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Ezekiel 45

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1 Bukod dito'y pagka inyong hahatiin sa pamamagitan ng sapalaran ang lupain na pinakamana, mangaghahandog kayo ng alay sa Panginoon, isang banal na bahagi ng lupain; ang haba ay magkakaroon ng habang dalawang pu't limang libong tambo, at ang luwang ay magiging sangpung libo: ito'y magiging banal sa lahat ng hangganan niyaon sa palibot.

2 Dito'y magkakaroon ukol sa dakong banal ng limang daan ang haba at limang daang luwang, parisukat sa palibot; limang pung siko sa pagitan niyaon sa palibot.

3 At sa sukat na ito iyong susukatin, na ang haba ay dalawang pu't limang libo, at ang luwang ay sangpung libo: at doo'y malalagay ang santuario, na pinakabanal.

4 Siyang banal na bahagi ng lupain; ito'y para sa mga saserdote, na mga tagapangasiwa ng santuario, na nagsisilapit upang magsipangasiwa sa Panginoon; at ito'y magiging dakong kalalagyan ng kanilang mga bahay, at banal na dakong kalalagyan ng santuario.

5 At dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba, at sangpung libo ang luwang ay magiging sa mga Levita, na mga tagapangasiwa ng bahay, na pinaka pag-aari sa kanilang sarili, na dalawang pung silid.

6 At inyong itatakda ang pag-aari ng bayan na limang libo ang luwang, at dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba, sa tabi ng alay na banal na bahagi: magiging ukol sa buong sangbahayan ni Israel.

7 Magkakaroon naman para sa prinsipe ng bahagi sa isang dako at sa kabilang dako sa banal na alay at sa pag-aari ng bayan, sa harap ng banal na alay at sa harap ng pag-aari ng bayan, sa dakong kalunuran na gawing kalunuran, at sa dakong silanganan na gawing silanganan; at ang haba ay ayon sa isa sa mga bahagi, mula sa hangganang kalunuran hanggang sa hangganang silanganan.

8 Sa lupaing ito'y magiging kaniya na pinakaari sa Israel: at hindi na pipighatiin pa ng aking mga prinsipe ang aking bayan; kundi ibibigay nila ang lupain sa sangbahayan ni Israel ayon sa kanilang mga lipi.

9 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Magkasiya ito sa inyo, Oh mga prinsipe ng Israel: iwan ninyo ang pangdadahas at pagsamsam, at magsagawa kayo ng kahatulan at ng kaganapan; alisin ninyo ang inyong atang sa aking bayan, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

10 Kayo'y magkakaroon ng mga ganap na timbangan; at ganap na efa, at ganap na bath.

11 Ang efa at ang bath ay magiging iisang takalan, upang ang bath ay maglaman ng ikasangpung bahagi ng isang homer, at ang efa ay ikasangpung bahagi ng isang homer: ang takal niyaon ay magiging ayon sa homer.

12 At ang siklo ay magiging dalawang pung gera: dalawangpung siklo, lima at dalawang pung siklo, labing limang siklo ay siyang magiging maneh ninyo.

13 Ito ang alay na inyong ihahandog: ang ikaanim na bahagi ng isang efa mula sa isang homer ng trigo; at inyong ibibigay ang ikaanim na bahagi ng isang efa mula sa isang homer ng cebada;

14 At ang takdang bahagi ng langis, ng bath ng langis, ang ikasangpung bahagi ng bath mula sa isang kor, na sangpung bath, o isang homer (sapagka't sangpung bath ay isang homer);

15 At isang batang tupa sa kawan, mula sa dalawang daan, na mula sa matabang pastulan ng Israel; na pinakahandog na harina, at pinakahandog na susunugin, at pinakahandog tungkol sa kapayapaan, upang ipangtubos sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

16 Buong bayan ng lupain ay magbibigay ng alay na ito sa prinsipe sa Israel.

17 At magiging tungkulin ng prinsipe na magbigay ng mga handog na susunugin, at ng mga handog na harina, at ng mga inuming handog, sa mga kapistahan, at sa mga bagong buwan, at sa mga sabbath, sa lahat ng takdang kapistahan ng sangbahayan ni Israel: siya'y maghahanda ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ng handog na harina, at ng handog na susunugin, at ng mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, upang ipangtubos sa sangbahayan ni Israel.

18 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sa unang buwan, sa unang araw ng buwan, kukuha ka ng guyang toro na walang kapintasan; at iyong lilinisin ang santuario.

19 At ang saserdote ay kukuha ng dugo ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, at ilalagay sa mga haligi ng pintuan ng bahay, at sa apat na sulok ng patungang dambana, at sa mga haligi ng pintuang-daan ng lalong loob na looban.

20 At gayon ang iyong gagawin sa ikapitong araw ng buwan para sa bawa't nagkakamali, at sa bawa't walang malay: gayon ninyo lilinisin ang bahay.

