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Ezechiel 37

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1 Byla nade mnou ruka Hospodinova, a vyvedl mne Hospodin v duchu, a postavil mne u prostřed údolí, kteréž bylo plné kostí.

2 I provedl mne skrze ně vůkol a vůkol, a aj, bylo jich velmi mnoho v tom údolí, a aj, byly velmi suché.

3 I řekl mi: Synu člověčí, mohly-li by ožiti kosti tyto? I řekl jsem: Panovníče Hospodine, ty víš.

4 V tom řekl mi: Prorokuj o těch kostech a rci jim: Kosti suché, slyšte slovo Hospodinovo.

5 Toto praví Panovník Hospodin kostem těmto: Aj, já uvedu do vás ducha, abyste ožily.

6 A dám na vás žily, a učiním, že zroste na vás maso, a otáhnu vás koží; dám, pravím, do vás ducha, abyste ožily, i zvíte, že já jsem Hospodin.

7 Tedy prorokoval jsem tak, jakž mi rozkázáno bylo. I stal se zvuk, když jsem já prorokoval, a aj, hřmot, když se přibližovaly kosti jedna k druhé.

8 I viděl jsem, a aj, žily a maso na nich se ukázalo, i koží potaženy byly po vrchu, ale ducha žádného nebylo v nich.

9 I řekl mi: Prorokuj k duchu, prorokuj, synu člověčí, a rci duchu: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Ode čtyř větrů přiď, duchu, a věj na tyto zmordované, ať oživou.

10 Tedy prorokoval jsem, jakž mi rozkázal. I všel do nich duch, a ožili, a postavili se na nohách svých, zástup velmi veliký.

11 I řekl mi: Synu člověčí, kosti tyto jsou všecken dům Izraelský. Aj, říkají: Uschly kosti naše, a zhynula čáka naše, jižť jest po nás.

12 Protož prorokuj a rci jim: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Aj, já otevru hroby vaše, a vyvedu vás z hrobů vašich, lide můj, a uvedu vás do země Izraelské.

13 I zvíte, že já jsem Hospodin, když otevru hroby vaše, a vyvedu vás z hrobů vašich, lide můj.

14 A dám Ducha svého do vás, abyste ožili, a osadím vás v zemi vaší, i zvíte, že já Hospodin mluvím i činím, dí Hospodin.

15 Opět stalo se slovo Hospodinovo ke mně, řkoucí:

16 Ty pak synu člověčí, vezmi sobě dřevo jedno, a napiš na něm: Judovi, a synům Izraelským, tovaryšům jeho. Zatím vezma dřevo druhé, napiš na něm: Jozefovi dřevo Efraimovo, a všechněm synům Izraelským, tovaryšům jeho.

17 I spojž je sobě jedno k druhému v jedno dřevo, aby byla jako jedno v ruce tvé.

18 A když mluviti budou k tobě synové lidu tvého, řkouce: Což nám neoznámíš, co ty věci znamenají:

19 Mluv k nim: Takto praví panovník Hospodin: Aj, já vezmu dřevo Jozefovo, kteréž jest v ruce Efraimově, a pokolení Izraelských, tovaryšů jeho, a přiložím je s ním k dřevu Judovu, a učiním je dřevem jedním, i budou jedno v ruce mé.

20 A když budou ta dřeva, na kterýchž jsi psal, v ruce tvé před očima jejich,

21 Tedy mluv k nim: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Aj, já vezmu syny Izraelské z prostřed národů těch, kamž odešli, a shromáždě je odevšad, uvedu je do země jejich.

22 A učiním je, aby byli národem jedním v té zemi na horách Izraelských, a král jeden bude nad nimi nade všemi králem. A nebudou více dva národové, aniž se již více děliti budou na dvoje království.

23 Aniž se budou poškvrňovati více ukydanými bohy svými, a ohavnostmi svými, ani jakými přestoupeními svými, i vysvobodím je ze všech obydlí jejich, v nichž hřešili, a očistím je. I budou mým lidem, a já budu jejich Bohem.

24 A služebník můj David bude králem nad nimi, a pastýře jednoho všickni míti budou, aby v soudech mých chodili, a ustanovení mých ostříhali, i činili je.

