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Hesekiel 10

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1 Och jag fick se att på fästet, som vilade på kerubernas huvuden, fanns något som tycktes vara av safirsten, något som till utseendet liknade en tron; detta syntes ovanpå dem.

2 Och han sade till mannen som var klädd i linnekläderna, han sade: »Gå in mellan rundlarna, in under keruben, och tag dina händer fulla med eldsglöd från platsen mellan keruberna, och strö ut dem över staden.» Och jag såg honom gå.

3 Och keruberna stodo till höger om huset, när mannen gick ditin, och molnet uppfyllde den inre förgården.

4 Men HERRENS härlighet höjde sig upp från keruben och flyttade sig till husets tröskel; och huset uppfylldes då av molnet, och förgården blev full av glansen från HERRENS härlighet.

5 Och dånet av kerubernas vingar hördes ända till den yttre förgården, likt Gud den Allsmäktiges röst, då han talar.

6 Och när han nu bjöd mannen som var klädd i linnekläderna och sade: »Tag eld från platsen mellan rundlarna, inne mellan keruberna», då gick denne ditin och ställde sig bredvid ett av hjulen.

7 Då räckte keruben där ut sin hand, mellan de andra keruberna, till elden som brann mellan keruberna, och tog därav och lade i händerna på honom som var klädd i linnekläderna; och denne tog det och gick så ut.

8 Och under vingarna på keruberna så syntes något som var bildat såsom en människohand.

9 Och jag fick se fyra hjul stå invid keruberna ett hjul invid var kerub och det såg ut som om hjulen voro av något som liknade krysolitsten.

10 De sågo alla fyra likadana ut, och ett hjul tycktes vara insatt i ett annat.

11 När de skulle gå, kunde de gå åt alla fyra sidorna, de behövde icke vända sig, när de gingo. Ty åt det håll dit den främste begav sig gingo de andra efter, utan att de behövde vända sig, när de gingo.

12 Och hela deras kropp, deras rygg, deras händer och deras vingar, så ock hjulen, voro fulla med ögon runt omkring; de fyra hade nämligen var sitt hjul.

13 Och jag hörde att hjulen kallades »rundlar».

14 Och var och en hade fyra ansikten; det första ansiktet var en kerubs, det andra en människas, det tredje ett lejons, det fjärde en örns.

15 Och keruberna höjde sig upp; de var samma väsenden som jag hade sett vid strömmen Kebar.

16 Och när keruberna gingo, gingo ock hjulen invid dem; och när keruberna lyfte sina vingar för att höja sig över jorden, skilde sig hjulen icke ifrån dem.

17 När de stodo stilla, stodo ock dessa stilla, och när de höjde sig, höjde sig ock dessa med dem, ty väsendenas ande var i dem.

18 Och HERRENS härlighet flyttade I sig bort ifrån husets tröskel och stannade över keruberna.

19 Då såg jag huru keruberna lyfte sina vingar och höjde sig från jorden, när de begåvo sig bort, och hjulen jämte dem; och de stannade vid ingången till östra porten på HERRENS hus, och Israels Guds härlighet vilade ovanpå dem.

20 Det var samma väsenden som jag: hade sett under Israels Gud vid strömmen Kebar, och jag märkte att det var keruber.

21 Var och en hade fyra ansikten och fyra vingar, och under deras vingar var något som liknade människohänder.

22 Och deras ansikten voro likadana som de ansikten jag hade sett vid strömmen Kebar, så sågo de ut, och sådana voro de. Och de gingo alla rakt fram.

   

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Conjugial Love #26

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26. Again I swear in truth that these events and words occurred as I have related them, the first ones in the world of spirits, which is midway between heaven and hell, and the subsequent ones in a society of heaven, the society from which came the angel with the trumpet, who acted as guide.

Who in the Christian world would know anything about heaven and the joys and happiness there - knowledge of which is also knowledge of salvation - unless it pleased the Lord to open to someone the sight of his spirit and to show him and teach him?

