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Ezekiel 45

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1 και εν τω καταμετρεισθαι υμας την γην εν κληρονομια αφοριειτε απαρχην τω κυριω αγιον απο της γης πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδας μηκος και ευρος εικοσι χιλιαδας αγιον εσται εν πασι τοις οριοις αυτου κυκλοθεν

2 και εσται εκ τουτου εις αγιασμα πεντακοσιοι επι πεντακοσιους τετραγωνον κυκλοθεν και πηχεις πεντηκοντα διαστημα αυτω κυκλοθεν

3 και εκ ταυτης της διαμετρησεως διαμετρησεις μηκος πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδας και ευρος δεκα χιλιαδας και εν αυτη εσται το αγιασμα αγια των αγιων

4 απο της γης εσται τοις ιερευσιν τοις λειτουργουσιν εν τω αγιω και εσται τοις εγγιζουσι λειτουργειν τω κυριω και εσται αυτοις τοπος εις οικους αφωρισμενους τω αγιασμω αυτων

5 εικοσι και πεντε χιλιαδες μηκος και ευρος δεκα χιλιαδες εσται τοις λευιταις τοις λειτουργουσιν τω οικω αυτοις εις κατασχεσιν πολεις του κατοικειν

6 και την κατασχεσιν της πολεως δωσεις πεντε χιλιαδας ευρος και μηκος πεντε και εικοσι χιλιαδας ον τροπον η απαρχη των αγιων παντι οικω ισραηλ εσονται

7 και τω ηγουμενω εκ τουτου και απο τουτου εις τας απαρχας των αγιων εις κατασχεσιν της πολεως κατα προσωπον των απαρχων των αγιων και κατα προσωπον της κατασχεσεως της πολεως τα προς θαλασσαν και απο των προς θαλασσαν προς ανατολας και το μηκος ως μια των μεριδων απο των οριων των προς θαλασσαν και το μηκος επι τα ορια τα προς ανατολας της γης

8 και εσται αυτω εις κατασχεσιν εν τω ισραηλ και ου καταδυναστευσουσιν ουκετι οι αφηγουμενοι του ισραηλ τον λαον μου και την γην κατακληρονομησουσιν οικος ισραηλ κατα φυλας αυτων

9 ταδε λεγει κυριος θεος ικανουσθω υμιν οι αφηγουμενοι του ισραηλ αδικιαν και ταλαιπωριαν αφελεσθε και κριμα και δικαιοσυνην ποιησατε εξαρατε καταδυναστειαν απο του λαου μου λεγει κυριος θεος

10 ζυγος δικαιος και μετρον δικαιον και χοινιξ δικαια εστω υμιν

11 το μετρον και η χοινιξ ομοιως μια εσται του λαμβανειν το δεκατον του γομορ η χοινιξ και το δεκατον του γομορ το μετρον προς το γομορ εσται ισον

12 και το σταθμιον εικοσι οβολοι οι πεντε σικλοι πεντε και οι δεκα σικλοι δεκα και πεντηκοντα σικλοι η μνα εσται υμιν

13 και αυτη η απαρχη ην αφοριειτε εκτον του μετρου απο του γομορ του πυρου και το εκτον του οιφι απο του κορου των κριθων

14 και το προσταγμα του ελαιου κοτυλην ελαιου απο δεκα κοτυλων οτι αι δεκα κοτυλαι εισιν γομορ

15 και προβατον απο των δεκα προβατων αφαιρεμα εκ πασων των πατριων του ισραηλ εις θυσιας και εις ολοκαυτωματα και εις σωτηριου του εξιλασκεσθαι περι υμων λεγει κυριος θεος

16 και πας ο λαος δωσει την απαρχην ταυτην τω αφηγουμενω του ισραηλ

17 και δια του αφηγουμενου εσται τα ολοκαυτωματα και αι θυσιαι και αι σπονδαι εσονται εν ταις εορταις και εν ταις νουμηνιαις και εν τοις σαββατοις και εν πασαις ταις εορταις οικου ισραηλ αυτος ποιησει τα υπερ αμαρτιας και την θυσιαν και τα ολοκαυτωματα και τα του σωτηριου του εξιλασκεσθαι υπερ του οικου ισραηλ

18 ταδε λεγει κυριος θεος εν τω πρωτω μηνι μια του μηνος λημψεσθε μοσχον εκ βοων αμωμον του εξιλασασθαι το αγιον

