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Ezekiel 41

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1 At dinala niya ako sa templo at sinukat ang mga haligi, na anim na siko ang luwang sa isang dako, at anim na siko ang luwang sa kabilang dako, na siyang luwang ng tabernakulo.

2 At ang luwang ng pasukan ay sangpung siko; at ang mga tagiliran ng pasukan ay limang siko sa isang dako, at limang siko sa kabilang dako: at sinukat niya ang haba niyaon na apat na pung siko, at ang luwang, dalawang pung siko.

3 Nang magkagayo'y pumasok siya sa loob, at sinukat ang bawa't haligi sa pasukan, na dalawang siko; at ang pasukan ay anim na siko; at ang luwang ng pasukan, pitong siko.

4 At sinukat niya ang haba niyaon, dalawang pung siko, at ang luwang, dalawang pung siko, sa harap ng templo: at sinabi niya sa akin, Ito ang kabanalbanalang dako.

5 Nang magkagayo'y sinukat niya ang pader ng bahay, anim na siko; at ang luwang ng bawa't tagilirang silid apat na siko, sa palibot ng bahay sa lahat ng dako.

6 At ang mga tagilirang silid ay tatlong grado, patongpatong at tatlong pu sa ayos; at nangakakapit sa pader na nauukol sa bahay na nasa tagilirang silid sa palibot upang mangakapit doon, at huwag makapit sa pader ng bahay.

7 At ang mga tagilirang silid ay lalong maluwang habang lumiligid sa bahay na paitaas ng paitaas; sapagka't ang gilid ng bahay ay paitaas ng paitaas sa palibot ng bahay: kaya't ang luwang ng bahay ay patuloy na paitaas; at sa gayo'y ang isa ay napaiitaas mula sa pinakamababang silid, hanggang sa pinakamataas sa pamamagitan ng gitna na silid.

8 Aking nakita naman na ang bahay ay may nakatayong tungtungan sa palibot: ang mga patibayan ng mga tagilirang silid ay buong tambo na anim na malaking siko ang haba.

9 Ang kapal ng pader, na nasa mga tagilirang silid, sa dakong labas, ay limang siko: at ang naiwan ay dako ng mga tagilirang silid na ukol sa bahay.

10 At ang pagitan ng mga silid ay may luwang na dalawang pung siko sa palibot ng bahay sa lahat ng dako.

11 At ang mga pintuan ng mga tagilirang silid ay sa dakong naiwan, isang pintuan sa dakong hilagaan, at isang pintuan sa dakong timugan: at ang luwang ng dakong naiwan ay limang siko sa palibot.

12 At ang bahay na nasa harapan ng bukod na dako sa tagilirang dakong kalunuran ay pitong pung siko ang luwang; at ang pader ng bahay ay limang siko ang kapal sa palibot, at ang haba niyaon ay siyam na pung siko.

13 Sa gayo'y sinukat niya ang bahay, na isang daang siko ang haba; at ang bukod na dako, at ang bahay, sangpu ng pader niyaon, isang daang siko ang haba;

14 Ang luwang naman ng harapan ng bahay, at ng bukod na dako sa dakong silanganan, isang daang siko.

15 At sinukat niya ang haba ng bahay sa harap ng bukod na dako na nasa likuran niyaon, at ang mga galeria niyaon sa isang dako, at sa kabilang dako, isang daang siko; at ang lalong loob na templo at ang mga portiko ng looban;

16 Ang mga pasukan, at ang mga nasasarang dungawan, at ang mga galeria sa palibot sa tatlong grado, sa tapat ng pasukan, nakikisamihan ng tabla sa palibot, at mula sa lapag hanggang sa mga dungawan (natatakpan nga ang mga dungawan),

17 Sa pagitan ng itaas ng pintuan, sa lalong loob ng bahay, at sa labas, at ang buong pader sa palibot sa loob at sa labas ay sinukat.

18 At ang pader ay niyaring may mga kerubin at may mga puno ng palma; at isang puno ng palma ay sa pagitan ng kerubin at kerubin, at bawa't kerubin ay may dalawang mukha;

19 Na anopa't may mukha ng isang tao sa dako ng puno ng palma sa isang dako, at mukha ng batang leon sa dako ng puno ng palma sa kabilang dako. Ganito ang pagkayari sa buong bahay sa palibot:

20 Mula sa lapag hanggang sa itaas ng pintuan ay may mga kerubin at mga puno ng palma na yari; ganito ang pader ng templo.

21 Tungkol sa templo, ang mga haligi ng pintuan ay parisukat; at tungkol sa harapan ng santuario, ang anyo niyao'y gaya ng anyo ng templo.

22 Ang dambana ay kahoy, na tatlong siko ang taas, at ang haba niyao'y dalawang siko; at ang mga sulok niyaon at ang haba niyaon, at ang mga pader niyaon, ay kahoy: at sinabi niya sa akin, Ito ang dulang na nasa harap ng Panginoon.

