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Eliro 27

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1 Kaj faru la altaron el akacia ligno, havantan la longon de kvin ulnoj kaj la largxon de kvin ulnoj; kvarangula estu la altaro; kaj gxia alto estu tri ulnoj.

2 Kaj faru gxiajn kornojn sur gxiaj kvar anguloj; el gxi elstaru gxiaj kornoj; kaj tegu gxin per kupro.

3 Kaj faru por gxi potojn por gxia cindro kaj sxovelilojn kaj kalikojn kaj forkojn kaj karbujojn; cxiujn gxiajn vazojn faru el kupro.

4 Kaj faru por gxi kradon en formo de kupra reto, kaj faru sur la reto kvar kuprajn ringojn sur gxiaj kvar anguloj.

5 Kaj metu gxin sub la kornicon de la altaro, malsupren, tiel, ke la reto atingu gxis la mezo de la altaro.

6 Kaj faru stangojn por la altaro, stangojn el akacia ligno, kaj tegu ilin per kupro.

7 Kaj metu gxiajn stangojn en ringojn, tiel, ke la stangoj estu cxe ambaux flankoj de la altaro, kiam oni gxin portos.

8 Interne malplena faru gxin el tabuloj; kiel estis montrite al vi sur la monto, tiel oni faru.

9 Kaj faru korton por la tabernaklo; sur la flanko suda estu kurtenoj por la korto, el tordita bisino; unu flanko havu la longon de cent ulnoj;

10 kaj gxiaj dudek kolonoj kaj iliaj dudek bazoj estu el kupro; la hokoj de la kolonoj kaj iliaj ligiloj estu el argxento.

11 Tiel same ankaux sur la norda flanko lauxlonge estu kurtenoj, havantaj la longon de cent ulnoj; kaj dudek kolonoj, kaj por ili dudek bazoj el kupro; la hokoj de la kolonoj kaj iliaj ligiloj estu el argxento.

12 Sed lauxlargxe de la korto, sur la flanko okcidenta, estu kurtenoj, havantaj la longon de kvindek ulnoj; dek kolonoj, kaj por ili dek bazoj.

13 Kaj lauxlargxe de la korto, sur la flanko orienta, estu kurtenoj, havantaj la longon de kvindek ulnoj.

14 Kaj kurtenoj, havantaj la longon de dek kvin ulnoj, estu por unu latero; ankaux tri kolonoj, kaj por ili tri bazoj.

15 Kaj por la dua latero estu kurtenoj, havantaj la longon de dek kvin ulnoj; ankaux tri kolonoj, kaj por ili tri bazoj.

16 Kaj por la pordego de la korto estu kovrotuko, havanta la longon de dudek ulnoj, el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo, kaj el tordita bisino, kun brodajxoj; kvar kolonoj, kaj por ili kvar bazoj.

17 CXiuj kolonoj cxirkaux la korto havu ligilojn el argxento, hokojn el argxento, kaj bazojn el kupro.

18 La longo de la korto estu cent ulnoj, la largxo cxie kvindek, kaj la alto kvin ulnoj; cxio estu farita el tordita bisino, kaj la bazoj estu el kupro.

19 CXiuj vazoj de la tabernaklo, por cxiuj servoj, kaj cxiuj gxiaj najloj kaj cxiuj najloj de la korto, estu el kupro.

20 Kaj vi ordonu al la Izraelidoj, ke ili alportu al vi oleon olivan, puran, pistitan, por lumigado, por ke lucerno brulu cxiam.

21 En la tabernaklo de kunveno, ekstere de la kurteno, kiu pendas antaux la atesto, arangxadu gxin Aaron kaj liaj filoj de vespero gxis mateno antaux la Eternulo. Tio estu eterna legxo en la generacioj de la Izraelidoj.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 586

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586. 13:7 It was granted it to make war with the saints and overcome them. This symbolically means that they attacked the Word's Divine truths and overturned them.

War symbolizes spiritual war, which is a war of falsity against truth, and of truth against falsity (no. 500). To make war, therefore, symbolically means to attack. Saints mean people who are governed by Divine truths from the Lord through the Word, and thus, abstractly from persons, Divine truths themselves (no. 173). Consequently, to overcome the saints means, symbolically, to cause truths not to prevail, thus to overturn them.

The following declaration in Daniel has a similar symbolic meaning, that the fourth beast to come up from the sea, which had a mouth speaking great words, "made war with the saints and prevailed" (Daniel 7:7-8, 21). To be shown that the male goat means faith divorced from charity, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding Faith, nos. 61-68.

The following has a similar meaning:

...a king shall arise, having fierce features, who understands intrigues... He shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people... He shall even rise against the Prince of princes... He shall cause deceit to prosper under his hand. (Daniel 8:23-25)

The king is the male goat, as said in verse 21.

Very similar is symbolism found in the statement that "the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against (the two witnesses), overcome them, and kill them" (Revelation 11:7, and no. 500). They will overcome them because the laity do not see through the clergy's sophistries, which they call mysteries, for the clergy wrap them up in appearances and fallacious reasonings. That is why the people said, "Who is like the beast? Who can fight against it?" (verse 4, and nos. 579-581).

[2] That saints (or holy ones) mean people governed by truths from the Lord through the Word can be seen from the passages cited in no. 173 above, and also from the following:

(Jesus said, "Father,) sanctify them in Your truth. Your Word is truth... ...I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth... I in them, and You in Me. (John 17:17, 19, 23)

Jehovah came from Sinai..., He came from the ten thousands of the holy; from His right hand came a fiery law for them... All His saints are in Your hand...; each shall receive Your words. (Deuteronomy 33:2-3)

It is apparent from this that those people are called saints who are governed by Divine truths from the Lord through the Word. Moreover, those who live according to the commandments, that is, to the Word's truths, are called the saints or holy people of Jehovah (Leviticus 19:2, Deuteronomy 26:18-19). The Decalogue is the covenant they were to keep (see no. 529 above, and The Doctrine of Life for the New Jerusalem60).

It was for this reason that the place in the Tabernacle where the Ark was, containing the Decalogue, was called the holy of holies or the most holy place (Exodus 26:33-34).

[3] Those people who live according to the Word's truths are called saints, not because they are holy, but because the truths in them are holy; and truths are holy when they come from the Lord in them, and they have the Lord in them when they have His truths in them (John 15:7).

Because of their truths from the Lord, angels are called holy (Matthew 25:31, Luke 9:26). So, too, are prophets, (Luke 1:70, Revelation 18:20; 22:6). And also apostles (Revelation 18:20).

It is because of this that the Temple is called a holy temple (Psalms 5:7; 65:4). That Zion is called a holy mountain (Isaiah 65:11, Jeremiah 31:23, Ezekiel 20:40, Psalms 2:6; 3:4; 15:1). That Jerusalem is called a holy city (Isaiah 48:2; 64:10, Revelation 21:2, 10, Matthew 27:53). That the church is called a holy people (Isaiah 62:12; 63:18, Psalms 149:1), and also a kingdom of saints (Daniel 7:18, 22, 27).

They are called saints because in an abstract sense angels symbolize Divine truths from the Lord; prophets symbolizes doctrinal truths; apostles symbolize the church's truths; and the Temple symbolizes heaven and the church in respect to Divine truth, as do also Zion, Jerusalem, the people, and the kingdom of God.

That no one is holy in himself, not even angels, may be seen in Job 15:14-16. But they are holy from the Lord, because the Lord alone is holy (Revelation 15:4, no.173).

  
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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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Daniel 8:23-25

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23 In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

24 His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do [his pleasure]; and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.

25 Through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in [their] security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.