We plunge directly
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into this new theme
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that we inaugurated yesterday
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and therefore we asked ourselves the question:
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“is there a possible identification
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between the heart of Jesus,
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who is the high priest
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and the Heavenly Jerusalem? “
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And when I speak of the high priest, Jesus,
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I also implicitly speak
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of the figure of the high priest
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in The Old Testament.
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So obviously
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who isn’t Jesus yet.
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This is the high priest, Aaron
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instituted by Moses as high priest,
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and all of Aaron’s
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descendants are priestly descendants of priests,
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the priests of the Old Testament.
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So, without delay, let’s explore.
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Maybe you won’t
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see
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the logic right away, but we’ll explore it,
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at least for two sessions.
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It would be nice if you had your Bible
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on hand or if you could pick it up
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and listen to it again later.
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Book of Revelation, chapter 21.
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“He carried me …”
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so it is John who speaks,
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the seer of the apocalypse.
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“So he carried me in the spirit,
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to a high mountain
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and showed me the holy city Jerusalem,
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which descended from heaven from God,
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with, in it, the glory of God.
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It shines like
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a very precious stone,
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like a crystalline jasper stone. “
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And so, the seer of the apocalypse
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will now continue with
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the description of the vision.
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“The heavenly city Jerusalem is provided
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with a high rampart,
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provided with twelve gates, near which
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there are twelve angels and names inscribed:
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those of the twelve tribes
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of the children of Israel. Of the twelve tribes,
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of the children of Israel,
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Let us remember all these details
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which are important,
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because we will confront them
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in the following paragraph,
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a text of the Old Testament
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which will really enlighten us.
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The rampart of the city
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rests on twelve foundations each bearing
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the name of one of the twelve
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apostles of the lamb.
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Then, there will now be a
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more detailed
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description of the city,
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the twelve courses
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of the doors and above all,
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what matters to us.
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this may seem a little descriptive,
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or a little boring,
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but we have some terribly need
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if we want to understand the passage
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we will read tomorrow,
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so above all the description
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of the precious stones,
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each more beautiful
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than the other.
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I quote
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“this rampart is built in jasper
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and the city is pure gold,
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like very pure crystal.
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The foundations of its rampart
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are embellished with all kinds
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of precious stones .
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The first course is of jasper,
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the second of sapphire,
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the third of chalcedony,
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the fourth of emeralds,
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the fifth of sardony,
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the sixth of carnelian,
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the seventh of chrysolite,
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the eighth of beryl,
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the ninth of topaz,
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the tenth of chrysoprase,
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the eleventh hyacinte,
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the second amethyst,
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and the Twelve Gates are twelve pearls.
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Each gate formed
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from a single pearl,
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and the town square is pure gold,
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transparent as crystal.
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It is a vision of glory.
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It is a vision of magnificence
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and splendor.
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It is the heavenly Jerusalem
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that awaits us,
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which is our
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final and eternal destination .
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So we have seen
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and heard
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rather this description
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of the heavenly Jerusalem
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with all these details.
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We could ask
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ourselves, but what is the link
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with the heart of the high priest in all of this
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that we are trying to analyze?
Tomorrow we continue
Source: Fr Kars, see video below