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Ezekiel 45

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1 και-C εν-P ο- A--DSN καταμετρεω-V2--PMN συ- P--AP ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF εν-P κληρονομια-N1A-DSF αποοριζω-VF2-FAI2P απαρχη-N1--ASF ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM αγιος-A1A-ASN απο-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF πεντε-M και-C εικοσι-M χιλιας-N3D-APF μηκος-N3E-ASN και-C ευρος-N3E-ASN εικοσι-M χιλιας-N3D-APF αγιος-A1A-NSN ειμι-VF--FMI3S εν-P πας-A3--DPN ο- A--DPN οριον-N2N-DPN αυτος- D--GSM κυκλοθεν-D

2 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S εκ-P ουτος- D--GSM εις-P αγιασμα-N3M-ASN πεντακοσιοι-A1A-NPM επι-P πεντακοσιοι-A1A-APM τετραγωνος-A1B-ASM κυκλοθεν-D και-C πηχυς-N3U-NPM πεντηκοντα-M διαστημα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--DSM κυκλοθεν-D

3 και-C εκ-P ουτος- D--GSF ο- A--GSF διαμετρησις-N3I-GSF διαμετρεω-VF--FAI2S μηκος-N3E-ASN πεντε-M και-C εικοσι-M χιλιας-N3D-APF και-C ευρος-N3E-ASN δεκα-M χιλιας-N3D-APF και-C εν-P αυτος- D--DSF ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSN αγιασμα-N3M-NSN αγιος-A1A-NPN ο- A--GPN αγιος-A1A-GPN

4 απο-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--DPM ιερευς-N3V-DPM ο- A--DPM λειτουργεω-V2--PAPDPM εν-P ο- A--DSM αγιος-A1A-DSM και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--DPM εγγιζω-V1--PAPDPM λειτουργεω-V2--PAN ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S αυτος- D--DPM τοπος-N2--NSM εις-P οικος-N2--APM αποοριζω-VT--XMPAPM ο- A--DSM αγιασμος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GPM

5 εικοσι-M και-C πεντε-M χιλιας-N3D-NPF μηκος-N3E-ASN και-C ευρος-N3E-ASN δεκα-M χιλιας-N3D-NPF ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--DPM *λευιτης-N1M-DPM ο- A--DPM λειτουργεω-V2--PAPDPM ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--DPM εις-P κατασχεσις-N3I-ASF πολις-N3I-APF ο- A--GSN καταοικεω-V2--PAN

6 και-C ο- A--ASF κατασχεσις-N3I-ASF ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF διδωμι-VF--FAI2S πεντε-M χιλιας-N3D-APF ευρος-N3E-ASN και-C μηκος-N3E-ASN πεντε-M και-C εικοσι-M χιλιας-N3D-APF ος- --ASM τροπος-N2--ASM ο- A--NSF απαρχη-N1--NSF ο- A--GPN αγιος-A1A-GPN πας-A3--DSM οικος-N2--DSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ειμι-VF--FMI3P

7 και-C ο- A--DSM ηγεομαι-V2--PMPDSM εκ-P ουτος- D--GSM και-C απο-P ουτος- D--GSM εις-P ο- A--APF απαρχη-N1--APF ο- A--GPN αγιος-A1A-GPN εις-P κατασχεσις-N3I-ASF ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GPF απαρχη-N1--GPF ο- A--GPN αγιος-A1A-GPN και-C κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSF κατασχεσις-N3I-GSF ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF ο- A--APN προς-P θαλασσα-N1S-ASF και-C απο-P ο- A--GPN προς-P θαλασσα-N1S-ASF προς-P ανατολη-N1--APF και-C ο- A--ASN μηκος-N3E-ASN ως-C εις-A1A-NSF ο- A--GPF μερις-N3D-GPF απο-P ο- A--GPN οριον-N2N-GPN ο- A--GPN προς-P θαλασσα-N1S-ASF και-C ο- A--ASN μηκος-N3E-ASN επι-P ο- A--APN οριον-N2N-APN ο- A--APN προς-P ανατολη-N1--APF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

8 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S αυτος- D--DSM εις-P κατασχεσις-N3I-ASF εν-P ο- A--DSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ου-D καταδυναστευω-VF--FAI3P ουκετι-D ο- A--NPM αποηγεομαι-V2--PMPNPM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS και-C ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF κατακληρονομεω-VF--FAI3P οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM κατα-P φυλη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GPM

9 οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ικανοω-V4--PMD3S συ- P--DP ο- A--NPM αποηγεομαι-V2--PMPNPM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM αδικια-N1A-ASF και-C ταλαιπωρια-N1A-ASF αποαιρεω-VB--AMD2P και-C κριμα-N3M-ASN και-C δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF ποιεω-VA--AAD2P εκαιρω-VA--AAD2P καταδυναστεια-N1A-ASF απο-P ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM θεος-N2--NSM

10 ζυγος-N2--NSM δικαιος-A1A-NSM και-C μετρον-N2N-NSN δικαιος-A1A-NSN και-C χοινιξ-N3K-NSF δικαιος-A1A-NSF ειμι-V9--PAD3S συ- P--DP

