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2 Mosebok 39

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1 Av den blå og purpurrøde og karmosinrøde ull gjorde de embedsklær til tjenesten i helligdommen; og de gjorde de hellige klær som Aron skulde ha, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses

2 Livkjortelen gjorde de av gull og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn.

3 De hamret ut gullet til plater og klippet det op til tråder, så det kunde virkes inn i den blå og purpurrøde og karmosinrøde ull og i det fine lingarn med kunstvevning.

4 De gjorde skulderstykker som blev festet til hverandre; med dem blev den hektet sammen i begge ender.

5 Beltet som skulde sitte på den og holde den sammen, gjorde de i ett stykke med den og i samme slags vevning som den, av gull og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

6 Så gjorde de onyksstenene i stand og satte dem inn i flettverk av gull; på dem var navneneIsraels barn innskåret, likesom på et signet.

7 Og de satte dem på livkjortelens skulderstykker, forat de skulde minne om Israels barn, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

8 Så gjorde de brystduken i kunstvevning, i samme slags vevning som livkjortelen, av gull og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn.

9 Den var firkantet og dobbelt lagt; et spann lang og et spann bred var den og dobbelt lagt.

10 Og de satte på den fire rader med stener. I en rad var det en karneol, en topas og en smaragd; det var den første rad.

11 I den annen rad var det en karfunkel, en safir og en diamant,

12 og i den tredje rad en hyasint, en agat og en ametyst,

13 og i den fjerde rad en krysolitt, en onyks og en jaspis. De blev innfattet i hver sitt flettverk av gull.

14 Stenene var tolv i tallet efter navneneIsraels sønner, en for hvert navn; på hver sten var navnet på en av de tolv stammer innskåret, likesom på et signet.

15 Til brystduken gjorde de også kjeder av rent gull, slynget som snorer.

16 Likeså gjorde de to flettverk av gull og to gullringer, og de satte de to ringer på hver sitt hjørne av brystduken,

17 og de festet de to slyngede gullkjeder i de to ringer på hjørnene av brystduken.

18 Og de to andre ender av de to slyngede kjeder festet de i de to flettverk og festet dem så til livkjortelens skulderstykker på fremsiden.

19 Så gjorde de to gullringer og satte dem på de to andre hjørner av brystduken, på den indre side av den, den som vender inn mot livkjortelen.

20 Og de gjorde ennu to gullringer og satte dem på livkjortelens to skulderstykker nedentil på fremsiden, der hvor den festes sammen, ovenfor livkjortelens belte.

21 ingene på brystduken bandt de til ringene på livkjortelen med en snor av blå ull, så brystduken satt ovenfor livkjortelens belte og ikke kunde skilles fra livkjortelen - således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

22 Så gjorde de overkjortelen som hører til livkjortelen, av vevd arbeid, helt igjennem av blå ull.

23 Midt på overkjortelen var det en åpning - likesom åpningen på en brynje - og rundt omkring åpningen var det en bord, forat den ikke skulde revne.

24 På overkjortelens kant nedentil satte de granatepler av tvunnet blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull.

25 Og de gjorde bjeller av rent gull, og de satte bjellene rundt omkring hele kanten av overkjortelen nedentil, imellem granateplene,

26 en bjelle og et granateple og så atter en bjelle og et granateple, og således rundt omkring hele kanten av overkjortelen nedentil, til bruk ved tjenesten, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

27 Så gjorde de de vevde underkjortler av fint lin til Aron og hans sønner,

28 og huen av fint lin og de høie huer til pryd av fint lin og lerretsbenklærne av fint, tvunnet lingarn,

29 og beltet av fint, tvunnet lingarn og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull i utsydd arbeid, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

30 Så gjorde de platen, det hellige hodesmykke, av rent gull, og de skrev på den, således som en skjærer ut et signet: Helliget Herren.

31 Og de satte en snor av blå ull i den for å feste den til huen oventil, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

32 Således blev hele arbeidet med tabernaklet, sammenkomstens telt, fullendt. Israels barn gjorde det i ett og alt således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.

