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1 我们被掳掠第二十五年,耶路撒冷城攻破十四年,正在年初,之初十日,耶和华的灵(原文是)降在我身上,他把我到以色列地。

2 的异象中带我到以色列,安置在至上;在上的边有彷佛一座城建立。

3 我到那里,见有一,颜色(原文是形状)如铜,拿麻绳和量度的竿,站在门口

4 对我子啊,凡我所指示你的,你都要用眼,用耳,并要放在上。我带你到这里,特为要指示你;凡你所见的,你都要告诉以色列家。

5 我见殿四围有。那量度的竿,长肘,每肘是肘零掌。他用竿量,厚竿,高竿。

6 他到了朝东的,就上的台阶,量的这槛,宽竿;又量的那槛,宽竿。

7 又有卫房,每房长竿,宽竿,相隔五肘。槛,就是挨着向殿的廊槛,宽竿。

8 他又量向殿的廊子,宽竿。

9 又量廊,宽肘,墙柱厚肘;那的廊子向着殿。

10 洞有卫房:这旁间,那旁间,都是样的尺寸;这边的柱子和那边的柱子,也是样的尺寸。

11 他量门口,宽肘,长十三肘。

12 卫房前展出的境界:这边肘,那边肘;卫房这边肘,那边肘。

13 又量洞,从这卫房顶的後檐到那卫房顶的後檐,宽二十五肘;卫房相对。

14 又量(原文是造)廊子六十肘(七十士译本是二十肘),墙柱外是院子,有廊为界,在洞两边。

15 从大门口到内廊前,共五十肘。

16 卫房和洞两旁柱间并廊子,都有严紧的窗棂;里边都有窗棂,柱上有雕刻的棕树。

17 我到外院,见院的四围有铺石地;铺石地上有屋子三十间。

18 铺石地,就是矮铺石地在各洞两旁,以洞的长短为度。

19 他从下量到内院外,共宽一肘,东面面都是如此。

20 他量外院朝,长宽若干。

21 洞的卫房,这旁间,那旁间。洞的柱子和廊子,与第一的尺寸一样。洞长五十肘,宽二十五肘。

22 其窗棂和廊子,并雕刻的棕树,与朝东的尺寸一样。登层台阶上到这

23 内院有与这相对,面东面都是如此。他从这量到那,共一肘。

24 他带我往去,见朝,又照先前的尺寸量洞的柱子和廊子。

25 门洞两旁与廊子的周围都有窗棂,和先量的窗棂一样。门洞长五十肘,宽二十五肘。

26 层台阶上到这门,前面有廊子,柱上有雕刻的棕树,这边棵,那边棵。

27 内院朝。从这量到朝的那,共一肘。

28 我从到内院,就照先前的尺寸量

29 卫房和柱子,并廊子都照先前的尺寸。门洞两旁与廊子的周围都有窗棂。门洞长五十肘,宽二十五肘。

30 周围有廊子,长二十五肘,宽五肘。

31 廊子朝着外院,柱上有雕刻的棕树。登层台阶,上到这门。

32 我到内院的东面,就照先前的尺寸量东

33 卫房和柱子,并廊子都照先前的尺寸。门洞两旁与廊子的周围都有窗棂。门洞长五十肘,宽二十五肘。

34 廊子朝着外院。门洞两旁的柱子,都有雕刻的棕树。登层台阶,上到这门。

35 我到,就照先前的尺寸量那

36 就是量卫房和柱子,并廊子。门洞周围都有窗棂;门洞长五十肘,宽二十五肘。

37 廊柱朝着外院。门洞两旁的柱子都有雕刻的棕树。登层台阶,上到这门。

38 洞的柱旁有屋子和;祭司(原文是他们)在那里洗燔祭牲。

39 廊内,这边有两张桌子,那边有两张桌子,在其上可以宰杀燔祭牲、赎祭牲,和赎愆祭牲。

40 上到朝门口,这边有两张桌子廊那边也有两张桌子

41 这边有桌子,那边有桌子,共张;在其上祭司宰杀牺牲。

42 为燔祭牲有桌子,是凿过的石头做成的,长肘半,宽肘半,肘。祭司将宰杀燔祭牲和平安祭牲所用的器皿放在其上。

43 有钩子,宽掌,钉在廊内的四围。桌子上有牺牲的

44 旁,内院里有屋子,为歌的人而设。这屋子朝:原文是东);在旁,又有间朝

45 他对我:这朝子是为看守殿宇的祭司

46 那朝的屋子是为看守祭坛祭司。这些祭司是利未人中撒督的子孙,近前来事奉耶和华的

47 他又量内院,长一肘,宽一肘,是见方的。祭坛在殿前。

48 於是他我到殿前的廊子,量廊子的墙柱。这面厚五肘,那面厚五肘。两旁,这边肘,那边肘。

49 廊子长二十肘,宽十肘。上廊子有台阶,靠近墙又有子,这边根,那边根。

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #896

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896. 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit onto a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. This symbolizes John's being transported into the third heaven and his sight opened there, and the Lord's New Church in respect to its doctrine being presented to him in the form of a city.

John's being carried away in the spirit onto a great and high mountain means, symbolically, that he was transported into the third heaven, where those people dwell who are impelled by love from the Lord and possess a doctrine of genuine truth from Him. Greatness is also predicated of goodness, and height of truths.

His being carried away onto a mountain symbolically means into the third heaven, because he is said to have been in the spirit, and someone who is in the spirit is as to his mind and sight in the spiritual world. Moreover, in the spiritual world angels of the third heaven dwell on mountains, angels of the second heaven on hills, and angels of the lowest heaven in valleys between the hills and mountains. Consequently, when someone is carried away in the spirit onto a mountain, it symbolically means into the third heaven. This carrying away takes place in a moment, because it is achieved by a change in the person's state of mind.

The angel's showing to John symbolizes his sight being opened then and a revelation. The great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God symbolizes the Lord's New Church, as in nos. 879, 880 above, where we also explained why it is called a holy city, and why it is said to be coming down out of heaven from God. It was seen in the form of a city because a city symbolizes doctrine (nos. 194, 712), and a church is a church by virtue of its doctrine and its living in accordance with that doctrine. It was also seen as a city in order that its whole character might be described, and this is described by the city's walls, gates, foundations, and various dimensions.

The church is similarly described in Ezekiel, where we are also told that the prophet was taken in the visions of God onto a very high mountain, where he saw a city to the south, whose wall and gates an angel also measured, together with its various widths and heights (Ezekiel 40:2ff.).

The following passage in Zechariah has a similar meaning:

I said (to the angel), "Where are you going?" He said..., "To measure Jerusalem, to see how great its width is and how great its length." (Zechariah 2:2)

  
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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.