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Иезекииль 10

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1 И видел я, и вот на своде, который над главами Херувимов, как бы камень сапфир, как бы нечто, похожее на престол, видимо было над ними.

2 И говорил Он человеку, одетому в льняную одежду, и сказал: войди между колесами под Херувимов и возьми полные пригоршни горящих угольев между Херувимами, и брось на город; и он вошел в моих глазах.

3 Херувимы же стояли по правую сторону дома, когда вошел тот человек, и облако наполняло внутренний двор.

4 И поднялась слава Господня с Херувима к порогу дома, и дом наполнился облаком, и двор наполнился сиянием славы Господа.

5 И шум от крыльев Херувимов слышен был даже на внешнем дворе, как бы глас Бога Всемогущего, когда Он говорит.

6 И когда Он дал повеление человеку, одетому в льняную одежду, сказав: „возьми огня между колесами, между Херувимами", и когда он вошел и стал у колеса, –

7 тогда из среды Херувимов один Херувим простер руку свою к огню, который между Херувимами, и взял и дал в пригоршни одетому в льняную одежду. Он взял и вышел.

8 И видно было у Херувимов подобие рук человеческих под крыльями их.

9 И видел я: и вот четыре колеса подле Херувимов, по одному колесу подлекаждого Херувима, и колеса по виду как бы из камня топаза.

10 И по виду все четыре сходны, как будто бы колесо находилось в колесе.

11 Когда шли они, то шли на четыре свои стороны; во время шествия своегоне оборачивались, но к тому месту, куда обращена была голова, и они туда шли; во время шествия своего не оборачивались.

12 И все тело их, и спина их, и руки их, и крылья их, и колеса кругом были полны очей, все четыре колеса их.

13 К колесам сим, как я слышал, сказано было: „галгал".

14 И у каждого из животных четыре лица: первое лице – лице херувимово, второе лице – лице человеческое, третье лице львиное и четвертое лице орлиное.

15 Херувимы поднялись. Это были те же животные, которых видел я при реке Ховаре.

16 И когда шли Херувимы, тогда шли подле них и колеса; и когда Херувимы поднимали крылья свои, чтобы подняться от земли, и колеса не отделялись, но были при них.

17 Когда те стояли, стояли и они; когда те поднимались, поднимались иони; ибо в них был дух животных.

18 И отошла слава Господня от порога дома и стала над Херувимами.

19 И подняли Херувимы крылья свои, и поднялись в глазах моих от земли; когда они уходили, то и колеса подле них; и стали у входа в восточные врата Дома Господня, и слава Бога Израилева вверху над ними.

20 Это были те же животные, которых видел я в подножии Бога Израилева при реке Ховаре.И я узнал, что это Херувимы.

21 У каждого по четыре лица, и у каждого по четыре крыла, и под крыльями их подобие рук человеческих.

22 А подобие лиц их то же, какие лица видел я при реке Ховаре, – ивид их, и сами они. Каждый шел прямо в ту сторону, которая была перед лицем его.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #5314

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5314. Verses 41-44 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his ring from upon his hand and put it onto Joseph's hand, and clothed him in robes of fine linen, and placed a chain of gold onto his neck. And he made him ride in the second chariot that he had; and they cried out before him, Abrek! and he set him over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.

'And Pharaoh said to Joseph' means a further perception present in the natural but received from the celestial of the spiritual. 'See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt' means dominion over both parts of the natural. 'And Pharaoh took off his ring from upon his hand' means a confirmation regarding the power which belonged at first to the natural. 'And put it onto Joseph's hand' means that it yielded all that power to the celestial of the spiritual. 'And clothed him in robes of fine linen' means an outward sign denoting the celestial of the spiritual, 'robes of fine linen' being truths going forth from the Divine. 'And placed a chain of gold onto his neck' means an outward sign denoting the joining of interior things to exterior ones, good being that which effects that joining together. 'And he made him ride in the second chariot' means an outward sign that the celestial of the spiritual was the source of all the teaching about goodness and truth. 'That he had' means which is imparted through the natural. 'And they cried out before him, Abrek!' means acknowledgement coming through faith, and homage. 'And he set him over all the land of Egypt' means that its authority was as described. 'And Pharaoh said to Joseph' means further perception still. 'I am Pharaoh' means that this made the natural what it was. 'And without you shall no man lift up his hand' means that all power in the spiritual was received from the celestial of the spiritual. 'Or his foot' means all power in the natural. 'In all the land of Egypt' means in both parts of the natural.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #3670

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3670. 'And He will give you the blessing of Abraham' means the joining of the Divine itself to the good and truth of the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'blessing' as a joining together, dealt with above in 3660, 3667, and from the representation of 'Abraham' as the Lord's Divine itself, which is called the Father, dealt with in 2011, 3251, 3439. And as these words are addressed to Jacob, who is to represent the Divine Good and Truth of the Lord's Divine Natural, it is a joining together of the Divine itself to the good and truth of the Natural - this joining together being meant in the internal sense by 'He will give you the blessing of Abraham'. In the sense of the letter it is possession of the land of Canaan that is meant by 'the blessing of Abraham', and also by the words that follow, 'to inherit the land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham'. This also is what these words are taken to mean by all who believe that the historical descriptions of the Word do not embody anything more heavenly and deeper than that. This is especially so with the Jewish nation, which also claims from that sense to hold a superior position to all other nations and peoples. Their forefathers understood those words in the same way, especially Jacob, who had that kind of disposition, as becomes clear from what has been stated just above in 3667. That is to say, he did not know Jehovah and was unwilling to acknowledge Him unless He conferred bodily and worldly benefits on him. The fact that neither Abraham, nor Isaac, nor Jacob were meant, but that Jacob represented the Lord's Natural which He was to make Divine is abundantly evident from the explanations given. The same applies to the character of any person who represents, whether evil or good; for the evil are no less able to represent, and have represented, the Lord's Divine, see 665, 1097, 1361.

[2] The same may be seen from the representatives which also exist at the present day. For all kings, no matter who they are or what they are like, represent the Lord through the kingly office itself residing with them; and in like manner all priests, no matter who they are or what they are like, do so through their priestly office. The kingly office itself and the priestly office itself are sacred, no matter who serves in them. Consequently the Word taught by someone evil is no less sacred; nor is the Sacrament of Baptism, or the Holy Supper, or similar ministrations any less so. From this it may also be seen that no king can possibly claim as his own the sacredness that goes with his kingly office, nor any priest the sacredness that goes with his priestly office. Insofar as he does claim it or attribute it to himself he brands himself with the sign of a spiritual thief, or the mark of spiritual theft. And insofar as he commits what is evil, that is, acts contrary to what is right and fair, and contrary to what is good and true, a king throws off his representation of the sacred kingly office, and a priest his representation of the sacred priestly office, and then represents the reverse of this. This explains why so many laws were laid down in the Jewish representative Church concerning the sacredness which was to be attached in particular to priests when ministering. More on this matter will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated later on.

  
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