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Daniel 9

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1 I Darius', Ahasverus' sønns første regjeringsår - han som var av medisk ætt og var blitt konge over kaldeerriket

2 i det første år av hans regjering la jeg, Daniel, i bøkene merke til tallet på de år som Herren hadde talt om til profeten Jeremias - at han vilde la fulle sytti år gå til ende mens Jerusalem lå i ruiner.

3 Da vendte jeg mitt ansikt til Gud Herren for å søke ham med bønn og ydmyke begjæringer under faste og i sekk og aske.

4 Og jeg bad til Herren min Gud og bekjente og sa: Akk, Herre, du store og forferdelige Gud, som holder din pakt og bevarer miskunnhet mot dem som elsker dig og holder dine bud!

5 Vi har syndet og gjort ille og vært ugudelige og satt oss op imot dig; vi har veket av fra dine bud og dine lover.

6 Vi hørte ikke på dine tjenere, profetene, som talte i ditt navn til våre konger, våre fyrster og våre fedre og til alt folket i landet.

7 Dig, Herre, hører rettferdigheten til, men oss vårt ansikts blygsel, som det sees på denne dag - oss, Judas menn og Jerusalems innbyggere og hele Israel, både dem som er nær, og dem som er langt borte, i alle de land som du har drevet dem bort til for den troløshets skyld som de har vist mot dig.

8 Herre! Oss hører vårt ansikts blygsel til, våre konger, våre fyrster og våre fedre, fordi vi har syndet mot dig.

9 Hos Herren vår Gud er barmhjertighet og forlatelse. For vi har satt oss op imot ham,

10 og vi hørte ikke på Herrens, vår Guds røst og fulgte ikke hans lover, som han forela oss ved sine tjenere, profetene;

11 men hele Israel overtrådte din lov og vek av fra dig og hørte ikke på din røst; derfor blev den utøst over oss den forbannelse som han hadde svoret å sende, og som står skrevet i Mose, Guds tjeners lov; for vi hadde syndet mot ham,

12 og han opfylte de ord som han hadde talt mot oss og mot våre dommere, som dømte oss, og han lot så stor en ulykke komme over oss at det ikke under hele himmelen har hendt noget sådant som det som har hendt i Jerusalem.

13 Efter det som skrevet står i Mose lov, kom all denne ulykke over oss; men vi bønnfalt ikke Herren vår Gud og vendte ikke om fra våre misgjerninger og aktet ikke på din sannhet.

14 Derfor hadde Herren ulykken stadig for øie og lot den komme over oss; for Herren vår Gud er rettferdig i alt det han gjør, men vi hørte ikke på hans røst.

15 Og nu, Herre vår Gud, du som førte ditt folk ut av Egyptens land med sterk hånd og gjorde dig et navn, som det er på denne dag! Vi har syndet, vi har vært ugudelige.

16 Herre! La efter alle dine rettferdige gjerninger din vrede og harme vende sig bort fra din stad Jerusalem, ditt hellige berg! For på grunn av våre synder og våre fedres misgjerninger er Jerusalem og ditt folk blitt til spott for alle dem som bor omkring oss.

17 Hør nu, vår Gud, på din tjeners bønn og hans ydmyke begjæringer og la ditt åsyn lyse over din ødelagte helligdom - for din egen skyld, Herre!

18 Vend, min Gud, ditt øre hit og hør! Oplat dine øine og se våre ruiner og staden som er kalt med ditt navn! For ikke på våre rettferdige gjerninger grunner vi våre ydmyke begjæringer, som vi bærer frem for ditt åsyn, men på din store barmhjertighet.

19 Herre, hør! Herre, forlat! Herre, gi akt og gjør det og dryg ikke - for din egen skyld, min Gud! For din stad og ditt folk er kalt med ditt navn.

20 Mens jeg ennu talte og bad og bekjente min synd og mitt folk Israels synd og bar min bønn for min Guds hellige berg frem for Herrens, min Guds åsyn -

21 mens jeg ennu talte i bønnen, da kom Gabriel, den mann som jeg før hadde sett i synet, dengang jeg blev så rent avmektig, og rørte ved mig - det var på aftenofferets tid.

22 Og han lærte mig og talte til mig og sa: Daniel! Nu er jeg kommet hit for å lære dig å forstå.

23 Med det samme du begynte å frembære dine ydmyke bønner, kom det et ord, og nu er jeg kommet for å kunngjøre dig det; for du er høit elsket; så merk dig nu ordet og gi akt på synet!

24 Sytti uker* er tilmålt ditt folk og din hellige stad til å innelukke frafallet og til å forsegle synder og til å dekke over misgjerning og til å føre frem en evig rettferdighet** og til å besegle syn og profet*** og til å salve et Aller-helligste****. / {* Med uke menes her et tidsrum av syv år.} / {** om 3, 21 fg.} / {*** MTT 5, 17. APO 3, 18.} / {**** Kristus; M K 1, 24. LUK 1, 35.}

25 Og du skal vite og forstå: Fra den tid ordet utgår om å gjenreise og ombygge Jerusalem, inntil en salvet*, en fyrste, står frem, skal det gå syv uker og to og seksti uker; det skal igjen settes i stand og opbygges med gater og vollgraver, men under tidenes trengsel**. / {* Kristus.} / {** NEH 2, 7-9; 3, 1 fg. 4, 9 fg.}

26 Og efter de to og seksti uker skal den salvede utryddes* og intet ha**, og staden og helligdommen skal en kommende fyrstes folk ødelegge, og enden på det er oversvømmelse, og inntil enden er det krig; ødeleggelse er fast besluttet. / {* JES 53, 8.} / {** intet herredømme; MTT 26, 56.}

27 Og én uke skal gjøre pakten* fast for de mange; og i midten av uken skal slaktoffer og matoffer ophøre**, og på vederstyggelighetenes vinger skal ødeleggeren komme***, og det inntil tilintetgjørelse og fast besluttet straffedom strømmer ned over den som ødelegges. / {* HEB 7, 22; 8, 6. MTT 26, 28.} / {** HEB 10, 9.} / {*** DNL 8, 13. MTT 24, 15.}

   

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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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