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Ezekiel 1:10

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10 As to the likeness of their faces, the face of a man, and the face of a lion, toward the right [are] to them four, and the face of an ox on the left [are] to them four, and the face of an eagle [are] to them four.

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In Genesis 19:37; 21:26; 30:32; 40:7; Matthew 6:30; Luke 12:28, this signifies the perpetuity and eternity of a state. (Arcana Coelestia 2838)

In Psalm 2:7, this signifies in time; for with Jehovah the future is present. (True Christian Religion 101)

The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a historical sense, these expressions have respect to the time when Moses lived, but in an internal sense, 'this day' and 'today' signify the perpetuity and eternity of a state. 'Day' denotes state, and likewise 'today,' which is the current time. Anything related to time in the world is eternal in heaven, and to represent this, 'today' or 'to this day' is added. Although, in the historical sense, this appears as if the expressions only have a literal meaning, just like it says in other parts of the Word, such as Joshua 4:9, 6:25, 7:20, Judges 1:21, 26, etc. 'Today' means something perpetual and eternal in Psalms 2:7, 119:89-91, Jeremiah 1:5, 10, 18, Deuteronomy 29:9-14, Numbers 28:3, 23, Daniel 8:13, 11:31, 12:11, Exodus 16:4, 19, 20, 23, John 6:31, 32, 49, 50, 58, Matthew 6:11, and Luke 11:3.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2838 [1-4], Genesis 47:26)

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Heaven and Hell # 216

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216. As government from good which is the kind of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom is called justice, and government from truth which is the kind of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom is called judgment, so in the Word, justice and judgment are used when heaven and the Church are treated of, justice signifying celestial good, and judgment spiritual good, which good, as has been said above, is, in its essence, truth, as in the following passages:

Of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it in judgment and in justice, even for ever. Isaiah 20.

By "David" there, is meant the Lord, 1 and by "His kingdom", heaven, as is evident from the following passage:

I will raise unto David a just branch, and he shall reign as King, and shall deal intelligently and shall do judgment and justice in the earth. Jeremiah 23:5.

Jehovah is exalted, for He dwelleth on high; He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice. Isaiah 33:5.

By Zion also is meant heaven and the Church: 2

I, Jehovah, doing. . . judgment and justice in the earth, for in these things I delight. Jeremiah 9:24.

I will betroth thee unto Me for ever, and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and judgment. Hosea 2:19.

O Jehovah, in the heavens . . . Thy justice is like the mountains of God, and Thy judgments are like the great deep. Psalm 36:5-6.

They ask of Me the judgments of justice, they long for an approach unto God. Isaiah 58:2.

And in other passages.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. [Swedenborg's footnote] By "David", in the prophetic parts of the Word, is meant the Lord (Arcana Coelestia 1888, 9954).

2. [Swedenborg's footnote] By "Zion", in the Word, is meant the Church, especially the celestial Church (Arcana Coelestia 2362, 9055).

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