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Ezekiel 21

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1 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM στηρίζω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P *θαιμαν-N---AS καί-C ἐπιβλέπω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P *δαρωμ-N---AS καί-C προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P δρυμός-N2--ASM ἡγέομαι-V2--PMPASM *ναγεβ-N---AS

3 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S ὁ- A--DSM δρυμός-N2--DSM *ναγεβ-N---GS ἀκούω-V1--PAD2S λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἀναἅπτω-V1--PAI1S ἐν-P σύ- P--DS πῦρ-N3--ASN καί-C καταἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P σύ- P--DS πᾶς-A3--NSN ξύλον-N2N-NSN χλωρός-A1A-NSN καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN ξύλον-N2N-NSN ξηρός-A1A-NSN οὐ-D σβέννυμι-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF φλόξ-N3G-NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἐκἅπτω-VV--APPNSF καί-C κατακαίω-VC--FPI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF πᾶς-A3--NSN πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN ἀπό-P ἀπηλιώτης-N1M-GSM ἕως-P βορέας-N1T-GSM

4 καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P πᾶς-A1S-NSF σάρξ-N3K-NSF ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM ἐκκαίω-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--ASN καί-C οὐ-D σβέννυμι-VC--FPI3S

5 καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI1S μηδαμῶς-D κύριος-N2--VSM κύριος-N2--VSM αὐτός- D--NPM λέγω-V1--PAI3P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS οὐ-D παραβολή-N1--NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S λέγω-V1--PMPNSF οὗτος- D--NSF

6 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

7 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM καί-C στηρίζω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF καί-C ἐπιβλέπω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C προφητεύω-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

8 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS πρός-P σύ- P--AS καί-C ἐκσπάω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN ἐγχειρίδιον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM κολεός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VF--FAI1S ἐκ-P σύ- P--GS ἄδικος-A1B-ASM καί-C ἄνομος-A1B-ASM

9 ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VF--FAI1S ἐκ-P σύ- P--GS ἄδικος-A1B-ASM καί-C ἄνομος-A1B-ASM οὕτως-D ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN ἐγχειρίδιον-N2N-NSN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM κολεός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF σάρξ-N3K-ASF ἀπό-P ἀπηλιώτης-N1M-GSM ἕως-P βορέας-N1T-GSM

10 καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3S πᾶς-A1S-NSF σάρξ-N3K-NSF διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM ἐκσπάω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASN ἐγχειρίδιον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM κολεός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI3S οὐκέτι-D

11 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM καταστενάζω-VA--AAD2S ἐν-P συντριβή-N1--DSF ὀσφύς-N3U-GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐν-P ὀδύνη-N1--DPF στενάζω-VF--FAI2S κατά-P ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM

12 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐάν-C εἶπον-VB--AAS3P πρός-P σύ- P--AS ἕνεκα-P τίς- I--GSN σύ- P--NS στενάζω-V1--PAI2S καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSF ἀγγελία-N1A-DSF διότι-C ἔρχομαι-V1--PMI3S καί-C θραύω-VC--FPI3S πᾶς-A1S-NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NPF χείρ-N3--NPF παραλύω-VC--FPI3P καί-C ἐκψύχω-VF--FAI3S πᾶς-A1S-NSF σάρξ-N3K-NSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN πνεῦμα-N3M-NSN καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM μηρός-N2--NPM μολύνω-VC--FPI3P ὑγρασία-N1A-DSF ἰδού-I ἔρχομαι-V1--PMI3S καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

13 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

14 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ῥομφαία-N1A-NSF ῥομφαία-N1A-NSF ὀξύνω-V1--PMD2S καί-C θυμόω-VC--APD2S

15 ὅπως-C σφάζω-VA--AAS2S σφάγιον-N2N-APN ὀξύνω-V1--PMD2S ὅπως-C γίγνομαι-VB--AMS2S εἰς-P στίλβωσις-N3I-ASF ἕτοιμος-A1--NSF εἰς-P παράλυσις-N3I-ASF σφάζω-V1--PAD2S ἐκοὐδενέω-V2--PAD2S ἀποὠθέω-V2--PMD2S πᾶς-A3--NSN ξύλον-N2N-NSN

16 καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ἕτοιμος-A1--ASF ὁ- A--GSN κρατέω-V2--PAN χείρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκἀκονάω-VCI-API3S ῥομφαία-N1A-NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἕτοιμος-A1--NSF ὁ- A--GSN δίδωμι-VO--AAN αὐτός- D--ASF εἰς-P χείρ-N3--ASF ἀποκεντέω-V2--PAPGSM

