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以西结书第39章

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1 人子啊,你要向歌革发预言攻击他,耶和华如此:罗施、米设、土巴的王歌革啊,我与你为敌。

2 我必调你,领你前往,使你从北方的极处上你到以色列的上。

3 我必从你左打落你的,从你右打掉你的

4 你和你的军队,并同着你的列国人,都必倒在以色列的上。我必将你各类的鸷和田野的走兽作食物。

5 你必倒在田野,因为我曾说过。这是耶和华的。

6 我要降在玛各和海安然居住的人身上,他们就知道我是耶和华

7 我要在我民以色列中显出我的名,也不容我的名再被亵渎,列国人就知道我是耶和华以色列中的者。

8 耶和华:这日事情临近,也必成就,乃是我所的日子。

9 以色列城邑的人必出去捡器械,就是大小盾牌弓箭、梃杖、枪矛,都当柴烧,直烧年,

10 甚至他们不必从田野捡柴,也不必从林伐;因为他们要用器械烧,并且抢夺那抢夺他们的人,掳掠那掳掠他们的人。这是耶和华的。

11 当那日,我必将以色列地的谷,就是东人所经过的谷,赐歌革为坟地,使经过的人到此停步。在那里人必葬埋歌革和他的群众,就称那地为哈们歌革谷。

12 以色列家的人必用葬埋他们,为要洁净全

13 的居民都必葬埋他们。当我得荣耀的日子,这事必叫他们得名声。这是耶和华的。

14 他们必分派人时常巡查遍,与过路的人一同葬埋那地面上的尸首,好洁净全。过了,他们还要巡查。

15 巡查遍的人要经过全,见有人的骸,就在旁边立一标记,等葬埋的人来将骸葬在哈们歌革谷。

16 他们必这样洁净那,并有一城名叫哈摩那。

17 人子啊,耶和华如此:你要对各类的飞和田野的走兽:你们聚集罢,要从四方聚到我为你们献祭之地,就是在以色列上献祭之地,好叫你们血。

18 你们必勇士的上首领的血,就如公绵羔、公山、公牛,都是巴珊的肥畜。

19 你们我为你们所献的祭,必饱了脂油,了血。

20 你们必在我席上饱吃马匹和坐车的,并勇士和一切的战士。这是耶和华的。

21 我必显我的荣耀在列国中;万民就必见我所行的审判与我在他们身上所加的

22 这样,从那日以後,以色列家必知道我是耶和华─他们的

23 列国人也必知道以色列家被掳掠是因他们的罪孽。他们得罪我,我就掩面不顾,将他们交在敌人中,他们便都倒在刀下。

24 我是照他们的污秽和罪过待他们,并且我掩面不顾他们。

25 耶和华如此:我要使雅各被掳的人归回,要怜悯以色列全家,又为我的名发热心。

26 他们在本地安然居住,无人惊吓,是我将他们从万民中领回,从仇敌之地召来。我在许多国的民眼前,在他们身上显为圣的时候,他们要担当自己的羞辱和干犯我的一切罪。

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28 因我使他们被掳到外邦人中,後又聚集他们归回本地,他们就知道我是耶和华─他们的;我必不再留他们一人在外邦。

29 我也不再掩面不顾他们,因我已将我的灵浇灌以色列家。这是耶和华的。

   

来自斯威登堡的著作

 

Apocalypse Revealed#859

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859. That Gog and Magog symbolize people who engage in external worship without any internal worship can be seen from chapter 38 in Ezekiel, where Gog is the subject from beginning to end, and from chapter 39 there, verses 1-16. But that these are symbolized by Gog and Magog is not clearly apparent there except through knowing the spiritual sense, which, because it has been revealed to me, will be disclosed. First, the contents of those two chapters:

The contents of chapter 38 in Ezekiel are as follows: The subject is people who attend to the Word's literal sense only, and whose worship is therefore an external worship without any internal worship, meant by Gog (verses 1, 2). That each and every component of that worship will perish (verses 3-7). That such worship will overwhelm the church and destroy it, so that it will be caught up in outward shows without any inward realities (verses 8-16). That the state of the church will change therefore (verse 17-19). That the truths and goods of religion will consequently perish and be replaced by false ones (verses 20-23).

[2] The contents of chapter 39 in the same prophetic book are as follows: Regarding people who attend to the Word's literal sense only and whose worship is an external one, that they will come into the church meant by Gog and perish (verses 1-6). That this will be the case when the Lord makes His advent and establishes His church (verses 7-8). That this church will then dispel all the people's evils and falsities (verses 9-10). It will entirely destroy them (verses 11-16). That the New Church to be established by the Lord will be instructed in truths and goods of every kind, and infused with goods of every kind (verses 17-21). That because of its evils and falsities, the previous church will be destroyed (verses 23-24). That the Lord will then gather together His church from all nations (verses 25-29).

[3] We must say something, however, about people who engage in external worship without any internal, spiritual worship. They are the kind of people who go often to church on the sabbath and on holy days, who sing hymns then and pray, who listen to sermons and attend then to the preacher's eloquence, but pay little or no attention to the substance, and who are moved somewhat by prayers uttered with feeling, such as that they are sinners, without reflecting on themselves or on their life; who also partake annually of the sacrament of the Holy Supper; who pour out prayers morning and evening, and pray also before midday and evening meals; and who also converse at times about God, heaven and eternal life, and know how to cite as well then some passages from the Word and to pretend to be Christians, even though they are not. For after they have done all these things, they think nothing of adulterous affairs and obscenities, of vengeance and hatred, of covert theft and robbery, of lying and blasphemy, and of lusting for and intending evils of every kind.

People of this character do not believe in any God, still less in the Lord. If asked what the good and truth of religion are, they do not know and think it of no great moment for them to know. In a word, they live for themselves and the world, thus for their inherent disposition and body, and not for God and the neighbor, thus not for their spirit and soul. It is apparent from this that their worship is an external worship without any internal worship. They also readily accept the heresy of faith alone, especially when they are told that a person cannot do good of himself, and that they are not under the yoke of the law. That is the reason we are told that the dragon will go out to lead astray the nations, Gog and Magog.

In the original Hebrew, too, Gog and Magog mean a roof and deck, which is something external.

  
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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.