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Daniel 12

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1 And at that time shall Michael stand, the great prince who stands for the sons of thy people; and there shall be a time of adversity, which was not since there was a nation even·​·to that same time; and at that time thy people shall escape, every one who shall be·​·found written in the book.

2 And many of them sleeping in the ground of dust shall awake, these to eternal life, the rest* to reproach and eternal abhorrence.

3 And the intelligent shall shine as the shining of the expanse, and those who turn many to be·​·just, as the stars for eternity and forever.

4 But thou, O Daniel, block·​·off the words, and seal the book, even·​·to the time of the end; many shall run·​·around, and knowledge shall be multiplied.

5 And I, Daniel, saw, and, behold, there stood two others, one here on the lip of the river and one there on the lip of the river.

6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was on the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

7 And I heard the man clothed with linen, who was above the waters of the river, and he lifted·​·up his right hand and his left hand to the heavens, and promised by Him who lives for eternity that it shall be for a season of seasons and a half; and when they have completed scattering the hand of the holy people, all these things shall be completed.

8 And I heard, but I understood not; and said I, O my Lord, what shall be the last of these things?

9 And He said, Go, Daniel; for the words are blocked·​·off and sealed until the time of the end.

10 Many shall be purified, and made·​·white, and examined; but the wicked shall act·​·wickedly, and all the wicked shall not understand; but the intelligent shall understand.

11 And from the time that the continual offering shall be removed, and to the giving of the detestable that makes·​·desolate, shall be a thousand two·​·hundred and ninety days.

12 Happy is he who tarries, and reaches to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

13 But go thou even to the end; and thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

   


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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Intellectual things -- ideas, knowledge, facts, even insight and understanding -- are more separate and free-standing than emotional things, and it's easier to imagine numbering them as individual things. Our loves and affections tend to be more amorphous -- they can certainly be powerful, but would be harder to measure. Using words like “much,” “many,” myriad” and “multitude” to describe a collection of things gives the sense that there is an exact number, even if we don't know what it is and don't want to bother trying to count. These words, then, are used in the Bible in reference to intellectual things -- our thoughts, knowledge and concepts. Words that indicate largeness without the idea of number -- “great” is a common one -- generally refer to loves, affections and the desire for good. Here's one way to think about this: Say you want to take some food to a friend who just had a baby. That's a desire for good (assuming you're doing it from genuinely good motives). To actually do it, though, takes dozens of thoughts, ideas, facts and knowledges. What does she like to eat? What do you have to cook? What do you cook well? Can you keep it hot getting to her house? Is it nutritious? Does she have any allergies? So one good desire can bring a multitude of ideas into play.