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Hesekiel 11

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1 Und der Geist hob mich empor und brachte mich zum östlichen Tore des Hauses Jehovas, welches gegen Osten sieht. Und siehe, an dem Eingang des Tores waren 25 Männer; und ich sah in ihrer Mitte Jaasanja, den Sohn Assurs, und Pelatja, den Sohn Benajas, die Fürsten (O. Obersten) des Volkes.

2 Und er sprach zu mir: Menschensohn, das sind die Männer, welche Unheil sinnen und bösen at erteilen in dieser Stadt,

3 die da sprechen: Es ist nicht an der Zeit (O. Es eilt nicht,) Häuser zu bauen (Vergl. Jer. 29,5-11;) sie ist der Topf, und wir sind das Fleisch (d. h. die Stadt soll sie vor dem Verderben schützen, wie der Topf das Fleisch vor dem Verbrennen; vergl. v 11.)

4 Darum weissage wider sie; weissage, Menschensohn! -

5 Und der Geist Jehovas fiel auf mich und sprach zu mir: Sprich: So spricht Jehova: Also sprechet ihr, Haus Israel; und was in eurem Geiste aufsteigt, das weiß ich.

6 Ihr habt eurer Erschlagenen viele gemacht in dieser Stadt und ihre Straßen mit Erschlagenen gefüllt.

7 Darum, so spricht der Herr, Jehova: Eure Erschlagenen, die ihr in ihrer Mitte hingestreckt habt, die sind das Fleisch, und sie ist der Topf; euch aber wird man aus ihrer Mitte hinausführen.

8 Ihr fürchtet das Schwert; und das Schwert werde ich über euch bringen, spricht der Herr, Jehova.

9 Und ich werde euch aus ihrer Mitte hinausführen und euch in die Hand der Fremden geben, und werde Gerichte an euch üben.

10 Durch das Schwert sollt ihr fallen: an der Grenze Israels werde ich euch richten. Und ihr werdet wissen (O. erkennen, erfahren,) daß ich Jehova bin.

11 Sie wird euch nicht der Topf (Eig. als Topf… als Fleisch,) und ihr werdet in ihrer Mitte nicht das Fleisch (Eig. als Topf… als Fleisch) sein: an der Grenze Israels werde ich euch richten.

12 Und ihr werdet wissen, daß ich Jehova bin, ich, in dessen Satzungen ihr nicht gewandelt und dessen echte ihr nicht getan habt; sondern ihr habt nach den echten der Nationen getan, welche rings um euch her sind. -

13 Und es geschah, als ich weissagte, da starb Pelatja, der Sohn Benajas. Und ich fiel nieder auf mein Angesicht und schrie mit lauter Stimme und sprach: Ach, Herr, Jehova! willst du dem Überrest Israels den Garaus machen?

14 Und das Wort Jehovas geschah zu mir also:

15 Menschensohn, deine Brüder, deine Brüder, die Männer deiner Verwandtschaft, sind es und das ganze Haus Israel insgesamt, zu welchen die Bewohner von Jerusalem sprechen: Bleibet fern von Jehova; uns ist das Land zum Besitztum gegeben!

16 Darum sprich: So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Obgleich ich sie unter die Nationen entfernt, und obgleich ich sie in die Länder zerstreut habe, so bin ich ihnen doch (And. üb.: fürwahr, ich habe sie… entfernt, und fürwahr, ich habe sie… zerstreut; doch bin ich ihnen) ein wenig zum Heiligtum geworden in den Ländern, wohin sie gekommen sind.

17 Darum sprich: So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Ja, ich werde (O. Auch werde ich) euch aus den Völkern sammeln und euch zusammenbringen aus den Ländern, in welche ihr zerstreut worden seid, und werde euch das Land Israel geben.

