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Εξοδος πλήθους第11章

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1 Ειπε δε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Ετι μιαν πληγην θελω φερει επι τον Φαραω και επι την Αιγυπτον· μετα ταυτα θελει σας εξαποστειλει εντευθεν· εξαποστελλων υμας θελει βεβαιως και διωξει υμας ολοκληρως εντευθεν·

2 λαλησον τωρα εις τα ωτα του λαου, και ας ζητηση πας ανηρ παρα του γειτονος αυτου, και πασα γυνη παρα της γειτονος αυτης, σκευη αργυρα, και σκευη χρυσα.

3 Και εδωκεν ο Κυριος χαριν εις τον λαον ενωπιον των Αιγυπτιων· ετι δε ο ανθρωπος ο Μωυσης ητο μεγας σφοδρα εν τη γη της Αιγυπτου εμπροσθεν των θεραποντων του Φαραω και εμπροσθεν του λαου.

4 Και ειπεν ο Μωυσης, Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος· Περι το μεσονυκτιον εγω θελω εξελθει εις το μεσον της Αιγυπτου·

5 και παν πρωτοτοκον εν τη γη της Αιγυπτου θελει αποθανει, απο του πρωτοτοκου του Φαραω, οστις καθηται επι του θρονου αυτου, εως του πρωτοτοκου της δουλης, ητις δουλευει εν τω μυλω, και παν πρωτοτοκον των κτηνων·

6 και θελει εισθαι καθ' ολην την γην της Αιγυπτου κραυγη μεγαλη, οποια ποτε δεν εγεινεν, ουδε μετα ταυτα θελει γεινει τοιαυτη·

7 επι παντας ομως τους υιους Ισραηλ δεν θελει κινησει σκυλος την γλωσσαν αυτου, απο ανθρωπου εως κτηνους· δια να γνωρισητε οτι ο Κυριος εκαμε διακρισιν μεταξυ των Αιγυπτιων και του Ισραηλ·

8 και παντες ουτοι οι δουλοι σου θελουσι καταβη προς εμε και θελουσι προσπεσει εμπροσθεν μου λεγοντες, Εξελθε συ και πας ο λαος ο ακολουθων σε· και μετα ταυτα θελω εξελθει. Και εξηλθεν ο Μωυσης απο του Φαραω μετα θυμου μεγαλου.

9 Και ειπε Κυριος προς τον Μωυσην, Δεν θελει σας εισακουσει ο Φαραω, δια να πληθυνθωσι τα θαυμασια μου εν τη γη της Αιγυπτου.

10 Ο Μωυσης δε και ο Ααρων εκαμον παντα τα θαυμασια ταυτα ενωπιον του Φαραω· ο δε Κυριος εσκληρυνε την καρδιαν του Φαραω, και δεν εξαπεστειλε τους υιους Ισραηλ εκ της γης αυτου.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed#658

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658. For in them the wrath of God is complete. This symbolizes the destruction of the church and its end then.

Its being complete symbolizes the destruction of the church and its end then, as explained below. The wrath of God symbolizes the evil in people, which, because it is in opposition to God, is called the wrath of God. Not that God is angry at people, but that people's evil causes them to be angry at God. Moreover, because, when a person is punished or tormented on account of his evil - as happens in hell after death - it seems to him that it is God's doing, therefore in the Word we find anger and wrath, even evil, attributed to God. But that is the case only in the literal sense, because that sense has been written in terms of appearances and correspondences; but not so in the spiritual sense, for that sense contains no appearance or correspondent imagery, but truth in its own light. For more on the wrath of God, see nos. 525, 635 above.

This verse says that in the seven last plagues the wrath of God is complete, and we say that this symbolizes the destruction of the church and its end then. We need to explain why. The reason is that every church declines in the process of time as it turns away from the goodness of love and from truths of faith, until nothing is left of them, which is occasioned by gradually increasing evil and falsity. And then, when there is no longer any goodness of love and faith, there remains only evil and falsity, and when this is the case, the church is at an end. In this final state a person knows no better than to think that evil is good and that falsity is truth; for the delight he finds in them causes him to love evil and falsity and therefore to defend them.

This is the final state symbolized by an end, consummation or completion called a destruction in the following passages:

...I have heard from... Jehovah... a consummation and destruction upon the whole earth. (Isaiah 28:22)

A consummation is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. For the Lord, Jehovih of hosts, is making an end and destruction throughout the land. (Isaiah 10:22-23)

The whole land shall be devoured by the fire of (Jehovah's) zeal, for He will make speedy end of all those who dwell in the land. (Zephaniah 1:18)

(At length) on the bird of abominations shall be desolation, even until the consummation and destruction shall it drop upon the devastation. (Daniel 9:27)

The whole land shall be a wasteland, yet I will not make an end. (Jeremiah 4:27)

(Jehovah said,) "I will go down... and see whether they have come to an end according to the outcry... that has come to Me." (Genesis 18:21)

The last said in regard to Sodom.

...the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete. (Genesis 15:16)

The church's end is also meant by the end of the age spoken of by the Lord in the following passages:

(The disciples asked Jesus,) "What will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?" (Matthew 24:3)

...at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares... to burn them. Gather the wheat into my barn. ...so it will be at the end of the age. (Matthew 13:30, 40)

...at the end of the age... the angels will come forth and separate the wicked from among the just... (Matthew 13:49)

(Jesus said to His disciples,) "Lo, I am with you... even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:20)

Even to the end of the age means to the end of the church, when there will be a new church with which the Lord will then be present.

  
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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.