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Hesekiel 44

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1 Ja hän vei minun jälleen pyhän äärimäisen portin tietä itään päin; mutta se oli kiinni.

2 Ja Herra sanoi minulle: tämä portti pitää oleman kiinni, ja ei pidä avattaman, eikä yksikään pidä siitä käymän; sillä Herra Israelin Jumala on siitä käynyt; ja pitää vielä sitte oleman kiinni.

3 Päämiehen se oleman pitää, päämiehen pitää siinä istuman ja syömän leipää Herran edessä; esihuoneesta pitää hänen menemän sisälle, ja ja siitä jälleen tuleman ulos.

4 Siitä vei hän minun pohjoisen portin tietä esihuoneen kohdalle; ja minä näin, ja katso, Herran huone oli täynnä Herran kunniaa. Ja minä lankesin kasvoilleni.

5 Ja Herra sanoi minulle: sinä, ihmisen poika, pane sydämees, ja katso silmilläs, ja kuule korvillas kaikkia, mitä minä sinulle sanon kaikista Herran huoneen säädyistä ja asetuksista, ja ota vaari, kuinka (ihmisen) itsensä pyhässä käyttäytymän pitää.

6 Ja sano kovakorvaiselle Israelin huoneelle: näin sanoo Herra, Herra: te Israelin huone, olette tähänasti kaikilla teidän kauhistuksillanne kyllä tehneet:

7 Että te annette muukalaisia, joilla on ympärileikkaamatoin liha, tulla minun pyhääni, jolla te minun huoneeni saastutatte, uhratessanne minun leipääni, lihavuutta ja verta, ja näin rikotte kaikki minun liittoni kaikilla teidän kauhistuksillanne.

8 Ja ette pidä minun pyhäni tapoja, mutta olette tehneet itsellenne uuden tavan minun pyhästäni.

9 Sentähden sanoo Herra, Herra näin: ei yhdenkään vieraan, jolla on ympärileikkaamatoin sydän ja ympärileikkaamatoin liha, pidä tuleman minun pyhääni, kaikista muukalaisista, jotka Israelin lasten seassa ovat.

10 Ja ei myös ne Leviläiset, jotka minusta luopuneet, ja Israelin kanssa epäjumalainsa jälkeen erehtykseen menneet ovat; sentähden pitää heidän kantaman omat syntinsä.

11 Mutta heidän pitää vartioitseman minun pyhäni ovea, ja oleman huoneen palveliat, ja teurastaman polttouhria ja muita uhreja kansan edestä, ja seisoman heidän edessänsä, palvellen heitä.

12 Että he ovat palvelleet heitä heidän epäjumalansa edessä, ja ovat antaneet Israelin huoneelle pahennuksen; sentähden olen minä ojentanut käteni heidän päällensä, sanoo Herra, Herra, että heidän pitää kantaman heidän syntinsä,

13 Ja ei pidä uhraaman minun edessäni, eikä oleman minun pappini, ei myös minun pyhääni tuleman, kaikkein pyhimpään; mutta pitää kantaman häpynsä ja kauhistuksensa, joita he tehneet ovat.

14 Sentähden olen minä tehnyt heitä huoneen oven vartiaksi kaikessa sen palveluksessa, ja kaikissa, mitä siinä tehdään.

15 Mutta papit ja Leviläiset Zadokin pojat, jotka minun pyhäni säädyt pitäneet ovat, kuin Israelin lapset luopuivat minusta, ne pitää minun edelläni käymän, palvellen minua, ja minun edessäni seisoman, ja uhraaman minulle lihavuutta ja verta, sanoo Herra, Herra.

16 Ja heidän pitää menemän minun pyhääni, ja tuleman minun pöytäni eteen, palvellen minua ja pitäin minun säätyni.

17 Ja kuin he tahtovat mennä portista sisälliseen kartanoon, niin heidän pitää pukeman yllensä liinavaatteet, ja ei villoista tehtyjä, niin kauvan kuin he sisällisessä kartanossa palvelevat.

18 Ja liinahiipat pitää oleman heidän päässänsä ja liinaiset vaatteet heidän kupeillansa, ja ei pidä sitoman itsiänsä hikiliinoilla,

19 Ja kuin he menevät ulkoiseen ja äärimäiseen kartanoon kansan tykö, niin heidän pitää paneman ne vaatteet pois, joissa he palveluksen tehneet ovat, ja kätkemän ne pyhiin kammioihin; ja heidän pitää ottaman toiset vaatteet yllensä, ettei he kansaa pyhittäisi omissa vaatteissansa.

20 Ei heidän pidä ajeleman päätänsä, eikä pitkiä hiuksia kasvattaman; mutta pitää antaman hiuksensa tasaisesti leikata ympäri.

