229、然而，天使在灵界的能力是如此的巨大，如果我将所有的见证都述说出来，只会让人难以置信。在那里，若有任何违背神性秩序、需要扫除的障碍，天使只凭意志力看一眼，就能将其倾覆或瓦解。我曾看见恶人占据的大山被倾覆、夷为平地；有时，从山的一端到另一端都摇晃，犹如地震，岩石裂开，成为碎片沉到深渊，其上的恶灵都被吞没；我还看见成千上万的恶灵被天使驱散，被扔进地狱。恶灵虽然数目众多，但对天使不起作用；恶灵的阴谋诡计和拉帮结伙也无济于事，因为天使把他们看穿了，瞬间就驱散他们。关于本主题的详情可参见《巴比伦的毁灭》。｛注1｝在灵界，天使的确拥有如此的大能。｛注2｝
从圣经中明显可知，若蒙允许，天使在尘世也拥有这样的大能。例如，他们毁灭整个军队；｛注3｝他们带来瘟疫，致死了七万人。论到这天使，经上说：
天使向耶路撒冷伸手要灭城的时候，耶和华后悔，就不降这灾了，吩咐灭民的天使说： “够了，住手吧！”大卫看见灭民的天使。（撒母耳记下24:16-17）
此外还有其它经文。
天使因拥有这种大能，故被称为“大能者”，如在诗篇中：称颂耶和华，你们大能的天使。（诗篇103:20）
｛注1｝：【英138】参见史威登堡1758年的著作《最后的审判》（Last Judgment）。
｛注2｝：【英139】这里提到的大多数使用天使大能的例子都包含在史威登堡对最后审判的描述中，他报告说这发生在公元1757年。有关他的描述，请参见他1758年的著作《最后的审判》；有关讨论请参阅本书第一节注释【英6】。
｛注3｝：【英140】参见王下19:35，赛37:36。
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229. 在灵界, 天使的能力如此之大, 以致如果我将有关它的一切见证都述说出来, 只会让人更难以置信. 在那里, 若有任何因违背神序而需要扫除的障碍, 天使只凭意志力看一眼就能将其倾覆或夷为平地. 我曾看见恶人所占据的大山被倾覆, 夷为平地, 有时整座大山都剧烈颤动, 犹如地震; 我还看见岩石裂为两半, 其上的恶灵都被吞没; 又看见天使驱赶数十万恶灵, 将他们逐入地狱. 数目众多对天使不起作用; 恶灵的伎俩, 诡计和结盟也一文不值, 无济于事. 因为天使把他们都看穿了, 并瞬间将其驱散. 关于该主题的详情可见于有关巴比伦毁灭的阐述. 在灵界, 天使的确拥有这种大能.
从圣言明显可知, 天使若蒙允许, 在自然界也拥有这样的大能. 如, 经上说, 他们使死亡临到整个军队, 因他们所带来的瘟疫, 民间死了七万人. 论到后一种天使, 经上说:
天使向耶路撒冷伸手要灭城的时候, 耶和华后悔, 就不降这灾了, 吩咐灭民的天使说, 够了, 住手吧. 大卫看见灭民的天使. (撒母耳记下 24:16-17)
此外还有其它经文. 天使因拥有这种大能, 故被称为“大能者”; 如诗篇:
有大能的天使, 你们都要称颂耶和华. (诗篇 103:20)
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229. 在心靈世界, 天人擁有巨大的能力。我若將所見所聞全述說出來, 只怕你難以置信。當有任何違背上帝的次序而需要清除的障礙, 天人只需加以注視, 就能將其傾覆。我見過惡者所據的山頭被夷為平地, 有時劇烈顫抖, 猶如地震, 見過岩石從中裂為兩半, 其間的惡者全被吞沒, 見過天人驅逐成萬上億的惡靈, 將他們投入地獄。這些惡靈雖然數目眾多, 在天人面前卻毫無招架之力。他們的陰謀詭計也無濟於事, 因為天人洞察一切, 瞬間將其驅散。關於這些, 最後的審判一書有更多的描述。在靈界, 天人確實擁有大能。
經上也指出, 主若許, 天人在人間也擁有這等大能。比方說, 經上記著有天人使以色列敵軍全軍覆沒, 也記著有天人奉命降災, 以色列百姓死了七萬人。關於此事, 經上記著說:"於是耶和華降瘟疫與以色列人, 自早晨到所定的時候。從但直到別是巴, 民間死了七萬人。天人向耶路撒冷伸手要滅城的時候, 耶和華後悔, 就不降這災了, 吩咐滅民的天人說:'啟了, 住手吧。'那時耶和華的使者在耶布斯人亞勞拿的禾場那裡。大衛看見滅民的天人, 就禱告耶和華說, 我犯了罪, 行了惡。"(撒母耳記下24:16-17)諸如此類的。
天人擁有此等大能, 故被稱為"大能者,"詩篇也說:"聽從他命令, 成全他旨意, 有大能的天人, 都要稱頌耶和華。"(詩篇103:20)
229. In the spiritual world angels have so much power that if I were to highlight everything I have seen, it would strain credulity. If anything there is in the way and needs to be removed because it is opposed to the divine design, they raze and overturn it simply by an effort of will and a look. So I have seen mountains that were the abode of evil people leveled and overturned, sometimes shaken from end to end as happens in our earthquakes. I have seen cliffs split down the middle right to the bottom and the evil people on them swallowed up. I have also seen angels scatter some hundreds of thousands of evil spirits and cast them into hell. A vast multitude is powerless against them. The skills and wiles and alliances of evil spirits amount to nothing. Angels see everything and dispel it instantly. But there is more about this in the story of Babylon destroyed. They do have this kind of power in the spiritual world.
