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Ezekiel第19章

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1 Bukod dito'y magbadya ka ng isang taghoy na ukol sa mga prinsipe sa Israel.

2 At iyong sabihin, naging ano baga ang iyong ina? Isang leona: siya'y humiga sa gitna ng mga leon, sa gitna ng mga batang leon, pinakain niya ang kaniyang mga anak.

3 At pinalaki niya ang isa sa kaniyang mga anak: yao'y naging isang batang leon, at yao'y natuto na manghuli at lumamon ng mga tao.

4 Narinig naman yaon ng mga bansa; yao'y nahuli sa kanilang hukay; at dinala nila yaon na natatanikalaan sa lupain ng Egipto.

5 Nang makita nga niya na siya'y naghintay, at ang kaniyang pagasa ay nawala, kumuha nga siya ng iba sa kaniyang mga anak, at ginawang batang leon.

6 At yao'y nagpanhik manaog sa gitna ng mga leon, yao'y naging batang leon; at yao'y natuto na manghuli, at lumamon ng mga tao.

7 At naalaman niya ang kanilang mga palacio, at sinira ang kanilang mga bayan; at ang lupain ay nagiba, at ang lahat na nangandoon, dahil sa hugong ng kaniyang angal.

8 Nang magkagayo'y nagsilagay ang mga bansa laban sa kaniya sa bawa't dako na mula sa mga lalawigan; at ipinaglagay nila siya ng panilo; nahuli siya sa kanilang hukay.

9 At may tanikalang inilagay siya nila sa isang kulungan, at dinala nila siya sa hari sa Babilonia; ipinasok nila siya sa katibayan, upang ang kaniyang tinig ay huwag nang marinig sa mga bundok ng Israel.

10 Ang inyong ina ay parang puno ng ubas sa iyong dugo, na natanim sa tabi ng tubig: siya'y mabunga at puno ng mga sanga, dahil sa maraming tubig.

11 At siya'y nagkaroon ng mga matibay na tutungkurin na magagawang mga cetro nila na nagpupuno, at ang kanilang taas ay nataas sa mga masinsing sanga, at nangakita sa kanilang taas dahil sa karamihan ng kanilang mga sanga.

12 Nguni't siya'y nabunot sa pag-aalab ng loob, siya'y nahagis sa lupa, at tinuyo ng hanging silanganan ang bunga niya: ang kaniyang mga matibay na tutungkurin ay nangabali at nagsidupok; pinagsupok sa apoy.

13 At ngayo'y natanim siya sa ilang, sa isang tuyo at uhaw na lupain.

14 At lumabas ang apoy sa mga tutungkurin ng kaniyang mga sanga, sinupok ang kaniyang bunga, na anopa't nawalan ng matibay na tutungkurin na magiging cetro upang ipagpuno. Ito ay panaghoy, at magiging pinakapanaghoy.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed#546

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546. Then the woman fled into the wilderness. (12:6) This symbolizes the church, namely, the New Jerusalem, being at first among few.

The woman symbolizes the New Church (no. 533), and the wilderness symbolizes a circumstance in which there are no longer any truths. The church is symbolized as being at first among few because the statement follows, "Where she has a place prepared by God, that they may feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days," which symbolizes the state of that church then, that in the meantime provision may be made for it to exist among more people until it grows to its appointed state (no. 547).

A wilderness in the Word symbolizes:

1. A church devastated, or one in which the Word's truths have all been falsified, as was the case with the Jews at the time of the Lord's advent.

2. A church without truths, because it does not have the Word, as was the case with upright gentiles at the time of the Lord's advent.

3. A state of temptation or trial, in which a person is seemingly without truths, being surrounded by evil spirits who induce the temptation or trial and appear to rob him of his truths.

[2] 1. That a wilderness symbolizes a church devastated, or one in which the Word's truths have all been falsified, as was the case with the Jews at the time of the Lord's advent: This is apparent from the following passages:

Is this the man who shook the earth, who made kingdoms tremble, who made the world as a wilderness...? (Isaiah 14:16-17)

This said in reference to Babylon.

On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers...; ...the palace will be deserted... (Isaiah 32:13-14)

I beheld, and lo, Carmel was a wilderness... "The whole land shall be a wasteland." (Jeremiah 4:26-27)

The land is the church (no. 285).

...shepherds have destroyed My vineyard..., they have made the field of My desire a desolate wilderness... The devastators are coming... in the wilderness. (Jeremiah 12:10, 12)

...(the vine) is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. (Ezekiel 19:13)

...fire has devoured the habitations of the wilderness. (Joel 1:19-20)

...the day of Jehovah is coming... The land is like the Garden of Eden before it, but after it a desolate wilderness. (Joel 2:1, 3)

...see the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of darkness? (Jeremiah 2:31)

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God." (Isaiah 40:3)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 33:9; Jeremiah 3:2; 23:10; Lamentations 5:9; Hosea 2:2-3; 13:15; Joel 3:19; Malachi 1:3; Matthew 24:26; Luke 13:35.

That such is the state of the church today may be seen in no. 566 below.

[3] 2. That a wilderness symbolizes a church without truths, because it does not have the Word, as was the case with upright gentiles at the time of the Lord's advent: This is apparent from these passages:

...the Spirit shall be poured upon us from on high, then the wilderness shall become a fertile field...; and judgment will dwell in the wilderness... (Isaiah 32:15-16)

(I will put) fountains in the midst of the valleys, [and turn] the wilderness into a pool of water... I will put in the wilderness the shittim cedar... and the oil tree. (Isaiah 41:18-19)

He will turn a wilderness into a pool of water, and dry land into springs of water. (Psalms 107:35-36)

I will make a road in the wilderness, rivers in the desert... to give drink to My people, My chosen. (Isaiah 43:19-20)

...Jehovah... will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; gladness and joy will be found in her... (Isaiah 51:3)

The habitations of the wilderness drip... (Psalms 65:12-13)

Let the wilderness... lift up (its) voice... Let the inhabitants of the rock sing... (Isaiah 43:10-11)

[4] 3. That a wilderness symbolizes a state of temptation or trial, in which a person is seemingly without truths, being surrounded by evil spirits who induce the temptation or trial and appear to rob him of his truths: This is apparent from Matthew 4:1-3, Mark 1:12-13.

  
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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.