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Esekiel第37章

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1 Herrens hånd kom over mig, og Herren førte mig i ånden ut og satte mig ned midt i dalen, og den var full av ben.

2 Og han førte mig rundt omkring dem, og jeg så at de lå der i store mengder utover dalen, og de var aldeles tørre.

3 Og han sa til mig: Menneskesønn! Skal disse ben bli levende? Jeg svarte: Herre, Israels Gud, du vet det!

4 Da sa han til mig: Spå om disse ben og si til dem: I tørre ben, hør Herrens ord!

5 sier Herren, Israels Gud, til disse ben: Se, jeg lar det komme livsånde i eder, og I skal bli levende.

6 Jeg vil legge sener på eder og la det komme kjøtt på eder og dekke eder med hud og gi livsånde i eder, og I skal bli levende; og I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

7 Og jeg spådde således som det var befalt mig, og mens jeg spådde, hørtes det en sterk lyd; det blev et bulder, og benene nærmet sig til hverandre.

8 Og jeg så, og se, det kom sener og kjøtt på dem, og ovenpå det drog det sig hud over dem; men livsånde var det ikke i dem.

9 Da sa han til mig: Spå og tal til livsånden! Spå, menneskesønn, og si til livsånden: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Kom du livsånde fra de fire vinder og blås på disse drepte menn, så de kan bli levende!

10 Og jeg spådde således som han hadde befalt mig, og livsånden kom i dem, og de blev levende og stod op på sine føtter, en meget, meget stor hær.

11 Og han sa til mig: Menneskesønn! Disse ben er hele Israels hus. Se, de sier: Våre ben er fortørket, og vårt håp er gått til grunne; vi er fortapt.

12 Spå derfor og si til dem: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg åpner eders graver og lar eder, mitt folk, stige op av eders graver, og jeg fører eder til Israels land.

13 Og I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, når jeg åpner eders graver og lar eder, mitt folk, stige op av eders graver.

14 Og jeg vil gi min Ånd i eder, og I skal bli levende, og jeg vil bosette eder i eders land, og I skal kjenne at jeg, Herren, har sagt det, og at jeg også vil gjøre det, sier Herren.

15 Og Herrens ord kom til mig, og det lød så:

16 Og du menneskesønn! Ta dig en stav og skriv på den: For Juda og for Israels barn, hans medbrødre! Og ta dig en annen stav og skriv på den: For Josef - en stav for Efra'im og hele Israels hus, hans medbrødre!

17 Og sett dem sammen, den ene til den andre, til én stav, så de blir til ett i din hånd!

18 Og når ditt folks barn sier til dig: Vil du ikke la oss få vite hvad du mener med dette? -

19 da skal du si til dem: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg tar Josefs stav, som er i Efra'ims hånd, og Israels stammer, hans medbrødre, og jeg legger dem til Judas stav og gjør dem til én stav, så de blir til ett i min hånd.

20 Og de staver som du skriver på, skal du holde i din hånd for deres øine.

21 Si så til dem: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Se, jeg henter Israels barn fra de folk som de drog bort til, og jeg vil samle dem fra alle kanter og føre dem til deres eget land.

22 Og jeg vil gjøre dem til ett folk i landet, på Israels fjell, og én konge skal være konge for dem alle, og de skal ikke mere være to folk og ikke mere dele sig i to riker.

23 Og de skal ikke mere gjøre sig urene med sine motbydelige avguder og med sine vederstyggeligheter eller med nogen av sine misgjerninger, og jeg vil utfri dem fra alle deres bosteder, hvor de har syndet, og rense dem, og de skal være mitt folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud.

24 Og min tjener David* skal være konge over dem, og én hyrde skal det være for dem alle, og mine lover skal de følge, og mine bud skal de holde og gjøre efter dem. / {* ESK 34, 23.}

25 Og de skal bo i det land jeg gav min tjener Jakob, det som eders fedre bodde i; de skal bo i det, de og deres barn og deres barnebarn, til evig tid, og David, min tjener, skal være deres fyrste evindelig.

26 Og jeg vil gjøre en fredspakt med dem - en evig pakt med dem skal det være; og jeg vil bosette dem i mitt land og la dem bli tallrike, og jeg vil sette min helligdom midt iblandt dem for evig tid.

27 Og min bolig skal være over dem, og jeg vil være deres Gud, og de skal være mitt folk.

28 Og folkene skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, som helliger Israel, når min helligdom blir midt iblandt dem til evig tid.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9594

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9594. 'And you shall make the dwelling-place' means the second or middle heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the dwelling-place', when it refers to the Divine, as heaven - the middle or second heaven, strictly speaking. It is well known that there are three heavens, namely the inmost, middle, and lowest, or third, second, and first. All these heavens were represented by the tabernacle; the inmost or third heaven was represented by the ark where the Testimony was, the middle or second heaven by the dwelling-place where the table for the loaves of the Presence and the lampstand were, and the lowest or first heaven by the court. The reason why there are three heavens is that there are three degrees of life with the human being. (Human beings, who become angels after death, constitute heaven; angels have no other beginning, and the heavens spring from no other source.) The inmost degree of his life exists for the inmost heaven, the middle degree of life for the middle heaven, and the lowest for the lowest heaven. And because the human being is like this, or has been so formed, and heaven springs from the human race, there are three heavens.