11 ο- A--NSN μετρον-N2N-NSN και-C ο- A--NSF χοινιξ-N3K-NSF ομοιως-D εις-A1A-NSF ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--GSN λαμβανω-V1--PAN ο- A--ASN δεκατος-A1--ASN ο- A--GSN γομορ-N---GSN ο- A--NSF χοινιξ-N3K-NSF και-C ο- A--ASN δεκατος-A1--ASN ο- A--GSN γομορ-N---GSN ο- A--ASN μετρον-N2N-ASN προς-P ο- A--ASN γομορ-N---ASN ειμι-VF--FMI3S ισος-A1--NSN

12 και-C ο- A--NSN σταθμιον-N2N-NSN εικοσι-M οβολος-N2--NPM ο- A--NPM πεντε-M σικλος-N2--NPM πεντε-M και-C ο- A--NPM δεκα-M σικλος-N2--NPM δεκα-M και-C πεντηκοντα-M σικλος-N2--NPM ο- A--NSF μνα-N1A-NSF ειμι-VF--FMI3S συ- P--DP

13 και-C ουτος- D--NSF ο- A--NSF απαρχη-N1--NSF ος- --ASF αποοριζω-VF2-FAI2P εκτος-A1--ASN ο- A--GSN μετρον-N2N-GSN απο-P ο- A--GSN γομορ-N---GSN ο- A--GSM πυρος-N2--GSM και-C ο- A--ASN εκτος-A1--ASN ο- A--GSN οιφι-N---GSN απο-P ο- A--GSM κορος-N2--GSM ο- A--GPF κριθη-N1--GPF

14 και-C ο- A--ASN προσταγμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GSN ελαιον-N2N-GSN κοτυλη-N1--ASF ελαιον-N2N-GSN απο-P δεκα-M κοτυλη-N1--GPF οτι-C ο- A--NPF δεκα-M κοτυλη-N1--NPF ειμι-V9--PAI3P γομορ-N---NSN

15 και-C προβατον-N2N-ASN απο-P ο- A--GPN δεκα-M προβατον-N2N-GPN αφαιρεμα-N3M-ASN εκ-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF πατρια-N1A-GPF ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εις-P θυσια-N1A-APF και-C εις-P ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN και-C εις-P σωτηριον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSN εκιλασκομαι-V1--PMN περι-P συ- P--GP λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM θεος-N2--NSM

16 και-C πας-A3--NSM ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM διδωμι-VF--FAI3S ο- A--ASF απαρχη-N1--ASF ουτος- D--ASF ο- A--DSM αποηγεομαι-V2--PMPDSM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

17 και-C δια-P ο- A--GSM αποηγεομαι-V2--PMPGSM ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NPN ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-NPN και-C ο- A--NPF θυσια-N1A-NPF και-C ο- A--NPF σπονδη-N1--NPF ειμι-VF--FMI3P εν-P ο- A--DPF εορτη-N1--DPF και-C εν-P ο- A--DPF νεομηνια-N1A-DPF και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN σαββατον-N2N-DPN και-C εν-P πας-A1S-DPF ο- A--DPF εορτη-N1--DPF οικος-N2--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM αυτος- D--NSM ποιεω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--APN υπερ-P αμαρτια-N1A-APF και-C ο- A--ASF θυσια-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--APN ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN και-C ο- A--APN ο- A--GSN σωτηριον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSN εκιλασκομαι-V1--PMN υπερ-P ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

18 οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM θεος-N2--NSM εν-P ο- A--DSM πρωτος-A1--DSM μην-N3--DSM εις-A1A-DSF ο- A--GSM μην-N3--GSM λαμβανω-VF--FMI2P μοσχος-N2--ASM εκ-P βους-N3--GPM αμωμος-A1B-ASM ο- A--GSN εκιλασκομαι-VA--AMN ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN

19 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSM ιερευς-N3V-NSM απο-P ο- A--GSN αιμα-N3M-GSN ο- A--GSM εξιλασμος-N2--GSM και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI3S επι-P ο- A--APF φλια-N1A-APF ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM και-C επι-P ο- A--APF τεσσαρες-A3--APF γωνια-N1A-APF ο- A--GSM ιερος-A1A-GSM και-C επι-P ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN και-C επι-P ο- A--APF φλια-N1A-APF ο- A--GSF πυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF αυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF εσωτερος-A1A-GSF

20 και-C ουτως-D ποιεω-VF--FAI2S εν-P ο- A--DSM εβδομος-A1--DSM μην-N3--DSM εις-A1A-DSF ο- A--GSM μην-N3--GSM λαμβανω-VF--FMI2S παρα-P εκαστος-A1--GSM απομοιρα-N1A-NSF και-C εκιλασκομαι-VF--FMI2P ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM

21 και-C εν-P ο- A--DSM πρωτος-A1--DSMS μην-N3--DSM οςτεσσαρεσκαιδεκατ-A1--DSF ο- A--GSM μην-N3--GSM ειμι-VF--FMI3S συ- P--DP ο- A--NSN πασχα-N---NSN εορτη-N1--NSF επτα-M ημερα-N1A-APF αζυμος-A1B-APN εσθιω-VF--FMI2P

