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Hesekiel第47章

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1 Und er führte mich zurück zu der Tür des Hauses (d. h. zum Eingang in das Heilige;) und siehe, Wasser flossen unter der Schwelle des Hauses hervor gegen Osten, denn die Vorderseite des Hauses war gegen Osten; und die Wasser flossen herab von unten, von der rechten Seite (W. Schulter) des Hauses her, südlich vom Altar.

2 Und er führte mich hinaus durch das Nordtor, und führte mich draußen herum zum äußeren Tore, des Weges zu dem gegen Osten gerichteten Tore; und siehe, Wasser rieselten von der rechten Torseite (W. Schulter) her.

3 Und als der Mann gegen Osten hinausging, war eine Meßschnur in seiner Hand. Und er maß tausend Ellen, und ließ mich durch die Wasser gehen-Wasser bis an die Knöchel;

4 und er maß tausend Ellen, und ließ mich durch die Wasser gehen-Wasser bis an die Knie; und er maß tausend Ellen, und ließ mich hindurchgehen-Wasser bis an die Hüften;

5 und er maß tausend Ellen-ein Fluß, durch den ich nicht gehen konnte; denn die Wasser waren hoch, Wasser zum Schwimmen, ein Fluß, der nicht zu durchgehen war.

6 Und er sprach zu mir: Hast du es gesehen, Menschensohn? Und er führte mich wieder zurück an dem Ufer des Flusses.

7 Als ich zurückkehrte, siehe, da standen an dem Ufer des Flusses sehr viele Bäume auf dieser und auf jener Seite.

8 Und er sprach zu mir: Diese Wasser fließen hinaus nach dem östlichen Kreise (O. Bezirke (Jos. 22,10), die Gegend oberhalb des Toten Meeres,) und fließen in die Ebene (Hebr. Araba. S. die Anm. zu 5. Mose 1,1) hinab und gelangen in das Meer; und werden sie in das Meer hinausgeführt, so werden die Wasser des Meeres gesund werden.

9 Und es wird geschehen, daß alle lebendigen Seelen, die da wimmeln, überall wohin der Doppelfluß kommt, leben werden. Und der Fische werden sehr viele sein; denn wenn diese Wasser dorthin kommen, so werden die Wasser des Meeres (W. so werden sie) gesund werden, und alles wird leben, wohin der Fluß kommt.

10 Und es wird geschehen, daß Fischer an demselben stehen werden: von En-Gedi bis En-Eglaim werden Plätze sein zur Ausbreitung der Netze. Nach ihrer Art werden seine Fische sein, sehr zahlreich, wie die Fische des großen Meeres.

11 Seine Sümpfe und seine Lachen werden nicht gesund werden, sie werden salzig bleiben. (Eig. dem Salze sind sie hingegeben)

12 Und an dem Flusse, an seinem Ufer, auf dieser und auf jener Seite, werden allerlei Bäume wachsen, von denen man ißt, deren Blätter nicht verwelken und deren Früchte nicht ausgehen werden. Monat für Monat (W. Nach ihren Monaten) werden sie reife Früchte tragen, denn seine Wasser fließen aus dem Heiligtum hervor; und ihre Früchte werden zur Speise dienen und ihre Blätter zur Heilung.

13 So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Dies ist die Grenze, nach welcher ihr euch das Land als Erbe verteilen sollt (Eig. ihr das Land für euch erben sollt.) nach den zwölf Stämmen Israels: für Joseph zwei Lose.

14 Und ihr sollt es erben, der eine wie der andere, das Land, welches euren Vätern zu geben ich meine Hand erhoben habe; und dieses Land soll euch als Erbteil zufallen. -

15 Und dies ist die Grenze des Landes: Auf der Nordseite, vom großen Meere an, des Weges nach Hethlon, gegen Zedad hin;

16 Hamath, Berotha, Sibraim, welches zwischen der Grenze von Damaskus und der Grenze von Hamath liegt, das mittlere Hazer, welches an der Grenze von Hauran liegt.

