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Ezechiel第41章

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1 Opět přivedl mne k chrámu, a změřil veřeje, šesti loket zšíří s jedné strany, a šesti loket zšíří s druhé strany, podlé širokosti stánku.

2 A širokost dveří desíti loket, boky pak dveří pěti loket s jedné a pěti loket s druhé strany. Změřil také i dlouhost jejich čtyřidcíti loket, širokost pak dvadcíti loket.

3 Přišel také do vnitřku, a změřil veřeje dveří dvou loket, a dvéře šesti loket, širokost pak dveří sedmi loket.

4 Změřil také dlouhost svatyně dvadcíti loket, a širokost dvadcíti loket v chrámě, a řekl mi: Tato jest svatyně svatých.

5 Změřil též zed domu šesti loket, a širokost pavlače čtyř loket, vůkol a vůkol okolo domu.

6 Ty pak pavlače, pavlač nad pavlačí, byly tři, a třidcíti noh zdélí, a scházely se při zdi domu vespolek, tak že se pavlače vůkol a vůkol držely, a nedržely se na zdi domu.

7 Nebo se rozšiřovala vůkol více a více, svrchu pro pavlače, kteréž byly okolo domu, od vrchu až dolů, vůkol a vůkol domu, poněvadž nejširší dům byl na hoře, a tak nejnižší porozšiřovala se k vrchu pro prostřední.

8 Tak podobně spatřil jsem při domu pavlače, i nejvyšší vůkol a vůkol, jejichž půdy zouplna odměřeny byly šesti loket k výstupkům.

9 Širokost zdi, kteráž byla při pavlačích zevnitř, pěti loket byla, i plac pavlačí, kteréž byly při domu.

10 Mezi nimiž a komůrkami byla širokost dvadcíti loket okolo domu vůkol a vůkol.

11 A dvéře pavlačí byly k placu, dvéře jedny na půlnoci, a druhé dvéře na poledne, a širokost placu byla pěti loket vůkol a vůkol.

12 Stavení pak, kteréž bylo před příhradkem v úhlu k západu, širokost byla sedmdesáti loket, a zed téhož stavení pěti loket zšíří vůkol a vůkol, a zdélí devadesáti loket.

13 Potom změřil dům, zdélí sto loket, totiž příhradek i stavení, a zdi jeho zdélí sto loket.

14 Též širokost předku domu i příhradku k východu sto loket.

15 Změřil i dlouhost stavení před příhradkem, kteréž bylo za ním, též i paláce jeho s jedné i s druhé strany, a bylo sto loket; též chrám vnitř i síňce s síní,

16 Prahy i okna possoužená, i paláce vůkol po třech stranách jejich, naproti prahu taflování dřevěné vůkol a vůkol, i od země až do oken, též i okna otaflovaná,

17 Od svrchku dveří až do vnitřní i zevnitřní strany domu, i všecku zed vůkol a vůkol vnitř i zevnitř změřené.

18 Kteréž taflování bylo uděláno s cherubíny a palmami, a to vše palma mezi cherubínem a cherubínem. A cherubín měl dvě tváře.

19 Totiž tvář lidskou naproti palmě s jedné strany, a tvář lvíčete naproti palmě s druhé strany. Tak uděláno bylo ve všem domu vůkol a vůkol.

20 Od země až do vrchu dveří cherubínové a palmy zdělány byly i na zdi chrámu.

21 Chrámu veřeje byly čtverhrané, a předek svatyně podobný jemu.

22 Oltář dřevěný tří loket zvýší, zdélí pak dvou loket s úhly svými, jehož dlouhost i pobočnice jeho dřevěné byly. I mluvil ke mně: Tento jest stůl, kterýž stojí před Hospodinem.

23 A dvojnásobní dvéře byly u chrámu i u svatyně,

24 A dvojnásobní dvéře ve vratech, totiž dvojnásobní dvéře obracející se, dvojnásobní ve vratech jedněch, a dvojnásobní dvéře v druhých.

25 Byli pak uděláni na nich, na těch dveřích chrámu, cherubínové a palmy, tak jakž uděláni byli na stěnách, trámové také dřevění byli před síňcí vně.

