但以理书 9
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就是他在位第一年,我但以理从书上得知耶和华的话临到先知耶利米,论耶路撒冷荒凉的年数,七十年为满。
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我向耶和华─我的神祈祷、认罪,说:主啊,大而可畏的神,向爱主、守主诫命的人守约施慈爱。
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没有听从你仆人众先知奉你名向我们君王、首领、列祖,和国中一切百姓所说的话。
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主啊,你是公义的,我们是脸上蒙羞的;因我们犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民,并以色列众人,或在近处,或在远处,被你赶到各国的人,都得罪了你,正如今日一样。
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主啊,我们和我们的君王、首领、列祖因得罪了你,就都脸上蒙羞。
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也没有听从耶和华─我们神的话,没有遵行他藉仆人众先知向我们所陈明的律法。
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以色列众人都犯了你的律法,偏行,不听从你的话;因此,在你仆人摩西律法上所写的咒诅和誓言都倾在我们身上,因我们得罪了神。
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他使大灾祸临到我们,成就了警戒我们和审判我们官长的话;原来在普天之下未曾行过像在耶路撒冷所行的。
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这一切灾祸临到我们身上是照摩西律法上所写的,我们却没有求耶和华─我们神的恩典,使我们回头离开罪孽,明白你的真理。
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所以耶和华留意使这灾祸临到我们身上,因为耶和华─我们的神在他所行的事上都是公义;我们并没有听从他的话。
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主─我们的神啊,你曾用大能的手领你的子民出埃及地,使自己得了名,正如今日一样。我们犯了罪,作了恶。
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主啊,求你按你的大仁大义,使你的怒气和忿怒转离你的城耶路撒冷,就是你的圣山。耶路撒冷和你的子民,因我们的罪恶和我们列祖的罪孽被四围的人羞辱。
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我们的神啊,现在求你垂听仆人的祈祷恳求,为自己使脸光照你荒凉的圣所。
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我的神啊,求你侧耳而听,睁眼而看,眷顾我们荒凉之地和称为你名下的城。我们在你面前恳求,原不是因自己的义,乃因你的大怜悯。
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求主垂听,求主赦免,求主应允而行,为你自己不要迟延。我的神啊,因这城和这民都是称为你名下的。
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我说话,祷告,承认我的罪和本国之民以色列的罪,为我神的圣山,在耶和华─我神面前恳求。
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我正祷告的时候,先前在异象中所见的那位加百列,奉命迅速飞来,约在献晚祭的时候,按手在我身上。
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他指教我说:但以理啊,现在我出来要使你有智慧,有聪明。
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你初恳求的时候,就发出命令,我来告诉你,因你大蒙眷爱;所以你要思想明白这以下的事和异象。
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为你本国之民和你圣城,已经定了七十个七。要止住罪过,除净罪恶,赎尽罪孽,引进(或译:彰显)永义,封住异象和预言,并膏至圣者(者:或译所)。
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你当知道,当明白,从出令重新建造耶路撒冷,直到有受膏君的时候,必有七个七和六十二个七。正在艰难的时候,耶路撒冷城连街带濠都必重新建造。
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过了六十二个七,那(或译:有)受膏者必被剪除,一无所有;必有一王的民来毁灭这城和圣所,至终必如洪水冲没。必有争战,一直到底,荒凉的事已经定了。
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一七之内,他必与许多人坚定盟约;一七之半,他必使祭祀与供献止息。那行毁坏可憎的(或译:使地荒凉的)如飞而来,并且有忿怒倾在那行毁坏的身上(或译:倾在那荒凉之地),直到所定的结局。
The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Teachings # 209
209. From Secrets of Heaven
Baptism means regeneration by the Lord by means of truths for our faith that are drawn from the Word: 4255, 5120, 9088, 10239, 10386, 10387, 10388, 10392. Baptism serves as a sign that an individual belongs to the church, where the Lord, who is the source of regeneration, is acknowledged; and where the Word is found, which is the source of the truths for our faith that are the means of our regeneration: 10386, 10387, 10388. Baptism does not give us either faith or salvation, but it bears witness to what we will receive if we are regenerated: 10391.
[2] The washing rituals in the ancient churches and in the Israelite church represented and therefore meant processes of purification from evil and falsity: 3147, 9088, 10237, 10239. The ritual washing of clothes meant purification of the understanding from falsities: 5954. The ritual washing of feet meant purification of the earthly self: 3147, 10241. An explanation of the meaning of the Lord's washing the disciples' feet [John 13:1-11]: 10243.
[3] Waters mean truths that belong to our religious faith: 28, 2702, 3058, 5668, 8568, 10238. Springs and wells of living water mean truths for our faith that come to us from the Lord; therefore they also mean the Word: 3424. Bread and water mean all the goodness that comes from love and all the truths that lead to faith: 4976, 9323. The spirit means a life in accord with truth or with faith: 5222, 9281, 9818. What spirit and flesh are: spirit means life that comes from the Lord and flesh means life that comes from ourselves: 10283. We can therefore see what these words of the Lord mean: "Unless you have been born of water and the spirit you cannot enter the kingdom of God" [John 3:5], namely, that unless we have been regenerated through truths that belong to our religious faith and a life in accord with them, we cannot be saved: 10240. All regeneration is effected by means of truths that belong to religious faith and by a life in accord with them: 1904, 2046, 9088, 9959, 10028.
[4] The complete washing that took place by immersion in the waters of the Jordan meant regeneration itself, just as baptism does: 9088, 10239. The meaning of the waters of the Jordan, and what the Jordan River means: 1585, 4255.
[5] A flood and an inundation of waters mean spiritual crises: 660, 705, 739, 756, 790, 5725, 6853. Baptism also symbolizes spiritual crises: 5120, 10389. How baptism was represented in heaven: 2299.