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1 ἔτος-N3E-GSN τρίτος-A1--GSN βασιλεύω-V1--PAPGSN *βαλτασαρ-N---GSM ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ὅς- --ASF ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM μετά-P ὁ- A--ASN ὁράω-VB--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASF πρῶτος-A1--ASFS

2 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὅραμα-N3M-DSN ὁ- A--GSN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAPGSM ἐν-P *σοῦσα-N---DP ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ὅστις- X--NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐν-P *ἐλυμαίς-N---DS χώρα-N1A-DSF ἔτι-D εἰμί-V9--PAPGSM ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF πύλη-N1--DSF *αιλαμ-N---GS

3 ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAPNSM ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S κριός-N2--ASM εἷς-A3--ASM μέγας-A1P-ASM ἵστημι-VXI-XAPASM ἀπέναντι-P ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF καί-C ἔχω-V1I-IAI3S κέρας-N3T-APN καί-C ὁ- A--NSN εἷς-A3--NSN ὑψηλός-A1--NSNC ὁ- A--GSN ἕτερος-A1A-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ὑψηλός-A1--NSNC ἀναβαίνω-V1I-IAI3S

4 μετά-P δέ-X οὗτος- D--APN ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM κερατίζω-V1--PAPASM πρός-P ἀνατολή-N1--APF καί-C πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM καί-C πρός-P δυσμή-N1--APF καί-C μεσημβρία-N1A-ASF καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN οὐ-D ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3P ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ῥύομαι-V1--PMPNSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ποιέω-V2I-IAI3S ὡς-C θέλω-V1I-IAI3S καί-C ὑψόω-VCI-API3S

5 καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS διανοέομαι-V2I-IMI1S καί-C ἰδού-I τράγος-N2--NSM αἴξ-N3G-GPM ἔρχομαι-V1I-IMI3S ἀπό-P δυσμή-N1--GPF ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C οὐ-D ἅπτομαι-V1I-IMI3S ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--GSM τράγος-N2--GSM κέρας-N3T-NSN εἷς-A3--NSN ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM

6 καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM ὁ- A--APN κέρας-N3T-APN ἔχω-V1--PAPASM ὅς- --ASM ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἵστημι-VXI-XAPASM πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF πύλη-N1--DSF καί-C τρέχω-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ἐν-P θυμός-N2--DSM ὀργή-N1--GSF

7 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM προςἄγω-V1--PAPASM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM καί-C θυμόω-VCI-API3S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN δύο-M κέρας-N3T-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐκέτι-D εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ἰσχύς-N3--NSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM κριός-N2--DSM ἵστημι-VH--AAN κατέναντι-P ὁ- A--GSM τράγος-N2--GSM καί-C σπαράσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ῥύομαι-V1--PMPNSM ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM τράγος-N2--GSM

8 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM τράγος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM αἴξ-N3G-GPM καταἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S σφόδρα-D καί-C ὅτε-D καταἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S συντρίβω-VDI-API3S αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--NSN κέρας-N3T-NSN ὁ- A--NSN μέγας-A1P-NSN καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S ἕτερος-A1A-NPN τέσσαρες-A3--NPN κέρας-N3T-NPN κατόπισθεν-D αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APM τέσσαρες-A3--APM ἄνεμος-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM

9 καί-C ἐκ-P εἷς-A3--GSN αὐτός- D--GPN ἀναφύω-VDI-API3S κέρας-N3T-NSN ἰσχυρός-A1A-NSN εἷς-A3--NSN καί-C καταἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P μεσημβρία-N1A-ASF καί-C ἐπί-P ἀνατολή-N1--GSF καί-C ἐπί-P βορέας-N1T-ASM

10 καί-C ὑψόω-VCI-API3S ἕως-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀστήρ-N3--GPM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ῥάσσω-VQI-API3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀστήρ-N3--GPM καί-C ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM καταπατέω-VCI-API3S

