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Jezekilj 46

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1 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Vrata unutrašnjeg trema, koja gledaju na istok, neka su zatvorena u šest dana težatnih, a u subotu neka se otvaraju, i na dan mladine neka se otvaraju.

2 I knez neka dođe kroz trem od vrata spoljašnjih, i neka stane kod dovratnika, a sveštenici neka prinesu njegovu žrtvu paljenicu i žrtvu zahvalnu, i on poklonivši se na pragu neka otide, a vrata da se ne zatvaraju do večera.

3 I narod zemaljski neka se poklanja Gospodu na istim vratima u subote i na mladine.

4 A žrtva paljenica, što će prinositi knez Gospodu subotom, biće šest jaganjaca zdravih i ovan zdrav;

5 A dar efa na ovna, a na jaganjce dar koliko mu ruka može, i in ulja na efu;

6 A o mladini da bude junac zdrav, i šest jaganjaca i ovan, sve zdravo;

7 I dar da prinese efu na junca i efu na ovna, a na jaganjce koliko mu može ruka, i ulja in na efu.

8 A knez kad ide, neka ide kroz trem od vrata, i istim putem neka odlazi.

9 A kad narod zemaljski dohodi pred Gospoda o praznicima, ko uđe na severna vrata da se pokloni, neka izlazi na južna vrata; a ko uđe na južna vrata, neka izlazi na severna vrata; neka se ne vraća na vrata na koja uđe, nego neka izlazi na ona koja su na suprot.

10 A knez s njima neka ulazi kad oni ulaze, i neka izlazi kad oni izlaze.

11 I o praznicima i o svetkovinama dar neka je efa na junca, i efa na ovna, a na jaganjce koliko mu ruka dade, a ulja in na efu.

12 A kad knez prinosi dragovoljnu žrtvu, paljenicu ili zahvalnu, od svoje volje Gospodu, tada neka mu se otvore vrata koja gledaju na istok, i neka prinese žrtvu svoju paljenicu i zahvalnu, kako čini subotom; po tom neka iziđe, i vrata neka se zatvore kad iziđe.

13 I prinosi svaki dan Gospodu na žrtvu paljenicu jagnje od godine zdravo; svako jutro prinosi ga.

14 I dodaj na nj dar svako jutro šestinu efe i ulja trećinu ina, da se pokropi belo brašno; to je vazdašnji dar Gospodu uredbom večnom.

15 I tako neka prinose jagnje i dar i ulje svako jutro, žrtvu paljenicu svagdašnju.

16 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Ako knez da dar kome sinu svom od svog nasledstva, neka bude sinovima njegovim, njihovo je dostojanje.

17 Ako li da dar od svog nasledstva kome sluzi svom, neka mu bude do godine oprosne, a onda neka se vrati knezu, jer je njegovo nasledstvo, sinovima njegovim neka bude.

18 I knez da ne uzima narodu ništa od nasledstva terajući ih s njihovog nasledstva; od svog dostojanja neka daje sinovima svojim nasledstvo da se ne razgoni moj narod, niko sa svog nasledstva.

19 Po tom me odvede kroz ulaz koji je pokraj vrata u svete kleti svešteničke koje gledaju na sever, i gle, onde beše neko mesto u dnu prema zapadu.

20 I reče mi: Ovo je mesto gde će sveštenici variti prinos za krivicu i za greh, gde će peći dar da ne iznose u spoljašnji trem i narod posvećuju.

21 Tada me izvede u spoljašnji trem, i provede me u četiri ugla od trema, i gle, u svakom uglu od trema beše trem.

22 U četiri ugla od trema behu tremovi s dimnjacima, u dužinu od četrdeset lakata a u širinu od trideset lakata, sva četiri na uglovima behu jedne mere.

23 U njima četirima beše zid unaokolo, a pod tim zidom behu ognjišta svuda unaokolo.

24 I reče mi: Ovo su kuhinje, gde će žrtve narodne kuvati koji služe domu.

   

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Scriptural Confirmations #53

  
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53. 25. A day of cloud and thick darkness (Ezekiel 34:12).

(I will make Mount Seir and the cities thereof into a waste and devastation, into a waste of eternity (Ezekiel 35:3-4, 7, 9, 12, 14-15).

Then the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built (Ezekiel 36:10).

When I shall sanctify Myself among you, then I will give you a new heart, and I will give a new spirit in the midst of you and I will take away the heart of stone, and will give you a heart of flesh, and I will give a new spirit in your midst, and ye shall be My people, and I will be your God (Ezekiel 36:23, 26-28).

In the day that I have cleansed you from all your iniquities, I will make you to dwell in cities, and the waste places shall be built; they shall say, This land that was devastated is become as the garden of Eden, and the desolate and devastated cities are fortified and inhabited (Ezekiel 36:33-38).

Behold I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people, and I will lead you upon the land of Israel, and I will put my spirit in you that ye may live (Ezekiel 37:12-14). Concerning the dry bones: by the inflowing of the breath among them, and their living again, regeneration is described.

After many days thou shalt be visited, and in the latter days they shall come upon the land that was made a waste (Ezekiel 38:8, 16).

They shall bury Gog in the day in which I shall be glorified (Ezekiel 39:11-12, 13). Gog is one who is in external worship, but not in internal.

Of the great sacrifices upon the mountains of Israel, and that thus He will set His glory among the nations that they may know that Jehovah is their God from that day, and hence-forward (Ezekiel 39:17-22).

Of the New Church which is described by many things in Ezekiel 40-48: of the city which is the New Jerusalem, and of its gates (40): of the temple, etc. (41): of the court and of the chambers there (42): of the eastern gate where the glory of the God of Israel is seen, and of His worship (43): next of His worship and of ministration (44): of the statutes for the prince (45, 46): of waters from the house (47) of the allotment of the land according to tribes (47, 48). That the name of the city is, Jehovah there (48:35).

  
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