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1 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Vrata unutrašnjeg trema, koja gledaju na istok, neka su zatvorena u šest dana težatnih, a u subotu neka se otvaraju, i na dan mladine neka se otvaraju.

2 I knez neka dođe kroz trem od vrata spoljašnjih, i neka stane kod dovratnika, a sveštenici neka prinesu njegovu žrtvu paljenicu i žrtvu zahvalnu, i on poklonivši se na pragu neka otide, a vrata da se ne zatvaraju do večera.

3 I narod zemaljski neka se poklanja Gospodu na istim vratima u subote i na mladine.

4 A žrtva paljenica, što će prinositi knez Gospodu subotom, biće šest jaganjaca zdravih i ovan zdrav;

5 A dar efa na ovna, a na jaganjce dar koliko mu ruka može, i in ulja na efu;

6 A o mladini da bude junac zdrav, i šest jaganjaca i ovan, sve zdravo;

7 I dar da prinese efu na junca i efu na ovna, a na jaganjce koliko mu može ruka, i ulja in na efu.

8 A knez kad ide, neka ide kroz trem od vrata, i istim putem neka odlazi.

9 A kad narod zemaljski dohodi pred Gospoda o praznicima, ko uđe na severna vrata da se pokloni, neka izlazi na južna vrata; a ko uđe na južna vrata, neka izlazi na severna vrata; neka se ne vraća na vrata na koja uđe, nego neka izlazi na ona koja su na suprot.

10 A knez s njima neka ulazi kad oni ulaze, i neka izlazi kad oni izlaze.

11 I o praznicima i o svetkovinama dar neka je efa na junca, i efa na ovna, a na jaganjce koliko mu ruka dade, a ulja in na efu.

12 A kad knez prinosi dragovoljnu žrtvu, paljenicu ili zahvalnu, od svoje volje Gospodu, tada neka mu se otvore vrata koja gledaju na istok, i neka prinese žrtvu svoju paljenicu i zahvalnu, kako čini subotom; po tom neka iziđe, i vrata neka se zatvore kad iziđe.

13 I prinosi svaki dan Gospodu na žrtvu paljenicu jagnje od godine zdravo; svako jutro prinosi ga.

14 I dodaj na nj dar svako jutro šestinu efe i ulja trećinu ina, da se pokropi belo brašno; to je vazdašnji dar Gospodu uredbom večnom.

15 I tako neka prinose jagnje i dar i ulje svako jutro, žrtvu paljenicu svagdašnju.

16 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Ako knez da dar kome sinu svom od svog nasledstva, neka bude sinovima njegovim, njihovo je dostojanje.

17 Ako li da dar od svog nasledstva kome sluzi svom, neka mu bude do godine oprosne, a onda neka se vrati knezu, jer je njegovo nasledstvo, sinovima njegovim neka bude.

18 I knez da ne uzima narodu ništa od nasledstva terajući ih s njihovog nasledstva; od svog dostojanja neka daje sinovima svojim nasledstvo da se ne razgoni moj narod, niko sa svog nasledstva.

19 Po tom me odvede kroz ulaz koji je pokraj vrata u svete kleti svešteničke koje gledaju na sever, i gle, onde beše neko mesto u dnu prema zapadu.

20 I reče mi: Ovo je mesto gde će sveštenici variti prinos za krivicu i za greh, gde će peći dar da ne iznose u spoljašnji trem i narod posvećuju.

21 Tada me izvede u spoljašnji trem, i provede me u četiri ugla od trema, i gle, u svakom uglu od trema beše trem.

22 U četiri ugla od trema behu tremovi s dimnjacima, u dužinu od četrdeset lakata a u širinu od trideset lakata, sva četiri na uglovima behu jedne mere.

23 U njima četirima beše zid unaokolo, a pod tim zidom behu ognjišta svuda unaokolo.

24 I reče mi: Ovo su kuhinje, gde će žrtve narodne kuvati koji služe domu.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 191

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191. "'I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God.'" This symbolically means that the truths they possess, springing from goodness derived from the Lord, sustain the Lord's church in heaven.

A temple symbolizes the church, and the temple of My God symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven. It is apparent from this that a pillar symbolizes what sustains and stabilizes the church, and that is the Divine truth in the Word.

In the highest sense, a temple symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, particularly in respect to Divine truth. In a representative sense, however, a temple symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven, and so also the Lord's church in the world.

That a temple in the highest sense symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, and particularly in respect to Divine truth, is apparent from the following passages:

(Jesus said to the Jews,) "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." ...He was speaking of the temple of His body. (John 2:19, 21)

I saw no temple in (the New Jerusalem), for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. (Revelation 21:22)

Behold..., the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire. (Malachi 3:1)

I will bow myself toward Your holy temple... (Psalms 138:2)

...I will look again toward Your holy temple... And my prayer went to You, to Your holy temple. (Jonah 2:4, 7)

Jehovah is in His holy temple. (Habakkuk 2:20)

The holy temple of Jehovah or of the Lord is His Divine humanity, for it is to this that people bow, look to, and pray, and not to the temple merely, as the temple is not, in itself, holy. It is called a holy temple, because holiness is predicated of Divine truth (no. 173).

"The temple that sanctifies the gold" in Matthew 23:16-17 means nothing else than the Lord's Divine humanity.

[2] That a temple in a representative sense symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven, is apparent from the following passages:

(The) voice (of Jehovah) from the temple...! (Isaiah 66:6)

...a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven... (Revelation 16:17)

The temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. (Revelation 11:19)

...the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. And out of the temple came the seven angels... And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God... (Revelation 15:5-6, 8)

I called upon Jehovah, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple... (Psalms 18:6)

I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty, and His skirts filled the temple. (Isaiah 6:1)

[3] That a temple symbolizes the church in the world is apparent from these passages:

Our holy... temple... has become a conflagration... (Isaiah 64:11)

I will shake all nations..., that I may fill this house with glory... The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former... (Haggai 2:7, 9)

The new temple in Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48 describes a church to be established by the Lord. A church is also meant in Revelation 11:1 by the temple that the angel measured. So likewise elsewhere, as in Isaiah 44:28, Jeremiah 7:2-4, 9-11, Zechariah 8:9.

...the disciples (of Jesus) came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, ."..Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left... upon another, that shall not be demolished." (Matthew 24:1-2)

The temple here symbolizes the church today; and its demolition means, symbolically, that not one stone would be left upon another. This symbolizes the end of that church, when not any truth would remain. For when the disciples spoke with the Lord about the temple, the Lord foretold the consecutive states of this church, even to its last one, or the end of the age; and the end of the age means the final period of the church, which is the one that exists today. This was represented by the destruction of that temple to its foundations.

[4] A temple has these three symbolic meanings, namely the Lord, the church in heaven, and the church in the world. Because these three are bound up together, they cannot be separated. Consequently one cannot be meant without the other. Therefore anyone who divorces the church in the world from the church in heaven, or the one or the other from the Lord, is without the truth.

The temple here means the church in heaven, because reference to the church in the world follows after this (no. 194).

  
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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.