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Hesekiel 46

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1 So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Das Tor des inneren Vorhofs, welches gegen Osten sieht, soll die sechs Werktage geschlossen sein; aber am Sabbathtage soll es geöffnet werden, und am Tage des Neumondes soll es geöffnet werden.

2 Und der Fürst soll durch die Torhalle hineingehen von außen her und sich an die Pfosten des Tores stellen; und die Priester sollen sein Brandopfer und seine Friedensopfer opfern, und er soll auf der Schwelle des Tores anbeten und hinausgehen; das Tor soll aber nicht geschlossen werden bis zum Abend.

3 Und das Volk des Landes soll anbeten am Eingang dieses Tores, an den Sabbathen und an den Neumonden, vor Jehova. -

4 Und das Brandopfer, welches der Fürst dem Jehova am Sabbathtage darbringen soll: sechs Lämmer ohne Fehl und ein Widder ohne Fehl.

5 Und als Speisopfer: ein Epha Feinmehl zu jedem Widder; und zu den Lämmern als Speisopfer: eine Gabe seiner Hand (Derselbe Sinn wie v 7; so auch v 11;) und Öl, ein Hin zu jedem Epha.

6 Und am Tage des Neumondes: ein junger Farren ohne Fehl und sechs Lämmer und ein Widder; ohne Fehl sollen sie sein.

7 Und ein Epha zu jedem Farren und ein Epha zu jedem Widder soll er als Speisopfer opfern; und zu den Lämmern, nach dem was seine Hand aufbringen kann; und Öl, ein Hin zu jedem Epha. -

8 Und wenn der Fürst hineingeht, soll er durch die Torhalle (d. i. die Halle des Osttores; wie v 2) hineingehen; und durch sie soll er hinausgehen.

9 Und wenn das Volk des Landes an den Festen (S. die Anm. zu Kap. 36,38) vor Jehova kommt: wer durch das Nordtor hineingeht, um anzubeten, soll durch das Südtor hinausgehen; und wer durch das Südtor hineingeht, soll durch das Nordtor hinausgehen; er soll nicht durch das Tor zurückkehren, durch welches er hineingegangen ist, sondern stracks vor sich hinausgehen.

10 Und der Fürst soll mitten unter ihnen hineingehen, wenn sie hineingehen; und wenn sie hinausgehen, sollen sie zusammen hinausgehen. -

11 Und an den Festen (S. die Anm. zu Kap. 45,17) und zu den Festzeiten soll das Speisopfer sein: ein Epha Feinmehl zu jedem Farren und ein Epha zu jedem Widder; und zu den Lämmern eine Gabe seiner Hand; und Öl, ein Hin zu jedem Epha.

12 Und wenn der Fürst ein freiwilliges Brandopfer oder freiwillige Friedensopfer dem Jehova opfern will, so soll man ihm das Tor öffnen, welches gegen Osten sieht; und er soll sein Brandopfer und seine Friedensopfer opfern, gleichwie er am Sabbathtage tut; und wenn er hinausgeht, so soll man das Tor verschließen, nachdem er hinausgegangen ist. -

13 Und du sollst täglich ein einjähriges Lamm ohne Fehl dem Jehova als Brandopfer opfern, Morgen für Morgen sollst du es opfern.

14 Und ein Speisopfer sollst du dazu opfern, Morgen für Morgen: ein sechstel Epha; und Öl, ein drittel Hin, um das Feinmehl zu befeuchten, als Speisopfer-dem Jehova: ewige Satzungen, die beständig währen sollen.

15 Und opfert (Nach and. Les.: man soll opfern) das Lamm und das Speisopfer und das Öl, Morgen für Morgen, als ein beständiges Brandopfer.

16 So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Wenn der Fürst einem seiner Söhne ein Geschenk gibt, so ist es dessen Erbteil; es soll seinen Söhnen gehören, es ist ihr Erbeigentum.

17 Wenn er aber einem seiner Knechte ein Geschenk von seinem Erbteil gibt, so soll es demselben bis zum Freijahre gehören, und dann wieder an den Fürsten kommen; es ist ja sein Erbteil: seinen Söhnen, ihnen soll es gehören.