17 ἀνακράζω-V1--PAD2S καί-C ὀλολύζω-VA--AAD2S υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὅτι-C αὐτός- D--NSF γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS αὐτός- D--NSF ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPDPM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM παραοἰκέω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P ῥομφαία-N1A-DSF γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN κροτέω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF σύ- P--GS

18 ὅτι-C δικαιόω-VM--XPI3S καί-C τίς- I--ASN εἰ-C καί-C φυλή-N1--NSF ἀποὠθέω-VS--API3S οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

19 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S καί-C κροτέω-VA--AAD2S χείρ-N3--ASF ἐπί-P χείρ-N3--ASF καί-C διπλασιάζω-VA--AAD2S ῥομφαία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--NSF τρίτος-A1--NSF ῥομφαία-N1A-NSF τραυματίας-N1T-GPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ῥομφαία-N1A-NSF τραυματίας-N1T-GPM ὁ- A--NSF μέγας-A1--NSF καί-C ἐκἵστημι-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--APM

20 ὅπως-C θραύω-VC--APS3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF καί-C πληθύνω-VC--APS3P ὁ- A--NPM ἀσθενέω-V2--PAPNPM ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF πύλη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM παραδίδωμι-VM--XMI3P εἰς-P σφάγιον-N2N-APN ῥομφαία-N1A-GSF εὖ-D γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S εἰς-P σφαγή-N1--ASF εὖ-D γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S εἰς-P στίλβωσις-N3I-ASF

21 διαπορεύομαι-V1--PMD2S ὀξύνω-V1--PMD2S ἐκ-P δεξιός-A1A-GPM καί-C ἐκ-P εὐώνυμος-A1B-GPM ὅς- --GSM ἄν-X ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN σύ- P--GS ἐκἐγείρω-VA--AMS3S

22 καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X κροτέω-VF--FAI1S χείρ-N3--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P χείρ-N3--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐν ἀποἵημι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM θυμός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM λαλέω-VX--XAI1S

23 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

24 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM διατάσσω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM δύο-M ὁδός-N2--APF ὁ- A--GSN εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAN ῥομφαία-N1A-ASF βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF ἐκ-P χώρα-N1A-GSF εἷς-A1A-GSF ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPF δύο-M καί-C χείρ-N3--NSF ἐν-P ἀρχή-N1--DSF ὁδός-N2--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF ἐπί-P ἀρχή-N1--GSF

25 ὁδός-N2--GSF διατάσσω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--GSN εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAN ῥομφαία-N1A-ASF ἐπί-P *ραββαθ-N---AS υἱός-N2--GPM *αμμων-N---GSM καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF *ἰουδαία-N1A-ASF καί-C ἐπί-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM αὐτός- D--GSF

26 διότι-C ἵστημι-VF--FMI3S βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF ἀρχαῖος-A1A-ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ἐπί-P ἀρχή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GPF δύο-M ὁδός-N2--GPF ὁ- A--GSN μαντεύομαι-VA--AMN μαντεία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSN ἀναβράζω-VA--AAN ῥάβδος-N2--ASF καί-C ἐπιἐρωτάω-VA--AAN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM γλυπτός-A1--DPM καί-C ἡπατοσκοπέω-VA--AMN ἐκ-P δεξιός-A1A-GPM αὐτός- D--GSM

27 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSN μαντεῖον-N2N-NSN ἐπί-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF ὁ- A--GSN βάλλω-VF2-FAN χάραξ-N3K-ASM ὁ- A--GSN δια ἀναοἴγω-VA--AAN στόμα-N3M-ASN ἐν-P βοή-N1--DSF ὑψόω-VA--AAN φωνή-N1--ASF μετά-P κραυγή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSN βάλλω-VF2-FAN χάραξ-N3K-ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APF πύλη-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C βάλλω-VF2-FAN χῶμα-N3M-ASN καί-C οἰκοδομέω-VA--AAN βελόστασις-N3I-APF

28 καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM αὐτός- D--DPM ὡς-C μαντεύομαι-V1--PMPNSM μαντεία-N1A-ASF ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM ἀναμιμνήσκω-V1--PAPNSM ἀδικία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM μιμνήσκω-VS--APN