26 Též na oknech possoužených byly palmy s obou stran po bocích síňce, i na pavlačích domu toho i trámích.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9509

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9509. 'And you shall make two cherubs' means that there is no admission or access to the Lord except through the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'cherubs' as watchfulness and providence, guarding against access to the Lord except through the good of love. Since this was meant by the cherubs, they were placed over the mercy-seat that was over the ark; and they were for the same reason made from solid gold. For 'the ark' means heaven where the Lord is, 9485, and 'gold' means the good of love, 9490. The reason why there is no access to the Lord except through the good of love is that love is spiritual togetherness, and all good belongs to love. Those therefore who are governed by the good of love to the Lord are brought to Him in heaven, because they have been joined together with Him. So too are those who are governed by the good of love towards the neighbour; for the neighbour is the good of a fellow-citizen, the good of one's country, the good of the Church, the good of the whole of the Lord's kingdom, and in the highest sense the Lord Himself since He is the source of that good present with a person.

[2] There are two states that a person passes through while being regenerated, one of which follows the other. The first is a state during which he is led by means of the truths of faith to the good of love; the other is one in which he is governed by the good of love, and when governed by it he is in heaven with the Lord. From this it is evident that this good is heaven itself present with the person, that good being the Lord present with him because its source is the Lord. Regarding these two states that a person who is being regenerated passes through, one of which follows the other, see 7923, 7992, 8505, 8506, 8510, 8512, 8516, 8643, 8648, 8658, 8685, 8690, 8701, 9224, 9227, 9230, 9274; and the fact that a person comes into heaven when governed by good, that is, when led by the Lord by means of good, 8516, 8539, 8722, 8772, 9139.

[3] It is clear from places in the Word where 'cherubs' are mentioned that they mean watchfulness and providence, guarding against access to the Lord or to heaven except through the good of love, that is, except by those governed by the good of love, and also guarding against any harm being done to the good from the Lord which is present in heaven and with a person, as for instance in Genesis,

And He expelled the man, and away from the east towards the garden of Eden He caused the cherubs to dwell, and the flame of a sword turning itself this way and that to guard the way to the tree of life. Genesis 3:24.

Here it is self-evident that things which serve as guards are meant by 'the cherubs', since it says 'to guard the way to the tree of life'. 'The tree of life' is the good of love, which comes from the Lord and for that reason is the Lord; and it is guarded by the prevention of any access except through the good of love.

[4] It is thought that the Lord is accessible through the truths of faith. But there can be no access to Him, nor even to heaven, through those truths if they have been separated from the good of love. As soon as separated truths wish to enter, heaven, which is the way to the Lord, is closed. And since truth cannot enter by itself unless it has good within it, and by virtue of this has come to consist of good, neither can understanding do so, still less factual knowledge, if separated from good desired by the will.

[5] Because watchfulness and providence guarding against access to the Lord, or for that reason to heaven, except through the good of love is meant by 'the cherubs', the Word says that Jehovah is seated on the cherubs, also rides and dwells upon the cherubs, as in David,

Turn Your ears, O Shepherd of Israel; You who are seated upon the cherubs, shine forth. Psalms 80:1.

In the same author,

Jehovah will reign, the peoples will be shaken. He is seated on the cherubs. Psalms 99:1.

In the same author,

Jehovah rode on a cherub, and flew. Psalms 18:10.

And in Isaiah,

Jehovah Zebaoth is dwelling on the cherubs. Isaiah 37:16.

For the same reasons there were cherubs upon the curtains of the dwelling-place, and upon the veil, Exodus 26:1, 31; 36:35; they were also upon the walls of the temple round about and upon the doors there, 1 Kings 6:23-29, 31-35, and similarly in the new temple, as described in Ezekiel 41:18-20. The presence of the cherubs on the curtains of the dwelling-place, on the veil, on the walls of the temple, and on the doors there, was a sign of the Lord's watchfulness, guarding against access to Divine Holiness except through the good of love; and the presence of the cherubs over the ark was a sign that no one should gain access to the Lord Himself except through that good. This also explains why the cherubs were made from solid gold, and in the Jerusalem temple from olive wood; for 'gold' and 'olive oil' mean the good of love.

[6] That watchfulness and providence of the Lord is described in Ezekiel by 'the four living creatures', each of which had four faces, under the throne where the Lord was, Ezekiel 1:1-end; 10:1-end, and also in John by 'four living creatures' around the throne where the Lord was, 10:Revelation 4:6-10; 5:6, 8-9, 14. By 'the four living creatures' is meant the good, varying in appearance, which emanates from the Lord, and which watches and guards against the letting in of anything other than the good of love to the Lord and the good of love towards the neighbour. By 'the throne' on which the Lord was seated heaven is meant, 5313.

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