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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 Revealed # 774

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774. "Every kind of thyine wood, 1 every kind of ivory vessel." This symbolically means that these Roman Catholics no longer have these because they do not have any of the natural goods and truths to which such things correspond.

This statement is similar to the ones explained in nos. 772 and 773 above, the only difference being that the valuables named first mean spiritual goods and truths (as explained in no. 772 above), and that those named second mean celestial goods and truths (as explained just above in no. 773), while those named now - thyine wood and ivory vessel - mean natural goods and truths.

[2] To explain: There are three degrees of wisdom and love, and so three degrees of truth and goodness. We call the first degree celestial, the second spiritual, and the third natural. These three degrees are present from birth in every person, and they are present in general also in heaven and in the church. Because of this there are three heavens, a highest one, an intermediate one, and a lowest one, altogether distinct from each other in accordance with these degrees. The same is true of the Lord's church on earth. But this is not the place to explain the nature of the church with people in the celestial degree, with people in the spiritual degree, and with people in the natural degree. See instead what we said about them in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Wisdom, Part Three, where we dealt with degrees. Here we will say only that in the case of people coming from Babylon, they have no spiritual goods and truths, no celestial goods and truths, and not even any natural goods and truths.

Spiritual goods and truths are mentioned first, because many of those coming from Babylon can be spiritual, provided they hold the Word holy at heart, as they do with the mouth. But they cannot become celestial, because they do not turn to the Lord, but turn to people living and dead and worship them. It is for this reason that celestial goods and truths are mentioned second.

[3] Thyine wood symbolizes natural good because wood in the Word symbolizes goodness, and stone truth, and thyine wood derives its name from a word meaning two, and the number two also symbolizes goodness.

The good symbolized is natural good, because wood is not a valuable material like gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet. The same is true of stone. The case is similar with ivory, which symbolizes natural truth. Ivory symbolizes natural truth because it is white and can be polished, and because it protrudes from the mouth of an elephant and also constitutes its might. In order for ivory to symbolize the natural truth of the goodness symbolized by thyine wood, the text specifies a vessel of ivory, as a vessel symbolizes something that contains, here truth that contains good.

[4] That wood symbolizes goodness can be seen to some extent from the following considerations: That the bitter waters at Marah were made sweet by casting in something wooden (Exodus 15:25). That the tables of stone on which the Law was written were placed in an ark made of acacia wood (Exodus 25:10-16). That the Temple in Jerusalem was roofed with wood and paneled inside with wood (1 Kings 6:9, 15). And that the altar in the wilderness was made of wood (Exodus 27:1, 6).

It can be seen to some extent also from the following:

...the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the wood answers it. (Habakkuk 2:11)

They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise..., and they will cast your stones and your timber... into the midst of the sea. (Ezekiel 26:12)

The prophet Ezekiel was told to take a piece of wood and write on it the names of Judah and the children of Israel, and also on another piece of wood the names of Joseph and Ephraim; and that the Lord Jehovih would make them into one piece of wood (Ezekiel 37:16, 19).

We drink our water in exchange for silver, and our wood comes at a price. (Lamentations 5:4)

If someone goes with his neighbor into a forest..., and the ax head (falls) from the wooden handle...(onto) his neighbor so that he dies, he shall flee to (a city of refuge). (Deuteronomy 19:5)

The latter is said because wood symbolizes goodness, and so because the person did not kill his neighbor out of evil or with evil intention, therefore, but by accident, being impelled by good. And so on elsewhere.

[5] In an opposite sense, however, wood symbolizes something evil or cursed. So for example, they made graven images out of wood and worshiped them (Deuteronomy 4:23-28; Isaiah 37:19; 40:20; Jeremiah 10:3, 8; Ezekiel 20:32). Also, being hanged from a tree was a curse (Deuteronomy 21:22-23).

That ivory symbolizes natural truth can be seen moreover from passages which mention ivory, such as Ezekiel 27:6, 15; Amos 3:15; 6:4; Psalms 45:8.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Thyine wood has not been identified. It has been associated with citron wood, and also with scented wood in general.

  
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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.