AE 600b [15]
In that day will I make the leaders of Judah
like a furnace of fire among wood,
and like a torch of fire in a sheaf,
that they may devour all the peoples round about,
on the right hand and on the left,
that Jerusalem may yet dwell in her own place in Jerusalem.
Zechariah 7:6
This treats of the establishment of a celestial church,
or of a church that will be in the good of love to the Lord;
that church is meant by "the house of Judah."
Her "leaders" mean the good with the truths of that church;
the dispersion of evils and falsities by these is signified by
"they shall be made like a furnace of fire among wood,
and like a torch of fire in a sheaf,"
and by "they shall devour all the peoples round about,
on the right hand and on the left;"
the evils that will be dispersed by that church are signified by
"like a furnace among the wood, and like a torch in a sheaf;"
and the falsities that will also be dispersed are signified by
"all the peoples round about, whom they shall devour or consume;"
that this church will be safe from the infestation of evils and falsities,
and will live in the good of life according to the truths of doctrine,
is signified by
"Jerusalem shall yet dwell in her own place in Jerusalem;"
"to be dwelt in" is predicated of the good of life,
and "Jerusalem" signifies the church in respect to the truths of doctrine.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
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