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Ezekiel 28

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1 Ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating uli sa akin, na nagsasabi,

2 Anak ng tao, sabihin mo sa prinsipe sa Tiro, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sapagka't ang iyong puso ay nagmataas, at iyong sinabi, Ako'y dios, ako'y nauupo sa upuan ng Dios, sa gitna ng mga dagat; gayon man ikaw ay tao, at hindi Dios, bagaman iyong inilagak ang iyong puso na parang puso ng Dios;

3 Narito, ikaw ay lalong marunong kay Daniel; walang lihim na malilihim sa iyo;

4 Sa pamamagitan ng iyong karunungan, at ng iyong unawa, nagkaroon ka ng mga kayamanan, at nagkaroon ka ng ginto at pilak sa iyong mga ingatang-yaman;

5 Sa pamamagitan ng iyong dakilang karunungan at ng iyong pangangalakal ay napalago mo ang iyong mga kayamanan, at ang iyong puso ay nagmataas dahil sa iyong kayamanan;

6 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sapagka't iyong inilagak ang iyong puso na parang puso ng Dios,

7 Kaya't narito, ako'y magdadala ng mga taga ibang lupa sa iyo, na kakilakilabot sa mga bansa; at kanilang bubunutin ang kanilang mga tabak laban sa kagandahan ng iyong karunungan, at kanilang dudumhan ang iyong kaningningan.

8 Kanilang ibababa ka sa hukay; at ikaw ay mamamatay ng kamatayan niyaong nangapatay sa kalagitnaan ng mga dagat.

9 Sabihin mo pa kaya sa harap niya na pumapatay sa iyo, Ako'y Dios? nguni't ikaw ay tao, at hindi Dios, sa kamay niya na sumusugat sa iyo.

10 Ikaw ay mamamatay ng pagkamatay ng mga hindi tuli sa pamamagitan ng kamay ng mga taga ibang lupa: sapagka't ako ang nagsalita, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

11 Bukod dito'y ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

12 Anak ng tao, panaghuyan mo ang hari sa Tiro, at sabihin mo sa kaniya, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, iyong tinatatakan ang kabuoan, na puno ng karunungan, at sakdal sa kagandahan.

13 Ikaw ay nasa Eden, na halamanan ng Dios; lahat na mahalagang bato ay iyong kasuutan, ang sardio, ang topacio, at ang diamante, ang berilo, ang onix, at ang jaspe, ang zafiro, ang esmeralda, at ang karbungko, at ang ginto: ang pagkayari ng iyong pandereta at iyong mga plauta ay napasa iyo; sa kaarawan na ikaw ay lalangin ay nangahanda.

14 Ikaw ang pinahirang kerubin na tumatakip: at itinatag kita, na anopa't ikaw ay nasa ibabaw ng banal na bundok ng Dios; ikaw ay nagpanhik manaog sa gitna ng mga batong mahalaga.

15 Ikaw ay sakdal sa iyong mga lakad mula sa araw na ikaw ay lalangin, hanggang sa ang kalikuan ay nasumpungan sa iyo.

16 Dahil sa karamihan ng iyong kalakal ay kanilang pinuno ang gitna mo ng pangdadahas, at ikaw ay nagkasala: kaya't inihagis kitang parang dumi mula sa bundok ng Dios; at ipinahamak kita, Oh tumatakip na kerubin, mula sa gitna ng mga batong mahalaga.

17 Ang iyong puso ay nagmataas dahil sa iyong kagandahan; iyong ipinahamak ang iyong karunungan dahil sa iyong kaningningan: aking inihagis ka sa lupa; aking inilagay ka sa harap ng mga hari, upang kanilang masdan ka.

18 Sa pamamagitan ng karamihan ng iyong mga kasamaan, sa kalikuan ng iyong pangangalakal, iyong nilapastangan ang iyong mga santuario: kaya't ako'y naglabas ng apoy sa gitna mo; sinupok ka, at pinapaging abo ka sa ibabaw ng lupa sa paningin ng lahat na nanganonood sa iyo.

19 Silang lahat na nangakakakilala sa iyo sa gitna ng mga bayan, mangatitigilan dahil sa iyo: ikaw ay naging kakilakilabot, at ikaw ay hindi na mabubuhay pa.

20 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

21 Anak ng tao, ititig mo ang iyong mukha sa Sidon, at manghula ka laban doon,

22 At iyong sabihin, ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Narito, ako'y laban sa iyo, Oh Sidon; at ako'y luluwalhati sa gitna mo; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon, pagka ako'y naglapat ng kahatulan sa kaniya, at aariing banal sa kaniya.

23 Sapagka't ako'y magpaparating sa kaniya ng salot at dugo sa kaniyang mga lansangan; at ang mga may sugat ay mangabubuwal sa gitna niya, sa pamamagitan ng tabak, na nakaumang sa kaniya sa lahat ng dako; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

24 At hindi na magkakaroon pa ng dawag na nakakasalubsob sa sangbahayan ni Israel, o ng tinik mang mapangpahirap sa alin man sa nangasa palibot niya, na nagwalang kabuluhan sa kanila; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoong Dios.

25 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Pagka aking napisan ang sangbahayan ni Israel mula sa mga bayan na kanilang pinangalatan, at ako'y aariing banal sa kanila sa paningin ng mga bansa, sila nga'y magsisitahan sa kanilang sariling lupain na aking ibinigay sa aking lingkod na kay Jacob.

