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Ιεζεκιήλ 47

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1 Και με επεστρεψεν εις την θυραν του οικου· και ιδου, υδατα εξερχομενα κατωθεν απο του κατωφλιου του οικου προς ανατολας· διοτι το μετωπον του οικου ητο προς ανατολας, και τα υδατα κατεβαινον κατωθεν απο του δεξιου πλαγιου του οικου, κατα το νοτιον του θυσιαστηριου.

2 Και με εξηγαγε δια της οδου της πυλης της προς βορραν και με εφερε κυκλω δια της εξωθεν οδου προς την πυλην την εξωτεραν, δια της οδου της βλεπουσης προς ανατολας· και ιδου, τα υδατα ερρεον απο του δεξιου πλαγιου.

3 Και ο ανθρωπος, οστις ειχε το μετρον εν τη χειρι αυτου, εξελθων προς ανατολας εμετρησε χιλιας πηχας και με διεβιβασε δια των υδατων· τα υδατα ησαν εως των αστραγαλων.

4 Και εμετρησε χιλιας και με διεβιβασε δια των υδατων· τα υδατα ησαν εως των γονατων. Παλιν εμετρησε χιλιας και με διεβιβασε· τα υδατα ησαν εως της οσφυος.

5 Επειτα εμετρησε χιλιας· και ητο ποταμος, τον οποιον δεν ηδυναμην να διαβω, διοτι τα υδατα ησαν υψωμενα, υδατα κολυμβηματος, ποταμος αδιαβατος.

6 Και ειπε προς εμε, Ειδες, υιε ανθρωπου; Τοτε με εφερε και με επεστρεψεν εις το χειλος του ποταμου.

7 Και οτε επεστρεψα, ιδου, κατα το χειλος του ποταμου δενδρα πολλα σφοδρα, εντευθεν και εντευθεν.

8 Και ειπε προς εμε, τα υδατα ταυτα εξερχονται προς την ανατολικην γην και καταβαινουσιν εις την πεδινην και εισερχονται εις την θαλασσαν· και οταν εκχυθωσιν εις την θαλασσαν, τα υδατα αυτης θελουσιν ιαθη.

9 Και παν εμψυχον ερπον, εις οσα μερη ηθελον επελθει ουτοι οι ποταμοι, θελει ζη· και θελει εισθαι εκει πληθος ιχθυων πολυ σφοδρα, επειδη τα υδατα ταυτα ερχονται εκει· διοτι θελουσιν ιαθη· και θελουσι ζη τα παντα, οπου ο ποταμος ερχεται.

10 Και οι αλιεις θελουσιν ιστασθαι επ' αυτην απο Εν-γαδδι εως Εν-εγλαιμ· εκει θελουσιν εξαπλονει τα δικτυα· οι ιχθυες αυτων θελουσιν εισθαι κατα τα ειδη αυτων ως οι ιχθυες της μεγαλης θαλασσης, πολλοι σφοδρα.

11 Οι ελωδεις ομως τοποι αυτης και οι βαλτωδεις αυτης δεν θελουσιν ιαθη· θελουσιν εισθαι διωρισμενοι δια αλας.

12 Πλησιον δε του ποταμου επι του χειλους αυτου, εντευθεν και εντευθεν, θελουσιν αυξανεσθαι δενδρα παντος ειδους δια τροφην, των οποιων τα φυλλα δεν θελουσι μαραινεσθαι και ο καρπος αυτων δεν θελει εκλειψει· νεος καρπος θελει γεννασθαι καθ' εκαστον μηνα, διοτι τα υδατα αυτου εξερχονται απο του αγιαστηριου· και ο καρπος αυτων θελει εισθαι δια τροφην και το φυλλον αυτων δια ιατρειαν.

13 Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· ταυτα θελουσιν εισθαι τα ορια, δια των οποιων θελετε κληρονομησει την γην κατα τας δωδεκα φυλας του Ισραηλ· ο Ιωσηφ θελει εχει δυο μεριδας.

14 Σεις δε θελετε κληρονομησει αυτην, εκαστος καθως ο αδελφος αυτου· περι της οποιας υψωσα την χειρα μου οτι θελω δωσει αυτην εις τους πατερας σας· και η γη αυτη θελει κληρωθη εις εσας εις κληρονομιαν.

15 Και τουτο θελει εισθαι το οριον της γης προς το βορειον πλαγιον, απο της θαλασσης της μεγαλης, κατα την οδον της Εθλων, καθως υπαγει τις εις Σεδαδ,

16 Αιμαθ, Βηρωθα, Σιβραιμ, ητις ειναι αναμεσον του οριου της Δαμασκου και του οριου της Αιμαθ, Ασαρ-αττιχων, η πλησιον των οριων της Αυραν.

17 Και το οριον απο της θαλασσης θελει εισθαι Ασαρ-εναν, το οριον της Δαμασκου, και το βορειον το κατα βορραν, και το οριον της Αιμαθ. Και τουτο ειναι το βορειον πλευρον.

18 Το δε ανατολικον πλευρον θελετε μετρησει απο Αυραν και απο Δαμασκου και απο Γαλααδ και απο της γης του Ισραηλ κατα τον Ιορδανην, απο του οριου του προς την θαλασσαν την ανατολικην. Και τουτο ειναι το ανατολικον πλευρον.

