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以西結書第37章

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1 耶和華的靈(原文是)降在我身上。耶和華藉他的靈帶我出去,將我放在平原中;這平原遍滿骸

2 他使我從骸骨的四圍經過,誰知在平原的骸骨甚多,而且極其枯乾。

3 他對我:人子啊,這些骸能復活麼?我耶和華啊,你是知道的。

4 他又對我:你向這些骸發預言:枯乾的骸啊,要耶和華的

5 耶和華對這些骸如此:我必使氣息進入你們裡面,你們就要活了。

6 我必你們加上,使你們長,又將遮蔽你們,使氣息進入你們裡面,你們就要活了;你們便知道我是耶和華

7 於是,我遵命說預言。正說預言的時候,不料,有響聲,有地震;互相聯絡。

8 我觀,見骸骨上有,也長了,又有遮蔽其上,只是還沒有氣息。

9 對我:人子啊,你要發預言,向發預言,耶和華如此:氣息啊,要從方(原文是)而,吹在這些被殺的人身上,使他們活了。

10 於是我遵命說預言,氣息就進入骸骨,骸骨便活了,並且站起,成為極軍隊

11 主對我:人子啊,這些骸就是以色列全家。他們:我們的骨頭枯乾了,我們的指望失去了,我們滅絕淨盡了。

12 所以你要發預言對他們耶和華如此:我的民哪,我必開你們的墳墓,使你們從墳墓中出,領你們進入以色列地。

13 我的民哪,我開你們的墳墓,使你們從墳墓中出來,你們就知道我是耶和華

14 我必將我的靈放在你們裡面,你們就要活了。我將你們安置在本地,你們就知道我─耶和華如此,也如此成就了。這是耶和華的。

15 耶和華的又臨到我說:

16 人子啊,你要取杖,在其上猶大和他的同伴以色列人;又取杖,在其上為約瑟,就是為以法蓮,又為他的同伴以色列全家。

17 你要使這兩根杖接連為,在你中成為根。

18 你本國的子民問你:這是甚麼意思?你不指示我們麼?

19 你就對他們耶和華如此:我要將約瑟和他同伴以色列支派的杖,就是那在以法蓮中的,與猶大的杖同接連為,在我中成為根。

20 你所的那兩根杖要在他們眼前拿在中,

21 要對他們耶和華如此:我要將以色列人從他們所到的各國收取,又從四圍聚集他們,引導他們歸回本地。

22 我要使他們在那,在以色列上成為國,有王作他們眾民的王。他們不再為國,決不再分為國;

23 也不再因偶像和可憎的物,並一切的罪過玷污自己。我卻要他們出離一切的處,就是他們犯罪的地方;我要潔淨他們,如此,他們要作我的子民,我要作他們的

24 我的僕人大衛必作他們的王;眾民必歸個牧人。他們必順從我的典章,謹守遵行我的律例。

25 他們必在我賜僕人雅各上,就是你們列祖所。他們和他們的子孫,並子孫的子孫,都永遠在那裡。我的僕人大衛必作他們的王,直到永遠

26 並且我要與他們立平安的約,作為永約。我也要將他們安置在本地,使他們的人數增多,又在他們中間設立我的聖所,直到永遠

27 我的居所必在他們中間;我要作他們的,他們要作我的子民。

28 我的所在以色列人中間直到永遠外邦人就必知道我是叫以色列成為耶和華

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9481

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9481. 'In accordance with all that I show you, the pattern of the dwelling-place' means a representative of heaven where the Lord is. This is clear from the meaning of 'the pattern of the dwelling-place' as a representative of heaven; for 'the pattern' means a representative, and 'the dwelling-place' means heaven. The reason why 'the pattern' means a representative is that Divine realities in heaven are also manifested in visible shapes, which are representatives. For the meaning of 'the dwelling-place' as heaven where the Lord is, see 8269, 8309. What the representatives that appear in heaven are like is clear in the prophets, for example in John's Book of Revelation, in which he describes lampstands, Chapter 1:12ff; a throne with twenty-four thrones around it, and four living creatures before the throne, Chapter 4:2ff; a book sealed with seven seals, Chapter 5; horses going out when the seals were opened, Chapter 6; angels who are clothed in various ways and have bowls, Chapters 9, 10, 15, 16; a white horse, Chapter 19; and at length a new Jerusalem, its walls, gates, foundations, height, breadth, and length, Chapters 21, 22. Similar sights are also described by other prophets.

[2] All those sights are representatives such as appear unceasingly in heaven before angels' eyes, manifesting in visible shapes the Divine celestial realities that belong to the good of love and the Divine spiritual realities that belong to the good of faith. Such realities taken all together were represented by the tabernacle and its contents, that is, the ark itself, the table on which loaves were laid, the altar of incense, the lampstand, and everything else. Therefore when these objects, being outward forms of Divine celestial and spiritual realities, were beheld by the people while they were engaged in holy acts of worship, such realities as were represented by those objects were brought to notice in heaven. These, as stated above, were the Divine celestial realities that belong to the good of love to the Lord and the Divine spiritual realities that belong to the good of faith in the Lord. All the representatives of that Church had that kind of effect in heaven. It should be realized that a person always has spirits and angels present with him and that a person cannot live without them. It should likewise be realized that through them the person is linked to the Lord, and that in this way the human race, and heaven too, is kept in being. From this one can see what purpose was served by the representatives and also the ritual observances of the Church established among the Israelite nation. One can also see what purpose is served by the Word, in which all things mentioned in the sense of the letter correspond to Divine realities that exist in heaven, thus in which all the objects mentioned are representative and all the words used carry a spiritual meaning. This is what brings about the linking of a person to heaven, and through heaven to the Lord. Without that link the person would have no life whatever, for without being linked to the actual Essential Being (Esse) of life, from which the Coming-into-Being (Existere) of life emanates, no one has life.

[3] But these considerations are unintelligible to those who think that life exists essentially in a person himself and that a person lives without spirits or angels, thus without influx from the Divine by way of heaven. But in actual fact anything that is not linked to the Divine perishes and ceases to exist. Indeed nothing can ever come into being without that which is prior to itself, thus without the Divine, who is the First and is self-existent Being (Esse) or Jehovah; nor consequently can it remain in being, for remaining in being is constant coming-into-being. Because 'the dwelling-place' means heaven where the Lord is, it also means the good of love and faith, since these compose heaven; and because all good comes from the Lord, and heaven is called heaven by virtue of its love to and faith in the Lord, 'the dwelling-place' also means in the highest sense the Lord, as is evident in Isaiah 63:15; Jeremiah 25:30; Ezekiel 37:26-27; Psalms 26:8; 43:3; 90:1; 91:9; Exodus 15:13; Deuteronomy 12:5, 11; and other places. From this it is clear that the tabernacle was called Jehovah's sanctuary and dwelling-place for the reason that it represented the realities mentioned above.

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