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Ezekielis 20

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1 Septintaisiais metais, penkto mėnesio dešimtą dieną, keli Izraelio vyresnieji atėjo pasiklausti Viešpaties ir atsisėdo priešais mane.

2 Viešpats kalbėjo man:

3 “Žmogaus sūnau, paklausk Izraelio vyresniųjų, ar jie atėjo pasiklausti manęs? Kaip Aš gyvas, jiems neatsakysiu,­sako Viešpats Dievas.­

4 Žmogaus sūnau, ar tu neteisi jų? Primink jiems jų tėvų bjaurystes.

5 Sakyk jiems: ‘Taip sako Viešpats Dievas: ‘Aš išsirinkau Izraelį, Aš prisiekiau, pakėlęs ranką, Jokūbo namų palikuonims, apsireiškiau jiems Egipto krašte, sakydamas: ‘Aš esu Viešpats, jūsų Dievas’.

6 dieną Aš, pakėlęs ranką, prisiekiau, kad išvesiu juos iš Egipto krašto ir nuvesiu į mano numatytą jiems žemę, tekančią pienu ir medumi,­į geriausią kraštą iš visų.

7 Aš jiems sakiau: ‘Kiekvienas pašalinkite bjaurystes nuo savo akių ir nesusitepkite Egipto stabais. Aš esu Viešpats, jūsų Dievas’.

8 Bet jie buvo maištingi ir neklausė manęs, nė vienas nepašalino nuo savo akių bjaurysčių ir nepaliko Egipto stabų. Tuomet Aš ketinau išlieti savo rūstybę ant jų dar Egipto krašte.

9 Tačiau dėl savo vardo susilaikiau, kad jo nepažeminčiau tarp pagonių tautų, kur jie gyveno, kurių akivaizdoje Aš apsireiškiau, žadėdamas išvesti juos iš Egipto krašto.

10 Aš išvedžiau juos iš Egipto krašto ir, atvedęs į dykumą,

11 daviau jiems savo įsakymus ir pamokiau nuostatų, kurių laikydamasis žmogus gyvens.

12 Daviau sabatą, ženklą tarp jų ir manęs, kad jie žinotų, jog Aš esu Viešpats, kuris juos pašventinu.

13 Izraelitai maištavo prieš mane dykumoje. Jie nesilaikė mano įsakymų ir atmetė mano nuostatus, kuriuos vykdydamas žmogus gyvens; jie sutepė ir mano sabatus. Aš norėjau išlieti savo rūstybę dykumoje ir juos visai sunaikinti,

14 tačiau to nepadariau dėl savo vardo, kad nebūčiau niekinamas pagonių tautų, kurių akivaizdoje juos išvedžiau iš Egipto.

15 Tačiau, pakėlęs ranką, prisiekiau dykumoje, kad jų neįvesiu į pažadėtąją žemę, tekančią pienu ir medumi, į kraštą, geriausią iš visų.

16 Jie atmetė mano įsakymus, nesilaikė nuostatų ir sutepė sabatus, nes jų širdis buvo linkusi prie stabų.

17 Aš pasigailėjau jų ir visų nesunaikinau ir nepadariau jiems galo dykumoje.

18 Jų vaikams įsakiau: ‘Nesilaikykite savo tėvų nuostatų, nesielkite kaip jie ir nesusiterškite stabais.

19 Aš esu Viešpats, jūsų Dievas. Laikykitės mano įsakymų ir vykdykite mano nuostatus,

20 švęskite sabatą kaip ženklą tarp manęs ir jūsų ir žinokite, kad Aš esu Viešpats, jūsų Dievas.

21 Bet ir jų vaikai maištavo prieš mane. Jie nesilaikė mano įsakymų ir nevykdė mano nuostatų, kuriuos vykdydamas žmogus gyvens. Norėjau išlieti ant jų savo rūstybę dykumoje,

22 tačiau susilaikiau dėl savo vardo, kad nebūčiau niekinamas tarp pagonių, kurių akivaizdoje juos išvedžiau iš Egipto.

23 Pakėlęs ranką, dykumoje prisiekiau, kad juos išsklaidysiu ir išblaškysiu tarp pagonių,

24 nes jie nesilaikė mano įsakymų, atmetė nuostatus, sutepė sabatą ir sekė tėvų stabus.

