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Numero 17

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1 At sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

2 Salitain mo sa mga anak ni Israel, at kumuha ka sa kanila ng mga tungkod, isa sa bawa't sangbahayan ng mga magulang; sa lahat nilang mga prinsipe ayon sa mga sangbahayan ng kanilang mga magulang, labing dalawang tungkod: isulat mo ang pangalan ng bawa't isa sa kaniyang tungkod.

3 At isusulat mo ang pangalan ni Aaron sa tungkod ni Levi: sapagka't isa lamang tungkod magkakaroon sa bawa't pangulo sa mga sangbahayan ng kanilang mga magulang.

4 At iyong ilalagay sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan sa harap ng patotoo, na aking pinakikipagkitaan sa inyo.

5 At mangyayari na ang lalaking aking pipiliin, ay mamumulaklak ang kaniyang tungkod: at aking ipatitigil sa akin, ang mga pag-upasala ng mga anak ni Israel, na kanilang iniupasala laban sa inyo.

6 At si Moises ay nagsalita sa mga anak ni Israel, at ang lahat nilang mga prinsipe ay nagbigay sa kaniya ng tungkod, na bawa't pangulo ay isa, ayon sa mga sangbahayan ng kanilang mga magulang, labing dalawang tungkod: at ang tungkod ni Aaron ay nasa gitna ng kanilang mga tungkod.

7 At inilagay ni Moises ang mga tungkod sa harap ng Panginoon sa tabernakulo ng patotoo;

8 At nangyari nang kinabukasan, na si Moises ay pumasok sa tabernakulo ng patotoo; at, narito, na ang tungkod ni Aaron sa sangbahayan ni Levi ay namulaklak at nagkaroon ng mga hinog na almendras.

9 At mula sa harap ng Panginoon ay inilabas ni Moises ang lahat ng tungkod sa lahat ng mga anak ni Israel: at kanilang pinagmalas, at kinuha ng bawa't lalake ang kaniyang tungkod.

10 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Ibalik mo ang tungkod ni Aaron sa harap ng patotoo, upang ingatang pinakatanda laban sa mga anak ng panghihimagsik; upang iyong wakasan ang kanilang mga pag-upasala laban sa akin, upang huwag silang mamatay.

11 Gayon ginawa ni Moises: kung paanong iniutos ng Panginoon sa kaniya, ay gayon niya ginawa.

12 At sinalita ng mga anak ni Israel kay Moises, na sinasabi, Narito, kami ay mga patay, kami ay napahamak, kaming lahat ay napahamak.

13 Lahat ng lumalapit, na lumalapit sa tabernakulo ng Panginoon, ay namamatay: kami bang lahat ay malilipol?

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 585

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585. And against His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. This symbolizes scandalous assertions against the Lord's celestial church and against heaven.

The Tabernacle has almost the same symbolic meaning as the Temple, namely, in the highest sense, the Lord's Divine humanity, and in a relative sense, heaven and the church (nos. 191, 529). But in the latter sense the Tabernacle symbolizes the celestial church, which is impelled by the goodness of love toward the Lord received from the Lord; and the Temple symbolizes the spiritual church, which is impelled by truths of wisdom received from the Lord. Those who dwell in heaven symbolize heaven.

The Tabernacle symbolizes the celestial church because the Most Ancient Church, being impelled by love toward the Lord, was a celestial church and held sacred worship in tents. And the Ancient Church was a spiritual church and held sacred worship in temples.

Tents used wood in their construction, while temples used stone, and wood symbolizes goodness, and stone truth.

[2] That the Tabernacle symbolizes the Lord's Divine humanity in respect to Divine love, and a heaven and a church that is impelled by love toward the Lord, can be seen from the following passages:

Jehovah, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy mountain? He who walks uprightly, and practices righteousness, and speaks the truth... (Psalms 15:1-2)

(Jehovah) shall hide me in His tabernacle; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall conceal me; He shall set me high... (Psalms 27:4-5)

I will abide in Your tabernacle forever. (Psalms 61:4)

Look upon Zion...; let your eyes behold Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that will not be dispelled... (Isaiah 33:20)

(Jehovah) who... spreads (the heavens) out like a tent to dwell in. (Isaiah 40:22)

...you have made Jehovah..., the Most High, your dwelling place..., no plague shall come near your tent. (Psalms 91:9-10)

(Jehovah) set (His) tabernacle among (them).... (He) will walk among (them).... (Leviticus 26:11-12)

(Jehovah) forsook the tent of Shiloh, the tabernacle in which He dwelled among men. (Psalms 78:60)

I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them...." (Revelation 21:3)

...My tabernacle has been laid waste... (Jeremiah 4:20; 10:20)

He shall... pluck you out of your tent, and uproot you from the land of the living. (Psalms 52:5)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 16:5; 54:2, Jeremiah 30:18, Lamentations 2:4, Hosea 9:6; 12:9, Zechariah 12:7.

[3] Since the Most Ancient Church, which was a celestial church, being impelled by love toward the Lord and being thus in conjunction with Him, held sacred worship in tents, therefore by the Lord's command Moses erected a tent or tabernacle, in which everything relating to heaven and the church was represented. And it was so holy that no one was permitted to enter except Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons; and if any of the people were to do so, they would die (Numbers 17:12-13; 18:1, 22-23; 19:14-19).

Inmostly in that tabernacle, containing the two tables of the Decalogue, was the Ark, on which was the mercy seat and over it the cherubim. And outside the veil was the table holding the showbread, the altar of incense, and the lampstand having seven lamps. All of these things were representative objects relating to heaven and the church. The tabernacle itself is described in Exodus 26:7-16; 36:8-37.

We also read that the design of the Tabernacle was shown to Moses upon Mount Sinai (Exodus 25:9; 26:30); and whatever he was given to see from heaven is a representation relating to heaven and the church.

In memory of the most ancient people's sacred worship of the Lord in tents, and of their conjunction with Him through love, Israel was commanded to observe the Feast of Tabernacles, as recorded in Leviticus 23:39-44, Deuteronomy 16:13-14.

  
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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.

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Numbers 18:22-23

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22 Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

23 But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.