19 Το δε μεσημβρινον πλευρον προς νοτον, απο Θαμαρ εως των υδατων της Μεριβα Καδης, κατα την εκτασιν του χειμαρρου εως της μεγαλης θαλασσης. Και τουτο ειναι το νοτιον πλευρον προς μεσημβριαν.

20 Το δε δυτικον πλευρον θελει εισθαι η μεγαλη θαλασσα απο του οριου, εωσου ελθη τις κατεναντι της Αιμαθ. Τουτο ειναι το δυτικον πλευρον.

21 Ουτω θελετε διαιρεσει την γην ταυτην μεταξυ σας κατα τας φυλας του Ισραηλ.

22 Και θελετε κληρωσει αυτην εις εαυτους δια κληρονομιαν, μετα των ξενων των παροικουντων μεταξυ σας, οσοι γεννησωσιν υιους εν μεσω σας· και θελουσιν εισθαι εις εσας ως αυτοχθονες μεταξυ των υιων Ισραηλ· θελουσιν εχει μεθ' υμων κληρονομιαν μεταξυ των φυλων Ισραηλ.

23 Και εις ην τινα φυλην παροικη ο ξενος, εκει θελετε δωσει εις αυτον την κληρονομιαν αυτου, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #6502

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6502. 'And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians' means preservation from evils which would hinder it, that is to say, the joining together. This is clear from the meaning of 'commanding' as flowing into, dealt with in 5732; from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal, dealt with just above in 6499; and from the meaning of 'the physicians' as preservation from evils (for it is apparent from the train of thought here that the preservation is from evils which would hinder the joining together referred to immediately above in 6501). From all this it is evident that 'Joseph commanded his servants the physicians' means an influx from the internal regarding preservation from evils which would hinder the joining together. The reason why 'the physicians' means preservation from evils is that in the spiritual world 'sicknesses' are evils and falsities. Spiritual diseases are nothing else, for evils and falsities rob the internal man of good health; they introduce mental disorders and at length states of depression. Nothing else is meant in the Word by 'sicknesses'.

[2] In the Word 'physicians', 'medicine', and 'medicaments' mean forms of preservation from evils and falsities. This is clear from places where they are mentioned, as in Moses,

If you obediently hear the voice of your God, and do what is good in His eyes, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will not put on you any sickness that I put on the Egyptians; for I, Jehovah, am your Physician. Exodus 15:26.

'Jehovah the Physician' stands for the preserver from evils; for these evils are meant by 'sicknesses on the Egyptians'. The fact that 'sicknesses on the Egyptians' means evils and falsities that arise when people reason about the arcana of faith on the basis of factual knowledge and false notions will in the Lord's Divine mercy be shown where those sicknesses are dealt with. But spiritual ones are meant, as is evident from its being said that if they heard the voice of God, did what was good, gave ear to His precepts, and kept His statutes, none of those sicknesses would be put on them.

[3] In addition the Lord calls Himself 'a Physician' in the same sense in Luke,

Those who are healthy have no need of a physician but those who are ill. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Luke 5:31, 32

Here also 'a physician' stands for a preserver from evils; for 'those who are healthy' is used to mean the righteous, and 'those who are ill' sinners. In Jeremiah,

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery for the health of the daughter of My people? 1 Jeremiah 8:22.

'A physician' stands for preservation from falsities in the Church, for 'the health of the daughter of My people' is the truth of doctrine there.

[4] In the Word healing, cures, remedies, and medicaments are spoken of not in a natural but in a spiritual sense, as is evident in Jeremiah,

Why have You stricken us so that there is no remedy for us? Await peace, but no good comes; a time of healing, but behold, terror. Jeremiah 14:19; 8:15.

In the same prophet,

I will bring health and curing to it, 2 and I will heal them, and reveal to them the crown of peace, and truth. Jeremiah 33:6.

In the same prophet,

There is none judging your judgement for healthiness; you have no restorative medicaments. Jeremiah 30:13.

In the same prophet,

Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain you have multiplied medicaments; there is no healing for you. Jeremiah 46:11.

[5] In Ezekiel,

Beside the river there is rising up upon its bank, on this side and on that, every tree for food, whose leaf does not fall and whose fruit does not fail; it is reborn monthly, for its waters are flowing out from the sanctuary, wherefore its fruit is for food, and its leaf for a medicament. Ezekiel 47:12.

Here the prophet is describing a new house of God or a new temple, by which a new Church is meant, and in a more internal sense the Lord's spiritual kingdom. Therefore by 'the river upon whose bank there is rising up every tree for food' is meant things that belong to intelligence and wisdom, 108, 109, 2702, 3051 - 'trees' are perceptions and recognition of what is good and true, 103, 2163, 2682, 2722, 2972, 4552; 'food' is forms of good and truths themselves, 680, 4459, 5147, 5293, 5576, 5915; 'waters going out from the sanctuary' are truths that compose intelligence, 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 5668; 'the sanctuary' is celestial love, and in the highest sense the Lord's Divine Human, which is the source of that love; 'fruits which are for food' means forms of the good of love, 917, 983, 2846, 2847, 3146; and 'leaf which is for a medicament' means the truth of faith, 885. From this it is evident what 'a medicament' means, namely that which preserves from falsities and from evils; for the truth of faith, when it leads to goodness of life because it leads away from evil, acts as a preserver.

Footnotes:

1. literally, Why then has there not gone up the health of the daughter of My people?

2. literally, I will cause health and curing to go up to it.

  
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