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以西結書 43

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1 以後,他帶我到一座,就是朝東的

2 以色列的榮光從東而。他的聲音如同多水的聲音;就因他的榮耀發光。

3 其狀如從前他滅城的時候我所見的異象,那異象如我在迦巴魯邊所見的異象,我就俯伏在地。

4 耶和華的榮光從朝東的照入殿中。

5 靈將我舉起入內院,不料,耶和華的榮光充滿了殿。

6 見有一位從殿中對我說話。有一站在我旁邊。

7 他對我:人子啊,這是我寶座之地,是我掌所踏之地。我要在這裡住,在以色列人中直到永遠以色列家和他們的君必不再玷污我的名,就是行邪淫、在錫安的處葬埋他們君的屍首,

8 使他們的門檻挨近我的門檻,他們的門框挨近我的門框;他們與我中間僅隔一,並且行可憎的事,玷污了我的名,所以我發怒滅絕他們。

9 現在他們當從我面前遠除邪淫和他們君的屍首,我就住在他們中間直到永遠

10 人子啊,你要將這殿指示以色列家,使他們因自己的罪孽慚愧,也要他們量殿的尺寸。

11 他們若因自己所行的一切事慚愧,你就將殿的規模、樣式、出入之處,和一切形狀、典章、禮儀、則指示他們,在他們眼前上,使他們遵照殿的一切規模典章去做。

12 殿的法則乃是如此:殿在頂上,四圍的全界要稱為至。這就是殿的法則。

13 以下量祭壇,是以肘為度(這肘是肘零掌)。底座肘,邊寬肘,四圍起邊掌,這是的座。

14 從底座到下層磴臺,肘,邊寬肘。從小磴臺到磴臺,肘,邊寬肘。

15 壇上的供臺,肘。供臺的拐角上都有角。

16 供臺長十二肘,寬十二肘,面見方。

17 磴臺長十四肘,寬十四肘,面見方。圍起邊高半肘,底座圍的邊寬一肘。臺階朝東。

18 他對我:人子啊,耶和華如此:建造祭壇,為要在其上獻燔祭灑血,造成的時候典章如下:

19 耶和華,你要將一隻公牛犢作為贖祭,祭司利未人撒督的後裔,就是那親近我、事奉我的。

20 你要取些公牛的血,抹在壇的角和磴臺的拐角,並圍所起的邊上。你這樣潔淨壇,壇就潔淨了。

21 你又要將那作贖祭的公牛犢燒在殿外、聖地之外預定之處。

22 次日,要將無殘疾的公山羊獻為贖祭;要潔淨,像用公牛犢潔淨的一樣。

23 潔淨了壇,就要將一隻無殘疾的公牛犢和羊群中一隻無殘疾的公綿

24 奉到耶和華前。祭司要撒在其上,獻與耶和華為燔祭。

25 日內,每日要預備一隻公山羊為贖祭,也要預備一隻公牛犢和羊群中的一隻公綿,都要沒有殘疾的。

26 日祭司潔淨就潔淨了;要這樣把分別為聖。

27 滿了七日,自八日以後,祭司要在上獻你們的燔祭和平安祭;我必悅納你們。這是耶和華的。

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #487

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487. "But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it." (11:2) This symbolically means that the state of the church on earth, as it is still, must be set aside and not learned.

The court outside the temple symbolizes the church on earth, because that church is outside heaven, heaven being the temple (no. 486). To leave out means, symbolically, to remove, here to remove from heaven, because its state is of such a character. And not to measure means, symbolically, not to learn or investigate its character (no. 486). The reason follows: "for has been given to the gentiles, and they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months."

That the court outside the temple here symbolizes the church on earth as it is still, is apparent from the following particulars in this chapter, where it is described by the great city called Sodom and Egypt, in which the Lord's two witnesses lay dead, and which afterward fell in a great earthquake, and seven thousand people by name were killed in it - and many other particulars besides.

[2] Elsewhere in the Word the court symbolizes the outward aspect of the church. For there were two courts 1 to be crossed when entering the Temple itself in Jerusalem, and as the Temple symbolized the church in respect to its inner aspect, therefore the courts symbolized the church in respect to its outward one. Consequently strangers who came from the surrounding nations were admitted into the courts, but not into the Temple itself.

Moreover, because the court symbolized the outward aspect of the church, it symbolized therefore also the church on earth, and heaven as well in its outmost manifestations, inasmuch as the church on earth is an entryway into heaven, and so is heaven in its outmost manifestations.

[3] A court has this symbolic meaning in the following places:

Blessed is he whom You choose... He shall dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, with the holiness of Your temple. (Psalms 65:4)

Praise the name of Jehovah..., O you... who stand in (His) house, in the courts of the house of our God. (Psalms 135:1-2)

How lovely are Your habitations, O Jehovah...! My soul... indeed faints for the courts of Jehovah. (Psalms 84:1-2)

Enter into His gates with confession, His courts with praise. (Psalms 100:4)

The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree... Those who are planted in the house of Jehovah shall sprout in the courts of our God. (Psalms 92:12-13)

...a day in Your courts is better than thousands. I have chosen to stand at the door in the house of my God... (Psalms 84:10)

And so on elsewhere, as in Psalms 96:8; 116:18-19, Isaiah 1:12; 62:9, Zechariah 3:7, Ezekiel 10:3-5.

Regarding the courts of the Temple in Jerusalem, see 1 Kings 6:36; 7:12.

Regarding the courts of the new Temple, Ezekiel 40:17-44; 42:1-14; 43:4-7.

And regarding the court outside the Tabernacle, Exodus 27:9-18.

Footnotes:

1. I.e., the inner court or court of priests, and the outer court or great court. See 1 Kings 6:36; 7:12

  
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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.