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1 Kaj la Eternulo ekparolis al Moseo, dirante:

2 Jen, Mi vokis per la nomo Becalelon, filon de Uri, filo de HXur, el la tribo de Jehuda;

3 kaj Mi plenigis lin per Dia spirito, per sagxo kaj prudento kaj scio kaj cxia arto,

4 por pripensi ideojn, por labori el oro kaj el argxento kaj el kupro,

5 kaj por cxizi sxtonojn por enkadrigo, kaj por cxizi lignon, por fari cxian laboron.

6 Kaj jen Mi donis al li kiel helpanton Oholiabon, filon de Ahxisamahx, el la tribo de Dan; kaj en la koron de cxiu kompetentulo Mi enmetis sagxon, por ke ili faru cxion, kion Mi ordonis al vi:

7 la tabernaklon de kunveno kaj la keston de atesto kaj la fermoplaton sur gxi kaj cxiujn apartenajxojn de la tabernaklo,

8 kaj la tablon kaj gxiajn apartenajxojn kaj la puran kandelabron kaj cxiujn gxiajn apartenajxojn kaj la altaron de incensado,

9 kaj la altaron de bruloferoj kaj cxiujn gxiajn apartenajxojn kaj la lavujon kaj gxian piedestalon,

10 kaj la oficajn vestojn kaj la sanktajn vestojn por la pastro Aaron kaj la pastrajn vestojn de liaj filoj,

11 kaj la sanktan oleon kaj la aroman incensajxon por la sanktejo; cxion konforme al tio, kiel Mi ordonis al vi, ili faros.

12 Kaj la Eternulo ekparolis al Moseo, dirante:

13 Diru al la Izraelidoj jene:Nepre observu Miajn sabatojn; cxar tio estas signo inter Mi kaj vi en viaj generacioj, por ke vi sciu, ke Mi estas la Eternulo, kiu vin sanktigas.

14 Kaj observu la sabaton, cxar gxi estas sankta por vi; kiu gxin malsanktigos, tiu mortu; cxar se iu faros en gxi laboron, tiu animo ekstermigxu el la mezo de sia popolo.

15 Dum ses tagoj oni faru laboron, sed la sepan tagon estas sabato de ripozo, sankta por la Eternulo; cxiu, kiu faros laboron en la tago sabata, estu mortigita.

16 Kaj la Izraelidoj observu la sabaton, por fari la sabaton en siaj generacioj eterna interligo.

17 Inter Mi kaj la Izraelidoj gxi estu signo por cxiam; cxar dum ses tagoj la Eternulo faris la cxielon kaj la teron, sed en la sepa tago Li cxesis kaj ripozis.

18 Kaj, fininte paroli al li sur la monto Sinaj, la Eternulo donis al Moseo du tabelojn de atesto, tabelojn sxtonajn, skribitajn per la fingro de Dio.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed#392

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392. Then another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. (8:3) This symbolizes spiritual worship, which originates from the goodness of charity expressed through truths of faith.

The altar at which the angel stood, and the golden censer that he had in his hand, symbolize worship of the Lord springing from a spiritual love, which is worship that originates from the goodness of charity expressed through truths of faith.

The children of Israel had two altars, one outside the Tabernacle, the other inside the Tabernacle. The altar outside the Tabernacle was called the altar of burnt offering, because burnt offerings and other sacrifices were presented on it. The altar inside the Tabernacle was called the altar of incense, and also the golden altar.

They had these two altars because worship of the Lord originates from celestial love and from spiritual love - from celestial love in the case of angels in His celestial kingdom, and from spiritual love in the case of angels in His spiritual kingdom. Regarding these two kingdoms, see no. 387 above.

Regarding the two altars, see the following passages in the books of Moses: On the altar of burnt offering, Exodus 20:24-26; 27:1-8; 29:36-43, Leviticus 6:8-12; 8:11; 16:18-19, 33-34. On the altar of incense, Exodus 30:1-10; 31:8; 37:25-29; 40:5, 26, Numbers 7:1.

John saw altars, censers, and the burning of incense, not because things of that kind are found in heaven. They were simply images representative of the worship of the Lord there. John saw them because such things were instituted among the children of Israel, and are often mentioned, therefore, in the Word. Moreover that church was a representational church, for every aspect of their worship was representative, and therefore those things now symbolize the Lord's Divinely given celestial and spiritual elements which are connected with His church in heaven and on earth.

[2] These same things are therefore symbolically meant in the Word by these two altars in the following places:

Send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me... to Your habitations. Then I will go to the altar of God, to God... (Psalms 43:3-4)

I wash my hands in innocence, and go around your altar, O Jehovah, and I will make to be heard the voice of confession... (Psalms 26:6-7)

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron... on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars... (Jeremiah 17:1-2)

God is Jehovah, who gives us light; bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. (Psalms 118:27)

In that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt... (Isaiah 19:19)

An altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt symbolizes worship of the Lord originating from love in the natural person.

The thistle and thorn shall rise up on their altars. (Hosea 10:8)

These symbolize worship originating from evils and from the falsities accompanying evil.

See also elsewhere, such as Isaiah 27:9; 56:6-7; 60:7.

[3] Since an altar represented and so symbolized worship of the Lord, it is apparent that the altar here in the book of Revelation has no other meaning, and so, too, elsewhere. As for example:

...I saw under the altar the souls of those slain for the Word of God... (Revelation 6:9)

...the angel stood and said, ."..measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it." (Revelation 11:1)

...I heard another (angel) from the altar saying, ."..true and just are Your judgments." (Revelation 16:7)

Since representative worship was carried out principally upon the two altars, and since it was abolished by the Lord when He came into the world because He laid open the inner qualities of a church, we are accordingly told in Isaiah,

In that day a man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will regard the Holy One of Israel, and... not... to the altars, the work of his hands. (Isaiah 17:7-8)

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.