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I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of heaven [one] like a son of man, and he came up even to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Daniel 7:13
The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #179
179. Internal Meaning of Daniel, Chapter 8
Prediction concerning the church in respect to charity and in respect to faith. (11, 11)
1-3 The church which is in faith and in charity, and its power. (11)
4 It will increase in truths and goods. (11)
5 Faith alone will wholly destroy charity. (2)
6-10 It will prevail through reasonings, by which it will dissipate the truths of doctrine that are derived from the Word. (2)
11-12 It will destroy the worship of the Lord, together with Divine truths. (2)
13-14 This will go on until the Coming of the Lord. (1)
15-19 It is further explained, that this will be when the Lord comes. (2, 1, 15)
20-25 Faith alone will destroy the church, and despise the Lord. (3, 4)
Rise
It is common in the Bible for people to "rise up," and it would be easy to pass over the phrase as simply describing a physical action. But in fact it represents an elevation in spiritual state, moving to a more internal frame of mind closer to the Lord. Often it has to do with understanding a new or important idea; we "rise up" to a state of greater perception and enlightenment. Obviously context is crucial to the exact meaning of the phrase in a given passage -- it matters greatly who it is that is rising up, and why.