19 και λημψεται ο ιερευς απο του αιματος του εξιλασμου και δωσει επι τας φλιας του οικου και επι τας τεσσαρας γωνιας του ιερου και επι το θυσιαστηριον και επι τας φλιας της πυλης της αυλης της εσωτερας

20 και ουτως ποιησεις εν τω εβδομω μηνι μια του μηνος λημψη παρ' εκαστου απομοιραν και εξιλασεσθε τον οικον

21 και εν τω πρωτω μηνι τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατη του μηνος εσται υμιν το πασχα εορτη επτα ημερας αζυμα εδεσθε

22 και ποιησει ο αφηγουμενος εν εκεινη τη ημερα υπερ αυτου και του οικου και υπερ παντος του λαου της γης μοσχον υπερ αμαρτιας

23 και τας επτα ημερας της εορτης ποιησει ολοκαυτωματα τω κυριω επτα μοσχους και επτα κριους αμωμους καθ' ημεραν τας επτα ημερας και υπερ αμαρτιας εριφον αιγων καθ' ημεραν

24 και θυσιαν πεμμα τω μοσχω και πεμμα τω κριω ποιησεις και ελαιου το ιν τω πεμματι

25 και εν τω εβδομω μηνι πεντεκαιδεκατη του μηνος εν τη εορτη ποιησεις κατα τα αυτα επτα ημερας καθως τα υπερ της αμαρτιας και καθως τα ολοκαυτωματα και καθως το μαναα και καθως το ελαιον

   

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Numbers 28:11

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11 και εν ταις νεομηνιαις προσαξετε ολοκαυτωματα τω κυριω μοσχους εκ βοων δυο και κριον ενα αμνους ενιαυσιους επτα αμωμους

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Arcana Coelestia #1607

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1607. That 'for all the land which you see I will give to you' means the heavenly kingdom which was to be the Lord's is clear from the meaning of 'land' - the land of Canaan in this context since the words used are 'the land which you see' - as the heavenly kingdom. Indeed the land of Canaan represented the Lord's kingdom in the heavens, which is heaven, and also the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church. This meaning of 'land' has been discussed frequently already. That the kingdom in heaven and on earth was given to the Lord is clear from various places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

A Boy is born, a Son is given to us; and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6.

In Daniel,

I saw in the night visions, and behold with the clouds of the heavens One like the Son of Man was coming, and He came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And to Him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages will serve Him. His dominion is an eternal dominion which will not pass away, and His kingdom one that will not perish. Daniel 7:13-14.

The Lord Himself also says the same: in Matthew,

All things have been delivered to Me by My Father. Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22.

Elsewhere in Matthew,

[All] power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matthew 28:18.

In John,

You have given to the Son power over all flesh in order that all You have given Him, to them He may give eternal life. John 17:2-3.

And 'sitting on the right hand' has the same meaning, as in Luke,

From now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

[2] As regards all power in heaven and on earth being given to the Son of Man, it should be recognized that the Lord already had power over all things in heaven and on earth before He came into the world, for He was God from eternity and He was Jehovah, as He Himself plainly declares in John,

Now, Father, glorify Me in Your Own Self with the glory I had with You before the world was. John 17:5.

And in the same gospel,

Truly, Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. 1 John 8:58.

In fact He was Jehovah and God to the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood, and was seen by them. He was also Jehovah and God to the Ancient Church which existed after the Flood; and He was the One whom all the religious observances of the Jewish Church represented, and the One they worshipped. The reason the Lord says that all power in heaven and on earth has been given to Him, as though it had not been His till then, is that 'the Son of Man' is used to mean His Human Essence which became Jehovah as well after it had been united to His Divine Essence. Power was given to Him at that point, which would not have been possible until He was glorified, that is, until His Human Essence as well, through union with the Divine Essence, had life in Itself and likewise became Divine and Jehovah, as He Himself declares in John,

As the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. John 5:26.

[3] It is His Human Essence or External Man that is named 'the Son of Man' in the passage quoted from Daniel, and 'a Boy born, a Son given to us' in the passage quoted from Isaiah. The fact that the heavenly kingdom would be given to Him, and all power in heaven and on earth, was shown and promised to Him then, and is the meaning of the statement 'all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your seed after you for ever'. This was before His Human Essence had been united to His Divine Essence, a union which took place when He had overcome the devil and hell, that is to say, when by His own strength and powers He had cast out all evil, which alone causes the severance.

Footnotes:

1. The Latin means I was, but the Greek means I am, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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