21 Ei myös yksikään pappi pidä viinaa juoman, kuin hänen sisimäiseen kartanoon sisälle menemän pitää.

22 Ei myös pidä ottaman yhtään leskeä eli hyljättyä avioksensa, mutta neitseen Israelin suvusta, eli ottakaan papin lesken.

23 Ja opettakaan minun kansaani tietämään eroituksen pyhän ja pyhättömän välillä, että he puhtaan ja saastaisen välillä eroituksen tietäisivät.

24 Ja kuin riita tulee heidän eteensä, niin heidän pitää seisoman ja tuomitseman ja puhuman minun lakini ja säätyni jälkeen, ja pitämän minun käskyni, ja kaikki minun pyhäpäiväni ja sabbatini pyhittämän.

25 Ja ei pidä menemän yhdenkään kuolleen ihmisen tykö saastuttamaan itsiänsä; vaan ainoasti isänsä ja äitinsä, poikansa ja tyttärensä, veljensä ja sisarensa, jolla ei miestä ole ollut, niiden tähden joku saa itsensä saastuttaa;

26 Mutta että he puhdistavat itsensä jälleen seitsemän päivää.

27 Ja kuin hän jälleen menee pyhään, sisimäiseen kartanoon, palvelemaan pyhässä, niin pitää hänen uhraaman syntiuhrinsa, sanoo Herra, Herra.

28 Ja se on heille perinnöksi; minä tahdon olla heidän perintönsä; sentähden ei teidän pidä heille perimistä antaman Israelissa; sillä minä olen heidän perintönsä.

29 Heidän pitää saaman elatuksensa ruokauhrista, syntiuhrista ja vikauhrista; ja kaikki kirotut Israelissa pitää heidän oleman.

30 Ja kaikki ensimmäinen hedelmä ja esikoiset kaikista teidän ylennysuhreistanne pitää pappein oleman. Teidän pitää myös antaman papeille esikoiset teidän taikinastanne, että siunaus olis sinun huoneessas.

31 Mutta joka kuollut on eli metsän pedolta haaskattu, linnusta eli eläimestä, sitä ei pidä pappein syömän.

   


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4482. 'Behold, the land is broad and spacious before them' means extension, that is to say, of truth which is the truth of doctrine. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church, dealt with just above in 4480, and from the meaning of 'broad and spacious' as extension as regards truths, and so as regards those taught by doctrine. When in the Word the measurements of something are given, it is not those measurements that are meant in the internal sense but the essential characteristics of a state that is being described. For measurements involve spatial dimensions and in the next life there are no intervals of space, as there are no periods of time, but states which correspond to these, see 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387, 3404, 4321. That being so, lengths, breadths, and heights, which are spatial measurements, mean the aspects of a state - length meaning holiness, height good, and breadth truth, see 650, 1613, 3433, 3434. This then is why 'the land is broad and spacious' means the extension of truth which is the truth of doctrine within the Church.

[2] Anyone who does not know of the existence of anything spiritual in the Word other than that which stands out in the literal sense is bound to be amazed by the statement that 'the land is broad and specious' means the extension of truth which is the truth of doctrine within the Church. But the truth of this statement may be established from places where 'breadth' is mentioned in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Asshur will go through Judah, it will deluge it and pass through and will reach even to the neck; and the outstretchings of its wings will fill the breadth of the land. Isaiah 8:8.

In David,

O Jehovah, You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have made my feet stand in a broad place. Psalms 31:8.

In the same author,

Out of my distress I called on Jah; He answered me in a broad place. Psalms 118:5.

In Habakkuk,

I am rousing the Chaldeans, a bitter and hasty nation, marching' into the breadths of the earth. Habakkuk 1:6.

'Breadths' here means nothing other than the truth of the Church.

[3] The reason why breadth has this meaning is that in the spiritual world, that is, in heaven, the Lord is the centre of all, for He is the Sun there. Those in a state of good are more interior, their exact position towards the middle being determined by the character and the amount of the good present in them. This is why 'height' is used in reference to good. Those who are in a similar degree of good are also in a similar degree of truth, and so dwell so to speak at the same distance from the centre, or one might say, dwell on the same contour; and this is why 'breadth' is used in reference to truths. Therefore when a person reads the Word the angels present with him do not understand by 'breadth' anything other than truths. When in the Historical sections, for example, the ark, the altar, the temple, and the spaces outside cities are referred to, states of good and truth are perceived by the dimensions indicating the lengths, breadths, and heights of these. The same is so with the new earth, new Jerusalem, and new Temple - described in Chapters 40-47 of Ezekiel - by which heaven and a new Church are meant, as may be seen from the detailed descriptions in those chapters. So also in John where it is said of the New Jerusalem that it will be foursquare, 'its length being as great as its breadth', Revelation 21:16.

