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Daniel 12

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1 På den tiden skall Mikael träda upp, den store fursten som står såsom försvarare för dina landsmän; och då kommer en tid av nöd, vars like icke har funnits, allt ifrån den dag då människor blevo till och ända till den tiden. Men på den tiden skola av ditt folk alla de varda frälsta, som finnas skrivna i boken.

2 Och många av dem som sova i mullen skola uppvakna, somliga till evigt liv, och somliga till smälek och evig blygd.

3 De förståndiga skola då lysa, såsom fästet lyser, och de som hava fört de många till rättfärdighet såsom stjärnor, alltid och evinnerligen.

4 Men du, Daniel, må gömma dessa ord och försegla denna skrift intill ändens tid; många komma att rannsaka den, och insikten skall så växa till.»

5 När nu jag, Daniel, såg till, fick jag se två andra stå där, en på flodens ena strand, och en på dess andra strand.

6 Och en av dem sade till mannen som var klädd i linnekläder, och som stod ovanför flodens vatten: »Huru länge dröjer det, innan änden kommer med dessa förunderliga ting?»

7 Och jag hörde på mannen som var klädd i linnekläder, och som stod ovanför flodens vatten, och han lyfte sin högra hand och sin vänstra hand upp mot himmelen och svor vid honom som lever evinnerligen att efter en tid, och tider, och en halv tid, och när det heliga folkets makt hade blivit krossad i grund, då skulle allt detta varda fullbordat.

8 Och jag hörde detta, men förstod det icke; och jag frågade: »Min herre, vad bliver slutet på allt detta?»

9 Då sade han: »Gå, Daniel, ty dessa ord skola förbliva gömda och förseglade intill ändens tid.

10 Många skola varda renade och tvagna och luttrade, men de ogudaktiga skola öva sin ogudaktighet, och ingen ogudaktig skall förstå detta; men de förståndiga skola förstå det.

11 Och från den tid då det dagliga offret bliver avskaffat och förödelsens styggelse uppställd skola ett tusen två hundra nittio dagar förgå.

12 Säll är den som förbidar och hinner fram till ett tusen tre hundra trettiofem dagar.

13 Men gå du åstad mot ändens tid; sedan du har vilat, skall du uppstå till din del, vid dagarnas ände.»

   

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Sacred Scripture # 62

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62. By Means of the Literal Meaning of the Word We Unite with the Lord and Form a Companionship with Angels

THE reason we have union with the Lord through the Word is that the Word is entirely about him; and it is because of this that the Lord is its entire content and is called “the Word” [John 1:14], as was explained in Teachings on the Lord [1-2]. The reason the union takes place in the literal meaning is that this is where the Word is in its fullness, holiness, and power, as was explained previously under the appropriate heading [§§37-49]. This union is not something we can see, but it lies within our longing for what is true and our higher perception of it, so it lies within our inner love for and faith in divine truth.

  
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De Verbo (The Word) # 9

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9. IX. Those whose aim is to possess luxury and honours in the world and also in heaven, as well as those who aim at wealth and profit in the world and those who aim at a reputation for learning, do not see or find any real truth in the Word.

I was allowed to talk with many in the spiritual world, who had thought that they would shine like stars in heaven, because, so they said, they had treated the Word as holy, read it through many times, collected many passages from it and used them to prove the dogmas of their belief. So they had a reputation for learning in the world and they themselves together with others believed that they would be Michaels and Raphaels. But many of them were tested to see what love had made them study the Word, and it was discovered that for some it had been self-love, so that they would appear important in the world and be respected as leaders of the church; for some it was to get a reputation for learning and so be promoted to honours; for some it was to acquire wealth, and for some to become learned preachers. When finally they were examined to see whether they had learned any real truth from the Word, it was found that they knew nothing but what is obvious to anyone from its literal sense, and they knew no genuine truth which might serve inwardly for instruction. The reason for this was that their aims were themselves and the world, not the Lord and heaven. When these are their aims a person and his mind are confined to himself and the world, and he thinks constantly from his self, which is in thick darkness as regards everything in heaven. For a person's self is nothing but evil and the falsity it produces. So someone who in reading the Word regards himself, or honours or reputation or profit, cannot be withdrawn by the Lord from the self, and so be raised into the light of heaven; and consequently he cannot receive any influence from the Lord through heaven.

[2] I saw many such people, and each of them made all possible efforts to reach heaven, and they were admitted there. But on arrival they were examined to see if they knew anything of the truth the angels have, but they knew nothing but the bare words of the literal sense without any inner understanding of them. So in the eyes of the angels they looked stripped of their clothes and as if naked, and so they were sent down below. Some of them were deprived of intellectual sight in the light of heaven, and afterwards of their eyesight. Afterwards they were seized by violent pain in the heart, and were thus taken below. But the proud belief that they had deserved heaven lingered.

This is the fate of those who study the Word with the aim of acquiring honours, reputation and profit. But quite different is the fate of those who are led to study the Word by an affection for truth, or who in reading the Word take pleasure in truth for its own sake. Their aim is the love of God and the love of the neighbour, and they have life as their aim. All of these as lovers of truth receive influence from the Lord, seeing and finding real truths in the Word. For their intellects are enlightened, and this allows them to perceive the truths as if of themselves, though not really from themselves; and after death they are raised to heaven, where truth enjoys its own light, so becoming spiritual and angels.

  
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