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2 Mose 12

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1 Der HERR aber sprach zu Mose und Aaron in Ägyptenland:

2 Dieser Monat soll bei euch der erste Monat sein, und von ihm sollt ihr die Monates des Jahres anheben.

3 Sagt der ganzen Gemeinde Israel und sprecht: Am zehnten Tage dieses Monats nehme ein jeglicher ein Lamm, wo ein Hausvater ist, je ein Lamm zu einem Haus.

4 Wo ihrer aber in einem Hause zu einem Lamm zu wenig sind, so nehme er's und sein nächster Nachbar an seinem Hause, bis ihrer so viel wird, daß sie das Lamm aufessen können.

5 Ihr sollt aber ein solches Lamm nehmen, daran kein Fehl ist, ein Männlein und ein Jahr alt; von den Schafen und Ziegen sollt ihr's nehmen

6 und sollt's behalten bis auf den vierzehnten Tag des Monats. Und ein jegliches Häuflein im ganzen Israel soll's schlachten gegen Abend.

7 Und sollt von seinem Blut nehmen und beide Pfosten der Tür und die obere Schwelle damit bestreichen an den Häusern, darin sie es essen.

8 Und sollt also das Fleisch essen in derselben Nacht, am Feuer gebraten, und ungesäuertes Brot, und sollt es mit bitteren Kräutern essen.

9 Ihr sollt's nicht roh essen noch mit Wasser gesotten, sondern am Feuer gebraten, sein Haupt mit seinen Schenkeln und Eingeweiden.

10 Und sollt nichts davon übriglassen bis morgen; wo aber etwas übrigbleibt bis morgen, sollt ihr's mit Feuer verbrennen.

11 Also sollt ihr's aber essen: Um eure Lenden sollt ihr gegürtet sein und eure Schuhe an den Füßen haben und Stäbe in euren Händen, und sollt's essen, als die hinwegeilen; denn es ist des HERRN Passah.

12 Denn ich will in derselben Nacht durch Ägyptenland gehen und alle Erstgeburt schlagen in Ägyptenland, unter den Menschen und unter dem Vieh, und will meine Strafe beweisen an allen Göttern der Ägypter, ich, der HERR.

13 Und das Blut soll euer Zeichen sein an den Häusern, darin ihr seid, daß, wenn ich das Blut sehe, an euch vorübergehe und euch nicht die Plage widerfahre, die euch verderbe, wenn ich Ägyptenland schlage.

14 Ihr sollt diesen Tag haben zum Gedächtnis und sollt ihn feiern dem HERRN zum Fest, ihr und alle eure Nachkommen, zur ewigen Weise.

15 Sieben Tage sollt ihr ungesäuertes Brot essen; nämlich am ersten Tage sollt ihr den Sauerteig aus euren Häusern tun. Wer gesäuertes Brot ißt vom ersten Tage an bis auf den siebenten, des Seele soll ausgerottet werden von Israel.

16 Der Tag soll heilig sein, daß ihr zusammenkommt; und der siebente soll auch heilig sein, daß ihr zusammenkommt. Keine Arbeit sollt ihr an dem tun; außer, was zur Speise gehört für allerlei Seelen, das allein mögt ihr für euch tun.

17 Und haltet das ungesäuerte Brot; denn eben an demselben Tage habe ich euer Heer aus Ägyptenland geführt; darum sollt ihr diesen Tag halten, ihr und alle eure Nachkommen, zur ewigen Weise.

18 Am vierzehnten Tage des ersten Monats, des Abends, sollt ihr ungesäuertes Brot essen bis an den einundzwanzigsten Tag des Monats an dem Abend,

19 daß man sieben Tage keinen Sauerteig finde in euren Häusern. Denn wer gesäuertes Brot ißt, des Seele soll ausgerottet werden aus der Gemeinde Israel, es sei ein Fremdling oder Einheimischer im Lande.

20 Darum so esset kein gesäuertes Brot, sondern eitel ungesäuertes Brot in allen euren Wohnungen.

21 Und Mose forderte alle Ältesten in Israel und sprach zu ihnen: Leset aus und nehmet Schafe für euch nach euren Geschlechtern und schlachtet das Passah.

