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Иезекииль 44

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1 И привел он меня обратно ко внешним воротам святилища, обращенным лицом на восток, и они были затворены.

2 И сказал мне Господь: ворота сии будут затворены, не отворятся, и никакой человек не войдет ими, ибо Господь, Бог Израилев,вошел ими, и они будут затворены.

3 Что до князя, он, как князь, сядет в них, чтобы есть хлеб пред Господом; войдет путем притвора этих ворот, и тем же путем выйдет.

4 Потом привел меня путем ворот северных перед лице храма, и я видел, и вот, слава Господа наполняла дом Господа, и пал я на лице мое.

5 И сказал мне Господь: сын человеческий! прилагай сердце твое ко всему , и смотри глазами твоими, и слушай ушами твоими все, что Я говорю тебео всех постановлениях дома Господа и всех законах его; и прилагай сердце твое ко входув храм и ко всем выходам из святилища.

6 И скажи мятежному дому Израилеву: так говорит Господь Бог: довольно вам, дом Израилев, делать все мерзости ваши,

7 вводить сынов чужой, необрезанных сердцем и необрезанных плотью,чтобы они были в Моем святилище и оскверняли храм Мой, подносить хлеб Мой, тук и кровь, и разрушать завет Мой всякими мерзостями вашими.

8 Вы не исполняли стражи у святынь Моих, а ставили вместо себя их для стражи в Моем святилище.

9 Так говорит Господь Бог: никакой сын чужой, необрезанный сердцем инеобрезанный плотью, не должен входить во святилище Мое, даже и тот сын чужой, который живет среди сынов Израиля.

10 Равно и левиты, которые удалились от Меня во время отступничества Израилева, которые, оставив Меня, блуждали вслед идолов своих, понесут наказание за вину свою.

11 Они будут служить во святилище Моем, как сторожа у ворот храма и прислужники у храма; они будут заколать длянарода всесожжение и другие жертвы, и будут стоять пред ними для служения им.

12 За то, что они служили им пред идолами их и были для дома Израилева соблазном кнечестию, Я поднял на них руку Мою, говорит Господь Бог, и они понесут наказание за вину свою;

13 они не будут приближаться ко Мне, чтобы священнодействовать предо Мноюи приступать ко всем святыням Моим, к Святому Святых, но будут нести на себе бесславие свое и мерзости свои, какие делали.

14 Сделаю их стражами храма для всех служб его и для всего, что производится в нем.

15 А священники из колена Левиина, сыны Садока, которые, во время отступления сыновИзраилевых от Меня, постоянно стояли на страже святилища Моего, те будут приближаться ко Мне, чтобы служить Мне, и будут предстоять пред лицем Моим, чтобы приносить Мне тук и кровь, говорит Господь Бог.

16 Они будут входить во святилище Мое и приближаться ктрапезе Моей, чтобы служить Мне и соблюдать стражу Мою.

17 Когда придут к воротам внутреннего двора, тогда оденутся в одеждыльняные, а шерстяное не должно быть на них во время служения их в воротах внутреннегодвора и внутри храма.

18 Увясла на головах их должны быть также льняные; и исподняя одежда на чреслах их должна быть также льняная; в поту они не должны опоясываться.

19 А когда надобно будет выйти на внешний двор, на внешний двор к народу, тогда онидолжны будут снять одежды свои, в которых они служили, и оставить их в священных комнатах, и одеться в другие одежды, чтобы священными одеждами своими не прикасаться к народу.

20 И головы своей они не должны брить, и не должны отпускать волос, а пусть непременно стригут головы свои.

21 И вина не должен пить ни один священник, когда идет во внутренний двор.

22 Ни вдовы, ни разведенной с мужем они не должны брать себе в жены, а только могут брать себе девиц из племени дома Израилева и вдову, оставшуюся вдовою от священника.

23 Они должны учить народ Мой отличать священное от несвященного и объяснять им, чтонечисто и что чисто.

24 При спорных делах они должны присутствовать в суде, и по уставам Моим судить их, и наблюдать законы Мои и постановления Мои о всех праздниках Моих, и свято хранить субботы Мои.

