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Ezékiel 46

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1 Ezt mondja az Úr Isten: A belsõ pitvar kapuja, mely keletre néz, zárva legyen a dologtevõ hat napon, szombatnapon pedig nyissák ki, és újhold napján is nyissák ki.

2 És a fejedelem jõjjön be a kapu tornáczának útján kívülrõl, és álljon a kapu félfája mellé, és mikor a papok megáldozzák az õ égõáldozatát és hálaadóáldozatait, õ leborulva imádkozzék a kapu küszöbén, azután menjen ki, a kaput pedig ne zárják be estvéig.

3 És leborulva imádkozzék az ország népe ugyanannak a kapunak bejáratánál a szombatokon és az újholdnak napjain az Úr elõtt.

4 Az égõáldozat pedig, melyet a fejedelem vigyen az Úrnak szombatnapon, hat ép bárány és egy ép kos legyen;

5 És az ételáldozat: egy éfa a kos mellé; és a bárányok mellé ételáldozatul, a mit keze adhat, s az olajból egy hín az éfához.

6 Az újhold napján pedig egy ép, fiatal bika és hat bárány és egy kos, [mind] épek legyenek.

7 És a bika mellé egy éfát és a kos mellé egy éfát tegyen ételáldozatul; és a bárányok mellé azt, a mi kezétõl telik, s az olajból egy hínt az éfához.

8 És mikor bemegy a fejedelem, a kapu tornáczának útján menjen be, és ezen az úton menjen ki.

9 Mikor pedig a föld népe megyen be az Úr eleibe az ünnepeken, a ki az északi kapu útján ment be, hogy leborulva imádkozzék, a déli kapu útján menjen ki; a ki pedig a déli kapu útján ment be, az az északi kapu útján menjen ki; ne térjen vissza azon kapu útjához, a melyen bement, hanem az annak ellenében valón menjen ki.

10 A fejedelem pedig, mikor bemennek, közöttök menjen be, és mikor kimennek, [együtt] menjen ki velök.

11 És az ünnepeken és a szent egybegyûléseken legyen az ételáldozat egy éfa egy bika mellé és egy éfa a kos mellé, és a bárányok mellé, a mit keze adhat, s az olajból egy hín az éfához.

12 Továbbá, mikor a fejedelem szabad akaratból tesz égõáldozatot, vagy hálaadó áldozatokat, szabad akaratból az Úrnak, nyissák ki néki a kaput, mely napkeletre néz, és õ vigye égõáldozatát és hálaadó áldozatait, mint a hogy szombat napon szokta tenni, és azután menjen ki, és zárják be a kaput kimenése után.

13 És egy esztendõs ép bárányt áldozz égõáldozatul naponként az Úrnak; minden reggel áldozz azzal.

14 És ételáldozatot tégy hozzá minden reggel: egy hatodrész éfát, és az olajból a hín harmadrészét a liszt megnedvesítésére, ételáldozatul az Úrnak; örökre állandó rendelések ezek.

15 Hozzátok azért a bárányt és az ételáldozatot és az olajat minden reggel állandó égõáldozatul.

16 Ezt mondja az Úr Isten: Ha a fejedelem ajándékot ad valamelyik fiának a maga örökségébõl, az az õ fiaié legyen tulajdonul örökségképen.

17 De ha örökségébõl valamelyik szolgájának ad ajándékot, az a szabadság esztendejéig lesz azé, azután visszaszáll a fejedelemre; csak az õ öröksége lesz az õ fiaié.

18 És a fejedelem el ne vegyen a nép örökségébõl, hogy nyomorgatással kivesse õket tulajdonukból; a maga tulajdonából adjon örökséget fiainak, hogy az én népem közül senki el ne széledjen a maga tulajdonából.

19 És bevitt engem ahhoz a bejárathoz, mely a kapu mellett oldalaslag vala, a kamarákhoz, a papok szenthelyéhez, melyek északra néznek, és ímé, ott egy hely vala leghátul nyugotra.

