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1 Obratiž se, ó Izraeli, cele k Hospodinu Bohu svému, nebo jsi padl příčinou nepravosti své.

2 Vezměte s sebou slova, a obraťte se k Hospodinu, a rcete jemu: Sejmi všelikou nepravost, a dej to, což dobrého jest, a budemeť se odplaceti volky rtů našich.

3 Assurť nemůže zachovati nás, na koních nepojedeme, aniž díme více dílu rukou našich: Bůh náš; nebo v tobě smilování nalézá sirotek.

4 Uzdravím odvrácení jejich, budu je milovati dobrovolně; nebo odvrácen bude hněv můj od nich.

5 Budu jako rosa Izraelovi, zkvetne jako lilium, a hluboce vpustí kořeny své jako Libán.

6 Rozloží se ratoléstky jeho, a bude jako oliva okrasa jeho, a vůně jeho jako Libánská.

7 Ti, kteříž by seděli pod stínem jeho, navrátí se, oživou jako obilé, a pučiti se budou jako kmen vinný, jehož památka bude jako vína Libánského.

8 Efraime, což jest mi již do modl? Já vyslýchati, a patřiti budu na tě; já jsem jako jedle zelenající se, ze mneť ovoce tvé jest.

9 Kdo jest moudrý, porozuměj těmto věcem, a rozumný poznej je; nebo přímé jsou cesty Hospodinovy, a spravedliví choditi budou po nich, přestupníci pak na nich padnou.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #778

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778. "And wine, oil, flour, wheat." This symbolically means that these Roman Catholics no longer have any worship that springs from celestial truths and goods, because they have nothing inwardly in their worship that corresponds to the aforesaid things.

This statement is similar to ones explained just above and in previous numbers, the only difference being that the valuables here symbolize celestial goods and truths.

Just what goods and truths are called celestial, and what spiritual, may be seen in no. 773 above. It may also be seen that the Roman Catholics meant here possess none of these, nor are there any in their worship. For, as we said above, the goods and truths of doctrine are present in worship as the soul is in the body. Consequently worship without these is a lifeless worship. Of such a character is worship that is reverent in outward appearances, but which has in it no internal reverence.

That wine symbolizes truth springing from the goodness of love may be seen in no. 316 above. That oil symbolizes the goodness of love will be seen in the next number. Flour symbolizes celestial truth, and wheat symbolizes celestial good.

[2] Wine, oil, flour and wheat symbolize the truths and goods in worship, because they were the ingredients in drink offerings and grain offerings, which were offered on the altar along with other sacrifices, and sacrifices and other offerings offered on the altar symbolize worship, since it was in these that the Israelites' worship chiefly consisted.

That drink offerings, which were ones of wine, were offered on the altar along with other sacrifices, can be seen in Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numbers 15:2-15; 28:11-15, 18-31; 29:1-7ff.; and also in Isaiah 57:6; 65:11; Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19; Ezekiel 20:28; Joel 1:9; Psalms 16:4; Deuteronomy 32:38.

That oil was also offered on the altar along with sacrifices, can be seen in Exodus 29:40.

That grain offerings, which consisted of wheat flour, were offered on the altar along with other sacrifices, can be seen in Exodus 29:40).

It can be seen from this that these four articles - wine, oil, flour and wheat - were sacred and celestial elements in their worship.

  
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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.