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και η ορασις αυτου μεγαλη η κορυφη αυτου ηγγιζεν εως του ουρανου και το κυτος αυτου εως των νεφελων πληρουν τα υποκατω του ουρανου ο ηλιος και η σεληνη εν αυτω ωκουν και εφωτιζον πασαν την γην
Daniel 4:11
An Invitation to the New Church # 22
22. Man cannot discover a single Divine Truth, except he approach the Lord immediately. The reason is, that the Lord alone is the Word, and that He is Light and Truth Itself and that man does not become spiritual, except from the Lord only, but remains natural; and the natural man, in spiritual matters, sees all things invertedly. That this is so, is known from Paul. This is the reason why not a single truth has remained in the Church, so that there is now consummation, desolation, decision, and fulness. But because the Lord is not dead, therefore there still remains "a root left in the earth" according to Daniel [4:15, 23, 26]; also that man desires to die, but is not able, according to the [Apocalypse 9:6]. That which is "left" is the faculty of being able to understand truth, and of being able to will good. This is "the root that is left. "
Daniel 4:23
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Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him;
