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Даниил 9

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1 В первый год Дария, сына Ассуирова, из рода Мидийского, который поставлен был царем над царством Халдейским,

2 в первый год царствования его я, Даниил, сообразил по книгам число лет, о котором было слово Господне к Иеремии пророку, что семьдесят лет исполнятся над опустошением Иерусалима.

3 И обратил я лице мое к Господу Богу с молитвою и молением, в посте и вретище и пепле.

4 И молился я Господу Богу моему, и исповедывался и сказал: „Молю Тебя, Господи Боже великий и дивный, хранящий завет и милость любящим Тебя и соблюдающим повеления Твои!

5 Согрешили мы, поступали беззаконно, действовали нечестиво, упорствовали и отступили от заповедей Твоих и отпостановлений Твоих;

6 и не слушали рабов Твоих, пророков, которые Твоим именем говорили царям нашим, и вельможам нашим, и отцам нашим, и всему народу страны.

7 У Тебя, Господи, правда, а у нас на лицах стыд, как день сей, у каждого Иудея, у жителей Иерусалима и у всего Израиля, у ближних и дальних, во всех странах, куда Ты изгнал их за отступление их, с каким они отступили от Тебя.

8 Господи! у нас на лицах стыд, у царей наших, у князей наших и у отцов наших, потому что мы согрешили пред Тобою.

9 А у Господа Бога нашего милосердие и прощение, ибо мы возмутились против Него

10 и не слушали гласа Господа Бога нашего, чтобы поступать по законам Его, которые Он дал нам через рабов Своих, пророков.

11 И весь Израиль преступил закон Твой и отвратился, чтобы не слушать гласа Твоего; и за то излились на нас проклятие и клятва, которые написаны в законе Моисея, раба Божия: ибо мы согрешили пред Ним.

12 И Он исполнил слова Свои, которые изрек на нас и на судей наших, судивших нас, наведя на нас великое бедствие, какого не бывало под небесами и какоесовершилось над Иерусалимом.

13 Как написано в законе Моисея, так все это бедствие постигло нас; но мы не умоляли Господа Бога нашего, чтобы нам обратиться от беззаконий наших и уразуметьистину Твою.

14 Наблюдал Господь это бедствие и навел его на нас: ибо праведен Господь Бог наш во всех делах Своих, которые совершает, но мы не слушали гласа Его.

15 И ныне, Господи Боже наш, изведший народ Твой из земли Египетской рукою сильною и явивший славу Твою, как день сей! согрешили мы, поступали нечестиво.

16 Господи! по всей правде Твоей да отвратится гнев Твой и негодование Твое от градаТвоего, Иерусалима, от святой горы Твоей; ибо за грехи наши и беззакония отцов наших Иерусалим и народ Твой в поругании у всех, окружающих нас.

17 И ныне услыши, Боже наш, молитву раба Твоего и моление его и воззри светлым лицем Твоим на опустошенное святилище Твое, ради Тебя, Господи.

18 Приклони, Боже мой, ухо Твое и услыши, открой очи Твои и воззри на опустошения наши и на город, на котором наречено имя Твое; ибо мы повергаем моления наши пред Тобою, уповая не на праведность нашу, но на Твое великое милосердие.

19 Господи! услыши; Господи! прости; Господи! внемли и соверши, не умедли ради Тебя Самого, Боже мой, ибо Твое имя нареченона городе Твоем и на народе Твоем".

20 И когда я еще говорил и молился, и исповедывал грехи мои и грехинарода моего, Израиля, и повергал мольбу мою пред Господом Богом моим о святой горе Бога моего;

21 когда я еще продолжал молитву, муж Гавриил, которого я видел прежде в видении, быстро прилетев, коснулся меня около времени вечерней жертвы

22 и вразумлял меня, говорил со мною и сказал: „Даниил! теперь я исшел, чтобы научить тебя разумению.

23 В начале моления твоего вышло слово, и я пришел возвестить его тебе , ибо ты муж желаний; итак вникни в слово и уразумей видение.

24 Семьдесят седмин определены для народа твоего и святаго города твоего, чтобы покрыто было преступление, запечатаны были грехи и заглажены беззакония, и чтобы приведена была правда вечная, и запечатаны были видение и пророк, и помазан был Святый святых.

25 Итак знай и разумей: с того времени, как выйдет повеление о восстановлении Иерусалима, до Христа Владыки семь седмин и шестьдесят две седмины; и возвратится народ и обстроятся улицы и стены, но в трудные времена.

26 И по истечении шестидесяти двух седмин предан будет смерти Христос, и не будет; а город и святилище разрушены будут народом вождя, который придет, и конец его будет как от наводнения, и до конца войны будут опустошения.

27 И утвердит завет для многих одна седмина, а в половине седминыпрекратится жертва и приношение, и на крыле святилища будет мерзость запустения,и окончательная предопределенная гибель постигнет опустошителя".

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 34

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34. I was on the island called Patmos. This symbolizes a state and place in which he could be enlightened.

