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1 Ang pangitain ni Obadias. Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios tungkol sa Edom, Kami ay nakarinig ng mga balita na mula sa Panginoon, at isang sugo ay sinugo sa mga bansa, na nagsasabi, Magsibangon kayo, at tayo'y mangagtindig laban sa kaniya sa pakikipagbaka.

2 Narito, ginawa kitang maliit sa mga bansa: ikaw ay lubhang hinamak.

3 Dinaya ka ng kapalaluan ng iyong puso, Oh ikaw na tumatahan sa mga bitak ng bato, na ang tahanan ay matayog; na nagsasabi sa kaniyang puso, Sinong magbababa sa akin sa lupa?

4 Bagaman ikaw ay pailanglang sa itaas na parang aguila, at bagaman ang iyong pugad ay malagay sa gitna ng mga bituin, aking ibababa ka mula roon, sabi ng Panginoon.

5 Kung ang mga magnanakaw ay nagsiparoon sa iyo, kung mga mangloloob sa gabi (paano kang nahiwalay!) di baga sila sana'y nangagnakaw hanggang sa sila'y nangagkaroon ng sapat? kung mga mamimitas ng ubas ay nagsiparoon sa iyo, di baga sila sana'y nangagiwan ng laglag na ubas?

6 Paano nasiyasat ang mga bagay ng Esau! paano nasumpungan ang kaniyang mga kayamanang natago!

7 Lahat na lalake na iyong kaalam ay dinala ka sa iyong lakad, hanggang sa hangganan: ang mga lalake na nangasa kapayapaan sa iyo ay dinaya ka, at nanaig laban sa iyo; silang nagsisikain ng iyong tinapay ay naglagay ng silo sa ilalim mo: walang paguunawa sa kaniya.

8 Di ko baga lilipulin sa araw na yaon, sabi ng Panginoon, ang mga pantas na tao sa Edom, at papawiin ang unawa sa bundok ng Esau?

9 At ang iyong mga makapangyarihang tao, Oh Teman, ay manglulupaypay, palibhasa'y bawa't isa'y mahihiwalay sa bundok ng Esau sa pamamagitan ng patayan.

10 Dahil sa karahasan na ginawa sa iyong kapatid na Jacob ay kahihiyan ang tatakip sa iyo, at ikaw ay mahihiwalay magpakailan man.

11 Nang araw na ikaw ay tumayo sa kabilang dako, nang araw na dalhin ng mga taga ibang bayan ang kaniyang kayamanan, at magsipasok ang mga mangingibang bayan sa kaniyang mga pintuang-bayan at pagsapalaran ang Jerusalem, ikaw man ay naging gaya ng isa sa kanila.

12 Huwag ka ngang magmasid sa araw ng iyong kapatid sa kaarawan ng kaniyang kasakunaan, at huwag mong ikagalak ang mga anak ni Juda sa kaarawan ng kanilang pagkabuwal; ni magsalita mang may kapalaluan sa kaarawan ng pagkahapis.

13 Huwag kang pumasok sa pintuan ng aking bayan sa kaarawan ng kanilang kasakunaan; oo, huwag mong masdan ang kanilang pagdadalamhati sa kaarawan ng kanilang kasakunaan, o pakialaman man ninyo ang kanilang kayamanan sa kaarawan ng kanilang kasakunaan.

14 At huwag kang tumayo sa mga salubungang daan na ihiwalay ang kaniya na tumatanan; at huwag mong ibigay ang kaniya na nalabi sa kaarawan ng kapanglawan.

15 Sapagka't ang kaarawan ng Panginoon ay malapit na, laban sa lahat ng bansa: kung ano ang iyong gawin, ay siyang gagawin sa iyo; ang iyong gawa ay babalik sa iyong sariling ulo.

16 Sapagka't kung paanong kayo'y nagsiinom sa aking banal na bundok, gayon magsisiinom na palagi ang lahat na bansa, oo, sila'y magsisiinom, at magsisitungga, at magiging wari baga sila'y hindi nangabuhay.

17 Nguni't sa bundok ng Sion ay doroon yaong nangakatatanan, at magiging banal; at aariin ng sangbahayan ni Jacob ang kaniyang mga pag-aari.

18 At ang sangbahayan ni Jacob ay magiging isang apoy, at ang sangbahayan ni Jose ay isang liyab, at ang sangbahayan ni Esau ay dayami, at sila'y kanilang susunugin, at sila'y susupukin; at walang malalabi sa sangbahayan ni Esau; sapagka't sinalita ng Panginoon.

19 At silang sa Timugan, ay mangagaari ng bundok ng Esau, at silang sa mababang lupa ay ng mga Filisteo; at kanilang aariin ang parang ng Ephraim, at ang parang ng Samaria; at aariin ng Benjamin ang Galaad.

20 At ang mga bihag sa hukbong ito ng mga anak ni Israel na nasa mga taga Canaan, ay magaari ng hanggang sa Sarefat; at ang mga bihag sa Jerusalem na nasa Sepharad ay magaari ng mga bayan ng Timugan.

21 At ang mga tagapagligtas ay magsisisampa sa bundok ng Sion upang hatulan ang bundok ng Esau; at ang kaharian ay magiging sa Panginoon.

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Apocalypse Revealed #704

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704. That perform signs to go away to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. This symbolizes assertions that their falsities are true, and efforts to stir up all those throughout the church who are caught up in the same falsities to attack the truths of the New Church.

