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1 Sitten Herra sanoi Moosekselle: "Lähde täältä ja vaella, sinä ja kansa, jonka olet johdattanut Egyptin maasta, siihen maahan, jonka minä olen vannoen luvannut Aabrahamille, Iisakille ja Jaakobille, sanoen: 'Sinun jälkeläisillesi minä annan sen'.

2 Ja minä lähetän enkelin sinun edelläsi ja karkoitan pois kanaanilaiset, amorilaiset, heettiläiset, perissiläiset, hivviläiset ja jebusilaiset,

3 että tulisit siihen maahan, joka vuotaa maitoa ja mettä. Sillä minä en itse vaella sinun kanssasi, koska olet niskurikansa, etten minä sinua tiellä hukuttaisi."

4 Kun kansa kuuli tämän kovan puheen, tulivat he murheellisiksi, eikä yksikään pukenut koristuksiaan yllensä.

5 Ja Herra sanoi Moosekselle: "Sano israelilaisille: Te olette niskurikansa. Jos minä silmänräpäyksenkään vaeltaisin sinun keskelläsi, minä hukuttaisin sinut. Riisu nyt koristuksesi yltäsi, niin minä ajattelen, mitä sinulle tekisin."

6 Niin israelilaiset riisuivat koristuksensa ja olivat Hoorebin vuoren luota lähtien ilman niitä.

7 Mutta Mooses otti majan ja pystytti sen leirin ulkopuolelle, jonkun matkan päähän leiristä, ja kutsui sen ilmestysmajaksi; ja jokaisen, jolla oli kysyttävää Herralta, oli mentävä ilmestysmajalle, leirin ulkopuolelle.

8 Ja kun Mooses lähti majalle, nousi koko kansa, ja kukin asettui majansa ovelle ja katseli Mooseksen jälkeen, kunnes hän oli mennyt majaan.

9 Ja aina kun Mooses meni majaan, laskeutui pilvenpatsas ja seisahtui majan ovelle; ja Herra puhutteli Moosesta.

10 Ja kaikki kansa näki pilvenpatsaan seisovan majan ovella; niin kaikki kansa nousi, ja he kumartuivat itsekukin majansa ovella.

11 Ja Herra puhutteli Moosesta kasvoista kasvoihin, niinkuin mies puhuttelee toista. Sitten Mooses palasi takaisin leiriin; mutta Joosua, Nuunin poika, hänen apumiehensä ja palvelijansa, ei poistunut majasta.

12 Ja Mooses sanoi Herralle: "Katso, sinä sanot minulle: 'Johdata tämä kansa sinne', mutta et ole ilmoittanut minulle, kenen sinä lähetät minun kanssani. Ja kuitenkin sinä sanoit: 'Minä tunnen sinut nimeltäsi, ja sinä olet myös saanut armon minun silmieni edessä'.

13 Jos siis olen saanut armon sinun silmiesi edessä, niin ilmoita minulle tiesi, että tulisin tuntemaan sinut ja tietäisin saaneeni armon sinun silmiesi edessä; ja katso: tämä kansa on sinun kansasi."

14 Hän sanoi: "Pitäisikö minun kasvojeni käymän sinun kanssasi ja minun viemän sinut lepoon?"

15 Hän vastasi hänelle: "Elleivät sinun kasvosi käy meidän kanssamme, niin älä johdata meitä täältä pois.

16 Sillä mistä muutoin tiedetään, että minä olen saanut armon sinun silmiesi edessä, minä ja sinun kansasi, ellei siitä, että sinä käyt meidän kanssamme, niin että me, minä ja sinun kansasi, olemme erikoiset kaikkien kansojen joukossa, jotka maan päällä ovat?"

17 Herra vastasi Moosekselle: "Mitä sinä nyt pyydät, sen minä myös teen; sillä sinä olet saanut armon minun silmieni edessä, ja minä tunnen sinut nimeltäsi".

18 Silloin hän sanoi: "Anna siis minun nähdä sinun kirkkautesi".

19 Hän vastasi: "Minä annan kaiken ihanuuteni käydä sinun ohitsesi ja huudan nimen 'Herra' sinun edessäsi. Ja minä olen armollinen, kenelle olen armollinen, armahdan, ketä armahdan".

20 Ja hän sanoi vielä: "Sinä et voi nähdä minun kasvojani; sillä ei kukaan, joka näkee minut, jää eloon".

21 Sitten Herra sanoi: "Katso, tässä on paikka minun läheisyydessäni; astu tuohon kalliolle.

22 Ja kun minun kirkkauteni kulkee ohitse, asetan minä sinut kallion rotkoon ja peitän sinut kädelläni, kunnes olen kulkenut ohi.

23 Kun minä sitten siirrän pois käteni, näet sinä minun selkäpuoleni; mutta minun kasvojani ei voi kenkään katsoa."

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #669

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669. 15:5 After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. This symbolically means that the inmost of heaven appeared, where the Lord is present in His holiness in the Word and in the Law contained in the Ten Commandments.

In the highest sense, the temple symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, and consequently heaven and the church (nos. 191, 529), here the Christian heaven. The tabernacle of the testimony symbolizes the inmost of that heaven, where the Lord resides in His holiness in the Word and in the Law contained in the Ten Commandments, since the Tabernacle likewise symbolizes heaven (no. 585); and the inmost of the Tabernacle was where the Ark was placed, containing the two tablets on which were written by the finger of God the ten precepts that constitute the ten commandments of the Decalogue, which are meant by the testimony here and are also called the Testimony. And it is apparent from this that John's saying, "I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened," means symbolically that the inmost of heaven appeared, where the Lord is present in His holiness in the Law contained in the Ten Commandments.

