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Izlazak 20

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1 Tada reče Bog sve ove reči govoreći:

2 Ja sam Gospod Bog tvoj, koji sam te izveo iz zemlje misirske, iz doma ropskog.

3 Nemoj imati drugih bogova uza me.

4 Ne gradi sebi lik rezani niti kakvu sliku od onog što je gore na nebu, ili dole na zemlji, ili u vodi, ispod zemlje.

5 Nemoj im se klanjati niti im služiti, jer sam ja Gospod Bog tvoj, Bog revnitelj, koji pohodim grehe otačke na sinovima do trećeg i do četvrtog koljena, onih koji mrze na mene;

6 A činim milost na hiljadama onih koji me ljube i čuvaju zapovesti moje.

7 Ne uzimaj uzalud ime Gospoda Boga svog; jer neće pred Gospodom biti prav ko uzme ime Njegovo uzalud.

8 Sećaj se dana od odmora da ga svetkuješ.

9 Šest dana radi, i svršuj sve poslove svoje.

10 A sedmi je dan odmor Gospodu Bogu tvom; tada nemoj raditi nijedan posao, ni ti, ni sin tvoj, ni kći tvoja, ni sluga tvoj, ni sluškinja tvoja, ni živinče tvoje, ni stranac koji je među vratima tvojim.

11 Jer je za šest dana stvorio Gospod nebo i zemlju, more i šta je god u njima; a u sedmi dan počinu; zato je blagoslovio Gospod dan od odmora i posvetio ga.

12 Poštuj oca svog i mater svoju, da ti se produže dani na zemlji, koju ti da Gospod Bog tvoj.

13 Ne ubij.

14 Ne čini preljube.

15 Ne kradi.

16 Ne svedoči lažno na bližnjeg svog.

17 Ne poželi kuću bližnjeg svog, ne poželi ženu bližnjeg svog, ni slugu njegovog, ni sluškinju njegovu, ni vola njegovog, ni magarca njegovog, niti išta što je bližnjeg tvog.

18 I sav narod vide grom i munju i trubu gde trubi i goru gde se dimi; i narod videvši to uzmače se i stade izdaleka,

19 I rekoše Mojsiju: Govori nam ti, i slušaćemo; a neka nam ne Govori Bog, da ne pomremo.

20 A Mojsije reče narodu: Ne bojte se, jer Bog dođe da vas iskuša i da vam pred očima bude strah Njegov da ne biste grešili.

21 I narod stajaše izdaleka, a Mojsije pristupi k mraku u kome beše Bog.

22 I Gospod reče Mojsiju: Ovako kaži sinovima Izrailjevim: videli ste gde vam s neba govorih.

23 Ne gradite uza me bogove srebrne, ni bogove zlatne ne gradite sebi.

24 Oltar od zemlje načini mi, na kome ćeš mi prinositi žrtve svoje paljenice i žrtve svoje zahvalne, sitnu i krupnu stoku svoju. Na kome god mestu zapovedim da se spominje ime moje, doći ću k tebi i blagosloviću te.

25 Ako li mi načiniš oltar od kamena, nemoj načiniti od tesanog kamena; jer ako povučeš po njemu gvožđem, oskvrnićeš ga.

26 Nemoj uz basamake ići k oltaru mom, da se ne bi otkrila golotinja tvoja kod njega.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 392

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392. Then another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. (8:3) This symbolizes spiritual worship, which originates from the goodness of charity expressed through truths of faith.

The altar at which the angel stood, and the golden censer that he had in his hand, symbolize worship of the Lord springing from a spiritual love, which is worship that originates from the goodness of charity expressed through truths of faith.

The children of Israel had two altars, one outside the Tabernacle, the other inside the Tabernacle. The altar outside the Tabernacle was called the altar of burnt offering, because burnt offerings and other sacrifices were presented on it. The altar inside the Tabernacle was called the altar of incense, and also the golden altar.

They had these two altars because worship of the Lord originates from celestial love and from spiritual love - from celestial love in the case of angels in His celestial kingdom, and from spiritual love in the case of angels in His spiritual kingdom. Regarding these two kingdoms, see no. 387 above.

Regarding the two altars, see the following passages in the books of Moses: On the altar of burnt offering, Exodus 20:24-26; 27:1-8; 29:36-43, Leviticus 6:8-12; 8:11; 16:18-19, 33-34. On the altar of incense, Exodus 30:1-10; 31:8; 37:25-29; 40:5, 26, Numbers 7:1.

John saw altars, censers, and the burning of incense, not because things of that kind are found in heaven. They were simply images representative of the worship of the Lord there. John saw them because such things were instituted among the children of Israel, and are often mentioned, therefore, in the Word. Moreover that church was a representational church, for every aspect of their worship was representative, and therefore those things now symbolize the Lord's Divinely given celestial and spiritual elements which are connected with His church in heaven and on earth.

[2] These same things are therefore symbolically meant in the Word by these two altars in the following places:

Send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me... to Your habitations. Then I will go to the altar of God, to God... (Psalms 43:3-4)

I wash my hands in innocence, and go around your altar, O Jehovah, and I will make to be heard the voice of confession... (Psalms 26:6-7)

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron... on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars... (Jeremiah 17:1-2)

God is Jehovah, who gives us light; bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. (Psalms 118:27)

In that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt... (Isaiah 19:19)

An altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt symbolizes worship of the Lord originating from love in the natural person.

The thistle and thorn shall rise up on their altars. (Hosea 10:8)

These symbolize worship originating from evils and from the falsities accompanying evil.

See also elsewhere, such as Isaiah 27:9; 56:6-7; 60:7.

[3] Since an altar represented and so symbolized worship of the Lord, it is apparent that the altar here in the book of Revelation has no other meaning, and so, too, elsewhere. As for example:

...I saw under the altar the souls of those slain for the Word of God... (Revelation 6:9)

...the angel stood and said, ."..measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it." (Revelation 11:1)

...I heard another (angel) from the altar saying, ."..true and just are Your judgments." (Revelation 16:7)

Since representative worship was carried out principally upon the two altars, and since it was abolished by the Lord when He came into the world because He laid open the inner qualities of a church, we are accordingly told in Isaiah,

In that day a man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will regard the Holy One of Israel, and... not... to the altars, the work of his hands. (Isaiah 17:7-8)

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.