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Ezekiel 1

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5 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN μέσος-A1--DSN ὡς-C ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN τέσσαρες-A3--GPN ζῷον-N2N-GPN καί-C οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GPN ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--DPN

6 καί-C τέσσαρες-A3--NPN πρόσωπον-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--DSN εἷς-A3--DSN καί-C τέσσαρες-A3--NPF πτέρυξ-N3G-NPF ὁ- A--DSN εἷς-A3--DSN

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8 καί-C χείρ-N3--NSF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὑποκάτωθεν-D ὁ- A--GPF πτέρυξ-N3G-GPF αὐτός- D--GPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN τέσσαρες-A3--APN μέρος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GPN καί-C ὁ- A--NPN πρόσωπον-N2N-NPN αὐτός- D--GPN ὁ- A--GPN τέσσαρες-A3--GPN

9 οὐ-D ἐπιστρέφω-V1I-IMI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN βαδίζω-V1--PAN αὐτός- D--APN ἕκαστος-A1--NSN κατέναντι-D ὁ- A--GSN πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GPN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P

10 καί-C ὁμοίωσις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GPN πρόσωπον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GPN πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM καί-C πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN λέων-N3--GSM ἐκ-P δεξιός-A1A-GPN ὁ- A--DPN τέσσαρες-A3--DPN καί-C πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN μόσχος-N2--GSM ἐκ-P ἀριστερός-A1A-GPN ὁ- A--DPN τέσσαρες-A3--DPN καί-C πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN ἀετός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--DPN τέσσαρες-A3--DPN

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12 καί-C ἑκάτερος-A1A-NSN κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S ὅς- --GSN ἄν-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ὁ- A--NSN πνεῦμα-N3M-NSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMPNSN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P καί-C οὐ-D ἐπιστρέφω-V1I-IAI3P

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25 καί-C ἰδού-I φωνή-N1--NSF ὑπεράνωθεν-D ὁ- A--GSN στερέωμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSM εἰμί-V9--PAPGSM ὑπέρ-P κεφαλή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GPN

26 ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-NSF λίθος-N2--GSM σάπφειρος-N2--GSF ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN θρόνος-N2--GSM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN ὁμοίωμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSM θρόνος-N2--GSM ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN ὡς-C εἶδος-N3E-NSN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἄνωθεν-D

27 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὡς-C ὄψις-N3I-ASF ἠλέκτρον-N2N-GSN ἀπό-P ὅρασις-N3I-GSF ὀσφύς-N3U-GSF καί-C ἐπάνω-D καί-C ἀπό-P ὅρασις-N3I-GSF ὀσφύς-N3U-GSF καί-C ἕως-D κάτω-D ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-ASF πῦρ-N3--GSN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN φέγγος-N3E-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM κύκλος-N2--DSM

28 ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-NSF τόξον-N2N-GSN ὅταν-D εἰμί-V9--PAS3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF νεφέλη-N1--DSF ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὑετός-N2--GSM οὕτως-D ὁ- A--NSF στάσις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GSN φέγγος-N3E-GSN κυκλόθεν-D οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ὁμοίωμα-N3M-GSN δόξα-N1S-GSF κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C πίπτω-V1--PAI1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S φωνή-N1--ASF λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM

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Apocalypse Explained #254

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254. As I also have overcome, and sit with My Father in His throne, signifies comparatively as Divine good is united to Divine truth in heaven. This is evident from the signification of "overcoming," as being in reference to the Lord Himself, to unite Divine good to Divine truth. Because this was effected through temptations and victories, it is said, "as I also have overcome." (That the Lord united Divine good to Divine truth through temptations admitted into His Human, and then through continued victories, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 201, 293, 302.) "To sit with My Father in His throne" signifies Divine good united to Divine truth in heaven, because "Father," when said by the Lord, means the Divine good that was in Him from conception, and "Son" the Divine truth, both in heaven, "throne" meaning heaven (See above). This Divine of the Lord in the heavens is called Divine truth, but it is Divine good united to Divine truth. (That this is so, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 13, 133, 139-140.)

[2] There is a comparison made between the men of the church and the Lord Himself, in His saying, "He that overcometh I will give to him to sit with Me in My throne, as I also have overcome and sit with My Father in His throne," because the Lord's life in the world was an example according to which the men of the church are to live, as the Lord Himself teaches in John:

I have given unto you an example that ye also should do as I have done to you. If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them (John 13:15, 13:17).

