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Ezekielis 46

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1 Taip sako Viešpats Dievas: “Vidinio kiemo vartai rytų pusėje bus uždaryti šešias darbo dienas, bet sabato ir jauno mėnulio dieną jie bus atidaryti.

2 Kunigaikštis įeis pro išorinių vartų prieangį ir sustos prie vartų. Kunigas aukos jo deginamąją ir padėkos auką. Jis, pagarbinęs prie vartų, išeis, bet vartai liks atdari iki vakaro.

3 Tauta taip pat pagarbins prie vartų įėjimo sabatais ir jauno mėnulio dienomis Viešpaties akivaizdoje.

4 Kunigaikščio deginamoji auka sabato dieną turi būti šeši sveiki ėriukai ir vienas sveikas avinas.

5 Duonos auka bus viena efa miltų prie avino, o prie ėriukų­kiek jis galės duoti, ir hinas aliejaus prie kiekvienos efos.

6 Jauno mėnulio dieną jis aukos sveiką jauną veršį, šešis ėriukus ir vieną aviną.

7 Jo duonos auka bus po vieną efą miltų prie veršio ir avino, o prie ėriukų­kiek jis duos savo ranka, ir hinas aliejaus prie kiekvienos efos.

8 Kunigaikštis įeis pro vartų prieangį ir tuo pačiu keliu išeis.

9 Kai tauta švenčių metu ateis pagarbinti Viešpaties, tada atėję pro šiaurinius vartus turi išeiti pro pietų pusės vartus, įėję pro pietų pusės vartus turi išeiti pro šiaurinius vartus. Niekas teneišeina pro tuos pačius vartus, pro kuriuos įėjo, bet pro vartus priešingoje pusėje.

10 Kunigaikštis turi būti su jais­ įeiti, kai jie įeina, ir išeiti, kai jie išeina.

11 Švenčių ir iškilmių dieną duonos auka turi būti efa miltų prie kiekvieno veršio ir avino, o prie ėriukų­kiek jis gali duoti, ir vienas hinas aliejaus prie kiekvienos efos.

12 Jei kunigaikštis laisva valia aukos Viešpačiui deginamąją ar padėkos auką, jam bus atidaryti vartai rytų pusėje. Jis įeis ir aukos deginamąją ir padėkos auką kaip per sabatą. Jam išėjus, vartus uždarys.

13 Kiekvieną dieną jis turi parūpinti deginamajai aukai Viešpačiui sveiką metinį avinėlį ir jį aukoti kiekvieną rytą.

14 Jis turi parūpinti kiekvieną rytą duonos aukai šeštą dalį efos miltų ir trečdalį hino aliejaus ir juos sumaišyti. Tai bus duonos auka Viešpačiui. Toks yra amžinas įstatymas apie aukas.

15 Avinėlis, duonos auka ir aliejus bus nuolatinė deginamoji auka kiekvieną rytą”.

16 Taip sako Viešpats Dievas: “Jei kunigaikštis vienam savo sūnų duos dalį iš savo paveldo, tai ji bus jo sūnaus paveldėta nuosavybė.

17 Jei jis dovanos savo tarnui dalį iš savo paveldo, tai priklausys tarnui iki laisvės metų, o po to sugrįš kunigaikščiui. Tik kunigaikščio sūnums priklausys paveldas.

18 Kunigaikštis neturi teisės atimti iš žmonių jų paveldo arba prievarta juos pašalinti iš jų nuosavybės. Jo sūnūs paveldės tik tėvo nuosavybę, kad niekas iš mano tautos nebūtų nuvarytas nuo savo nuosavybės”.

19 Jis įvedė mane pro įėjimą šalia vartų į šventyklos kambarius, skirtus kunigams šiaurės pusėje. Vakarų pusėje, pačiame gale pamačiau vietą.

20 Tada jis tarė: “Šioje vietoje kunigai virs aukas už nuodėmes bei kaltes ir keps duonos auką, kad neišneštų jų į išorinį kiemą ir nepašventintų žmonių”.