25 I budou bydliti v té zemi, kterouž jsem byl dal služebníku svému Jákobovi, v níž bydlili otcové vaši. Budou, pravím, v ní bydliti oni i synové jejich, i synové synů jejich až na věky, a David služebník můj knížetem jejich bude na věky.

26 Nadto učiním s nimi smlouvu pokoje; smlouva věčná bude s nimi. A rozsadím je, i rozmnožím je, a postavím svatyni svou u prostřed nich na věky.

27 Bude i příbytek můj mezi nimi, a budu jejich Bohem, a oni budou lidem mým.

28 I zvědí národové, že jsem já Hospodin, jenž posvěcuji Izraele, když bude svatyně má u prostřed nich na věky.

   

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3. Which God gave Him to show His servants. This symbolically means, for people who have faith arising from charity, or truths of wisdom arising from the goodness of love.

To show means, symbolically, to make evident, and servants here symbolize people who have faith arising from charity. The following things are made evident to them because they understand and accept.

Servants mean, in the spiritual sense, people who are governed by truths; and because truths spring from goodness, servants mean people who are governed by truths arising from goodness, thus also people governed by wisdom arising from love, because wisdom has to do with truth, and love with goodness. They also are people who have faith arising from charity, because faith, too, has to do with truth, and charity with goodness. And because the spiritual sense in reality is abstracted from person, therefore servants in that sense symbolize truths.

Now because truths, by teaching goodness, serve it, therefore in general, and properly speaking, by a servant in the Word is meant something serving, or someone or something that serves. In this sense not only were prophets called servants of God, but so, too, was the Lord in respect to His humanity.

That prophets were called servants of God is evident from the following passages:

Jehovah has sent to you all His servants the prophets... (Jeremiah 25:4)

...He has revealed His secret to His servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)

...He has set before us by the hand of His servants the prophets. (Daniel 9:10)

Moses, too, is called a servant of Jehovah (Malachi 4:4). That is because a prophet, in the spiritual sense, means doctrinal truth, as discussed below.

[2] Moreover, because the Lord was the very embodiment of Divine truth, which also is the Word, and for that reason was called the prophet, and because He served in the world and serves all people to eternity by teaching, therefore He, too, is here and there called the servant of Jehovah, as in the following passages:

Of the labor of His soul He shall see; He shall be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many... (Isaiah 53:11)

Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. (Isaiah 52:13)

Behold! My Servant on whom I rest, My Elect. My soul has good pleasure! I have put My Spirit upon Him... (Isaiah 42:1, 19)

These things are said of the Lord. David is spoken of similarly, where by him is meant the Lord, as in the following:

I, Jehovah, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them... (Ezekiel 34:24)

David My servant shall be king over them, so that they all have one shepherd... (Ezekiel 37:24)

I will protect this city to save it, for My sake and for My servant David's sake. (Isaiah 37:35)

So, too, Psalms 78:70-72; 89:3-4, 20. (That by David in these places is meant the Lord, may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, nos. 43, 44.)

The Lord Himself speaks similarly of Himself:

...whoever desires to become great among you must be your attendant, and whoever desires to be first among you must be your servant, even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister... (Matthew 20:25-28. Cf. Mark 10:42-45, Luke 22:27. So, too, Luke 12:37)

The Lord says this, because by a servant and attendant are meant one who serves and ministers by teaching, and abstractly from person, Divine truth, which He embodied.

[3] Since a servant therefore means someone who teaches Divine truth, it is apparent that servants in this place in the book of Revelation mean people who possess truths arising from goodness, or faith arising from charity, because they are able to teach from the Lord, that is to say, because the Lord is able to teach and minister through them.

It is in this sense that they are called servants in Matthew:

(At the end of the age,) who... is the faithful and prudent servant, whom his lord set over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he comes, will find so doing. (Matthew 24:45-46)

And in Luke:

Blessed are those servants whom the lord, when he comes, will find watching. Truly I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will (himself) come and attend to them. (Luke 12:37)

In heaven, all people in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called His servants, while those in His celestial kingdom are called His ministers. That is because people in His spiritual kingdom are governed by wisdom derived from Divine truth, and those in the celestial kingdom by love derived from Divine good. And good ministers, while truth serves.

In an opposite sense, however, by servants are meant people who serve the devil. These are in a real state of servitude, whereas people who serve the Lord are in a state of freedom - as the Lord also teaches in John 8:31-36. 1

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free'?" Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. (John 8:31-36)

  
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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.