Corroboration that things like these occur in the spiritual world appears plainly from the things seen and heard by the apostle John, as described in the book of Revelation. For example, he describes having seen the following:

The Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands. 1

A tabernacle, temple, ark, and altar in heaven. 2

A book sealed with seven seals. The book opened, and horses going out of it. 3

Four living creatures around a throne. 4

Twelve thousand taken from each tribe. 5

Locusts arising out of the abyss. 6

A dragon and its fight with Michael. 7

A woman giving birth to a male child and fleeing into the wilderness because of the dragon. 8

Two beasts, one rising up out of the sea, the other out of the earth. 9

A woman sitting on a scarlet beast. 10

The dragon cast into a lake of fire and brimstone. 11

A white horse, and a great supper. 12

A new heaven and a new earth, and the holy Jerusalem coming down, described as to its gates, wall, and foundations. 13

Also a river of water of life, and trees of life yielding fruits every month. 14

Besides many other things, all of which were seen by John, and seen when he was in the spirit 15 in the spiritual world and in heaven. In addition, those things which were seen by the apostles after the Lord's resurrection. 16 And which were later seen by Peter (Acts of the Apostles 11). 17 Also which were then seen and heard by Paul. 18

Moreover, there were the things seen by the prophets. For example, Ezekiel saw the following:

Four living creatures, which were cherubs. (Ezekiel 1 and 10)

A new temple and a new earth, and an angel measuring them. (Ezekiel 40-48)

Being carried off to Jerusalem, he saw the abominations there. (Ezekiel 8) And he was also carried off into Chaldea, to those in captivity. (Ezekiel 11) 19

Something similar happened with Zechariah:

He saw a man riding among myrtle trees. (Zechariah 1:8 ff.)

He saw four horns, and then a man with a measuring line in his hand. (Zechariah 1:18 ff., 2:1 ff.)

He saw a lampstand and two olive trees. (Zechariah 4:1 ff.)

He saw a flying scroll, and an ephah. (Zechariah 5:1, 6)

He saw four chariots coming from between two mountains, with horses. (Zechariah 6:1 ff.)

Likewise with Daniel:

He saw four beasts come up from the sea. (Daniel 7:1 ff.)

Also the combats of a ram and a goat. (Daniel 8:1 ff.)

He saw the angel Gabriel, who spoke at length with him. (Daniel 9) 20

Moreover, Elisha's young man saw fiery chariots and horses around Elisha, and he saw them when his eyes were opened. 21

From these and many other passages in the Word, it is evident that the things which exist in the spiritual world have appeared to many, before and after the Lord's Advent. Why should it be surprising for them to appear also now, when the Church is beginning and the New Jerusalem is coming down from the Lord out of heaven

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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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Ezekiel 48

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1 Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they shall have their sides east [and] west), Dan, one [portion].

2 By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one [portion].

3 By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one [portion].

4 By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one [portion].

5 By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one [portion].

6 By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one [portion].

7 By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one [portion].

8 By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand [reeds] in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in its midst.

9 The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand [reeds] in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

10 For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in its midst.

11 [It shall be] for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my instruction, who didn't go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

12 It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

13 Answerable to the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

14 They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh.

15 The five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in its midst.

16 These shall be its measures: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

17 The city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.

18 The remainder in the length, answerable to the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be answerable to the holy offering; and its increase shall be for food to those who labor in the city.

19 Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.

20 All the offering shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you shall offer the holy offering foursquare, with the possession of the city.

21 The residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, answerable to the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in its midst.

22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it shall be for the prince.

23 As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one [portion].

24 By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one [portion].

25 By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one [portion].

26 By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one [portion].

27 By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one [portion].

28 By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea.

29 This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord Yahweh.

30 These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure;

31 and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.

32 At the east side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

33 At the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.

34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.

35 It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] around: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.