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Ezekiel 48

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1 και ταυτα τα ονοματα των φυλων απο της αρχης της προς βορραν κατα το μερος της καταβασεως του περισχιζοντος επι την εισοδον της ημαθ αυλης του αιναν οριον δαμασκου προς βορραν κατα μερος ημαθ αυλης και εσται αυτοις τα προς ανατολας εως προς θαλασσαν δαν μια

2 και απο των οριων του δαν τα προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν ασηρ μια

3 και απο των οριων ασηρ απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν νεφθαλιμ μια

4 και απο των οριων νεφθαλι απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν μανασση μια

5 και απο των οριων μανασση απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν εφραιμ μια

6 και απο των οριων εφραιμ απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν ρουβην μια

7 και απο των οριων ρουβην απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν ιουδα μια

8 και απο των οριων ιουδα απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν εσται η απαρχη του αφορισμου πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδες ευρος και μηκος καθως μια των μεριδων απο των προς ανατολας και εως των προς θαλασσαν και εσται το αγιον εν μεσω αυτων

9 απαρχη ην αφοριουσι τω κυριω μηκος πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδες και ευρος εικοσι και πεντε χιλιαδες

10 τουτων εσται η απαρχη των αγιων τοις ιερευσιν προς βορραν πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδες και προς θαλασσαν πλατος δεκα χιλιαδες και προς ανατολας πλατος δεκα χιλιαδες και προς νοτον μηκος εικοσι και πεντε χιλιαδες και το ορος των αγιων εσται εν μεσω αυτου

11 τοις ιερευσι τοις ηγιασμενοις υιοις σαδδουκ τοις φυλασσουσι τας φυλακας του οικου οιτινες ουκ επλανηθησαν εν τη πλανησει υιων ισραηλ ον τροπον επλανηθησαν οι λευιται

12 και εσται αυτοις η απαρχη δεδομενη εκ των απαρχων της γης αγιον αγιων απο των οριων των λευιτων

13 τοις δε λευιταις τα εχομενα των οριων των ιερεων μηκος πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδες και ευρος δεκα χιλιαδες παν το μηκος πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδες και ευρος εικοσι χιλιαδες

14 ου πραθησεται εξ αυτου ουδε καταμετρηθησεται ουδε αφαιρεθησεται τα πρωτογενηματα της γης οτι αγιον εστιν τω κυριω

15 τας δε πεντε χιλιαδας τας περισσας επι τω πλατει επι ταις πεντε και εικοσι χιλιασιν προτειχισμα εσται τη πολει εις την κατοικιαν και εις διαστημα αυτου και εσται η πολις εν μεσω αυτου

16 και ταυτα τα μετρα αυτης απο των προς βορραν πεντακοσιοι και τετρακισχιλιοι και απο των προς νοτον πεντακοσιοι και τεσσαρες χιλιαδες και απο των προς ανατολας πεντακοσιοι και τεσσαρες χιλιαδες και απο των προς θαλασσαν τετρακισχιλιους πεντακοσιους

17 και εσται διαστημα τη πολει προς βορραν διακοσιοι πεντηκοντα και προς νοτον διακοσιοι και πεντηκοντα και προς ανατολας διακοσιοι πεντηκοντα και προς θαλασσαν διακοσιοι πεντηκοντα

18 και το περισσον του μηκους το εχομενον των απαρχων των αγιων δεκα χιλιαδες προς ανατολας και δεκα χιλιαδες προς θαλασσαν και εσονται αι απαρχαι του αγιου και εσται τα γενηματα αυτης εις αρτους τοις εργαζομενοις την πολιν

19 οι δε εργαζομενοι την πολιν εργωνται αυτην εκ πασων των φυλων του ισραηλ

20 πασα η απαρχη πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδες επι πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδας τετραγωνον αφοριειτε αυτου την απαρχην του αγιου απο της κατασχεσεως της πολεως

21 το δε περισσον τω αφηγουμενω εκ τουτου και εκ τουτου απο των απαρχων του αγιου και εις την κατασχεσιν της πολεως επι πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδας μηκος εως των οριων των προς ανατολας και προς θαλασσαν επι πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδας εως των οριων των προς θαλασσαν εχομενα των μεριδων του αφηγουμενου και εσται η απαρχη των αγιων και το αγιασμα του οικου εν μεσω αυτης

22 και απο της κατασχεσεως των λευιτων και απο της κατασχεσεως της πολεως εν μεσω των αφηγουμενων εσται ανα μεσον των οριων ιουδα και ανα μεσον των οριων βενιαμιν των αφηγουμενων εσται

23 και το περισσον των φυλων απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν βενιαμιν μια

24 και απο των οριων των βενιαμιν απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν συμεων μια

25 και απο των οριων των συμεων απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν ισσαχαρ μια

26 και απο των οριων των ισσαχαρ απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν ζαβουλων μια

27 και απο των οριων των ζαβουλων απο των προς ανατολας εως των προς θαλασσαν γαδ μια

28 και απο των οριων των γαδ εως των προς λιβα και εσται τα ορια αυτου απο θαιμαν και υδατος μαριμωθ καδης κληρονομιας εως της θαλασσης της μεγαλης

29 αυτη η γη ην βαλειτε εν κληρω ταις φυλαις ισραηλ και ουτοι οι διαμερισμοι αυτων λεγει κυριος θεος

30 και αυται αι διεκβολαι της πολεως αι προς βορραν τετρακισχιλιοι και πεντακοσιοι μετρω

31 και αι πυλαι της πολεως επ' ονομασιν φυλων του ισραηλ πυλαι τρεις προς βορραν πυλη ρουβην μια και πυλη ιουδα μια και πυλη λευι μια

32 και τα προς ανατολας τετρακισχιλιοι και πεντακοσιοι και πυλαι τρεις πυλη ιωσηφ μια και πυλη βενιαμιν μια και πυλη δαν μια

33 και τα προς νοτον τετρακισχιλιοι και πεντακοσιοι μετρω και πυλαι τρεις πυλη συμεων μια και πυλη ισσαχαρ μια και πυλη ζαβουλων μια

34 και τα προς θαλασσαν τετρακισχιλιοι και πεντακοσιοι μετρω και πυλαι τρεις πυλη γαδ μια και πυλη ασηρ μια και πυλη νεφθαλιμ μια

35 κυκλωμα δεκα και οκτω χιλιαδες και το ονομα της πολεως αφ' ης αν ημερας γενηται εσται το ονομα αυτης

   

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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.

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Isaiah 66

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1 Thus says Yahweh, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?

2 For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be," says Yahweh: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

3 He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:

4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight."

5 Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake, have said, 'Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;' but it is those who shall be disappointed.

6 A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Yahweh that renders recompense to his enemies.

7 "Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a son.

8 Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?" says Yahweh: "shall I who cause to bring forth shut [the womb]?" says your God.

10 "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;

11 that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory."

12 For thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you will nurse. You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees.

13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem."

14 You will see [it], and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Yahweh shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.

15 For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

16 For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.

17 "Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together," says Yahweh.

18 "For I [know] their works and their thoughts: [the time] comes, that I will gather all nations and languages; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.

19 "I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

20 They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of Yahweh.

21 Of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites," says Yahweh.

22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me," says Yahweh, "so your seed and your name shall remain.

23 It shall happen, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me," says Yahweh.

24 "They shall go forth, and look on the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they will be loathsome to all mankind."