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4 Mose 10

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1 Und der HERR redete mit Mose und sprach:

2 Mache dir zwei Drommeten von getriebenem Silber, daß du sie brauchst, die Gemeinde zu berufen und wenn das Heer aufbrechen soll.

3 Wenn man mit beiden schlicht bläst, soll sich zu dir versammeln die ganze Gemeinde vor die Tür der Hütte des Stifts.

4 Wenn man nur mit einer schlicht bläst, so sollen sich zu dir versammeln die Fürsten, die Obersten über die Tausende in Israel.

5 Wenn ihr aber drommetet, so sollen die Lager aufbrechen, die gegen Morgen liegen.

6 Und wenn ihr zum andernmal drommetet, so sollen die Lager aufbrechen, die gegen Mittag liegen. Denn wenn sie reisen sollen, so sollt ihr drommeten.

7 Wenn aber die Gemeinde zu versammeln ist, sollt ihr schlicht blasen und nicht drommeten.

8 Es sollen aber solch Blasen mit den Drommeten die Söhne Aarons, die Priester, tun; und das soll euer Recht sein ewiglich bei euren Nachkommen.

9 Wenn ihr in einen Streit ziehet in eurem Lande wider eure Feinde, die euch bedrängen, so sollt ihr drommeten mit den Drommeten, daß euer gedacht werde vor dem HERRN, eurem Gott, und ihr erlöst werdet von euren Feinden.

10 Desgleichen, wenn ihr fröhlich seid, und an euren Festen und an euren Neumonden sollt ihr mit den Drommeten blasen über eure Brandopfer und Dankopfer, daß es euch sei zum Gedächtnis vor eurem Gott. Ich bin der HERR, euer Gott.

11 Am zwanzigsten Tage im zweiten Monat des zweiten Jahres erhob sich die Wolke von der Wohnung des Zeugnisses.

12 Und die Kinder Israel brachen auf und zogen aus der Wüste Sinai, und die Wolke blieb in der Wüste Pharan.

13 Es brachen aber auf die ersten nach dem Wort des HERRN durch Mose;

14 nämlich das Panier des Lagers der Kinder Juda zog am ersten mit ihrem Heer, und über ihr Heer war Nahesson, der Sohn Amminadabs;

15 und über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Isaschar war Nathanael, der Sohn Zuars;

16 und über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Sebulon war Eliab, der Sohn Helons.

17 Da zerlegte man die Wohnung, und zogen die Kinder Gerson und Merari und trugen die Wohnung.

18 Darnach zog das Panier des Lagers Rubens mit ihrem Heer, und über ihr Heer war Elizur, der Sohn Sedeurs;

19 und über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Simeon war Selumiel, der Sohn Zuri-Saddais;

20 und Eljasaph, der Sohn Deguels, über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Gad.

21 Da zogen auch die Kahathiten und trugen das Heiligtum; und jene richteten die Wohnung auf, bis diese nachkamen.

22 Darnach zog das Panier des Lagers der Kinder Ephraim mit ihrem Heer, und über ihr Heer war Elisama, der Sohn Ammihuds;

23 und Gamliel, der Sohn Pedazurs, über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Manasse;

24 und Abidan, der Sohn des Gideoni, über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Benjamin.

25 Darnach zog das Panier des Lagers der Kinder Dan mit ihrem Heer; und so waren die Lager alle auf. Und Ahi-Eser, der Sohn Ammi-Saddais, war über ihr Heer;

26 und Pagiel, der Sohn Ochrans, über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Asser;

27 und Ahira, der Sohn Enans, über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Naphthali.

28 So zogen die Kinder Israel mit ihrem Heer.

29 Und Mose sprach zu seinem Schwager Hobab, dem Sohn Reguels, aus Midian: Wir ziehen dahin an die Stätte, davon der HERR gesagt hat: Ich will sie euch geben; so komm nun mit uns, so wollen wir das Beste an dir tun; denn der HERR hat Israel Gutes zugesagt.

30 Er aber antwortete: Ich will nicht mit euch, sondern in mein Land zu meiner Freundschaft ziehen.

31 Er sprach: Verlaß uns doch nicht; denn du weißt, wo wir in der Wüste uns lagern sollen, und sollst unser Auge sein.

32 Und wenn du mit uns ziehst: was der HERR Gutes an uns tut, das wollen wir an dir tun.

33 Also zogen sie von dem Berge des HERRN drei Tagereisen, und die Lade des Bundes des HERRN zog vor ihnen her die drei Tagereisen, ihnen zu weisen, wo sie ruhen sollten.

