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1 Ensimäisenä Belsatsarin, Babelin kuninkaan vuotena näki Daniel unen ja näyn vuoteessansa; ja hän kirjoitti sen unen, ja käsitti sen näin:

2 Daniel puhui ja sanoi: Minä näin näyn yöllä, ja katso, neljä tuulta taivaan alla pauhasivat toinen toistansa vastaan suurella merellä.

3 Ja neljä suurta petoa nousi merestä, aina toinen toisen muotoinen kuin toinen.

4 Ensimäinen niinkuin jalopeura, jolla olivat kotkan siivet. Ja minä katsoin siihen asti, että siivet temmattiin pois häneltä ja hän otettiin ylös maasta, ja seisoi jaloillansa niinkuin ihminen, ja hänelle annettiin ihmisen sydän.

5 Ja katso, toinen peto oli karhun muotoinen ja seisoi yhdellä puolella, ja oli hänen suussansa hammastensa seassa kolme kylkiluuta. Ja hänelle sanottiin: Nouse ja syö paljon lihaa.

6 Tämän jälkeen minä näin, ja katso, toinen peto oli pardin muotoinen. Hänellä oli neljä linnun siipeä hänen selässänsä, ja sillä pedolla oli neljä päätä, ja hänelle annettiin valta.

7 Senjälkeen minä näin tässä näyssä yöllä, ja katso, neljäs peto oli kauhia ja hirmuinen ja sangen väkevä, ja hänellä olivat suuret rautaiset hampaat. Söi ympäriltänsä ja murensi ja liian hän tallasi jaloillansa. Se oli myös paljon toisin kuin ne muut pedot, jotka hänen edellänsä olivat, ja hänellä oli kymmenen sarvea.

8 Minä katselin tarkasti sarvia, ja katso, niiden seassa puhkesi toinen vähä sarvi, jonka edestä kolme niistä ensimäisistä sarvista reväistiin pois. Ja katso, sillä sarvella olivat silmät niinkuin ihmisen silmät ja suu, joka pahui suuria asioita.

9 Nämät minä näin, siihenasti, että istuimet pantiin. Ja istui vanha-ikäinen, jonka vaatteet olivat lumivalkiat, ja hänen päänsä hiukset niinkuin puhdas villa, hänen istuimensa oli niinkuin tulen liekki, ja hänen rattaansa niinkuin polttava tuli.

10 Tulinen virta juoksi ja kävi ulos hänen kasvoinsa edestä. Tuhannen kertaa tuhannen palveli häntä ja sata kertaa tuhannen tuhatta seisoi hänen edessänsä. Tuomio pidettiin, ja kirjat avattiin.

11 Minä katsoin niiden suurten puhetten äänen tähden, joita se sarvi puhui; minä katselin, siihen asti, että peto tapettu oli, ja hänen ruumiinsa hukkui, ja tuleen palamaan heitettiin.

12 Ja muiden petoin valta myös loppui; sillä heillä oli määrätty aika ja hetki, kuinka kauvan kukin oleman piti.

13 Minä näin tässä näyssä yöllä, ja katso; yksi tuli taivaan pilvissä niinkuin ihmisen poika, ja hän tuli hamaan vanha-ikäisen tykö, ja vietiin hänen eteensä.

14 Ja hän antoi hänelle voiman, kunnian ja valtakunnan, että häntä kaikki kansat, sukukunnat ja kielet palveleman pitää. Hänen valtansa on ijankaikkinen valta, joka ei huku, ja hänen valtakunnallansa ei ole loppua.

15 Minä Daniel hämmästyin sitä minun hengessäni, ja ne minun näkyni peljättivät minua.

16 Ja minä menin yhden tykö niistä, jotka siinä seisoivat, ja rukoilin häntä, että hän minulle näistä kaikista tiedon antais. Ja hän puhui minun kanssani, ja ilmoitti minulle niiden sanain selityksen.

17 Nämät neljä suurta petoa ovat neljä kuningasta, jotka nousevat maasta.

18 Vaan sen Korkeimman pyhät pitää valtakunnan omistaman ja pitää siinä asuman ijankaikkisesti ja ijankaikkisesta ijankaikkiseen.

19 Sitte minä olisin mielelläni tahtonut tietää totista tietoa neljännestä pedosta, joka paljo toisin oli kuin kaikki ne muut; sangen hirmuinen, jolla rautaiset hampaat ja vaskiset kynnet olivat; joka ympäriltänsä söi ja murensi ja liian jaloillansa tallasi;

20 Ja niistä kymmenestä sarvesta hänen päässänsä ja siitä toisesta, joka putkahti ulos; jonka edestä putosivat pois kolme; ja siitä sarvesta, jolla silmät olivat ja suu, joka suuria asioita puhui ja suurempi oli kuin ne, jotka hänen tykönänsä olivat.