The tabernacle of the testimony symbolizes also where the Word exists because the term "testimony" is used not only of the Law contained in the Ten Commandments, but of the whole Word as well, and of the Lord as the embodiment of the Word, because the Word testifies concerning Him (nos. 490, 555).

[2] That the Word exists in heaven, in a repository in the inmost of heaven called a sanctuary, and that the light there is blazing and brilliant, surpassing in intensity any light in heaven outside that sanctuary, may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 70-75. And with respect to the sanctuary, no. 73 there.

Regarding the holiness of the Law contained in the Ten Commandments, see The Doctrine of Life for the New Jerusalem in Accordance With the Commandments of the Decalogue, nos. 53-61.

To be shown that the Ark containing the two tablets of the Decalogue constituted the sanctuary or inmost of the Temple in Jerusalem, and so the tabernacle there, see 1 Kings 6:19-28; 8:3-9.

That the Law contained in the Ten Commandments was called the Testimony is clear from the following passages:

Moses... went down..., and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand... The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. (Exodus 32:15-16)

...two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. (Exodus 31:18)

(Jehovah said,) "You shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you." (Exodus 25:16, 21-22)

Then (Moses) took the Testimony and put it into the ark... (Exodus 40:20)

...that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the Testimony... (Leviticus 16:13)

(Jehovah said to Moses,) "You shall place (the rods)...before the Testimony... And... Aaron's rod before the Testimony...." (Numbers 17:4, 10)

And Moses left the rods before Jehovah... (Numbers 17:7)

The Ark is called the Ark of testimony in Exodus 31:7, and the Tabernacle is called the Tabernacle of the Testimony in Exodus 38:21.

  
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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.

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585. And against His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. This symbolizes scandalous assertions against the Lord's celestial church and against heaven.

The Tabernacle has almost the same symbolic meaning as the Temple, namely, in the highest sense, the Lord's Divine humanity, and in a relative sense, heaven and the church (nos. 191, 529). But in the latter sense the Tabernacle symbolizes the celestial church, which is impelled by the goodness of love toward the Lord received from the Lord; and the Temple symbolizes the spiritual church, which is impelled by truths of wisdom received from the Lord. Those who dwell in heaven symbolize heaven.

The Tabernacle symbolizes the celestial church because the Most Ancient Church, being impelled by love toward the Lord, was a celestial church and held sacred worship in tents. And the Ancient Church was a spiritual church and held sacred worship in temples.

Tents used wood in their construction, while temples used stone, and wood symbolizes goodness, and stone truth.

[2] That the Tabernacle symbolizes the Lord's Divine humanity in respect to Divine love, and a heaven and a church that is impelled by love toward the Lord, can be seen from the following passages:

Jehovah, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy mountain? He who walks uprightly, and practices righteousness, and speaks the truth... (Psalms 15:1-2)

(Jehovah) shall hide me in His tabernacle; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall conceal me; He shall set me high... (Psalms 27:4-5)

I will abide in Your tabernacle forever. (Psalms 61:4)

Look upon Zion...; let your eyes behold Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that will not be dispelled... (Isaiah 33:20)

(Jehovah) who... spreads (the heavens) out like a tent to dwell in. (Isaiah 40:22)

...you have made Jehovah..., the Most High, your dwelling place..., no plague shall come near your tent. (Psalms 91:9-10)

(Jehovah) set (His) tabernacle among (them).... (He) will walk among (them).... (Leviticus 26:11-12)

(Jehovah) forsook the tent of Shiloh, the tabernacle in which He dwelled among men. (Psalms 78:60)

I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them...." (Revelation 21:3)

...My tabernacle has been laid waste... (Jeremiah 4:20; 10:20)

He shall... pluck you out of your tent, and uproot you from the land of the living. (Psalms 52:5)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 16:5; 54:2, Jeremiah 30:18, Lamentations 2:4, Hosea 9:6; 12:9, Zechariah 12:7.

[3] Since the Most Ancient Church, which was a celestial church, being impelled by love toward the Lord and being thus in conjunction with Him, held sacred worship in tents, therefore by the Lord's command Moses erected a tent or tabernacle, in which everything relating to heaven and the church was represented. And it was so holy that no one was permitted to enter except Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons; and if any of the people were to do so, they would die (Numbers 17:12-13; 18:1, 22-23; 19:14-19).

Inmostly in that tabernacle, containing the two tables of the Decalogue, was the Ark, on which was the mercy seat and over it the cherubim. And outside the veil was the table holding the showbread, the altar of incense, and the lampstand having seven lamps. All of these things were representative objects relating to heaven and the church. The tabernacle itself is described in Exodus 26:7-16; 36:8-37.

We also read that the design of the Tabernacle was shown to Moses upon Mount Sinai (Exodus 25:9; 26:30); and whatever he was given to see from heaven is a representation relating to heaven and the church.

In memory of the most ancient people's sacred worship of the Lord in tents, and of their conjunction with Him through love, Israel was commanded to observe the Feast of Tabernacles, as recorded in Leviticus 23:39-44, Deuteronomy 16:13-14.

  
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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.