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Ezequiel 22

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1 Demais veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:

2 Tu pois, ó filho do homem, acaso julgarás, julgarás mesmo a cidade sanguinária? Então faze-lhe conhecer todas as suas abominações,

3 e dize: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: A cidade que derrama o sangue dentro de si, para que venha o seu tempo! que faz ídolos contra si mesma, para se contaminar!

4 Pelo teu sangue que derramaste te fizeste culpada, e pelos teus ídolos que fabricaste te contaminaste; e fizeste aproximar-se o teu dia, e é chegado o fim dos teus anos. Por isso eu te fiz o opróbrio das nações e o escárnio de todas as terras.

5 As que estão perto e as que estão longe de ti escarnecerão de ti, infamada, cheia de tumulto.

6 Eis que os príncipes de Israel, que estão em ti, cada um conforme o seu poder, se esforçam para derramarem sangue.

7 No meio de ti desprezaram ao pai e à mãe; no meio de ti usaram de opressão para com o estrangeiro; no meio de ti foram injustos para com o órfão e a viúva.

8 As minhas coisas santas desprezaste, e os meus sábados profanaste.

9 Em ti se acham homens que caluniam para derramarem sangue; em ti há os que comem sobre os montes; e cometem perversidade no meio de ti.

10 A vergonha do pai descobrem em ti; no meio de ti humilham a que está impura, na sua separação.

11 Um comete abominação com a mulher do seu próximo, outro contamina abominavelmente a sua nora, e outro humilha no meio de ti a sua irmã, filha de seu pai.

12 Peitas se recebem no meio de ti para se derramar sangue; recebes usura e ganhos ilícitos, e usas de avareza com o teu próximo, oprimindo-o; mas de mim te esqueceste, diz o Senhor Deus.

13 Eis que, portanto, bato as mãos contra o lucro desonesto que ganhaste, e por causa do sangue que houve no meio de ti.

14 Poderá estar firme o teu coração? poderão estar fortes as tuas mãos, nos dias em que eu tratarei contigo? Eu, o Senhor, o disse, e o farei.

15 Espalhar-te-ei entre as nações e dispersar-te-ei pelas terras; e de ti consumirei a tua imundícia.

16 E tu serás profanada em ti mesma, aos olhos das nações, e saberás que eu sou o Senhor.

17 De novo veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:

18 Filho do homem, a casa de Israel se tornou para mim em escória; todos eles são bronze, e estanho, e ferro, e chumbo no meio da fornalha; em escória de prata eles se tornaram.

19 Portanto assim diz o Senhor Deus: Pois que todos vós vos tornastes em escória, por isso eis que eu vos ajuntarei no meio de Jerusalém.

20 Como se ajuntam a prata, e o bronze, e o ferro, e o chumbo, e o estanho, no meio da fornalha, para assoprar o fogo sobre eles, a fim de se fundirem, assim vos ajuntarei na minha ira e no meu furor, e ali vos porei e vos fundirei.

21 Sim, congregar-vos-ei, e assoprarei sobre vós o fogo da minha ira; e sereis fundidos no meio dela.

22 Como se funde a prata no meio da fornalha, assim sereis fundidos no meio dela; e sabereis que eu, o Senhor, derramei o meu furor sobre vós.

23 Também veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:

24 Filho do homem, dize-lhe a ela: Tu és uma terra que não está purificada, nem regada de chuvas no dia da indignação.

25 Conspiração dos seus profetas há no meio dela, como um leão que ruge, que arrebata a presa; eles devoram vidas humanas; tomam tesouros e coisas preciosas; multiplicam as suas viúvas no meio dela.

26 Os seus sacerdotes violentam a minha lei, e profanam as minhas coisas santas; não fazem diferença entre o santo e o profano, nem ensinam a discernir entre o impuro e o puro; e de meus sábados escondem os seus olhos, e assim sou profanado no meio deles.

27 Os seus príncipes no meio dela são como lobos que arrebatam a presa: derramando o sangue, e destruindo vidas, para adquirirem lucro desonesto.

