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2 Mose 40

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1 Und der HERR redete mit Mose und sprach:

2 Du sollst die Wohnung der Hütte des Stifts aufrichten am ersten Tage des ersten Monats.

3 und sollst darein setzen die Lade des Zeugnisses und vor die Lade den Vorhang hängen.

4 Und sollst den Tisch darbringen und ihn zubereiten und den Leuchter darstellen und die Lampen darauf setzen.

5 Und sollst den goldenen Räucheraltar setzen vor die Lade des Zeugnisses und das Tuch in der Tür der Wohnung aufhängen.

6 Den Brandopferaltar aber sollst du setzen heraus vor die Tür der Wohnung der Hütte des Stifts,

7 und das Handfaß zwischen die Hütte des Stifts und den Altar, und Wasser darein tun,

8 und den Vorhof stellen umher, und das Tuch in der Tür des Vorhofs aufhängen.

9 Und sollst die Salbe nehmen, und die Wohnung und alles, was darin ist, salben; und sollst sie weihen mit allem ihrem Geräte, daß sie heilig sei.

10 Und sollst den Brandopferaltar salben mit allem seinem Geräte, und weihen, daß er hochheilig sei.

11 Sollst auch das Handfaß und seinen Fuß salben und weihen.

12 Und sollst Aaron und seine Söhne vor die Tür der Hütte des Stifts führen und mit Wasser waschen,

13 und Aaron die heiligen Kleider anziehen und ihn salben und weihen, daß er mein Priester sei;

14 und seine Söhne auch herzuführen und ihnen die engen Röcke anziehen,

15 und sie salben, wie du ihren Vater gesalbt hast, daß sie meine Priester seien. Und diese Salbung sollen sie haben zum ewigen Priestertum bei ihren Nachkommen.

16 Und Mose tat alles, wie ihm der HERR geboten hatte.

17 Also ward die Wohnung aufgerichtet im zweiten Jahr, am ersten Tage des ersten Monats.

18 Und da Mose sie aufrichtete, setzte er die Füße und die Bretter und Riegel und richtete die Säulen auf

19 und breitete die Hütte aus über der Wohnung und legte die Decke der Hütte obendarauf, wie der HERR ihm geboten hatte,

20 und nahm das Zeugnis und legte es in die Lade und tat die Stangen an die Lade und tat den Gnadenstuhl oben auf die Lade

21 und brachte die Lade in die Wohnung und hing den Vorhang vor die Lade des Zeugnisses, wie ihm der HERR geboten hatte,

22 und setzte den Tisch in die Hütte des Stifts, an die Seite der Wohnung gegen Mitternacht, außen vor den Vorhang,

23 und richtete Brot darauf zu vor dem HERRN, wie ihm der HERR geboten hatte,

24 und setzte den Leuchter auch hinein, gegenüber dem Tisch, an die Seite der Wohnung gegen Mittag,

25 und tat Lampen darauf vor dem HERRN, wie ihm der HERR geboten hatte,

26 und setzte den goldenen Altar hinein vor den Vorhang

27 und räucherte darauf mit gutem Räuchwerk, wie ihm der HERR geboten hatte,

28 und hing das Tuch in die Tür der Wohnung.

29 Aber den Brandopferaltar setzte er vor die Tür der Wohnung der Hütte des Stifts und opferte darauf Brandopfer und Speisopfer, wie ihm der HERR geboten hatte.

30 Und das Handfaß setzte er zwischen die Hütte des Stifts und den Altar und tat Wasser darein zum Waschen.

31 Und Mose, Aaron und seine Söhne wuschen ihre Hände und Füße darin.

32 Denn sie müssen sich waschen, wenn sie in die Hütte des Stifts gehen oder hinzutreten zum Altar, wie ihm der HERR geboten hatte.

33 Und er richtete den Vorhof auf um die Wohnung und um den Altar her und hing den Vorhang in das Tor des Vorhofs. Also vollendete Mose das ganze Werk.

34 Da bedeckte die Wolke die Hütte des Stifts, und die Herrlichkeit des HERRN füllte die Wohnung.

35 Und Mose konnte nicht in die Hütte des Stifts gehen, weil die Wolke darauf blieb und die Herrlichkeit des HERRN die Wohnung füllte.

36 Und wenn die Wolke sich aufhob von der Wohnung, so zogen die Kinder Israel, solange sie reisten.

37 Wenn sich aber die Wolke nicht aufhob, so zogen sie nicht bis an den Tag, da sie sich aufhob.

38 Denn die Wolke des HERRN war des Tages auf der Wohnung, und des Nachts war sie feurig vor den Augen des ganzen Hauses Israel, solange sie reisten.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 474

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474. And he said unto me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, signifies information that these are they that have been in temptations. This is evident from the signification of "he said to me," as being information; also from the signification of "great tribulation" (or affliction) as being temptations (of which presently). Here something shall first be said about temptations which those in the spiritual world undergo who are in falsities from ignorance, and who are here treated of. In the spiritual world, those only undergo temptations who had lived well in the world according to their religion, in which there were falsities of doctrine which they believed; for by means of temptations falsities are shaken off and truths are implanted, and thus they are prepared for heaven; for all who are to come into heaven must be in truths; therefore so long as they are in falsities they cannot come into heaven. The reason is that Divine truth proceeding from the Lord makes heaven, and makes the life of the angels there; consequently as falsities are the opposites of truths, and opposites destroy, these must first be removed, and they can be removed only by means of temptations. (That temptations perform this use, see in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 187-201, where temptations are treated of.) Such after their life in the body are let into temptations in the spiritual world because they could not be tempted while in the world on account of the falsities of their religion which reigned. Everywhere it is to be noted, that all who are let into temptations are saved; while the evil, who are in falsities from evil, are not tempted, for truths cannot be implanted in them; their evils of life stand in the way; but from these their truths are taken away, and thus they remain in mere falsities, and then they are plunged into hell, to a depth according to the quality of evil from which is falsity. In a word, those who are to come into heaven are vastated in respect to falsities, while those who are to come into hell are vastated in respect to truths; that is, from those who are to come into heaven falsities are taken away, and from those who are to come into hell, truths are taken away; for no one with falsities can enter heaven, and no one with truths can enter hell, since truths from good make heaven, and falsities from evil make hell. The temptations which those undergo with whom falsities are to be scattered are treated of in many passages in the Word, especially in David, and are called "afflictions," "tribulations," and "vastations;" but there is no need to cite these passages here, because it can be known without them that "tribulations" and "afflictions," when predicated of the good, mean in the spiritual sense temptations.

