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Ezequiel 11

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1 Y el Espíritu me levantó, y me metió por la puerta oriental de la Casa del SEÑOR, la cual mira hacia el oriente; y he aquí a la entrada de la puerta veinticinco varones, entre los cuales vi a Jaazanías hijo de Azur, y a Pelatías hijo de Benaía, príncipes del pueblo.

2 Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, estos son los hombres que maquinan perversidad, y dan en esta ciudad mal consejo;

3 los cuales dicen: No será tan pronto; edifiquemos casas; ésta será la caldera, y nosotros la carne.

4 Por tanto profetiza contra ellos, profetiza, hijo de hombre.

5 Y cayó sobre mí el Espíritu del SEÑOR, y me dijo: Di: Así dijo el SEÑOR: Así habéis hablado, oh Casa de Israel, y las cosas que suben a vuestro espíritu, yo las he entendido.

6 Habéis multiplicado vuestros muertos en esta ciudad, y habéis llenado de muertos sus calles.

7 Por tanto, así ha dicho el Señor DIOS: Vuestros muertos que habéis puesto en medio de ella, ellos son la carne, y ella es la caldera; mas yo os sacaré a vosotros de en medio de ella.

8 Cuchillo habéis temido, y Cuchillo traeré sobre vosotros, dijo el Señor DIOS.

9 Y os sacaré de en medio de ella, y os entregaré en manos de extraños, y yo haré juicios en vosotros.

10 A cuchillo caeréis; en el término de Israel os juzgaré, y sabréis que yo soy el SEÑOR.

11 Esta no os será por caldera, ni vosotros seréis en medio de ella la carne; en el término de Israel os tengo que juzgar.

12 Y sabréis que yo soy el SEÑOR, porque no habéis andado en mis ordenanzas, ni habéis hecho según mis juicios, sino según los juicios de los gentiles que están en vuestros alrededores.

13 Y aconteció que, estando yo profetizando, Pelatías hijo de Benaía murió. Entonces caí sobre mi rostro, y clamé con gran voz, y dije: ¡Ah, Señor DIOS! ¿harás tú consumación del remanente de Israel?

14 Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

15 Hijo de hombre, tus hermanos, tus hermanos, los hombres de tu parentesco y toda la Casa de Israel, toda ella son aquellos a quienes dijeron los moradores de Jerusalén: Alejaos del SEÑOR; a nosotros es dada la tierra en posesión.

16 Por tanto di: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Aunque los he echado lejos entre los gentiles, y los he esparcido por las tierras, con todo eso les seré por un pequeño santuario en las tierras adonde llegaren.

17 Di, por tanto: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Yo os recogeré de los pueblos, y os congregaré de las tierras en las cuales estáis esparcidos, y os daré la tierra de Israel.

18 Y vendrán allá, y quitarán de ella todas sus contaminaciones, y todas sus abominaciones.

19 Y les daré un corazón, y espíritu nuevo daré en sus entrañas; y quitaré el corazón de piedra de su carne, y les daré corazón de carne;

20 para que anden en mis ordenanzas, y guarden mis juicios y los cumplan, y me sean por pueblo, y yo sea a ellos por Dios.

21 Mas a aquellos cuyo corazón anda tras el deseo de sus contaminaciones y de sus abominaciones, yo tornaré su camino sobre sus cabezas, dijo el Señor DIOS.

22 Después alzaron los querubines sus alas, y las ruedas en pos de ellos; y la gloria del Dios de Israel estaba sobre ellos encima.

23 Y la gloria del SEÑOR se fue de en medio de la ciudad, y paró sobre el monte que está al oriente de la ciudad.

24 Luego me levantó el Espíritu, y me volvió a llevar en visión del Espíritu de Dios a la tierra de los caldeos, a los cautivos. Y se fue de mí la visión que había visto.

25 Y hablé a los cautivos todas las palabras del SEÑOR que él me había mostrado.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 832

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832. 19:18 "That you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of commanders, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great." This symbolizes an assimilation of goods from the Lord through the truths in the Word and in doctrine drawn from it, of every level of meaning, degree or kind.

