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Hesekiel 47

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1 Und er führete mich wieder zu der Tür des Tempels. Und siehe, da floß ein Wasser heraus unter der Schwelle des Tempels gegen Morgen; denn die Tür des Tempels war auch gegen Morgen. Und das Wasser lief an der rechten Seite des Tempels neben dem Altar hin gegen Mittag.

2 Und er führete mich auswendig zum Tor gegen Mitternacht vom äußern Tor gegen Morgen; und siehe, das Wasser sprang heraus von der rechten Seite.

3 Und der Mann ging heraus gegen Morgen und hatte die Meßschnur in der Hand; und er maß tausend Ellen und führete mich durchs Wasser, bis mir's an die Knöchel ging.

4 Und maß abermal tausend Ellen und führete mich durchs Wasser, bis mir's an die Kniee ging. Und maß noch tausend Ellen und ließ mich dadurch gehen, bis es mir an die Lenden ging.

5 Da maß er noch tausend Ellen, und es war so tief, daß ich nicht mehr gründen konnte; denn das Wasser war zu hoch, daß man darüber schwimmen mußte und konnte es nicht gründen.

6 Und er sprach zu mir: Du Menschenkind, das hast du ja gesehen. Und er führete mich wieder zurück am Ufer des Bachs.

7 Und siehe, da stunden sehr viel Bäume am Ufer auf beiden Seiten.

8 Und er sprach zu mir: Dies Wasser das da gegen Morgen herausfleußt, wird durchs Blachfeld fließen ins Meer und von einem Meer ins andere, und wenn es dahin ins Meer kommt, da sollen dieselbigen Wasser gesund werden.

9 Ja alles, was darin lebt und webt, dahin diese Ströme kommen, das soll leben, und soll sehr viel Fische haben; und soll alles gesund werden und leben, wo dieser Strom hinkommt.

10 Und es werden die Fischer an demselben stehen; von Engeddi bis zu En-Eglaim wird man die Fischgarne aufspannen; denn es werden daselbst sehr viel Fische sein, gleichwie im großen Meer.

11 Aber die Teiche und Lachen daneben werden nicht gesund werden, sondern gesalzen bleiben.

12 Und an demselben Strom, am Ufer auf beiden Seiten, werden allerlei fruchtbare Bäume wachsen; und ihre Blätter werden nicht verwelken noch ihre Früchte verfaulen; und werden alle Monden neue Früchte bringen, denn ihr Wasser fleußt aus dem Heiligtum. Ihre Frucht wird zur Speise dienen und ihre Blätter zur Arznei.

13 So spricht der HERR HERR: Dies ist die Grenze, nach der ihr das Land sollt austeilen den zwölf Stämmen Israels; denn zwei Teile gehören dem Stamm Joseph.

14 Und ihr sollt es gleich austeilen, einem wie dem andern; denn ich habe meine Hand aufgehoben, das Land euren Vätern und euch zum Erbteil zu geben.

15 Dies ist nun die Grenze des Landes gegen Mitternacht von dem großen Meer an, von Hethlon bis gen Zedad:

16 nämlich Hemath, Berotha, Sibraim, die mit Damaskus und Hemath grenzen; und Hazar-Tichon, die mit Haveran grenzet.

17 Das soll die Grenze sein vom Meer an bis gen Hazar-Enon; und Damaskus und Hemath sollen das Ende sein gegen Mitternacht.

18 Aber die Grenze gegen Morgen sollt ihr messen zwischen Haveran und Damaskus und zwischen Gilead und zwischen dem Lande Israel, am Jordan hinab bis ans Meer gegen Morgen. Das soll die Grenze gegen Morgen sein.

19 Aber die Grenze gegen Mittag ist von Thamar bis ans Haderwasser zu Kades und gegen das Wasser am großen Meer. Das soll die Grenze gegen Mittag sein.

