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Hesekiel 44

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1 Und er führete mich wiederum zu dem Tor des äußern Heiligtums gegen Morgen; es war aber zugeschlossen.

2 Und der HERR sprach zu mir: Dies Tor soll zugeschlossen bleiben und nicht aufgetan werden; und soll niemand da durch gehen, ohne allein der HERR, der Gott Israels, soll dadurchgehen; und soll zugeschlossen bleiben.

3 Doch den Fürsten ausgenommen; denn der Fürst soll darunter sitzen, das Brot zu essen vor dem HERRN; durch die Halle soll er hineingehen und durch dieselbige wieder herausgehen.

4 Danach führete er mich zum Tor gegen Mitternacht vor das Haus; und ich sah, und siehe, des HERRN Haus ward voll der HERRLIchkeit des HERRN; und ich fiel auf mein Angesicht.

5 Und der HERR sprach zu mir: Du Menschenkind, merke eben darauf und siehe und höre fleißig auf alles, was ich dir sagen will von allen Sitten und Gesetzen im Hause des HERRN; und merke eben, wie man hineingehen soll, und auf alle Ausgänge des Heiligtums.

6 Und sage dem ungehorsamen Hause Israel: So spricht der HERR HERR: Ihr macht's zu viel, ihr vom Hause Israel, mit allen euren Greueln;

7 denn ihr führet fremde Leute, eines unbeschnittenen Herzens und unbeschnittenen Fleisches, in mein Heiligtum, dadurch ihr mein Haus entheiliget, wenn ihr mein Brot, Fettes und Blut opfert, und brechet also meinen Bund mit allen euren Greueln

8 und haltet die Sitten meines Heiligtums nicht, sondern macht euch selbst neue Sitten in meinem Heiligtum.

9 Darum spricht der HERR HERR also: Es soll kein Fremder eines unbeschnittenen Herzens und unbeschnittenen Fleisches in mein Heiligtum kommen aus allen Fremdlingen, so unter den Kindern Israel sind,

10 ja, auch nicht die Leviten, die von mir gewichen sind und samt Israel von mir irregegangen nach ihren Götzen. Darum sollen sie ihre Sünde tragen.

11 Sie sollen aber in meinem Heiligtum an den Ämtern, den Türen des Hauses und dem Hause dienen und sollen nur das Brandopfer und andere Opfer, so das Volk herzubringet, schlachten und vor den Priestern stehen, daß sie ihnen dienen.

12 Darum daß sie jenen gedienet vor ihren Götzen und dem Hause Israel ein Ärgernis zur Sünde gegeben haben, darum hab ich meine Hand über sie ausgestreckt, spricht der HERR HERR, daß sie müssen ihre Sünde tragen.

13 Und sollen nicht zu mir nahen, Priesteramt zu führen, noch kommen zu einigem meinem Heiligtum, zu dem Allerheiligsten, sondern sollen ihre Schande tragen und ihre Greuel, die sie geübt haben.

14 Darum hab ich sie zu Hütern gemacht an allem Dienst des Hauses und zu allem, das man drin tun soll.

15 Aber die Priester aus den Leviten, die Kinder Zadoks, so die Sitten meines Heiligtums gehalten haben, da die Kinder Israel von mir abfielen, die sollen vor mich treten und mir dienen und vor mir stehen, daß sie mir das Fette und Blut opfern, spricht der HERR HERR.

16 Und sie sollen hineingehen in mein Heiligtum und vor meinen Tisch treten, mir zu dienen und meine Sitten zu halten.

17 Und wenn sie durch die Tore des innern Vorhofs gehen wollen, sollen sie leinene Kleider anziehen und nichts Wollenes anhaben, weil sie in den Toren im innern Vorhofe dienen.

18 Und sollen leinenen Schmuck auf ihrem Haupt haben und leinen Niederkleid um ihre Lenden; und sollen sich nicht im Schweiß gürten.

19 Und wenn sie etwa zu einem äußern Vorhof zum Volk herausgehen, sollen sie die Kleider, darin sie gedienet haben, ausziehen und dieselben in die Kammern des Heiligtums legen und andere Kleider anziehen und das Volk nicht heiligen in ihren eigenen Kleidern.

20 Ihr Haupt sollen sie nicht bescheren und sollen auch nicht die Haare frei wachsen lassen, sondern sollen die Haare umher verschneiden.

21 Und soll auch kein Priester keinen Wein trinken, wenn sie in den innern Vorhof gehen sollen.

22 Und sollen keine Witwe noch Verstoßene zur Ehe nehmen, sondern Jungfrauen vom Samen des Hauses Israel, oder eines Priesters nachgelassene Witwe.

23 Und sie sollen mein Volk lehren, daß sie wissen Unterschied zu halten zwischen Heiligem und Unheiligem und zwischen Reinem und Unreinem.

24 Und wo eine Sache vor sie kommt, sollen sie stehen und richten und nach meinen Rechten sprechen und meine Gebote und Sitten halten und alle meine Feste halten und meine Sabbate heiligen.

25 Und sollen zu keinem Toten gehen und sich verunreinigen, ohne allein zu Vater und Mutter, Sohn oder Tochter, Bruder oder Schwester, die noch keinen Mann gehabt habe; über denen mögen sie sich verunreinigen.

26 Und nach seiner Reinigung soll man ihm zählen sieben Tage.

27 Und wenn er wieder hinein zum Heiligtum gehet in den innern Vorhof, daß er im Heiligtum diene, so soll er sein Sündopfer opfern, spricht der HERR HERR.

28 Aber das Erbteil, das sie haben sollen, das will ich selbst sein. Darum sollt ihr ihnen kein eigen Land geben in Israel; denn ich bin ihr Erbteil.

29 Sie sollen ihre Nahrung haben vom Speisopfer, Sündopfer und Schuldopfer, und alles Verbannte in Israel soll ihr sein.

30 Und alle ersten Früchte und Erstgeburt von allen Hebopfern sollen der Priester sein. Ihr sollt auch den Priestern die Erstlinge geben von allem, das man isset, damit der Segen in deinem Hause bleibe.

31 Was aber ein Aas oder zerrissen ist, es sei von Vögeln oder Tieren, das sollen die Priester nicht essen.

   

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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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