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Ezekiel第25章

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1 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

2 Anak ng tao, ititig mo ang iyong mukha sa mga anak ni Ammon, at manghula ka laban sa kanila:

3 At sabihin mo sa mga anak ni Ammon, Inyong pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoong Dios: Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Sapagka't iyong sinabi, Aha, laban sa aking santuario, nang malapastangan; at laban sa lupain ng Israel, nang masira; at laban sa sangbahayan ni Juda, nang sila'y pumasok sa pagkabihag:

4 Kaya't narito, aking ibibigay ka sa mga anak ng silanganan na pinakaari, at kanilang itatayo ang kanilang mga kampamento sa iyo, at magsisigawa ng kanilang mga tahanan sa iyo; kanilang kakanin ang iyong bunga ng kahoy, at kanilang iinumin ang iyong gatas.

5 At aking gagawin ang Raba na pinaka silungan ng mga kamello, at ang mga anak ni Ammon na pinakapahingahang dako ng mga kawan; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

6 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sapagka't pumakpak ka ng iyong mga kamay, at tumadyak ka ng mga paa, at nagalak ka ng buong paghamak ng iyong kalooban laban sa lupain ng Israel;

7 Kaya't narito, aking iniunat ang aking kamay sa iyo, at ibibigay kita na pinakasamsam sa mga bansa; at ihihiwalay kita sa mga bayan, at ipalilipol kita sa mga lupain: aking ibubuwal ka; at iyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

8 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sapagka't ang Moab at ang Seir ay nagsasabi, Narito, ang sangbahayan ni Juda ay gaya ng lahat na bansa;

9 Kaya't, narito, aking bubuksan ang tagiliran ng Moab mula sa mga bayan, mula sa kaniyang mga bayan na nangasa kaniyang mga hangganan, na kaluwalhatian ng lupain, ang Beth-jesimoth, ang Baal-meon, at ang Chiriathaim.

10 Hanggang sa mga anak ng silanganan, upang magsiparoon laban sa mga anak ni Ammon; at aking ibibigay sa kanila na pinakaari, upang ang mga anak ni Ammon ay huwag ng mangaalaala sa gitna ng mga bansa:

11 At ako'y maglalapat ng kahatulan sa Moab: at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

12 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Sapagka't ang Edom ay gumawa ng laban sa sangbahayan ni Juda sa panghihiganti, at nagalit na mainam, at nanghiganti sa kanila;

13 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Aking iuunat ang aking kamay laban sa Edom, at aking ihihiwalay ang tao at hayop doon; at aking gagawing sira mula sa Teman; hanggang sa Dedan nga ay mabubuwal sila sa pamamagitan ng tabak.

14 At aking isasagawa ang aking panghihiganti sa Edom, sa pamamagitan ng kamay ng aking bayang Israel; at kanilang gagawin sa Edom ang ayon sa aking galit, at ayon sa aking kapusukan; at kanilang malalaman ang aking panghihiganti, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

15 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sapagka't ang mga Filisteo ay gumawa ng panghihiganti, at nanghiganti na may kapootan ng loob upang magpahamak ng pakikipagkaalit na magpakailan man;

16 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Narito, aking iuunat ang aking kamay sa mga Filisteo, at aking ihihiwalay ang mga Ceretheo, at ipapahamak ko ang labi sa baybayin ng dagat.

17 At ako'y gagawa ng malaking panghihiganti sa kanila na may malupit na mga pagsaway; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon, pagka aking isinagawa ang aking panghihiganti sa kanila.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#7090

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7090. 'And said to Pharaoh' means an admonition [from them] to those who are opposed to the Church's truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' - since it came by Divine command from Moses and Aaron - as an admonition, as also in 7033; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as factual knowledge that is opposed to the Church's truths, dealt with in 6651, 6673, 6683, thus people who are opposed to them. Here and in what follows the subject is those belonging to the spiritual Church who were saved through the Lord's Coming into the world but who before His Coming had been held back on the lower earth, where they were harassed by falsities, that is, by those from hell steeped in falsities stemming from evil. That lower earth is situated below the soles of the feet and is surrounded by hells - in front of it those who have falsified truths and adulterated forms of good; to the right those who pervert Divine order and thereby strive to obtain power; to the rear the evil genii who, motivated by self-love, have secretly devised evil against their neighbour; and deep down underneath those who have rejected the Divine with utter contempt and worshipped nature, and in so doing have banished from themselves everything spiritual. Such are the hells surrounding those on the lower earth, where before the Lord's Coming people belonging to the spiritual Church were held in safe keeping. Though they were molested there the Lord protected them, and they were brought into heaven with the Lord when He rose again. See what has been stated and shown already regarding these people in 6854, 6865, 6914, 6945, 7035.

[2] The lower earth where those who belonged to the spiritual Church were held in safe keeping up to the Lord's Coming is mentioned a number of times in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Sing, O heavens, for Jehovah has done [it]! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Be filled, O mountains, with singing, O forest and every tree in it! For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and made Himself glorious in Israel. Isaiah 44:23.

This refers to those on the lower earth, to the fact that they were saved by the Lord. 'Jacob' and 'Israel' are the spiritual Church, 'Jacob' being the external Church, 'Israel' the internal Church, 3305, 4286, 6426. In Ezekiel,

I will cause you to go down with those going down to the pit, to the people of old, 1 and I will cause you to dwell in the land of the lower ones in desolations. Ezekiel 16:20.

In the same prophet,

. . . to the lower earth in the midst of the sons of men, to those going down to the pit. Consequently all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the most excellent of Lebanon, all those drinking water, will comfort themselves on the lower earth. Ezekiel 31:14, 16.

