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Hesekiel 34

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1 Ja Herran sana tapahtui minulle ja sanoi:

2 Sinä, ihmisen poika, ennusta Israelin paimenia vastaan, ennusta ja sano heille, jotka paimenet ovat: näin sanoo Herra, Herra: voi Israelin paimenia, jotka itsiänsä ruokkivat! eikö paimenten pitäisi laumaa ruokkiman?

3 Mutta te syötte lihavaa, ja verhoitatte teitänne villoilla, ja teurastatte syötetyitä; mutta ette tahdo ruokkia lampaita.

4 Heikkoja ette tue, sairaita ette paranna, haavoitettuja ette sido, eksyneitä ette palauta, kadonneita ette etsi; mutta kovin ja ankarasti hallitsette heitä.

5 Ja minun lampaani ovat hajoitetut, niinkuin ne, joille ei paimenta ole, ja ovat kaikille pedoille ruaksi tulleet, ja ovat peräti hajoitetut,

6 Ja käyvät eksyksissä kaikilla vuorilla ja korkeilla kukkuloilla; ja ovat kaikkeen maahan hajoitetut, ja ei ole ketään, joka heitä kysyy eli tottelee.

7 Sentähden te paimenet, kuulkaat Herran sanaa:

8 Niin totta kuin minä elän, sanoo Herra, Herra: että te annatte minun lampaani raatelukseksi ja minun laumani kaikille pedoille ruaksi, ettei heillä ole paimenta, ja minun paimeneni ei pidä lukua minun laumastani; vaan ovat senkaltaiset paimenet, jotka itsiänsä ruokkivat, mutta minun lampaitani ei he tahdo ruokkia;

9 Sentähden, te paimenet, kuulkaat Herran sanaa:

10 Näin sanoo Herra, Herra: katso, minä tahdon paimenien kimppuun, ja tahdon minun laumani heidän käsistänsä vaatia, ja tahdon heitä lopettaa, ettei heidän pidä enään paimenena oleman eikä itsiänsä ruokkiman; minä tahdon minun lampaani heidän suustansa temmata ulos, ja ei ne pidä oleman heidän ruokansa.

11 Sillä näin sanoo Herra, Herra: katso, minä tahdon itse pitää murheen lampaistani, ja tahdon heitä etsiä.

12 Niinkuin paimen etsii lampaitansa, kuin he laumastansa eksyneet ovat, niin tahdon minä myös minun lampaitani etsiä; ja tahdon heitä kaikista paikoista pelastaa, joihin he hajoitetut ovat, siihen aikaan kuin sumu ja pimiä oli.

13 Ja tahdon heitä kaikista kansoista viedä ulos, ja kaikista maakunnista koota, ja heitä omalle maallensa viedä; ja kaita heitä Israelin vuorilla, ojain tykönä kaikissa suloisissa paikoissa,

14 Ja heitä parhaalle laitumelle viedä, ja heidän majansa pitää korkeilla Israelin vuorilla seisoman; siinä heidän pitää levollisessa varjossa makaaman, ja heillä pitää oleman lihava laidun Israelin vuorilla.

15 Minä tahdon itse minun lampaani ruokkia, ja minä tahdon heitä sioittaa, sanoo Herra, Herra.

16 Kadonneet tahdon minä etsiä ja eksyneet tallelle tuottaa, haavoitetut sitoa, heikkoja vahvistaa; lihavia ja väkeviä tahdon minä hävittää, ja kaitsen heitä toimellisesti.

17 Mutta teille, minun laumani, sanoo Herra, Herra näin: katso, minä tahdon tuomita lampaan ja lampaan välillä ja oinasten ja kauristen välillä.

18 Eikö siinä kyllä ole, että teillä niin hyvä laidun on, ja jääneet teidän laitumistanne te jaloillanne tallaatte, ja niin jalot lähteet juoda, että te jäänneet jaloillanne tallaatte?

19 Että minun lampaani pitää syömän sitä, jota te olette jaloillanne sotkuneet, ja pitää myös juoman sitä, jota te tallanneet olette jaloillanne.

20 Sentähden näin sanoo Herra, Herra heille: katso, minä tahdon tuomita lihavain ja laihain lammasten välillä,

21 Että te potkitte jaloillanne, ja puskette heikkoja sarvillanne, siihenasti kuin te heidät hajoitatte ulos.

22 Ja minä tahdon auttaa minun laumaani, ettei sitä pidä enään raatelukseksi annettaman, ja tahdon tuomita lampaan ja lampaan välillä.

23 Ja minä tahdon yhden ainokaisen paimenen herättää, joka heitä on ravitseva, palveliani Davidin: hän on heitä ravitseva ja on heidän paimenensa oleva.

