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Ezekiel 23:42

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42 And the voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of them [twain], and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

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In Genesis 19:37; 21:26; 30:32; 40:7; Matthew 6:30; Luke 12:28, this signifies the perpetuity and eternity of a state. (Arcana Coelestia 2838)

In Psalm 2:7, this signifies in time; for with Jehovah the future is present. (True Christian Religion 101)

The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a historical sense, these expressions have respect to the time when Moses lived, but in an internal sense, 'this day' and 'today' signify the perpetuity and eternity of a state. 'Day' denotes state, and likewise 'today,' which is the current time. Anything related to time in the world is eternal in heaven, and to represent this, 'today' or 'to this day' is added. Although, in the historical sense, this appears as if the expressions only have a literal meaning, just like it says in other parts of the Word, such as Joshua 4:9, 6:25, 7:20, Judges 1:21, 26, etc. 'Today' means something perpetual and eternal in Psalms 2:7, 119:89-91, Jeremiah 1:5, 10, 18, Deuteronomy 29:9-14, Numbers 28:3, 23, Daniel 8:13, 11:31, 12:11, Exodus 16:4, 19, 20, 23, John 6:31, 32, 49, 50, 58, Matthew 6:11, and Luke 11:3.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2838 [1-4], Genesis 47:26)

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The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 146

  
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146. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 23

The church which is in truth, and the church which is in good. (2)

1-2 There are two churches, one which is in truth, which is Samaria, and the other which is in good, which is Jerusalem. (2)

3 Both are external natural, perverted in the beginning. (2)

5-8 Samaria falsified the truths of the Word by reasonings from knowledges [scientifica];, (2, 3)

9-10 thus she became corrupted. (2, 3)

11-13 Jerusalem likewise falsified truths, (2, 3)

14-17 and adulterated goods also by various means. (2, 3)

18 Thereby she separated herself from the Lord, (2)

19 and defiled truths and goods still further by knowledges [scientifica] of the natural man. (2)

22-25 They will wholly perish on the day of judgment. (15)

26-27 Thus the truths and goods of the church will no longer be perverted. (15)

28-31 They will be in hell where there is nothing but evils and falsities. (15)

32-34 They will also be in the falsification of all truth; (15)

35 and this, because they have denied the Lord. (4)

36-39 They have destroyed all the holy things of the church. (3)

40-42 They boasted before others because of their having the Word and the holy things of the church, (3)

43-45 although these were entirely falsified and adulterated. (3)

46-49 Falsities and evils will destroy all things of the church among them, and such must be separated that they may no longer mislead. (3, 11)

  
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