28 E os profetas têm feito para eles reboco com argamassa fraca tendo visões falsas, e adivinhando-lhes mentira, dizendo: Assim diz o Senhor Deus; sem que o Senhor tivesse falado.

29 O povo da terra tem usado de opressão, e andado roubando e fazendo violência ao pobre e ao necessitado, e tem oprimido injustamente ao estrangeiro.

30 E busquei dentre eles um homem que levantasse o muro, e se pusesse na brecha perante mim por esta terra, para que eu não a destruísse; porém a ninguém achei.

31 Por isso eu derramei sobre eles a minha indignação; com o fogo do meu furor os consumi; fiz que o seu caminho lhes recaísse sobre a cabeça, diz o Senhor Deus.

   

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#159 One Breach in the Wall: Gender Issues | Gender Equality in the Bible

Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose

Title: One Breach in the Wall: Gender Issues

Topic: Second Coming

Summary: We examine an issue that makes Scripture repellent to some people--an apparent gender tilt.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Genesis 2:21-24
1 Chronicles 1:32, 39, 50; 3:10
Matthew 7:12
Zechariah 2:1-2
Leviticus 25:17
Psalms 9:9; 72:1-4
Isaiah 16:4; 58:6; 61:1
Jeremiah 30:20
Ezekiel 22:26-31
Jeremiah 8:18-22

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Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 11/6/2013. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com

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The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Teachings # 248

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248. The Jewish church and Jews. 1 The statutes, judgments, and laws that were commanded in the Jewish church were somewhat like those of the ancient church: 4449, 4834. How the symbolic rites of the Jewish church differed from the symbolic rites of the ancient church: 4288, 10149. A symbolic church was established for the people of that nation, but there was no real church among them: 4899, 4912, 6304. So they had something that symbolized a church but not an actual church: 4281, 4288, 4311, 4500, 6304, 7048, 9320, 10396, 10526, 10531, 10698. Because of the stubborn insistence of their ancestors and Moses, the Israelite and Jewish people were accepted as a church, not because they actually were a chosen people but rather so that they would symbolize a church: 4290, 4293, 7051, 7439, 10430, 10535, 10632. Their worship was solely external, without any inner worship: 1200, 3147, 3479, 8871. They knew absolutely nothing about inner worship and did not want to know: 301, 302, 303, 3479, 4429, 4433, 4680, 4844, 4847, 10396, 10401, 10407, 10694, 10701, 10707. What they thought of the inner aspects of worship, the church, and the Word: 4865. Their inner natures were foul, full of their love for themselves and the world and of avarice: 3480, 9962, 10454-10457, 10462-10466, 10575. Therefore the inner teachings of the church were not disclosed to them, because otherwise they would have defiled them: 2520, 3398, 3480, 4289. The Word was completely closed to them: 3769. They saw the Word from the outside and not from the inside (10549, 10550, 10551), so their inner self was closed when they were engaged in worship (8788, 8806, 9320, 9377, 9380, 9962, 10396, 10401, 10407, 10492, 10498, 10500, 10575, 10629, 10692). All the same, this people was more capable than any other of being outwardly holy despite the fact that their inner self was closed: 4293, 4311, 4903, 9373, 9377, 9380. Their state at such times: 4311. That is also why they have been preserved to this day: 3479. Their holy outward behavior was miraculously raised up and exhibited to heaven by the Lord, and as a result deeper levels of worship, the church, and the Word were perceived there: 3480, 4307, 4311, 6304, 8588, 10499, 10500, 10602. So that this could happen, they were driven by external pressures to a strict observance of their rituals in outward form: 3147, 4281, 8006. Because they could be outwardly holy without inner holiness, they were able to represent what is truly holy in the church and heaven: 3479, 3881, 4208, 6304, 8588, 9377, 10430, 10500, 10570. Nevertheless, they were not interested in what is truly holy: 3479. It does not matter what a person who symbolizes something is like, because symbolism focuses on the issue and not on the person: 665, 1097, 1361, 3147, 3881, 4208, 4281, 4288, 4292, 4500, 6304, 7048, 7439, 8588, 8788, 8806.

