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Jezekilj 31

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1 A jedanaeste godine, trećeg meseca, prvog dana, dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, kaži Faraonu caru misirskom i narodu njegovom: Na šta si nalik u veličini svojoj?

3 Eto, Asirac beše kedar na Livanu, lepih grana i debelog hlada i visokog rasta, kome vrhovi behu među gustim granama.

4 Voda ga odgoji, bezdana ga uzvisi; ona rekama svojim tečaše oko njegovog stabla i puštaše potoke svoje k svim drvetima poljskim.

5 Zato rast njegov nadvisi sva drveta poljska, i umnožiše se grane njegove, i od mnoštva vode raširiše se odvode njegove kad ih puštaše.

6 Na granama njegovim vijahu gnezda sve ptice nebeske, i pod granama njegovim sve zveri poljske ležahu se, i u hladu njegovom seđahu svi veliki narodi.

7 I beše lep veličinom svojom i dužinom grana svojih, jer mu koren beše kod velike vode.

8 Kedri u vrtu Božjem ne mogahu ga zakloniti, jele ne mogahu se izjednačiti s njegovim granama, i javori ne behu kao ogranci njegovi; nijedno drvo u vrtu Božjem ne beše na lepotu tako kao on.

9 Učinih ga lepog mnoštvom grana da mu zaviđahu sva drveta edemska što behu u vrtu Božjem.

10 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što je visok narastao, i digao vrh svoj među guste grane, i srce se njegovo ponelo visinom njegovom,

11 Zato ga dadoh u ruku najsilnijem među narodima da čini s njim šta hoće, odvrgoh ga za bezbožnost njegovu.

12 I tuđinci, najljući između naroda, posekoše ga i ostaviše ga; grane mu popadaše po gorama i po svim dolinama, i ogranci mu se izlomiše po svim potocima na zemlji; i svi narodi zemaljski otidoše iz hlada njegovog i ostaviše ga.

13 Na izvaljenom panju njegovom stanuju sve ptice nebeske, i na granama su njegovim sve zveri poljske,

14 Da se ne ponosi visinom svojom ni jedno drvo kraj vode i ne diže vrha svog među guste grane, i od svih što se natapaju da se ni jedno ne uzda u sebe radi svoje veličine; jer su svi predani na smrt, bačeni u najdonji kraj zemlje među sinove ljudske s onima koji silaze u jamu.

15 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: U koji dan siđe u grob, učinih žalost, pokrih bezdanu njega radi, i ustavih reke njene, i velika voda stade, i rascvelih za njim Livan, i sva drveta poljska povenuše za njim.

16 Praskom padanja njegovog ustresoh narode, kad ga svalih u grob s onima koji silaze u jamu; i utešiše se na najdonjoj strani zemlje sva drveta edemska, što je najbolje i najlepše na Livanu, sva što se natapahu.

17 I oni siđoše s njim u grob k onima što su pobijeni mačem, i mišica njegova, i koji seđahu u hladu njegovom među narodima.

18 Na koje si među drvetima edemskim nalik slavom i veličinom? Ali ćeš biti oboren s drvetima edemskim u najdonji kraj zemlje, među neobrezanima ćeš ležati s onima koji su pobijeni mačem. To je Faraon i sav narod njegov, govori Gospod Gospod.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9280

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9280. 'In order that your ox and your ass may rest' means the peace and serenity that external forms of good and truths enjoy at the same time. This is clear from the meaning of 'resting', when it refers to the seventh day or the sabbath, as peace and serenity, as immediately above in 9279; and from the meaning of 'ox' as external good, and of 'ass' as external truth, dealt with in 2781, 9135, 9255.

Beasts were signs of affections and inclinations such as the human being shares in common with them, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 776, 2179, 2180, 2781, 3218, 3519, 5198, 5913, 8937, 9090, 9135.

Beasts were used in sacrifices in accordance with their spiritual meaning, 1823, 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3519.

All things existing in the world, in its three kingdoms, were representative of the spiritual and celestial realities of the Lord's kingdom, 1632, 1881, 2758, 2987-3003, 3213-3227, 3483, 3624-3649, 4939, 5116, 5427, 5428, 5477, 8211.

All things have a correspondence, 2987-3003, 3213-3226, 3337-3352, 3472-3485, 3624-3649, 3745-3750, 3883-3896, 4039-4055, 4218-4228, 4318-4331, 4403-4420, 4523-4533, 4622-4634, 4652-4660, 4791-4806, 4931-4952, 5050-5062, 5171-5189, 5377-5396, 5552-5573, 5711-5727, 8615.

[2] These references have been drawn together to enable it to be seen that not merely all beasts but also all objects in the world have a correspondence, and that in accordance with their correspondences they all represent and serve to mean spiritual and celestial realities, and in the highest sense Divine realities that are the Lord's. And from this the character of the ancient Churches, called representative Churches, may be seen. This character was such that each one of their sacred observances served to represent things that are the Lord's and belong to His kingdom, thus aspects of love to Him and belief in Him. In those times heaven was joined to a member of the Church by means of these observances, since internal aspects were presented in heaven. The Word of the Lord has also been given to the same end, for every detail in it, even to the smallest part of a letter, has a correspondence and spiritual meaning. Through the Word alone therefore is heaven linked to mankind.

[3] No one at the present day knows that this is so. Consequently when the natural man reads the Word and seeks to discover where its Divinity lies, but does not find it in the letter on account of its very ordinary style, he at first begins to disparage it and then to reject the idea that it has been dictated by God and sent down to mankind by way of heaven. The natural man does not know that the Word is Divine by virtue of its spiritual sense, which is not visible in the letter but is nevertheless present within the letter; nor does he know that this sense is presented in heaven when someone on earth reads it devoutly, and that the subject in that sense is the Lord and His kingdom. These are the Divine things which make the Word Divine and through which holiness flows from the Lord by way of heaven, even into the literal sense and into the actual letters. But as long as a person does not know what anything spiritual is he cannot know either what the spiritual sense is, nor thus what correspondence is. And as long as a person loves the world more than heaven, and self more than the Lord, he has no wish to know these things and understand them. Yet they were the source of all intelligence among the ancients, and they are also the source of wisdom among the angels. Hidden mysteries, which numerous diviners have vainly toiled to track down in the Word, lie in those things alone.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.