[2] These degrees of life with a person are opened up in successive stages. The first degree is opened up by a life led in accord with what is right and fair, the second degree by a life in accord with the truths of faith drawn from the Word and with forms of the good of charity towards the neighbour that follow on from those truths, and the third degree by a life in accord with the good of mutual love and the good of love to the Lord. These virtues are the means by which those three degrees of life with a person, and so the three heavens with him, are opened up in successive stages. But it should be recognized that to the extent that a person departs from good in life and moves towards evil in life those degrees are closed, that is, the heavens with him are closed; for just as good in life opens them, so evil in life closes them. This being so, all who are steeped in evil are outside heaven, thus are in hell. It should also be recognized that with some people - since the heavens with a person are opened up in successive stages according to the good present in his life, as stated above - the first heaven and not the second is opened up; that with some others the second heaven and not the third is opened up; but that the third heaven is opened up solely with those governed by good in life springing from love to the Lord. For the human being is heaven in its smallest form, and has been created so as to conform to an image of heaven and of the world, see the places referred to in 9279.

[3] There is therefore an inmost heaven, represented by the ark of the Testimony, which was the subject in the previous chapter; a middle heaven, represented by the dwelling-place, which is the subject in the present chapter; and a lowest heaven, represented by the court, which is the subject in the next chapter. Heaven is called God's dwelling-place because what is Divine and the Lord's dwells there; for Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good is what makes heaven, indeed gives life to the angels there. And since the Lord dwells with angels in that which comes from Him, 9338 (end), heaven is called God's dwelling-place, and the actual Divine Truths emanating from Divine Good, which angels or angelic communities are recipients of, are called dwellings, as in David,

Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me, let them lead me to [Your] holy mountain and to Your dwellings, that I may go in to the altar of God, to God ... Psalms 43:3-4.

In the same author,

There is a river whose streams will make glad the city of God, the holy place of the dwellings of the Most High. Psalms 46:4.

In the same author,

Down to the ground 1 they have profaned the dwelling-place of Your name. Psalms 74:7.

In the same author,

How lovely are Your dwellings, O Jehovah! Psalms 84:1.

[4] The fact that the Divine realities which emanate from the Lord's Divine Human are what are rightly called 'dwellings', as a result of which heaven itself is called 'the dwelling-place', is also clear in David,

He swore to Jehovah, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob, Surely I will not give sleep to my eyes, until I find a place for Jehovah, the dwelling-places for the Mighty One of Jacob. Behold, we heard of Him in Ephrathah, we found Him in the fields of the wood. We will enter His dwelling-places. Psalms 132:2, 4-7.

'The Mighty One of Jacob' is the Lord's Divine Human, 6425. 'Ephrathah', where He was to be found, is Bethlehem where He was born, Genesis 35:19; 48:7; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:5-6. 'The fields of the wood' are the forms of good composing the Church among gentiles.

[5] In Ezekiel,

They will dwell in the land which I gave to My servant Jacob. They will dwell in it, they [and their sons] and their sons' sons forever. And David My servant will be their prince forever. I will make with them a covenant of peace; it will be an eternal covenant with them. And I will set My sanctuary in their midst forever; so shall My dwelling-place be among them. Ezekiel 37:25-27.

'David, who will be their prince forever' stands for the Lord, 1888; 'the sanctuary' (sanctuarium) stands for the Lord's Divine Human, since He is the source of all holiness (sanctum), 3210, 9229, so that 'dwelling-place' stands for heaven and for the Church, where the Lord is.

[6] In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, Behold, I will bring back the captivity 2 of the tents of Jacob, and will have compassion on his dwellings, that the city may be built upon its mound. Jeremiah 30:18.

'Bringing back the captivity of the tents of Jacob' stands for restoring the external Church's forms of good and truths which had been destroyed, 'having compassion on his dwellings' for restoring the internal Church's truths, 'the city which was to be built upon its mound' for doctrinal teachings about the truth, 2449, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493.

[7] How the Lord dwells in the heavens may be seen from what has been shown previously regarding the Lord, that is to say, where it has been shown that the Lord's Divine Human is the Sun, the source of heat and light in the heavens. The heat radiating from the Lord as the Sun is love, while the light is faith. The Lord therefore dwells with those who receive from Him the good of love and the truth of faith, which are the heat and light of life; and how fully He is present depends on their degree of receptivity.

脚注:

1. literally, Into the earth or land

2. i.e. restore the fortunes

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