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Jezekilj 43

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1 Potom me odvede k vratima koja gledaju na istok.

2 I gle, slava Boga Izrailjevog dohođaše od istoka, i glas joj beše kao glas velike vode, i zemlja se sjaše od slave Njegove.

3 I utvara koju videh beše kao utvara koju videh kad dođoh da zatrem grad: beše utvara kao ona koju videh na reci Hevaru; i padoh na lice svoje.

4 A slava Gospodnja uđe u dom na vrata koja gledaju na istok.

5 I podiže me duh i odvede me u unutrašnji trem; i gle, dom beše pun slave Gospodnje.

6 I čuh gde mi progovori iz doma, i Čovek stajaše kod mene.

7 I reče mi: Sine čovečji, ovo je mesto prestola mog i mesto stopa nogu mojih, gde ću nastavati usred sinova Izrailjevih do veka; i dom Izrailjev neće više skvrniti sveto ime moje, ni oni ni carevi njihovi kurvarstvom svojim i mrtvim telesima careva svojih na visinama svojim.

8 Metaše prag svoj do mog praga, i dovratnike svoje do mojih dovratnika i pregradu između mene i sebe, te skvrniše sveto ime moje gadovima svojim koje činjahu; zato ih satrh u gnevu svom.

9 Sada neka uklone daleko od mene kurvarstvo svoje i mrtva telesa careva svojih, i nastavaću usred njih do veka.

10 Ti, sine čovečji, pokaži domu Izrailjevom ovaj dom, neka se postide bezakonja svog, i neka izmere sve.

11 I kad se postide svega što su činili, pokaži im oblik od doma i red i izlaske i ulaske, i sve oblike i svu uredbu i sve oblike i sve zakone, i opiši im ga da paze na sav oblik njegov i na sve uredbe, i tako čine.

12 A ovo je zakon za dom: navrh gore koliko zauzima unaokolo da bude svetinja nad svetinjama. Eto, to je zakon za dom.

13 A ovo je mera za oltar na lakte, a u laktu je jedan običan lakat i podlanica: podnožje mu lakat visoko i lakat široko, a oplata na njemu po kraju unaokolo s pedi; takva je gornja strana oltaru.

14 A od podnožja na zemlji do nižeg pojasa dva lakta, i u širinu jedan lakat; a od manjeg pojasa do većeg pojasa četiri lakta, i u širinu lakat.

15 A sam oltar da bude četiri lakta visok, od oltara gore da budu četiri roga.

16 A oltar da bude dvanaest lakata dug i dvanaest lakata širok, i četvrtast na četiri strane.

17 I pojas da je četrnaest lakata dug i četrnaest lakata širok na četiri strane, a oplata oko njega od po lakta, i podnožje mu od lakta unaokolo, i basamaci mu da budu okrenuti na istok.

18 I reče mi: Sine čovečji, ovako veli Gospod Gospod, ovo su naredbe za oltar kad se načini da se na njemu prinose žrtve paljenice i da se kropi krvlju.

19 I sveštenicima Levitima koji su od semena Sadokovog, koji pristupaju k meni, govori Gospod Gospod, da mi služe, daćeš junca za žrtvu za greh.

20 I uzmi krvi njegove, i pomaži mu četiri roga i četiri ugla od pojasa i oplatu unaokolo, tako ćeš ga očistiti i učiniti očišćenje za nj.

21 Potom uzmi junca za greh, i neka se spali na mestu određenom u domu izvan svetinje.

22 A drugi dan prinesi jarca zdravog za greh, i neka očiste njim oltar kako su očistili juncem.

23 A kad očistiš, prinesi junca zdravog i ovna od stada zdravog.

24 I kad ih prineseš pred Gospodom, neka sveštenici bace na njih soli i prinesu ih na žrtvu paljenicu Gospodu.

25 Sedam dana prinosi jarca za greh svaki dan; i junca i ovna iz stada zdravog neka prinose.

26 Sedam dana neka čine očišćenje za oltar, i očiste ga i posvete.

27 A kad se navrše ti dani, osmog dana i posle neka prinose sveštenici na oltaru žrtve vaše paljenice i žrtve vaše zahvalne, i primiću vas, govori Gospod Gospod.

   

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157. Since our spirit means our mind, therefore "being in the spirit," as the Word sometimes says, refers to the state of our mind when it is separated from our body. In this state the prophets saw the sort of things that exist in the spiritual world; therefore this state is called "a vision of God. " At those times, the prophets' state was like the state of spirits and angels in the spiritual world. In this state our spirit can move from place to place while our body stays where it is (as is also true of our mind's eye).

This is the state I myself have been in now for twenty-six years, with the difference that I am in my spirit and my body at the same time, and only sometimes out of my body.

Ezekiel, Zechariah, Daniel, and John (when he wrote the Book of Revelation) were in this state, as is clear from the following passages: Ezekiel said, "The spirit lifted me up and led me into Chaldea to the captivity in the vision of God, in the spirit of God. In this way the vision that I saw came over me" (Ezekiel 11:1, 24). The spirit lifted Ezekiel up and he heard the earth tremble behind him (Ezekiel 3:12, 14). The spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, and led him away to Jerusalem where he saw abominable things (Ezekiel 8:3-4). He saw four creatures that were angel guardians and various details about them (Ezekiel 1 and 10). Then he saw a new earth in the form of a new temple, and an angel measuring the temple (Ezekiel 40-48). At that time he was in a vision and in the spirit (Ezekiel 40:2; 43:5).

[2] The same thing happened to Zechariah when an angel was with him and he saw a man riding among the myrtle trees (); when he saw four horns and a man who had a string in his hand for measuring (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1-2); when he saw Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1, 6); and when he saw four chariots with horses headed off between two mountains (Zechariah 6:1-3).

Daniel was in the same state when he saw four beasts rising up out of the sea, and many details about them (Daniel 7:1-8); and when he saw battles between a ram and a goat (Daniel 8:1-14). He was in a vision when he saw those things (Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8). In a vision he saw the angel Gabriel and spoke with him [].

[3] The same thing happened to John when he wrote the Book of Revelation. He said he was in the spirit on the Lord's day (Revelation 1:10); he was carried off into the wilderness in the spirit (Revelation 17:3); and he was on a high mountain in the spirit (Revelation 21:10). He was seeing things in a vision (Revelation 9:17).

Elsewhere [in the Book of Revelation] he says that he saw the things he described. For example, he saw the Son of Humankind in the middle of seven lampstands. He saw a tabernacle, a temple, an ark, and an altar in heaven; a book sealed with seven seals and horses that came out of it; four creatures around a throne; twelve thousand chosen people, some from every tribe; a lamb on Mount Zion; locusts rising up from an abyss; a dragon and its war with Michael; a woman giving birth to a male child and running away into a desert because of the dragon; two beasts, one rising up out of the sea and another out of the land; a woman sitting on a scarlet beast; a dragon thrown into a lake of fire and sulfur; a white horse and a great supper; the holy city Jerusalem coming down, with details of its entrances, its wall, and the wall's foundations; a river of living water; and trees of life producing different types of fruit every month; and so on.

Peter, James, and John were in the same state when they saw Jesus transfigured, as was Paul when he heard ineffable things from heaven.

  
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