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Daniel 11

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1 And I◦, in the first◦ year of Darius the Mede, I stood for confirming and for strength for him.

2 And now will I tell the truth to thee. Behold, there shall stand yet three kings for Persia, and the fourth shall be enriched with greater riches than all; and as is his strength by his riches, he shall stir·​·up all against the kingdom of Javan*.

3 And a mighty king shall stand, and shall rule with much ruling, and do according·​·to his good·​·pleasure.

4 And as he shall stand, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be halved to the four winds of the heavens, and not to his posterity, and not according·​·to his rule which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked·​·up, and be for others apart from these.

5 And the king of the south and those from his princes shall be·​·firm, and he shall be·​·firm over him, and rule; his rule shall be much ruling.

6 And in the end of years they shall come·​·together◦; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to▵ the king of the north to do what is upright; but she shall not retain power of the arm; and he and his arm shall not stand; but she◦ shall be given up, and they who brought her, and he who begot her, and he who confirmed her in these times.

7 But from a stem of her roots shall one stand in his position◦, and he shall come to▵ the host, and shall come into the stronghold of the king of the north, and shall make war against◦ them, and shall hold·​·firm.

8 and also their gods, with their princes◦, and with their desired vessels of silver and of gold they shall bring into captivity into Egypt; and he◦ shall stand more years than the king of the north.

9 And the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return to▵ his own ground.

10 But his sons shall be stirred·​·up◦, and shall gather a multitude◦ of great◦ forces; and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass·​·through: and he shall return, and be stirred·​·up◦, even·​·to his stronghold.

11 And the king of the south shall be made·​·bitter, and shall go·​·out and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall make a crowd of many to stand forth; but the crowd shall be given into his hand.

12 And when he has borne away the crowd, his heart shall be lifted·​·up◦; and he shall make myriads fall; but he shall not become·​·strong by it.

13 For the king of the north shall return, and cause a crowd to stand, many more than the first, and coming he shall come at the end of the times of the years with a great host and with many acquisitions.

14 And in those◦ times shall many stand against the king of the south; and the sons of robbers* of thy people shall lift· themselves ·up to make the vision stand; but they shall stumble.

15 And the king of the north shall come, and pour·​·out an embankment, and take◦ the fortified city; and the arms of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people, and there is not◦ power to stand.

16 But he who comes to▵ him shall do according·​·to his own good·​·pleasure, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the elegant land, and there shall be a complete end by his hand.

17 And he shall set his face to come with the authority of all his kingdom, and the upright with him; and thus shall he do; and he shall give to him the daughter of the women to destroy her: and she shall not stand, and she shall not be for him.

18 And he shall turn· his face ·back to the islands, and shall capture many; but a captain shall cause his reproach to cease for him; without his own reproach he shall cause it to return to him.

19 Then he shall return his face toward◦ the stronghold of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and not be·​·found.

20 And there shall stand on his position◦ one who causes a taskmaster to pass·​·through in the honor of the kingdom; but within◦ the first◦ days he shall be broken, but not in anger, nor in battle.

21 And upon his position◦ shall stand someone despised, and they shall not put◦ upon him the majesty of the kingdom; but he shall come with tranquility, and make· the kingdom ·firm by flatteries.

22 And with the arms of the overflow shall they overflow from before him, and shall be broken; and also the monarch of the covenant.

23 And from coming·​·together◦ unto▵ him he shall do deceitfully; and he shall go·​·up, and shall become·​·numerous with a·​·little nation.

24 In the tranquil and fat* places of the province he shall come; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor◦ the fathers of his fathers; he shall scatter▵ to them◦ plunder, and spoil, and acquisition; and he shall think his thoughts against the fortresses, and even until the time.

25 And he shall stir·​·up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great host; and the king of the south shall be stirred·​·up◦ to battle with a very great and numerous host; and yet he shall not stand; for they shall think thoughts against him.

26 And they who eat of his meat shall break him, and his host shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.

27 And two hearts of these kings shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time·​·appointed.

28 And he shall return into his land with great acquisitions; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.

29 At the time·​·appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the first, or as the latter.

30 And the boats of Kittim shall come against◦ him; and he shall be dejected, and return, and have·​·indignation against the covenant of holiness: and he shall do, and shall return, and shall have understanding against those who forsake the covenant of holiness.

31 And arms shall stand still from him, and they shall profane the sanctuary of strength, and shall remove the continual offering, and they shall give what is detestable that makes·​·desolate.