20 Und die Grenze gegen Abend ist vom großen Meer an stracks bis gen Hemath. Das sei die Grenze gegen Abend.

21 Also sollt ihr das Land austeilen unter die Stämme Israels.

22 Und wenn ihr das Los werfet, das Land unter euch zu teilen, so sollt ihr die Fremdlinge, die bei euch wohnen und Kinder unter euch zeugen, halten gleich wie die Einheimischen unter den Kindern Israel;

23 und sollen auch ihren Teil am Lande haben, ein jeglicher unter dem Stamm, dabei er wohnet, spricht der HERR HERR.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9338

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9338. 'And inherit the land' means when governed by good, thus when regenerated. This is clear from the meaning of 'inheriting' as receiving as an heir, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the land', at this point the land of Canaan, as the Lord's kingdom, thus heaven, dealt with in 1413, 1437, 1607, 1866, 3038, 3481, 3705, 3686, 4240, 4447, so that 'inheriting the land' means receiving heaven as an heir to it. The proper way to understand the word 'heir', when used in reference to heaven, is a person who has life from the Lord, 2658, 2851, 3672, 7212, thus who is governed by good received from the Lord, who therefore has been regenerated. The fact that a person is in heaven, and so has been regenerated, when he is governed by good received from the Lord, see 9274 and the places referred to there.

[2] The fact that 'inheriting' has this meaning, when used in reference to heaven, is evident in Matthew,

Then the King will say to those who are at His right hand, Come, O blessed of My Father, possess as an inheritance the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink. Insofar as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers you did it to Me. Matthew 25:34-35, 40.

'Possessing as an inheritance the Lord's kingdom (or heaven)' is said here in regard to those governed by good; and the actual forms of the good of charity in their proper order are also enumerated. Finally it is said, 'Insofar as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers you did it to Me'. People are called the Lord's brothers if they are governed by good, 6756, thus also if they practise good; for good is the Lord present with a person. And this is why it says, 'Insofar as you did it to one of [the least of] these My brothers' (not simply 'brothers').

[3] In Revelation,

He who overcomes will receive all things by inheritance, and I will be his God and he will be My son. Revelation 21:7.

It says here of those who overcome that they will receive all things by inheritance; and because they are heirs they are called 'sons'. 'Overcoming' means using good and truth to fight with, for evil is overcome by means of good, and falsity by means of truth.

[4] In David,

God will save Zion and will build the cities of Judah; and they will dwell there and possess it by inheritance; and the seed of His servants will inherit it, and those loving His name will dwell in it. Psalms 69:35-36.

Here 'possessing by inheritance' has regard to those governed by celestial good, and 'inheriting' to those governed by spiritual good. Celestial good is the good of love to the Lord, and spiritual good is the good of charity towards the neighbour, 9277. In Isaiah,

He who trusts in Me will inherit the land, and will possess by inheritance My holy mountain. Isaiah 57:13.

[5] From all this it is evident what was meant by the division of the land of Canaan into twelve inheritances for the twelve tribes of Israel, in Chapters 14-19 of Joshua, and in Chapter 47:13-end and Chapter 48 of Ezekiel. For 'the land of Canaan' meant the Lord's kingdom, or heaven, 1413, 1437, 1607, 1866, 3038, 3481, 3686, 3705, 4240, 4447, and 'the twelve tribes' meant all forms of good and all truths in general and in particular, 3858, 3862, 3926, 3939, 4060, 6335, 6337, 6397, 6640. 'Twelve inheritances' accordingly meant heaven with all its heavens and communities, which divide off one from the next on the basis of forms of the good of love and consequently of truths of faith, 7836, 7891, 7996, so that in the abstract sense [without reference to persons] those inheritances mean forms of good themselves which originate in the Lord and therefore are the Lord in heaven.

[6] For heaven is nothing other than Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good. The angels there are recipients of truth in good; and in the measure that they receive it they constitute heaven. Also - and this is an arcanum - the Lord dwells with an angel, and similarly with man, only in that which is His own with the angel or man; for the Divine must dwell in what is of God, not in what is of the self with anyone. This is meant by the Lord's words regarding His union with those governed by the good of love, in John,

On that day you will know that I am in the Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who loves Me keeps My word, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. John 14:20, 23.

