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Jeremiah 49

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5 και-C αυτος- D--NPM ειπον-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--DSM *ιερεμιας-N1T-DSM ειμι-V9--PAD3S κυριος-N2--NSM εν-P εγω- P--DP εις-P μαρτυς-N3--ASM δικαιος-A1A-ASM και-C πιστος-A1--ASM ει-C μη-D κατα-P πας-A3--ASM ο- A--ASM λογος-N2--ASM ος- --ASM αν-X αποστελλω-VA--AAS3S συ- P--AS κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P εγω- P--AP ουτως-D ποιεω-VF--FAI1P

6 και-C εαν-C αγαθος-A1--ASM και-C εαν-C κακος-A1--ASM ο- A--ASF φωνη-N1--ASF κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GP ος- --GSM εγω- P--NP αποστελλω-V1--PAI1P συ- P--AS προς-P αυτος- D--ASM ακουω-VF--FMI1P ινα-C βελτιων-A3C-NSN εγω- P--DP γιγνομαι-VB--AMS3S οτι-C ακουω-VF--FMI1P ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GP

7 και-C γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S μετα-P δεκα-M ημερα-N1A-APF γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P *ιερεμιας-N1T-ASM

8 και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM *ιωαναν-N---ASM και-C ο- A--APM ηγεμων-N3N-APM ο- A--GSF δυναμις-N3I-GSF και-C πας-A3--ASM ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM απο-P μικρος-A1A-GSM εως-P μεγας-A1--GSM

9 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

10 εαν-C καταιζω-VA--AAPNPM καταιζω-VA--AAS2P εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ουτος- D--DSF οικοδομεω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AP και-C ου-D μη-D κατααιρεω-VB--AAS1S και-C φυτευω-VA--AAS1S συ- P--AP και-C ου-D μη-D εκτιλλω-V1--PAI1S οτι-C αναπαυω-VM--XMI1S επι-P ο- A--DPM κακος-A1--DPM ος- --DPM ποιεω-VAI-AAI1S συ- P--DP

11 μη-D φοβεω-VC--APS2P απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN βασιλευς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF ος- --GSM συ- P--NP φοβεω-V2--PMI2P απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος- D--GSM μη-D φοβεω-VC--APS2P φημι-V6--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM οτι-C μετα-P συ- P--GP εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S ο- A--GSN εκαιρεω-V2--PMN συ- P--AP και-C σωζω-V1--PAN συ- P--AP εκ-P χειρ-N3--GSF αυτος- D--GSM

12 και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S συ- P--DP ελεος-N3E-ASN και-C ελεεω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AP και-C επιστρεφω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AP εις-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF συ- P--GP

13 και-C ει-C λεγω-V1--PAI2P συ- P--NP ου-D μη-D καταιζω-VA--AAS1P εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ουτος- D--DSF προς-P ο- A--ASN μη-D ακουω-VA--AAN φωνη-N1--GSF κυριος-N2--GSM

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15 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN ακουω-VA--AAD2P λογος-N2--ASM κυριος-N2--GSM ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM εαν-C συ- P--NP διδωμι-VO--AAS2P ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN συ- P--GP εις-P *αιγυπτος-N2--ASF και-C ειςερχομαι-VB--AAS2P εκει-D καταοικεω-V2--PAN

16 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSF ρομφαια-N1A-NSF ος- --ASF συ- P--NP φοβεω-V2--PMI2P απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος- D--GSF ευρισκω-VF--FAI3S συ- P--AP εν-P γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF και-C ο- A--NSM λιμος-N2--NSM ος- --GSM συ- P--NP λογος-N2--ASM εχω-V1--PAI2P απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος- D--GSM καταλαμβανω-VF--FMI3S συ- P--AP οπισω-D συ- P--GP εν-P *αιγυπτος-N2--DSF και-C εκει-D αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI2P

17 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3P πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM ανθρωπος-N2--NPM και-C πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM αλλογενης-A3H-NPM ο- A--NPM τιθημι-VE--AAPNPM ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GPM εις-P γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF ενοικεω-V2--PAN εκει-D εκλειπω-VF--FAI3P εν-P ο- A--DSF ρομφαια-N1A-DSF και-C εν-P ο- A--DSM λιμος-N2--DSM και-C ου-D ειμι-VF--FMI3S αυτος- D--GPM ουδεις-A3--NSM σωζω-V1--PMPNSM απο-P ο- A--GPN κακος-A1--GPN ος- --GPN εγω- P--NS επιαγω-V1--PAI1S επι-P αυτος- D--APM

18 οτι-C ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM καθως-D σταζω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θυμος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS επι-P ο- A--APM καταοικεω-V2--PAPAPM *ιερουσαλημ-N---ASF ουτως-D σταζω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NSM θυμος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS επι-P συ- P--AP ειςερχομαι-VB--AAPGPM συ- P--GP εις-P *αιγυπτος-N2--ASF και-C ειμι-VF--FMI2P εις-P αβατος-A1B-ASM και-C υποχειριος-A1A-NPM και-D εις-P αρα-N1A-ASF και-C εις-P ονειδισμος-N2--ASM και-C ου-D μη-D οραω-VB--AAS2P ουκετι-D ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM ουτος- D--ASM

19 ος- --APN λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM επι-P συ- P--AP ο- A--APM καταλοιπος-A1B-APM *ιουδα-N---GSM μη-D ειςερχομαι-VB--AAS2P εις-P *αιγυπτος-N2--ASF και-C νυν-D γιγνωσκω-VZ--AAPNPM γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2P