[2] Those people were worse than other peoples; a description of what they were like, including material from the Word of both Testaments: 4314, 4316, 4317, 4444, 4503, 4750, 4751, 4815, 4820, 4832, 5057, 5998, 7248, 8819, 9320, 10454-10457, 10462-10466. The tribe of Judah strayed more than the other tribes: 4815. How they took pleasure in cruelly treating other peoples: 5057, 7248, 9320. That people was idolatrous at heart and worshiped other gods more than other peoples did: 3732, 4208, 4281, 4825, 5998, 6877, 7401, 8301, 8871, 8882. Even their worship, seen in the context of that people, was idolatrous, since it was superficial, with no inner substance: 4281, 4825, 8871, 8882. They worshiped Jehovah in name only (6877, 10559, 10560, 10561, 10566), and only because of the miracles he did (4299). It is incorrect to think that the Jews are going to be converted at the end of the church 2 and brought back into the land of Canaan: 4847, 7051, 8301. A copious selection of passages from the Word on this subject-passages that are, however, to be understood in their inner meaning and therefore not taken literally: 7051. The Word was changed in its outer meaning because of that people, but not in its inner meaning: 10453, 10461, 10603, 10604. The way Jehovah appeared to them on Mount Sinai was shaped by their own nature, so he appeared in devouring fire, thick cloud, and smoke like that of a furnace: 1861, 6832, 8814, 8819, 9434. The way the Lord appears to each of us depends on what we ourselves are really like-as a life-giving and creative fire if we are devoted to doing good, but as a devouring fire if we are bent on doing evil: 934, 1861, 6832, 8814, 8819, 9434, 10551. One lineage of that people was of Canaanite ancestry and two others were the result of fornication with a daughter-in-law: 1167, 4818, 4820, 4874, 4899, 4913. Those stories represent the nature of their relationship with the inner truth of the church, namely, that it was like that of union with a Canaanite or fornication with a daughter-in-law: 4868, 4874, 4899, 4913. Their state in the other life: 939, 940, 5057.

[3] Because despite all this that people symbolized the church, and because the Word was composed among and about them, their names-for example, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Ephraim, Joseph, and the rest-have divine and heavenly meanings. In its inner meaning, "Judah" means the Lord in respect to his heavenly love and his heavenly kingdom: 3654, 3881, 5583, 5603, 5782, 6363. An explanation of Israel's prophecy concerning Judah in Genesis 49:8-12, which is about the Lord: 6362-6381. Both the tribe of Judah and Judea mean the heavenly church: 3654, 6364. The twelve tribes represented and meant all the aspects of love and faith taken together (3858, 3926, 4060, 6335), and therefore heaven and the church as well (6337, 6637, 7836, 7891). Their meanings depend on the order in which they are named: 3862, 3926, 3939, 4603 and following, 6337, 6640. The twelve tribes were divided into two kingdoms so that the Judeans could represent the heavenly kingdom and the Israelites could represent the spiritual kingdom: 3654, 8770. The seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob means the goodness and truth that belong to the church: 3373, 10445.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. On problematic material in Swedenborg's works, including his attitude toward Jews, see the discussion in the translator's preface, pages 19-21. [Editors]

2. From early Christian times it has been believed that all Jews will convert to Christianity before the Last Judgment. Augustine refers to this belief as "a very frequent topic in the conversation of the faithful and a very familiar thought in their hearts" ( City of God 20:29 [= Augustine 1952, 557]). The notion is based at least in part on Romans 11:26-27, in which Paul says, "All Israel will be saved," and goes on to quote Isaiah 59:20-21 (from the Septuagint version) and Jeremiah 31:33 (with reference also perhaps to Isaiah 27:9) to the effect that a Deliverer out of Zion will turn away the ungodliness of the descendants of Jacob and thus fulfill God's covenant with them. Malachi 4:5-6 is sometimes also cited in support. This prophecy has been discussed and even promoted by many major Christian theologians over the centuries, and it remains a topic of discussion in Christian circles. [SS]

  
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