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Ezekiel 47

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1 και εισηγαγεν με επι τα προθυρα του οικου και ιδου υδωρ εξεπορευετο υποκατωθεν του αιθριου κατ' ανατολας οτι το προσωπον του οικου εβλεπεν κατ' ανατολας και το υδωρ κατεβαινεν απο του κλιτους του δεξιου απο νοτου επι το θυσιαστηριον

2 και εξηγαγεν με κατα την οδον της πυλης της προς βορραν και περιηγαγεν με την οδον εξωθεν προς την πυλην της αυλης της βλεπουσης κατ' ανατολας και ιδου το υδωρ κατεφερετο απο του κλιτους του δεξιου

3 καθως εξοδος ανδρος εξ εναντιας και μετρον εν τη χειρι αυτου και διεμετρησεν χιλιους εν τω μετρω και διηλθεν εν τω υδατι υδωρ αφεσεως

4 και διεμετρησεν χιλιους και διηλθεν εν τω υδατι υδωρ εως των μηρων και διεμετρησεν χιλιους και διηλθεν υδωρ εως οσφυος

5 και διεμετρησεν χιλιους και ουκ ηδυνατο διελθειν οτι εξυβριζεν το υδωρ ως ροιζος χειμαρρου ον ου διαβησονται

6 και ειπεν προς με ει εωρακας υιε ανθρωπου και ηγαγεν με επι το χειλος του ποταμου

7 εν τη επιστροφη μου και ιδου επι του χειλους του ποταμου δενδρα πολλα σφοδρα ενθεν και ενθεν

8 και ειπεν προς με το υδωρ τουτο το εκπορευομενον εις την γαλιλαιαν την προς ανατολας και κατεβαινεν επι την αραβιαν και ηρχετο εως επι την θαλασσαν επι το υδωρ της διεκβολης και υγιασει τα υδατα

9 και εσται πασα ψυχη των ζωων των εκζεοντων επι παντα εφ' α αν επελθη εκει ο ποταμος ζησεται και εσται εκει ιχθυς πολυς σφοδρα οτι ηκει εκει το υδωρ τουτο και υγιασει και ζησεται παν εφ' ο αν επελθη ο ποταμος εκει ζησεται

10 και στησονται εκει αλεεις απο αινγαδιν εως αιναγαλιμ ψυγμος σαγηνων εσται καθ' αυτην εσται και οι ιχθυες αυτης ως οι ιχθυες της θαλασσης της μεγαλης πληθος πολυ σφοδρα

11 και εν τη διεκβολη αυτου και εν τη επιστροφη αυτου και εν τη υπεραρσει αυτου ου μη υγιασωσιν εις αλας δεδονται

12 και επι του ποταμου αναβησεται επι του χειλους αυτου ενθεν και ενθεν παν ξυλον βρωσιμον ου μη παλαιωθη επ' αυτου ουδε μη εκλιπη ο καρπος αυτου της καινοτητος αυτου πρωτοβολησει διοτι τα υδατα αυτων εκ των αγιων ταυτα εκπορευεται και εσται ο καρπος αυτων εις βρωσιν και αναβασις αυτων εις υγιειαν

13 ταδε λεγει κυριος θεος ταυτα τα ορια κατακληρονομησετε της γης ταις δωδεκα φυλαις των υιων ισραηλ προσθεσις σχοινισματος

14 και κατακληρονομησετε αυτην εκαστος καθως ο αδελφος αυτου εις ην ηρα την χειρα μου του δουναι αυτην τοις πατρασιν αυτων και πεσειται η γη αυτη υμιν εν κληρονομια

15 και ταυτα τα ορια της γης προς βορραν απο της θαλασσης της μεγαλης της καταβαινουσης και περισχιζουσης της εισοδου ημαθ σεδδαδα

16 βηρωθα σεβραιμ ηλιαμ ανα μεσον οριων δαμασκου και ανα μεσον οριων ημαθ αυλη του σαυναν αι εισιν επανω των οριων αυρανιτιδος

17 ταυτα τα ορια απο της θαλασσης απο της αυλης του αιναν ορια δαμασκου και τα προς βορραν

18 και τα προς ανατολας ανα μεσον της αυρανιτιδος και ανα μεσον δαμασκου και ανα μεσον της γαλααδιτιδος και ανα μεσον της γης του ισραηλ ο ιορδανης διοριζει επι την θαλασσαν την προς ανατολας φοινικωνος ταυτα τα προς ανατολας