21 Po to jis išvedė mane į išorinį kiemą ir vedė į visus keturis kiemo kampus. Kiekviename kiemo kampe buvo po kiemą,

22 keturiasdešimties uolekčių ilgio ir trisdešimties uolekčių pločio. Visi keturi buvo vienodo dydžio

23 ir apvesti mūrine siena, o po siena buvo židiniai.

24 Tada jis tarė: “Tai virtuvės, kuriose šventyklos tarnai virs tautos aukas”.

   

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4482. 'Behold, the land is broad and spacious before them' means extension, that is to say, of truth which is the truth of doctrine. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church, dealt with just above in 4480, and from the meaning of 'broad and spacious' as extension as regards truths, and so as regards those taught by doctrine. When in the Word the measurements of something are given, it is not those measurements that are meant in the internal sense but the essential characteristics of a state that is being described. For measurements involve spatial dimensions and in the next life there are no intervals of space, as there are no periods of time, but states which correspond to these, see 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387, 3404, 4321. That being so, lengths, breadths, and heights, which are spatial measurements, mean the aspects of a state - length meaning holiness, height good, and breadth truth, see 650, 1613, 3433, 3434. This then is why 'the land is broad and spacious' means the extension of truth which is the truth of doctrine within the Church.

[2] Anyone who does not know of the existence of anything spiritual in the Word other than that which stands out in the literal sense is bound to be amazed by the statement that 'the land is broad and specious' means the extension of truth which is the truth of doctrine within the Church. But the truth of this statement may be established from places where 'breadth' is mentioned in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Asshur will go through Judah, it will deluge it and pass through and will reach even to the neck; and the outstretchings of its wings will fill the breadth of the land. Isaiah 8:8.

In David,

O Jehovah, You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have made my feet stand in a broad place. Psalms 31:8.

In the same author,

Out of my distress I called on Jah; He answered me in a broad place. Psalms 118:5.

In Habakkuk,

I am rousing the Chaldeans, a bitter and hasty nation, marching' into the breadths of the earth. Habakkuk 1:6.

'Breadths' here means nothing other than the truth of the Church.

[3] The reason why breadth has this meaning is that in the spiritual world, that is, in heaven, the Lord is the centre of all, for He is the Sun there. Those in a state of good are more interior, their exact position towards the middle being determined by the character and the amount of the good present in them. This is why 'height' is used in reference to good. Those who are in a similar degree of good are also in a similar degree of truth, and so dwell so to speak at the same distance from the centre, or one might say, dwell on the same contour; and this is why 'breadth' is used in reference to truths. Therefore when a person reads the Word the angels present with him do not understand by 'breadth' anything other than truths. When in the Historical sections, for example, the ark, the altar, the temple, and the spaces outside cities are referred to, states of good and truth are perceived by the dimensions indicating the lengths, breadths, and heights of these. The same is so with the new earth, new Jerusalem, and new Temple - described in Chapters 40-47 of Ezekiel - by which heaven and a new Church are meant, as may be seen from the detailed descriptions in those chapters. So also in John where it is said of the New Jerusalem that it will be foursquare, 'its length being as great as its breadth', Revelation 21:16.

[4] Things which in the spiritual world are interior are described as those that are higher, while those that are exterior are described by those that are lower, 2148, for while in the world, no one can conceive of interior things and exterior ones in any other way, for the reason that he dwells within space and time, and things that belong to space and time have entered in among the ideas comprising his thought and have conditioned the majority of these. From this it is also evident that expressions which give the spatial measurements of things such as the height, length, and breadth of them, are in the spiritual sense expressions used to indicate the magnitude of affections for good and affections for truth.

  
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Matthew 22

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1 Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

2 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

4 Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'

5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

6 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

7 When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

8 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.

9 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'

10 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,

12 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.

13 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'

14 For many are called, but few chosen."

15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

16 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.

17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

19 Show me the tax money." They brought to him a denarius.

20 He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"

21 They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

22 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

24 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'

25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.

26 In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

27 After them all, the woman died.

28 In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her."

29 But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven.

31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

32 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?' God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

33 When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"

37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,

42 saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "A Psalm of David."

43 He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

44 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'

45 "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"

46 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.