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Daniel 7

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1 ἔτος-N3E-GSN πρῶτος-A1--GSNS βασιλεύω-V1--PAPGSM *βαλτασαρ-N---GSM χώρα-N1A-GSF *βαβυλωνία-N1A-GSF *δανιηλ-N---NSM ὅραμα-N3M-ASN ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S παρά-P κεφαλή-N1--ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF κοίτη-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM τότε-D *δανιηλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN ὅραμα-N3M-ASN ὅς- --ASN ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S γράφω-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P κεφάλαιον-N2N-APN λόγος-N2--GPM

2 ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF κοίτη-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS θεωρέω-V2I-IAI1S κατά-P ὕπνος-N2--APM νύξ-N3--GSF καί-C ἰδού-I τέσσαρες-A3--NPM ἄνεμος-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ἐνπίπτω-VBI-AAI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF θάλασσα-N1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF μέγας-A1--ASF

3 καί-C τέσσαρες-A3--NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN ἀναβαίνω-V1I-IAI3P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF θάλασσα-N1S-GSF διαφέρω-V1--PAPNPN εἷς-A3--ASN παρά-P ὁ- A--ASN εἷς-A3--ASN

4 ὁ- A--NSN πρῶτος-A1--NSNS ὡσεί-D λέαινα-N1A-NSF ἔχω-V1--PAPNSF πτερόν-N2N-APN ὡσεί-D ἀετός-N2--GSM θεωρέω-V2I-IAI1S ἕως-P ὅστις- X--GSN τίλλω-VBI-API3S ὁ- A--NPN πτερόν-N2N-NPN αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C αἴρω-VCI-API3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐπί-P πούς-N3D-GPM ἀνθρώπινος-A1--GPM ἵστημι-VCI-API3S καί-C ἀνθρώπινος-A1--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF δίδωμι-VCI-API3S αὐτός- D--DSF

5 καί-C ἰδού-I μετά-P αὐτός- D--ASF ἄλλος- D--ASN θηρίον-N2N-ASN ὁμοίωσις-N3I-ASF ἔχω-V1--PAPASN ἄρκος-N2--GSM καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN εἷς-A3--GSN πλευρόν-N2N-GSN ἵστημι-VCI-API3S καί-C τρεῖς-A3--NPN πλευρόν-N2N-NPN εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN στόμα-N3M-DSN αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAD2S καταἐσθίω-VB--AAD2S σάρξ-N3K-APF πολύς-A1--APF

6 καί-C μετά-P οὗτος- D--APN θεωρέω-V2I-IAI1S θηρίον-N2N-ASN ἄλλος- D--ASN ὡσεί-D πάρδαλις-N3I-ASF καί-C πτερόν-N2N-NPN τέσσαρες-A3--NPN ἐπιτεινώ-V1--IAI3P ἐπάνω-P αὐτός- D--GSN καί-C τέσσαρες-A3--NPF κεφαλή-N1--NPF ὁ- A--DSN θηρίον-N2N-DSN καί-C γλῶσσα-N1S-NSF δίδωμι-VCI-API3S αὐτός- D--DSN

7 μετά-P δέ-X οὗτος- D--APN θεωρέω-V2I-IAI1S ἐν-P ὅραμα-N3M-DSN ὁ- A--GSF νύξ-N3--GSF θηρίον-N2N-ASN τέταρτος-A1--ASN φοβερός-A1A-ASN καί-C ὁ- A--NSM φόβος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSN ὑπερφέρω-V1--PAPNSM ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF ἔχω-V1--PAPASN ὀδούς-N3--APM σιδηροῦς-A1C-APM μέγας-A1--APM ἐσθίω-V1--PAPASN καί-C κοπανίζω-V1--PAPASN κύκλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DPM πούς-N3D-DPM καταπατέω-V2--PAPASN διαφόρως-D χράομαι-V3--PMPASN παρά-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN πρό-P αὐτός- D--GSN θηρίον-N2N-APN ἔχω-V1I-IAI3S δέ-X κέρας-N3T-APN δέκα-M

8 καί-C βουλή-N1--NPF πολύς-A1--NPF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN κέρας-N3T-DPN αὐτός- D--GSN καί-C ἰδού-I ἄλλος- D--NSN εἷς-A3--NSN κέρας-N3T-NSN ἀναφύω-VDI-API3S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM αὐτός- D--GPN μικρός-A1A-NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN κέρας-N3T-DPN αὐτός- D--GSN καί-C τρεῖς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--GPN κέρας-N3T-GPN ὁ- A--GPN πρῶτος-A1--GPNS ξηραίνω-VCI-API3P διά-P αὐτός- D--GSN καί-C ἰδού-I ὀφθαλμός-N2--NPM ὥσπερ-D ὀφθαλμός-N2--NPM ἀνθρώπινος-A1--NPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN κέρας-N3T-DSN οὗτος- D--DSN καί-C στόμα-N3M-NSN λαλέω-V2--PAPNSN μέγας-A1--APN καί-C ποιέω-V2I-IAI3S πόλεμος-N2--ASM πρός-P ὁ- A--APM ἅγιος-A1A-APM

