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Ezechiele第14章

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1 Or vennero a me alcuni degli anziani d’Israele, e si sedettero davanti a me.

2 E la parola dell’Eterno mi fu rivolta in questi termini:

3 "Figliuol d’uomo, questi uomini hanno innalzato i loro idoli nel loro cuore, e si son messi davanti l’intoppo che li fa cadere nella loro iniquità; come potrei io esser consultato da costoro?

4 Perciò parla e di’ loro: Così dice il Signore, l’Eterno: Chiunque della casa d’Israele innalza i suoi idoli nel suo cuore e pone davanti a sé l’intoppo che lo fa cadere nella sua iniquità, e poi viene al profeta, io, l’Eterno, gli risponderò come si merita per la moltitudine de’ suoi idoli,

5 affin di prendere per il loro cuore quelli della casa d’Israele che si sono alienati da me tutti quanti per i loro idoli.

6 Perciò di’ alla casa d’Israele: Così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: Tornate, ritraetevi dai vostri idoli, stornate le vostre facce da tutte le vostre abominazioni.

7 Poiché, a chiunque della casa d’Israele o degli stranieri che soggiornano in Israele si separa da me, innalza i suoi idoli nel suo cuore e pone davanti a sé l’intoppo che lo fa cadere nella sua iniquità e poi viene al profeta per consultarmi per suo mezzo, risponderò io, l’Eterno, da me stesso.

8 Io volgerò la mia faccia contro a quell’uomo, ne farò un segno e un proverbio, e lo sterminerò di mezzo al mio popolo; e voi conoscerete che io sono l’Eterno.

9 E se il profeta si lascia sedurre e dice qualche parola, io, l’Eterno, son quegli che avrò sedotto quel profeta; e stenderò la mia mano contro di lui, e lo distruggerò di mezzo al mio popolo d’Israele.

10 E ambedue porteranno la pena della loro iniquità: la pena del profeta sarà pari alla pena di colui che lo consulta,

11 affinché quelli della casa d’Israele non vadano più errando lungi da me, e non si contaminino più con tutte le loro trasgressioni, e siano invece mio popolo, e io sia il loro Dio, dice il Signore, l’Eterno".

12 La parola dell’Eterno mi fu ancora rivolta in questi termini:

13 "Figliuol d’uomo, se un paese peccasse contro di me commettendo qualche prevaricazione, e io stendessi la mia mano contro di lui, e gli spezzassi il sostegno del pane, e gli mandassi contro la fame, e ne sterminassi uomini e bestie,

14 e in mezzo ad esso si trovassero questi tre uomini: Noè, Daniele e Giobbe, questi non salverebbero che le loro persone, per la loro giustizia, dice il Signore, l’Eterno.

15 Se io facessi passare per quel paese delle male bestie che lo spopolassero, sì ch’esso rimanesse un deserto dove nessuno passasse più a motivo di quelle bestie,

16 se in mezzo ad esso si trovassero quei tre uomini, com’è vero ch’io vivo, dice il Signore, l’Eterno, essi non salverebbero né figliuolifigliuole; essi soltanto sarebbero salvati, ma il paese rimarrebbe desolato.

17 O se io facessi venire la spada contro quel paese, e dicessi: Passi la spada per il paese! in guisa che ne sterminasse uomini e bestie,

18 se in mezzo ad esso si trovassero quei tre uomini, com’è vero ch’io vivo, dice il Signore, l’Eterno, essi non salverebbero né figliuolifigliuole, ma essi soltanto sarebbero salvati.

19 O se contro quel paese mandassi la peste, e riversassi su d’esso il mio furore fino al sangue, per sterminare uomini e bestie,

20 se in mezzo ad esso si trovassero Noè, Daniele e Giobbe, com’è vero ch’io vivo, dice il Signore, l’Eterno, essi non salverebbero né figliuoli né figliuole; non salverebbero che le loro persone, per la loro giustizia.

21 Poiché così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: Non altrimenti avverrà quando manderò contro Gerusalemme i miei quattro tremendi giudizi: la spada, la fame, le male bestie e la peste, per sterminare uomini e bestie.