17 Und die Grenze vom Meere her (d. h. der östliche Endpunkt, vom Meere an gerechnet) soll Hazar-Enon sein, die Grenze von Damaskus; und den Norden betreffend nordwärts, so ist Hamath die Grenze. Und das ist die Nordseite. -

18 Und was die Ostseite betrifft, so ist zwischen Hauran und Damaskus und Gilead und dem Lande Israel der Jordan; von der Nordgrenze nach dem östlichen Meere hin sollt ihr messen. Und das ist die Ostseite. -

19 Und die Mittagseite südwärts: von Thamar bis zum Haderwasser Kades, und nach dem Bache Ägyptens hin bis an das große Meer. Und das ist die Südseite gegen Mittag. -

20 Und die Westseite: das große Meer, von der Südgrenze, bis man Hamath gegenüber kommt; das ist die Westseite. -

21 Und dieses Land sollt ihr unter euch verteilen nach den Stämmen Israels.

22 Und es soll geschehen: euch und den Fremdlingen, die in eurer Mitte weilen, welche Kinder in eurer Mitte gezeugt haben, sollt ihr es als Erbteil verlosen; und sie sollen euch sein wie Eingeborene unter den Kindern Israel; mit euch sollen sie um ein Erbteil losen inmitten der Stämme Israels.

23 Und es soll geschehen, in dem Stamme, bei welchem der Fremdling weilt, daselbst sollt ihr ihm sein Erbteil geben, spricht der Herr, Jehova.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9659

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9659. 'And there shall be eight boards and their bases [made] from silver' means support in every respect from good and through truth that springs from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'eight' as what is so in every respect, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'boards' as good that lends support, dealt with in 9634; and from the meaning of 'bases [made] from silver' as support provided through truth from good, dealt with in 9643.

[2] 'Eight' means in every respect because this number has the same meaning as two and four, being the product of these when multiplied together. 'Two' and 'four' mean being joined together, completely so, 5194, 8423, 8877, and consequently also mean what is complete, 9103, and therefore what is so in every respect; for what exists in completeness does so in every respect. Another reason why 'eight' means what exists in completeness and in every respect is that since 'a week' means a whole period from beginning to end, 2044, 3845, 'the eighth day' means a complete state, from which a new beginning then commences. This explains why males had to be circumcised on the eighth day, Genesis 17:12; 21:4, for circumcision was a sign of purification from foul kinds of love by means of the truth of faith, 2039, 2046 (end), 2799, 3412, 3413, 4462. The foreskin corresponded to the defilement of good by those kinds of love, 4462, 7045, 7225, and the knife of flint with which circumcision was carried out was a sign of the truth of faith by means of which purification was accomplished, 2039 (end), 2046 (end), 2799, 7044.

[3] What exists in completeness and in every respect is also meant by 'eight' following 'seven' in Micah,

When Asshur comes into our land and treads our palaces we will set up over him seven shepherds and eight princes of men (homo), and they will feed 1 the land of Asshur with the sword; and he will deliver [us] from Asshur. Micah 5:5-6.

'Asshur' stands for reasoning on the basis of one's own intelligence about the Church's forms of good and its truths. Deliverance totally or in every respect from consequent falsity is meant by 'eight princes of men' who will bring destruction, 'princes of men' being the leading truths that rise out of good.

[4] The fact that 'eight' means completeness and in every respect is also clear from an experience I had involving the admission and reception of some communities into heaven, about which see 2130. I saw as many as twelve communities received first, and after them as many as eight more; for people admitted and received into heaven are those who have been purified from earthly things, that is, from all love of them, and have gone on to receive instruction. The number eight on that occasion was a sign of that which was complete.

[5] 'Eight' has a similar meaning elsewhere in the Word, for example where it says that the portico of the gateway was 'eight cubits' long from the house, and that there were 'eight steps' up to the house, in Ezekiel 40:9, 31, 41. The description there is of the new house, by which the Lord's New Church is meant, truths leading to good and from good back to truths being meant by 'the portico' and 'the steps'.

[6] Anyone who does not know that spiritual realities or real things are implied by the numbers used in the Word cannot possibly see any such reality nor thus anything holy in the measures and numbers where the tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and after these the new house, new temple, and new land in Ezekiel, are described, when yet not a syllable in the Word is devoid of spiritual meaning. Let all who have intelligence weigh up in their mind what the measures and numbers in Chapters 40-48 of Ezekiel really mean, also the measures and numbers in John, at Revelation 21:17, where it says that the angel measured the wall of the new Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, and that this measure was that of a man (homo), that is, of an angel, and also in the following, besides many other places,

Let him who has intelligence reckon the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man (homo), that is, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18.