24 Ja minä Herra tahdon olla heidän Jumalansa, mutta minun palveliani David on heidän seassansa päämies oleva; minä Herra olen sen puhunut.

25 Ja minä tahdon rauhan liiton heidän kanssansa tehdä, ja kaikki pahat eläimet maalta ajaa pois, että he surutoinna korvessa asuisivat ja metsissä makaisivat.

26 Ja tahdon heidät ja kaikki minun kukkulani siunata; ja annan heille sataa oikialla ajalla, joka on armon sade oleva,

27 Että puut kedolla hedelmänsä kantavat ja maa antaa kasvunsa, ja he asuvat surutoinna maassa; ja heidän pitää tietämän, että minä olen Herra, koska minä heidän ikeensä jutan katkaisen, ja heitä olen pelastanut niiden käsistä, joita heidän pitää palveleman.

28 Ja ei heidän pidä enään pakanoille raatelukseksi oleman, ja ei maan pedot pidä enään heitä syömän, mutta heidän pitää surutoinna ja pelkäämättä asuman.

29 Ja minä tahdon heille kuuluisan vesan herättää; ettei heidän pidä enään nälkää maalla kärsimän, eikä heidän pilkkansa pakanain seassa kantaman.

30 Ja heidän pitää tietämän, että minä Herra, Heidän Jumalansa, olen heidän tykönänsä, ja Israelin huone on minun kansani, sanoo Herra, Herra.

31 Ja te ihmiset pitää oleman minun laitumeni lauma; ja minä tahdon olla teidän Jumalanne, sanoo Herra, Herra.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 4287

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4287. 'For as a prince you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed' means repeated victories in conflicts over truths and goods. This is clear from the meaning of 'contending as a prince' as overcoming in conflicts, in this case conflicts that accompany temptations since these are the subject at present; and from the meaning of 'with God and with men' as conflicts over truths and goods, to be dealt with below.

[2] The subject in the highest sense being the Lord, it is He who is meant in that sense by 'one contending as a prince with God and with men', for by His own power He suffered all temptations and through them overcame the hells. Indeed He allowed into Himself all the hells in their order, and even the angels, as will be explained later on. In so doing he brought into order everything in the heavens and in the hells, and at length glorified Himself, that is, made the Human within Him Divine.

[3] From this it is evident that in the highest sense the Lord is meant by Jacob and Israel, as shown immediately above in 4286. Not only has He Himself 'contended as a prince', that is, has suffered all the conflicts brought about by temptations and has overcome in them, but also He suffers them in every individual human being. But see what has been stated many times already on these matters in the following references,

The Lord suffered the severest temptations, greater than anybody else has done, 1663, 1668, 1787, 2776, 2786, 2795, 2816.

Unlike any others the Lord fought out of Divine love, 1690, 1691 (end), 1789, 1812, 1813, 1820.

The Lord fought against hereditary evil from the mother, so that at length He was not her son; even so, no evil of His own doing was attached to Him, 1444, 1573, 2025, 2574, 2649, 3318 (end).

Through the conflicts brought about by temptations and through repeated victories the Lord arranged all things into the form which heaven possesses, 1928.

And through repeated victories in conflicts brought about by temptations He united the Divine Essence to the Human Essence, 1616, 1737, 1813, 1921, 2025, 2026, 2500, 2523, 2632, 2776.

The Lord suffers the temptations that take place in man, subduing evil and the hells, 987, 1661, 1692 (end).

[4] The arcanum that 'contending with God and with men' means being tempted over truths and over goods is one that is not open to view in the letter. It is clear to anyone, and will also be evident from the explanation given below, that it was not God with whom Jacob contended, for it cannot be said of anyone that he contends with God and prevails. But the internal sense teaches what 'God' and 'men' mean here - that 'God' means truth, and 'men' good. The reason for this is that 'God' in the internal sense means truth, and therefore whenever truth is dealt with the name God is used, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, whereas the term 'man' is used to mean good. And 'man' means good because the Lord is the only Man and anyone else is called such by virtue of Him, 49, 288, 565, 1894. A further reason is that by virtue of Him heaven is man and is called the Grand Man, 684, 1276, 3624-3649, 3741-3750. And this also was why the Most Ancient Church which was governed by celestial good was referred to as Man, 478.

[5] Therefore whenever good is dealt with in the Word, 'man' (homo) means good, as in Isaiah,

I will make the male person (vir homo) more rare than gold, and man (homo) than the gold of Ophir. Isaiah 13:12.