So in other places the Lord compares Himself with others; for example, in John:

Jesus said, Even as the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you; abide ye in My love, as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love (John 15:9-10).

In the same:

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. As Thou didst send Me into the world, even so sent I them into the world (John 17:16, 17:18).

In the same:

As the Father hath sent Me, even so send I you (John 20:21).

In the same:

The glory which Thou hast given Me I have given unto them; that they may be one even as We are one, I in them, Thou in Me. Father, those whom Thou hast given Me, I will that where I am they also may be with Me, that they may behold My glory which Thou hast given Me. I have made known unto them Thy name, and will make it known that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them (John 17:22-24, 17:26).

The Lord spoke of His conjunction with men in the same way as He spoke of His conjunction with the Father, that is, the conjunction of His Human with the Divine that was in Him, for the reason that the Lord is not conjoined with what is man's own [proprio], but with His own that is with man. The Lord removes what is man's own [proprium], and gives of His own, and dwells in that. That this is so is known in the church, as is clear from the customary prayer and exhortation to those who come to the sacrament of the Supper, in which are these words:

If with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy sacrament (for then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ, and drink His blood), then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; and we are one with Christ, and Christ with us. (See also John 6:56. But these things may be better understood from what is shown in the work on Heaven and Hell 11-12.) From this it follows that as the Divine of the Lord received by angels and by men makes heaven and the church with them, they are one with the Lord, as He and the Father are one.

[3] That the meaning of these words of the Lord, that "He sitteth with His Father in His throne," may be more clearly seen, it must be known that "God's throne" is heaven (as was shown in the preceding article), and that heaven is heaven from the Divine that proceeds from the Lord, and this Divine is called Divine truth, but is Divine good united to Divine truth (as was said above). The Lord Himself is not in heaven, but is above the heavens, and is seen by those who are in the heavens as a sun. He is seen as a sun because He is Divine love, and Divine love is seen by the angels as solar fire; this is why "sacred fire" in the Word signifies love Divine. From the Lord as a sun light and heat proceed: the light that proceeds, since it is spiritual light, is Divine truth; and the heat, since it is spiritual heat, is Divine good. This, namely, the Divine good, is what is meant by "the Father in the heavens." (That the Lord is the Sun of Heaven, and that the light and heat therefrom are Divine truth united to Divine good, may be seen in the work on Heaven and Hell 116-125, 126-140; and that Heaven is Heaven from the Divine that proceeds from the Lord, n 7-12.) From this what is meant in the Word by "the Father in the heavens" and by "Heavenly Father" can be seen. Thus in Matthew:

Do good to your enemies, that ye may be sons of your Father who is in the heavens (Matthew 5:44, 45).

In the same:

Ye shall be perfect, as your Father in the heavens is perfect (Matthew 5:48).

In the same:

Ye who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children; how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them who ask Him (Matthew 7:11).

In the same:

He that doeth the will of the Father who is in the heavens shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens (Matthew 7:21).

In the same:

Every plant which the heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up (Matthew 15:13).

Also in other places (as in Matthew 5:16; 6:1, 6, 8; 12:50; 16:17, 18:14, 19, 35; Mark 11:25, 26; Luke 11:13).

[4] That "Father" means the Divine good can be seen also from this passage in Matthew:

Despise not one of these little ones; for their angels do always behold the face of My Father who is in the heavens (Matthew 18:10);

that "they behold the face of the Father who is in the heavens" signifies that they receive Divine good from the Lord; that they do not see His face is evident from the Lord's words in John:

That no one hath ever seen the Father (John 1:18; 5:37; 6:46).

The same can be seen from this passage in Matthew:

Call no man your Father on the earth, for one is your Father who is in the heavens (Matthew 23:9).

It is plain that no one is forbidden to call his father on the earth "father," nor is this here forbidden by the Lord; but this was said because "Father" means the Divine good, and:

No one is good except the one God (Matthew 19:17).

