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以西結書 41

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1 我到殿那裡量牆柱:這面厚肘,那面厚肘,寬窄與會幕相同。

2 口寬肘。兩旁,這邊五肘,那邊五肘。他量殿長四十肘,寬二十肘。

3 他到內殿量牆柱,各厚肘。口寬肘,兩旁各寬肘。

4 他量內殿,長二十肘,寬二十肘。他對我:這是至所。

5 他又量殿,厚肘;圍著殿有旁,各寬肘。

6 層,層疊而上,每層排列三十間。旁的梁木擱在殿坎上,免得插入殿

7 這圍殿的旁越高越寬;因旁圍殿懸疊而上,所以越上越寬,從下一層,由中一層,到上一層。

8 我又見圍著殿有月臺。旁根基足一竿,就是大肘。

9 的外厚五肘。旁之外還有餘地。

10 在旁與對面的房屋中間有空地,寬二十肘。

11 旁屋的都向餘地:向北向南。周圍的餘地寬五肘。

12 在西面空地之後有房子,寬七十肘,長九十肘,四圍厚五肘。

13 這樣,他量殿,長一肘,又量空地和那房子並牆,共長一肘。

14 殿的前面和兩旁的空地,寬一肘。

15 他量空地面的那房子,並兩旁的樓廊,共長一肘。

16 內殿、院廊、門檻、嚴緊的窗櫺,並對著門檻的層樓廊,從到窗櫺(窗櫺都有蔽子),

17 直到以上,就是到內殿和外殿內外四圍,都按尺寸用木板遮蔽。

18 牆上雕刻基路伯和棕樹。每基路伯中間有一棵棕樹,每基路伯臉。

19 這邊有人臉向著棕樹,那邊有獅子臉向著棕樹,殿內周圍都是如此。

20 以上,都有基路伯和棕樹。殿就是這樣。

21 殿的門柱是方的。至所的前面,形狀和殿的形狀一樣。

22 頭做的,肘,長肘。角和面,並四旁,頭做的。他對我:這是耶和華面前的桌子

23 殿和至所的各有兩扇。

24 每扇分兩扇,這兩扇是摺疊的。這邊分兩扇,那邊也分兩扇。

25 殿的扇上雕刻基路伯和棕,與刻在牆上的一般。在外頭廊前有檻。

26 廊這邊那邊都有嚴緊的窗櫺和棕樹;殿的旁和檻就是這樣。

   

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Arcana Coelestia #654

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654. This is in keeping with what is well known in the Churches today about faith coming through hearing. But faith is in no sense mere intellectual awareness of the things that constitute faith, that is, of things that demand belief. That amounts to no more than knowledge. Faith is acknowledgement, yet acknowledgement cannot possibly exist with anyone unless the chief thing of faith resides with him, namely charity, or love towards the neighbour, and mercy. When charity is present so is acknowledgement, and so is faith. Anyone who thinks otherwise is as far from being aware of what faith is as land is distant from sky. When charity, which is the goodness constituting faith, is present, then acknowledgement, which is the truth of faith, is present too. When therefore a person is being regenerated in accordance with factual knowledge, rational concepts, and intellectual concepts, the end in view is that the ground, which is his mind, shall be made ready for receiving charity, from which, or rather from the life of which, he afterwards thinks and acts. At that point he has been reformed or regenerated, not before.

  
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