The revelation to John occurred on Patmos because it was an island in Greece, not far from the land of Canaan, and between Asia and Europe; and islands symbolize nations relatively removed from the worship of God, but which will yet accede to it, because they can be enlightened. Greece has a similar meaning. But the church itself is meant by the land of Canaan. Asia symbolizes those of the church who from the Word have the light of truth, and Europe those to whom the Word will come. The island of Patmos accordingly symbolizes a state and place in which John could be enlightened.

That islands in the Word symbolize nations relatively removed from the worship of God, but which will yet accede to it, is apparent from the following passages:

In the Urim honor Jehovah, in the islands of the sea the name of... the God of Israel. (Isaiah 24:14)

He will not extinguish nor break in pieces till He has set judgment in the earth, and the islands hope in His law... Sing to Jehovah a new song..., let the islands and the inhabitants of them... give glory to Jehovah, and declare His praise in the islands. (Isaiah 42:4, 10, 12)

Listen, O islands, to Me, and... you peoples from afar! (Isaiah 49:1)

The islands will hope in Me, and on My arm they will trust. (Isaiah 51:5)

...In Me the islands will trust, and the ships of Tarshish... (Isaiah 60:9)

Hear the words of Jehovah, O nations, and declare them in the islands afar off. (Jeremiah 31:10)

...that they may worship Jehovah, each one in his place, all the islands of the nations. (Zephaniah 2:11)

And elsewhere.

That Greece has also a similar meaning is not so apparent from the Word, because Greece is mentioned only in Daniel 8:21; 10:20; 11:2, 1 as also in John 12:20, Mark 7:26. 2

That the land of Canaan means the Lord's church, which is therefore called "the Holy Land" and "the heavenly Canaan," is apparent from many places in the Word.

That Asia means those in the church who from the Word have the light of truth, may be seen in no. 11 above. And that Europe means those to whom the Word will come, follows.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Greece is mentioned in [NCBSP: Zechariah 9:13] too, but it was not so translated in the 1696 Latin Bible of Sebastian Schmidt, which the writer regularly used.

2. The references here, as elsewhere, are to Greeks, rather than Greece.

  
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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.

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Apocalypse Revealed # 11

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11. Which are in Asia. This symbolically means, to those who from the Word possess the light of truth.

Since, as we said before, all the names of persons and places in the Word mean things having to do with heaven and the church, so too does Asia, and likewise the names of the seven churches there, as will be apparent from considerations that follow.

Asia means those who possess the light of truth from the Word because the Most Ancient Church existed there, followed by the Ancient Church, and later the Israelite Church, and because the Ancient Word existed among them, and later the Israelite Word. For all light of truth comes from the Word.

To be shown that there were ancient churches in the Asiatic world, and that they had a Word which was afterward lost, and that there finally existed there the Word that we have today, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 101-103.

That, now, is the reason that Asia here symbolizes all those who from the Word possess the light of truth.

[2] Regarding the aforementioned Ancient Word which existed in Asia before the Israelite Word, this new information deserves to be reported, that it is still preserved there among peoples who live in Great Tartary. 1 I have spoken with spirits and angels in the spiritual world who came from there, who said that they possessed a Word, that they had possessed it from ancient times, that they conduct their worship in accordance with it, and that it consists of nothing but things that correspond. They said that it also contains the book of Jasher, which is mentioned in Joshua (Joshua 10:12-13) 2 and in the Second Book of Samuel (2 Samuel 1:17, 18) 3 , and that they have among them as well The Wars of Jehovah and Prophecies, books which Moses mentions in Numbers (Numbers 21:14, 15, 27-30) 4 .

Moreover, when I read in their presence the words that Moses took from those books, they looked to see whether they existed there, and they found them.

It was apparent to me from this that the Ancient Word still exists among them.

In the course of my conversation with them they said they worship Jehovah - some of them worshiping Him as an invisible God, some as a visible one.

Furthermore, they related that they do not allow foreigners to enter their midst, with the exception of the Chinese, with whom they cultivate a peaceful relationship, because the Chinese emperor came from them. They said, too, that their country is so populous that they do not believe any region in the whole world to be more populous - which is also believable on account of the wall extending so many miles which the Chinese once built to protect themselves from being invaded by them.

Inquire concerning the Ancient Word in China, and perhaps you will find it there among the Tartars. 5

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. A vast region controlled by Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries, extending from eastern Europe over much of Asia. After the Turkish groups known as Tatars were conquered and assimilated by the Mongols in the early 13th century, the Mongol invaders of Russia and Hungary became known to Europeans as Tatars or Tartars, and their territory was depicted in maps as Great Tartary.

2. "Then Joshua spoke to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel: 'Sun, stand still over Gibeon; and Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.' So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the people had revenge upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher?"

3. "Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son, and he told them to teach the children of Judah the Song of the Bow; indeed it is written in the Book of Jasher."

4. "Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Jehovah: 'Waheb in Suphah, the brooks of the Arnon, and the slope of the brooks that reaches to the dwelling of Ar, and lies on the border of Moab.'" "...Therefore the Prophecies say: 'Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be repaired. For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the heights of the Arnon. Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, O people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites. But we have shot at them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. Then we laid waste as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.'"

5. I.e., among the descendants of the Mongols.

  
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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.