9 θεωρέω-V2I-IAI1S ἕως-C ὅτε-D θρόνος-N2--NPM τίθημι-VCI-API3P καί-C παλαιός-A1A-NSM ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF καταἧμαι-V1I-IMI3S ἔχω-V1--PAPNSM περιβολή-N1--ASF ὡσεί-D χιών-N3N-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--ASN τρίχωμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSF κεφαλή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὡσεί-D ἔριον-N2N-NSN λευκός-A1--NSN καθαρός-A1A-NSN ὁ- A--NSM θρόνος-N2--NSM ὡσεί-D φλόξ-N3G-NSF πῦρ-N3--GSN

10 καί-C ἐκπορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ποταμός-N2--NSM πῦρ-N3--GSN χίλιοι-A1A-NPF χιλιάς-N3D-NPF θεραπεύω-V1I-IAI3P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C μύριοι-A1A-NPF μυριάς-N3D-NPF παραἵστημι-VXI-YAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C κριτήριον-N2N-NSN καταἵζω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C βίβλος-N2--NPF ἀναοἴγω-VQI-API3P

11 θεωρέω-V2I-IAI1S τότε-D ὁ- A--ASF φωνή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GPM λόγος-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GPM μέγας-A1--GPM ὅς- --GPM ὁ- A--NSN κέρας-N3T-NSN λαλέω-V2I-IAI3S καί-C ἀποτυμπανίζω-VSI-API3S ὁ- A--NSN θηρίον-N2N-NSN καί-C ἀποὀλλύω-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSN σῶμα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSN καί-C δίδωμι-VCI-API3S εἰς-P καῦσις-N3I-ASF πῦρ-N3--GSN

12 καί-C ὁ- A--APM κύκλος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSN ἀποἵστημι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--GSF ἐξουσία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPN καί-C χρόνος-N2--NSM ζωή-N1--GSF δίδωμι-VCI-API3S αὐτός- D--DPN ἕως-P χρόνος-N2--GSM καί-C καιρός-N2--GSM

13 θεωρέω-V2I-IAI1S ἐν-P ὅραμα-N3M-DSN ὁ- A--GSF νύξ-N3--GSF καί-C ἰδού-I ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF νεφέλη-N1--GPF ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ὡς-C υἱός-N2--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἔρχομαι-V1I-IMI3S καί-C ὡς-C παλαιός-A1A-NSM ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF παραεἰμί-V9--IAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NPM παραἵστημι-VXI-XAPNPM παραεἰμί-V9--IAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM

14 καί-C δίδωμι-VCI-API3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἐξουσία-N1A-NSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF κατά-P γένος-N3E-APN καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF δόξα-N1S-NSF αὐτός- D--DSM λατρεύω-V1--PAPNSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἐξουσία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐξουσία-N1A-NSF αἰώνιος-A1B-NSF ὅστις- X--NSF οὐ-D μή-D αἴρω-VC--APS3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSF βασιλεία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅστις- X--NSF οὐ-D μή-D φθείρω-VD--APS3S

15 καί-C ἀκηδιάω-VA--AAPNSM ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DPN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὅραμα-N3M-DSN ὁ- A--GSF νύξ-N3--GSF

16 προςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI1S πρός-P εἷς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--GPM ἵστημι-VXI-XAPGPM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ἀκρίβεια-N1A-ASF ζητέω-V2I-IAI1S παρά-P αὐτός- D--GSM ὑπέρ-P πᾶς-A3--GPN οὗτος- D--GPN ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM δέ-X λέγω-V1--PAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C ὁ- A--ASF κρίσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GPM λόγος-N2--GPM δηλόω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS

17 οὗτος- D--NPN ὁ- A--NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--NPN μέγας-A1--APN εἰμί-V9--PAI3P τέσσαρες-A3--NPM βασιλεία-N1A-NPF ὅς- --NPF ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3P ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

18 καί-C παραλαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--ASF βασιλεία-N1A-ASF ἅγιος-A1A-NPM ὕψιστος-A1--GSM καί-C καταἔχω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--ASF βασιλεία-N1A-ASF ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSM αἰών-N3W-GSM καί-C ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSM αἰών-N3W-GSM ὁ- A--GPM αἰών-N3W-GPM

