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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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Jeremiah 6

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1 "Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.

2 The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

3 Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place."

4 "Prepare war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

5 Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces."

6 For Yahweh of Armies said, "Cut down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

7 As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

8 Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited."

9 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like a vine. Turn again your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets."

10 To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen. Behold, the word of Yahweh has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

11 Therefore I am full of the wrath of Yahweh. I am weary with holding in. "Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.

12 Their houses shall be turned to others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land, says Yahweh."

13 "For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.

14 They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, 'Peace, Peace!' when there is no Peace.

15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them, they shall be cast down," says Yahweh.

16 Thus says Yahweh, "Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, 'Where is the good way?' and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'

17 I set watchmen over you, saying, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen!'

18 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them.

19 Hear, earth! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

20 To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me."

21 Therefore thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them. The neighbor and his friend shall perish."

22 Thus says Yahweh, "Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

23 They take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion."

24 We have heard its report; our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.

25 Don't go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.

26 Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.

27 "I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.

28 They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

29 The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

30 Men will call them rejected silver, because Yahweh has rejected them."