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Jezekilj 37

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1 Ruka Gospodnja dođe nada me, i Gospod me izvede u duhu, i postavi me usred polja, koje beše puno kosti.

2 I provede me pokraj njih unaokolo, i gle, beše ih vrlo mnogo u polju, i gle, behu vrlo suve.

3 I reče mi: Sine čovečji, hoće li oživeti ove kosti? A ja rekoh: Gospode Gospode, Ti znaš.

4 Tada mi reče: Prorokuj za te kosti, i kaži im: Suhe kosti, čujte reč Gospodnju.

5 Ovako govori Gospod Gospod ovim kostima: Gle, ja ću metnuti u vas duh, i oživećete.

6 I metnuću na vas žile, i obložiću vas mesom, i navući ću na vas kožu, i metnuću u vas duh, i oživećete, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

7 Tada stadoh prorokovati, kako mi se zapovedi; a kad prorokovah, nasta glas, i gle potres, i kosti se pribirahu svaka ka svojoj kosti.

8 I pogledah, i gle, po njima iziđoše žile i meso, i ozgo se koža navuče; ali duha ne beše u njima.

9 Tada mi reče: Prorokuj duhu, prorokuj, sine čovečji, i reci duhu: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Od četiri vetra dođi, duše, i duni na ove pobijene da ožive.

10 I prorokovah, kako mi se zapovedi, i uđe u njih duh, i oživeše, i stadoše na noge, beše vojska vrlo velika.

11 Tada mi reče: Sine čovečji, ove su kosti sav dom Izrailjev; gle, govore: Posahnuše kosti naše i prođe nadanje naše, propadosmo.

12 Zato prorokuj, i kaži im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo, ja ću otvoriti grobove vaše, i izvešću vas iz grobova vaših, narode moj, i dovešću vas u zemlju Izrailjevu.

13 I poznaćete da sam ja Gospod, kad otvorim grobove vaše, i izvedem vas iz grobova vaših, narode moj.

14 I metnuću duh svoj u vas da oživite, i naseliću vas u vašoj zemlji, i poznaćete da ja govorim i činim, govori Gospod.

15 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

16 Ti, sine čovečji, uzmi jedno drvo, i napiši na njemu: Judi i sinovima Izrailjevim, drugovima njegovim. Pa onda uzmi drugo drvo, i na njemu napiši: Josifu drvo Jefremovo i svega doma Izrailjevog, drugova njegovih.

17 I sastavi ih jedno s drugim da budu kao jedno u tvojoj ruci.

18 I kad ti kažu sinovi tvog naroda govoreći: Hoćeš li nam kazati šta ti je to?

19 Reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo, ja ću uzeti drvo Josifovo, što je u Jefremovoj ruci, i plemena Izrailjevih, drugova njegovih, i sastaviću ga s drvetom Judinim, i načiniću od njih jedno drvo, i biće jedno u mojoj ruci.

20 I drveta, na kojima napišeš, neka ti budu u ruci pred njima.

21 I reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo, ja ću uzeti sinove Izrailjeve iz naroda u koje otidoše, i sabraću ih odsvuda, i dovešću ih u zemlju njihovu.

22 I načiniću od njih jedan narod u zemlji, na gorama Izrailjevim, i jedan će car biti car svima njima, niti će više biti dva naroda, niti će više biti razdeljeni u dva carstva.

23 I neće se više skvrniti gadnim bogovima svojim ni gnusobama svojim niti kakvim prestupima svojim, i izbaviću ih iz svih stanova njihovih u kojima grešiše, i očistiću ih, i oni će mi biti narod i ja ću im biti Bog.

24 I sluga moj David biće im car, i svi će imati jednog pastira, i hodiće po mojim zakonima, i uredbe će moje držati i izvršavati.

25 I sediće u zemlji koju dadoh sluzi svom Jakovu, u kojoj sedeše oci vaši; u njoj će sedeti oni i sinovi njihovi i sinovi sinova njihovih doveka, i David sluga moj biće im knez do veka.

26 I učiniću s njima zavet mirni, biće večan zavet s njima, i utvrdiću ih i umnožiću ih, i namestiću svetinju svoju usred njih navek.

27 I šator će moj biti kod njih, i ja ću im biti Bog i oni će mi biti narod.

28 I narod će poznati da sam ja Gospod koji posvećujem Izrailja, kad svetinja moja bude usred njih do veka.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 665

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665. The spirit of life from God entered into them, signifies enlightenment and the reception of Divine truth from the Lord with some for the beginning of the New Church. This is evident from the signification of "the spirit of life from God," as being the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord (of which presently); also from the signification of "entering into them," namely, into the "witnesses" that were slain and cast forth, as being enlightenment and reception of influx, namely, of Divine truth, which is signified by "the spirit of life;" it means also with some for establishing the New Church, as is evident from the following verse, where it is said that "they went up into heaven in the cloud," thus it is meant with some, for "the two witnesses" signify the goods of love and the truths of doctrine, also they mean those with whom these goods and truths are, for all such are "witnesses."

[2] When the end of the church is at hand then it is provided by the Lord that a New Church shall succeed, for without a church in which is the Word and in which the Lord is known, the world cannot subsist; for without the Word, and thence the knowledge and acknowledgment of the Lord, heaven cannot be conjoined to the human race, nor therefore can the Divine proceeding from the Lord flow in with new life; and without conjunction with heaven and through that with the Lord, man would not be a man, but a beast. This is why a New Church is always provided by the Lord when an old church comes to its end. Why the beginning only of the New Church and not yet its establishment is meant, shall be told in the explanation of the following verse.

[3] That "the spirit of life from God" or "the Spirit of God," and "the Holy Spirit," mean the Divine proceeding from the Lord, which is called the Divine truth, from which is all wisdom and intelligence, has been said and shown above (n. 24, 183, 318). This Divine proceeding is what enlightens man and flows into him when he is being reformed and regenerated, thus when the church is commencing and being established with him, as can be plainly seen from the passages quoted above from the Word n. 183, also from this in Ezekiel:

Jehovah said unto me, Prophesy about the spirit, prophesy, son of man, and say unto the wind, Thus the Lord Jehovih hath said, Come from the four winds, O spirit, and breathe into these slain, that they may live. And when I had prophesied the spirit entered into them, and they revived and stood upon their feet, a very great army (Ezekiel 37:9, 10).

[4] This treats of "the dry bones" seen by the prophet upon the face of the valley, which signify the house of Israel, as is plainly declared in verse 11 of that chapter. "The house of Israel" signifies the church, and that house or church is here compared to "dry bones" because it had no good of love or truth of doctrine. The establishment of a New Church by the inbreathing of a new life, or by regeneration, is described by the "sinews, flesh, and skin," with which the bones were clothed and encompassed, and especially by the "spirit" that entered into them, and from which they lived; the "spirit" in them here signifies also the reception of the influx of Divine truth and consequent spiritual life. The prophet said to the wind, "Come from the four winds, O spirit," because "the four winds" signify the four quarters in the spiritual world, and the four quarters there signify the goods of love and the truths of doctrine in the whole complex. (On the signification of these see above, n. 417, 418, 419, 422, and in the work on Heaven and Hell 141-150.)

  
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