20 És monda nékem: Ez a hely, a hol a papok fõzzék a vétekért és a bûnért való áldozatot, és a hol süssék az ételáldozatot, hogy ne kelljen kivinniök a külsõ pitvarba a nép megszentelésére.

21 És kivitt engem a külsõ pitvarba, és elhordoza engem a pitvar négy szegletén, és ímé, a pitvar mindenik szegletében egy-egy pitvar vala.

22 A pitvarnak négy szegletében zárt pitvarok valának, negyven [sing ]hosszúságúak és harmincz [sing] szélesek; egy mértéke vala a négy szegleten való [pitvar]oknak.

23 És falazások valának bennök köröskörül mind a négy körül, és a falazások alatt konyhák valának csinálva köröskörül.

24 És monda nékem: Ez a fõzõház, a hol fõzzék a háznak szolgái a nép véres áldozatát.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9457

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9457. 'And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means instructions regarding the holy things of heaven which had to be represented. This is clear from the verses that follow, for the things which Jehovah told Moses mean the holy things of heaven that were to be represented. Among the Israelite people a Church was being established in which outward forms would exist displaying in a representative fashion the celestial realities belonging to the good of love, and the spiritual realities belonging to the good and truth of faith, as such realities exist in heaven and ought to do so in the Church. From all this it is clear that 'Jehovah spoke' means instructions regarding the holy things of heaven which had to be represented. Since the matters described in the verses that follow are representative of the celestial and spiritual realities from the Lord in the heavens, something needs to be said about what a representative Church is and why it exists.

[2] There are three heavens - the inmost or third, the middle or second, and the lowest or first. In the inmost heaven the good of love to the Lord reigns, in the middle heaven the good of charity towards the neighbour reigns, and in the lowest the things which are thought, spoken, and come into being in the middle and inmost heavens are represented. The representatives there are countless, such as paradise parks, gardens, forests, fields, plains, as well as cities, palaces, and houses; also flocks and herds, as well as very many kinds of animals and birds; and countless other phenomena. These appear before the eyes of angelic spirits in that heaven more plainly than any such things do on earth in the light at midday; and what is astonishing, those spirits also discern what realities are meant by the things which appear.

[3] Such phenomena also appeared to prophets when their inner sight, which is the sight of the spirit, had been opened, for instance the horses that appeared to Zechariah, 6:1-8; the living creatures which were cherubs, and afterwards the new temple and everything in it that appeared to Ezekiel, Chapters 1, 9, 10, 40-48; the lampstand, thrones, living creatures (which again were cherubs), horses, new Jerusalem, and very many other phenomena, which appeared to John and are described in the Book of Revelation; and similarly the fiery horses and chariots that appeared to Elisha's servant, 2 Kings 6:17. Things such as these are constantly making their appearance in heaven before the eyes of spirits and angels. They are natural forms in which the inward things of heaven terminate and are given shape. The things which present themselves visually before the spirits and angels' actual eyes in this way are representations.

[4] A representative Church exists therefore when the holy, inner realities of love and faith which are derived from the Lord and look towards the Lord present themselves by means of visual forms in the world, such as those which are the subject in this and following chapters - the ark, the mercy-seat, the cherubs, the tables there, the lampstand, and everything else that was part of the tabernacle. For that tabernacle was constructed in such a way that it might represent the three heavens and everything there, the ark which contained the Testimony representing the inmost heaven and the Lord Himself there. This is why, when Moses was shown on the mountain the form it should take, Jehovah said at the same time, To the end that they may make for Him a sanctuary and He may dwell in their midst, verse 8. Everyone endowed with any ability to think on a deeper level can see that Jehovah could not have dwelt in a tent but that He dwells in heaven, and that this tent is called the sanctuary only because it presents an image of heaven, and the celestial and spiritual realities there. Let everyone ask himself, What would it have been for Jehovah, Creator of heaven and earth, to dwell in a small dwelling-place that was made of wood, overlaid with gold, and surrounded by curtains, if heaven and the things of heaven had not been represented there in outward forms?