23 At ang templo, at ang santuario ay may dalawang pintuan.

24 At ang mga pintuan ay may tigdadalawang pinto, dalawang tiklop na pinto, dalawang pinto sa isang pintuan, at dalawang pinto sa kabila.

25 At mga niyari sa mga yaon, sa mga pintuan ng templo, mga kerubin at mga puno ng palma, gaya ng niyari sa mga pader; at may pasukan na kahoy sa harap ng portiko sa labas.

26 At may nangasasarang dungawan at mga puno ng palma sa isang dako at sa kabilang dako, sa mga tagiliran ng portiko: ganito ang mga tagilirang silid ng bahay, at ang mga pasukan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9457

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9457. 'And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying' means instructions regarding the holy things of heaven which had to be represented. This is clear from the verses that follow, for the things which Jehovah told Moses mean the holy things of heaven that were to be represented. Among the Israelite people a Church was being established in which outward forms would exist displaying in a representative fashion the celestial realities belonging to the good of love, and the spiritual realities belonging to the good and truth of faith, as such realities exist in heaven and ought to do so in the Church. From all this it is clear that 'Jehovah spoke' means instructions regarding the holy things of heaven which had to be represented. Since the matters described in the verses that follow are representative of the celestial and spiritual realities from the Lord in the heavens, something needs to be said about what a representative Church is and why it exists.

[2] There are three heavens - the inmost or third, the middle or second, and the lowest or first. In the inmost heaven the good of love to the Lord reigns, in the middle heaven the good of charity towards the neighbour reigns, and in the lowest the things which are thought, spoken, and come into being in the middle and inmost heavens are represented. The representatives there are countless, such as paradise parks, gardens, forests, fields, plains, as well as cities, palaces, and houses; also flocks and herds, as well as very many kinds of animals and birds; and countless other phenomena. These appear before the eyes of angelic spirits in that heaven more plainly than any such things do on earth in the light at midday; and what is astonishing, those spirits also discern what realities are meant by the things which appear.

[3] Such phenomena also appeared to prophets when their inner sight, which is the sight of the spirit, had been opened, for instance the horses that appeared to Zechariah, 6:1-8; the living creatures which were cherubs, and afterwards the new temple and everything in it that appeared to Ezekiel, Chapters 1, 9, 10, 40-48; the lampstand, thrones, living creatures (which again were cherubs), horses, new Jerusalem, and very many other phenomena, which appeared to John and are described in the Book of Revelation; and similarly the fiery horses and chariots that appeared to Elisha's servant, 2 Kings 6:17. Things such as these are constantly making their appearance in heaven before the eyes of spirits and angels. They are natural forms in which the inward things of heaven terminate and are given shape. The things which present themselves visually before the spirits and angels' actual eyes in this way are representations.

[4] A representative Church exists therefore when the holy, inner realities of love and faith which are derived from the Lord and look towards the Lord present themselves by means of visual forms in the world, such as those which are the subject in this and following chapters - the ark, the mercy-seat, the cherubs, the tables there, the lampstand, and everything else that was part of the tabernacle. For that tabernacle was constructed in such a way that it might represent the three heavens and everything there, the ark which contained the Testimony representing the inmost heaven and the Lord Himself there. This is why, when Moses was shown on the mountain the form it should take, Jehovah said at the same time, To the end that they may make for Him a sanctuary and He may dwell in their midst, verse 8. Everyone endowed with any ability to think on a deeper level can see that Jehovah could not have dwelt in a tent but that He dwells in heaven, and that this tent is called the sanctuary only because it presents an image of heaven, and the celestial and spiritual realities there. Let everyone ask himself, What would it have been for Jehovah, Creator of heaven and earth, to dwell in a small dwelling-place that was made of wood, overlaid with gold, and surrounded by curtains, if heaven and the things of heaven had not been represented there in outward forms?

[5] For the realities which are represented in outward forms do indeed reveal themselves in a similar way in the lowest or first heaven before the spirits there. But those in the higher heavens perceive the inner things that are being represented, which, as has been stated, are the celestial realities belonging to love to the Lord and the spiritual realities belonging to faith in the Lord. It was things of this nature that filled heaven when Moses and the people, moved by outward holiness, venerated that tent as the dwelling-place of Jehovah Himself. From this it is evident what a representative was, and also that by means of it heaven, and so the Lord, was present with mankind.

[6] A representative Church therefore was established among the Israelite people, when the ancient Church came to an end, in order that by means of such representatives heaven, and so the Lord, might be joined to the human race. (If the Lord did not join Himself to people through heaven they would cease to exist; for it is as a result of this joining of Himself to them that people possess the life they have.) Those representatives however were no more than outward means serving to conjoin, yet to which the Lord joined heaven in a wondrous manner, 4311. But when the joining together through those means also was about to perish the Lord came into the world and laid bare the actual realities which were being merely represented up to then, that is, the inner realities which belong to love to and faith in Him. These realities themselves now effect that joining together. But the only means by which such a joining together is effected at the present day is still the Word, since this has been written in such a way that every single part of it has a correspondence and as a consequence represents and serves to mean the Divine realities present in the heavens.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.