26 At sila'y magsisitahang tiwasay roon, oo, sila'y mangagtatayo ng mga bahay, at mag-uubasan, at tatahang tiwasay, pagka ako'y nakapaglapat ng mga kahatulan sa lahat na nangagwawalang kabuluhan sa palibot nila: at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon nilang Dios.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9724

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9724. 'And shovels, and basins, and its forks, and its tongs' means known facts that act as containers and serve every purpose. This is clear from the meaning of vessels generally as the items of knowledge or known facts that the external memory possesses, dealt with in 3068, 3069, and - in regard to things of a holy nature - as the cognitions of good and truth which serve as means by which to worship the Lord, 9544. Such also is what the vessels for ministry around the altar mean. But each particular vessel there means the known facts that relate to some specific purpose, so that all the vessels there mean the known facts that serve every purpose.

  
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4925. 'That behold, his brother came out' means the truth of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'brother' as that which is kindred, by virtue of good, dealt with in 3815, 4267, and so the truth of good. The truth of good is that truth which is rooted in good, or that faith which is rooted in charity. Dealt with here in the internal sense is the birthright in the case of those who are being born again or regenerated by the Lord, and therefore the birthright within the Church. It has been a matter of argument since most ancient times as to which is the firstborn, whether this is the good of charity or whether it is the truth of faith. Unseen while a person is being born again and becoming a Church, good conceals itself within the interior man and reveals itself solely within some affection which does not pass into the conscious feelings of the external or natural man until he has been born again. But truth reveals itself, for this does enter his conscious feelings and lodges in the memory belonging to the external or natural man. This explains why many have fallen into the error that truth is the firstborn, and at length even thinking that truth is the vital element of the Church, so vital that truth which is called faith can save a person without the good of charity.

[2] From this one error very many others have been derived which have infected not only what is taught but also life, such as the error that no matter what kind of life a person leads he can be saved provided he has faith. A further derivative error is that very wicked people are accepted into heaven provided that in the final hour before they die they declare their belief in those things which are matters of faith; and another such error is that, irrespective of the kind of life one has led, one is accepted into heaven solely by grace. Because people hold to this teaching they fail at length to know what charity is or to have any concern about what it is, till in the end they do not believe in the existence of it, or consequently in the existence of heaven and hell. The reason for this is that faith without charity, or truth without good, teaches a person nothing; and the more it departs from good, the more foolish it makes him. For good is what the Lord flows into and through which He flows, imparting intelligence and wisdom and consequently a superior ability to see, and also perception whether something is really true or not.

[3] From these considerations one may now see the position with regard to the birthright, namely that in actual fact it belongs to good but appears to belong to truth. This is what the birth of Tamar's two sons is used to describe in the internal sense. 'The twice-dyed thread' which the midwife bound on the hand that came out means good, as shown in 4922; 'coming out first' means priority of place, 4923; 'withdrawing the hand' means that good concealed its own power, as stated immediately above [in 4924]; 'his brother came out' means truth; 'you have made a breach upon yourself means this truth's apparent separation from good; 'afterwards his brother came out' means that good is in actual fact first; and 'on whose hand was the twice-dyed thread' means the acknowledgement that good is first. For it is not until after a person has been born again that good is acknowledged to be first, at which point that person's actions spring from good, and his view of truth and what this is like springs from the same.

[4] These are the matters contained within the internal sense, in which teaching is given regarding the good and truth with a person who is being born anew, namely that good in actual fact occupies first place but truth appears to do so, and that good is not seen to occupy the first place while a person is being regenerated but is plainly seen to do so once he has been regenerated. But there is no need to explain these matters any further since they have been explained already - see 3324, 3325, 3494, 3539, 3548, 3556, 3563, 3570, 3576, 3603, 3701, 4243, 4244, 4247, 4337; and the fact that controversy has taken place since ancient times over whether the birthright belonged to good or to truth, that is, to charity or to faith, 2435.

[5] Because in the highest sense the Lord is the firstborn, and therefore love to Him and charity towards the neighbour are the firstborn, the law was for that reason laid down in the representative Church that firstborn things were Jehovah's: in Moses,

Sanctify to Me all the firstborn, that which opens the womb among the children of Israel; with man and with beast let them be Mine. Exodus 13:2.

You shall make over to Jehovah all that opens the worm', and every firstling of a beast; however many males you have they shall be Jehovah's. Exodus 13:12.

All that opens the womb is Mine; therefore among all your cattle, you shall give the male. that among oxen and small cattle which opens [the womb]. Exodus 34:19.

All that opens the womb among all flesh which they bring to Jehovah, from men and from beasts, shall be yours. Nevertheless you shall surely redeem all the firstborn of men. Numbers 18:15.

Behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every firstborn, that which opens the womb, from the children of Israel, so that the Levites may be Mine. Numbers 3:12.

[6] Because the firstborn is the one that opens the womb, the expression 'that which opens the womb' is therefore added, when the firstborn is mentioned in these places, so as to mean good. It is evident that this expression means good from the specific details contained in the internal sense, especially from those which are recorded regarding the sons of Tamar: Zerah is said to have opened the womb with his hand, and 'Zerah' represents good, as is also clear from the twice-dyed thread placed on his hand, dealt with in 4922. In addition to this 'the womb', to which the expression 'opened' is applied, means the place where good and truth, consequently the Church, lie, see 4918, while 'opening the womb' means supplying the power which enables truth to be born.

[7] Because the Lord is the only firstborn - He being Good itself, and His Good being the source of all truth - Jacob, who was not the firstborn, was therefore allowed to purchase the birthright from Esau his brother so that he might represent Him. Also, because this was not sufficient, he was called Israel, so that by this name he might represent the good of truth; for 'Israel' in the representative sense means good which comes through truth, 3654, 4286, 4598.

  
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