Bible

 

Ezekiel 46

Studie

   

1 ταδε λεγει κυριος θεος πυλη η εν τη αυλη τη εσωτερα η βλεπουσα προς ανατολας εσται κεκλεισμενη εξ ημερας τας ενεργους εν δε τη ημερα των σαββατων ανοιχθησεται και εν τη ημερα της νουμηνιας ανοιχθησεται

2 και εισελευσεται ο αφηγουμενος κατα την οδον του αιλαμ της πυλης της εξωθεν και στησεται επι τα προθυρα της πυλης και ποιησουσιν οι ιερεις τα ολοκαυτωματα αυτου και τα του σωτηριου αυτου και προσκυνησει επι του προθυρου της πυλης και εξελευσεται και η πυλη ου μη κλεισθη εως εσπερας

3 και προσκυνησει ο λαος της γης κατα τα προθυρα της πυλης εκεινης εν τοις σαββατοις και εν ταις νουμηνιαις εναντιον κυριου

4 και τα ολοκαυτωματα προσοισει ο αφηγουμενος τω κυριω εν τη ημερα των σαββατων εξ αμνους αμωμους και κριον αμωμον

5 και μαναα πεμμα τω κριω και τοις αμνοις θυσιαν δομα χειρος αυτου και ελαιου το ιν τω πεμματι

6 και εν τη ημερα της νουμηνιας μοσχον αμωμον και εξ αμνους και κριος αμωμος εσται

7 και πεμμα τω κριω και πεμμα τω μοσχω εσται μαναα και τοις αμνοις καθως εαν εκποιη η χειρ αυτου και ελαιου το ιν τω πεμματι

8 και εν τω εισπορευεσθαι τον αφηγουμενον κατα την οδον του αιλαμ της πυλης εισελευσεται και κατα την οδον της πυλης εξελευσεται

9 και οταν εισπορευηται ο λαος της γης εναντιον κυριου εν ταις εορταις ο εισπορευομενος κατα την οδον της πυλης της προς βορραν προσκυνειν εξελευσεται κατα την οδον της πυλης της προς νοτον και ο εισπορευομενος κατα την οδον της πυλης της προς νοτον εξελευσεται κατα την οδον της πυλης της προς βορραν ουκ αναστρεψει κατα την πυλην ην εισεληλυθεν αλλ' η κατ' ευθυ αυτης εξελευσεται

10 και ο αφηγουμενος εν μεσω αυτων εν τω εισπορευεσθαι αυτους εισελευσεται μετ' αυτων και εν τω εκπορευεσθαι αυτους εξελευσεται

11 και εν ταις εορταις και εν ταις πανηγυρεσιν εσται το μαναα πεμμα τω μοσχω και πεμμα τω κριω και τοις αμνοις καθως αν εκποιη η χειρ αυτου και ελαιου το ιν τω πεμματι

12 εαν δε ποιηση ο αφηγουμενος ομολογιαν ολοκαυτωμα σωτηριου τω κυριω και ανοιξει εαυτω την πυλην την βλεπουσαν κατ' ανατολας και ποιησει το ολοκαυτωμα αυτου και τα του σωτηριου αυτου ον τροπον ποιει εν τη ημερα των σαββατων και εξελευσεται και κλεισει τας θυρας μετα το εξελθειν αυτον

13 και αμνον ενιαυσιον αμωμον ποιησει εις ολοκαυτωμα καθ' ημεραν τω κυριω πρωι ποιησει αυτον

14 και μαναα ποιησει επ' αυτω το πρωι εκτον του μετρου και ελαιου το τριτον του ιν του αναμειξαι την σεμιδαλιν μαναα τω κυριω προσταγμα δια παντος

15 ποιησετε τον αμνον και το μαναα και το ελαιον ποιησετε το πρωι ολοκαυτωμα δια παντος

16 ταδε λεγει κυριος θεος εαν δω ο αφηγουμενος δομα ενι εκ των υιων αυτου εκ της κληρονομιας αυτου τουτο τοις υιοις αυτου εσται κατασχεσις εν κληρονομια

17 εαν δε δω δομα ενι των παιδων αυτου και εσται αυτω εως του ετους της αφεσεως και αποδωσει τω αφηγουμενω πλην της κληρονομιας των υιων αυτου αυτοις εσται

18 και ου μη λαβη ο αφηγουμενος εκ της κληρονομιας του λαου καταδυναστευσαι αυτους εκ της κατασχεσεως αυτου κατακληρονομησει τοις υιοις αυτου οπως μη διασκορπιζηται ο λαος μου εκαστος εκ της κατασχεσεως αυτου

19 και εισηγαγεν με εις την εισοδον της κατα νωτου της πυλης εις την εξεδραν των αγιων των ιερεων την βλεπουσαν προς βορραν και ιδου τοπος εκει κεχωρισμενος

20 και ειπεν προς με ουτος ο τοπος εστιν ου εψησουσιν εκει οι ιερεις τα υπερ αγνοιας και τα υπερ αμαρτιας και εκει πεψουσι το μαναα το παραπαν του μη εκφερειν εις την αυλην την εξωτεραν του αγιαζειν τον λαον

21 και εξηγαγεν με εις την αυλην την εξωτεραν και περιηγαγεν με επι τα τεσσαρα μερη της αυλης και ιδου αυλη κατα το κλιτος της αυλης αυλη κατα το κλιτος της αυλης

22 επι τα τεσσαρα κλιτη της αυλης αυλη μικρα μηκος πηχων τεσσαρακοντα και ευρος πηχων τριακοντα μετρον εν ταις τεσσαρσιν

23 και εξεδραι κυκλω εν αυταις κυκλω ταις τεσσαρσιν και μαγειρεια γεγονοτα υποκατω των εξεδρων κυκλω

24 και ειπεν προς με ουτοι οι οικοι των μαγειρειων ου εψησουσιν εκει οι λειτουργουντες τω οικω τα θυματα του λαου

   

Ze Swedenborgových děl

 

Apocalypse Revealed # 191

Prostudujte si tuto pasáž

  
/ 962  
  

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).

  
/ 962  
  

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