25 Tad ir Aš daviau jiems klaidingų įsakymų ir tokių nuostatų, kurių laikydamiesi jie negalėjo gyventi.

26 Jie susitepė savo dovanomis, leisdami savo pirmagimius per ugnį, kad paversčiau juos dykyne ir galiausiai jie pažintų, jog Aš esu Viešpats’.

27 Todėl, žmogaus sūnau, kalbėk izraelitams ir sakyk jiems: ‘Taip sako Viešpats Dievas: ‘Jūsų tėvai piktžodžiavo ir paniekino mane.

28 Kai juos įvedžiau į kraštą, kurį, pakėlęs ranką, buvau prisiekęs jiems duoti, jie, pamatę aukštesnę kalvą arba šakotą medį, aukojo ten aukas ir nešė dovanas, sukeldami mano rūstybę’.

29 Aš juos klausiau: ‘Kokia tai aukštuma, į kurią einate?’ Iki šios dienos jos vardas Bama.

30 Todėl klausk izraelitų: ‘Ar jūs nesusitepę, kaip ir jūsų tėvai, bjauriais stabais?

31 Kai jūs aukojate aukas ir deginate vaikus, patys susitepate stabais iki šios dienos. Ar tad Aš turėčiau jums atsakyti? Kaip Aš gyvas, Aš neatsakysiu jums,­sako Viešpats Dievas.­

32 Niekada neįvyks, kaip jūs manote ir sakote: ‘Kaip pagonys ir kitų kraštų tautos, taip ir mes tarnausime medžiui ir akmenims’.

33 Kaip Aš gyvas,­sako Viešpats,­Aš valdysiu jus galinga ištiesta ranka, išliedamas savo rūstybę.

34 Aš išvesiu jus iš tautų, surinksiu iš kraštų, kur esate išsklaidyti, savo galinga ir ištiesta ranka ir išliedamas savo rūstybę.

35 Aš nuvesiu jus į tautų dykumą ir ten su jumis bylinėsiuosi veidas į veidą.

36 Kaip bylinėjausi su jūsų tėvais Egipto šalies dykumoje, taip bylinėsiuosi su jumis.

37 Tada jus pervesiu po lazda ir įvesiu į sandoros ryšius.

38 Aš atskirsiu nuo jūsų maištininkus ir man nusikaltusius, išvesiu juos iš krašto, kuriame jie dabar svetimi, bet į Izraelio kraštą jie nesugrįš. Tada žinosite, kad Aš esu Viešpats’.

39 Apie jus, izraelitai, Viešpats Dievas taip sako: ‘Kurie nenorite manęs klausyti, eikite ir tarnaukite savo stabams, bet mano šventojo vardo nebesutepkite savo aukomis ir stabais.

40 Šventame mano kalne, Izraelio aukštame kalne, man tarnaus visas Izraelis. Ten Aš priimsiu juos ir pareikalausiu iš jūsų aukų, pirmavaisių ir pašvęstų daiktų.

41 Aš priimsiu jus ir malonų jūsų aukų kvapą, kai išvesiu jus iš tautų ir surinksiu iš kraštų, kur esate išsklaidyti, ir būsiu pašventintas jumyse pagonių akivaizdoje.

42 Tada žinosite, kad Aš esu Viešpats, kai jus įvesiu į Izraelio kraštą, kurį prisiekiau duoti jūsų tėvams.

43 Ten atsiminsite savo kelius ir darbus, kuriais susitepėte, ir bjaurėsitės savęs dėl savo padarytų piktadarysčių.

44 Tada žinosite, kad Aš esu Viešpats, kai pasielgsiu su jumis dėl savo vardo, neatsižvelgdamas į jūsų nedorus kelius ir piktus darbus’ ”.

45 Viešpats kalbėjo man:

46 “Žmogaus sūnau, žiūrėk pietų pusėn, kalbėk ir pranašauk miškui pietų šalyje.

47 Sakyk miškui pietuose: ‘Išgirsk Viešpaties žodį. Aš įžiebsiu ugnį ir sudeginsiu visus tavo žalius ir sausus medžius. Liepsnos neužges, kol visa bus sudeginta nuo pietų iki šiaurės.