18 Und sie werden dorthin kommen und alle seine Scheusale und alle seine Greuel daraus entfernen.

19 Und ich werde ihnen ein Herz geben, und werde einen neuen Geist in euer Inneres geben; und ich werde das steinerne Herz aus ihrem Fleische wegnehmen und ihnen ein fleischernes Herz geben:

20 auf daß sie in meinen Satzungen wandeln und meine echte bewahren und sie tun; und sie werden mein Volk, und ich werde ihr Gott sein.

21 Deren Herz aber nach dem Herzen (d. h. nach dem Sinne) ihrer Scheusale und ihrer Greuel wandelt: denen will ich ihren Weg auf ihren Kopf bringen, spricht der Herr, Jehova.

22 Und die Cherubim erhoben ihre Flügel, und die äder waren neben ihnen; und die Herrlichkeit des Gottes Israels war oben über ihnen.

23 Und die Herrlichkeit Jehovas erhob sich aus der Mitte der Stadt und stellte sich auf den Berg, welcher gegen Osten der Stadt ist (d. i. auf den Ölberg; vergl. Sach. 14,4.)

24 Und der Geist hob mich empor und brachte mich im Gesicht durch den Geist (O. im Geiste) Gottes zu den Weggeführten nach Chaldäa; und das Gesicht, welches ich gesehen hatte, hob sich von mir weg.

25 Und ich redete zu den Weggeführten alle Worte Jehovas, die er mich hatte sehen lassen. -

   

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332. And the sun became as black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. This symbolically means that all goodness of love was adulterated in those people, and every truth of faith falsified.

The sun symbolizes the Lord in respect to His Divine love, and thus the goodness of love emanating from Him; and in an opposite sense it symbolizes the Lord's Divinity denied, and thus the goodness of love adulterated. See no. 53 above. And because the sun symbolizes the goodness of love, therefore the moon symbolizes the truth of faith. For the sun has a reddish glow owing to its fire, while the moon glows white from the light radiating from the sun, and fire symbolizes the goodness of love, while light symbolizes the truth arising from that goodness. Regarding the moon, see also the places cited above in no. 53.

The sun is said to have become as black as sackcloth of hair because good adulterated is, in itself, evil, and evil is black.

The moon is said to have become like blood because blood symbolizes Divine truth, and in an opposite sense Divine truth falsified. See nos. 379, 684 below.

The sun and moon are described in almost the same way in Joel:

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah. (Joel 2:31)

  
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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.

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53. And His countenance as the sun shining in its power. This symbolizes the Divine love and wisdom which are the Lord and which emanate from Him.

The fact that the face of Jehovah or of the Lord means the Divine itself in its essence, which is Divine love and wisdom, thus Himself, will be seen in explanations below where the face of God is mentioned. "The sun shining in its power" has the same symbolic meaning.

In the sight of angels the Lord is seen as the sun in heaven, and it is His Divine love accompanied by Divine wisdom that so appears. This may be seen in the book Heaven and Hell (London, 1758), nos. 116-125 and in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Wisdom, 83-172.

[2] It remains here simply to confirm from the Word that when the subject is the Lord, the sun is His Divine love and at the same time His Divine wisdom. This can be seen from the following passages:

...in (that) day... the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days... (Isaiah 30:25-26)

That day is the Lord's advent, when the old church has been destroyed and a new one is about to be established. The light of the moon is faith arising from charity, and the light of the sun is intelligence and wisdom arising from love emanating then from the Lord.

Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon wane; for Jehovah will be your everlasting light... (Isaiah 60:20)

The sun that will not go down is love and wisdom from the Lord.

...the Rock of Israel spoke to me... like the light of the morning when the sun rises... (2 Samuel 23:3-4)

The Rock of Israel is the Lord.

...his throne (shall be) as the sun... (Psalms 89:36-37)

This is said in reference to David, but David there means the Lord.

They shall fear You as long as the sun endures... In His days the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more... Before the sun He will have the name of Son, and all nations shall be blessed in Him... (Psalms 72:5, 7, 17)

These statements, too, are made in reference to the Lord.

