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Izlazak 40

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1 I Gospod reče Mojsiju govoreći:

2 Prvi dan prvog meseca podigni šator, šator od sastanka,

3 I metni onde kovčeg od svedočanstva, i zakloni ga zavesom.

4 I unesi sto, i uredi šta treba urediti na njemu; unesi i svećnjak, i zapali žiške na njemu.

5 I namesti zlatni oltar kadioni pred kovčegom od svedočanstva; i obesi zaves na vratima od šatora.

6 I metni oltar za žrtvu paljenicu pred vrata šatoru, šatoru od sastanka,

7 I metni umivaonicu između šatora od sastanka i oltara, i u nju nalij vode.

8 I podigni trem unaokolo, i metni zaves na vrata od trema.

9 I uzmi ulje pomazanja, i pomaži šator i sve što je u njemu, i osveti ga i sve sprave njegove, i biće svet.

10 Pomaži i oltar za žrtvu paljenicu i sve sprave njegove, te ćeš osvetiti oltar, i oltar će biti svetinja nad svetinjom.

11 Pomaži i umivaonicu i podnožje njeno, i osveti je.

12 I kaži Aronu i sinovima njegovim da pristupe na vrata šatora od sastanka, i umij ih vodom;

13 I obuci Arona u svete haljine i pomaži ga i osveštaj ga, da mi vrši službu svešteničku.

14 I sinovima njegovim zapovedi neka mi pristupe, i obuci im košulje.

15 I pomaži ih, kao što pomažeš oca njihovog, da mi vrše službu svešteničku; i pomazanje njihovo biće im, za večno sveštenstvo od kolena do kolena.

16 I učini Mojsije sve, kako mu zapovedi Gospod tako učini.

17 I podiže se šator druge godine prvog meseca prvi dan.

18 I Mojsije podiže šator, i podmetnu mu stopice, i namesti daske, i povuče prevornice, i ispravi stupove.

19 Pa razape naslon nad šator, i metnu pokrivač na naslon ozgo, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

20 I uzevši svedočanstvo metnu ga u kovčeg, i provuče poluge na kovčegu, i metnu zaklopac ozgo na kovčeg.

21 I unese kovčeg u šator, i obesi zaves, te zakloni kovčeg sa svedočanstvom, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

22 I namesti sto u šatoru od sastanka na severnu stranu šatora pred zavesom,

23 I postavi na njemu hleb pred Gospodom kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

24 I namesti svećnjak u šatoru od sastanka, prema stolu na južnu stranu šatora.

25 I zapali žiške na njemu pred Gospodom, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

26 I namesti oltar zlatni u šatoru od svedočanstva pred zavesom.

27 I pokadi na njemu kadom mirisnim, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

28 I obesi zaves na vrata od šatora.

29 I oltar za žrtvu paljenicu namesti na vrata od šatora, šatora od sastanka, i prinese na njemu žrtvu paljenicu, i dar, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

30 I metnu umivaonicu između šatora od sastanka i oltara, i nali u nju vode za umivanje.

31 I praše iz nje ruke i noge svoje Mojsije i Aron i sinovi njegovi.

32 Kad ulažahu u šator od svedočanstva i kad pristupahu k oltaru, umivahu se najpre, kao što beše zapovedio Gospod Mojsiju.

33 I podiže trem oko šatora i oltara, i metnu zaves na vrata tremu. Tako svrši Mojsije posao taj.

34 Tada oblak pokri šator od sastanka, i napuni se šator slave Gospodnje.

35 I ne mogaše Mojsije ući u šator od sastanka, jer beše na njemu oblak, i slave Gospodnje beše pun šator.

36 A kad se podizaše oblak sa šatora, tada polažahu sinovi Izrailjevi, dokle god putovahu.

37 A kad se ne podizaše oblak, onda ni oni ne polažahu do dana kad se podiže.

38 Jer oblak Gospodnji beše na šatoru danju, a noću oganj beše na njemu pred očima svega doma Izrailjevog, dokle god putovahu.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #378

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378. "And have washed their robes." This symbolically means, who have cleansed their religious beliefs of the evils accompanying falsity.

Washing in the Word symbolizes a cleansing oneself of evils and falsities, and robes symbolize general truths (no. 328). General truths are concepts of goodness and truth drawn from the literal sense of the Word, in accordance with which these people have lived, so that they are religious beliefs. And because every matter of religion has relation to goodness and truth, therefore robes are mentioned twice - "have washed their robes" and "have made their robes white."

Robes or religious beliefs are cleansed only in the case of people who fight against evils and so reject falsities, who thus undergo temptations or trials, which are symbolically meant by "the great tribulation" (no. 377).

That to be washed means, symbolically, to be cleansed of evils and falsities, and so to be reformed and regenerated, can be seen from the following passages:

When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and rinsed away the blood of Jerusalem... by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of purification... (Isaiah 4:4)

Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from My eyes. Cease to do evil... (Isaiah 1:16)

Wash your heart of its wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved. (Jeremiah 4:14)

Wash me clean of my iniquity..., and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalms 51:2, 7)

...if you wash yourself with soda, and use much soap, your iniquity will still retain its spots. (Jeremiah 2:22)

If I wash myself with melted snow, and cleanse my hands with soap..., yet... my own clothes will abhor me. (Job 9:30-31)

Who... has washed his clothing in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes. (Genesis 49:11)

This is said of the celestial church, from which come people prompted by love toward the Lord, and in the highest sense it is said of the Lord Himself. Wine and the blood of grapes are spiritual and celestial Divine truth.

I washed you with water, and rinsed off your blood from upon you... (Ezekiel 16:9)

This is said of Jerusalem. Water is truth, and blood is an adulteration of truth.

[2] It can be seen from this what washing in the Israelite Church represented and thus symbolized. As, for example, that Aaron was to wash himself before he put on the vestments of his ministry (Leviticus 16:4, 24), and before he approached the altar to minister (Exodus 30:18-21; 40:30-31).

[3] It can be seen from this that among the children of Israel washing represented a spiritual washing, which is a cleansing from evils and falsities, and thus reformation and regeneration.

It is apparent also from the aforesaid what baptism by John in the Jordan symbolized (Matthew 3, Mark 1:4-13), and what the symbolic meaning of the following words by John regarding the Lord is, that He baptized with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Luke 3:16, John 1:33), and regarding himself, that he baptized with water (John 1:26). The meaning is that the Lord washes or purifies a person by Divine truth and Divine goodness, and that John by his baptism represented this. For the Holy Spirit is Divine truth, the fire is Divine goodness, and the water is representative of these. For water symbolizes the truth in the Word, which becomes goodness by one's living in accordance with it (no. 50).

  
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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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Matthew 3

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1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

2 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"

3 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. make his paths straight."

4 Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

6 They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!

9 Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

10 "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

11 I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

14 But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"

15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.

16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."