we continue our exploration
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on the heavenly Jerusalem
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and on a possible identification
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with the heart of the high priest
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Jesus, of course,
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but also in Aaron.
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And it is on this figure
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that we will focus
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today on Aaron
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I hope you remember
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the description
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of the heavenly Jerusalem well.
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Now
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I invite you to listen
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and even to follow, if you can
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in your bibles,
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a passage from the book of Exodus,
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Exodus, chapter 28,
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which describes the breastplate of the high priest.
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So this is arron.
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In The Old Testament,
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brother of Moses,
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the breastplate he
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wore on his chest,
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very solemnly,
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and we will describe it and we will
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be very attentive
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to what I will call “harmonics”
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in relation to the text of Revelation
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that we heard yesterday.
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So here is God speaking to Moses
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and giving orders
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relating to the investiture of Aaron
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and the ministry of Aaron
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as high priest.
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“As for you,” God said to Moses,
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“As for you, bring
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Aaron your brother and his sons,
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from among the Israelites,
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to you , so that they may exercise my priesthood,
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you will make the” breastplate
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of judgment “, embroidered like the ephod.
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You shall make it of gold, of purple
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violet and scarlet, of scarlet
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of twisted linen.
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It shall be square and double. “
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Do you remember?
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Jerusalem forms a square.
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We said yesterday. “It will be square
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and double,
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a span long
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and a span wide.
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And now, listen carefully,
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you will garnish it with
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set stones , arranged
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in four rows
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a sardony, a topaz, an emerald.
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For the first one. row.
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For the second row, a carbuncle,
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a sapphire and a diamond.
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For the third row,
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an agate, a hyacinth
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and an amethyst.
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For the fourth row:
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a chrysolite,.
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A carnelian and a jasper.
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They will be set in
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crimps. gold chatons.
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Already, that must speak to you …
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Do you recognize
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the precious stones of the foundations
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and the gates of the celestial Jerusalem
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described by the Apocalypse?
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You see the extreme
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proximity in the description.
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In fact, it is clear
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that there is a relationship between the two.
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the light of the Apocalypse did
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not invent, just like that,
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all these gems.
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so therefore, that’s
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for gemstones.
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There are 12.
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both that there are tribes of Israel
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and as many as in the Apocalypse,
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there will be 12 gates,
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precisely, which re present
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that symbolize the twelve
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tribes of Israel.
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The stones,
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I continue the book of the exodus,
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The stones will be in the names of the Israelites.
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They will be 12 according to their names
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engraved like seals.
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Each will be in the name of one
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of the twelve tribes.
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So, once again, I insist on this,
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we find here
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the theme of the stones
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and also that of the twelve tribes
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contained in the description
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of the heavenly Jerusalem.
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There is a little bit of
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suspense there, now
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we are already starting
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to see something.
Source: Fr Kars, see video below