19 και τα προς νοτον και λιβα απο θαιμαν και φοινικωνος εως υδατος μαριμωθ καδης παρεκτεινον επι την θαλασσαν την μεγαλην τουτο το μερος νοτος και λιψ

20 τουτο το μερος της θαλασσης της μεγαλης οριζει εως κατεναντι της εισοδου ημαθ εως εισοδου αυτου ταυτα εστιν τα προς θαλασσαν ημαθ

21 και διαμερισετε την γην ταυτην αυτοις ταις φυλαις του ισραηλ

22 βαλειτε αυτην εν κληρω υμιν και τοις προσηλυτοις τοις παροικουσιν εν μεσω υμων οιτινες εγεννησαν υιους εν μεσω υμων και εσονται υμιν ως αυτοχθονες εν τοις υιοις του ισραηλ μεθ' υμων φαγονται εν κληρονομια εν μεσω των φυλων του ισραηλ

23 και εσονται εν φυλη προσηλυτων εν τοις προσηλυτοις τοις μετ' αυτων εκει δωσετε κληρονομιαν αυτοις λεγει κυριος θεος

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #191

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191. "'I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God.'" This symbolically means that the truths they possess, springing from goodness derived from the Lord, sustain the Lord's church in heaven.

A temple symbolizes the church, and the temple of My God symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven. It is apparent from this that a pillar symbolizes what sustains and stabilizes the church, and that is the Divine truth in the Word.

In the highest sense, a temple symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, particularly in respect to Divine truth. In a representative sense, however, a temple symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven, and so also the Lord's church in the world.

That a temple in the highest sense symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, and particularly in respect to Divine truth, is apparent from the following passages:

(Jesus said to the Jews,) "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." ...He was speaking of the temple of His body. (John 2:19, 21)

I saw no temple in (the New Jerusalem), for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. (Revelation 21:22)

Behold..., the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire. (Malachi 3:1)

I will bow myself toward Your holy temple... (Psalms 138:2)

...I will look again toward Your holy temple... And my prayer went to You, to Your holy temple. (Jonah 2:4, 7)

Jehovah is in His holy temple. (Habakkuk 2:20)

The holy temple of Jehovah or of the Lord is His Divine humanity, for it is to this that people bow, look to, and pray, and not to the temple merely, as the temple is not, in itself, holy. It is called a holy temple, because holiness is predicated of Divine truth (no. 173).

"The temple that sanctifies the gold" in Matthew 23:16-17 means nothing else than the Lord's Divine humanity.

[2] That a temple in a representative sense symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven, is apparent from the following passages:

(The) voice (of Jehovah) from the temple...! (Isaiah 66:6)

...a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven... (Revelation 16:17)

The temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. (Revelation 11:19)

...the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. And out of the temple came the seven angels... And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God... (Revelation 15:5-6, 8)

I called upon Jehovah, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple... (Psalms 18:6)

I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty, and His skirts filled the temple. (Isaiah 6:1)

[3] That a temple symbolizes the church in the world is apparent from these passages:

Our holy... temple... has become a conflagration... (Isaiah 64:11)

I will shake all nations..., that I may fill this house with glory... The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former... (Haggai 2:7, 9)

The new temple in Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48 describes a church to be established by the Lord. A church is also meant in Revelation 11:1 by the temple that the angel measured. So likewise elsewhere, as in Isaiah 44:28, Jeremiah 7:2-4, 9-11, Zechariah 8:9.

...the disciples (of Jesus) came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, ."..Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left... upon another, that shall not be demolished." (Matthew 24:1-2)

The temple here symbolizes the church today; and its demolition means, symbolically, that not one stone would be left upon another. This symbolizes the end of that church, when not any truth would remain. For when the disciples spoke with the Lord about the temple, the Lord foretold the consecutive states of this church, even to its last one, or the end of the age; and the end of the age means the final period of the church, which is the one that exists today. This was represented by the destruction of that temple to its foundations.

[4] A temple has these three symbolic meanings, namely the Lord, the church in heaven, and the church in the world. Because these three are bound up together, they cannot be separated. Consequently one cannot be meant without the other. Therefore anyone who divorces the church in the world from the church in heaven, or the one or the other from the Lord, is without the truth.

The temple here means the church in heaven, because reference to the church in the world follows after this (no. 194).

  
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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.