48 Tada visi matys, kad Aš, Viešpats, padegiau mišką, ir jis neužges’ ”.

49 Tada aš atsiliepiau: “Ak, Viešpatie Dieve, jie sako apie mane: ‘Ar jis ne palyginimais kalba?’ ”

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2184

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2184. That 'butter' is the celestial part of the rational, 'milk' the spiritual deriving from this, and 'the young bull' the corresponding natural part, is clear from the meaning of 'butter', and of 'milk', and also of 'a young bull'. As regards 'butter', this in the Word means that which is celestial, and this because of the fat present in butter; for 'fat' means that which is celestial, as shown in Volume One, in 353, and 'oil', being fat, means the celestial itself, in 886. That 'butter' has the same meaning becomes clear in Isaiah,

Behold, a virgin is bearing a son, and will call His name Immanuel. Butter and honey will he eat that he may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. Isaiah 7:14-15.

This refers to the Lord, who is Immanuel; and anyone may see that butter is not meant by 'butter', nor honey by 'honey'. But by 'butter' is meant His celestial, and by 'honey' that which is derived from that celestial.

[2] In the same chapter,

And it will be, because of the abundance of milk which they give, that he will eat butter, for butter and honey will everyone eat that is left in the midst of the land. Isaiah 7:22.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom, and to those on earth who are members of the Lord's kingdom. 'Milk' here stands for spiritual good, 'butter' for celestial good, and 'honey' for the happiness derived from this.

[3] In Moses,

Jehovah alone leads him, and there is no foreign god with him. He causes him to ride on the heights of the land, and He feeds [him] with the produce of the fields, and He causes him to suck honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock - butter from the herd, and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs and of rams, the breed 1 of Bashan, and of goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape you will drink unmixed wine. Deuteronomy 32:12-14.

No one is able to understand what all these things mean unless he knows the internal sense of each one. It seems like a pile of expressions such as belong to the oratory employed by the wise men of the world. But yet each expression means that which is celestial and that which is spiritual going with it, and also the blessing and happiness which flow from these, and all of them in a co-ordinated sequence. 'Butter from the herd' is the celestial-natural, 'milk from the flock' the celestial-spiritual of the rational.

[4] As regards 'milk' however, this means, as has been stated, that which is spiritual derived from that which is celestial, that is, the celestial-spiritual. What the celestial-spiritual is, see Volume One, in 1577, 1824, and in various other places. The reason 'milk' means that which is spiritual derived from that which is celestial is that 'water' means that which is spiritual, 680, 739, while milk, because of the fat in it, means the celestial-spiritual; or (what amounts to the same) truth rooted in good; or (also amounting to the same) faith grounded in love or charity; or (yet the same) the understanding part of the good present in the will; or (likewise amounting to the same) the affection for truth that has the affection for good within it; or (still yet the same) the affection for cognitions and facts that springs from the affection that belongs to charity towards the neighbour, such as exists with those who love the neighbour and confirm themselves in this love from the cognitions of faith and also from factual knowledge, which they love because they love the neighbour. All these are the same as the celestial-spiritual, and may be used in reference to any particular matter under discussion.

[5] That the celestial-spiritual is meant is also evident from the Word, as in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money on that which is not bread? Isaiah 55:1-2.

Here 'wine' stands for the spiritual element of faith, 'milk' for the spiritual element of love. In Moses,

He washes his garment in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are redder than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk. Genesis 49:11-12.

This is the prophecy of Jacob, who by now was Israel, regarding Judah - 'Judah' being used here to describe the Lord. By 'teeth whiter than milk' is meant the celestial-spiritual which belonged to His Natural.

[6] In Joel,

It will be, on that day, that the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will run with milk, and all the streams of Judah will run with water. Joel 3:18.

Here, where the subject is the Lord's kingdom, 'milk' stands for the celestial-spiritual. Also in the Word the land of Canaan, which represents and means the Lord's kingdom, is called 'a land flowing with milk and honey', as in Numbers 13:27; 14:8; Deuteronomy 26:9, 15; 27:3; Jeremiah 11:5; 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6, 15. In these places nothing else is meant by 'milk' than the abundance of celestial-spiritual things, and by 'honey' the abundant happiness derived from these. 'Land' is the celestial part itself of the kingdom from which they come.

