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Hesekiel 41

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1 Und er führete mich hinein in den Tempel und maß die Erker an den Wänden; die waren zu jeder Seite sechs Ellen weit, so weit das Haus war.

2 Und die Tür war zehn Ellen weit, aber die Wände zu beiden Seiten an der Tür waren jede fünf Ellen breit. Und er maß den Raum im Tempel; der hatte vierzig Ellen in die Länge und zwanzig Ellen in die Breite.

3 Und er ging inwendig hinein und maß die Tür, zwo Ellen; und die Tür hatte sechs Ellen und die Weite der Tür sieben Ellen.

4 Und er maß zwanzig Ellen in die Länge und zwanzig Ellen in die Breite am Tempel. Und er sprach zu mir: Dies ist das Allerheiligste.

5 Und er maß die Wand des Hauses, sechs Ellen hoch; darauf waren Gänge allenthalben herum, geteilt in Gemächer, die waren allenthalben vier Ellen weit.

6 Und derselben Gemächer waren auf jeder Seite dreiunddreißig, je eins an dem andern; und stunden Pfeiler unten bei den Wänden am Hause allenthalben herum, die sie trugen.

7 Und über diesen waren noch mehr Gänge umher, und oben waren die Gänge weiter, daß man aus den untern in die mittlern und aus den mittlern in die obersten ging.

8 Und stund je einer sechs Ellen über dem andern.

9 Und die Weite der obern Gänge war fünf Ellen, und die Pfeiler trugen die Gänge am Hause.

10 Und es war je von einer Wand am Hause zu der andern zwanzig Ellen.

11 Und es waren zwo Türen an der Schnecke hinauf, eine gegen Mitternacht, die andere gegen Mittag; und die Schnecke war fünf Ellen weit.

12 Und die Mauer gegen Abend war fünfundsiebenzig Ellen breit und neunzig Ellen lang.

13 Und er maß die Länge des Hauses, die hatte durchaus hundert Ellen, die Mauer und was daran war.

14 Und die Weite vorne am Hause gegen Morgen mit dem, was daran hing, war auch hundert Ellen.

15 Und er maß die Länge des Gebäudes mit allem, was daran hing, von einer Ecke bis zur andern; das war auf jeder Seite hundert Ellen mit dem innern Tempel und Hallen im Vorhofe

16 samt den Türen, Fenstern, Ecken und den dreien Gängen und Tafelwerk allenthalben herum.

17 Er maß auch, wie hoch von der Erde bis zu den Fenstern war, und wie breit die Fenster sein sollten; und maß vom Tor bis zum Allerheiligsten, auswendig und inwendig herum.

18 Und am ganzen Hause herum, von unten an bis oben hinauf an der Tür und an den Wänden, waren Cherubim und Palmlaubwerk unter die Cherubim gemacht.

19 Und ein jeder Cherub hatte zween Köpfe, auf einer Seite wie ein Menschenkopf, auf der andern Seite wie ein Löwenkopf.

20 Vom Boden an bis hinauf über die Tür waren die Cherubim und die Palmen geschnitzet, desgleichen an der Wand des Tempels.

21 Und die Tür im Tempel war viereckig, und war alles artig ineinandergefüget.

22 Und der hölzerne Altar war drei Ellen hoch und zwo Ellen lang und breit; und seine Ecken und alle seine Seiten waren hölzern. Und er sprach zu mir: Das ist der Tisch, der vor dem HERRN stehen soll.

23 Und die Tür, beide, am Tempel und am Allerheiligsten,

24 hatte zwei Blätter, die man auf und zu tat.

25 Und waren auch Cherubim und Palmlaubwerk daran, wie an den Wänden. Und davor waren starke Riegel, gegen der Halle.

26 Und waren enge Fenster und viel Palmlaubwerks herum an der Halle und an den Wänden.

   

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9509. 'And you shall make two cherubs' means that there is no admission or access to the Lord except through the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'cherubs' as watchfulness and providence, guarding against access to the Lord except through the good of love. Since this was meant by the cherubs, they were placed over the mercy-seat that was over the ark; and they were for the same reason made from solid gold. For 'the ark' means heaven where the Lord is, 9485, and 'gold' means the good of love, 9490. The reason why there is no access to the Lord except through the good of love is that love is spiritual togetherness, and all good belongs to love. Those therefore who are governed by the good of love to the Lord are brought to Him in heaven, because they have been joined together with Him. So too are those who are governed by the good of love towards the neighbour; for the neighbour is the good of a fellow-citizen, the good of one's country, the good of the Church, the good of the whole of the Lord's kingdom, and in the highest sense the Lord Himself since He is the source of that good present with a person.

