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1 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, reci knezu tirskom: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što se ponese srce tvoje, te veliš: Ja sam Bog, sedim na prestolu Božjem usred mora; a čovek si a ne Bog, i izjednačuješ srce svoje sa srcem Božjim;

3 Eto mudriji si od Danila, nikakva tajna nije sakrivena od tebe;

4 Stekao si blago mudrošću svojom i razumom svojim, i nasuo si zlata i srebra u riznice svoje;

5 Veličinom mudrosti svoje u trgovini svojoj umnožio si blago svoje, te se ponese srce tvoje blagom tvojim;

6 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što izjednačuješ srce svoje sa srcem Božjim,

7 Zato, evo, ja ću dovesti na tebe inostrance najljuće između naroda, i oni će istrgnuti mačeve svoje na lepotu mudrosti tvoje, i ubiće svetlost tvoju.

8 Svaliće te u jamu i umrećeš usred mora smrću pobijenih.

9 Hoćeš li pred krvnikom svojim kazati: Ja sam Bog, kad si čovek, a ne Bog u ruci onog koji će te ubiti?

10 Umrećeš smrću neobrezanih od ruke tuđinske; jer ja rekoh, govori Gospod Gospod.

11 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

12 Sine čovečji, nariči za carem tirskim, i reci mu: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Ti si pečat savršenstva, pun si mudrosti, i sasvim si lep.

13 Bio si u Edemu, vrtu Božjem; pokrivalo te je svako drago kamenje: sarad, topaz, dijamant, hrisolit, onih, jaspis, safir, karbunkul, smaragd i zlato; onaj dan kad si se rodio načinjeni ti biše bubnji tvoji i svirale.

14 Ti si bio heruvim, pomazan da zaklanjaš; i ja te postavih; ti beše na svetoj gori Božijoj, hođaše posred kamenja ognjenog.

15 Savršen beše na putevima svojim od dana kad se rodi dokle se ne nađe bezakonje na tebi.

16 Od mnoštva trgovine svoje napunio si se iznutra nasilja, i grešio si; zato ću te baciti kao nečistotu s gore Božje, i zatrću te između kamenja ognjenog, heruvime zaklanjaču!

17 Srce se tvoje ponese lepotom tvojom, ti pokvari mudrost svoju svetlošću svojom; baciću te na zemlju, pred careve ću te položiti da te gledaju.

18 Od mnoštva bezakonja svog, od nepravde u trgovini svojoj oskvrnio si svetinju svoju; zato ću izvesti oganj ispred tebe, koji će te proždreti, i obratiću te u pepeo na zemlji pred svima koji te gledaju.

19 Svi koji te poznaju među narodima prepašće se od tebe; bićeš strahota, i neće te biti do veka.

20 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

21 Sine čovečji, okreni lice svoje prema Sidonu, i prorokuj protiv njega,

22 I reci: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo me na tebe, Sidone, i proslaviću se usred tebe, i poznaće se da sam ja Gospod kad izvršim sudove na njemu i posvetim se u njemu.

23 I poslaću pomor u nj, i krv na ulice njegove, i pobijeni će padati usred njega od mača, koji će navaliti na njih sa svih strana, i poznaće da sam ja Gospod.

24 I neće više biti domu Izrailjevom trn koji bode ni žalac koji zadaje bol više od svih suseda njihovih, koji ih plene; i poznaće da sam ja Gospod Gospod.

25 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Kad skupim dom Izrailjev iz naroda među koje su rasejani, i posvetim se u njima pred narodima i nasele se u svojoj zemlji koju dadoh sluzi svom Jakovu,

26 Tada će živeti u njoj bez straha, i gradiće kuće, i sadiće vinograde, i živeće bez straha kad izvršim sudove na svima koji ih pleniše sa svih strana, i poznaće da sam ja Gospod Bog njihov.

