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Ezekiel第41章

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1 Derpå førte han mig til det hellige og målte pillerne, de var seks Al brede på begge Sider;

2 Indgangen var ti Alen bred, dens Sidevægge fem Alen til begge Sider; og han målte dets Længde til fyrretyve Alen og Bredden til tyve.

3 Derpå gik han ind i Inderhallen og målte indgangens Piller; de var to Alen, og Indgangen var seks Alen bred og Sidevæggene syv Alen brede til begge Sider.

4 Og han målte dets Længde til tyve Alen og Bredden til tyve ud for Tempelrummet. Og han sagde til mig: "Dette er det Allerhelligste."

5 Derpå målte han Templets Mur; den var seks Alen bred; og Tilbygningen var fire Alen bred Templet rundt.

6 Tilbygningen lå um ved um, tre Aum oven på hverandre tredive Gange, og der var Fremspring, så Bjælkerne ikke greb ind i Templets Mur.

7 Således var Tilbygningens um bredere og bredere opad, efter som Tempelmuren var trukket tilbage opad, Templet rundt. Fra det nederste Stokværk steg man op til det mellemste, og derfra op til det øverste.

8 Og jeg så ved Templet en ophøjet brolagt Plads hele Vejen rundt. Tilbygningens Grundmure var et fuldt Mål høje, seks Alen til Kanten.

9 Tilbygningens Ydermur var fem Alen bred. Der var en åben Plads langs Templets Tilbygning.

10 En afspærret Plads, tyve Alen bred, omgav Templet på alle Sider.

11 Tilbygningens Døre førte ud til den åbne Plads, en Dør mod Nord og en anden mod Syd; og den åbne Plads var fem Alen bred på alle Sider.

12 Den Bygning, som lå ved den afspærrede Plads imod Vest, var halvfjerdsindstyve Alen bred, dens Mur var fem Alen tyk til alle Sider, og den var halvfemsindstyve Alen lang.

13 Han målte Templet; det var hundrede Alen langt; den afspærrede Plads tillige med Bagbygningen og dens Mure var hundrede Alen lang,

14 og Templets Forside tillige med den afspærrede Plads mod Øst var hundrede Alen bred.

15 Og han målte Længden af Bagbygningen langs den afspærrede Plads, som lå bag den; den var hundrede Alen. Det Hellige, Inderhallen og den ydre Forhal

16 var træklædt. Vinduer, som udvidede sig indad, gav Lys rundt om i alle tre um, og Væggene derinde var klædt med Træ rundt om fra Gulv til Vinduer,

17 og fra Indgangens Sidevægge til det indre um var der Væggen rundt

18 udskåret Arbejde, Keruber og Palmer, en Palme mellem to Keruber; Keruberne havde to Ansigter;

19 Menneskeansigtet vendte mod Palmen på den ene Side og Løveansigtet mod Palmen på den anden Side; således var der gjort hele Templet rundt.

20 Fra Gulv til Vinduer var der fremstillet Keruber og Palmer på det Helliges Væg.

21 Ved Indgangen til det Hellige var der firkantede Dørstolper. Foran Helligdommen var der noget, der så ud som

22 et Træalter, tre Alen højt, to Alen langt og to Alen bredt; det havde Hjørner, og dets Fodstykke og Vægge var af Træ. Og han sagde til mig: "Dette er Bordet, som står for HE ENs Åsyn."

23 Det Hellige havde to Dørfløje;

24 ligeledes havde Helligdommen to Dørfløje; hver Fløj var to bevægelige Dørflader, to på hver Fløj.

25 Og på dem var der fretillet Keruber og Palmer ligesom på Væggene. Der var et Trætag uden for Forhallen.

26 Der var gitrede Vinduer og Palmer på Forhallens Sidevægge til begge Sider..."

   


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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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