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Ezekijel 10

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1 Pogledah, i gle: na svodu nad glavama kreubinÄa pojavi se nešto kao kamen safir, kao nekakvo prijestolje.

2 I prozbori čovjeku odjevenom u lan: "Uđi među točkove pod kerubinima, uzmi pune pregršti žeravice između kerubina i prospi je nad gradom!" - I on na moje oči uđe među kerubine.

3 A kerubini stajahu s desne strane Doma kad čovjek uđe među njih. I oblak ispuni sve unutrašnje predvorje,

4 a Slava Jahvina vinu se s kerubinÄa prema pragu Doma. Dom se ispuni oblakom, a predvorje napuni svjetlost Slave Jahvine.

5 Huka kerubinskih krila razliježe se do vanjskoga predvorja, kao kad zagrmi glas Svevišnjega.

6 A kad on zapovjedi čovjeku odjevenom u lan: "Uzmi ognja između točkova što su pod kerubinima", čovjek uđe i stade kraj točkova.

7 Jedan kerubin pruži ruku prema ognju što bijaše među kerubinima, uze ga i stavi u ruke čovjeku odjevenom u lan. On ga primi i iziđe.

8 A ispod kerubinskih krila ukaza se nešto kao ruka čovječja.

9 Pogledah, i gle: uz kerubine četiri točka, po jedan uza svakoga. A točkovi bijahu nalik na kamen krizolit;

10 sva četiri istog oblika i kao da je jedan točak u drugome.

11 U kretanju mogahu ići u sva četiri smjera, sve bez zakretanja. Kamo bi se glava usmjerila, onamo bi krenuli, a da se, krećući se, nisu morali okretati.

12 Cijelo tijelo u kerubinÄa - leđa, ruke, krila i sva četiri točka njihova - sve im bijaše posvud naokolo puno očiju.

13 A točkovi, koliko sam čuo, zvahu se "Kovitlac".

14 Svaki imaše po četiri lica: lice prvoga kerubinsko, lice drugoga čovječje, a u trećega lice lavlje, u četvrtoga orlovsko.

15 Tada se kerubini podigoše u visine. Bijahu to ista bića što ih vidjeh na rijeci Kebaru.

16 Kad bi kerubini krenuli, krenuli bi i točkovi uz njih, kad bi kerubini krilima mahnuli da se od zemlje podignu, točkovi se ne bi od njih odmicali.

17 Kad bi se zaustavili, i točkovi bi stali; a kad bi se sa zemlje podigli, i točkovi se podizahu, jer duh bića bijaše u njima.

18 Uto se Slava Jahvina vinu s praga Doma i stade nad kerubinima.

19 Tada kerubini raširiše krila i podigoše se sa zemlje pred mojim očima. A kad oni krenuše, i točkovi za njima krenuše. I zaustaviše se nad istočnim vratima Doma Jahvina, a Slava Boga Izraelova bijaše nad njima.

20 Bijahu to ista bića što ih vidjeh pred Bogom Izraelovim na rijeci Kebaru. I tako spoznah da ono bijahu kerubini.

21 U svakoga po četiri lica i po četiri krila, a pod krilima nešto kao ruka čovječja.

22 Lica im ista kao ona što ih vidjeh na rijeci Kebaru. I svako se naprijed kretaše.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #629

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629. "And give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come." This symbolizes an acknowledgment and confession that all the Word's truth which makes the church a church comes from the Lord, and that everyone will be judged in accordance with it.

To give glory to Him means, symbolically, to acknowledge and confess that every truth comes from the Lord, as may be seen in no. 249 above; and because every truth that makes the church a church is drawn from the Word, it is the Word's truth that is meant. "For the hour of His judgment has come" means symbolically that everyone will be judged in accordance with the Word's truth. This is the symbolic meaning because to give glory to Him means, symbolically, to acknowledge and confess that the Word's truth all comes from the Lord, and we are told next, "for the hour of His judgment has come," the word "for" entailing this as the cause.

That everyone will be judged by the Word's truth may be seen in 233, 273 above. And that the church is founded on the Word, and that its character is such as its understanding of the Word, may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 76-79.

It is apparent from this that the spiritual meaning of these words is as stated. It is as stated because angels in heaven perceive glory to mean nothing else than Divine truth; and because all Divine truth comes from the Lord, they perceive giving glory to Him to mean an acknowledgment and confession that all truth comes from Him. For all glory in the heavens springs from no other origin, and to the extent that any society in heaven is governed by Divine truth, to the same extent everything in it is radiant, and the angels are surrounded by a commensurate glorious radiance.

[2] That glory means Divine truth can be seen from the following passages:

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of Jehovah... The glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it...." (Isaiah 40:3, 5)

...shine, for your light has come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon you... Jehovah will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. (Isaiah 60:1-2 to the end)

I will... give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles..., and My glory I will not give to another... (Isaiah 42:6, 8)

For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it... And I will not give My glory to another. (Isaiah 48:11)

They shall fear... His glory from the rising of the sun... The Redeemer will come to Zion... (Isaiah 59:19-20)

...your light shall break forth like the morning...; the glory of Jehovah shall gather you. (Isaiah 58:8)

...He will come to gather all nations and tongues, that they may... see My glory. (Isaiah 66:18)

(Jehovah said,) "I live, and all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah." (Numbers 14:21)

The whole earth is full of His glory! (Isaiah 6:1-3)

In the beginning was the Word..., and the Word was God... In Him was life, and the life was the light of men... That was the true Light... And the Word became flesh..., and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father... (John 1:1, 4, 9, 14)

These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory... (John 12:41)

And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with... glory. (Matthew 24:3, 30)

The heavens shall declare the glory of God... (Psalms 19:1)

Then the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth Your glory, because (He) built up Zion, (and) He appeared in His glory. (Psalms 102:15-16)

...the glory of God (will illuminate the Holy Jerusalem) and the Lamb is its light. And the nations (which) are saved shall walk in its light... (Revelation 21:23-25)

...the Son of Man (will come) in His glory...(to) sit on the throne of His glory. (Matthew 25:31, cf. Mark 8:38)

That the glory of Jehovah filled and covered the Tabernacle: Exodus 40:34-35, Numbers 14:10-12; 16:19; 16:42.

That it filled the house of Jehovah: 1 Kings 8:10-11.

And so on elsewhere as in Isaiah 24:23; Ezekiel 1:28; 8:4; 9:3; 10:4, 18-19; 11:22-23; Luke 2:32; 9:26; John 2:11; 7:18; 17:24.

  
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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.