[7] As regards 'a young bull' meaning the celestial-natural, this has been shown just above in 2180. The celestial-natural is the same as natural good, that is, good within the natural. Man's natural, like his rational, has its own good and its own truth, for then a marriage of good and truth exists everywhere, as stated above in 2173. The good that belongs to the natural is the delight which is perceived from charity, that is, from the friendship that is the product of charity; and from that delight springs the joy or satisfaction which belongs properly to the body. The truth of the natural consists in that factual knowledge which gives support to that delight. All this shows what the celestial-natural is.

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1. literally, sons

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 680

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680. The fact that goods and truths are man's real food may be clear to anyone, for the person who is deprived of them has no life within himself, and is a dead man. The food on which the soul of the person feeds who is dead in this sense consists of the delights arising from evils, and of the pleasures gained from falsities. These are the food of death. These delights and pleasures also derive from bodily, worldly, and natural things, which have no life at all within them. Furthermore such a person does not know what spiritual and celestial food is. Every time 'food' or 'bread' is mentioned in the Word he assumes that food for the body is meant. In the words of the Lord's Prayer, 'Give us our daily bread', for example, he thinks purely of nourishment for the body. There are some whose ideas do extend further and who assert that this petition includes all other physical requirements, such as clothing, money, and so on. Indeed they will argue fiercely that no other kind of food is meant, even though they clearly see that the petitions coming before and after it entail purely celestial and spiritual things, and refer to the Lord's kingdom, and possibly know as well that the Lord's Word is celestial and spiritual.

[2] From this and other similar considerations it becomes sufficiently clear just how bodily-minded the man of today is, and that like the Jews, he is unwilling to accept anything stated in the Word except in a very crude and materialistic way. The Lord Himself clearly teaches what His Word means by 'food' and 'bread': He speaks of food in John as follows,

Jesus said, Do not labour for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man gives you. John 6:27.

And of bread He says in the same gospel,

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living Bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread he will live for ever. John 6:49-51, 58.

Even today there are people who, like those who first heard these words, declare,

This is a hard saying; who can listen to it? And some drew back and no longer walked with Him. John 6:60, 66.

To those people the Lord said,

The words which I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6:63.

[3] It is similar with water, in that it means the spiritual things of faith: He speaks of water in John as follows,

Jesus said, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but he who drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up into eternal life. John 4:13-14.

Even today there are people like the woman to whom the Lord spoke at the spring, who replied,

Sir, give me this water that I may not thirst nor come here to draw. John 4:15.

[4] In the Word 'food' means nothing other than spiritual and celestial food, which is faith in the Lord and love. This is clear from many places in the Word, as in Jeremiah,

The enemy has stretched out his hand over all the desirable things of Jerusalem, because she saw the nations come into her sanctuary, concerning whom You did command, They shall not enter your congregation. All the people groan as they search for bread. They have given their desirable things for food to restore the soul. Lamentations 1:10-11.

Here no other bread or food is meant than spiritual, for the subject is the sanctuary. In the same author,

I called to my lovers, they deceived me. My priests and my elders breathed their last in the city, for they sought food for themselves to refresh their soul. Lamentations 1:19.

Here the meaning is similar. In David,

They all look to You to give them their food in due season. You givest to them - they gather it up. You openest Your hand - they are satisfied with good. Psalms 104:27-28.

This in like manner stands for spiritual and celestial food.

[5] In Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

Here 'wine and milk' stands for spiritual and celestial drink. In the same prophet,

A virgin is conceiving and bearing a son, and you will call His name Immanuel. Butter and honey will He eat that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. It will be that because of the abundance of milk they produce he will eat butter, for butter and honey will everyone eat that is left in the midst of the land. Isaiah 7:14-15, 22.

Here 'eating honey and butter' means that which is celestial-spiritual, and 'those who are left' stands for remnants, which are referred to in Malachi as well,

Bring all the tithes 1 to the storehouse that there may be food in My house. Malachi 3:10.

'Tithes' 1 stands for remnants. Further concerning the meaning of 'food', see 56-58, 276.

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1. or tenths

  
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