25 К мертвому человеку никто из них не должен подходить, чтобы не сделаться нечистым; только ради отца и матери, ради сына и дочери, брата и сестры,которая не была замужем, можно им сделать себя нечистыми.

26 По очищении же такого, еще семь дней надлежит отсчитать ему.

27 И в тот день, когда ему надобно будет приступать ко святыне во внутреннем дворе, чтобы служить при святыне, он должен принести жертву за грех, говорит Господь Бог.

28 А что до удела их, то Я их удел. И владения не давайте им в Израиле: Я их владение.

29 Они будут есть от хлебного приношения,от жертвы за грех и жертвы за преступление; и все заклятое у Израиля им же принадлежит.

30 И начатки из всех плодов ваших и всякого рода приношения, из чего ни состояли бы приношения ваши, принадлежат священникам;и начатки молотого вами отдавайте священнику, чтобы над домом твоим почивало благословение.

31 Никакой мертвечины и ничего, растерзанного зверем, ни из птиц, ни из скота, не должны есть священники.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9961

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9961. 'From the loins even to the thighs they shall be' means the range of those things, that is to say, of those composing that more external level of conjugial love, meant by 'the linen undergarments'. This is clear from the meaning of 'the loins' and 'the thighs' as those things which constitute conjugial love, 'the loins' those that belong to the more internal levels of conjugial love, 'the thighs' those that belong to the more external levels, so that the range of that love from internal to external levels is meant. The reason why the more internal levels of that love are meant by 'the loins' is that these are above; and the reason why the more external levels are meant by 'the thighs' is that these are below. For parts of a person that are above mean things which are more internal, and parts that are below mean those which are more external; this is why in the Word more internal things are meant by higher ones, and more external by lower ones, see 3084, 4599, 5146, 8325. The higher parts of a person correspond to celestial and spiritual things, which are the more internal ones, and the lower parts correspond to natural things, which are the more external. This is why natural things are meant by 'the feet', 2162, 3147, 3986, 4382, 4938-4952. And since the lower part of the loins which leads down towards the feet is understood by 'the thighs' the more external or lower levels of conjugial love are meant by them, see 4277, 4280.

[2] The loins in general however mean conjugial love, 3021, 3294, 4575, 5050-5062; they have this meaning by virtue of their correspondence. Regarding the correspondence with heaven of everything present with a human being, see what has been shown abundantly in the places referred to in 9276(end), 9280. The words 'range of conjugial love from internal to external levels' are used because all aspects of love and all matters of faith, or what amounts to the same thing, all those of good and all those of truth, have a wide range in the heavens; for all who are there are joined together in accord with the degree of similarity between the truths of their faith and the forms of good of their love. A range such as this exists in each separate heaven. But the range in each heaven also extends into heavens that are below, because all the heavens make one. Indeed they extend right down to mankind, in order that mankind also may make one with the heavens. This range is what is meant by the range from higher or more internal levels to lower or more external ones. The higher or more internal levels are called celestial and spiritual, and the lower or more external ones are called natural or worldly.

[3] As regards conjugial love specifically, whose range is the subject here, this love is fundamental to all other kinds of love; it descends from the marriage of good and truth in the heavens. And since the marriage of good and truth exists in and makes the heavens, truly conjugial love constitutes heaven itself with a person. But the marriage of good and truth in the heavens descends from the joining of the Lord to the heavens; for what emanates from the Lord and flows into the heavens is the good of love, and what is received there by the angels is the truth springing from it, thus truth which originates in good or in which there is good. This is why in the Word the Lord is called bridegroom and husband, and heaven together with the Church is called bride and wife.

[4] All this makes clear how holy marriages are in heaven, and how profane adulterous relationships are there. For in themselves marriages are so holy that there is nothing holier, and are so for the added reason that they are the seed-bed of the human race, and the human race is the seed-bed of heaven, since all people who have led an angelic life in the world go there. On the other hand adulterous relationships are so profane that nothing is more profane, because they are destructive of heaven and the Church with a person. For the truth of all this, see what has been stated and shown in 2727-2759 regarding marriages and regarding adulterous situations.

