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但以理書 11:2

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2 現在我將真事指示你:波斯還有興起,第四必富足遠勝諸。他因富足成為強盛,就必激動眾攻擊希利尼國。

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但以理書 8:4

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4 我見那公綿往西、往、往牴觸。獸在他面前都站立不住,也沒有能救護脫離他的;但他任意而行,自高自大。

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Arcana Coelestia #4487

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4487. 'Their acquisition, and their purchase' means their truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'acquisition and purchase' as truths. But a distinction exists between these two expressions in that 'acquisition' when also used of small cattle means the good of truth, for that is what is meant by 'small cattle', but the good of truth is truth in will and action, see 4337, 4353, 4390. 'Purchase' however, which is elsewhere called 'the purchase of silver', means truth. The former - the good of truth - is called celestial truth, whereas the latter is called spiritual truth, 2048. Celestial truth is truth which has been made part of life, whereas spiritual truth is truth that constitutes doctrine.

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