[5] For the realities which are represented in outward forms do indeed reveal themselves in a similar way in the lowest or first heaven before the spirits there. But those in the higher heavens perceive the inner things that are being represented, which, as has been stated, are the celestial realities belonging to love to the Lord and the spiritual realities belonging to faith in the Lord. It was things of this nature that filled heaven when Moses and the people, moved by outward holiness, venerated that tent as the dwelling-place of Jehovah Himself. From this it is evident what a representative was, and also that by means of it heaven, and so the Lord, was present with mankind.

[6] A representative Church therefore was established among the Israelite people, when the ancient Church came to an end, in order that by means of such representatives heaven, and so the Lord, might be joined to the human race. (If the Lord did not join Himself to people through heaven they would cease to exist; for it is as a result of this joining of Himself to them that people possess the life they have.) Those representatives however were no more than outward means serving to conjoin, yet to which the Lord joined heaven in a wondrous manner, 4311. But when the joining together through those means also was about to perish the Lord came into the world and laid bare the actual realities which were being merely represented up to then, that is, the inner realities which belong to love to and faith in Him. These realities themselves now effect that joining together. But the only means by which such a joining together is effected at the present day is still the Word, since this has been written in such a way that every single part of it has a correspondence and as a consequence represents and serves to mean the Divine realities present in the heavens.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4293

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4293. In the internal historical sense 'for as a prince you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed' means on account of the stubborn perverseness which was a product of their false delusions and evil desires. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'God' and the meaning of 'men' as truths and goods, dealt with above in 4287, though here the selfsame words have the opposite meaning because in this internal historical sense they are expressions used in reference to the descendants of Jacob, with whom no truths or goods were present interiorly, as shown above, only falsities and evils. Falsities are false delusions because they are the product of such delusions, and evils are evil desires because they are the product of such desires.

[2] As regards that nation's insistence that they should play the representative part, that is, that they themselves should constitute the Church in preference to all nations throughout the whole world, see above in 4290. More than this it is the fact that they were allowed to do so on account of the stubborn perverseness which was a product of their false delusions and of their evil desires that is meant here. No one can know the nature of those delusions and desires unless he has some contact with them in the next life. To enable me to know, such contact has been granted to me, for I have talked on several occasions to those people there. They love themselves and worldly wealth more than anybody else does, and above all they fear loss of position as well as loss of gain more than anybody else does. Consequently today as in former times they despise everyone else in comparison with themselves; they are also utterly intent on the acquisition of wealth, and in addition are full of fear. Because that nation has been like this since ancient times they were better able than others to be kept in external holiness devoid of all internal holiness, and so in outward form to represent things that constituted the Church It was these false delusions and evil desires that produced such stubborn perverseness.

[3] This is also apparent from many things which are mentioned regarding them in the historical narratives of the Word. After being punished they were able to demonstrate an external humility such as no other nation could do, for they were able for whole days to lie prostrate on the ground and to roll themselves in the dust and not get up until the third day. They were also able for many days to beat their breasts, and to go around in sackcloth, in tattered garments, with ashes or dust sprinkled over their head. They were able to fast continuously for many days, and during that time to burst into bitter tears. But these were the expressions solely of bodily and earthly love, and a fear of losing their pre-eminence and worldly wealth. For there was not anything internal which moved them since they did not know at all, and did not even wish to know, what the internal was, such as the matter of a life after death, or that of eternal salvation.

[4] From this it may be seen that because their nature was such they had to be dispossessed of all internal holiness, for this holiness accords in no way at all with the kind of external holiness that has just been described; indeed the two are utterly contrary to each other. It may also be seen that they were better able than others to play the part of a representative of the Church, that is to say, to represent holy things in external form, devoid of all internal holiness; and that thus by means of that nation some kind of communication with the heavens was possible, see 4288.

  
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