19 τότε-D θέλω-V1I-IAI1S ἐκἀκριβάζομαι-VC--AMN περί-P ὁ- A--GSN θηρίον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSN τέταρτος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GSN διαφθείρω-V1--PAPGSN πᾶς-A3--APN καί-C ὑπερφόβος-A1B-GSN καί-C ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NPM ὀδούς-N3--NPM αὐτός- D--GSN σιδηροῦς-A1C-NPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ὄνυξ-N3--NPM αὐτός- D--GSN χαλκοῦς-A1C-NPM καταεσθίω-V1--PAPNPM πᾶς-A3--APM κυκλόθεν-D καί-C καταπατέω-V2--PAPNPM ὁ- A--DPM πούς-N3D-DPM

20 καί-C περί-P ὁ- A--GPN δέκα-M κέρας-N3T-GPN αὐτός- D--GSN ὁ- A--GPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF κεφαλή-N1--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--GSN εἷς-A3--GSN ὁ- A--GSN ἄλλος- D--GSN ὁ- A--GSN προςφύω-V1--PAPGSN καί-C ἐκπίπτω-VAI-AAI3P διά-P αὐτός- D--GSN τρεῖς-A3--NPN καί-C ὁ- A--NSN κέρας-N3T-NSN ἐκεῖνος- D--NSN ἔχω-V1I-IAI3S ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM καί-C στόμα-N3M-ASN λαλέω-V2--PAPASN μέγας-A1--APN καί-C ὁ- A--NSF πρόσοψις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GSN ὑπερφέρω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--APN ἄλλος-A1--APN

21 καί-C κατανοέω-V2I-IAI1S ὁ- A--ASN κέρας-N3T-ASN ἐκεῖνος- D--ASN πόλεμος-N2--ASM συνἵστημι-V6--PMPASN πρός-P ὁ- A--APM ἅγιος-A1A-APM καί-C τροπόω-V4--PAPASN αὐτός- D--APM

22 ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN ἔρχομαι-VB--AAN ὁ- A--ASM παλαιός-A1A-ASM ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF καί-C ὁ- A--ASF κρίσις-N3I-ASF δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DPM ἅγιος-A1A-DPM ὁ- A--GSM ὕψιστος-A1--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM καιρός-N2--NSM δίδωμι-VCI-API3S καί-C ὁ- A--ASN βασίλειον-N2N-ASN καταἔχω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM ἅγιος-A1A-NPM

23 καί-C εἶπον-VCI-API3S ἐγώ- P--DS περί-P ὁ- A--GSN θηρίον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSN τέταρτος-A1--GSN ὅτι-C βασιλεία-N1A-NSF τέταρτος-A1--NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὅστις- X--NSF διαφέρω-VF--FAI3S παρά-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C ἀναστατόω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C καταλεαίνω-VF2-FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF

24 καί-C ὁ- A--NPN δέκα-M κέρας-N3T-NPN ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF δέκα-M βασιλεύς-N3V-NPM ἵστημι-VF--FMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἄλλος- D--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM μετά-P οὗτος- D--APM ἵστημι-VF--FMI3S καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM διαφέρω-VF--FAI3S κακός-A1--DPN ὑπέρ-P ὁ- A--APM πρῶτος-A1--APMS καί-C τρεῖς-A3--APM βασιλεύς-N3V-APM ταπεινόω-VF--FAI3S

25 καί-C ῥῆμα-N3M-APN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM ὕψιστος-A1--ASM λαλέω-VF--FAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--APM ἅγιος-A1A-APM ὁ- A--GSM ὕψιστος-A1--GSM κατατρίβω-VF--FAI3S καί-C προςδέχομαι-VF--FMI3S ἀλλοιόω-VA--AAN καιρός-N2--APM καί-C νόμος-N2--ASM καί-C παραδίδωμι-VC--FPI3S πᾶς-A3--APN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF αὐτός- D--GSM ἕως-P καιρός-N2--GSM καί-C καιρός-N2--GPM καί-C ἕως-P ἥμισυς-A3U-GSM καιρός-N2--GSM

26 καί-C ὁ- A--NSF κρίσις-N3I-NSF καταἵζω-VF--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ἐξουσία-N1A-ASF ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI3P καί-C βουλεύω-VF--FMI3P μιαίνω-VA--AAN καί-C ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAN ἕως-P τέλος-N3E-GSN