32 And they who act·​·wickedly with the covenant shall he contaminate by flatteries; but the people who know their God shall be confirmed, and do.

33 And the intelligent of the people shall make many understand; and they shall stumble by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for days.

34 And when they shall stumble, they shall be helped with a·​·little help; but many shall join to them with flatteries.

35 And some of them of intelligence shall stumble, to examine them, and to purify, and to make· them ·white, even·​·to the time of the end; because◦ it is yet for a time·​·appointed.

36 And the king shall do according·​·to his good·​·pleasure; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god◦, and shall speak wonderful things against the God◦ of gods◦, and shall prosper until the indignation be completed; for that which is decided shall be done.

37 Neither shall he understand the God of his fathers, nor◦ the desire of women, nor◦ understand any God▵; for he shall magnify himself above all.

38 But by◦ his position◦ he shall honor◦ a god▵ of strongholds, a god▵ whom his fathers knew not shall he honor◦ with gold, and with silver, and with precious stones, and with desirable things.

39 And he shall make for fortifications strongholds with a foreign god▵, whom he shall acknowledge and multiply with glory; and he shall cause them to rule among◦ many, and shall part the ground at a price.

40 And in the time of the end shall the king of the south charge·​·at him; and the king of the north shall rush upon him as a tempest, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall come into the lands, and shall overflow and pass·​·through.

41 And he shall come into the elegant land, and many shall stumble; but these shall escape from his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the head of the sons of Ammon.

42 And he shall put·​·forth◦ his hand upon◦ the lands; and the land of Egypt shall not escape◦.

43 But he shall rule over◦ the hidden·​·stores of the gold and the silver, and over◦ all that is desired of Egypt; and Libyans and Ethiopians shall be in his marchings.

44 But a report from the sunrise and from the north shall vex him; and he shall go·​·out with great fury to blot·​·out and to doom many.

45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his pavilion◦ between the seas in the elegant holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

   

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Doctrine of the Lord # 64

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64. Jerusalem, in the Word, means the church in respect to doctrine, because the Temple, the Altar, the offering of sacrifices, thus Divine worship itself were there, in the land of Canaan, and nowhere else. The three annual feasts were therefore also celebrated there, and every male throughout the land was commanded to go to them. For that reason Jerusalem symbolizes the church in respect to its worship, and so also the church in respect to its doctrine. For worship is prescribed in doctrine, and is conducted in accordance with it. In addition, the Lord was active in Jerusalem and taught in its Temple, and afterward glorified His humanity there.

Furthermore, in the Word in its spiritual sense a city symbolizes doctrine. The Holy City therefore symbolizes a doctrine of Divine truth from the Lord. 1

[2] That Jerusalem means the church in respect to its doctrine is apparent also from other passages in the Word. For example, from the following:

In Isaiah:

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as a radiance, and her salvation as a burning lamp. Then the nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah will utter. You shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.... ...Jehovah will be well pleased by you, and your land shall be married.... Behold, your salvation is coming; behold, His reward is with Him.... And they shall call them a holy people, the redeemed of Jehovah; and you shall be called a city sought, not forsaken. (Isaiah 62:1-4, 11-12)

This whole chapter deals with the Lord’s advent and a new church to be established by Him. The new church is the one meant by Jerusalem, which will be called “by a new name which the mouth of Jehovah will utter, ” which will be “a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of God, ” by which Jehovah will be “well pleased, ” and which will be called “a city sought, not forsaken.”

This cannot mean the Jerusalem inhabited by Jews when the Lord came into the world, for it was altogether of an opposite character. Rather it deserved to have been called Sodom, as it is in fact called in Revelation 11:8, Isaiah 3:9, Jeremiah 23:14, and Ezekiel 16:46, 48.

[3] Elsewhere in Isaiah:

...behold, I create a new heaven and a new earth; the former shall not be remembered.... ...be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; ...behold, I will create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem, and be glad over My people.... (Then) the wolf and the lamb shall feed together.... They shall not do harm...in all My holy mountain.... (Isaiah 65:17-19, 25)

The subject in this chapter as well is the Lord’s advent and the church that He will establish — a church that was not established among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but among surrounding peoples. Consequently it is this church that is meant by Jerusalem, which will be for the Lord a rejoicing, and whose people will be for Him a joy, and where the wolf and the lamb will feed together and not do harm.

