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Ezequiel 8

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1 Sucedeu pois, no sexto ano, no mês sexto, no quinto dia do mês, estando eu assentado na minha casa, e os anciãos de Judá assentados diante de mim, que ali a mão do Senhor Deus caiu sobre mim.

2 Então olhei, e eis uma semelhança como aparência de fogo. Desde a aparência dos seus lombos, e para baixo, era fogo; e dos seus lombos, e para cima, como aspecto de resplendor, como e brilho de âmbar.

3 E estendeu a forma duma mão, e me tomou por uma trança da minha cabeça; e o Espírito me levantou entre a terra e o céu, e nas visões de Deus me trouxe a Jerusalém, até a entrada da porta do pátio de dentro, que olha para o norte, onde estava o assento da imagem do ciúme, que provoca ciúme.

4 E eis que a glória do Deus de Israel estava ali, conforme a semelhança que eu tinha visto no vale.

5 Então me disse: Filho do homem, levanta agora os teus olhos para o caminho do norte. Levantei, pois, os meus olhos para o caminho do norte, e eis que ao norte da porta do altar, estava esta imagem do ciúme na entrada.

6 E ele me disse: Filho do homem, vês tu o que eles estão fazendo? as grandes abominações que a casa de Israel faz aqui, para que me afaste do meu santuário; Mas verás ainda outras grandes abominações.

7 E levou-me à porta do átrio; então olhei, e eis que havia um buraco na parede.

8 Então ele me disse: Filho do homem, cava agora na parede. E quando eu tinha cavado na parede, eis que havia uma porta.

9 Disse-me ainda: Entra, e as ímpias abominações que eles fazem aqui.

10 Entrei, pois, e olhei: E eis que toda a forma de répteis, e de animais abomináveis, e todos os ídolos da casa de Israel, estavam pintados na parede em todo o redor.

11 E setenta homens dos anciãos da casa de Israel, com Jaazanias, filho de Safã, no meio deles, estavam em pé diante das pinturas, e cada um tinha na mão o seu incensário; e subia o odor de uma nuvem de incenso.

12 Então me disse: Viste, filho do homem, o que os anciãos da casa de Israel fazem nas trevas, cada um nas suas câmaras pintadas de imagens? Pois dizem: O Senhor não nos ; o Senhor abandonou a terra.

13 Também me disse: Verás ainda maiores abominações que eles fazem.

14 Depois me levou à entrada da porta da casa do Senhor, que olha para o norte; e eis que estavam ali mulheres assentadas chorando por Tamuz.

15 Então me disse: Viste, filho do homem? Verás ainda maiores abominações do que estas.

16 E levou-me para o átrio interior da casa do Senhor; e eis que estavam à entrada do templo do Senhor, entre o pórtico e o altar, cerca de vinte e cinco homens, de costas para o templo do Senhor, e com os rostos para o oriente; e assim, virados para o oriente, adoravam o sol.

17 Então me disse: Viste, filho do homem? Acaso é isto coisa le

   

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764. After This Night Comes the Morning, Which Is the Lord's Coming

Since the successive stages of the church on both a large and a small scale are described in the Word as the four seasons of the year (spring, summer, fall, and winter) and as the four times of day (morning, afternoon, evening, and night), and since the modern-day church, which is Christianity, is the night, it follows that now the morning is at hand. The morning is the beginning of a new church.

The following passages make it clear that the Word describes the successive stages of the church as the four parts of the day, which are determined by light.

Through the evening and the morning, for two thousand three hundred [days], what is holy will be made just. The vision of the evening and the morning is the truth. (Daniel 8:14, 26)

Someone was crying out to me from Seir, "Watchman, watchman, what of the night?" The watchman replied, "Morning is coming, but so is the night. " (Isaiah 21:11-12)

The end has come. The morning is upon you, O you who dwell in the land. Behold, the day has come; the morning is over. (Ezekiel 7:6-7, 10)

In the morning, in the morning Jehovah will bring his judgment to light; it will not be lacking. (Zephaniah 3:5)

God is in her midst. God will help her when she looks for the morning. (Psalms 46:5)

I have been waiting for Jehovah. My soul waits for the Lord like those who watch for the morning. They watch for the morning because with him there is the most redemption. He will redeem Israel. (Psalms 130:5-8)

[2] In the passages just quoted evening and night mean the time when the church is at an end; morning means the time when the church is just beginning.

The Lord himself is also called the Morning, as we see in the following passages:

The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me, "He was like the morning light, a morning without clouds. " (2 Samuel 23:3-4)

I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the shining morning star. (Revelation 22:16)

From the womb of your dawn comes the dew of your youth. (Psalms 110:3)

These quotations are about the Lord. Since the Lord is the Morning, he rose from the tomb first thing in the morning, in order to begin a new church (Mark 16:2, 9).

[3] What the Lord says about his Coming makes it obvious that we are to await it:

As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him and said, "Tell us what the sign of your Coming and of the close of the age will be. " (Matthew 24:3)

Immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Humankind will appear, and they will see the Son of Humankind coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory. (Matthew 24:29-30; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:27)

Like the days of Noah, so will the Coming of the Son of Humankind be. Therefore be prepared, because you do not know at what hour the Son of Humankind will come. (Matthew 24:37, 39, 44)

In Luke:

When the Son of Humankind comes, will he find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:8)

In John:

Jesus said of John, "If I want him to remain until I come . . . " (John 21:22-23)

[4] In the Acts of the Apostles:

When they saw Jesus taken up into heaven, two men were standing near them in white clothes. They said, "Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven will come in the same way you saw him go up to heaven. " (Acts of the Apostles 1:9-11)

In the Book of Revelation:

The Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show his servants what must happen. "Behold, I am coming. Blessed are those who keep the commandments of this book. Behold, I am coming, and my reward is with me, to give to all according to their works. " (Revelation 22:6-7, 12)

And from the same chapter:

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, a shining morning star. The spirit and the bride say, "Come. " And those who hear, say, "Come. " And those who are thirsty, come. Those who wish to, take the water of life freely. (Revelation 22:16-17)

And again in the same chapter:

He who testifies to these things says, "I am indeed coming. " Amen. Do indeed come, Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. (Revelation 22:20-21)

  
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'A knee,' as in Genesis 30:5, signifies conjugial love.

In Isaiah 66:12, this signifies celestial love.

In Ezekiel 7:17, this signifies the love of good.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 8915)