For more about all numbers in the Word, that they mean spiritual realities or real things, see 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 5291, 5335, 5708, 6175, 7973, and places where the specific meaning of certain numbers has been shown.

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1. i.e. destroy

  
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Arcana Coelestia#2049

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2049. 'From every son who is a foreigner and not of your seed' means those outside the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'son who is a foreigner' as those who are not born inside the Church and so are not governed by goods and truths of faith because they have no knowledge of them. 'Sons who are foreigners' also means people whose worship is external, dealt with in 1097, though in that context people inside the Church are the subject. Here however, the subject being the Lord's Church in its widest extent, 'sons who are foreigners' means those who, like gentiles, are not born inside the Church. Gentiles outside the Church can possess truths, but not the truths of faith. Their truths, like the Ten Commandments, are that parents should be honoured; that people should not murder, steal, commit adultery, or covet the things that belong to others; and also that they should worship God. Truths of faith consist however of all doctrinal teachings concerning eternal life, the Lord's kingdom, and the Lord. Such teachings cannot be known by gentiles because they do not possess the Word.

[2] These are the people who are meant by 'sons who are foreigners and not of your seed' but who are to be circumcised, that is to be purified. From this it is evident that they are just as much capable of being purified as those inside the Church, which purification was represented by being circumcised. They are purified when they cast aside filthy loves and live among one another in charity, for in their case truths have a part to play in their lives because charity and all truths go together, though such truths belong to the first of the two types mentioned above. When these truths play a part in their lives they then absorb the truths of faith with ease, if not during this life then in the next, because truths of faith are the interior truths of charity. Indeed at that point there is nothing they desire more than to be introduced into the interior truths of charity. Interior truths of charity are what constitute the Lord's kingdom. Regarding these, see 932, 1032, 1059, 1327, 1328, 1366.

[3] In the next life mere knowledge of the cognitions of faith is of no value at all, for the worst people, even those in hell, can have such knowledge, sometimes a better knowledge than others have. Leading a life in accordance with those cognitions is what matters, for all cognitions have life as their end in view. If life was not the reason for learning them they would have no use, apart from enabling people to discuss them and as a result to be considered learned in the world, to be raised to positions of importance, and to enhance reputation and wealth. From this it is clear that a life in keeping with the cognitions of faith is nothing other than the life of charity. Indeed love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour constitute the Law and the Prophets, that is, the doctrine of faith in its entirety together with all the cognitions of it, as is plain to anyone from the Lord's words in Matthew 22:35-40, and Mark 12:28-35.

[4] Matters of doctrine, or cognitions of faith, are nevertheless absolutely vital for the formation of the life of charity; it cannot be formed without them. This is the life which saves a person after death. The life of faith never exists without the life of charity, for without charity the life of faith is impossible. People in whom the life of love and charity dwells have the Lord's life within them. Nobody can be joined to Him by means of any other life. From this it is also clear that the truths of faith cannot possibly be acknowledged as truths - that is, no acknowledgement of what they are saying is possible - other than outwardly or with the lips, if they are not implanted within charity, since inwardly or at heart they are denied. For as has been stated, all truths of faith have charity as their end in view, and if charity is not present within them then inwardly they are rejected. The nature of the things that are interior is plain to see when those that are exterior are taken away, as is done in the next life, namely that they are utterly contrary to all the truths of faith. No people can possibly receive the life of charity, or mutual love, in the next life, when they have had none in this life; but their life as it has been with them in the world remains with them after death. Indeed they are averse to and hate mutual love. When merely approaching a community where the life that belongs to mutual love exists they quiver and shake, and experience torment.

[5] Although people such as these are born inside the Church, they are called 'sons who are foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in the flesh' who are not to be allowed into the sanctuary, that is, into the Lord's kingdom. They are also meant in Ezekiel,

No son who is a foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter the sanctuary. Ezekiel 44:7, 9.

And in the same prophet,

Whom have you thus become like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? You will be made to go down with the trees of Eden into the nether world; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword. Ezekiel 31:18.

This refers to Pharaoh who means types of knowledge in general, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462. 'The trees of Eden' with which they were to go down into the nether world also means types of knowledge, but knowledge of the cognitions of faith. From this it is now evident what 'one uncircumcised' means in the internal sense, namely one in whom filthy loves and the life belonging to these are present.

  
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