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Ezechiele 1:27

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27 Poi vidi come un color di rame scintillante, simile in vista a fuoco, indentro di quella sembianza di trono, d’ogn’intorno, dalla sembianza de’ lombi di quell’uomo in su; parimente, dalla sembianza dei suoi lombi in giù, vidi come un’apparenza di fuoco, intorno al quale vi era uno splendore.


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #124

  
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124. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 1(1)

1-3 Prophecy concerning the Lord in respect to the Word. (10)

4 The Divine external sphere of the Word. (10)

5 A representative of it as a man. (10)

6 Conjunction of celestial and spiritual things there. (10, 3)

7 The quality of the natural of the Word. (10)

8-9 Its spiritual and celestial which are conjoined. (10)

10-11 The love of spiritual good and truth, and the love of natural good and truth; their distinction and oneness. (10)

12 The turning or looking of all toward one. (10)

13-14 The sphere of the Word from Divine good and Divine truth, from which is the life of the Word. (10)

15-21 The doctrine of good and truth acting in unity with the Word. (10)

22-23 The Divine above and in the Word. (10, 2)

24-25 It is Divine truth [verum], and its influx. (10)

26 The Lord above the heavens. (10)

27-28 The Divine love and the Divine truth [veritas] pertaining to Him. (10)

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.

Commentary

 

#60 Contradictions in the Bible: Clouds

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: Thank Heavens It's Cloudy

Topic: Word

Summary: An exploration of why Scripture would be so shrouded in strange statements and apparent contradictions. When we see how overwhelming it is to see God (with examples from Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, John on the isle of Patmos, etc.) we realize we are blessed by the clouds of Scripture that protect us from the full force of the glory.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Exodus 3:1-6; 19:21-24; 20:18-19; 28:33-35; 30:19; 34:29-end
Leviticus 10:1-2, 6-9; 16:1-2, 12-13
Numbers 4:19-20; 16:19-21, 31-35; 17:10-13; 18:3
1 Samuel 6:19-20
Exodus 40:33
1 Kings 8:9-11
Revelation 15:8
Isaiah 4:3-6; 6:1-8, 13
Ezekiel 1:26-28; 2:1; 3:12-14
Daniel 8:15-19; 10:1
Luke 9:28-36
Revelation 1:10-12, 17

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Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 9/28/2011. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com