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Даниил 10

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1 В третий год Кира, царя Персидского, было откровение Даниилу, который назывался именем Валтасара; и истинно было это откровение и великой силы. Он понял это откровение и уразумел это видение.

2 В эти дни я, Даниил, был в сетовании три седмицы дней.

3 Вкусного хлеба я не ел; мясо и вино не входило в уста мои, и мастями я не умащал себя до исполнения трех седмиц дней.

4 А в двадцать четвертый день первого месяца был я на берегу большой реки Тигра,

5 и поднял глаза мои, и увидел: вот один муж, облеченный в льняную одежду, и чресла его опоясаны золотом из Уфаза.

6 Тело его – как топаз, лице его – как вид молнии; очи его – как горящие светильники, руки его и ноги его по виду – как блестящая медь, и глас речей его – как голос множества людей.

7 И только один я, Даниил, видел это видение, а бывшие со мною люди не видели этого видения; но сильный страх напал на них и они убежали, чтобы скрыться.

8 И остался я один и смотрел на это великое видение, но во мне не осталось крепости, и вид лица моего чрезвычайно изменился, не стало во мне бодрости.

9 И услышал я глас слов его; и как только услышал глас слов его, воцепенении пал я на лице мое и лежал лицем к земле.

10 Но вот, коснулась меня рука и поставила меня на колени мои и на длани рук моих.

11 И сказал он мне: „Даниил, муж желаний! вникни в слова, которые яскажу тебе, и стань прямо на ноги твои; ибо к тебе я послан ныне". Когда он сказал мне эти слова, я встал с трепетом.

12 Но он сказал мне: „не бойся, Даниил; с первого дня, как ты расположил сердце твое, чтобы достигнуть разумения и смирить тебя пред Богом твоим, слова твои услышаны, и я пришел бы по словам твоим.

13 Но князь царства Персидского стоял против меня двадцать один день; но вот, Михаил, один из первых князей, пришел помочь мне, и я остался там при царях Персидских.

14 А теперь я пришел возвестить тебе, что будет с народом твоим в последние времена, так как видение относится к отдаленным дням".

15 Когда он говорил мне такие слова, я припал лицем моим к земле и онемел.

16 Но вот, некто, по виду похожий на сынов человеческих, коснулся уст моих, и я открыл уста мои, стал говорить и сказал стоящему передо мною: „господин мой! от этого видения внутренности мои повернулись во мне, и не стало во мне силы.

17 И как может говорить раб такого господина моего с таким господиноммоим? ибо во мне нет силы, и дыхание замерло во мне".

18 Тогда снова прикоснулся ко мне тот человеческий облик и укрепилменя

19 и сказал: „не бойся, муж желаний! мир тебе; мужайся, мужайся!" И когда он говорил со мною, я укрепился и сказал: „говори, господин мой; ибо ты укрепил меня".

20 И он сказал: „знаешь ли, для чего я пришел к тебе? Теперь я возвращусь, чтобы бороться с князем Персидским; а когда я выйду, то вот, придет князь Греции.

21 Впрочем я возвещу тебе, что начертано в истинном писании; и нет никого, кто поддерживал бы меня в том, кроме Михаила, князя вашего.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 425

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425. Up to now the world has not known that 'bronze' means natural good, nor indeed that every metal mentioned in the Word has some definite meaning in the internal sense. For example 'gold' means celestial good, 'silver' spiritual truth, 'bronze' natural good, 'iron' natural truth, and so on with all the rest. The same applies to stone and wood. These were the meanings of the gold, silver, bronze, and wood in the Ark and the Tabernacle, and of similar objects in the Temple, which in the Lord's Divine mercy will be dealt with later on. In the Prophets it is plain that such things are meant, as in Isaiah,

You will suck the milk of nations, and the breast of kings will you suck. Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron, I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead or stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:16-17.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord and to His kingdom, and to the celestial Church. 'Gold instead of bronze' means celestial good instead of natural good. 'Silver instead of iron' means spiritual truth instead of natural truth. 'Bronze instead of wood' means natural good instead of bodily good. 'Iron instead of stones' means natural truth instead of sensory truth. In Ezekiel,

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants in the souls of men, and they gave vessels of bronze for your merchandise. Ezekiel 27:13

This refers to Tyre, which means people who are in possession of spiritual and celestial riches. 'Vessels of bronze' stands for natural goods. In Moses,

A land whose stones are Iron, and from whose mountains you will dig out bronze. Deuteronomy 8:9.

Here similarly 'stones' stands for sensory truth, 'iron' for natural or rational truth, and 'bronze' for natural good. In the cases of the four living creatures or the cherubim seen by Ezekiel, whose feet sparkled like burnished bronze, Ezekiel 1:7, 'bronze' in a similar way means natural good, for the human foot represents that which is natural. Something similar was seen by Daniel,

A man clothed in linen whose loins were girded with gold of Uphaz and whose body was like tarshish. 1 His arms and feet were like the appearance of burnished bronze. Daniel 10:5-6

And for the fact that the bronze serpent mentioned in Numbers 21:9 represented the Lord's good, sensory and natural, see what has been said already [in 197].

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1. A Hebrew word for a particular kind of precious stone, possibly a beryl.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Acts of the Apostles 8

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1 Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

2 Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.

3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.

4 Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.

5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.

6 The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.

7 For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.

8 There was great joy in that city.

9 But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,

10 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of God."

11 They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

12 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

13 Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.

14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

19 saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

20 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before God.

22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

23 For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."

24 Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me."

25 They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.

26 But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert."

27 He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.

28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

29 The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."

30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

31 He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.

33 In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth."

34 The eunuch answered Philip, "Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?"

35 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Jesus.

36 As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"

38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn't see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.

40 But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.