22 Und nehmet ein Büschel Isop und taucht in das Blut in dem Becken und berühret damit die Oberschwelle und die zwei Pfosten. Und gehe kein Mensch zu seiner Haustür heraus bis an den Morgen.

23 Denn der HERR wird umhergehen und die Ägypter plagen. Und wenn er das Blut sehen wird an der Oberschwelle und den zwei Pfosten, wird er an der Tür vorübergehen und den Verderber nicht in eure Häuser kommen lassen, zu plagen.

24 Darum so halte diese Weise für dich und deine Kinder ewiglich.

25 Und wenn ihr in das Land kommt, das euch der HERR geben wird, wie er geredet hat, so haltet diesen Dienst.

26 Und wenn eure Kinder werden zu euch sagen: Was habt ihr da für einen Dienst?

27 sollt ihr sagen: Es ist das Passahopfer des HERRN, der an den Kindern Israel vorüberging in Ägypten, da er die Ägypter plagte und unsere Häuser errettete. Da neigte sich das Volk und betete an.

28 Und die Kinder Israel gingen hin und taten, wie der HERR Mose und Aaron geboten hatte.

29 Und zur Mitternacht schlug der HERR alle Erstgeburt in Ägyptenland von dem ersten Sohn Pharaos an, der auf seinem Stuhl saß, bis auf den ersten Sohn des Gefangenen im Gefängnis und alle Erstgeburt des Viehs.

30 Da stand Pharao auf und alle seine Knechte in derselben Nacht und alle Ägypter, und ward ein großes Geschrei in Ägypten; denn es war kein Haus, darin nicht ein Toter war.

31 Und er forderte Moses und Aaron in der Nacht und sprach: Macht euch auf und ziehet aus von meinem Volk, ihr und die Kinder Israel; gehet hin und dienet dem HERRN, wie ihr gesagt habt.

32 Nehmet auch mit euch eure Schafe und Rinder, wie ihr gesagt habt; gehet hin und segnet mich auch.

33 Und die Ägypter drängten das Volk, daß sie es eilend aus dem Lande trieben; denn sie sprachen: Wir sind alle des Todes.

34 Und das Volk trug den rohen Teig, ehe denn er versäuert war, zu ihrer Speise, gebunden in ihren Kleidern, auf ihren Achseln.

35 Und die Kinder Israel hatten getan, wie Mose gesagt hatte, und von den Ägyptern gefordert silberne und goldene Geräte und Kleider.

36 Dazu hatte der HERR dem Volk Gnade gegeben vor den Ägyptern, daß sie ihnen willfährig waren; und so nahmen sie es von den Ägyptern zur Beute.

37 Also zogen aus die Kinder Israel von Raemses gen Sukkoth, sechshunderttausend Mann zu Fuß ohne die Kinder.

38 Und es zog auch mit ihnen viel Pöbelvolk und Schafe und Rinder, sehr viel Vieh.

39 Und sie buken aus dem rohen Teig, den sie aus Ägypten brachten, ungesäuerte Kuchen; denn es war nicht gesäuert, weil sie aus Ägypten gestoßen wurden und nicht verziehen konnten und sich sonst keine Zehrung zubereitet hatten.

40 Die Zeit aber, die die Kinder Israel in Ägypten gewohnt haben, ist vierhundertunddreißig Jahre.

41 Da dieselben um waren, ging das ganze Heer des HERRN auf einen Tag aus Ägyptenland.

42 Darum wird diese Nacht dem HERRN gehalten, daß er sie aus Ägyptenland geführt hat; und die Kinder Israel sollen sie dem HERRN halten, sie und ihre Nachkommen.

43 Und der HERR sprach zu Mose und Aaron: Dies ist die Weise Passah zu halten. Kein Fremder soll davon essen.

44 Aber wer ein erkaufter Knecht ist, den beschneide man, und dann esse er davon.

45 Ein Beisaß und Mietling sollen nicht davon essen.

46 In einem Hause soll man's essen; ihr sollt nichts von seinem Fleisch hinaus vor das Haus tragen und sollt kein Bein an ihm zerbrechen.