[4] Things which in the spiritual world are interior are described as those that are higher, while those that are exterior are described by those that are lower, 2148, for while in the world, no one can conceive of interior things and exterior ones in any other way, for the reason that he dwells within space and time, and things that belong to space and time have entered in among the ideas comprising his thought and have conditioned the majority of these. From this it is also evident that expressions which give the spatial measurements of things such as the height, length, and breadth of them, are in the spiritual sense expressions used to indicate the magnitude of affections for good and affections for truth.

  
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3387. 'For he was afraid to say, My wife, [thinking,] The men of the place may perhaps kill me on account of Rebekah' means that it was impossible for Divine Truths themselves to be disclosed, and so for Divine Good to be received. This is clear from the meaning of 'being afraid to say' as an inability to disclose; from the meaning of 'wife', who is Rebekah here, as the Lord's Divine Rational in respect to Divine Truth, dealt with in 3012, 3013, 3077; from the meaning of 'killing me' as good not being received, for 'Isaac', to whom 'me' refers here, represents the Divine Good of the Lord's Rational, 3012, 3194, 3210 - good being said 'to be killed' or to perish when it is not received, for it ceases to exist with that person; and from the meaning of 'the men of the place' as people who possess matters of doctrine concerning faith, dealt with just above in 3385. From these meanings it is now evident what the internal sense of these words is, namely: If Divine truths themselves were disclosed they would not be received by those who possess matters of doctrine concerning faith because those truths go beyond the whole range of their rational grasp of things, and so go beyond the whole of their faith, and as a consequence of this no good at all could flow in from the Lord. For good from the Lord, or Divine good, cannot flow in except into truths, for truths are the vessels for good, as shown many times.

[2] Truths or appearances of truth are given to a person to enable Divine Good to develop the understanding part of his mind, and so the person himself, for truths exist to the end that good may flow in. Indeed without vessels or receptacles good has nowhere to go, for it can find no condition answering to itself. Where no truths exist therefore, that is, where they have not been received, neither does any rational or human good exist; and as a consequence the person does not possess any spiritual life. Therefore, so that a person may nevertheless possess truths, and from these receive spiritual life, appearances of truth are given, to everyone according to his ability to grasp them; and these appearances are acknowledged as truths because they have the capacity to hold Divine things within them.

[3] So that it may be known what appearances are and that they are what serve a person as Divine truths, let the following be used by way of illustration: If man were told that in heaven angels have no concept of place, and so no concept of distance, but that instead they have concepts of state, he could not possibly grasp it, for he would suppose from this that nothing distinct and separate existed but that everything was fused together, that is to say, all the angels were together in a single place. Yet everything there is so distinct and separate that nothing could ever be more so. Places, distances, and intervals of space which exist in the natural order exist in heaven as states, see 3356. From this it is evident that all the things that are stated in the Word about places and intervals of space between objects, also ideas that are formed from these and expressed through them, are appearances of truth; and unless everything were stated by means of those appearances it would in no way be received and would as a consequence be scarcely anything; for the concept of space and time is present in almost every single detail of a person's thought as long as he is in the world, that is, living within space and time.

[4] The fact that the Word speaks according to appearances involving space is clear from almost every single part of it, as in Matthew,

Jesus said, How is it that David says, The Lord [said] to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool? Matthew 22:43-44.

Here the expression 'sitting at the right hand' is derived from the concept of place and so according to the appearance - when in fact it is a state of the Lord's Divine power which is described by that expression. In the same gospel,

Jesus said, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven. Matthew 26:64.

Here similarly 'sitting at the right hand' and also 'coming on clouds' are expressions derived from men's concept of place, whereas the concept angels have is one of the state of the Lord's power. In Mark,

The sons of Zebedee said to Jesus, Grant us to sit in Your glory, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left. Jesus replied, To sit at My right hand and at My left is not Mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared. Mark 10:37, 40.

From this it is evident what kind of concept the disciples had of the Lord's kingdom, that is to say, one that involved sitting on the right hand and on the left. Such being the concept they had of it the Lord also replied to them in a way they could understand and so by an appearance that could be seen by them.

[5] In David,

Like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, he rejoices as a mighty man to run the course. From the end of the heavens is His going forth, and His circuit to the ends of them. Psalms 19:5-6.

This refers to the Lord, the state of whose Divine power is described by means of such things as belong to space. In Isaiah,

How you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the dawn! You said in your heart, I will go up into the heavens, above the stars of God 1 I will raise my throne. I will go up above the heights of the clouds. Isaiah 14:12-14.

'Falling from heaven', 'going up the heavens', 'raising a throne above the stars of God', 'going up above the heights of the clouds' are all expressions derived from the concept and appearance of space or a place, and are used to describe self-love profaning holy things. Since celestial and spiritual things are presented to man by means of and according to visual objects like these, heaven too is therefore described as being on high when in fact it is not on high but in that which is internal, 450, 1380, 2148.

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1. The Latin means heaven; but the Hebrew means God which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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