21 Ja minä näin sen sarven sotivan pyhiä vastaan ja voittavan heidät.

22 Siihen asti, että vanha-ikäinen tuli, ja tuomio annettiin sen Korkeimman pyhille, ja aika joutui, että pyhät valtakunnan omistivat.

23 Hän sanoi näin: Neljäs peto on neljäs valtakunta maailmassa, joka on erinäinen kaikista valtakunnista. Se syö kaiken maan, tallaa ja turmelee sen.

24 Ne kymmenen sarvea ovat kymmenen kuningasta, jotka siitä valtakunnasta nousevat. Ja niiden jälkeen tulee toinen, joka erinäinen on entisistä, ja nöyryyttää kolme kuningasta.

25 Hän puhuu Korkeinta vastaan ja hävittää Korkeimman pyhät ja rohkenee ajat ja lain muuttaa. Mutta he annetaan hänen käsiinsä yhdeksi hetkeksi ja monikahdoiksi ajoiksi ja puoleksi ajaksi.

26 Sen jälkeen pidetään tuomio, ja hänen valtansa otetaan pois, että hän peräti hukutetaan ja kadotetaan.

27 Vaan valtakunta, valta ja voima kaiken taivaan alla annetaan Korkeimman pyhälle kansalle, jonka valtakunta on ijankaikkinen valtakunta, ja kaikki vallat pitää häntä palveleman ja kuuleman.

28 Tämä oli sen puheen loppu. Vaan minä Daniel olin sangen murheellinen minun ajatuksissani ja minun muotoni muuttui. Kuitenkin minä kätkin puheet sydämessäni.

   


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6752. 'And she called his name Moses' means the essential nature of the state then. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' and 'calling the name as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2714, 3006, 3421, 6674, at this point the essential nature of a state because when someone's name is mentioned, that particular name used then means the state, 1946, 2643, 3422, 4298. This essential nature of a state that is meant is the nature of the state of the law of God as it was in the beginning with the Lord, and the nature of the state of God's truth as it is in the beginning with a person who is being regenerated. There are two people primarily who represent the Lord with respect to the Word, namely Moses and Elijah. Moses represents the Lord with respect to the historical books, Elijah with respect to the Prophets. In addition to those two there is Elisha, and lastly John the Baptist, who is therefore the one who is meant by 'the Elijah who is to come', Matthew 17:10-13; Luke 1:17. But before one can show that Moses represents the law of God, one must say what the law of God is. In a broad sense God's law means the whole Word; in a narrower sense it means the historical section of the Word; in a restricted sense it means what was written through Moses; and in a very restricted sense it means the Ten Commandments written upon Mount Sinai on tablets of stone. Moses represents the law in the narrower sense as well as in the restricted sense and also in the very restricted.

[2] In a broad sense the Law is the whole Word, both the historical section and the prophetical part. This is clear in John,

We have heard from the Law that the Christ (the Messiah) remains forever. John 12:34.

The fact that 'the Law' here is used to mean the prophetical part as well is self-evident, for this is a reference to what is written in Isaiah 9:6-7; in David, Psalms 110:4; and in Daniel 7:13-14. In the same gospel,

In order that the Word written in the Law might be fulfilled, They hated Me without a cause. John 15:25.

Much the same applies here, for it is a reference to what is written in David, Psalms 35:19. In Matthew,

Truly I say to you, Even until heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one small part of a letter will not pass from the Law till all things are done. Matthew 5:18.

Here 'the Law' in a broad sense stands for the whole Word.

[3] The Law in a narrower sense is the historical section of the Word. This is clear in Matthew,

All things whatever you wish people to do to you, do also to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12.

Here the Word is divided into 'the Law' and 'the Prophets'; and as the Word has been divided into the historical section and the prophetical part, it follows that 'the Law' is used to mean the historical section of the Word, and 'the Prophets' to mean the prophetical part. A similar example occurs in the same gospel,

On these two commandments hang the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 22:40.

And in Luke,

The Law and the Prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed. Luke 16:16; Matthew 11:13.

[4] In a restricted sense the Law is the Word that was written through Moses. This is clear in Moses,

When Moses had finished writing the words of this Law in a book, even until he had completed them, Moses commanded the Levites carrying the ark of Jehovah, saying, Take the book of this Law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God. Deuteronomy 31:14-26.

'The book of the Law' stands for the Books of Moses. In the same book,

If you do not take care to do all the words of this Law which are written in this book, Jehovah will send 1 upon you every sickness and every plague that is not written in the book of this Law, until you are destroyed. Deuteronomy 28:58, 61.

The meaning is similar here. In David,

In the Law of Jehovah is his delight, and in His Law he meditates day and night. Psalms 1:2.