47 Die ganze Gemeinde Israel soll solches tun.

48 So aber ein Fremdling bei dir wohnt und dem HERRN das Passah halten will, der beschneide alles, was männlich ist; alsdann mache er sich herzu, daß er solches tue, und sei wie ein Einheimischer des Landes; denn kein Unbeschnittener soll davon essen.

49 Einerlei Gesetz sei dem Einheimischen und dem Fremdling, der unter euch wohnt.

50 Und alle Kinder Israel taten, wie der HERR Mose und Aaron hatte geboten.

51 Also führte der HERR auf einen Tag die Kinder Israel aus Ägyptenland mit ihrem Heer.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 440

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440. And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but who in Greek has the name Apollyon. (9:11) This symbolically means that those caught up in falsities springing from lusts, who by a total falsification of the Word destroyed the church, are in a satanic hell.

The angel of the bottomless pit as king does not signify that some angel is king there, but that falsity reigns in it. For a king in its genuine sense symbolizes someone who possesses truths owing to an affection for goodness, and abstractly truth itself (no. 20); and in an opposite sense, therefore, a king symbolizes someone who is caught up in falsities owing to a lust for evil, and abstractly falsity itself. The bottomless pit symbolizes the satanic hell where such people reside (nos. 387, 421). A name symbolizes the character of someone's or something's state (nos. 81, 122, 165).

Abaddon in Hebrew is someone who destroys, or a destroyer, and likewise Apollyon in Greek, and this is falsity of the most fundamental sort, which by a total falsification of the Word has destroyed the church.

Abaddon in the Hebrew text means destruction in the following places:

Your truth in destruction? (Psalms 88:11)

Hell is naked before Him, and destruction has no covering. (Job 26:6)

For it will be a fire that consumes to destruction... (Job 31:12)

Destruction and death say... (Job 28:22)

Elsewhere hell and the devil are called destruction or a destroyer (Isaiah 54:16, Ezekiel 5:16; 9:1, Exodus 12:13), but by using another term.

  
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Apocalypse Revealed # 387

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387. CHAPTER 8

1. When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

2. And I saw the seven angels who stood before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.

3. Then another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and he was given much incense, that he should offer it for the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

4. And the smoke of the incense for the prayers of the saints ascended before God from the angel's hand.

5. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were voices, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.

6. And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

7. The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were cast down to the earth, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

8. Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.

9. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

10. Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

11. The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it was made bitter.

12. Then 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 them was darkened, so that a third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.

13. And I looked, and I heard an angel flying in the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!"

THE SPIRITUAL MEANING

The Contents of the Whole Chapter

This chapter has as its subject the church of the Protestant Reformed and what the people are like in it who are caught up in faith alone. It describes the preparation of the spiritual heaven for communication with them (verses 1-6); the examination and disclosure of those there who are immersed in the interior elements of that faith (verse 7), and of those who are immersed in its exterior elements (verses 8, 9); and what they are like as regards their understanding of the Word (verses 10, 11), showing that they are caught up in falsities and their accompanying evils (verses 12, 13).

The Contents of the Individual Verses:

Verse ContentsSpiritual Meaning
1. When He opened the seventh seal,An examination by the Lord of the state of the church and consequent life of people who are in His spiritual kingdom - people who are governed by charity and its accompanying faith - here people caught up in faith alone.
there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.Angels from the Lord's spiritual kingdom were quite dumbfounded when they saw people who claimed to have faith to be in the state they were.
2. And I saw the seven angels who stood before God,The entire spiritual heaven in the Lord's presence, hearing and doing whatever He commanded.
and to them were given seven trumpets.An examination and exposure of the state of the church and consequent life of people caught up in faith alone.
3. Then another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer,Spiritual worship, which originates from the goodness of charity expressed through truths of faith.
and he was given much incense, that he should offer it for the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.A propitiation, lest angels of the Lord's spiritual kingdom be harmed by the spirits of the satanic kingdom situated below.
4. And the smoke of the incense for the prayers of the saints ascended before God from the angel's hand.Their protection by the Lord.
5. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth.Spiritual love, containing celestial love, and its influx into the lower regions where those people were who were caught up in a faith divorced from charity.
And there were voices, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.After a communication with them was opened, the angels heard reasonings about faith alone and arguments in support of it.
6. And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.Their being prepared and ready to examine the state of the church and consequent life in people for whom religion is faith alone.
7. The first angel sounded:An examination and disclosure of the state of life and its character in people caught up interiorly in that faith.
And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood,Falsity springing from a hellish love, destroying goodness and truth and falsifying the Word.
and they were cast down to the earth, and a third of the trees were burned up,In such people all affection for truth and perception of truth, which make a person a person of the church, had perished,
and all green grass was burned up.and thus every constituent of faith having life.
8. Then the second angel sounded:An examination and disclosure of the state of the church and its character in people caught up externally in that faith.
And something like a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea,The appearance of a hellish love in them.
and a third of the sea became blood.General truths had all been falsified in them.
9. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died,Those who had lived that faith and continued to live it could not be reformed and receive life.
and a third of the ships were destroyed.Concepts of goodness and truth from the Word that are serviceable for application to life, in them had all been destroyed.
10. Then the third angel sounded:An examination and disclosure of the state of the church in people for whom religion is faith alone as regards their affection for truths from the Word and reception of them.
And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch,The appearance of their personal intelligence owing to a conceit arising from a hellish love.
and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.Consequently all the Word's truths had been completely falsified.
11. The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood,Hellish falsity, the origin of their personal intelligence, by which they had falsified all the Word's truths.
and many people died from the water, because it was made bitter.The extinction of spiritual life because of the falsification of the Word's truths.
12. Then the fourth angel sounded:An examination and disclosure of the state of the church in people for whom religion is faith alone, that they are caught up in the evils accompanying falsity and in the falsities accompanying evil.
And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, and a third of them was darkened,Because of their evils springing from falsities and their falsities springing from evils, they did not know what love is, or what faith is, or any truth.
so that a third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.They no longer have in them any spiritual truth or natural truth from the Word serviceable for doctrine and life.
13. And I looked, and I heard an angel flying in the midst of heaven,Instruction and prediction from the Lord.
saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!"The utmost lamentation over the state of damnation of people in the church who in doctrine and life have confirmed themselves in a faith divorced from charity.

THE EXPOSITION

The whole of heaven has been divided into two kingdoms - the celestial kingdom and the spiritual kingdom. The celestial kingdom consists of people who are governed by love toward the Lord and its accompanying wisdom; and the spiritual kingdom consists of people who are governed by love for the neighbor and its accompanying intelligence. But because love for the neighbor is today called charity, and intelligence faith, this latter kingdom consists of people who are governed by charity and its accompanying faith.

Now because heaven has been divided into two kingdoms, hell also has been divided into two kingdoms opposite to these - the diabolical kingdom and the satanic kingdom. The diabolical kingdom consists of people who are governed by a love of ruling stemming from a love of self and by its accompanying foolishness, for that love is the opposite of celestial love, and its foolishness is the opposite of celestial wisdom. The satanic kingdom, on the other hand, consists of people who are governed by a love of ruling from a conceit in their own intelligence and by its accompanying irrationality, for that love is the opposite of spiritual love, and its irrationality is the opposite of spiritual intelligence.

By foolishness and irrationality we mean foolishness and irrationality in celestial and spiritual matters.

What we have said about heaven is to be understood to apply likewise to the church on earth, for the two are inseparable.

Regarding these two kingdoms, see the book, Heaven and Hell, published in London, nos. 20-28 and many other numbers elsewhere.

[2] Now because the book of Revelation has as its sole subject the state of the church at its end, as we said in the Preface and in no. 2, therefore from this point on it deals with the inhabitants of the two kingdoms of heaven and the inhabitants of the two kingdoms of hell, and their character: with the inhabitants of the spiritual kingdom and of the satanic kingdom opposite to that kingdom, from chapter eight here to chapter sixteen, and with the inhabitants of the celestial kingdom and of the diabolical kingdom opposite to it in chapters seventeen and eighteen. After that it describes the Last Judgment, and finally the New Church, which is the New Jerusalem. This concludes everything that precedes, because it is to this end that they looked.

Here and there in the Word we find mention of the devil and Satan, and both mean hell. Each is mentioned because all the inhabitants in one hell are called devils, and all in the other hell, satanic spirits.

  
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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.