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Daniel 12

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1 Und in jener Zeit wird Michael aufstehen, der große Fürst, der für die Kinder deines Volkes steht; und es wird eine Zeit der Drangsal sein, dergleichen nicht gewesen ist, seitdem eine Nation besteht bis zu jener Zeit. Und in jener Zeit wird dein Volk errettet werden, ein jeder, der im Buche geschrieben gefunden wird.

2 Und viele von denen, die im Staube der Erde schlafen, werden erwachen: diese zu ewigem Leben, und jene zur Schande, zu ewigem Abscheu.

3 Und die Verständigen werden leuchten wie der Glanz der Himmelsfeste, und die, welche die Vielen zur Gerechtigkeit weisen, wie die Sterne, immer und ewiglich.

4 Und du, Daniel, verschließe die Worte und versiegele das Buch bis zur Zeit des Endes. Viele werden es durchforschen, und die Erkenntnis wird sich mehren.

5 Und ich, Daniel, sah: und siehe, zwei andere standen da, einer hier am Ufer des Stromes, und einer dort am Ufer des Stromes.

6 Und einer sprach zu dem in Linnen gekleideten Mann, welcher oben über dem Wasser des Stromes war: Wie lange wird dauern das Ende dieser wunderbaren Dinge?

7 Und ich hörte den in Linnen gekleideten Mann, welcher oben über dem Wasser des Stromes war, und er erhob seine Rechte und seine Linke zum Himmel und schwur bei dem, der ewig lebt: Eine Zeit, Zeiten und eine halbe Zeit; und wenn die Zerschmetterung der Kraft des heiligen Volkes vollbracht sein wird, dann werden alle diese Dinge vollendet sein.

8 Und ich hörte es, aber ich verstand es nicht; und ich sprach: Mein Herr, was wird der Ausgang von diesem sein?

9 Und er sprach: Gehe hin, Daniel; denn die Worte sollen verschlossen und versiegelt sein bis zur Zeit des Endes.

10 Viele werden sich reinigen und weiß machen und läutern, aber die Gottlosen werden gottlos handeln; und keine der Gottlosen werden es verstehen, die Verständigen aber werden es verstehen.

11 Und von der Zeit an, da das beständige Opfer abgeschafft wird, und zwar um den verwüstenden Greuel aufzustellen, sind tausend zweihundertneunzig Tage.

12 Glückselig der, welcher harrt und tausend dreihundertfünfunddreißig Tage erreicht!

13 Du aber gehe hin bis zum Ende; und du wirst ruhen, und wirst auferstehen zu deinem Lose am Ende der Tage.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 948

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948. 22:11 "He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still." This symbolizes the state of everyone in particular after death and before being judged, and in general before the Last Judgment, that those caught up in evils will have their goods taken away, and those caught up in falsities will have their truths taken away, and conversely, that people prompted by goods will have their evils taken away, and those prompted by truths will have their falsities taken away.

He who is unjust symbolizes someone caught up in evils, and he who is righteous someone prompted by goods (no. 668). He who is filthy or unclean symbolizes someone caught up in falsities (nos. 702, 728, 924), and he who is holy someone prompted by truths (nos. 173, 586, 666, 852). It follows from this that to let him who is unjust be unjust still means, symbolically, that someone caught up in evils will be still more caught up in evils, and that to let him who is filthy be filthy still means, symbolically, that someone caught up in falsities will be still more caught up in falsities; and conversely, that to let him who is righteous be righteous still means, symbolically, that someone prompted by goods will be still more prompted by goods, and that to let him who is holy be holy still means, symbolically, that someone prompted by truths will be still more prompted by truths.

Moreover, it also symbolically means that people caught up in evils will have their goods taken away, and those caught up in falsities will have their truths taken away, and conversely, that people prompted by goods will have their evils taken away, and those prompted by truths will have their falsities taken away. For someone caught up in evils is still more caught up in evils to the extent that his goods are taken away, and someone caught up in falsities is still more caught up in falsities to the extent that his truths are taken away; and conversely, someone governed by goods is still more governed by goods to the extent that his evils are taken away, and someone governed by truths is still more governed by truths to the extent that his falsities are taken away.

Either the one or the other befalls everyone after death, for thus they are prepared, the evil for hell, and the good for heaven. For an evil person cannot take goods and truths with him to hell, nor can a good person take evils and falsities with him into heaven, since that would throw both heaven and hell into disorder.

[2] It must be rightly known, however, that we mean the inwardly evil and the inwardly good. For the inwardly evil may be outwardly good, since they can behave and speak as though they were good, as hypocrites do, and the inwardly good may at times be outwardly evil, since they can do evil things and utter falsities, and yet repent and wish to be instructed in truths.

The case here is the same as that declared by the Lord:

...to everyone who has, more will be given, that he may have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away." (Matthew 13:12; 25:29; Mark 4:25; Luke 8:18; 19:26)

This befalls all people after death before being judged. It also was the case with people collectively who either perished or were saved at the time of the Last Judgment. For the Last Judgment could not take place before then, because as long as the evil held on to their goods and truths, they were conjoined in outward appearances with angels in the lowest heavens. And yet they had to be separated. This, too, was foretold by the Lord in Matthew 13:24-30, 38-40, an event that may be seen explained in nos. 324, 329, 343, 346, 398 above.

It can be seen from this what is symbolically meant in the spiritual sense by letting him who is unjust be unjust still, by letting him who is filthy be filthy still, by letting him who is righteous be righteous still, and by letting him who is holy be holy still.

Something similar is meant by these verses in Daniel:

Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purged and cleansed...; the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who understand shall understand. (Daniel 12:9-10)

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.