  
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Apocalypse Explained # 69

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69. Verse 15. And His feet like unto burnished brass, as if glowing in a furnace, signifies the ultimate of Divine order, which is the natural, full of Divine love. This is evident from the signification of "feet," as being the natural (See Arcana Coelestia 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952); therefore, in reference to the Lord, as meaning the ultimate of Divine order, because that is the natural; also from the signification of "burnished brass," or brass polished, as being natural good (of which presently); and from the signification of "glowing," as being, in reference to the Lord, what is from Divine love (See n. 10055). It is said, "as if glowing in a furnace," in order that the Divine love in the greatest degree and in its fullness may be represented, for the Divine is in its fullness when it is in its ultimate, and the ultimate is the natural (See above, n. 66).

From this it is clear that by "His feet like unto burnished brass, as if glowing in a furnace," is signified the ultimate of Divine order, which is the natural, full of Divine love. These things, as well as the preceding, are described by comparisons; as that "His head and His hairs were white as white wool, as snow," and that "His feet were like unto burnished brass, as if glowing in a furnace;" but it is to be noted, that all comparisons in the Word are significative, for they are from correspondences in like manner as the things themselves (See Arcana Coelestia 3579, 4599, 8989).

[2] In reference to the Lord, "feet" signify the ultimate of Divine order, and this is the natural, because heaven is heaven from the Lord's Divine Human, and from this it is that heaven in the whole complex represents one man; and as there are three heavens, that the highest heaven represents the head, the middle heaven the body, and the lowest heaven the feet. The Divine that makes the highest heaven is called the celestial Divine, but the Divine that makes the middle heaven is called the spiritual Divine, and the Divine that makes the lowest heaven is called the natural Divine from the spiritual and celestial. This makes it evident why the Lord is here described in respect to His Divine Human, which is the Son of man seen in the midst of the lampstands, not only as regards His garments, but also as to His head, breast, and feet. (That the Son of man is the Lord as to His Divine Human, see above, n. 63; and that the "lampstands" are heaven, see n. 62, 63. But since these things are arcana hitherto unknown in the world, and yet must be understood in order that the internal sense of this and the following parts of this prophetical book may be comprehended, the particulars have been explained specifically in the work on Heaven and Hell; as

That the Divine Human of the Lord makes Heaven, n. 7-12, 78-86, seq.;

That on this account Heaven in the whole Complex represents one Man, n. 59-77;

That there are Three Heavens, and that the highest refers to the head, the middle to the body, and the lowest to the feet, n. Heaven and Hell 29-40.)

When this is understood it can be seen what is signified in the Word by "the feet of Jehovah" or "of the Lord," namely, the ultimate of Divine order, or the natural; and since the external of the church, of worship, and of the Word is the ultimate of Divine order in the church, and is the natural, this is specifically signified by "the feet of Jehovah" or "of the Lord."

[3] Because of this signification of "the feet of Jehovah" or "of the Lord," therefore when the Lord was seen as an Angel by the prophets elsewhere, He appeared in like manner.

Thus by Daniel:

I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with gold of Uphaz; His body was like the tarshish stone, and His eyes as lamps of fire, and His arms and His feet like the brightness of polished brass (Daniel 10:5-6).

In like manner the cherubs, by which is meant the Lord in respect to providence and protection (See Arcana Coelestia 9277, 9509, 9673), were seen by Ezekiel:

Their feet sparkled like the brightness of polished brass (Ezekiel 1:7).

The Lord was seen in like manner as an Angel as described further on in Revelation:

I saw an Angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud, and a rainbow was about His head, and His face was as the sun, and His feet as pillars of fire (Revelation 10:1).

As the Lord appeared in this manner as to His feet, therefore under His feet there was seen by some of the sons of Israel:

As it were a work of sapphire stone, and as it were the substance of heaven for clearness (Exodus 24:10).

Their vision of the Lord was not as to the feet, but "under the feet," because they were not in, but under, the external of the church, of worship, and of the Word (See The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 248).

[4] Since "the feet of Jehovah" or "of the Lord" signify the ultimate of Divine order, and this specifically is the external of the church, of worship, and of the Word, therefore this external is called in the Word "His footstool," as in Isaiah:

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; I will make the place of My feet honorable. And they shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet (Isaiah 60:13-14).

In the same:

Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool (Isaiah 66:1).

In Jeremiah:

God doth not remember His footstool in the day of anger (Lamentations 2:1).

In David:

Worship Jehovah at His footstool (Psalms 99:5).

We will go into His tabernacles; we will worship at His footstool (Psalms 132:7).

In Nahum:

Of Jehovah, the clouds are the dust of His feet (Nahum 1:3).

"Cloud" is the external of the Word, or the Word in respect to the letter (See above, n. 36). Because "cloud" is the external of the Word, it is also the external of the church and of worship; for the church and worship are from the Word. "Clouds" are called "dust of His feet," because those things that are in the sense of the letter of the Word, which is natural, appear scattered.

  
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