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Hesekiel 43

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1 Und er führte mich zum Tore, dem Tore, das gegen Osten sah.

2 Und siehe, die Herrlichkeit des Gottes Israels kam von Osten her; und ihr Rauschen war wie das Rauschen großer Wasser, und die Erde leuchtete von seiner Herrlichkeit.

3 Und das Ansehen des Gesichtes, das ich sah, war wie das Gesicht, welches ich gesehen hatte, als ich kam, um die Stadt zu verderben; und es waren Gesichte wie das Gesicht, welches ich am Flusse Kebar gesehen hatte. Und ich fiel nieder auf mein Angesicht.

4 Und die Herrlichkeit Jehovas kam in das Haus, den Weg des Tores, welches gegen Osten gerichtet war.

5 Und der Geist hob mich empor und brachte mich in den inneren Vorhof; und siehe, die Herrlichkeit Jehovas erfüllte das Haus.

6 Und ich hörte einen, der aus dem Hause zu mir redete; und ein Mann stand neben mir.

7 Und er sprach zu mir: Menschensohn, dies ist der Ort meines Thrones und der Ort meiner Fußsohlen, wo ich inmitten der Kinder Israel wohnen werde ewiglich. Und das Haus Israel wird meinen heiligen Namen nicht mehr verunreinigen, sie und ihre Könige, durch ihre Hurerei und durch die Leichname ihrer Könige und ihre Höhen:

8 indem sie ihre Schwelle an meine Schwelle und ihre Türpfosten neben meine Türpfosten setzten, daß nur die Wand zwischen mir und ihnen war; und meinen heiligen Namen verunreinigten durch ihre Greuel, die sie verübten, so daß ich sie in meinem Zorne vernichtet habe.

9 Nunmehr werden sie ihre Hurerei und die Leichname ihrer Könige von mir entfernen, und ich werde in ihrer Mitte wohnen ewiglich.

10 Du, Menschensohn, berichte dem Hause Israel über dieses Haus, damit sie sich ihrer Missetaten schämen und den Bau messen.

11 Und wenn sie sich alles dessen schämen, was sie getan haben, so zeige ihnen die Form des Hauses und seine Einrichtung, und seine Ausgänge und seine Eingänge, und alle seine Formen und alle seine Satzungen, und alle seine Formen und alle seine Gesetze; und schreibe es vor ihren Augen auf, damit sie seine ganze Form und alle seine Satzungen behalten und sie tun. -

12 Dies ist das Gesetz des Hauses: Auf dem Gipfel des Berges soll sein ganzes Gebiet ringsherum hochheilig sein; siehe, das ist das Gesetz des Hauses. -

13 Und dies sind die Maße des Altars nach Ellen, die Elle eine Elle und eine Handbreite: ein Untersatz, eine Elle hoch und eine Elle breit; und sein Gesims an seinem Rande ringsum: eine Spanne; und das ist der Sockel des Altars.

14 Und von dem Untersatz am Boden bis zur unteren Umwandung: zwei Ellen Höhe und eine Elle Breite; und von der kleineren Umwandung bis zur größeren Umwandung: vier Ellen Höhe und eine Elle Breite.

15 Und der Gottesberg: vier Ellen Höhe; und von dem Gottesherde aufwärts die vier Hörner.

16 Und der Gottesherd: zwölf Ellen Länge bei zwölf Ellen Breite, quadratförmig, an seinen vier Seiten.

17 Und die untere Umwandung: vierzehn Ellen Länge bei vierzehn Ellen Breite, an ihren vier Seiten; und das Gesims rings um dieselbe: eine halbe Elle, und ihr Untersatz eine Elle ringsum. Und seine Stufen waren gegen Osten gerichtet.

18 Und er sprach zu mir: Menschensohn, so spricht der Herr, Jehova: Dies sind die Satzungen des Altars, an dem Tage, da er gemacht wird, um Brandopfer darauf zu opfern und Blut darauf zu sprengen.

19 Und du sollst den Priestern, den Leviten, welche vom Samen Zadoks sind, die mir nahen, spricht der Herr, Jehova, um mir zu dienen, einen jungen Farren geben zum Sündopfer.

20 Und du sollst von seinem Blute nehmen und es an seine vier Hörner tun und an die vier Ecken der Umwandung und an das Gesims ringsum; und so sollst du ihn entsündigen und Sühnung für ihn tun.

21 Und du sollst den Farren des Sündopfers nehmen, und man soll ihn an dem bestimmten Orte des Hauses, außerhalb des Heiligtums, verbrennen.