34 Und die Wolke des Herrn war des Tages über ihnen, wenn sie aus dem Lager zogen.

35 Und wenn die Lade zog, so sprach Mose: HERR, stehe auf! laß deine Feinde zerstreut und die dich hassen, flüchtig werden vor dir!

36 Und wenn sie ruhte, so sprach er: Komm wieder, HERR, zu der Menge der Tausende Israels!

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 529

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529. Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. (11:19) This symbolizes the New Heaven, in which the Lord is worshiped in His Divine humanity, and where people live in accordance with the Ten Commandments, which constitute the two essential elements of the New Church that are the means of conjunction.

The temple of God symbolizes the Lord's Divine humanity, also heaven where angels dwell, and likewise the church on earth. To be shown that the temple of God has these three symbolic meanings, and that the three cannot be separated, see no. 191. Here, however, the temple of God symbolizes the Lord in His Divine humanity in heaven where angels dwell, because it is said to be the temple of God in heaven. The ark in the temple means the Ten Commandments, for the ark had as its sole contents the two tables on which the Ten Commandments were written. 1 The temple's being opened means, symbolically, that these two, the Divine humanity and the Ten Commandments, which are the two essential elements of the New Church, are now visible, and that they became visible after the evil were cast into hell (no. 528). The ark is called the ark of His covenant in His temple because a covenant symbolizes conjunction, as we will see below. But first we must say something about the Ten Commandments.

[2] What nation in the entire world does not know that it is evil to kill, commit adultery, steal, and bear false witness? If nations did not know this and enact laws to keep people from doing these things, it would be all over with them. For society, the republic, or kingdom would collapse without these laws.

Who can suppose that the Israelite nation was so stupid in comparison to all other nations as not to know that such actions are evil? One may wonder, therefore, why these laws, being so universally known throughout the whole world, were promulgated by Jehovah Himself from Mount Sinai, attended by the great miracle they were, and written, moreover, with His finger.

But listen, they were promulgated by Jehovah with such a great miracle and written with His finger in order that people might know that these laws are not only civil and moral laws, but also spiritual laws, and that to disobey them is not only to do evil to one's fellow citizen and to society, but is also to sin against God. Their promulgation by Jehovah from Mount Sinai made them therefore laws of religion. For it is evident that whatever Jehovah God commands, He commands to make it a matter of religion, so that it must be obeyed for His sake, and for a person's own sake, that he may be saved.

[3] Because these laws were the first elements of the church to be established by the Lord with the Israelite nation, and because they embrace in brief summary everything having to do with religion which makes possible a conjunction of the Lord with a person and of a person with the Lord, therefore they were so holy that nothing was more holy.

That they were so very holy can be seen from the following: That Jehovah Himself, that is to say, the Lord, descended in fire; that the mountain then smoked and quaked; and that this was attended by thunderings, lightnings, a thick cloud, and the sound of a trumpet (Exodus 19:16, 18, Deuteronomy 5:22-26). That before Jehovah descended, the people readied themselves and sanctified themselves for three days (Exodus 19:10-11, 15). That in the Temple at Jerusalem the Ark constituted the inner sanctuary (1 Kings 6:19ff., 8:3-9). That the tablets on which the Law was written were called the tablets of the covenant, and because of them the Ark was called the ark of the covenant, with the Law itself being called the covenant (Numbers 10:33, Deuteronomy 4:13, 23; 5:2-3; 9:9, Joshua 3:11, 1 Kings 8:19, 21, and elsewhere).

The Law's being called a covenant symbolizes conjunction. The reason is that covenants are made for the sake of love, friendship, and association, thus for the sake of conjunction. That is why we find it said of the Lord that He will be "a covenant to the people" (Isaiah 42:6; 49:8), and He is called "the Messenger of the covenant" (Malachi 3:1). His blood also is called "the blood of the covenant" (Matthew 26:28, cf. Zechariah 9:11, Exodus 24:4-10). And therefore the Word is called the Old and New Testaments or Covenants.

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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.