18 Und der Fürst soll nichts von dem Erbteil des Volkes nehmen, so daß er sie aus ihrem Eigentum verdrängt; von seinem Eigentum soll er seinen Söhnen vererben, auf daß mein Volk nicht zerstreut werde, ein jeder aus seinem Eigentum.

19 Und er brachte mich durch den Zugang, der an der Seite (W. Schulter, nämlich des nördlichen Binnentores) des Tores war, zu den heiligen Zellen für die Priester, welche gegen Norden sahen; und siehe, daselbst war ein Ort an der äußersten Seite gegen Westen.

20 Und er sprach zu mir: Das ist der Ort, wo die Priester das Schuldopfer und das Sündopfer kochen, wo sie das Speisopfer backen sollen, damit sie es nicht in den äußeren Vorhof hinaustragen, das Volk zu heiligen. -

21 Und er führte mich hinaus in den äußeren Vorhof und ließ mich an den vier Ecken des Vorhofs vorübergehen; und siehe, in jeder Ecke des Vorhofs war ein Hof.

22 In den vier Ecken des Vorhofs waren geschlossene Höfe, vierzig Ellen lang und dreißig breit; alle vier Eckhöfe hatten einerlei Maß.

23 Und in denselben war eine Mauerreihe ringsherum bei allen vieren; und Kochherde waren unter den Mauerreihen angebracht ringsum.

24 Und er sprach zu mir: Dies sind die Kochhäuser, wo die Diener des Hauses das Schlachtopfer des Volkes kochen sollen.

   

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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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4217. 'And Laban went and resumed to his place' means the end of the representation by means of Laban. This is clear from the meaning of 'returning to his place' as going back to a previous state - for 'place' means state, see 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387, 3404 - and therefore the words used here mean the end of the representation by means of Laban. All that has been shown makes it clear that every single part of the Word has an interior content, which is of such a nature that it is suited to the perception of the angels present with man. For example, when the word 'bread' is used in the Word the angels do not call to mind material bread but spiritual bread, and so instead of bread perceive the Lord who, as He Himself teaches in John 6:33, 35, is the Bread of life. And because they perceive the Lord they perceive the things which derive from Him, and therefore His love towards the whole human race. In so doing they perceive at the same time man's reciprocal love to the Lord, for these two kinds of love are knit together within one idea occupying their thought and affection.

[2] Not unlike this are the thoughts of the person who has a holy mind, when he receives the bread in the Holy Supper; for at that time he does not think of the bread but of the Lord and His mercy, and of the things which constitute love to Him and charity towards the neighbour, because he is thinking about repentance and amendment of life. Yet the way people think about these things varies according to the degree of holiness present not only in their thought but also in their affection. From this it is evident that when 'bread' is mentioned in the Word no idea of bread presents itself to angels but the idea of love and of countless things connected with love. It is similar when wine is referred to in the Word and also received in the Holy Supper. In this case angels do not think at all of wine but of charity towards the neighbour. This being so, and since man in this way is linked to heaven and through heaven to the Lord, bread and wine have been made the symbols and unite a person who leads a holy life to heaven, and through heaven to the Lord.

[3] The same applies to every detail within the Word, and therefore the Word is the means by which man is united to the Lord. If that uniting means did not exist heaven would not be able to flow in with man - for without a means no uniting together would be possible - but would remove itself from him. And if heaven were removed it would no longer be possible for anyone to be led to that which is good, not even to physical and worldly good. Instead all restraints, including external ones, would be abolished. For the Lord governs the person in whom good dwells by means of internal restraints, which are those of conscience, whereas the person in whom evil dwells is governed solely by external restraints. If these were abolished everybody governed solely by external restraints would become insane in the way a person is insane who has no fear of the law, no fear for his life, nor any fear of losing position and gain, and so of reputation - for these are the external bonds - and so the human race would perish. This explains why the Word exists, and the true nature of the Word. The Lord's Church where the Word exists is like the heart and the lungs, and the Lord's Church where it does not exist is like all the other internal organs which get their life from the heart and lungs - see 637, 931, 2054, 2853.

  
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