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Ezequiel 43

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1 Me llevó luego a la puerta, a la puerta que mira hacia el oriente;

2 Y he aquí la Gloria del Dios de Israel, que venía hacia el oriente; y su sonido era como el sonido de muchas aguas, y la tierra resplandecía a causa de su gloria.

3 Y la visión que vi era como la visión, como aquella visión que vi cuando vine para destruir la ciudad; y las visiones eran como la visión que vi junto al río de Quebar; y caí sobre mi rostro.

4 Y la Gloria del SEÑOR entró en la Casa por la vía de la puerta que daba cara al oriente.

5 Y me alzó el Espíritu, y me metió en el atrio de adentro; y he aquí que la Gloria del SEÑOR llenó la Casa.

6 Y oí que él me hablaba desde la Casa; y el varón estaba junto a mí.

7 Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, éste es el lugar de mi asiento, y el lugar de las plantas de mis pies, en el cual habitaré entre los hijos de Israel para siempre; y nunca más contaminará la Casa de Israel mi santo nombre, ni ellos ni sus reyes, con sus fornicaciones, y con los cuerpos muertos de sus reyes en sus altares.

8 Poniendo ellos su umbral junto a mi umbral, y su poste junto a mi poste, y una pared entre mí y ellos, contaminaron mi Santo Nombre con sus abominaciones que hicieron, y yo los consumí en mi furor.

9 Ahora echarán lejos de mí su fornicación, y los cuerpos muertos de sus reyes, y habitaré en medio de ellos para siempre.

10 Tú, hijo de hombre, muestra a la Casa de Israel esta Casa, y avergüéncense de sus pecados, y entiendan su diseño.

11 Si se avergonzaren de todo lo que han hecho, hazles entender la figura de la Casa, y su diseño, y sus salidas y sus entradas, y todas sus figuras, y todas sus descripciones, y todas sus pinturas, y todas sus leyes; y escríbelo delante de sus ojos, para que guarden toda su forma, y todas sus reglas, y las pongan por obra.

12 Esta es la ley de la Casa: Sobre la cumbre del monte será edificada , todo su término alrededor será santísimo; he aquí que ésta es la ley de la Casa.

13 Y éstas son las medidas del altar en codos (el codo de a codo y palmo). El aro del medio, de un codo, y de un codo el ancho; y su remate por su borde alrededor, de un palmo. Este será el fondo alto del altar.

14 Y desde el aro del medio de la tierra hasta el lugar de abajo, dos codos, y la anchura de un codo; y desde el lugar menor hasta el lugar mayor, cuatro codos, y la anchura de un codo.

15 Y el altar, de cuatro codos, y encima del altar, cuatro cuernos.

16 Y el altar tenía doce codos de largo, y doce de ancho, cuadrado a sus cuatro lados.

17 Y el patio era de catorce codos de longitud y catorce de anchura en sus cuatro lados, y de medio codo el borde alrededor; y el medio que tenía aro de un codo por todos lados; y sus gradas estaban al oriente.

18 Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, así dijo el Señor DIOS: Estas son las leyes del altar el día en que será hecho, para ofrecer sobre él holocausto, y para esparcir sobre él sangre.

19 Darás a los sacerdotes Levitas que son del linaje de Sadoc, que se allegan a mí, dijo el Señor DIOS, para ministrarme, un becerro hijo de vaca para expiación.

20 Y tomarás de su sangre, y pondrás en los cuatro cuernos del altar , y en las cuatro esquinas del patio, y en el borde alrededor; así lo limpiarás y purificarás.

21 Tomarás luego el becerro de la expiación, y lo quemarás conforme a la ley de la Casa, fuera del Santuario.

22 Y al segundo día ofrecerás un macho cabrío sin defecto, para expiación; y purificarán el altar como lo purificaron con el becerro.

23 Cuando acabares de expiar, ofrecerás un becerro hijo de vaca sin defecto, y un carnero sin tacha de la manada;

24 y los ofrecerás delante del SEÑOR, y los sacerdotes echarán sal sobre ellos, y los ofrecerán en holocausto al SEÑOR.

25 Por siete días sacrificarán un macho cabrío cada día en expiación; y el becerro hijo de vaca, y el carnero de la manada enteros los sacrificarán.

26 Por siete días expiarán el altar, y lo limpiarán, y ellos henchirán sus manos.

27 Y acabados estos días, al octavo día, y en adelante, sacrificarán los sacerdotes sobre el altar vuestros holocaustos y vuestros pacíficos; y me seréis aceptos, dijo el Señor DIOS.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #5290

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5290. 'And let him place governors in charge over the land' means the ordering of general wholes within the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'placing in charge' as setting in order; from the meaning of 'governors' as general wholes, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the land' - in this case the land of Egypt - as the natural mind, as just above in 5288. The reason 'governors' means general wholes is that particular aspects are contained within and subordinated to those wholes, see 917, 4269, 4325 (end), 4329, 4345, 4383, 5208, whereas 'princes' means things that come first and foremost, 1482, 2089, 5044.

