4th Book Of EZRA - ESDRAS Ch13
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THE SIXTH VISION
The Man From The Sea
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:1 And it came to pass after seven days, I dreamed a dream in the night, and behold, a wind arose from the sea and stirred up all its waves.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:2 And I looked, and behold, this wind made something like the figure of a Man come up out of the heart of the sea.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:3 And I looked, and behold, that Man waxed strong and flew with the clouds of heaven: and wherever He turned His face to look, all things trembled under His gaze.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:4 And whensoever His voice went out of His mouth, all they melted that heard His voice, like wax melts when it feels the fire. • Jdt 16:15 Micah 1:4
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:5 And after this I looked, and behold, there was gathered together a multitude of men, without number, from the four winds of the heaven, to war against the Man that came out of the sea,
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:6 But I looked, and behold, He craved out for Himself a great mountain, and flew up upon it.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:7 But I tried to see the region or place from which the great mountain was carved out, but I could not.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:8 And after this I looked, and behold, all they which were gathered together to wage war and subdue Him were sore afraid, and yet dared to fight.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:9 And behold, as He saw the violent approach of the multitude, He neither lifted up His hand, nor held sword, nor any weapon of war:
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:10 But only I saw that He sent out of His mouth as it were a blast of fire, and out of His lips a flaming breath, and from His tongue He shot forth sparks and tempests.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:11 And they were all mixed together; the blast of fire, the flaming breath, and the great tempest; and fell on the onrushing multitude which was prepared to fight, and burned them all up, so that suddenly nothing was seen of the innumerable multitude but only ash dust and smell of smoke: when I saw this I was afraid.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:12 Afterward saw I the same Man come down from the mountain, and call to Him another multitude which is peaceable.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:13 And there came many people to Him, whereof some joyful, some sorry, and some of them bound, and some were bringing others as offerings.
Request For Interpretation Of The Vision
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:14 Then I was sick through great fear, and I awoke; and I besought the Most High YAHWEH, and said,
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:15 From the beginning YOU have shown YOUR servant these wonders, and have counted me worthy that YOU should receive my prayer, now show me also the interpretation of this dream.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:16 For as I consider it in my understanding, woe to them that shall be left in those days! And still much more woe to those who do not survive!
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:17 For those who do not survive will be sorrowful,
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:18 Because they understand what things that are laid up in the latter days, but not attaining it, but shall happen to them, and to those that are left behind.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:19 But woe also to those who do survive, for this reason, because they shall see great perilous dangers and much distress for necessities, as these dreams declare.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:20 Yet it is better for them to come into these things though incurring perilous dangers, than to pass away from the world like a cloud, and not to see the things that shall happen in the last days.
The Interpretation Of The Vision
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:21 And HE answered to me, and said, I will tell you the interpretation of the vision, and I will explain to you the thing which you have inquired.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:22 Whereas you have spoken of them that are left behind, this is the interpretation:
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:23 HE who brings the peril at that time will HIMSELF protect those who fall into peril, who have works and have faith in the ALMIGHTY.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:24 Know this therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than those who have died.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:25 This is the interpretation of the vision: As for you seeing a Man coming up from the middle of the sea:
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:26 The same is He whom the Most High YAHWEH has kept a great season, which by Himself shall deliver HIS creature: and He shall order and direct them that are left behind.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:27 And as for you seeing a blast of wind and fire and a storm coming out of His mouth,
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:28 And as for His not holding sword or weapon of war, yet destroying the onrushing multitude which came to conquer and subdue Him, this is the interpretation:
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:29 Behold, the days are coming, when the Most High YAHWEH will deliver them that are upon the earth.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:30 And bewilderment of mind shall come over those who dwell on the earth.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:31 And they shall plan to make war against one another, one city against another city, one place against another place, people against people, and kingdom against kingdom.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:32 And the time shall be when these things shall come to pass, and the signs shall happen which I showed you before, and then shall MY Son be revealed, whom you saw as a Man ascending.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:33 And when all the people hear His voice, every man shall in their own land leave the warfare they have against one another.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:34 And an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as you saw, desiring to come and conquer Him by fighting.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:35 But He shall stand on top of the mount Zion.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:36 And Zion shall come, and shall be shown to all men, being prepared and built, like as you saw the mountain carved without hands.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:37 And He, MY Son shall rebuke the wicked inventions of those nations, which for their wicked checedlessness life which have fallen into the tempest; (this was symbolized by the storm)
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:38 And shall lay before them their evil thoughts, and the torments wherewith they shall begin to be tormented, which are like to a flame: and He shall destroy them without effort by the Torah which is like to ME. (which was symbolized by the fire)
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:39 And whereas you saw that He gathered to Himself another peaceable multitude;
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:40 Those are the ten tribes, which were carried away prisoners out of their own land in the time of Hoshea the king, whom Salmanasar the king of Assyria led away captive, and he carried them over the waters, and so that they came into another land.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:41 But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where mankind had never dwelt, • Isa 19:2 Mt 24:7 Rev 16:16; 19:19 Dan 2:34.45 2Kgs 17:1·6
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:43 And they went in by the narrow passages of the Euphrates River.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:44 For YAHWEH the Most High then shown signs for them, and held still the flood, until they had passed over. • Josh 3:14.16
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and that country is called Arzareth.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come,
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:47 The Most High YAHWEH shall stay the springs of the stream again, that they may go through: therefore saw you the multitude gathered together in shalom. • Isa 11:15.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:48 But those that be left behind of your people are they that are found within MY borders, shall be delivered.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:49 Now when He destroys the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, He shall defend His people that remain.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:50 And then shall HE show them very many great wonders.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:51 Then I said, Oh Sovereign YAHWEH that bear rule, explain this to me: Why did I see the Man coming up from the middle of the sea?
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:52 And HE said to me, Like as you can neither seek out nor know the things that are in the deep of the sea: even so can no man upon earth see MY Son, or those that are with Him, except in the time of His day.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:53 This is the interpretation of the dream which you saw.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:54 And you alone have been enlightened about this, because you have forsaken your own ways, and applied yourself with diligence to MINE, and have searched out MY Torah.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:55 For you have devoted and ordered your life in wisdom, and have called understanding your mother.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:56 Therefore I have shown you treasures, for there is a reward laid up with the Most High YAHWEH. And after another three days I will tell you other things, and declare to you weighty and wondrous matters.
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:57 Then I arose and walked in the field, giving praise and thanks and great splendor to YAHWEH the Most High because of HIS wonders which HE did in time;
EZRA -4- ESDRAS 13:58 And because HE governs the times and whatever things come to pass in their seasons. And there I sat three days.
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