21 Sa unang buwan, sa ikalabing apat na araw ng buwan, magdidiwang kayo ng paskua, isang kapistahan na pitong araw; tinapay na walang levadura ang kakanin.

22 At sa araw na yaon ay maghahanda ang prinsipe para sa kaniya at sa buong bayan ng lupain ng isang guyang toro na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan.

23 At sa pitong araw ng kapistahan ay ipaghahanda niya ng handog na susunugin ang Panginoon, pitong toro at pitong tupa na walang kapintasan sa araw-araw na pitong araw; at isang kambing araw-araw na pinakahandog dahil sa kasalanan.

24 At siya'y maghahanda ng handog na harina, ng isang efa sa isang toro, at ng isang efa sa isang lalaking tupa, at isang hin ng langis sa isang efa.

25 Sa ikapitong buwan, sa ikalabing limang araw ng buwan, sa kapistahan, kaniyang gagawin ang gaya ng pitong araw; ayon sa handog dahil sa kasalanan, ayon sa handog na susunugin, at ayon sa handog na harina, at ayon sa langis.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 36

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36. I became in the spirit on the Lord's day. (1:10) This symbolizes a spiritual state then owing to Divine influx.

"I became in the spirit" means, symbolically, a spiritual state, the state in which John was while he was experiencing the visions, and which we will take up in the following exposition. "On the Lord's day" symbolizes influx from the Lord then, for that day brings the Lord's presence, as it is a holy day.

Concerning the prophets we read that they were in the spirit or in vision, and that the Word came to them from Jehovah.

When they were in the spirit or in vision, they were not in the body, but in their spirit, a state in which they saw phenomena such as are found in heaven. But when the Word came to them, they were then in the body and heard Jehovah speaking.

These two states of the prophets must be properly distinguished. In the state of vision the eyes of their spirit were open and the eyes of their body closed; and they heard then what angels said, and what Jehovah said through angels, and also saw representations produced for them in heaven. Moreover, they sometimes seemed to themselves to be taken then from place to place, their body remaining where it was.

[2] This was the state in which John was when he wrote the book of Revelation, and the state sometimes experienced by Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel. They also said that they were then in vision or in the spirit. For Ezekiel says,

The Spirit lifted me up... and brought me back into Chaldea, to those in captivity, in a vision (of God), in the spirit of God. (Thus) went up from me the vision that I had seen. (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)

He also says that the Spirit lifted him up, and he heard behind him an earthquake, and more (Ezekiel 3:12, 24). So, too, that the Spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, that it brought him in visions of God to Jerusalem, and that he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3f.). He was likewise in a vision of God or in the spirit when he saw the four living creatures, which were cherubim (Ezekiel 1; 10), as also when he saw a new earth and a new temple, and an angel measuring them (Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48). That he was then in the visions of God, he himself says (Ezekiel 40:2), and that the spirit lifted him up (Ezekiel 43:5).

[3] The same was the case with Zechariah, who had an angel with him at the time, when he saw a man riding a horse among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8ff.); when he saw the four horns, and then a man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1ff.); when he saw Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1ff.); when he saw the lampstand and two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1ff.); when he saw the flying scroll and the ephah (Zechariah 5:1, 6); when he saw the four chariots coming from between two mountains, and the horses (Zechariah 6:1ff.).

Daniel was in a like state when he saw the four beasts coming up from the sea (Daniel 7:1ff.), and when he saw the combat between the ram and the male goat (Daniel 8:1ff.). He himself says that he saw these things in visions (Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8), and that the angel Gabriel appeared to him in a vision (Daniel 9:21).

[4] The same was the case with John, as when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands (Revelation 1), and finally, the new heaven and the new earth, and then the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven (Revelation 21, 22. John himself says that he saw these things in the spirit and in vision (1:10; 4:2; 9:17; 21:10). This, too, is meant by the statement, "I saw," everywhere it occurs in this book.

[5] It is clearly apparent from this that to be in the spirit is to be in a state of vision, which is brought about by an opening of the sight of a person's spirit; and when this is opened, phenomena found in the spiritual world are as clearly visible as those in the natural world are to the sight of the body.

The reality of this is something I can attest to from many years' experience.

The disciples were in this state when they saw the Lord after His resurrection, which is why are told that their eyes were opened (Luke 24:30-31).

Abraham was in a like state when he saw the three angels and spoke with them. 1

So, too, Hagar, Gideon, Joshua and others, when they saw angels of Jehovah. Likewise when Elisha's lad saw the mountain full of fiery chariots and horses all around Elisha, for Elisha prayed and said,

"Jehovah, open, I pray, his eyes that he may see." And Jehovah opened the eyes of the lad, and he saw. (2 Kings 6:17)

As regards the Word, however, it was not revealed in a state of the spirit or of vision, but the Lord dictated it to the prophets in an audible voice. Consequently we are nowhere told that the prophets spoke it from the Holy Spirit, but from Jehovah. See The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, no. 53.

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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.