22 Und am zweiten Tage sollst du einen Ziegenbock ohne Fehl zum Sündopfer darbringen; und man soll den Altar entsündigen, so wie man ihn mit dem Farren entsündigt hat.

23 Wenn du das Entsündigen vollendet hast, sollst du einen jungen Farren ohne Fehl und einen Widder ohne Fehl vom Kleinvieh darbringen:

24 du sollst sie vor Jehova darbringen, und die Priester sollen Salz auf sie streuen und sie dem Jehova als Brandopfer opfern.

25 Sieben Tage lang sollst du täglich einen Bock als Sündopfer opfern; und einen jungen Farren und einen Widder vom Kleinvieh, ohne Fehl, soll man opfern.

26 Sieben Tage lang soll man Sühnung tun für den Altar und ihn reinigen und ihn einweihen.

27 Und wenn man die Tage vollendet hat, so soll es am achten Tage und fernerhin geschehen, daß die Priester eure Brandopfer und eure Friedensopfer auf dem Altar opfern; und ich werde euch wohlgefällig annehmen, spricht der Herr, Jehova.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 219

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219. Verse 12. He that overcometh I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, signifies that those who are steadfast will be in Divine truth in heaven. This is evident from the signification of "overcoming," as being to be steadfast in the genuine affection of truth (See above n. 128); here in faith from charity, since that faith is treated of in what is written the angel of this church see 203; also from the signification of "pillar" as being Divine truth sustaining; also from the signification of "the temple of God" as being in the highest sense, the Lord's Divine Human, and in the relative sense, the Lord's spiritual kingdom, thus the heaven that constitutes that kingdom (of which presently). "A pillar in the temple" means Divine truth sustaining, because "temple" signifies heaven, and heaven is heaven from the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord; for by heaven all angels are meant, because heaven is made up of angels, and from them is called heaven: and angels are angels in the measure in which they receive the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord; and for this reason angels in the Word also signify Divine truths (See above, n. 130, 200).

Now as heaven is Divine truth, and "temple" signifies heaven, it follows that all things of the temple signify such things as pertain to Divine truth, and that the "pillars" therein signify Divine truths sustaining. Divine truths sustaining are in general lower truths, because these sustain the higher; for there are lower and higher Divine truths, as there are lower and higher heavens. (There are degrees of these, on which see in the work on Heaven and Hell 38, 208, 209, 211.) The heavens that belong to a lower degree sustain those that belong to a higher degree; here, therefore, by the Lord's making him that overcometh "a pillar in the temple" is meant that such will be in a lower heaven. They who are in the faith of charity are also in the lower heaven, which is called the spiritual heaven; while those who are in love to the Lord are in the higher heaven, which is called the celestial heaven, and this is sustained by the lower or spiritual heaven. (But a clearer idea can be had of these things from what is shown in three chapters in the work on Heaven and Hell, namely, in the chapter where it is shown that The Divine of the Lord in Heaven is Love to Him and Charity towards the Neighbor, n. 13-19; in another where it is shown that Heaven is distinguished into Two Kingdoms, Celestial and Spiritual, n 20-28; and in a third where it is shown that There are Three Heavens, n. 29-40.)

[2] "Pillars" are here and there mentioned in the Word, and they signify lower truths, because they sustain the higher. That lower truths are signified by "pillars" in the Word can be seen from the following. In Jeremiah:

Behold I have given thee this day for a fenced city, and for a pillar of iron, and for walls of brass against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes and against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land, that they may fight against thee and not prevail (Jeremiah 1:18-19).

These things were said to the prophet, because all prophets signify the doctrines of Divine truth, and because the church in which Divine truths are falsified is here treated of it is therefore said, "Behold I have given thee this day for a fenced city, for a pillar of iron, and for walls of brass against the whole land;" "a fenced city" signifies the doctrine of truth; "a pillar of iron" truth sustaining it; "walls of brass" good defending, and "land" the church. It is said, also, "against the kings of Judah, against the princes, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land;" and "the kings of Judah," and "princes," signify truths falsified; "priests," goods adulterated, and "the people of the land," falsities in general; of these it is said, that they will fight against truths themselves, but shall not prevail.

[3] In the same:

Set thee up signs, place for thee high pillars, set thine heart to the highway, the way thou mayest go; return, O virgin of Israel, return to thy cities (Jeremiah 31:21).

The restoration of the church is here treated of. "The virgin of Israel" signifies the church; "to set up signs, and to place high pillars," signifies instruction in such things as are the fundamentals of the church, which are called "high pillars" because they sustain: "to set the heart to the highway, the way thou mayest go," signifies the affection of truth leading to life.

