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Ezekielis 8

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1 Šeštaisiais metais, šešto mėnesio penktą dieną, kai aš sėdėjau savo namuose su Judo vyresniaisiais, Viešpaties ranka palietė mane.

2 Aš pamačiau prieš save lyg žmogaus pavidalą; nuo juosmens žemyn atrodė lyg liepsnojanti ugnis, o nuo juosmens aukštyn­tarsi žėrintis gintaras.

3 Jis ištiesė ranką ir nutvėrė mane už galvos plaukų. Dvasia pakėlė mane tarp dangaus ir žemės ir nunešė mane Dievo regėjime į Jeruzalę prie vidaus kiemo vartų šiaurės pusėje, kur stovėjo pavydo stabas, kuris kėlė pavydą.

4 Ir ten aš pamačiau Izraelio Dievo šlovę, kaip ją buvau matęs regėjime lygumoje.

5 Jis man sakė: “Žmogaus sūnau, pažvelk į šiaurės pusę”. Aš žiūrėjau, ir štai prie pat aukuro, prie vartų, stovėjo pavydo stabas.

6 Jis man kalbėjo toliau: “Žmogaus sūnau, ar matai, ką jie daro? Izraelio namai daro dideles bjaurystes, kad Aš pasitraukčiau iš savo šventyklos. Bet apsisuk, ir pamatysi dar didesnių bjaurysčių!”

7 Jis atvedė mane prie šventyklos vartų ir parodė man sienoje skylę.

8 Jis liepė man: “Žmogaus sūnau, kask po siena!” Prakasęs sieną, radau duris.

9 Jis liepė įeiti ir pažiūrėti, kas čia vyksta.

10 Įėjęs mačiau ant sienų roplių, nešvarių gyvūnų ir Izraelio stabų piešinius.

11 Prieš juos stovėjo septyniasdešimt Izraelio vyresniųjų su Jaazaniju, Šafano sūnumi. Kiekvienas laikė rankoje po smilkytuvą, iš kurių kilo aukštyn tirštas smilkalų debesis.

12 Jis klausė: “Žmogaus sūnau, ar matai, ką Izraelio vyresnieji tamsoje daro prie stabų piešinių? Jie sako: ‘Viešpats paliko kraštą, Jis nemato mūsų’ ”.

13 Jis vėl man tarė: “Apsisuk, ir pamatysi dar didesnių bjaurysčių”.

14 Jis įvedė mane į Viešpaties namus pro šiaurinius vartus. Čia sėdėjo moterys ir apraudojo Tamūzą.

15 Jis tarė man: “Žmogaus sūnau, ar matai, kas čia vyksta? Apsisuk ir pamatysi bjaurysčių, didesnių už šitas”.

16 Jis įvedė mane į Viešpaties namų kiemą. Tarp Viešpaties šventyklos durų ir aukuro stovėjo maždaug dvidešimt penki vyrai, nusigręžę nuo Viešpaties šventyklos į rytus, ir garbino saulę.

17 Jis tarė: “Žmogaus sūnau, ar matai, kas čia vyksta? Ar negana to, kas yra Jude! Šitie nusikaltimai bei smurtas vėl užtrauks mano bausmę.

18 Aš išliesiu ant jų savo įtūžį, nesigailėsiu jų ir nebūsiu jiems nuolaidus. Nors jie garsiai šauksis mano pagalbos, neišklausysiu jų”.

   

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Izaijas 47:10

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10 Tu pasitikėjai savo nedorybe ir sakei: ‘Manęs niekas nemato’. Tavo išmintis ir supratimas tave suvedžiojo. Tu galvojai: ‘Aš esu ir kitos nėra šalia manęs’.

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Arcana Coelestia # 2069

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2069. 'Kings of peoples will be from her' means truths that are the product of truths and goods joined together, meant by 'kings of peoples'. This is clear from the meaning of 'kings' as all truths in general, dealt with above in 2015, and from the meaning of 'peoples' also as truths, in general all things that are spiritual. For 'kings' are spoken of in reference to peoples, and not so much in reference to nations except when the nations mean evils, dealt with in 1259, 1260. In the prophetical part of the Word kings and peoples are mentioned many times, but nowhere are they used to mean kings and peoples, for at no point are kings and peoples the subject in the Word proper, which is the internal sense, but the celestial and spiritual things comprising the Lord's kingdom, and so goods and truths. The sense of the letter expresses itself by means of perceivable objects, as anyone does with words, merely to enable understanding.

[2] Since the subject here is Sarah and the promise that 'kings of peoples will be from her', and since 'Sarah' means Divine Truth which was the Lord's, 'kings of peoples' clearly means truths that are the product of truths and goods joined together, which are all the truths of the internal Church, that is, the interior truths of faith. Because these truths come from the Lord, they are frequently called 'kings' in the Word, and also 'a king's sons', as shown above in 2015.

[3] Anyone may see that some internal Divine matter lies concealed in the words that 'kings of peoples will be from her'. For the subject in this verse is Isaac, of whom it is said, 'I will bless him, and he will become nations', but of Sarah that 'kings of peoples will be from her'. Almost the same was also said of Abraham in verse 6 above, that 'kings will go out of him'; but it did not say as it does of Sarah, 'kings of peoples'. The arcanum within this lies too deep to allow it to be uncovered and described in a few words. From the representation and meaning of 'Abraham' as Divine Good and from the representation and meaning of 'Sarah' as Divine Truth the arcanum is to some extent evident, namely that from the Lord's Divine Good meant by 'Abraham' all celestial truth will come forth and have its being, and from the Lord's Divine Truth meant by 'Sarah' all spiritual truth will do so. Celestial truth is the truth which exists with celestial angels, and spiritual truth that which exists with spiritual angels. Or what amounts to the same, celestial truth was the truth which existed with members of the Most Ancient Church which came before the Flood and which was a celestial Church, spiritual truth that which existed with members of the Ancient Church which came after the Flood and was a spiritual Church. For angels, as also members of the Church, are distinguished into celestial and spiritual. That which distinguishes the celestial from the spiritual is love to the Lord, and that which distinguishes spiritual from celestial is love towards the neighbour.

[4] No more can be said about celestial truth and spiritual truth however until the difference between the celestial and the spiritual is known, or what amounts to the same, the difference between the celestial Church and the spiritual. For this see Volume One, in 202, 337, 1577; then concerning the nature of the Most Ancient Church and the nature of the Ancient Church, in 597, 607, 640, 765, 1114-1125, and in many other places. On the point that possessing love to the Lord constitutes the celestial, and possessing love towards the neighbour the spiritual, see 2023.

[5] These considerations now show what the arcanum is, namely that 'the kings who will go out of Abraham', referred to in verse 6, mean celestial truths that flow in from the Lord's Divine Good, while 'the kings of peoples who will be from Sarah', referred to in the present verse, mean spiritual truths that flow in from the Lord's Divine Truth. For the Lord's Divine Good is unable to flow in except with the celestial man since it is an influx into the will part of his mind, as was the case with the Most Ancient Church, whereas with the spiritual man the Lord's Divine Truth is flowing in since the influx is solely into the understanding part, which in him has been separated from the will part, 2053 (end). Or what amounts to the same, celestial good is flowing in with the celestial man, and spiritual good with the spiritual man. As a consequence the Lord is seen by celestial angels as the Sun, but by spiritual angels as the Moon, 1529, 1530.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.