The subject of no. 831 above was conjunction with the Lord through the Word, and now here it is the assimilation of goods from Him through the Word's truths.

To eat symbolically means to assimilate (no. 89). The flesh the people were to eat symbolizes goods in the Word and so in the church. And kings, commanders, mighty men, horses and those who sit on them, and people, free and slave, both small and great symbolize truths of every level of meaning, degree or kind. Kings symbolize people governed by the church's truths from the Word, and abstractly the church's truths from the Word themselves (nos. 20, 483). Commanders symbolize people who possess concepts of goodness and truth, and abstractly those concepts themselves (no. 337). Mighty men symbolize people who are learned in doctrine from the Word, and abstractly the learning gained from there itself (nos. 337). Horses symbolize an understanding of the Word, and those who sit on them symbolize people who are wise owing to their understanding of the Word, and abstractly the wisdom gained from there itself (nos. 298, 820). People free and slave symbolize people who acquire knowledge on their own and people who gain it from others (nos. 337, 604). People small and great symbolize people who do so to a lesser or greater degree (nos. 527, 810).

It is apparent from this that the people's being called to eat the flesh of those listed symbolizes an assimilation of goods from the Lord through the truths in the Word and in doctrine drawn from it, of every level of meaning, degree or kind.

[2] It should be known that no one has any spiritual good from the Lord except through truths from the Word. For the Word's truths exist in the light of heaven, and goods in the warmth of that light. Consequently unless one's intellect is in the light of heaven through the Word, his will cannot enter into the warmth of heaven. Love and charity cannot take form except through truths from the Word. A person cannot be reformed except through truths from the Word. The church itself takes form in a person in consequence of those truths - not in consequence of those truths in the intellect alone, but by living in accordance with them. Only then do truths enter into the will and become goods. The appearance of truth is thus turned into the appearance of good. For what pertains to the will and so to the love is called good, and everything pertaining to the will or love is also part of a person's life.

It can be seen from this that what is meant here by eating the flesh of those listed is an assimilation of goodness through truths of every level of meaning, degree or kind, through the Word, from the Lord.

Who cannot see that flesh here does not mean flesh? Who can be so irrational as to believe that the Lord calls and summons all people to a great supper in order to have them eat the flesh of kings, commanders, mighty men, horses, those who sit on them, and all people, free and slave, both small and great? Who cannot see that there is in this a spiritual meaning, and that apart from that meaning no one knows what is meant here? Who can continue to deny that the Word at its heart is spiritual? Would it not be no more than something material if people were to understand it according to its literal sense and not according to the spiritual sense?

[3] Similar to the passage here is the following one in Ezekiel:

...thus says the Lord Jehovih, "Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field: 'Gather yourselves and come; gather together from all sides to My... great sacrificial meal on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood. You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth... You shall eat fat till you are full, and drink blood till you are drunk, at My sacrificial meal which I am sacrificing for you. You shall be filled at My table with horses and chariots and... with all the men of war... (Thus) will I set My glory among the nations." (Ezekiel 39:17-21)

Flesh here likewise symbolizes the church's goodness from the Lord through the Word, and blood the church's truth.

Who does not see that people would not be given blood to drink to the point of drunkenness, and would not eat horses, chariots, mighty men, and men of war till they were full, at the table of the Lord Jehovih?

Accordingly, when flesh symbolizes the church's goodness and blood the church's truth, it is clearly apparent that the Lord's flesh and blood in holy supper symbolize Divine goodness and Divine truth from the Lord, the same as bread and wine, regarding which see John 6:51-58. 1

Flesh symbolizes goodness in many other places in the Word as well, as in the following:

I will... remove the heart of stone from their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh... (Ezekiel 11:19, cf. 36:26)

My flesh longs for You in a dry... land... (Psalms 63:1)

My heart and my flesh shout aloud for the living God. (Psalms 84:2)

My flesh... will dwell secure. (Psalms 16:9)

When you see the naked and cover him, and do not hide yourself from your own flesh... (Isaiah 58:7)

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1. "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world." The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?" Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the bread which came down from heaven - not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever."

  
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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.