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1 Još reče Gospod Mojsiju i Aronu govoreći:

2 Ovo je uredba i zakon što zapovedi Gospod govoreći: Reci sinovima Izrailjevim neka ti dovedu junicu crvenu zdravu, na kojoj nema mane, i koja još nije bila u jarmu;

3 I podajte je Eleazaru svešteniku, a on neka je izvede napolje iz logora da je zakolju pred njim.

4 I uzevši Eleazar krvi njene na prst svoj neka pokropi krvlju prema šatoru od sastanka sedam puta.

5 Potom neka zapovedi da se spali junica pred njegovim očima; kožu njenu i meso njeno i krv njenu s balegom neka spale.

6 I sveštenik uzevši drveta kedrovog, isopa i crvca, neka baci u oganj gde gori junica.

7 Potom neka opere haljine svoje i opere telo svoje vodom, pa onda neka uđe u logor, i neka bude sveštenik nečist do večera.

8 Tako i ko je spali, neka opere haljine svoje vodom, i telo svoje neka opere vodom, i neka bude nečist do večera.

9 A čist čovek neka pokupi pepeo od junice i izruči ga iza logora na čisto mesto, da se čuva zboru sinova Izrailjevih za vodu očišćenja; to je žrtva za greh.

10 I onaj koji pokupi pepeo od junice neka opere haljine svoje, i neka bude nečist do večera. To neka je sinovima Izrailjevim i došljaku koji se bavi među njima večan zakon.

11 Ko se dotakne mrtvog tela čovečijeg, da je nečist sedam dana.

12 On neka se očisti onom vodom treći dan i sedmi dan, i biće čist; ako li se ne očisti treći dan i sedmi, neće biti čist.

13 Ko se dotakne mrtvog tela čovečijeg pa se ne očisti, onaj je oskrvnio šator Gospodnji; zato da se istrebi ona duša iz Izrailja; jer nije pokropljen vodom očišćenja, zato je nečist, i nečistota je njegova na njemu.

14 Ovo je zakon kad čovek umre u šatoru: Ko god uđe u onaj šator i ko god bude u šatoru, nečist da je sedam dana;

15 I svaki sud otkriven, koji ne bude dobro zaklopljen, nečist je.

16 I ko se god dotakne u polju posečenog mačem ili umrlog ili kosti čovečije ili groba, nečist da je sedam dana.

17 I neka za nečistog uzmu pepela od junice spaljene za greh, i neka naliju na nj vode žive u sud.

18 Potom neka uzme čist čovek isopa i zamoči u onu vodu, i pokropi njom šator i sve sude i ljude koji su u njemu bili; tako i onog koji bi se dotakao kosti ili čoveka posečenog ili umrla ili groba.

19 Čisti nečistog neka pokropi treći i sedmi dan; i kad ga očisti sedmi dan, neka opere haljine svoje i sebe neka opere vodom, i biće čist uveče.

20 A ko bude nečist pa se ne očisti, da se istrebi ona duša iz zbora; jer je svetinju Gospodnju oskvrnio, a nije pokropljen vodom očišćenja; nečist je.

21 I ovo neka im je zakon večan: i koji pokropi vodom očišćenja, neka opere haljine svoje; i ko se god dotakne vode očišćenja, da je nečist do večera.

22 I čega se god dotakne ko je nečist, da je nečisto; i ko se njega dotakne, da je nečist do večera.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 10

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10. John, to the seven churches. (1:4) This symbolically means, to all who are in the Christian world where the Word exists and where through it the Lord is known, and who turn to the church.

The seven churches mean, not seven churches, but all who are constituents of the church in the Christian world. For numbers in the Word symbolize properties, and seven symbolizes all things or all people, and so also fullness and completeness, and it occurs in the Word where the subject is something holy, and in an opposite sense, something profane. Consequently this number involves holiness, and in an opposite sense, profanation.

Numbers symbolize properties, or rather they serve as a class of adjectives to substantives, assigning some attribute to their subjects, because a number in itself is a natural quantity. For natural things are measured by numbers, but spiritual things by properties and their states. Therefore someone who does not know the symbolism of numbers in the Word, and particularly in the book of Revelation, cannot know the many secrets that it contains.

Now, because seven symbolizes all things or all people, it is apparent that the seven churches mean all people in the Christian world where the Word exists and where through it the Lord is known. If these live according to the Lord's commandments in the Word, they form the real church.

[2] It is because of this that the Sabbath was instituted on the seventh day, and that the seventh year was called a sabbatical year, and the forty-ninth year the year of Jubilee, which symbolized everything holy in the church.

It is because of this, too, that a week in Daniel and elsewhere symbolizes an entire period from beginning to end and is predicated of the church.

Similar things are symbolized by seven hereafter, as for example, by the seven golden lampstands, in the midst of which was the Son of Man (Revelation 1:13); by the seven stars in His right hand (1:16, 20); by the seven spirits of God (1:4; 4:5); by the seven lamps of fire (4:5); by the seven angels to whom were given seven trumpets (8:2); by the seven angels having the seven last plagues (15:5-6); by the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues (16:1; 21:9); by the seven seals with which the book was sealed (5:1).

Likewise in the following places: That their hands should be filled for seven days (Exodus 29:35). That they should be sanctified for seven days (Exodus 29:37). That when they were inaugurated they should go in seven days, clothed in holy garments (Exodus 29:30). That for seven days they should not go out of the Tabernacle while being initiated into the priesthood (Leviticus 8:33, 35). That atonement should be made for the altar seven times on its horns (Leviticus 16:18-19), and also seven times toward the east (Leviticus 16:12-15). That the water of separation should be sprinkled seven times toward the Tabernacle (Numbers 19:4). That Passover should be celebrated for seven days and unleavened bread eaten for seven days (Exodus 12:1ff., Deuteronomy 16:4-7).

So, too, that the Jews should be punished sevenfold for their sins (Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28), on which account David says, "Requite our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom" (Psalms 79:12). "Sevenfold" means fully.

[3] Also in these places:

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver... in a furnace... purified seven times. (Psalms 12:6)

The hungry have ceased, until the barren has borne seven, while she who has many children has become feeble. (1 Samuel 2:5)

"The barren" is the church of the gentiles, who did not have the Word. "She who has many children" is the church of the Jews, who did have the Word. Similarly,

She will languish who has borne seven; she will breath out her soul. (Jeremiah 15:9)

Those who dwell in the cities of Israel will... set on fire and burn the weapons...; and they will make fires with them for seven years... ...they will bury Gog, and... for seven months... will be cleansing the land. (Ezekiel 39:9, 11-12)

(The unclean spirit) will take seven other spirits more wicked than himself... (Matthew 12:45)

Profanation is described there, and the seven spirits with which he would return symbolize all falsities of evil, thus a complete extinguishing of goodness and truth.

The seven heads of the dragon, and the seven jewels 1 on its heads (Revelation 12:3), symbolize the profanation of all goodness and truth.

This makes apparent that "seven" involves holiness or profanation, and symbolizes completeness and fullness.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The word translated as "jewels" here means diadems or crowns in the original Greek and Latin, but the writer's definitions of the term elsewhere make plain that he regularly and consistently interpreted it to mean jewels or gems.

  
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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.