The Word, too, shows that angels have power like this in the natural world when it is granted them. For example, they are said to have brought death upon whole armies, to have brought about a plague that killed seventy thousand people. We read of this latter angel:
The angel stretched out a hand against Jerusalem to destroy it; but Jehovah, repenting of his evil, said to the angel who was destroying the people, It is enough, now hold back your hand: and David saw the angel who was striking the people. ( 24:0)
Among other passages.
Because angels do have this kind of power they are called powers. It also says in David, "Bless Jehovah, you angels most powerful in strength" (Psalms 103:20).
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229. So great is the power of angels in the spiritual world, however, that if I were to bring forward all that I have witnessed in regard to it, it would exceed belief. Any obstruction there that ought to be removed because it is contrary to Divine order the angels cast down or overthrow merely by an effort of the will and a look. Thus I have seen mountains that were occupied by the evil cast down and overthrown, and sometimes shaken from end to end as in earthquakes; also rocks cleft asunder down to the deep, and the evil who were upon them swallowed up. I have also seen some hundreds of thousands of evil spirits dispersed and cast down into hell. Numbers are of no avail against the angels; neither are devices, cunning, or combinations; for they see through them all, and shatter them in a moment. But more may be seen on this subject in the ACCOUNT OF BABYLON DESTROYED. Such power do angels have in the spiritual world. It is evident from the Word that they have like power in the natural world also when it is granted; for instance, that they have given to destruction entire armies; and that they brought on a pestilence from which seventy thousand men died. Of this angel it is said:
The angel stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it; but Jehovah repented Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough, now stay thy hand. And David saw the angel that smote the people. 2 Samuel 24:16-17.
Besides other passages. Because the angels have such power they are called powers; as in David:
Bless Jehovah, ye angels, most powerful in strength. Psalm 103:20.
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229. But so great is the power of angels in the spiritual world that if I should make known all that I have witnessed in regard to it it would exceed belief. Any obstruction there that ought to be removed because it is contrary to Divine order the angels cast down or overthrow merely by an effort of the will and a look. Thus I have seen mountains that were occupied by the evil cast down and overthrown, and sometimes shaken from end to end as in earthquakes; also rocks cleft asunder to their bottoms, and the evil who were upon them swallowed up. I have seen also hundreds of thousands of evil spirits dispersed by angels and cast down into hell. Numbers are of no avail against them; neither are devices, cunning, or combinations; for they see through them all, and disperse them in a moment. (But more may be seen on this subject in the account of The Destruction of Babylon.) Such power do angels have in the spiritual world. It is evident from the Word that they have like power in the natural world also when it is permitted; for instance, that they have given to destruction entire armies; and that they brought on a pestilence from which seventy thousand men died. Of this angel it is said:
The angel stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it but Jehovah repented Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough, now stay thy hand. And David saw the angel that smote the people (2 Samuel 24:16, 17);
besides other passages. Because the angels have such power they are called powers; as in David:
Bless Jehovah, ye angels, mighty in power (Psalm 103:20).
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229. Angelorum autem potentia in mundo spirituali tanta est, ut si omnia in medium afferrem, quae de illa a me visa sunt, fidem excederent. Si aliquid ibi resistit, quod removendum est, quia contra ordinem Divinum, dejiciunt et evertunt solum per nisum voluntatis et aspectum: ita montes, qui occupati fuerunt a malis, vidi dejectos et eversos, quandoque conquassatos ab uno fine ad alterum, ut fit in terrae motibus; petras quoque in medio apertas usque in profundum, et malos qui super illis absorptos: vidi etiam ab illis aliquot centena millia malorum spirituum dissipatos et conjectos in infernum: multitudo nihil valet contra illos, nihil artes, astutiae, et ligae; omnia vident et momento discutiunt. Sed de his plura videantur in Relatione de Babylonia destructa. Talis potentia illis est in mundo spirituali. Quod etiam angelis similis potentia sit in mundo naturali, quando conceditur, constat ex Verbo ut quod integros exercitus internecioni dederint; quod pestem induxerint, ex qua septuaginta millia homines mortui sunt; de quo angelo ita legitur:
Angelus extendit manum suam contra Hierosolymam ad perdendum illam; sed paenitens Jehovah ipsius mali, dixit angelo qui perdidit de populo, "Satis est, jam remitte manum tuam:" et David videbat angelum qui percutiebat populum (2 Samuelis 24:15-17);
praeter alia. Angeli, quia tali potentia sunt, ideo dicuntur potentiae; et apud Davidem,
"Benedicite Jehovae, angeli potentissimi robore," (Psalm 103:20).