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Deuteronomio 11

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1 Amarás, pues, al SEÑOR tu Dios, y guardarás su ordenanza, y sus estatutos y sus derechos y sus mandamientos, todos los días.

2 Y sabed hoy; porque no hablo con vuestros hijos que no han sabido ni visto el castigo del SEÑOR vuestro Dios, su grandeza, su mano fuerte, y su brazo extendido,

3 y sus señales, y sus obras que hizo en medio de Egipto a Faraón, rey de Egipto, y a toda su tierra;

4 y lo que hizo al ejército de Egipto, a sus caballos, y a sus carros; cómo hizo ondear las aguas del mar Bermejo sobre ellos, cuando venían tras vosotros, y el SEÑOR los destruyó hasta hoy;

5 y lo que ha hecho con vosotros en el desierto, hasta que habéis llegado a este lugar;

6 y lo que hizo con Datán y Abiram, hijos de Eliab hijo de Rubén; cómo abrió la tierra su boca, y los tragó a ellos y a sus casas, y sus tiendas, y toda la hacienda que tenían en pie en medio de todo Israel;

7 mas vuestros ojos han visto todos los grandes hechos que el SEÑOR ha ejecutado.

8 Guardad, pues, todos los mandamientos que yo os mando hoy, para que seáis esforzados, y entréis y heredéis la tierra, a la cual pasáis para heredarla;

9 y para que os sean prolongados los días sobre la tierra, que juró el SEÑOR a vuestros padres que había de darla a ellos y a su simiente, tierra que fluye leche y miel.

10 Que la tierra a la cual entras para heredarla, no es como la tierra de Egipto de donde habéis salido, donde sembrabas tu simiente, y regabas con tu pie, como huerto de legumbres.

11 La tierra a la cual pasáis para heredarla, es tierra de montes y de vegas; de la lluvia del cielo ha de beber las aguas;

12 tierra de la cual el SEÑOR tu Dios procura; siempre están sobre ella los ojos del SEÑOR tu Dios, desde el principio del año hasta el fin de él.

13 Y será que, si escuchareis cuidadosamente mis mandamientos que yo os mando hoy, amando al SEÑOR vuestro Dios, y sirviéndole con todo vuestro corazón, y con toda vuestra alma,

14 yo daré la lluvia de vuestra tierra en su tiempo, la temprana y la tardía; y cogerás tu grano, y tu vino, y tu aceite.

15 Y daré hierba en tu tierra para tus bestias; y comerás, y te saciarás.

16 Guardaos, pues, que vuestro corazón no sea engañado, y os apartéis, y sirváis a dioses ajenos, y os inclinéis a ellos;

17 y se encienda el furor del SEÑOR sobre vosotros, y cierre los cielos, y no haya lluvia, ni la tierra dé su fruto, y perezcáis presto de la buena tierra que os da el SEÑOR.

18 Por tanto, pondréis éstas mis palabras en vuestro corazón y en vuestra alma, y las ataréis por señal en vuestra mano, y serán por frontales entre vuestros ojos.

19 Y las enseñaréis a vuestros hijos, para que penséis en ellas, sentado en tu casa, andando por el camino, acostado en la cama, y cuando te levantes;

20 y las escribirás en los postes de tu casa, y en tus portadas;

21 para que sean aumentados vuestros días, y los días de vuestros hijos, sobre la tierra que juró el SEÑOR a vuestros padres que les había de dar, como los días de los cielos sobre la tierra.

22 Porque si guardareis cuidadosamente todos estos mandamientos que yo os mando, para que los cumpláis; amando al SEÑOR vuestro Dios y andando en todos sus caminos, y a él os allegaréis,

23 el SEÑOR también echará todos estos gentiles de delante de vosotros y desposeeréis naciones grandes y más fuertes que vosotros.

24 Todo lugar que pisare la planta de vuestro pie, será vuestro; desde el desierto y el Líbano; desde el río, el río Eufrates, hasta el mar postrero será vuestro término.

25 Nadie se sostendrá delante de vosotros; miedo y temor de vosotros pondrá el SEÑOR vuestro Dios sobre la faz de toda la tierra que hollareis, como él os ha dicho.