[3] Because the Lord appears in heaven to angels as the sun, therefore when He was transfigured,

His face shone like the sun, and His garments became... as the light. (Matthew 17:1-2)

Moreover, in Revelation 10:1 it is said of the mighty angel coming down from heaven that he was "clothed with a cloud," and "his face was like the sun," and of the woman in Revelation 12:1 that she appeared "clothed with the sun." The sun there is love and wisdom emanating from the Lord. The woman there is the church called the New Jerusalem.

[4] Since the sun means the Lord with respect to love and wisdom, it is apparent what the sun symbolizes in the following places:

Behold, the day of Jehovah is coming, cruel... The sun will be darkened at its rising, and the moon will not cause its light to shine. I will visit upon the world its wickedness, and upon the impious their iniquity. (Isaiah 13:9-11)

...Jehovah will visit [punishment] in the high place upon the host of the high place, and on the earth upon the kings of the earth... Then the moon will blush and the sun be ashamed. (Isaiah 24:21, 23)

When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine... and I will... bring darkness upon your land. (Ezekiel 32:7-8)

...the day of Jehovah is coming..., a day of darkness... The sun and moon (will not cause their light to shine), and the stars have diminished their brightness. (Joel 2:1-2, 10)

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great... day of Jehovah. (Joel 2:31)

...the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon have grown dark... (Joel 3:14-15)

The fourth angel sounded: and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars..., and a third of the day did not shine... (Revelation 8:12)

...the sun became as black as sackcloth of goat's hair, and the moon became as blood... (Revelation 6:12)

...the sun was... darkened because of the smoke of the pit. (Revelation 9:2)

The sun in these places does not mean the world's sun, but the sun of the angelic heaven, which is the Lord's Divine love and wisdom. These are said to be obscured, darkened, covered, or become black when falsities and evils are present in a person.

[5] It is apparent, therefore, that something similar is meant by the Lord's words when speaking of the end of the age, which is the final period of the church:

Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven... (Matthew 24:29, cf. Mark 13:24-25)

So, too, in the following places:

The sun shall go down on the prophets, and the day shall be dark for them. (Micah 3:6)

...in that day... I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight. (Amos 8:9)

She... who has borne seven... will breath her last; her sun will go down while it is yet day. (Jeremiah 15:9)

The subject here is the Jewish Church, which will breathe its last or perish. The sun's going down means that there will no longer be any love or charity.

[6] It is said in Joshua that the sun stood still in Gibeon, and the moon in the valley of Aijalon (Joshua 10:12-13). This seems to be an historical statement, but in fact it is prophetic, for it comes from the book of Jasher, which was a prophetic book; for in verse 13 it says, "Is this not written in the Book of Jasher?" The same book is called a prophetic one by David in 2 Samuel 1:17, 18.

A similar statement is found in Habakkuk:

The mountains... were shaken... The sun and moon stood still in their habitation. (Habakkuk 3:10-11)

[In Isaiah:]

Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon wane. (Isaiah 60:20)

For to cause the sun and moon to stand still would be to destroy the universe.

[7] Since the sun means the Lord with respect to Divine love and wisdom, therefore in their holy worship ancient peoples turned their faces to the rising sun, and their temples also, a practice that continues to this day.

That the sun in these passages does not mean the world's sun is clear from the fact that it was profane and an abomination for people to worship the world's sun and moon (see Numbers 25:1-4, Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:3, 5, Jeremiah 8:1-2; 43:10, 13; 44:17-19, 25). For the world's sun means self-love and a conceit in one's own intelligence, and self-love is diametrically opposed to Divine love, while a conceit in one's own intelligence is opposed to Divine wisdom. To worship the world's sun is also to accept nature as the creator of all things and one's own prudence as the effecter of all things, which entails a denial of God and a denial of Divine providence.

  
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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.