22 Ma ecco, ne scamperà un residuo, de’ figliuoli e delle figliuole, che saran menati fuori, che giungeranno a voi, e di cui vedrete la condotta e le azioni; e allora vi consolerete del male che io faccio venire su Gerusalemme, di tutto quello che faccio venire su di lei.

23 Essi vi consoleranno quando vedrete la loro condotta e le loro azioni, e riconoscerete che, non senza ragione, io faccio quello che faccio contro di lei, dice il Signore, l’Eterno".

   

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Apocalypse Revealed#884

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884. 21:4 "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more toil, for the former things have passed away." This symbolically means that the Lord will take away from them all grief of mind, all fear of damnation, all fear of evils and falsities from hell, and of temptations or trials on account of them, and they will remember them no more, because the dragon that inflicted them has been cast out.

God's wiping away every tear from their eyes means, symbolically, that the Lord will take away from them all grief of mind, for shedding tears is caused by grief of mind. The death that will be no more symbolizes damnation, as in nos. 325, 765, 853, 873 - here, the fear of it. The sorrow that will be no more symbolizes a fear of evils from hell, for sorrow has various symbolic meanings, being everywhere a sorrow over whatever is portrayed as its cause. Here it is a fear of evils from hell, because it is preceded by a fear of damnation and followed by a fear of falsities from hell, and of temptations or trials on account of them. Crying symbolizes a fear of falsities from hell, as will be seen in the next number. The toil that will be no more symbolizes temptations or trials (no. 640). Its being no more because the former things have passed away means, symbolically, that the temptations or trials will not be remembered, because the dragon that inflicted them has been cast out; for these are the former things that have passed away.

[2] But this needs to be illustrated. Every person after death comes first into the world of spirits, which is midway between heaven and hell, and there he is prepared, a good person for heaven, and an evil one for hell. Regarding this world, see nos. 784, 791, 843, 850, 866, 869 above. And because associations are formed there as in the natural world, it had to be the case, before the Last Judgment, that people who outwardly were civic-minded and moral but inwardly evil met up with and conversed with people who likewise were outwardly civic-minded and moral but inwardly good. And because inherent in evil people is a desire to lead astray, therefore the good people with whom they associated were harassed by them in various ways. But those who grieved because of their torments and began to experience fears of being damned, of evils and falsities flowing in from hell, and of undergoing severe temptation or trial - these the Lord removed from association with the evil and conveyed them into a land below the one they were on, where they formed new associations, and there were protected. Moreover, this continued until all the evil had been separated from the good, which was brought about by the Last Judgment; and then those who were protected in the lower land or earth were raised by the Lord into heaven.

[3] The torments were inflicted primarily by the people meant by the dragon and its beasts. That is why the dragon and its two beasts were cast into the lake of fire and brimstone. Then, because all harassment ceased, and so also any grief over and fear of damnation and hell, those who had been tormented were told that God would wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there would be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, neither would there be any more toil, for the former things had passed away, which symbolically means that the Lord would take away from them all grief of mind, all fear of damnation, all fear of evils and falsities from hell, and of severe temptation or trial on account of them, and they would remember them no more, because the dragon that inflicted them had been cast out.

That the dragon had been cast out along with its two beasts and cast into the lake of fire and brimstone may be seen in 19:20 verses and 20:10 above. Moreover, that the dragon inflicted torments is apparent from many passages. For it fought with Michael and tried to devour the child that the woman bore, and after pursuing the woman, it went off to make war with the rest of her offspring (12:4 verses, 5, 7-9, 13-17; 16:13-16, and elsewhere).

Many people who were inwardly good were protected by the Lord to keep them from being tormented by the dragon and its beasts. This is apparent from 6:9-11 verses. That they were tormented is apparent from 7:13-17 verses, and that they were afterward taken up into heaven from 20:4-5 and elsewhere.

The same people are also meant by prisoners and those bound in a pit, and by those set free by the Lord (Isaiah 24:22; 61:1; Luke 4:18-19; Zechariah 9:11; Psalms 79:11).

This is symbolized as well in the Word where we are told that graves were opened, 1 and where we are told of souls awaiting a last judgment and resurrection then. 2

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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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John第17章:21-23

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21 that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

22 The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;

23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.