27 καί-C ὁ- A--ASF βασιλεία-N1A-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ἐξουσία-N1A-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--ASF μεγαλειότης-N3T-ASF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ἀρχή-N1--ASF πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM βασιλεία-N1A-GPF δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S λαός-N2--DSM ἅγιος-A1A-DSM ὕψιστος-A1--GSM βασιλεύω-VA--AAN βασιλεία-N1A-ASF αἰώνιος-A1B-ASF καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NPF ὁ- A--NPF ἐξουσία-N1A-NPF αὐτός- D--DSM ὑποτάσσω-VD--FPI3P καί-C πειθαρχέω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM

28 ἕως-P καταστροφή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM λόγος-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM σφόδρα-D ἔκστασις-N3I-DSF περιἔχω-V1I-IMI1S καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἕξις-N3I-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS διαφέρω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN ἐν-P καρδία-N1A-DSF ἐγώ- P--GS στηρίζω-VAI-AAI1S

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #36

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36. I became in the spirit on the Lord's day. (1:10) This symbolizes a spiritual state then owing to Divine influx.

"I became in the spirit" means, symbolically, a spiritual state, the state in which John was while he was experiencing the visions, and which we will take up in the following exposition. "On the Lord's day" symbolizes influx from the Lord then, for that day brings the Lord's presence, as it is a holy day.

Concerning the prophets we read that they were in the spirit or in vision, and that the Word came to them from Jehovah.

When they were in the spirit or in vision, they were not in the body, but in their spirit, a state in which they saw phenomena such as are found in heaven. But when the Word came to them, they were then in the body and heard Jehovah speaking.

These two states of the prophets must be properly distinguished. In the state of vision the eyes of their spirit were open and the eyes of their body closed; and they heard then what angels said, and what Jehovah said through angels, and also saw representations produced for them in heaven. Moreover, they sometimes seemed to themselves to be taken then from place to place, their body remaining where it was.

[2] This was the state in which John was when he wrote the book of Revelation, and the state sometimes experienced by Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel. They also said that they were then in vision or in the spirit. For Ezekiel says,

The Spirit lifted me up... and brought me back into Chaldea, to those in captivity, in a vision (of God), in the spirit of God. (Thus) went up from me the vision that I had seen. (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)

He also says that the Spirit lifted him up, and he heard behind him an earthquake, and more (Ezekiel 3:12, 24). So, too, that the Spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, that it brought him in visions of God to Jerusalem, and that he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3f.). He was likewise in a vision of God or in the spirit when he saw the four living creatures, which were cherubim (Ezekiel 1; 10), as also when he saw a new earth and a new temple, and an angel measuring them (Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48). That he was then in the visions of God, he himself says (Ezekiel 40:2), and that the spirit lifted him up (Ezekiel 43:5).

[3] The same was the case with Zechariah, who had an angel with him at the time, when he saw a man riding a horse among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8ff.); when he saw the four horns, and then a man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1ff.); when he saw Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1ff.); when he saw the lampstand and two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1ff.); when he saw the flying scroll and the ephah (Zechariah 5:1, 6); when he saw the four chariots coming from between two mountains, and the horses (Zechariah 6:1ff.).

Daniel was in a like state when he saw the four beasts coming up from the sea (Daniel 7:1ff.), and when he saw the combat between the ram and the male goat (Daniel 8:1ff.). He himself says that he saw these things in visions (Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8), and that the angel Gabriel appeared to him in a vision (Daniel 9:21).

[4] The same was the case with John, as when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands (Revelation 1), and finally, the new heaven and the new earth, and then the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven (Revelation 21, 22. John himself says that he saw these things in the spirit and in vision (1:10; 4:2; 9:17; 21:10). This, too, is meant by the statement, "I saw," everywhere it occurs in this book.

[5] It is clearly apparent from this that to be in the spirit is to be in a state of vision, which is brought about by an opening of the sight of a person's spirit; and when this is opened, phenomena found in the spiritual world are as clearly visible as those in the natural world are to the sight of the body.

The reality of this is something I can attest to from many years' experience.

The disciples were in this state when they saw the Lord after His resurrection, which is why are told that their eyes were opened (Luke 24:30-31).

Abraham was in a like state when he saw the three angels and spoke with them. 1

So, too, Hagar, Gideon, Joshua and others, when they saw angels of Jehovah. Likewise when Elisha's lad saw the mountain full of fiery chariots and horses all around Elisha, for Elisha prayed and said,

"Jehovah, open, I pray, his eyes that he may see." And Jehovah opened the eyes of the lad, and he saw. (2 Kings 6:17)

As regards the Word, however, it was not revealed in a state of the spirit or of vision, but the Lord dictated it to the prophets in an audible voice. Consequently we are nowhere told that the prophets spoke it from the Holy Spirit, but from Jehovah. See The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, no. 53.

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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.