the Lord Himself (nos. 46-54).

The doctrine of the Athanasian Creed accords with the truth, provided a trinity of persons is interpreted to mean a trinity of person, which is present in the Lord (nos. 55-61).

[3] We are told that the seven thunders uttered their voices because the Lord's speech descending through the heavens into the lower regions sounds like thunder. And because He speaks at the same time throughout the whole of heaven, thus in fullness, there are said to be seven thunders, for the number seven means, symbolically, all people or all things, and thus completeness (nos. 10, 390). Consequently thunder also symbolizes instruction and a perception of truth (no. 236), and here discovery and disclosure as well.

That a voice from heaven sounds like thunder when it comes from the Lord is apparent from the following:

(Jesus said,) "Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again." (John 12:28-30)

The multitude heard this as thunder.

(God roars with His voice;) He thunders with His majestic voice... (Job 37:4-5)

Jehovah thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered His voice. (2 Samuel 22:14)

I heard a voice from heaven... like the voice of loud thunder. (Revelation 14:2)

You called... and... I answered you in secret with thunder. (Psalms 81:7)

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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.