And elsewhere in the same gospel,

The glory which You have given Me I have given to them that they may be one even as We are one, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them. John 17:22, 26.

  
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6756. 'That he went out to his brothers' means a joining to the Church's truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'brothers' as the truths of the Church, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'going out to them' as being joined to them. As regards 'brothers', sometimes the expression means the forms of good, at other times the truths of the Church. Forms of good are meant when the celestial Church is the subject, truths when the spiritual Church is the subject. The reason for this is that the celestial Church is governed by good, but the spiritual Church by truth; and in ancient times all who belonged to the Church called one another brothers. Those who belonged to the spiritual Church did indeed call one another brothers on the basis of good, 3803; yet there were differences in the ways that members of the internal Church did so. Those differences depended on the nature of the good, and so on truths since good derives its specific nature from truths. Later on when the Church fell away from good, and consequently from truth also, people ceased any more to call one another brothers as a result of spiritual connections and relationships, which are those of charity and faith, but solely as a result of natural connections and relationships, or else as a result of friendship. They also began to consider it beneath them to call someone brother who ranked less highly than themselves. The reason for this was that they attached little or no importance to close ties that sprang from a spiritual origin, but great and supreme importance to close ties that had a natural or social origin. The Church's truths are clearly called 'brothers', because the sons of Jacob represented the truths of the Church in their entirety, 5407, 5419, 5427, 5458, 5512.

[2] The reason why in ancient times people were called 'brothers' as a result of spiritual relationships is that the new birth or regeneration established family connections and relationships on a level superior to that of those established by natural birth. A further reason is that those connections and relationships trace their origin back to the same Father, who is the Lord. This goes to explain why people who enter heaven after death no longer acknowledge any brother, or even their mother or father, if the relationship is not founded on goodness and truth. It is in accordance with these that new brotherly relationships are formed there. This then is why those who belonged to the Church in former times called one another brothers.

[3] The fact that the children of Israel referred to all who were descended from Jacob as brothers, but everyone else as companions, is evident from the following places:

In Isaiah,

I will embroil Egypt with Egypt, in order that a man may fight against brother, and a man against his companion. Isaiah 19:2.

In the same prophet,

A man helps his companion and says to his brother, Be firm. Isaiah 41:6.

In Jeremiah,

Take heed, a man of his companion, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother supplants wholly, and every companion utters slanders. Jeremiah 9:4.

[4] The fact that all who were descended from Jacob called themselves brothers may be seen in Isaiah,

Then they will bring all your brothers from all nations as an offering to Jehovah, on horses, in chariots, and in covered waggons. Isaiah 66:20.

In Moses,

You shall indeed set a king over you 1 whom Jehovah your God will choose, from among your brothers shall you set a king over you; 1 you may not place over you 1 a foreigner, who is not your 1 brother. Deuteronomy 17:15.

Even the children of Esau, because they were descended from Jacob, were called brothers by them, in Moses,

We passed through, away from our brothers the children of Esau dwelling in Seir. Deuteronomy 2:8.

[5] The reason why in ancient times those who belonged to the Church called one another brothers was, as stated above, that they acknowledged the Lord as their one and only Father and received a new soul and life from Him, on account of which the Lord says,

Refuse to be called Rabbi, for one is your Master, Christ; but all you are brothers. Matthew 23:8.

Since spiritual brotherhood has its origin in love, that is, one person is another's, and those who are governed by good abide in the Lord, and He abides in them, John 14:20, the Lord calls them brothers, in Matthew,

Jesus stretching out His hand over His disciples said, Behold My mother and My brothers; for whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven is My brother, and sister, and mother. Matthew 12:49-50.

In the same gospel,

Insofar as you did it to one of the least of My brothers you did it to Me. Matthew 25:40.

He again calls the disciples brothers in Matthew 28:10; John 20:17. 'Disciples' is used in the representative sense to mean all who are guided by the truths of faith and governed by the good of charity.

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1. The Latin means them and their but the Hebrew means you and your, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

  
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