[4] In David:

I will judge in uprightness; the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved; I will make firm the pillars of it (Psalms 75:2-3).

"The earth dissolving" signifies those of the church who are not in truths but yet long for them; "to make firm the pillars" of it signifies to sustain the church by those truths upon which it is founded. Again, in Job:

Who causeth the earth to shake out of its place, so that the pillars thereof tremble (Job 9:6).

"The earth" here signifies the church, and "pillars" the truths that sustain it. That:

The pillars of the court of the tabernacle (mentioned in Exodus 27:10-12, 14-17);

also signify the ultimate truths sustaining the higher ones, see Arcana Coelestia, in the explanation of that chapter and those verses. Like truths are signified by:

The pillars of the house of the forest of Lebanon built by Solomon (mentioned in 1 Kings 7:2, 6).

[5] Similar also is the signification of:

The two pillars that Solomon set up in the porch of the temple, and that are described in the first book of Kings. He fashioned two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits was the height of each pillar; and a line of twelve cubits compassed the second pillar. And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars; seven chains for the one chapiter, and seven chains for the other chapiter. And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar and called the name thereof Boaz (1 Kings 7:15-21).

Since "the temple" signified heaven (as will be shown presently), therefore all things of the temple signified such things as are of heaven, thus of Divine truth there; for, as said above, heaven is heaven from the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord; therefore "the porch of the temple" signified the things pertaining to the ultimate heaven, and as this sustains the two higher heavens, those two pillars were placed in the porch.

  
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Apocalypse Explained # 478

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478. And they serve Him day and night in His temple, signifies that they are constantly held in truths in heaven. This is evident from the signification of "serving," which is said of those who are in truths (of which presently); also from the signification of "day and night," as being constantly and in every state (of which also presently); also from the signification of "the temple" of God, as being heaven where Divine truth reigns (of which above, n. 220, 391); therefore these words signify that they are constantly held in truths in heaven. This is the signification, because this treats of those who had been during their life in the world in falsities from ignorance, as was shown above; and those who are in falsities from ignorance and yet in good of life according to their religion cannot be saved before the falsities in them have been withdrawn and truths have been implanted in their place; and truths are implanted by means of temptations. When, therefore, these come out of temptations the falsities still remain, although they have been withdrawn by means of truths; for nothing evil and false can be wholly wiped away from man, spirit, or angel, but only withdrawn; for the Lord withholds them from their evils and falsities and holds them in good and truth; and when this is done they seem to themselves to be without evils and falsities. For this reason, unless those who had been in falsities from ignorance in the world were constantly held in truths by the Lord, they would fall back into falsities. This, therefore, is what is meant by "they serve Him day and night in His temple," "temple" also signifying heaven where truths reign.

[2] Their having been in the good of life according to their religion saves them, indeed, but it does not save so long as they are in falsities, therefore after their life in the world the falsities in them are withdrawn. They cannot be saved before, because good derives its essence from truths; for good is the esse of truth, and truth is the form of good, therefore according to the quality of the truths is the good. From this it is clear that even though one lives well he cannot come into heaven until he is in truths. On this account there are places of instruction for those who are to come into heaven, because no one can come thither until he has been instructed (of this instruction and the places of instruction for those who are to come into heaven, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 512-520).

[3] It is said "they serve Him day and night in His temple," but this does not mean that they are continually in a temple, or continually in worship and prayers, for this is not done in the heavens. Everyone there, as in the world, is in his vocation and employment, and on occasion, as in the world, in the temple; and yet they are said "to serve God day and night in the temple" when they are constantly in truths; for thus inwardly they constantly serve Him. For every good spirit and angel is his own truth and his own good, for they are the affections of truth and good. Affection or love constitutes the life of everyone; consequently those who are in the affection of truth constantly serve the Lord, even when they are in their vocations, business, and employments, for the affection that is within reigns continually and serves. Moreover, this is the service the Lord desires, but not being constantly in temples and in worship. To be in temples in worship there, and not in truths, is not serving the Lord, but serving the Lord is to be in truths, and to act sincerely and justly in everything; for then the principles of truth, sincerity, and justice, that are with man, serve the Lord. Again, through these, but not through worship alone, a man after his life in the world can be in heaven, for worship without these, consequently without truths, is empty worship, into which no influx enters. In the Word mention is made of "serving" and "ministering," also of "servants" and "ministers," and those who are in truths are said to be "servants of the Lord," and "to serve Him," while those who are in good are said to be "ministers of the Lord," and "to minister to Him." (That those are called "servants" in the Word who are in truths, may be seen above, n. 6; and that those are called "ministers" who are in good, n. 155)

  
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