(The Lord spoke thus because "Father" in the Word of both Testaments means in the spiritual sense good, see Arcana Coelestia 3703[1-23], 5902, 6050, 7833, 7834; and also heaven and the church in respect to good, n. 2691, 2717, 3703, 5581, 8897; and "Father," when said by the Lord, means the Divine good of His Divine love, n. 2803, 3704, 7499, 8328, 8897)

  
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The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Teachings #201

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201. The Lord's spiritual crises. Beyond all others, the Lord suffered the fiercest, most severe spiritual crises; they are barely touched on in the literal sense of the Word but are described extensively in its inner meaning: 1663, 1668, 1787, 2776, 2786, 2795, 2816, 9528. The Lord fought out of his divine love for the whole human race: 1690, 1691, 1812, 1813, 1820. The Lord's love was a love for the salvation of the human race: 1820. The Lord fought from his own power: 1692, 1813, 9937. Through spiritual crises and victories from his own power, the Lord alone became righteousness and merit: 1813, 2025, 2026, 2027, 9715, 9809, 10178. Through crises of the spirit, the Lord united his divine nature, which was within him from conception, to his human nature, and made this latter divine, just as he makes us spiritual through our crises of the spirit: 1725, 1729, 1733, 1737, 3318, 3381, 3382, 4286. The Lord's spiritual crises included despair at the end: 1787. Through the spiritual crises he allowed himself to undergo, the Lord gained control over the hells and brought everything there and in the heavens into proper order; and at the same time he glorified his human nature: 1737, 4287, 9528, 9715, 9937. The Lord alone fought against all the hells: 8273. This is why he allowed himself to undergo spiritual crises: 2816, 4295.

The Lord's divine nature could not have undergone spiritual crises, because the hells cannot attack anything divine. That is why the Lord took on a human nature from his mother, a nature that can undergo spiritual crises: 1414, 1444, 1573, 5041, 5157, 7193, 9315. Through his spiritual crises and victories he drove out everything he had inherited from his mother and divested himself of the human nature he had received from her, even to the point that he was no longer her son: 2159, 2574, 2649, 3036, 10830. Jehovah, 1 who was in him from conception, nevertheless seemed to be absent during his spiritual crises: 1815. This was his state of being humbled: 2 1785, 1999, 2159, 6866. His last spiritual crisis and final victory was in Gethsemane and on the cross, through which he completely overcame the hells and made his human nature divine: 2776, 2813, 2814, 10655, 10659, 10828.

Not eating bread and not drinking water for forty days [Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9] means an entire state of spiritual crisis: 10686. Forty years, forty months, or forty days means a full state of spiritual crisis from beginning to end, and this state is meant by the forty-day duration of the Flood [Genesis 7:4, 17], by Moses' sojourn on Mount Sinai for forty days [Exodus 24:18; 34:28], by the Israelites' sojourn in the wilderness for forty years, 3 and by the forty-day-long crisis the Lord experienced in the wilderness [Matthew 4:2; Mark 1:13; Luke 4:2]: 730, 862, 2272, 2273, 8098.

Footnotes:

1. Following a Christian practice of his times, Swedenborg used the name "Jehovah" as a rendering of the tetragrammaton, יָהוֶה, "YHVH" (or "YHWH"), the four-letter name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures. In earliest times, Hebrew was written only with consonants; a system for indicating vowels was not perfected until the eighth century of the Common Era, and even in many modern Hebrew texts, vowels are not marked. The current scholarly reconstruction of the original pronunciation of the name is "Yahweh": see Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, under "YHWH. " A strict understanding of the Second Commandment, "You are not to take the name of YHVH your God in vain" (Exodus 20:7), led pious Jews to avoid pronouncing the name aloud; instead the word y"nod]a ('ăḏōnāi, literally meaning "my lord") was read. To indicate this, vowels similar to those in Adonai were added to YHVH, creating the form Jehovah. Some modern English Bibles use the name "Jehovah," while others render the term as "LORD," so capitalized; "Lord," in capital and lowercase; "Yahweh"; "ADONAI"; or even "God. " [GFD, RS]

2. Swedenborg is here referring to the Christian theological concept denoted by the Latin word humiliatio, here translated "his state of being humbled. " The term denoted the sufferings of Jesus; or even his simply being born, living in the mortal world, and dying; or his denying himself the prerogatives of his own divinity while on earth. The term is often contrasted with Christ's exaltatio, his being raised up. See, for example,Philippians 2:5-11. [SS]

3. For statements about the Israelites' forty-year sojourn in the wilderness, see, for example, Numbers 14:33; Deuteronomy 2:7. [GFD]

  
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