Here, too, we are told, as we are in the book of Revelation, that the Lord will create a new heaven and a new earth, where they have a similar meaning. And we are also told that He will create Jerusalem.

[4] Elsewhere in Isaiah:

Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come into you. Shake yourself from the dust, arise; sit down, O Jerusalem! ...My people shall know My name...in that day, for I am He who speaks. Behold, it is I.... ...Jehovah has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem. (Isaiah 52:1-2, 6, 9)

In this chapter also the subject is the Lord’s advent and a church to be established by Him. Consequently the Jerusalem into which the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come, and which the Lord has redeemed, means the church; and Jerusalem, the holy city, means the church in respect to its doctrine received from the Lord.

[5] In Zephaniah:

Sing, O daughter of Zion! ...Be glad...with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! ...The King of Israel...is in your midst; fear evil no more.... He will be glad over you with joy, He will rest in your love, He will rejoice over you with jubilation.... ...I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth.... (Zephaniah 3:14-17, 20)

Here, likewise, the subject is the Lord and the church to be established by Him, over which the King of Israel, namely the Lord, will be glad with joy and rejoice with jubilation, in whose love He will rest, and to whom He will give fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth.

[6] In Isaiah:

Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, and He who formed you..., who says to Jerusalem, “You shall be inhabited, ” and to the cities of Judah, “You shall be built.” (Isaiah 44:24, 26)

And in Daniel:

Know and understand that from the going forth of the word to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks.... (Daniel 9:25)

Jerusalem here, too, means the church, as is apparent, since the Lord restored and rebuilt the church, but not Jerusalem, the capital city of the Jews.

[7] Jerusalem means a church established by the Lord in the following places as well.

In Zechariah:

Thus said Jehovah: “I will return to Zion, and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. (Therefore) Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, the Holy Mountain.” (Zechariah 8:3, cf. 8:20-23)

In Joel:

Then you shall know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy.... And it will come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk.... And...shall abide...Jerusalem from generation to generation. (Joel 3:17-20)

In Isaiah:

In that day the offshoot of Jehovah shall be beautiful and glorious.... And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy — everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem. (Isaiah 4:2-3)

In Micah:

...at the end of days the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on top of the mountains.... For out of Zion the doctrine shall go forth, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.... ...to you...the former kingdom shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. (Micah 4:1-2, 8)

In Jeremiah:

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah, and all the nations shall be gathered..., because of the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the confirmation of their evil heart. (Jeremiah 3:17)

In Isaiah:

Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feast; let your eyes behold Jerusalem, a tranquil home, a tabernacle that will not go away. Its stakes will never be removed, nor will any of its cords be torn away. (Isaiah 33:20)

And so on also elsewhere, as in Isaiah 24:23, 37:32, 66:10-14; Zechariah 12:3, 6, 8-10, 14:8, 11-12, 21; Malachi 3:2, 4; Psalms 122:1-7, 137:4-6.

[8] Jerusalem in these places means a church which the Lord will establish, and also one that He has established, and not the Jerusalem in the land of Canaan inhabited by Jews; and this can be seen as well from places in the Word where we are told that it has been utterly ruined, or that it will be destroyed. As, for example, in Jeremiah 5:1, 6:6-7, 7:17-18ff, 8:6-8ff, 9:11-12, 14ff, 13:9-10, 14, 14:16; Lamentations 1:8-9, 17; Ezekiel 4:1-17, 5:9-17, 12:18-19, 15:6-8, 16:1-63, 23:1-49; Matthew 23:37, 39; Luke 19:41-44, 21:20-22, 23:28-30. And many other places.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. [Swedenborg’s Footnote] To be shown that a city in the Word symbolizes the doctrine of a church and its religion, see the Arcana Coelestia (The Secrets of Heaven), nos. 402, 2449, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493. That the gate of a city symbolizes the doctrine by which one enters the church, nos. 2943, 4477, 4478. That the elders therefore sat at the gate of the city in judgment, ibid. That to go out of the gate is to depart from the doctrine, nos. 4492, 4493. That representational cities and palaces in heaven appear when angels are engaged in discussing doctrinal matters, no. 3216 there.

  
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Published by the General Church of the New Jerusalem, 1100 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania 19009, U.S.A. A translation of Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Domino, by Emanuel Swedenborg, 1688-1772. Translated from the Original Latin by N. Bruce Rogers. ISBN 9780945003687, Library of Congress Control Number: 2013954074.

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Isaiah 44:24

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24 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: "I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

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