  
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728. That 'seven days' time' here means the onset of temptation is clear from the internal sense of all the details in this verse, where the subject is the temptation of the man called Noah. In general the subject concerns not only the temptation of that man but also the utter vastation of those who belonged to the Most Ancient Church and who had become such as described. Consequently 'seven days' time' means not only the onset of temptation but also the finish of vastation. The reason 'seven days' time' means those things is that seven Is a holy number, as stated and shown at verse 2 of this chapter, at Genesis 4:15, 24, and in 84-87. It means the Lord's Coming into the world, and also His coming into glory. In particular it means every coming He makes. Every one of His comings involves a beginning for those who are being regenerated and the end of those who are being vastated. And so for the member of this Church His coming marked the onset of temptation, for when someone is being tempted he starts to become a new man and be regenerated. At the same time it was the end of those from the Most Ancient Church who had become of such a character that inevitably they perished. It was similar when the Lord came into the world; at that time the Church had entered the final stages of its vastation, and a new one came into being.

[2] That 'seven days' time' means these things is clear in Daniel,

Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning your people and your holy city to bring transgression to a close and to seal up sins and to atone for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. And you will know and perceive that from the going forth of the Word to restore and to build Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be SEVEN WEEKS. Daniel 9:24-25.

Here 'seventy weeks' and 'seven weeks' are similar in meaning to seven days, namely the Coming of the Lord. But because it is plain prophecy here, periods of time are presented in an even more holy and decided fashion by numbers involving seven. From this quotation it is clear that, when applied in this way to periods of time, 'seven' means not only the Coming of the Lord, but also - in the words stating that He was to anoint the Most Holy Place and that He was to restore and build Jerusalem - the beginning of a new Church at that time, and simultaneously - in the words stating that [seventy] weeks were decreed concerning the holy city to bring transgression to a close and to seal up sin - final vastation.

[3] Similar usages occur elsewhere in the Word, as in Ezekiel where he describes a personal experience,

I came to those in captivity at Tel-abib, who were sitting by the river Chebar, and I sat there seven days, astonished among them And at the end of seven days the Word of Jehovah came to me. Ezekiel 3:15-16.

Here also 'seven days' stands for the onset of visitation, for when he had sat seven days among those in captivity, the Word of Jehovah came to him. In the same prophet,

They will bury Gog, that they may cleanse the land in seven months. At the end of seven months they will make their search. Ezekiel 39:12, 14.

This similarly stands for the final phase of vastation and the first of visitation. In Daniel,

The heart of Nebuchadnezzar will be changed from a man and the heart of a beast given to him, and seven times will pass over him. Daniel 4:16, 25, 31.

This likewise stands for the finish of vastation and the beginning of a new man.

[4] The seventy years of captivity in Babylon represented the same. Whether the number is seventy or seven what is embodied is the same. The same applies whether it is seven days, or seven years, or seven decades which make seventy years. Vastation was represented by the years of captivity, the beginning of a new Church by the liberation and by the rebuilding of the Temple. Jacob's serving in the house of Laban also represented things of a similar nature - where the following is stated,

I will serve you for seven years for Rachel. And he served for seven years. Laban said, Complete the week of this one, and we will give you also the other one for the service you render with me for another seven years. And Jacob did so, and completed the week of this one. Genesis 29:18, 20, 27-28.

Here 'the service of seven years' embodies something similar. And after the period of seven years marriage and freedom followed. The period of these seven years was called a week, as also in Daniel.

[5] Something similar was also represented by the command to go around the city of Jericho seven times, and the wall would collapse. It is also said that they rose at dawn on the seventh day and went around the city, as they were accustomed to do, seven times. And after the seventh time round, the seven priests blew on their seven trumpets and the wall collapsed, Joshua 6:10-20. Unless these events had also had this meaning the command would never have been given to go round seven times, or that there were to be seven priests and seven trumpets. From these and many other places, for example in Job 2:13; Revelation 15:1, 6-7; 21:9, it becomes clear that 'seven days' time' means the beginning of a new Church and the end of the old. Since the subject here is not only the member of the Church called Noah and his temptation, but also the final descendants of the Most Ancient Church who destroyed themselves, 'seven days' time' can mean nothing other than the onset of the temptation of Noah and the finish of the Most Ancient Church, which was the final destruction and extinction of it.

  
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