22 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NSM αποηγεομαι-V2--PMPNSM εν-P εκεινος- D--DSF ο- A--DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF υπερ-P εαυτου- D--GSM και-C ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM και-C υπερ-P πας-A3--GSM ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF μοσχος-N2--ASM υπερ-P αμαρτια-N1A-APF

23 και-C ο- A--APF επτα-M ημερα-N1A-APF ο- A--GSF εορτη-N1--GSF ποιεω-VF--FAI3S ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM επτα-M μοσχος-N2--APM και-C επτα-M κριος-N2--APM αμωμος-A1B-APM κατα-P ημερα-N1A-ASF ο- A--APF επτα-M ημερα-N1A-APF και-C υπερ-P αμαρτια-N1A-APF εριφος-N2--ASM αιξ-N3G-GPM κατα-P ημερα-N1A-ASF

24 και-C θυσια-N1A-ASF πεμμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--DSM μοσχος-N2--DSM και-C πεμμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--DSM κριος-N2--DSM ποιεω-VF--FAI2S και-C ελαιον-N2N-GSN ο- A--ASN ιν-N---ASN ο- A--DSN πεμμα-N3M-DSN

25 και-C εν-P ο- A--DSM εβδομος-A1--DSM μην-N3--DSM πεντεκαιδεκατος-A1--DSF ο- A--GSM μην-N3--GSM εν-P ο- A--DSF εορτη-N1--DSF ποιεω-VF--FAI2S κατα-P ο- A--APN αυτος- D--APN επτα-M ημερα-N1A-APF καθως-D ο- A--APN υπερ-P ο- A--GSF αμαρτια-N1A-GSF και-C καθως-D ο- A--APN ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN και-C καθως-D ο- A--ASN μαναα-N---ASN και-C καθως-D ο- A--ASN ελαιον-N2N-ASN

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #191

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191. "'I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God.'" This symbolically means that the truths they possess, springing from goodness derived from the Lord, sustain the Lord's church in heaven.

A temple symbolizes the church, and the temple of My God symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven. It is apparent from this that a pillar symbolizes what sustains and stabilizes the church, and that is the Divine truth in the Word.

In the highest sense, a temple symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, particularly in respect to Divine truth. In a representative sense, however, a temple symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven, and so also the Lord's church in the world.

That a temple in the highest sense symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity, and particularly in respect to Divine truth, is apparent from the following passages:

(Jesus said to the Jews,) "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." ...He was speaking of the temple of His body. (John 2:19, 21)

I saw no temple in (the New Jerusalem), for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. (Revelation 21:22)

Behold..., the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire. (Malachi 3:1)

I will bow myself toward Your holy temple... (Psalms 138:2)

...I will look again toward Your holy temple... And my prayer went to You, to Your holy temple. (Jonah 2:4, 7)

Jehovah is in His holy temple. (Habakkuk 2:20)

The holy temple of Jehovah or of the Lord is His Divine humanity, for it is to this that people bow, look to, and pray, and not to the temple merely, as the temple is not, in itself, holy. It is called a holy temple, because holiness is predicated of Divine truth (no. 173).

"The temple that sanctifies the gold" in Matthew 23:16-17 means nothing else than the Lord's Divine humanity.

[2] That a temple in a representative sense symbolizes the Lord's church in heaven, is apparent from the following passages:

(The) voice (of Jehovah) from the temple...! (Isaiah 66:6)

...a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven... (Revelation 16:17)

The temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. (Revelation 11:19)

...the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. And out of the temple came the seven angels... And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God... (Revelation 15:5-6, 8)

I called upon Jehovah, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple... (Psalms 18:6)

I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty, and His skirts filled the temple. (Isaiah 6:1)

[3] That a temple symbolizes the church in the world is apparent from these passages:

Our holy... temple... has become a conflagration... (Isaiah 64:11)

I will shake all nations..., that I may fill this house with glory... The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former... (Haggai 2:7, 9)

The new temple in Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48 describes a church to be established by the Lord. A church is also meant in Revelation 11:1 by the temple that the angel measured. So likewise elsewhere, as in Isaiah 44:28, Jeremiah 7:2-4, 9-11, Zechariah 8:9.

...the disciples (of Jesus) came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, ."..Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left... upon another, that shall not be demolished." (Matthew 24:1-2)

The temple here symbolizes the church today; and its demolition means, symbolically, that not one stone would be left upon another. This symbolizes the end of that church, when not any truth would remain. For when the disciples spoke with the Lord about the temple, the Lord foretold the consecutive states of this church, even to its last one, or the end of the age; and the end of the age means the final period of the church, which is the one that exists today. This was represented by the destruction of that temple to its foundations.

[4] A temple has these three symbolic meanings, namely the Lord, the church in heaven, and the church in the world. Because these three are bound up together, they cannot be separated. Consequently one cannot be meant without the other. Therefore anyone who divorces the church in the world from the church in heaven, or the one or the other from the Lord, is without the truth.

The temple here means the church in heaven, because reference to the church in the world follows after this (no. 194).

  
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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.