[5] All this once again makes it clear why foul and hellish things are meant by the kinds of 'nakedness' dealt with in 9960 above, and why it was commanded so strictly that when they ministered Aaron and his sons should be wearing the undergarments covering the loins, and that if they did not they would die, for it says,

Make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh; from the loins even to the thighs they shall be. And they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, that they may not bear iniquity and die. It shall be the statute of an age 6 for him and his seed after him.

[6] It should be recognized therefore that by conjugial love all celestial and spiritual love is meant, because truly conjugial love, as has been shown above, is fundamental to all other kinds of love. People therefore in whom that fundamental love is present have all other loves belonging to heaven and the Church present in them; for as has been stated, it descends from the marriage of good and truth in the heavens, the marriage that makes heaven. This also explains why heaven is compared in the Word to a marriage, and is also actually called a marriage. From this too it is evident why precautions were taken to prevent the nakedness of Aaron or his sons from being visible while they ministered; for their nakedness served to mean all loves contrary to heavenly loves, which in general are called self-love and love of the world when they are the ends in view, and are foul and hellish loves. People at the present day have no knowledge that all this is so because they are steeped in these loves and take delight in nothing except that which arises from them. So it is that when spiritual love and celestial love are mentioned they are perplexed, not knowing what they may be, nor consequently what heaven may be; and perhaps they are astonished when they hear and consider that spiritual and celestial love separated from self-love and love of the world holds eternal happiness within it that is indescribable.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9216

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9216. 'In which he may sleep' means resting on them. This is clear from the meaning of 'sleeping' as resting, in this instance on the external and sensory level, meant by 'clothing', 9212; for it says that it is clothing 'in which he may sleep'. How the explanation that more internal things find rest on the sensory level should be understood must be stated. The sensory level is the last and lowest of a person's life, as has been shown above. What is lowest contains all the more internal levels and is general to them all; for they terminate in it and accordingly rest on it. It is like the skin, for example, which is the outermost covering of the body. The body and all things in it terminate in the skin, because it contains them and they accordingly rest on the skin. In a similar way it is like the peritoneum within the body. Because it contains the abdominal organs, these rest on it and are also linked to it all round. Or equally it is like the pleura's relationship to the organs in the chest.

[2] A similar situation exists with all the things that compose a person's actual life, with those for instance that are connected with his understanding and those that are connected with his will. These too follow one another in order from more internal things to relatively external ones. The relatively external ones are factual knowledge together with its delights, while the outermost things are those of the senses, which are in contact with the world through sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. The more internal things rest on them since they terminate in them. These are the matters that are meant in the spiritual sense by 'the covering' or 'the clothing in which he may sleep'. The reason why things on the level of the senses are meant by 'the clothing' or 'the covering' lies in correspondences; for as stated above in 9212, spirits and angels appear dressed in garments in keeping with their truths of faith. Those governed by truths springing from good appear in shining ones, as for instance those at the Lord's tomb did, Luke 24:4; Matthew 28:3, and also in ones of fine, white linen, as for instance those referred to in Revelation 19:14 did; and others appear in garments of various colours.

[3] Furthermore it should be realized that all things without exception proceed in successive stages from their first or inmost level to their terminations on the last and lowest and rest on them. Each thing at a prior or more internal stage in order has its own connection with terminations on the lowest level. Therefore if things on the lowest level are dispelled those on interior levels are also scattered. This also explains why there are three heavens. The inmost or third heaven flows into the middle or second heaven; the middle or second heaven flows into the first or lowest heaven, which in turn flows into and resides with mankind. Consequently the human race constitutes the lowest level of order; in it heaven terminates and on it heaven rests. This being so, the Lord in His Divine [Love and Care] always provides for the presence among the human race of a Church in which truth revealed by God exists; such truth on our planet is the Word. By means of this a continuous link exists between the human race and the heavens. This is why every detail of the Word has within it an internal sense which exists for heaven's benefit and whose nature is such that it joins angels' minds to those of people on earth in so firm a bond that they act as one. All this goes to show yet again the nature of a situation in which interior things rest on those at the lowest level.

  
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