True Christian Religion # 279
279. The third experience.
Seven years ago, when I was collecting the passages which Moses wrote drawing on the two books called The Wars of Jehovah and The Utterances (Numbers 21), some angels were present who told me that those books were the ancient Word; its historical parts are called The Wars of Jehovah, the prophetical parts The Utterances. They said that this Word was still preserved in heaven and was used by the ancients there, whose Word it had been when they were in the world. The ancients, among whom this Word is still in use in heaven, were in part from the land of Canaan and the neighbouring countries, for instance, Syria, Mesopotamia, Arabia, Chaldaea, Assyria, Egypt, Sidon, Tyre and Niniveh. The inhabitants of all these kingdoms had a representative form of worship, and thus a knowledge of correspondences. The wisdom of those times came from that knowledge, which endowed them with inward perception and communication with the heavens. Those who knew the correspondences of that Word were called wise and intelligent, and in later times soothsayers and sorcerers.
[2] But because that Word was full of the sort of correspondences which conveyed celestial and spiritual ideas distantly, so that many people began to falsify it, therefore by the Lord's Divine providence in course of time it vanished, and another Word was given written by correspondences not so distant; this was done through the prophets among the Children of Israel. This Word retains many place names, not only in the land of Canaan, but also in the adjacent parts of Asia; all of these meant matters concerning the church and its states. But these meanings were taken over from the ancient Word. That was the reason why Abram was ordered to go into that land, and his descendants through Jacob were brought into it.
[3] I am allowed to report this new piece of information about the ancient Word, which was in Asia before the Israelite Word existed. It is still preserved there among the peoples who live in Great Tartary. I have spoken with spirits and angels in the spiritual world who came from there. They said that they possess the Word, and have done so from ancient times; and they conduct their Divine worship in accordance with that Word. It is composed purely of correspondences. They said that it also contains the book of Jashar mentioned in Joshua (Joshua 10:12-13), and in the Second Book of Samuel (2 Samuel 1:17-18); they also have the books called The Wars of Jehovah and The Utterances, which are mentioned by Moses (Numbers 21:14-15, 27-30). When I read in their presence the words which Moses took from this source, they looked to see whether they were there, and they found them. This made it clear to me that they still have the ancient Word. During our conversation they mentioned that they worship Jehovah, some of them as an invisible God, and some as visible.
[4] They went on to say that they do not allow foreigners to enter their territory, except the Chinese, with whom they have peaceful relations, because the Chinese Emperor comes from there. 1 They added that they are so populous that they do not believe any region in all the world is more so. This too is plausible when one considers the wall so many miles long, which the Chinese in former times constructed as a defence against invasion by them.
Moreover I was told by angels that the first chapters of Genesis, dealing with creation, Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, their sons and descendants down to the flood, as well as Noah and his sons, are also found in that Word, and were copied from it by Moses. Angels and spirits from Great Tartary are to be seen in the southern quarter towards the east. They are separated from others by living on a higher level. They do not allow anyone from Christian countries to visit them, and if any do go up, they put them under guard to prevent them leaving. The reason for this isolation is that they possess a different Word.
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1. This may refer to the Yuan dynasty (13th-14th centuries) who were of Mongol origin; but perhaps the reference is to the non-Chinese Manchu dynasty who ruled China from 1644.
Daniel 10
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En la tria jaro de Ciro, regxo de Persujo, vorto estis malkasxita al Daniel, kiu havis la nomon Beltsxacar; kaj vera estis tiu vorto kaj tre grava. Li komprenis la vorton kaj komprenis bone la vizion.
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En tiu tempo mi, Daniel, funebris dum tri semajnoj.
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Bongustan mangxajxon mi ne mangxis, viando kaj vino ne venis en mian busxon, kaj per oleo mi min ne sxmiris, gxis la fino de la tri semajnoj.
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En la dudek-kvara tago de la unua monato mi estis sur la bordo de granda rivero, nome de HXidekel.
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Kaj levinte miajn okulojn, mi ekvidis:jen staras unu viro, vestita per tolaj vestoj, kaj liaj lumboj estas zonitaj per pura oro el Ufaz.
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Lia korpo estas kiel turkiso, lia vizagxo aspektas kiel fulmo, liaj okuloj kiel fajraj flamoj, liaj brakoj kaj kruroj kiel brilanta kupro, kaj la vocxo de lia parolado estas kiel vocxo de amaso da homoj.
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Nur mi sola, Daniel, vidis tiun vizion; la homoj, kiuj estis kun mi, ne vidis la vizion; tamen granda timo falis sur ilin, kaj ili forkuris, por sin kasxi.
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Mi restis sola, kaj mi rigardis tiun grandan vizion; ne restis en mi forto, mia vizagxaspekto sxangxigxis terure, kaj mi ne povis rekolekti miajn fortojn.
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Kaj mi ekauxdis la vocxon de liaj vortoj; kaj kiam mi ekauxdis la vocxon de liaj vortoj, mi senkonscie falis vizagxaltere.
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Sed jen mano ektusxis min kaj levis min sur miajn genuojn kaj manplatojn.
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Kaj li diris al mi:Ho Daniel, viro agrabla al Dio! atentu la vortojn, kiujn mi diros al vi, kaj starigxu sur via loko, cxar mi nun estas sendita al vi. Kiam li tion parolis al mi, mi staris tremante.
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Li diris al mi:Ne timu, Daniel, cxar de la unua tago, kiam vi sincere penis kompreni kaj pentofari antaux via Dio, viaj vortoj estis auxditaj; kaj mi venis laux via peto.
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Sed la protektanto de la Persa regno kontrauxstaris al mi dum dudek unu tagoj, kaj, gxis Mihxael, unu el la plej cxefaj protektantoj, venis kun helpo al mi, mi restis tie apud la regxoj de Persujo.
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Nun mi venis, por informi vin, kio estos kun via popolo en la estonta tempo, cxar la vizio koncernas tempon estontan.
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Dum li parolis al mi tiujn vortojn, mi almetis mian vizagxon al la tero kaj silentis.
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Sed jen iu, simila al homido, ektusxis miajn lipojn, kaj mi malfermis mian busxon, ekparolis kaj diris al tiu, kiu staris kontraux mi:Ho mia sinjoro, de cxi tiu vizio kurbigxis mia vizagxo, kaj mi jam ne havas fortojn.
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Kaj kiel la sklavo de mia sinjoro povas paroli kun tia mia sinjoro, se mi jam ne havas forton kaj mi jam ne havas spiron?
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Tiam denove ektusxis min tiu bildo de homo kaj refortigis min.
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Kaj li diris:Ne timu, ho simpatia homo, paco estu al vi, kaj estu kuragxa. Kaj dum li parolis al mi, mi kuragxigxis, kaj diris:Parolu, ho mia sinjoro, cxar vi min refortigis.
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Tiam li diris:CXu vi scias, por kio mi venis al vi? nun mi iras denove, por batali kontraux la protektanto de Persujo; sed kiam mi foriros, venos la protektanto de Grekujo.
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Tamen mi sciigos al vi, kio estas notita en la vera skribo; kaj estas neniu, kiu subtenus min kontraux tiuj, krom Mihxael, via protektanto.