'The Law of Jehovah' stands for the Books of Moses, for the prophetical books had not yet been written; nor had the historical books apart from the Book of Joshua and the Book of Judges. In addition this restricted meaning of 'the Law' occurs in places containing the expression 'the Law of Moses', which are dealt with immediately below.

[5] In a very restricted sense the Law is the Ten Commandments written upon Mount Sinai on the tablets of stone, as is well known, see Joshua 8:32. This Law is also called the Testimony, Exodus 25:16, 21.

[6] Moses represents the Law in the narrower sense, which is the historical section of the Word, also the Law in the restricted sense, and in the very restricted sense too. This is clear from those places in the Word in which the name Moses is used instead of the Law, and those in which the Law is called the Law of Moses, as in Luke,

Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them. If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead. Luke 16:29, 31.

Here 'Moses and the Prophets' has the same meaning as 'the Law and the Prophets', which is the historical section and the prophetical part of the Word. From this it is evident that 'Moses' is the Law or historical section of the Word. In the same gospel,

Jesus beginning at Moses and all the prophets explained in all the scriptures the things that concerned Himself. Luke 24:27.

In the same chapter,

All things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me. Luke 24:44.

In John,

Philip said, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law - Jesus. John 1:45.

In the same gospel,

In the Law Moses commanded us. John 8:5.

In Daniel,

The curse and the oath which was written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has come down onto us, because we have sinned against Him. As it is written in the Law of Moses, All this evil has come upon us. Daniel 9:11, 13.

In Joshua,

Joshua wrote on the stone of the altar a copy of the Law of Moses. Joshua 8:32.

[7] The expression 'the Law of Moses' is used because Moses represents the Lord with respect to the Law, that is, the Word, and in a narrower sense the historical section of the Word. This explains why what is the Lord's is ascribed to Moses, as in John,

Moses gave you the Law, Moses gave you circumcision. If a man (homo) receives circumcision on the sabbath, so that the Law of Moses may not be broken... John 7:19, 22-23.

In Mark,

Moses said, Honour your father and your mother. Mark 7:10.

In the same gospel,

Jesus answering said to them, What did Moses command you? They said, Moses permitted him to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away. Mark 10:3-4.

And because what is the Lord's is ascribed to Moses on account of his representation, both 'the Law of Moses' and 'the Law of the Lord' are used in Luke,

When the days of their purification according to the Law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as it has been written in the Law of the Lord, that every male opening the womb is to be called holy to the Lord) and to offer a sacrifice according to what has been stated in the Law of the Lord, A pair of turtle doves and two young pigeons. Luke 2:22-24, 39.

[8] Because Moses represented the Law he was allowed to go in to the Lord on Mount Sinai, not only to receive there the tablets containing the Law but also to hear the statutes and judgements belonging to the Law, and to enjoin these commands on the people. It is also said that the people should therefore believe in Moses forever,

Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak to you, and also may believe in you forever. Exodus 19:9.

The expression 'in a thick cloud' is used because 'cloud' means the letter of the Word. Here also is the reason why it says, when Moses went in to the Lord on Mount Sinai, that he went 'into the cloud', Exodus 20:21; 14:2, 18; 34:2-5. For the meaning of 'the cloud' as the literal sense of the Word, see the Preface to Genesis 18, and also 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343 (end).

[9] And since Moses represented the Law or the Word, it also says that when he came down from Mount Sinai the skin on his face shone whenever he spoke, and so he would put a veil over his face, Exodus 34:28-end. 'The shining of his face' meant the inner spirit of the Law, for this dwells in the light of heaven and is therefore called the glory, 5922. While 'the veil' meant the outward form of the Law. The reason why he veiled his face whenever he spoke to the people was that the inner spirit was concealed from them, and had become so obscure to that people that they could not bear any light from it. For the meaning of 'the face' as that which is internal, see 1999, 2434, 3527, 7577, 4066, 4796-4805, 5102, 5695. Since 'Moses' represented the Lord with respect to the historical section of the Word and 'Elijah' represented the Lord with respect to the prophetical part, Moses and Elijah were therefore seen talking to the Lord at His transfiguration, Matthew 17:3. No others except those who represented the Word could have talked to the Lord when He manifested His Divinity in the world; for talking to the Lord is done through the Word. Regarding Elijah's representation of the Lord with respect to the Word, see 1762, 5247 (end).

[10] And since these two together, both Moses and Elijah, represented the whole Word, both are mentioned in Malachi where the sending of Elijah before the Lord is referred to,

Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel - the statutes and judgements. Lo, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrifying day of Jehovah comes. Malachi 4:4-6.

These words imply that one was to go before who was to announce the [Lord's] Coming, in accordance with the Word.

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1. Following the Latin version of Sebastian Schmidt Swedenborg adds a word meaning secretly, which does not represent any word in the Hebrew.

  
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