29 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ἀναμιμνήσκω-VAI-AAI2P ὁ- A--APF ἀδικία-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἀποκαλύπτω-VV--APN ὁ- A--APF ἀσέβεια-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--GSN ὁράω-VC--APN ἁμαρτία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GP ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF ἀσέβεια-N1A-DPF σύ- P--GP καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἐπιτήδευμα-N3M-DPN σύ- P--GP ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPN ἀναμιμνήσκω-VAI-AAI2P ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DPM ἁλίσκω-VF--FMI2P

30 καί-C σύ- P--NS βέβηλος-A1B-VSM ἄνομος-A1B-VSM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPVSM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅς- --GSM ἥκω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSF ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF ἐν-P καιρός-N2--DSM ἀδικία-N1A-GSF πέρας-N3T-NSN

31 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἀποαἱρέω-VBI-AMI2S ὁ- A--ASF κίδαρις-N3I-ASF καί-C ἐπιτίθημι-VEI-AMI2S ὁ- A--ASM στέφανος-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--NSF οὐ-D τοιοῦτος-A1--NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ταπεινόω-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--ASN ὑψηλός-A1--ASN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ταπεινός-A1--ASN ὑψόω-VA--AAI2S

32 ἀδικία-N1A-ASF ἀδικία-N1A-ASF τίθημι-VF--FMI1S αὐτός- D--ASF οὐδέ-C οὗτος- D--NSF τοιοῦτος-A1--NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἕως-P ὅς- --GSM ἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S ὅς- --DSM καταἥκω-V1--PAI3S καί-C παραδίδωμι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--DSM

33 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *αμμων-N---GSM καί-C πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ὀνειδισμός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S ῥομφαία-N1A-NSF ῥομφαία-N1A-NSF σπάω-VM--XPPNSF εἰς-P σφάγιον-N2N-APN καί-C σπάω-VM--XPPNSF εἰς-P συντέλεια-N1A-ASF ἐγείρω-V1--PMD2S ὅπως-C στίλβω-V1--PAS2S

34 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὅρασις-N3I-DSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--DSF μάταιος-A1A-DSF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN μαντεύομαι-V1--PMN σύ- P--AS ψευδής-A3H-APN ὁ- A--GSN παραδίδωμι-VO--AAN σύ- P--AS ἐπί-P τράχηλος-N2--APM τραυματίας-N1T-GPM ἄνομος-A1B-GPM ὅς- --GPM ἥκω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSF ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF ἐν-P καιρός-N2--DSM ἀδικία-N1A-GSF πέρας-N3T-NSN

35 ἀποστρέφω-V1--PAD2S μή-D καταλύω-VA--AAS2S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM τόπος-N2--DSM οὗτος- D--DSM ὅς- --DSM γεννάω-VM--XMI2S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἴδιος-A1A-DSF σύ- P--GS κρίνω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AS

36 καί-C ἐκχέω-VF2-FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS ὀργή-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN ὀργή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐνφυσάω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS καί-C παραδίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AS εἰς-P χείρ-N3--APF ἀνήρ-N3--GPM βάρβαρος-A1B-GPM τεκταίνω-V1--PAPGPM διαφθορά-N1A-ASF

37 ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN εἰμί-VF--FMI2S κατάβρωμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--NSN αἷμα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS οὐ-D μή-D γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S σύ- P--GS μνεία-N1A-NSF διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM λαλέω-VX--XAI1S

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #53

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53. And His countenance as the sun shining in its power. This symbolizes the Divine love and wisdom which are the Lord and which emanate from Him.

The fact that the face of Jehovah or of the Lord means the Divine itself in its essence, which is Divine love and wisdom, thus Himself, will be seen in explanations below where the face of God is mentioned. "The sun shining in its power" has the same symbolic meaning.

In the sight of angels the Lord is seen as the sun in heaven, and it is His Divine love accompanied by Divine wisdom that so appears. This may be seen in the book Heaven and Hell (London, 1758), nos. 116-125 and in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Wisdom, 83-172.

[2] It remains here simply to confirm from the Word that when the subject is the Lord, the sun is His Divine love and at the same time His Divine wisdom. This can be seen from the following passages:

...in (that) day... the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days... (Isaiah 30:25-26)

That day is the Lord's advent, when the old church has been destroyed and a new one is about to be established. The light of the moon is faith arising from charity, and the light of the sun is intelligence and wisdom arising from love emanating then from the Lord.

Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon wane; for Jehovah will be your everlasting light... (Isaiah 60:20)

The sun that will not go down is love and wisdom from the Lord.

...the Rock of Israel spoke to me... like the light of the morning when the sun rises... (2 Samuel 23:3-4)

The Rock of Israel is the Lord.

...his throne (shall be) as the sun... (Psalms 89:36-37)

This is said in reference to David, but David there means the Lord.

They shall fear You as long as the sun endures... In His days the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more... Before the sun He will have the name of Son, and all nations shall be blessed in Him... (Psalms 72:5, 7, 17)

These statements, too, are made in reference to the Lord.

[3] Because the Lord appears in heaven to angels as the sun, therefore when He was transfigured,

His face shone like the sun, and His garments became... as the light. (Matthew 17:1-2)

Moreover, in Revelation 10:1 it is said of the mighty angel coming down from heaven that he was "clothed with a cloud," and "his face was like the sun," and of the woman in Revelation 12:1 that she appeared "clothed with the sun." The sun there is love and wisdom emanating from the Lord. The woman there is the church called the New Jerusalem.

[4] Since the sun means the Lord with respect to love and wisdom, it is apparent what the sun symbolizes in the following places:

Behold, the day of Jehovah is coming, cruel... The sun will be darkened at its rising, and the moon will not cause its light to shine. I will visit upon the world its wickedness, and upon the impious their iniquity. (Isaiah 13:9-11)

...Jehovah will visit [punishment] in the high place upon the host of the high place, and on the earth upon the kings of the earth... Then the moon will blush and the sun be ashamed. (Isaiah 24:21, 23)

When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine... and I will... bring darkness upon your land. (Ezekiel 32:7-8)

...the day of Jehovah is coming..., a day of darkness... The sun and moon (will not cause their light to shine), and the stars have diminished their brightness. (Joel 2:1-2, 10)

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great... day of Jehovah. (Joel 2:31)

...the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon have grown dark... (Joel 3:14-15)

The fourth angel sounded: and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars..., and a third of the day did not shine... (Revelation 8:12)

...the sun became as black as sackcloth of goat's hair, and the moon became as blood... (Revelation 6:12)

...the sun was... darkened because of the smoke of the pit. (Revelation 9:2)

The sun in these places does not mean the world's sun, but the sun of the angelic heaven, which is the Lord's Divine love and wisdom. These are said to be obscured, darkened, covered, or become black when falsities and evils are present in a person.

[5] It is apparent, therefore, that something similar is meant by the Lord's words when speaking of the end of the age, which is the final period of the church:

Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven... (Matthew 24:29, cf. Mark 13:24-25)

So, too, in the following places:

The sun shall go down on the prophets, and the day shall be dark for them. (Micah 3:6)

...in that day... I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight. (Amos 8:9)

She... who has borne seven... will breath her last; her sun will go down while it is yet day. (Jeremiah 15:9)

The subject here is the Jewish Church, which will breathe its last or perish. The sun's going down means that there will no longer be any love or charity.

[6] It is said in Joshua that the sun stood still in Gibeon, and the moon in the valley of Aijalon (Joshua 10:12-13). This seems to be an historical statement, but in fact it is prophetic, for it comes from the book of Jasher, which was a prophetic book; for in verse 13 it says, "Is this not written in the Book of Jasher?" The same book is called a prophetic one by David in 2 Samuel 1:17, 18.

A similar statement is found in Habakkuk:

The mountains... were shaken... The sun and moon stood still in their habitation. (Habakkuk 3:10-11)

[In Isaiah:]

Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon wane. (Isaiah 60:20)

For to cause the sun and moon to stand still would be to destroy the universe.

[7] Since the sun means the Lord with respect to Divine love and wisdom, therefore in their holy worship ancient peoples turned their faces to the rising sun, and their temples also, a practice that continues to this day.

That the sun in these passages does not mean the world's sun is clear from the fact that it was profane and an abomination for people to worship the world's sun and moon (see Numbers 25:1-4, Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:3, 5, Jeremiah 8:1-2; 43:10, 13; 44:17-19, 25). For the world's sun means self-love and a conceit in one's own intelligence, and self-love is diametrically opposed to Divine love, while a conceit in one's own intelligence is opposed to Divine wisdom. To worship the world's sun is also to accept nature as the creator of all things and one's own prudence as the effecter of all things, which entails a denial of God and a denial of Divine providence.

  
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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.

The Bible

 

Matthew 26:51-52

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51 Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.

52 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.