33 Og de førte tabernaklet frem til Moses: teltet med alt som hørte til det, krokene, plankene, tverrstengene og stolpene og fotstykkene

34 og varetaket av rødfarvede værskinn og varetaket av takasskinn og det dekkende forheng,

35 vidnesbyrdets ark med sine stenger og nådestolen,

36 bordet med alt som hørte til, og skuebrødene,

37 lysestaken av rent gull med lampene som skulde settes i rad, og alt som hørte til, og oljen til lysestaken

38 Og det gullklædde alter og salvings-oljen og den velluktende røkelse og teppet for inngangen til teltet,

39 kobber-alteret og kobber-gitteret til det, stengene og alt som hørte til, tvettekaret med sitt fotstykke,

40 omhengene til forgården med stolpene og fotstykkene og teppet til forgårdens port, snorene og pluggene og alle de ting som skulde brukes til tjenesten i tabernaklet, sammenkomstens telt,

41 embedsklærne til tjenesten i helligdommen, de hellige klær til Aron, presten, og presteklærne til hans sønner.

42 Som Herren hadde befalt Moses, således gjorde Israels barn i ett og alt hele arbeidet.

43 Og Moses så på alt det som var gjort, og da han så at det var ferdig, og at de i alle deler hadde gjort det således som Herren hadde befalt, da velsignet han dem.

   

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1143. And fine linen and crimson.- That these signify truths and goods from a celestial origin, profaned, is evident from the signification of fine linen, which denotes truths from a celestial origin, of which we shall speak presently; and from the signification of crimson, which denotes goods from a celestial origin (concerning which see above, n. 1042), but in this case those truths and goods profaned, because the fine linen and crimson are called the merchandise of Babylon, and Babylon as a harlot and the mother of the whoredoms and abominations of the earth, signifies profanations of truth and good. Truths and goods from a celestial origin are the truths and goods with those who are in love to the Lord, which are called celestial, and are distinguished from the truths and goods from a spiritual origin, signified by the silk and scarlet, which we shall refer to presently. They profane truths and goods from a celestial origin, especially in this, that they have arrogated to themselves the Lord's Divine Power of saving mankind, and thus also love to Him they have diverted [to the pope] as his vicar and to his ministers. But the Lord cannot be loved when the power of salvation is taken away from Him, and a man is loved instead of Him. They say, indeed, that the Lord is loved for giving that power to man, and that he is loved, and also reverently honoured by those who have received that power, and is worshipped by the rest. But love to the Lord cannot exist with such, the love of ruling over heaven and the Church being altogether contrary to it; for that love is the love of self, which is diabolical love, and from this the Lord cannot be loved. Such love, regarded in itself, is rather hatred against the Lord, into which also it is changed when they become spirits, and domination is taken away from them then they also persecute all those who are in love to the Lord. From these things it is evident how they profane truths and goods which are from a celestial origin.

[2] That fine linen signifies truths from a celestial origin, is evident from the following passages.

Thus in Ezekiel:

"I clothed thee with broidered-work, I shod thee with badger's skin (taxus), and I girded thee with fine linen, and covered thee with silks; thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver, and thy garments were fine linen, silk, and broidered-work" (16:10, 13).

This is said of Jerusalem, by which the Church is meant, in this case, at its first establishment. Broidered-work and badger's skin there signify the knowledges of truth and good from the Word. Fine linen and silk signify truths from a celestial origin and truths from a spiritual origin; these are described as garments, because garments signify truths, with which good is clothed or invested.

Again in the same:

"Fine linen in broidered-work [from Egypt] was thine expansion, and crimson from the isle of Elisha was thy covering" (27:7).

This refers to Tyre, which signifies the Church as to the knowledges of good and truth; those knowledges are signified by broidered-work from Egypt, truths by fine linen, and good by crimson, both from a celestial origin.

So in Luke:

"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in crimson and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day" (16:19).

The rich man here means the Jewish race, which is said to be clothed in crimson and fine linen, because they possessed the Word, from which they were in possession of goods and truths; goods are there meant by crimson, and truths by fine linen, both from a celestial origin. By Lazarus, who lay at the rich man's porch, are meant the nations who had not the Word.