To perform signs is to testify and also to assert that something is true, as may be seen in nos. 598, 599 above, here that their falsities are true. Kings of the earth and of the whole world symbolize people who are caught up primarily in falsities springing from evil, here all who are caught up in the same falsities throughout the church. For kings symbolize people impelled by truths that spring from goodness, and in an opposite sense people impelled by falsities springing from evil (no. 483). The earth symbolizes the church (no. 285), and so likewise does the world (no. 551). To go away to gather them to battle means, symbolically, to stir those people to fight or attack; for war symbolizes a spiritual war, which is one of falsity against truth and of truth against falsity (nos. 500, 586). It is to attack the truths of the New Church because it is called the battle of that great day of God Almighty, and that day symbolizes the Lord's advent and a new church then. That this is the symbolic meaning of the great day there will be seen below.

We are told that the spirits of demons would do this, because the spirits of demons symbolize lusts to falsify truths and to reason on the basis of falsities, as just said in no. 703 above.

It is apparent from this that spirits of demons performing signs to go away to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty, symbolize assertions by the people meant by the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, as described in nos. 701, 702 above, that their falsities are true, and efforts to stir up all those throughout the church who are caught up in the same falsities to attack the truths of the New Church.

[2] That the great day of God Almighty symbolizes the Lord's advent and a new church then, is clear from many passages in the Word, as from the following:

Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. (Isaiah 2:11)

...in that day... Israel... will depend on Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. (Isaiah 10:20)

In that day a Root of Jesse... shall the Gentiles seek, and His resting place shall be glorious. (Isaiah 11:10-11)

In that day... eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 17:7, 9)

They will say in that day: "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, to set us free." (Isaiah 25:9)

...My people shall know My name...(and) in that day, I am He who speaks: "Behold, it is I." (Isaiah 52:6)

Alas! ...great is (the day of Jehovah, and) there is none like it. (Jeremiah 30:7)

Behold, the days are coming... when I will make a new covenant... and the city shall be built for Jehovah... (Jeremiah 31:27, 31, 38)

In those days... I will cause to grow up to David a righteous Branch... (Jeremiah 33:15)

(They will not) stand in battle on the day of Jehovah. (Ezekiel 13:5)

In that day Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the children of your people... In that day... shall be delivered everyone who is found written in the book. (Daniel 12:1)

...in that day... you will call Me "My Husband."... In that day I will make a covenant for them... ...in that day I will hear... (Hosea 2:16, 18, 21).

Behold, I am sending you Elijah... before the coming of the great... day of Jehovah. (Malachi 4:5)

Jehovah... will save them in that day, as the flock of His people. (Zechariah 9:16)

In that day Jehovah will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (Zechariah 12:8)

Behold, the day of Jehovah is coming... It shall be one day which is known to Jehovah... In that day Jehovah shall be one and His name one... In that day there shall be a great tumult... In that day "Holiness to the Lord" shall be engraved on the bells of the horses. (Zechariah 14:1, 4, 6-9, 13, 20-21)

There are many other passages in addition to these in which "the day of Jehovah" means the Lord's advent and a new church from Him then, as in the following: Isaiah 4:2; 19:16, 18, 21, 24; 22:20; 28:5; 29:18; 30:25-26; 31:7; and elsewhere.

Since the end of an age or final period of a former church is the time when the Lord's advent takes place and a new church begins, therefore the day of Jehovah in many places symbolizes the end of a previous church, and we are told that then there will be rumors, tumult, and wars. 1 See the passages collected in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, nos. 4, 5.

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1. E.g., Matthew 24:6

  
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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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Apocalypse Revealed #5

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5. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John. This symbolizes the things that have been revealed by the Lord through heaven to people who possess goodness of life arising from charity and its accompanying faith.

"He sent and signified it by His angel" means, in the spiritual sense, things that have been revealed by the Lord from heaven or through heaven. For in the Word an angel frequently means the angelic heaven, and in the highest sense the Lord Himself. That is because no angel ever speaks with a person in dissociation from heaven, for each has such a conjunction with all the rest there that everyone speaks in accord with the communion, even though the angel is not conscious of it.

In the Lord's sight, in fact, heaven is as a single person, whose soul is the Lord Himself. Therefore the Lord speaks with a person through heaven, as a person does from his soul through his body in speaking with another. And this the person does in conjunction with each and every part of his mind, at whose center are the things that he is saying. But this secret cannot be explained in a few words. We have explained it in part in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Wisdom.

In the highest sense the Lord is meant by an angel because heaven is not heaven in consequence of the angels' own qualities, but owing to the Lord's Divinity from which they have their love and wisdom, indeed their life. It is on this account that in the Word the Lord is Himself called an angel.

It is apparent from this that the angel did not of himself speak with John, but that the Lord did so by means of heaven through the angel.

[2] As for saying that this statement means that these things have been revealed to people who possess goodness of life arising from charity and its accompanying faith, that is because it is they who are meant by John. For by the Lord's twelve disciples or apostles are meant all in the church who possess truths arising from goodness, and in an abstract sense, all constituents of the church. By Peter are meant all who are governed by faith, and abstractly, faith itself. By James are meant those who are impelled by charity, and abstractly, charity itself. And by John are meant those who possess goodness of life arising from charity and its accompanying faith, and abstractly, the resulting goodness of life itself. That these are what are meant by John, James and Peter in the Gospels may be seen in the short work The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine (London, 1758), no. 122.

[3] Now because goodness of life arising from charity and its accompanying faith is what forms the church, therefore it was through the apostle John that secrets were revealed concerning the state of the church, the secrets that are contained in his visions.

The fact that the names of persons and places in the Word all symbolize things having to do with heaven and the church is something we showed many times in Arcana Coelestia (The Secrets of Heaven), also published in London.

It can be seen from this that the phrase, "He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John," means, in the spiritual sense, the things that have been revealed by the Lord through heaven to people who possess goodness of life arising from charity and its accompanying faith. For charity produces goodness through faith, and not charity by itself or faith by itself.

  
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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.