26 Mira, yo pongo hoy delante de vosotros la bendición y la maldición:

27 La bendición, si oyereis los mandamientos del SEÑOR vuestro Dios, que yo os mando hoy;

28 y la maldición, si no oyereis los mandamientos del SEÑOR vuestro Dios, mas os apartareis del camino que yo os ordeno hoy, para andar en pos de dioses ajenos que no habéis conocido.

29 Y será que, cuando el SEÑOR tu Dios te introdujere en la tierra a la cual vas para heredarla, pondrás la bendición sobre el monte Gerizim, y la maldición sobre el monte Ebal;

30 los cuales están al otro lado del Jordán, tras el camino del occidente en la tierra del cananeo, que habita en la campiña delante de Gilgal, junto a los llanos de More.

31 Porque vosotros pasáis el Jordán, para ir a heredar la tierra que os da el SEÑOR vuestro Dios; y la cual heredaréis, y habitaréis en ella.

32 Guardaréis, pues, que hagáis todos los estatutos y derechos que yo doy delante de vosotros hoy.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #474

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474. Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever. (10:6; 10:6) This symbolizes an attestation and testification of the Lord on His own authority.

The angel standing on the sea and on the land means the Lord (no. 470). Lifting up the hand to heaven symbolizes an attestation, here that there should be no more time (verse 6). Swearing symbolizes a testification, here that in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel the mystery of God would be concluded (verse 7). He who lives forever and ever means the Lord, as in Revelation 1:18; 4:9-10, and 5:14 above, and in Daniel 4:34. That the Lord swears on His own authority will be seen shortly.

It is apparent from this that the statement, "Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever," symbolizes an attestation and testification of the Lord on His own authority.

[2] That Jehovah swears or testifies on His own authority is clear from the following passages:

I have sworn by Myself; a word has gone out of My mouth (which) shall not return... (Isaiah 45:23)

I swear by Myself... that this house shall become a desolation. (Jeremiah 22:5)

Jehovah... has sworn by His soul. (Jeremiah 51:14, Amos 6:8)

...Jehovah has sworn by His holiness. (Amos 4:2)

Jehovah has sworn by His right hand and by the arm of His strength. (Isaiah 62:8)

Behold, I have sworn by My great name... (Jeremiah 44:26)

That Jehovah, which is to say, the Lord, swore by Himself or on His own authority means, symbolically, that Divine truth attests; for the Lord is Divine truth itself, and this attests of itself and on its own authority.

In addition to these passages, that Jehovah swore may be seen in Isaiah 14:24; 54:9, Psalms 89:3, 35; 95:11; 110:4; 132:11.

We are told that Jehovah swore because the church established with the children of Israel was a representational church, and the conjunction of the Lord with the church was represented by a covenant, like one made between two parties who swear to their compact. Therefore, because an oath was a part of any covenant, we are told that Jehovah swore. Still, this does not mean that He swore, but that Divine truth attests to something.

[3] That an oath was a part of any covenant is apparent from the following:

I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, so that you became Mine... (Ezekiel 16:8)

...to remember His covenant, the oath which He swore... (Luke 1:72-73; cf. Psalms 105:9, Jeremiah 11:5; 32:22, Deuteronomy 1:34; 10:11; 11:9, 21; 26:3, 15; 31:20; 34:4)

Because the covenant was representative of the conjunction of the Lord with the church, and reciprocally of the church with the Lord, and because an oath was a part of any covenant and was to be sworn on the ground of the truth in it, being sworn thus also in appeal to that truth, therefore the children of Israel were permitted to swear by Jehovah, and so in appeal to Divine truth (Exodus 20:7, Leviticus 19:12, Deuteronomy 6:13; 10:20, Isaiah 48:1; 65:16, Jeremiah 4:2, Zechariah 5:4).

After the representative constituents of the church were abrogated, however, the Lord also abrogated oaths to covenants (Matthew 5:33-37; 23:16-22).

  
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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.

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Isaiah 65

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1 "I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who didn't seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.

2 I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

3 a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;

4 who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

5 who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.

6 "Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,

7 your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together," says Yahweh, "who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom."

8 Thus says Yahweh, "As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, 'Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it:' so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.

9 I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

10 Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.

11 "But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;

12 I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight."

13 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;

14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.

15 You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name:

16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

17 "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

18 But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.

20 "There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.

21 They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them.

24 It shall happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain," says Yahweh.