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Ezechiel 11

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1 I vznesl mne Duch, a přivedl mne k bráně východní domu Hospodinova, kteráž patří na východ, a aj, ve vratech brány té pětmecítma mužů, mezi kterýmiž jsem viděl Jazaniáše syna Azurova, a Pelatiáše syna Banaiášova, knížata lidu.

2 Tedy řekl mi: Synu člověčí, to jsou ti muži, kteříž smýšlejí nepravost, a skládají radu zlou v městě tomto,

3 Říkajíce: Nestavějme domů blízko, sic město bude hrnec a my maso.

4 Protož prorokuj proti nim, prorokuj, synu člověčí.

5 I sstoupil na mne Duch Hospodinův, a řekl mi: Rci: Takto dí Hospodin: Tak říkáte, dome Izraelský. Nebo což vám koli vstupuje na mysl, o tom já vím.

6 Veliké množství zmordovali jste v městě tomto, a naplnili jste ulice jeho zbitými.

7 Protož takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Ti, kteříž jsou zbiti od vás, kteréž jste skladli u prostřed něho, oniť jsou maso, město pak hrnec, ale vás vyvedu z prostředku jeho.

8 Báli jste se meče, ale meč uvedu na vás, praví Panovník Hospodin.

9 A vyvedu vás z prostředku jeho, a dám vás v ruku cizích, a vykonám nad vámi soudy.

10 Mečem padnete, na pomezí Izraelském souditi vás budu, a zvíte, že já jsem Hospodin.

11 Město nebude vám hrnec, aniž vy budete u prostřed něho maso, na pomezí Izraelském souditi vás budu.

12 I zvíte, že já jsem Hospodin, poněvadž jste v ustanoveních mých nechodili, a soudů mých nečinili, a podlé soudů těch národů, kteříž jsou vůkol vás, činili jste.

13 Stalo se pak, když jsem prorokoval, že Pelatiáš syn Banaiášův umřel. Pročež padl jsem na tvář svou, a zvolal jsem hlasem velikým, řka: Ach, Panovníče Hospodine, skonání, činíš ostatkům Izraelským.

14 Tedy stalo se slovo Hospodinovo ke mně, řkoucí:

15 Synu člověčí, bratří tvoji, bratří tvoji, příbuzní tvoji, a všecken dům Izraelský, všecken dům, kterýmž říkali obyvatelé Jeruzalémští: Daleko zajděte od Hospodina, nám jest dána země tato v dědictví.

16 Protož rci: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Ačkoli daleko zahnal jsem je mezi národy, a ačkoli rozptýlil jsem je do zemí, však budu jim svatyní i za ten malý čas v zemích těch, do kterýchž přijdou.

17 Protož rci: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Shromáždím vás z národů a zberu vás z zemí, do kterýchž rozptýleni jste, a dám vám zemi Izraelskou.

18 I vejdou tam, a vyvrhou všecky mrzkosti její, i všecky ohavnosti její z ní.

19 Nebo dám jim srdce jedno, a Ducha nového dám do vnitřností vašich, a odejmu srdce kamenné z těla jejich, a dám jim srdce masité,

20 Aby v ustanoveních mých chodili, a soudů mých ostříhali, a činili je. I budou lidem mým, a já budu jejich Bohem.

21 Kterýchž pak srdce chodilo by po žádostech mrzkostí svých a ohavností svých, těch cestu na hlavu jejich obrátím, praví Panovník Hospodin.

22 Tedy vznesli cherubínové křídla svá i kola s nimi, sláva pak Boha Izraelského nad nimi svrchu.

23 I odešla sláva Hospodinova z prostředku města, a stála na hoře, kteráž jest na východ městu.

24 Duch pak vznesl mne, a zase mne přivedl do země Kaldejské k zajatým, u vidění skrze Ducha Božího. I odešlo ode mne vidění, kteréž jsem viděl.

25 A mluvil jsem k zajatým všecky ty věci Hospodinovy, kteréž mi ukázal.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 945

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945. 22:8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. This means that John supposed that the angel sent to him by the Lord to keep him in a state of the spirit was the God who revealed these things, when in fact that was not the case, as the angel only showed him what the Lord presented.

Clearly John supposed that the angel sent to him was the Lord Himself, for we are told that he fell down to worship before the angel's feet. But that it was not as he supposed is apparent from the next verse, in which the angel tells him that he is his fellow servant: "Worship God." That the angel was sent to John by the Lord is apparent from verse 16, which says, "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches."

But behind this lies the following secret: The Lord sent the angel to John in order to keep him in a state of the spirit and to show him in that state the visions he saw. For whatever John saw, he saw not with the eyes of his body, but with the eyes of his spirit, as can be seen from the passages in which he says that he was in the spirit and seeing a vision (Revelation 1:10; 9:17; 17:3; 21:10), thus everywhere that he says "he saw." And a person can enter that state and be kept in it only by angels who are closely attached to the person, who induce their own spiritual state on the interiors of his mind. For this raises the person into the light of heaven, and in that light he sees sights in heaven and not in the world.

[2] Ezekiel, Zechariah, Daniel, and other prophets were at times in the same state, but not when they spoke the Word. When they spoke the Word they were not in the spirit, but conscious in the body, and the words they wrote they heard from Jehovah Himself, that is, from the Lord.

These two states experienced by the prophets must be properly distinguished. The prophets themselves also properly distinguished them, for they everywhere say when they wrote the Word from Jehovah that Jehovah spoke with them and to them, and most often, "Thus says Jehovah," or "the word of Jehovah." However, when they were in the other state, they say that they were in the spirit or seeing in a vision, as can be seen from the following: (Ezekiel said,) "The spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision... of God into Chaldea, to those in captivity. So the vision that I saw went up upon me." (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)

Ezekiel says that the spirit lifted him up and that he heard behind him an earthquake, among other things (Ezekiel 3:12, 14). Also that the spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, and brought him in visions of God to Jerusalem, where he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3ff.). Therefore he was also seeing in a vision of God or in the spirit when he saw four living creatures, which were cherubim (Ezekiel 1 and 10). And when he saw a new temple and a new land, and an angel measuring them (Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48). He says that he was then seeing in the visions of God (Ezekiel 40:2), and that the spirit lifted him up (Ezekiel 43:5).

[3] It was the same with Zechariah, who had an angel with him at the time when he saw a man riding among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8ff.). When he saw the four horns, and then the man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1ff.). When he saw Joshua, the high priest (Zechariah 3:1ff.). When he saw the lampstand and two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1ff.). When he saw the flying scroll and the ephah (Zechariah 5:1, 6). And when he saw the four chariots and their horses coming from between two mountains (Zechariah 6:1ff.).

Daniel was in the same state when he saw four beasts coming up from the sea (Daniel 7:1ff.), and when he saw the combat of the ram and the male goat (Daniel 8:1ff.). That he saw these sights in visions is said in Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8. Moreover, that he saw the angel Gabriel and spoke with him in a vision (Daniel 9:21).

It was the same with John when he saw the sights he described, as when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands; when he saw the tabernacle, 1 the temple, 2 the ark, 3 and the altar 4 in heaven; the dragon and its combat with Michael; 5 the beasts; 6 the woman sitting on the scarlet beast; 7 the new heaven and new earth, and the holy Jerusalem with its wall, gates, and foundations; 8 and more.

These sights were revealed by the Lord, but shown by an angel.

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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.