In the same prophet,

The inhabitants of the land will be scorched and few male persons (vir homo) left. Isaiah 24:6.

'Male persons' stands for spiritual good or the good of truth. 'Man' stands for good. In the same prophet, The highways have been laid waste, the wayfarer has ceased. He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he has no regard for the male person (vir homo). Isaiah 33:8.

In Jeremiah,

I looked to the earth, and behold, that which is void and empty, and towards the heavens, and they had no light I looked, and behold, there was no man; and all the birds of the air had flown away. Jeremiah 4:23, 25.

In the same prophet, behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:27.

In Ezekiel,

Your merchants [traded] in the souls of men and vessels of bronze, giving these for your merchandise. Ezekiel 27:13.

In the same prophet, You, O my flock, the flock of My pasture, you are men; I am your God. Ezekiel 34:31.

In the same prophet, They will be cities laid waste, filled with the flock of mankind. Ezekiel 36:38.

In these places 'man' (homo) stands for people who are governed by good, and so stands for good, since good is what causes anyone to be 'man'. Truth however which is grounded in good is referred to in the Word as 'a male person' (vir homo) and also as 'the son of man'.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2025

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2025. That 'I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings' means that the Lord acquired to Himself by His own powers all things meant by 'the land of sojournings' is clear from the meaning of 'sojourning' as receiving instruction, dealt with in 1463. And because man acquires life to himself chiefly through instruction in facts, matters of doctrine, and cognitions of faith, sojourning is consequently the life so acquired. When applied to the Lord it is the life which He obtained for Himself through cognitions, through the conflicts that constituted temptations, and through victories in temptations; and because He obtained it by His own powers, this is what 'the land of your sojournings' means here.

[2] That the Lord obtained all things for Himself by His own powers, and by His own powers united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence and Divine Essence to Human Essence, and that He alone in this way became righteousness, is quite clear in the Prophets, as in Isaiah,

Who is this coming from Edom, marching in the vast numbers of His strength? I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with Me. I looked around and there was no one helping; and I was astonished that there was no one upholding; therefore My own arm brought Me salvation. Isaiah 63:1, 3, 5.

'Edom' stands for the Lord's Human Essence, 'strength' and 'arm' for power. Plain statements to the effect that He acted from His own power are contained in the phrases 'no one helping' and 'no one upholding', and in that about His own arm bringing Him salvation.

[3] In the same prophet,

He saw that there was no one, and wondered that there was nobody to intercede; and His own arm brought salvation to Him, and His righteousness upheld Him. And He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head. Isaiah 59:16-17.

This similarly means that He acted by His own power, and in so doing became righteousness. That the Lord is righteousness is stated in Daniel,

Seventy weeks have been decreed to atone for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. Daniel 9:24.

And in Jeremiah,

I will raise up for David a righteous branch, and He will reign as king and act with understanding, and He will execute judgement and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell in confidence. And this is His name which they will call Him, Jehovah our Righteousness. Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16.

For this reason He is also called 'the Habitation of Righteousness' in Jeremiah 31:23; 50:7, and 'wonderful' and 'Hero' in Isaiah 9:6.

[4] The reason why the Lord so many times attributes to the Father that which is His own has been explained above in 1999, 2004; for Jehovah was within Him, and so within every single part of Him. Something similar in man may be used for illustration, although there can be no comparison. Within man is his soul, and because it is within him, the soul is within every individual part of him, that is to say, within every individual part of his thinking and every individual part of his activity. Anything that does not have his soul within it is not part of him. The Lord's soul was Life itself or Being (Esse) itself, which is Jehovah, for He was conceived from Jehovah; thus Life itself was present within every individual part of Him. And because Life itself, or Being (Esse) itself, which is Jehovah, belonged to Him in the way that the soul does to man, so that which was Jehovah's was His, which is what the Lord says in His statements about His being in the bosom of the Father, John 1:18, and about all things that the Father has being His, John 16:15; 17:10-11.

[5] From good which is Jehovah's He united the Divine Essence to the Human Essence, and from truth united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence, and so achieved every single thing all from Himself. Indeed His Human was left to Itself in order that of Himself He might fight against all the hells and overcome them; and because He had life within Himself, as stated, which was His own, He overcame them by His own power and strength, as is also clearly stated in the places quoted from the Prophets. So then, because He acquired all things to Himself by His own powers, He became Righteousness, cleared the world of spirits of hellish genii and spirits, and in so doing rescued the human race from destruction - for the human race is governed by means of spirits - and thus redeemed it. This is why the Old Testament Word speaks so often of Him as Rescuer and Redeemer, and also Saviour, as His name Jesus describes.

  
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