[2] There are two states that a person passes through while being regenerated, one of which follows the other. The first is a state during which he is led by means of the truths of faith to the good of love; the other is one in which he is governed by the good of love, and when governed by it he is in heaven with the Lord. From this it is evident that this good is heaven itself present with the person, that good being the Lord present with him because its source is the Lord. Regarding these two states that a person who is being regenerated passes through, one of which follows the other, see 7923, 7992, 8505, 8506, 8510, 8512, 8516, 8643, 8648, 8658, 8685, 8690, 8701, 9224, 9227, 9230, 9274; and the fact that a person comes into heaven when governed by good, that is, when led by the Lord by means of good, 8516, 8539, 8722, 8772, 9139.

[3] It is clear from places in the Word where 'cherubs' are mentioned that they mean watchfulness and providence, guarding against access to the Lord or to heaven except through the good of love, that is, except by those governed by the good of love, and also guarding against any harm being done to the good from the Lord which is present in heaven and with a person, as for instance in Genesis,

And He expelled the man, and away from the east towards the garden of Eden He caused the cherubs to dwell, and the flame of a sword turning itself this way and that to guard the way to the tree of life. Genesis 3:24.

Here it is self-evident that things which serve as guards are meant by 'the cherubs', since it says 'to guard the way to the tree of life'. 'The tree of life' is the good of love, which comes from the Lord and for that reason is the Lord; and it is guarded by the prevention of any access except through the good of love.

[4] It is thought that the Lord is accessible through the truths of faith. But there can be no access to Him, nor even to heaven, through those truths if they have been separated from the good of love. As soon as separated truths wish to enter, heaven, which is the way to the Lord, is closed. And since truth cannot enter by itself unless it has good within it, and by virtue of this has come to consist of good, neither can understanding do so, still less factual knowledge, if separated from good desired by the will.

[5] Because watchfulness and providence guarding against access to the Lord, or for that reason to heaven, except through the good of love is meant by 'the cherubs', the Word says that Jehovah is seated on the cherubs, also rides and dwells upon the cherubs, as in David,

Turn Your ears, O Shepherd of Israel; You who are seated upon the cherubs, shine forth. Psalms 80:1.

In the same author,

Jehovah will reign, the peoples will be shaken. He is seated on the cherubs. Psalms 99:1.

In the same author,

Jehovah rode on a cherub, and flew. Psalms 18:10.

And in Isaiah,

Jehovah Zebaoth is dwelling on the cherubs. Isaiah 37:16.

For the same reasons there were cherubs upon the curtains of the dwelling-place, and upon the veil, Exodus 26:1, 31; 36:35; they were also upon the walls of the temple round about and upon the doors there, 1 Kings 6:23-29, 31-35, and similarly in the new temple, as described in Ezekiel 41:18-20. The presence of the cherubs on the curtains of the dwelling-place, on the veil, on the walls of the temple, and on the doors there, was a sign of the Lord's watchfulness, guarding against access to Divine Holiness except through the good of love; and the presence of the cherubs over the ark was a sign that no one should gain access to the Lord Himself except through that good. This also explains why the cherubs were made from solid gold, and in the Jerusalem temple from olive wood; for 'gold' and 'olive oil' mean the good of love.

[6] That watchfulness and providence of the Lord is described in Ezekiel by 'the four living creatures', each of which had four faces, under the throne where the Lord was, Ezekiel 1:1-end; 10:1-end, and also in John by 'four living creatures' around the throne where the Lord was, 10:Revelation 4:6-10; 5:6, 8-9, 14. By 'the four living creatures' is meant the good, varying in appearance, which emanates from the Lord, and which watches and guards against the letting in of anything other than the good of love to the Lord and the good of love towards the neighbour. By 'the throne' on which the Lord was seated heaven is meant, 5313.

  
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