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2 Mosebok 25

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1 Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:

2 Si til Israels barn at de skal komme med en gave til mig; av hver mann som har hjertelag til det, skal I ta imot gaven til mig.

3 Og dette er den gave I skal ta imot av dem: gull og sølv og kobber

4 og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint lin og gjetehår

5 og rødfarvede værskinn og takasskinn* og akasietre, / {* takas, rimeligvis en slags delfin.}

6 olje til lysestaken, krydderier til salvings-oljen og til den velluktende røkelse,

7 onyksstener og andre edelstener til å sette på livkjortelen og brystduken.

8 Og de skal gjøre mig en helligdom, så vil jeg bo midt iblandt dem.

9 Tabernaklet og alt som dertil hører, skal I i alle måter gjøre efter det billede jeg vil vise dig.

10 De skal gjøre en ark av akasietre, halvtredje alen lang og halvannen alen bred og halvannen alen høi.

11 Den skal du klæ med rent gull, både innvendig og utvendig skal du klæ den med gull; og du skal gjøre en gullkrans på den rundt omkring.

12 Du skal støpe fire gullringer og feste dem i de fire føtter på arken, to ringer på den ene side og to på den andre.

13 Så skal du gjøre stenger av akasietre og klæ dem med gull.

14 Og du skal stikke stengene inn i ringene på sidene av arken, så arken kan bæres på dem.

15 Stengene skal bli i ringene på arken, de må aldri tas ut av dem.

16 Og i arken skal du legge vidnesbyrdet* som jeg vil gi dig. / {* se 2MO 16, 34.}

17 Så skal du gjøre en nådestol* av rent gull, halvtredje alen lang og halvannen alen bred. / {* lokket på arken, som Herren tronet over, og som på den store forsoningsfest blev oversprengt med sonofferets blod.}

18 Og du skal gjøre to kjeruber av gull; i drevet arbeid skal du gjøre dem og sette dem ved begge endene av nådestolen.

19 Den ene kjerub skal du sette ved den ene ende og den andre kjerub ved den andre ende; i ett med nådestolen skal I gjøre kjerubene, én på hver ende av den.

20 Kjerubene skal holde vingene utbredt og opløftet, så de dekker over nådestolen med sine vinger, og deres ansikter skal vende mot hverandre; mot nådestolen skal Kjerubene vende sitt ansikt.

21 Så skal du sette nådestolen ovenpå arken, og i arken skal du legge vidnesbyrdet, som jeg vil gi dig.

22 Og jeg vil komme sammen med dig der; fra nådestolen mellem begge kjerubene som er på vidnesbyrdets ark, vil jeg tale med dig om alt det jeg vil byde dig å si Israels barn.

23 Så skal du gjøre et bord av akasietre, to alen langt og én alen bredt og halvannen alen høit.

24 Du skal klæ det med rent gull og gjøre en gullkrans på det rundt omkring.

25 Og du skal gjøre en list på det av en hånds bredde rundt omkring, og rundt om listen skal du gjøre en gullkrans.

26 Så skal du gjøre fire gullringer til det og sette ringene i de fire hjørner på de fire føtter.

27 Like ved listen skal ringene sitte, de skal være til å stikke stengene i, så bordet kan bæres.

28 Stengene skal du gjøre av akasietre og klæ dem med gull, og bordet skal bæres på dem.

29 Så skal du gjøre fatene og skålene som hører til bordet, og kannene og begerne som det skal ofres drikkoffer med; av rent gull skal du gjøre dem.

30 Og på bordet skal du alltid legge skuebrød for mitt åsyn.

31 Så skal du gjøre en lysestake av rent gull; i drevet arbeid skal lysestaken gjøres; både foten på den og stangen, begerne, knoppene og blomstene skal være i ett med den.

32 Seks armer skal gå ut fra lysestakens sider, tre armer fra den ene side, og tre fra den andre.

33 Det skal være tre mandelformede beger på den første arm med knopp og blomst, og tre mandelformede beger på den annen arm med knopp og blomst; således skal det være på alle de seks armer som går ut fra lysestaken.

34 På selve lysestaken skal det være fire mandelformede beger med knopper og blomster,

35 én knopp under de to første armer i ett med den, og én knopp under de to næste armer i ett med den, og én knopp under de to øverste armer i ett med den - én knopp under hvert par av de seks armer som går ut fra lysestaken.

36 Både knoppene og armene skal være i ett med den; alt sammen skal være ett drevet arbeid av rent gull.

37 Så skal du gjøre syv lamper til lysestaken; og lampene skal settes således op at lyset faller rett frem for den.

38 Lysesaksene og brikkene som hører til, skal være av rent gull.

39 En talent* rent gull skal I bruke til lysestaken og alle disse redskaper. / {* omkr. 50 kilogram.}

40 Se nu til at du gjør alt efter det billede som blev vist dig på fjellet!

   

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9571. And it shall give light over against the faces of it. That this signifies from the Divine good of the Lord’s Divine Human, is evident from the signification of “giving light,” as being the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord’s Divine good; for it is this which gives light to heaven and the angels themselves who are there, and also to the church and the men therein who are in faith from good. The illumination from this is the illumination of the mind, from which come intelligence and wisdom in the truths and goods of faith. The mind is illuminated by means of the Word, because the Word is Divine truth from the Lord. And from the signification of “the faces,” when said of the Lord, as being all that which is from the Divine good of His Divine love (n. 9545, 9546). The reason why it is from the Divine good of the Lord’s Divine Human, is that the Lord’s Divine Human is the source of light in heaven, for it is the Sun of heaven, from which is light, and the light from this is Divine truth (see n. 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415, 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407); and that the Lord is the Sun of heaven may also be seen above (n. 1053, 1521, 1529, 1530, 1531, 2441, 3636, 3643, 4321, 5097, 7078, 7083, 7171, 7173, 8644, 8812). The Divine Human of the Lord is the source of light in heaven, because the Divine cannot be seen except under a human form, as also the Lord taught in John:

No man hath seen God at any time; the Only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He hath set Him forth (John 1:18).