This refers to the lower earth where those who belonged to the spiritual Church were.

[3] At the present day too those belonging to the Church who have filled their minds with worldly and also earthly ideas and have acted in such a way that the truths of faith have become tied up with them are sent down to the lower earth, where they likewise have battles to fight. These battles continue until their worldly and earthly ideas have been separated from the truths of faith and other notions have been introduced, of such a nature that they cannot be linked together any longer. Once this has been accomplished those people are raised from there into heaven; for until such ideas of theirs have been removed they cannot possibly be in the company of angels, since those ideas are full of darkness and defilement that do not accord with the light and purity of heaven. Those worldly and earthly ideas cannot be separated and removed except by means of battles against falsities, battles which take place in the following manner: Those on that lower earth are molested by illusions and by falsities based on them which emanate from inhabitants of the surrounding hells; but the Lord employs heaven to rebut those illusions and falsities and at the same time to introduce truths. These truths seem to reside with those undergoing the conflicts.

[4] All this being so, the spiritual Church ought to be spoken of as a militant Church. But at the present day it is rarely militant with anyone in the world; for while a member of the Church is living in the world he does not experience conflict, because of the wicked crowded around him and because of the weakness of the flesh in which he lives. In the next life a person may be held firmly by the bonds of conscience, but not so in the world, for if in the world he is subjected to any degree of despair, as normally happens to those undergoing conflicts, he instantly breaks those bonds. And if he breaks them he gives in; and if he gives in he is done for so far as his salvation is concerned. This explains why the Lord allows few within the Church at the present day to enter into battles against falsities on behalf of truths; those battles are spiritual temptations. See also what has been shown already regarding the lower earth and vastations that take place there, in 4728, 4940-4951, 6854.

脚注:

1. literally, eternity

  
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Arcana Coelestia#6426

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6426. 'From there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel' means that from this springs all the goodness and truth which the spiritual kingdom possesses. This is clear from the meaning of 'the shepherd' as one who leads to the good of charity by means of the truth of faith, dealt with in 343, 3795, 6044 (here in the highest sense, since it has reference to the Lord, goodness and truth themselves are meant); from the meaning of 'the stone' as truth, dealt with in 1298, 3720, 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789, 3798; and from the representation of 'Israel' as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 3305, 4286, for 'Israel' is spiritual good or the good of truth, 4286, 4598, 5801, 5803, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833. And since the good of truth is the essential element of the spiritual Church, 'Israel' means the spiritual Church, and in the highest sense the Lord's spiritual kingdom. From all this it is evident that 'from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel' means that from this springs all the goodness and truth which the Lord's spiritual kingdom possesses.

[2] The reason why in the highest sense 'the stone of Israel' means the Lord with respect to the truth that His spiritual kingdom possesses is that in general 'the stone' means the temple, and specifically the foundation on which it stands. 'The temple' in turn means the Lord's Divine Human, as is clear in John 2:19, 21, and so does its 'foundation' in Matthew 21:42, 44, and in Isaiah 28:16. This meaning of 'the stone' in the highest sense - the Lord in respect to Divine Truth which His spiritual kingdom possesses - is evident in David,

The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. This has been done by Jehovah; it is marvellous in our eyes. Psalms 118:22-23.

'The stone' here is the Lord, as is made clear in Luke,

It is written, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. Whoever falls onto that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder. Luke 20:17-18.

These things are spoken by the Lord regarding Himself. In Isaiah,

He is your fear, and He is your dread; for He will be a sanctuary, though He will be a stone to strike against and a rock to stumble over 1 for both houses of Israel. Many among them will trip, and fall, and be broken to pieces. Isaiah 8:13-15.

Here the Lord is referred to. In the same prophet,

The Lord Jehovih said, Behold I [am He who] will lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tested stone, a precious corner-stone, surely founded. He who believes will not be hasty. Isaiah 28:16.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah Zebaoth will visit His flock, the house of Judah, and will place them as His glorious horse 2 in battle. From Him comes the corner-stone, from Him the tent-peg, from Him the battle-bow. Zechariah 10:3-4.

[3] In Daniel,

You were watching, until a stone was cut out, not by means of hands, and it struck the statue on its feet, which were iron and clay, and smashed them to pieces. The stone that struck the statue became a great rock and filled the whole earth. The God of heaven will cause a kingdom to arise that will never be destroyed, and His kingdom will not be left to other people; it will crush and consume all those kingdoms, but will itself stand for ever. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the rock, not by means of hands, and it smashed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold . . . Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45.

Here 'the stone' is used in the highest sense to mean the Lord, and in the relative sense to mean His spiritual kingdom. When it says that 'the stone was cut out of the rock' the meaning is that it came out of the truth of faith, for the truth of faith is meant in the Word by 'rock'. And because the truth of faith is meant by 'the stone' and 'the rock', the Lord's spiritual kingdom is also what is meant, since the truth of faith and good ensuing from this truth prevail in that kingdom. Something similar is also meant by 'the stone' on which Jacob slept and which he afterwards set up as a pillar, described as follows,

Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place and I did not know it. And he was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is nothing other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And in the morning Jacob rose up early, and took the stone which he had placed as his headrest, and placed it as a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He said, This stone which I have placed as a pillar will be God's house. Genesis 28:16-18, 22.

The fact that by 'the stone' the ancients understood the Lord in the highest sense and His spiritual kingdom in the relative sense is also plain to see in Joshua,

Joshua erected the stone under the oak which was in Jehovah's sanctuary. And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone will be a witness to us, for it has heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He spoke to us. And it shall be a witness against you, lest you deny your God. Joshua 24:26, 17.

脚注:

1. literally, a stone of striking and a rock of stumbling

2. literally, the horse of His glory

  
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