   

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In Genesis 18:27, this signifies the humility of the Lord's human as to its quality. (Arcana Coelestia 2265)

In Exodus 9:8, this signifies lustful falsities excited by the presence of infesting spirits. (Arcana Coelestia 7519, Apocalypse Explained 962[8])

In Ezekiel 27:30, this signifies something condemned, because the fire from which they come signifies infernal love. (Apocalypse Explained 441)

In Jeremiah 6:26, this signifies mourning because of the destruction of good and truth in the church. (Arcana Coelestia 637[9])

(References: Apocalypse Explained 1175)


From Swedenborg's Works

 

Coronis (An Appendix to True Christian Religion) #23

  
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23. PROPOSITION THE SECOND

The Adamic, or Most Ancient Church of this Earth

The world has hitherto believed that by "the creation of heaven and earth," in the first chapter of Genesis, is meant the creation of the universe, according to the letter; and by Adam, the first man of this globe. Seeing that the spiritual or internal sense of the Word has not been disclosed till now, the world could not believe otherwise; nor, consequently, that by "creating heaven and earth" is meant to collect and found an angelic heaven from those who have finished with life in the world, and by this means to derive and produce a Church on earth (as above, n. 18-20); and that by the names of persons, nations, territories and cities, are meant such things as are of heaven, and at the same time of the Church: in like manner, therefore, by "Adam." That by "Adam," and by all those things which are related of him and his posterity in the first chapters of Genesis, are described the successive states of the Most Ancient Church-which are: its rise, or morning, its progression into light, or day; its decline, or evening; its end, or night; and after this the Last Judgment upon those composing it, and thereafter a new angelic heaven from the faithful, and a new hell from the unfaithful, according to the series of the progressions laid down in the preceding Proposition-has been explained, unfolded and demonstrated in detail in the ARCANA CAELESTIA on Genesis and Exodus, the labour of eight years, published in London; which work being extant in the world, nothing further is necessary than to recapitulate therefrom the universals respecting this Most Ancient Church, which will be cited in the present volume. At the outset, however, some passages shall be adduced from the Word, by which it is proved that by "creating" is there signified to produce and form anew, and, properly, to regenerate; on which account it is that regeneration is called a "new creation," by which the universal heaven of angels and the universal Church of men, exist, consist and subsist. That "creating" signifies this, is plainly manifest from these passages in the Word:

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a steadfast spirit in the midst of me (Psalm 51:10).

Thou openest the hand, they are filled with good; Thou sendest forth the Spirit, they are created (Psalm 104:28, 30).

The people that shall be created shall praise Jah (Psalm 102:18).

Thus said Jehovah, thy creator, O Jacob; thy former, O Israel: Every one that is called by My Name, I have created for My glory (Isa. 43:1, 7).

That they may see, know, consider and understand, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it (Isa. 41:20).

In the day that thou wast created, they were prepared; thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou was created, until perversity was found in thee (Ezek. 28:13, 15):

these things are concerning the king of Tyre.

Jehovah that createth the heavens, that spreadeth abroad the earth, that giveth breath unto the people upon it (Isa. 42:5; 45:12, 18).

Behold I create a new heaven and a new earth; be ye glad to eternity in that which I create: behold I will create Jerusalem a rejoicing (Isa. 65:17-18).

As the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall stand before Me (Isa. 66:22).

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: the former heaven and the former earth are passed away (Rev. 21:1).

We, according to promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein shall dwell righteousness (2 Peter 3:13).

From these passages it is now manifest what is spiritually meant in the first chapter of Genesis, by the verses,

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth; and the earth was waste and empty (Gen. 1:1-2).

The earth's being said to be "waste and empty," signifies that there was no longer any good of life or truth of doctrine with its inhabitants. That "wasteness" and "emptiness" signify the lack of those two essentials of the Church, will be established in Proposition IV of this volume, respecting the Israelitish Church, by a thousand passages from the Word: at present let the following in Jeremiah serve for some illustration:

I saw the earth, when, behold, it was vacant and empty; and [I looked] towards the heavens, when their light was not. Thus said Jehovah, The whole earth shall be wasteness; for this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above shall be made black (Jer. 4:23, 27-28).

  
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