Ye have not heard the voice of the Father at any time, nor seen His shape (John 5:37).

  
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2441. The sun was gone forth upon the earth. That this signifies the last period, which is called the Last Judgment, is evident from the signification of the “rising of the sun,” when the subject treated of is the times and states of the church. That in the internal sense the times of the day, and also the times of the year, signify the successive states of the church, has been shown before (n. 2323); and that the dawn or morning signifies the Lord’s advent, that is, the approach of His Kingdom (n. 2405) so that in the passage before us the rising of the sun, that is, his “going forth upon the earth,” signifies the Lord’s presence itself; and this for the reason that both the “sun” and the “east” signify the Lord. (As to the “sun,” seen. 31, 32, 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 2120; as to the “east,” n. 101.)

[2] The reason why the Lord’s presence is the same as the last period, which is called the Judgment, is that His presence separates the good from the evil, and results in the good being elevated into heaven, and the evil casting themselves down into hell; for in the other life the Lord is the Sun to the universal heaven (see n. 1053, 1521, 1529-1531), for it is the Divine Celestial of His love that so appears before their eyes and actually makes the very light of heaven. In so far therefore as the inhabitants of the spiritual world are in celestial love, so far are they elevated into that celestial light which is from the Lord; but in so far as they are remote from celestial love, so far do they cast themselves away from this light into infernal darkness.

[3] This therefore is the reason why the “rising of the sun,” by which is signified the presence of the Lord, involves both the salvation of the good and the damnation of the evil; and this is why it is now said for the first time that “Lot came to Zoar,” that is, that they who are here represented by Lot were saved; and presently that “Jehovah caused it to rain upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire,” that is, that the evil were damned.

[4] To those who are in the evils of the love of self and of the world, that is, to those who are in hatreds against all things of love to the Lord and of charity toward the neighbor, the light of heaven actually appears as thick darkness; on which account it is said in the Word that to such the “sun was blackened;” by which is signified that they rejected everything of love and charity, and received everything that is contrary thereto. As in Ezekiel:

When I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not make her light to shine; all the luminaries of light in the heavens will I make black over thee, and will set darkness upon thy land (Ezekiel 31:7, 8).

Every one can see that by “covering the heavens,” “blackening the stars,” “covering the sun,” and “blackening the luminaries of heaven,” other things than these are signified.

[5] In like manner in Isaiah:

The sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine (Isaiah 13:10).

And in Joel:

The sun and the moon are blackened, and the stars withdraw their shining (Joel 2:2, 10).

It is therefore evident what is signified by the Lord’s words in Matthew, where He is speaking of the last period of the church, which is called the Judgment:

Immediately after the affliction of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven (Matthew 24:29)

where by the “sun” is not meant the sun; nor by the “moon,” the moon; nor by the “stars,” the stars; but by the “sun” are signified love and charity; by the “moon,” the faith thence derived; and by the “stars,” the knowledges of good and truth; which are said to be “obscured,” to “lose their light,” and to “fall from heaven,” when there is no longer any acknowledgment of the Lord, nor any love to Him, nor any charity toward the neighbor; and when these have become nought, the love of self with its falsities takes possession of the man; for the one thing is a consequence of the other.

[6] Hence we read also in John:

The fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and it was given unto him to scorch men with fire, and men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God (Revelation 16:8-9)

where also the last times of the church are treated of, when all love and charity are being extinguished; or, speaking according to the common mode, when there is no longer any faith. The extinction of love and charity is meant by the “pouring out of the vial upon the sun;” so that it was the love of self and its cupidities by which men were then “scorched with fire,” and “scorched with great heat;” and from which came the “blaspheming of the name of God.”

[7] By the “sun” the Ancient Church understood nothing else than the Lord and the Divine Celestial of His love; and therefore they were accustomed to pray toward the sun rising, while not thinking at all about the sun. But after their posterity had lost this also, together with the rest of their representatives and significatives, they began to worship the sun itself and also the moon; which worship spread to many nations, so much so that they dedicated temples to them, and set up pillars; and because the sun and the moon then took on an opposite signification, they came to signify the love of self and of the world, which are diametrically contrary to heavenly and spiritual love. Hence in the Word by the “worship of the sun and the moon” is meant the worship of self and of the world.

[8] As in Moses:

Lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of the heavens, and thou be driven to bow down unto them, and serve them (Deuteronomy 4:19).

And again:

If he have gone and served other gods, and the sun and the moon, or any of the army of the heavens, which I have not commanded, then thou shalt stone them with stones, and they shall die (Deuteronomy 17:3, 5). (Deuteronomy 17:6)

Into such idolatry was the ancient worship turned when they no longer believed that anything internal was signified by the rites of the church, but only what was external.

[9] In like manner in Jeremiah:

At that time shall they spread out the bones of the kings of Judah, of the princes, of the priests, of the prophets, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, before the sun and the moon, and all the army of the heavens, which they have loved, and which they have served (Jeremiah 8:1-2).

The “sun” here denotes the love of self and its cupidities; their “spreading out the bones” signifies the infernal things that belong to such worshipers.

Again:

He shall break the pillars of the house of the sun, which are in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire (Jeremiah 43:13).

The “pillars of the house” denote the worship of self.

  
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