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Daniel 10

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1 I den persiske konungen Kores' tredje regeringsår fick Daniel, som ock kallades Beltesassar, en uppenbarelse; den uppenbarelsen är sanning och bådar stor vedermöda. Och han aktade på uppenbarelsen och lade märke till synen.

2 Jag, Daniel, hade då gått sörjande tre veckors tid.

3 Jag åt ingen smaklig mat, kött och vin kommo icke i min mun, ej heller smorde jag min kropp med olja, förrän de tre veckorna hade gått till ända.

4 På tjugufjärde dagen i första månaden, när jag var vid stranden av den stora floden, nämligen Hiddekel,

5 fick jag, då jag lyfte upp mina ögon, se en man stå där, klädd i linnekläder och omgjordad kring sina länder med ett bälte av guld från Ufas.

6 Hans kropp var såsom av krysolit hans ansikte liknade en ljungeld hans ögon voro såsom eldbloss, han armar och fötter såsom glänsande koppar; och ljudet av hans tal var såsom ett väldigt dån.

7 Och jag, Daniel, var den ende som såg synen; de män som voro med mig sågo den icke, men en stor förskräckelse föll över dem, så att de flydde bort och gömde sig.

8 Så blev jag allena kvar, och när jag såg den stora synen, förgick all min kraft; färgen vek bort ifrån mitt ansikte, så att det blev dödsblekt, och jag hade ingen kraft mer kvar.

9 Då hörde jag ljudet av hans tal; och på samma gång jag hörde ljudet av hans tal, där jag låg i vanmakt på mitt ansikte, med ansiktet mot jorden,

10 rörde en hand vid mig och hjälpte mig, så att jag skälvande kunde resa mig på mina knän och händer.

11 Sedan sade han till mig: »Daniel, du högt benådade man, giv akt på de ord som jag vill tala till dig, och res dig upp på dina fötter; ty jag har nu blivit sänd till dig.» När han så talade till mig, reste jag mig bävande upp.

12 Och han sade till mig: »Frukta icke, Daniel, ty redan ifrån första dagen, då när du vände ditt hjärta till att söka förstånd och till att ödmjuka dig inför din Gud, hava dina ord varit hörda; och jag har nu kommit för dina ords skull.

13 Fursten för Persiens rike stod mig emot under tjuguen dagar; men då kom Mikael, en av de förnämsta furstarna, mig till hjälp, under det att jag förut hade stått där allena mot Persiens konungar.

14 Och nu har jag kommit för att undervisa dig om vad som skall hända ditt folk i kommande dagar; ty också detta är en syn som syftar på framtiden.»

15 Under det han så talade till mig, böjde jag mitt ansikte mot jorden och var stum.

16 Men se, han som var lik en människa rörde vid mina läppar. Då upplät jag min mun och talade och sade till honom som stod framför mig: »Min herre, vid den syn jag såg har jag känt mig gripen av vånda, och jag har ingen kraft mer kvar.

17 Huru skulle också min herres tjänare, en sådan som jag, kunna tala med en sådan som min herre är? Jag har nu ingen kraft mer i mig och förmår icke mer att andas.»

18 Då rörde han som såg ut såsom en människa åter vid mig och styrkte mig.

19 Han sade: »Frukta icke, du högt benådade man; frid vare med dig, var stark, ja, var stark.» När han så talade med mig, kände jag mig styrkt och sade: »Tala, min herre, ty du har nu styrkt mig.»

20 Då sade han: »Kan du nu förstå varför jag har kommit till dig? Men jag måste strax vända tillbaka för att strida mot fursten för Persien, och när jag är fri ifrån honom, kommer fursten för Javan.

21 Dock vill jag förkunna för dig vad som är upptecknat i sanningens bok. Och ingen enda står mig bi mot dessa, förutom Mikael, eder furste.

   

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776. Someone who does not know the symbolic meanings of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, thyine wood, 1 ivory vessels, precious wood, bronze, iron, marble, and vessels in general, cannot but wonder that these things are listed, and may think they are simply words piled up to enhance the matter. But it can be seen from our explanations that not one single word is without meaning, and that the words constitute a full description of the fact that those Roman Catholics who have confirmed themselves in the dogmas of that religion possess not one single truth, and if not one single truth, then not one single good that is a good of the church.

[2] I have spoken with Roman Catholics who have confirmed themselves in that religion, even with some who were legates at the Council of Nicaea, 2 the Lateran Council, 3 and the Council of Trent, 4 and to begin with they believed that what they had decided were pure and sacred truths. After being instructed, however, and being granted then an enlightenment from heaven, they confessed that they did not see one truth. But because they had confirmed themselves in their decrees more than others, following their state of enlightenment - which they themselves extinguished - they returned to their prior faith.

They believed especially that what they had decreed regarding baptism and justification were truths. Yet when they were still in a state of enlightenment, they saw, and from that enlightened sight confessed, that no one derives original sin from Adam, but from the successive generations of his own ancestry, and that this is not taken away in baptism by the imputation and application of the Lord's merit; that an imputation and application of the Lord's merit is a man-made fiction, because it is impossible; and that faith is never infused into any infant at its mother's breast, because faith requires thought.

[3] They saw that baptism is a still a holy sacrament, because it serves as a sign and reminder that a person can be regenerated by the Lord through truths from the Word - as a sign for heaven, and a reminder for the person - and that by baptism a person is introduced into the church, as by crossing the Jordan the children of Israel were introduced into the land of Canaan, and as the inhabitants of Jerusalem were prepared to receive the Lord by the baptism of John. For without that sign in heaven in the sight of angels, the Jews could not have continued and gone on living at the coming of Jehovah, that is, of the Lord in the flesh.

Similar to this was what they had decreed regarding justification.

That no imputation of the Lord's merit occurs or is possible may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord 18.

Also, that the evil heredity called original sin is derived not from Adam, but from the successive generations of a person's ancestry - this may be seen in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Providence 277. What Adam means in the Word may be seen in no. 241 of that same work.

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1. Thyine wood has not been identified. It has been associated with citron wood, and also with scented wood in general.

2. Probably the First Council of Nicaea, convened in 325, rather than the Second Council of Nicaea, convened in 787. Although True Christian Religion 176 refers to both councils, in the doctrines references to Nicaea are almost always to the first.

3. Five ecumenical Lateran Councils, defined as such, were convened, the first in 1123, the second in 1139, the third in 1179, the fourth in 1215, and the fifth in 1512-17. A number of other, non-ecumenical councils were also held in the Lateran Palace of the Vatican, the last in 1725, and it may be to this that the text refers.

4. Convened 1545-63 in twenty-five sessions under three successive popes.

  
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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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Daniel 10

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1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.

4 In the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,

5 I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure gold of Uphaz:

6 his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

7 I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.

8 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

9 Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

10 Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.

11 He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for am I now sent to you. When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.

12 Then he said to me, Don't be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard: and I have come for your words' sake.

13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

14 Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for [many] days:

15 and when he had spoken to me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute.

16 Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.

17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.

18 Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.

19 He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong." When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me."

20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.

21 But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who holds with me against these, but Michael your prince."