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21 και-C ου-D ακουω-VAI-AAI2P ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF κυριος-N2--GSM ος- --GSF αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S εγω- P--AS προς-P συ- P--AP

22 και-C νυν-D εν-P ρομφαια-N1A-DSF και-C εν-P λιμος-N2--DSM εκλειπω-VF--FAI2P εν-P ο- A--DSM τοπος-N2--DSM ος- --GSM συ- P--NP βουλομαι-V1--PMI2P ειςερχομαι-VB--AAN καταοικεω-V2--PAN εκει-D

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2441

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2441. That 'the sun had gone forth over the earth' means the final period which is called the Last Judgement is clear from the meaning of 'sunrise' when the subject is the times and states of the Church. That the times of the day, like the seasons of the year also, in the internal sense mean the consecutive states of the Church has been shown already in 2323, and that 'the dawn' or 'the morning' means the coming of the Lord or approach of His kingdom, in 2405. Thus 'sunrise' or its going forth over the earth is His actual arrival or presence, the reason being that both the sun and the east where it rises mean the Lord - 'the sun', see 31, 32, 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 2120, and 'the east', 101.

[2] The reason the Lord's arrival or presence coincides with the final period called the judgement is that His presence separates the good from the evil, and leads on to the good being raised into heaven and the evil casting themselves down into hell. For in the next life the Lord is the Sun of the whole of heaven, see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531. Actually it is the Divine celestial manifestation of His Love which appears before their very eyes as the sun and produces the light itself of heaven. To the extent therefore that those in the next life abide in celestial love they are raised up into that celestial light which comes from the Lord. But to the extent they are remote from celestial love they cast themselves away from that light into the darkness of hell.

[3] This then is the reason why 'sunrise' which means the Lord's arrival or presence entails both the salvation of the good and the condemnation of the evil; and why at this point it is first stated that 'Lot came to Zoar', that is, that people represented here by Lot were saved, and immediately after this that 'Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire', that is, the evil were condemned.

[4] To those there who are immersed in the evils of self-love and love of the world, that is, who hate all things to do with love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, the light of heaven actually appears as thick darkness. This is why it is said in the Word that to those people the sun was darkened, which means that they rejected everything to do with love and charity and accepted everything contrary to these, as in Ezekiel,

When I have blotted you out I will cover the heavens and darken their stars, I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the bright lights in the heavens I will make dark over you, and I will put darkness over your land. Ezekiel 32:7-8.

Anyone may see that 'covering the heavens', 'darkening the stars', 'covering the sun', and 'making the bright lights dark' mean different things from these.

[5] Similarly in Isaiah,

The sun will be darkened in its going forth and the moon will not give its light. Isaiah 13:9-10.

And in Joel,

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. Joel 2:2, 10.

This therefore shows what is meant by these words spoken by the Lord when He was describing the final period of the Church which is called the judgement, in Matthew,

Immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven. Matthew 24:29.

'The sun' is not used to mean the sun, nor 'the moon' the moon, nor 'stars' the stars, but 'the sun' is used to mean love and charity, 'the moon' faith derived from these, and 'the stars' cognitions of good and truth, which are said to have been darkened, to lose their light, and to fall from heaven when the acknowledgement of the Lord, and love to Him and charity towards the neighbour, cease to exist any longer. And when these have become non-existent self-love together with falsities deriving from it take possession of man; for the one thing results as a consequence of the other.

[6] This also explains the following in John,

The fourth angel poured out his bowl into the sun and it was allowed to scorch men with fire; therefore men were burned by the fierce heat, and they blasphemed the name of God. Revelation 16:8-9.

This too refers to the last times of the Church when all love and charity is being annihilated, or to express it in ordinary language, when no faith exists any longer. The annihilation of love and charity is meant by the statement that the bowl was poured out into the sun; consequently it is in that case self-love and its desires that are meant by the statement that men were scorched with fire and that they were burned by a fierce heat; and this led to their blaspheming the name of God.

[7] By 'the sun' the Ancient Church understood nothing other than the Lord and the Divine celestial manifestation of His love. It was their custom when praying therefore to turn towards the rising of the sun - yet without giving any thought at all to the sun itself. Later on however when their descendants had lost even this together with every other representative and meaningful sign they began to worship the sun and moon themselves. This kind of worship spread to very many nations, so much so that they dedicated temples to the sun and to the moon, and erected pillars. And because the sun and moon now assumed an opposite meaning they mean self-love and love of the world, which are the complete reverse of celestial and spiritual love.

[8] In the Word therefore worshipping the sun and moon is used to mean worship of self and of the world, as in Moses,

Lest you lift your eyes to heaven and you see the sun and moon and stars, all the host of heaven, and you are drawn away and bow down to them and serve them. Deuteronomy 4:19.

And in the same author,

If anyone has gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them, and to the sun or moon, or to all the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, you shall stone them with stones, and they shall die. Deuteronomy 17:3, 5.

People turned the worship of old into such idolatry when they no longer believed that anything internal was meant in the religious observances of the Church, only that which is external.

[9] Similarly in Jeremiah,

At that time the bones of the kings of Judah, of the princes, of the priests, of the prophets, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, they will spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven which they have loved and which they have served. Jeremiah 8:1-2.

'The sun' stands for self-love and its desires. 'Spreading out the bones' means the hellish things which such people possess. In the same prophet,

He will break down the pillars of the house of the sun that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire. Jeremiah 43:13.

'The pillars of the house of the sun' stands for worship of self.

  
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