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Hesekiel 45

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1 Und wenn ihr das Land als Erbteil verlosen werdet, sollt ihr für Jehova ein Hebopfer heben, als Heiliges vom Lande: die Länge fünfundzwanzigtausend Ruten lang, und die Breite zwanzigtausend; dasselbe soll heilig sein in seiner ganzen Grenze ringsum.

2 Davon sollen zum Heiligtum gehören fünfhundert bei fünfhundert ins Geviert ringsum, und fünfzig Ellen Freiplatz dazu ringsum.

3 Und von jenem Maße sollst du eine Länge messen von fünfundzwanzigtausend und eine Breite von zehntausend; und darin soll das Heiligtum, das Allerheiligste, sein.

4 Dies soll ein Heiliges vom Lande sein; den Priestern, den Dienern des Heiligtums, soll es gehören, welche nahen, um Jehova zu dienen, und es soll ihnen ein Platz für Häuser sein, und ein Geheiligtes für das Heiligtum.

5 Und fünfundzwanzigtausend Ruten in die Länge und zehntausend in die Breite soll den Leviten, den Dienern, des Hauses, gehören, ihnen zum Eigentum, als Städte zum Wohnen.

6 Und als Eigentum der Stadt sollt ihr fünftausend in die Breite und fünfundzwanzigtausend in die Länge geben, gleichlaufend dem heiligen Hebopfer; dem ganzen Hause Israel soll es gehören.

7 Und dem Fürsten sollt ihr geben auf dieser und auf jener Seite des heiligen Hebopfers und des Eigentums der Stadt, längs des heiligen Hebopfers und längs des Eigentums der Stadt, an der Westseite westwärts und an der Ostseite ostwärts, und der Länge nach gleichlaufend einem der Stammteile, welche von der Westgrenze bis zur Ostgrenze liegen.

8 Als Land soll es ihm gehören, als Eigentum in Israel; und meine Fürsten sollen nicht mehr mein Volk bedrücken, sondern das Land dem Hause Israel nach seinen Stämmen überlassen.

9 So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Laßt es euch genug sein, ihr Fürsten Israels! Tut Gewalttat und Bedrückung hinweg, und übet Recht und Gerechtigkeit; höret auf, mein Volk aus seinem Besitze zu vertreiben, spricht der Herr, Jehova.

10 Gerechte Waage und gerechtes Epha und gerechtes Bath sollt ihr haben.

11 Das Epha und das Bath sollen von einerlei Maß sein, so daß das Bath den zehnten Teil des Homer enthalte, und das Epha den zehnten Teil des Homer; nach dem Homer soll ihr Maß sein.

12 Und der Sekel soll zwanzig Gera sein; zwanzig Sekel, fünfundzwanzig Sekel und fünfzehn Sekel soll euch die Mine sein.

13 Dies ist das Hebopfer, welches ihr heben sollt: ein sechstel Epha vom Homer Weizen und ein sechstel Epha vom Homer Gerste sollt ihr geben;

14 und die Gebühr an Öl, vom Bath Öl: ein zehntel Bath vom Kor, von zehn Bath, von einem Homer, denn zehn Bath sind ein Homer;

15 und ein Stück vom Kleinvieh, von zweihundert, von dem bewässerten Lande Israel: zum Speisopfer und zum Brandopfer und zu den Friedensopfern, um Sühnung für sie zu tun, spricht der Herr, Jehova.

16 Das ganze Volk des Landes soll zu diesem Hebopfer für den Fürsten in Israel gehalten sein.

17 Und dem Fürsten sollen obliegen die Brandopfer und das Speisopfer und das Trankopfer an den Festen und an den Neumonden und an den Sabbathen, zu allen Festzeiten des Hauses Israel. Er soll das Sündopfer und das Speisopfer und das Brandopfer und die Friedensopfer opfern, um Sühnung zu tun für das Haus Israel.

18 So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Im ersten Monat, am Ersten des Monats, sollst du einen jungen Farren ohne Fehl nehmen und das Heiligtum entsündigen.

19 Und der Priester soll von dem Blute des Sündopfers nehmen, und es tun an die Türpfosten des Hauses und an die vier Ecken der Umwandung des Altars und an die Pfosten der Tore des inneren Vorhofs.

20 Und ebenso sollst du tun am Siebten des Monats für den, der aus Versehen sündigt, und für den Einfältigen. Und so sollt ihr Sühnung tun für das Haus.

21 Im ersten Monat, am vierzehnten Tage des Monats, soll euch das Passah sein, ein Fest von sieben Tagen; Ungesäuertes soll gegessen werden.

22 Und der Fürst soll an selbigem Tage für sich und für das ganze Volk des Landes einen Farren als Sündopfer opfern.

23 Und die sieben Tage des Festes soll er dem Jehova sieben Farren und sieben Widder, ohne Fehl, täglich, die sieben Tage als Brandopfer opfern, und einen Ziegenbock täglich als Sündopfer.

24 Und als Speisopfer soll er ein Epha Feinmehl zu jedem Farren und ein Epha zu jedem Widder opfern; und Öl, ein Hin zu jedem Epha.

25 Im siebten Monat, am fünfzehnten Tage des Monats, am Feste, soll er desgleichen tun die sieben Tage, betreffs des Sündopfers wie des Brandopfers und betreffs des Speisopfers wie des Öles.

   

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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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