[3] Because fine linen (byssus), which also is xylinum, signified truths from a celestial origin, and the garments of Aaron represented Divine truths, he himself representing the Lord, therefore fine linen and xyhinum were interwoven in his mitre and belt (Exodus 28:39; 39:27); they were also interwoven in the curtains of the tabernacle and its coverings, because they represented those things of the Church which inclose, and these are truths (Exodus 26:1; 27:9, 18; 36:8; 38:9, 16).

The signification of fine linen (byssus) in the following passages of the Apocalypse is similar:

"The time of the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready; and it was given unto her that she should be clothed in fine linen, clean and shining" (19:7, 8);

The armies of him that sat upon the white horse "followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean" (19:14).

The reason why fine linen signifies truth from a celestial origin is, because that kind of linen was a species of very white flax, of which garments are made. Flax, and also whiteness, signify truth, and a garment made from it signifies according to its brightness, truth pure and clean.

[4] Continuation of the Athanasian Creed.- The hell where those are who are called devils is the love of self; and the hell where those who are called satans is the love of the world. The reason why the diabolical hell is the love of self, is, that that love is the opposite of celestial love, which is love to the Lord; and the reason why the satanical hell is the love of the world, is, that this love is the opposite of spiritual love, which is love towards the neighbour.

Now, since the two loves of hell are the opposite of the two loves of heaven, therefore hell and the heavens are in opposition to each other. For all who are in the heavens have regard to the Lord and to the neighbour, but all who are in the hells have regard to themselves and the world. All who are in the heavens love the Lord and the neighbour, but all who are in the hells love themselves and the world, and hence bear hatred to the Lord and to the neighbour. All who are in the heavens think what is true and will what is good, because they think and will from the Lord; but all who are in the hells think what is false and will what is evil, because they think and will from themselves. It is for this reason that all who are in the hells appear averted, their faces being turned away from the Lord, they also appear inverted, their feet being upwards and their heads downwards; this appearance arises from their loves being the opposite of the loves of heaven.

[5] Since hell is the love of self, it is also fire; for all love corresponds to fire, and in the spiritual world is so presented as to seem at a distance like fire, yet still it is not fire but love. For this reason the hells appear within as if they were on fire, and without like ejections of fire in the midst of smoke rising from furnaces or conflagrations; sometimes the devils themselves also appear like fires of charcoal. The heat which they have from that fire is like an effervescence from impurities, which is lust, and the light which they receive from that fire is merely an appearance of light from phantasies, and from confirmations of evils by falsities; but yet, it is not light, for whenever the light of heaven enters by influx it becomes thick darkness to them, and when the heat of heaven enters it becomes cold to them. They see, however, from their own light, and live from their own heat; but their sight is like that of owls, birds of night, and bats, whose eyes are dim to the light of heaven, and they live in a semi-torpid state. The living principle pertaining to them consists merely in their ability to think and will, to speak and act, and hence to see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. It is merely a faculty derived from that life which is God acting upon them from without, according to order, and continually impelling them to order. It is from this faculty that they live for ever. The dead principle pertaining to them is from the evils and falsities derived from their loves; hence it is, that their life, viewed from their loves, is not life, but death; and therefore hell, in the Word is called "death," and its inhabitants are called "dead."

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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287 - The Lampstand

Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose

Title: The Lampstand

Topic: Salvation

Summary: The lampstand in the tabernacle is an image of a permanent capacity in our minds to see God.

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References:
Exodus 25:31-40; 26:35; 27:20-21; 35:10-14; 37:17-22; 39:37; 40:3-4, 24-25
Leviticus 24:1-4
Numbers 8:1-4
1 Kings 7:48-49
2 Kings 4:9-11
2 Chronicles 4:6-8, 19-22
Psalms 119:104-105
2 Chronicles 13:11
Zechariah 4
Matthew 5:8, 14-16; 25:1-12
Mark 4:21-23
Luke 11:33-36
Ephesians 1:17-18
Revelation 1:12-174, 20; 2:1-5; 11:4
Matthew 18:10
Acts of the Apostles 2:25

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Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 12/21/2016. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com