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Hesekiel 5

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1 Ja sina, inimesepoeg, võta enesele terav mõõk; tarvita seda kui habemenuga ja lase see käia üle oma pea ning habeme; siis võta enesele vaekausid ja jaota karvad:

2 kolmandik põleta tules keset linna, siis kui piiramispäevad on lõppenud; kolmandik võta ja raiu mõõgaga ümber linna; kolmandik puista tuulde, ja mina tõmban mõõga välja nende taga;

3 võta neid vähesel määral ja seo oma kuuehõlma;

4 võta neist veel osa ja viska tulle ning põleta tules; siit läheb tuli kogu Iisraeli soo kallale.

5 Nõnda ütleb Issand Jumal: See on Jeruusalemm; ma olen pannud selle paganate keskele ja selle ümber on maad.

6 Aga see on vastu pannud mu seadustele õelamalt kui paganad ja mu määrustele rohkem kui maad, mis on selle ümber; sest nad on põlanud mu seadusi ega ole käinud mu määruste järgi.

7 Seepärast ütleb Issand Jumal nõnda: Et te olete rohkem vastu pannud kui teie ümberkaudsed paganad ega ole käinud mu määruste järgi, ei ole teinud mu seaduste järgi ega ole teinud ka oma ümberkaudsete paganate seaduste järgi,

8 seepärast ütleb Issand Jumal nõnda: Vaata, ka mina olen sinu vastu ja mõistan kohut su keskel paganate silme all

9 ja ma talitan sinuga kõigi su jäleduste pärast, nagu ma enne ei ole talitanud ja milletaoliselt ma enam ei talitagi.

10 Sellepärast peavad sinu keskel isad sööma oma lapsi ja lapsed sööma oma isasid; ja ma mõistan kohut sinu üle ning puistan kogu su jäägi kõigi tuulte poole.

11 Sellepärast, nii tõesti kui ma elan, ütleb Issand Jumal, tõesti, sellepärast et sa oled rüvetanud mu pühamu kõigi oma põlastusväärsustega ja kõigi oma jäledustega, siis lõikan minagi: mu silm ei kurvasta ja ma ei anna armu.

12 Kolmandik sinust sureb katku ja lõpeb su keskel nälga, kolmandik langeb su ümber mõõga läbi ja kolmandiku puistan ma kõigi tuulte poole ning tõmban mõõga välja nende taga.

13 Mu viha mõõt saab täis ja ma vaigistan oma raevu nende kallal ning maksan kätte. Ja nad saavad tunda, et mina, Issand, olen rääkinud oma pühas vihas, kui ma olen tühjendanud oma raevu nende peale.

14 Ja ma teen sind varemeks ning teotuseks su ümberkaudsete paganate seas, iga möödamineja silma ees.

15 Ja sa saad teotuseks ja sõimuks, hoiatuseks ja ehmatuseks su ümberkaudseile paganaile, kui ma mõistan kohut su üle vihas ja raevus ning vihaste manitsustega - mina, Issand, olen rääkinud -,

16 kui ma läkitan nende kallale nälja kurjad nooled, mis ma läkitan teid hävitama ja mis saavad hukatuseks; ja ma suurendan veelgi teie nälga ning murran katki teie leivatoe.

17 Ja ma läkitan teie kallale nälja ja kurjad metsloomad, kes jätavad sind lasteta; katk ja veri käivad sinust üle ja ma toon mõõga su kallale. Mina, Issand, olen rääkinud.'

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9334

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9334. 'Lest perhaps the land becomes desolate' means a deficiency in that case, and little spiritual life, that is to say, if the removal were hurried. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church in general and also in particular, the Church in particular being a person who becomes an embodiment of the Church, since the Church exists within a person and comprises one who has been regenerated (for the meaning of 'the land' as the Church in general, see 9325, and for its meaning as the Church in particular, or a person who has been regenerated, 82, 620, 636, 913, 1411, 1733, 2117, 2118 (end), 2571, 3368, 3379; this person is also called 'the land' in Malachi,

All the nations will declare you blessed, and you will be a land of delight. Malachi 3:12.) and from the meaning of 'desolate' as a deficiency, and little spiritual life. For 'desolate', when used in reference to the Church within a person, means a deficiency of truth and good, thus also a deficiency of spiritual life since that life is provided by these. The implications of this, that there is a deficiency and little spiritual life if falsities and evils are removed hurriedly, are that when a person undergoes regeneration, which is accomplished by the implantation of spiritual truth and good, and at the same time by the removal of falsity and evil, the regeneration is not hurried but takes place slowly.

[2] The reason for this is that all the things the person has thought, intended, or done since early childhood have entered into the composition of his life. They have also formed themselves into a network which is such that one cannot be moved without all of them together being moved. For a wicked person is an image of hell, and a good person is an image of heaven; and also the evils and falsities with a wicked person are interconnected in the same way as the communities of hell are with one another, of which that person is a part, while the forms of good and the truths with a good person are interconnected in the same way as heavenly communities are with one another, of which this person is a part. From this it is evident that the evils and falsities with a wicked person cannot be removed suddenly from where they are. They can be removed only in the measure that forms of good and truths in their proper order have been implanted more deeply within the person; for heaven with a person removes hell. If the removal were done suddenly the person would pass out, for the whole network of things, every single one, would be thrown into confusion and deprive him of his life.

[3] The fact that regeneration or the implantation of the life of heaven with a person begins when he is a young child and continues right on to the final phase of his life in the world, and the fact that after life in the world his perfection continues for evermore, see 2679, 3203, 3584, 3665, 3690, 3701, 4377, 4551, 4552, 5126, 6751, 8772, 9103, 9296, 9297, and in particular 5122, 5398, 5912, 9258. Also, and this is an arcanum, a person's regeneration in the world is merely the foundation for the unending perfection of his life. The person who has led a good life undergoes perfection in the next life; see what has been shown regarding young children, in 2289-2309, and regarding the state and condition of gentiles there, in 2589-2604.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #7490

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7490. It is also evident that to the extent that a person is moved by self-love and love of the world he is not conscious of what charity is, till at length he is unaware of its existence. Also such a person is to the same extent unconscious of what faith is, till at length he is unaware of its being anything at all. He is to the same extent unconscious of what conscience is, as well, till at length he is not aware of its existence. Indeed he is to that same extent unaware of what the spiritual is, and so of what the life of heaven is. Finally, it is evident that he has no belief in the existence of heaven or in the existence of hell, and consequently has no belief in the existence of life after death. These are the things that self-love and love of the world bring about when they reign.

  
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