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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 Revealed # 669

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669. 15:5 After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. This symbolically means that the inmost of heaven appeared, where the Lord is present in His holiness in the Word and in the Law contained in the Ten Commandments.

In the highest sense, the temple symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, and consequently heaven and the church (nos. 191, 529), here the Christian heaven. The tabernacle of the testimony symbolizes the inmost of that heaven, where the Lord resides in His holiness in the Word and in the Law contained in the Ten Commandments, since the Tabernacle likewise symbolizes heaven (no. 585); and the inmost of the Tabernacle was where the Ark was placed, containing the two tablets on which were written by the finger of God the ten precepts that constitute the ten commandments of the Decalogue, which are meant by the testimony here and are also called the Testimony. And it is apparent from this that John's saying, "I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened," means symbolically that the inmost of heaven appeared, where the Lord is present in His holiness in the Law contained in the Ten Commandments.

The tabernacle of the testimony symbolizes also where the Word exists because the term "testimony" is used not only of the Law contained in the Ten Commandments, but of the whole Word as well, and of the Lord as the embodiment of the Word, because the Word testifies concerning Him (nos. 490, 555).

[2] That the Word exists in heaven, in a repository in the inmost of heaven called a sanctuary, and that the light there is blazing and brilliant, surpassing in intensity any light in heaven outside that sanctuary, may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 70-75. And with respect to the sanctuary, no. 73 there.

Regarding the holiness of the Law contained in the Ten Commandments, see The Doctrine of Life for the New Jerusalem in Accordance With the Commandments of the Decalogue, nos. 53-61.

To be shown that the Ark containing the two tablets of the Decalogue constituted the sanctuary or inmost of the Temple in Jerusalem, and so the tabernacle there, see 1 Kings 6:19-28; 8:3-9.

That the Law contained in the Ten Commandments was called the Testimony is clear from the following passages:

Moses... went down..., and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand... The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. (Exodus 32:15-16)

...two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. (Exodus 31:18)

(Jehovah said,) "You shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you." (Exodus 25:16, 21-22)

Then (Moses) took the Testimony and put it into the ark... (Exodus 40:20)

...that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the Testimony... (Leviticus 16:13)

(Jehovah said to Moses,) "You shall place (the rods)...before the Testimony... And... Aaron's rod before the Testimony...." (Numbers 17:4, 10)

And Moses left the rods before Jehovah... (Numbers 17:7)

The Ark is called the Ark of testimony in Exodus 31:7, and the Tabernacle is called the Tabernacle of the Testimony in Exodus 38:21.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Apocalypse Revealed # 191

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191. "'I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God.'" This symbolically means that the truths they possess, springing from goodness derived from the Lord, sustain the Lord's church in heaven.

A temple symbolizes the church, and the temple of My God symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven. It is apparent from this that a pillar symbolizes what sustains and stabilizes the church, and that is the Divine truth in the Word.

In the highest sense, a temple symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, particularly in respect to Divine truth. In a representative sense, however, a temple symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven, and so also the Lord's church in the world.

That a temple in the highest sense symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, and particularly in respect to Divine truth, is apparent from the following passages:

(Jesus said to the Jews,) "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." ...He was speaking of the temple of His body. (John 2:19, 21)

I saw no temple in (the New Jerusalem), for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. (Revelation 21:22)

Behold..., the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire. (Malachi 3:1)

I will bow myself toward Your holy temple... (Psalms 138:2)

...I will look again toward Your holy temple... And my prayer went to You, to Your holy temple. (Jonah 2:4, 7)

Jehovah is in His holy temple. (Habakkuk 2:20)

The holy temple of Jehovah or of the Lord is His Divine humanity, for it is to this that people bow, look to, and pray, and not to the temple merely, as the temple is not, in itself, holy. It is called a holy temple, because holiness is predicated of Divine truth (no. 173).

"The temple that sanctifies the gold" in Matthew 23:16-17 means nothing else than the Lord's Divine humanity.

[2] That a temple in a representative sense symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven, is apparent from the following passages:

(The) voice (of Jehovah) from the temple...! (Isaiah 66:6)

...a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven... (Revelation 16:17)

The temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. (Revelation 11:19)

...the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. And out of the temple came the seven angels... And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God... (Revelation 15:5-6, 8)

I called upon Jehovah, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple... (Psalms 18:6)

I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty, and His skirts filled the temple. (Isaiah 6:1)

[3] That a temple symbolizes the church in the world is apparent from these passages:

Our holy... temple... has become a conflagration... (Isaiah 64:11)

I will shake all nations..., that I may fill this house with glory... The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former... (Haggai 2:7, 9)

The new temple in Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48 describes a church to be established by the Lord. A church is also meant in Revelation 11:1 by the temple that the angel measured. So likewise elsewhere, as in Isaiah 44:28, Jeremiah 7:2-4, 9-11, Zechariah 8:9.

...the disciples (of Jesus) came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, ."..Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left... upon another, that shall not be demolished." (Matthew 24:1-2)

The temple here symbolizes the church today; and its demolition means, symbolically, that not one stone would be left upon another. This symbolizes the end of that church, when not any truth would remain. For when the disciples spoke with the Lord about the temple, the Lord foretold the consecutive states of this church, even to its last one, or the end of the age; and the end of the age means the final period of the church, which is the one that exists today. This was represented by the destruction of that temple to its foundations.

[4] A temple has these three symbolic meanings, namely the Lord, the church in heaven, and the church in the world. Because these three are bound up together, they cannot be separated. Consequently one cannot be meant without the other. Therefore anyone who divorces the church in the world from the church in heaven, or the one or the other from the Lord, is without the truth.

The temple here means the church in heaven, because reference to the church in the world follows after this (no. 194).

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.