11 ἕως-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀρχιστράτηγος-N2--NSM ῥύομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--ASF αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF καί-C διά-P αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--NPN ὄρος-N3E-NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἀπό-P αἰών-N3W-GSM ῥάσσω-VQI-API3S καί-C ἐκαἴρω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSM τόπος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C θυσία-N1A-NSF καί-C τίθημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ἕως-C χαμαί-D ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--API3S καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ἅγιος-A1A-NSN ἐρημόω-VC--FPI3S

12 καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSF θυσία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--NPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NPF καί-C ῥίπτω-VDI-API3S χαμαί-D ὁ- A--NSF δικαιοσύνη-N1--NSF καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--API3S

13 καί-C ἀκούω-V1I-IAI1S ἕτερος-A1A-GSM ἅγιος-A1A-GSM λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἕτερος-A1A-NSM ὁ- A--DSM φελμουνι-N---DS ὁ- A--DSM λαλέω-V2--PAPDSM ἕως-C τίς- I--GSN ὁ- A--NSN ὅραμα-N3M-NSN ἵστημι-VF--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSF θυσία-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--NSF αἴρω-VC--APPNSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NSF ἐρήμωσις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--NSF δίδωμι-VC--APPNSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPN ἅγιος-A1A-NPN ἐρημόω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P καταπάτημα-N3M-ASN

14 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἕως-P ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C πρωΐ-D ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF δισχίλιοι-A1A-NPF τριακόσιοι-A1A-NPF καί-C καθαρίζω-VS--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSN ἅγιος-A1A-NSN

15 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN θεωρέω-V2--PAN ἐγώ- P--AS ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN ὅραμα-N3M-ASN ζητέω-V2I-IAI1S διανοέομαι-VC--APN καί-C ἰδού-I ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S κατεναντίον-P ἐγώ- P--GS ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM

16 καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S φωνή-N1--ASF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GSM *ουλαι-N---GSM καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *γαβριηλ-N---VSM συνετίζω-VA--AAD2S ἐκεῖνος- D--ASM ὁ- A--ASF ὅρασις-N3I-ASF καί-C ἀναβοάω-VA--AAPNSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN πρόσταγμα-N3M-ASN ἐκεῖνος- D--ASN ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF

17 καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ἔχω-V1--PMPNSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSF στάσις-N3I-GSF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἔρχομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--ASM θορυβέω-VCI-API3S καί-C πίπτω-VAI-AAI1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS διανοέομαι-VC--APD2S υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἔτι-D γάρ-X εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-ASF καιρός-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ὅραμα-N3M-NSN

18 καί-C λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS κοιμάω-VCI-API1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN χαμαί-D καί-C ἅπτομαι-VA--AMPNSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀγείρω-V1I-IAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM

19 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἀποἀγγέλλω-V1--PAI1S σύ- P--DS ὅς- --APN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐπί-P ἔσχατος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GSF ὀργή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ἔτι-D γάρ-X εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-APF καιρός-N2--GSM συντέλεια-N1A-GSF μένω-VF2-FAI3S

20 ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ὁράω-VBI-AAI2S ὁ- A--ASM ἔχω-V1--PAPASM ὁ- A--APN κέρας-N3T-APN βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *μῆδος-N2--GP καί-C *πέρσης-N1M-GPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

21 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM τράγος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM αἴξ-N3G-GPM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--GPM *ἕλλην-N3--GPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSN κέρας-N3T-NSN ὁ- A--NSN μέγας-A1P-NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--NSM πρῶτος-A1--NSMS

22 καί-C ὁ- A--NPN συντρίβω-VD--APPNPN καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VZ--AAPNPN ὀπίσω-P αὐτός- D--GSM τέσσαρες-A3--NPN κέρας-N3T-NPN τέσσαρες-A3--NPM βασιλεύς-N3V-NPM ὁ- A--GSN ἔθνος-N3E-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἀναἵστημι-VF--FMI3P οὐ-D κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM

23 καί-C ἐπί-P ἔσχατος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM πληρόω-V4--PMPGPM ὁ- A--GPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GPF αὐτός- D--GPM ἀναἵστημι-VF--FMI3S βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ἀναιδής-A3--NSM πρόσωπον-N2N-DSN διανοέομαι-V2--PMPNSM αἴνιγμα-N3M-APN

24 καί-C στερεόω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF ἰσχύς-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C θαυμαστῶς-D φθείρω-VF2-FAI3S καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--FPI3S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3S καί-C φθείρω-VF2-FAI3S δυνάστης-N1M-APM καί-C δῆμος-N2--ASM ἅγιος-A1A-GPM

25 καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ἅγιος-A1A-APM ὁ- A--ASN διανόημα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--ASN ψεῦδος-N3E-ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF χείρ-N3--DPF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὑψόω-VC--FPI3S καί-C δόλος-N2--DSM ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VF2-FAI3S πολύς-A1P-APM καί-C ἐπί-P ἀπώλεια-N1A-GSF ἀνήρ-N3--GPM ἵστημι-VF--FMI3S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3S συναγωγή-N1--ASF χείρ-N3--GSF καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FMI3S

26 ὁ- A--NSN ὅραμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C πρωΐ-D εὑρίσκω-VCI-API3S ἐπί-P ἀλήθεια-N1A-GSF καί-C νῦν-D φράσσω-VK--XMPASN ὁ- A--ASN ὅραμα-N3M-ASN ἔτι-D γάρ-X εἰς-P ἡμέρα-N1A-APF πολύς-A1--APF

27 ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM ἀσθενέω-VA--AAPNSM ἡμέρα-N1A-APF πολύς-A1--APF καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNSM πραγματεύομαι-V1I-IMI1S πάλιν-D βασιλικός-A1--APN καί-C ἐκλύω-V1I-IMI1S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN ὅραμα-N3M-DSN καί-C οὐδείς-A3--NSM εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM διανοέομαι-V2--PMPNSM

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #748

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748. "And eat her flesh and burn her with fire." This symbolically means that Protestants will with hatred condemn and destroy in themselves the evils and falsities inherent in the Roman Catholic religion, and will renounce the religion itself and expunge it in themselves.

This is said of Protestants, who will deal thus with the harlot, that is, with the Roman Catholic religion. To eat her flesh means, symbolically, with hatred to condemn and destroy in themselves the inherent characteristics of that religion, which are evils and falsities, about which we will say more below. And to burn her with fire means, symbolically, to renounce that religion as profane and expunge it in themselves.

This is what burning with fire means because the penalty for profaning something holy was burning. Therefore, according to Divine law, people who profaned the name of Jehovah by worshiping other gods were burned with fire - they and all their belongings (Deuteronomy 13:12-18). Therefore Moses burned with fire the golden calf that the children of Israel were profanely worshiping (Exodus 32:20, Deuteronomy 9:21). Moreover, because two of Aaron's sons profaned holy things, they were consumed by fire from heaven (Leviticus 10:1-6). Nor is anything else symbolized by the fire and pyre in Tophet but the fire of hell, which awaits those who profane holy things (Isaiah 30:33, Jeremiah 7:11, 31-32; 19:5-6, 2 Kings 23:10), for there the people worshiped Molech with a heinous sacrifice. 1

[2] Since the fourth beast in Daniel 7 symbolizes a religion that profanes the Word and consequently the sanctities of the church (no. 717), therefore we are told that it was burned with fire (Daniel 7:11).

Now, because it is profane worship to worship a person instead of the Lord, we are accordingly told here that they burnt the harlot with fire, which symbolically means that they renounced the religion itself and expunged it in themselves.

To eat her flesh means, symbolically, with hatred to condemn and destroy in themselves the inherent characteristics of that religion, which are evils and falsities, because that is the symbolic meaning of eating her flesh. For flesh symbolizes the inherent characteristics of a thing which relate to goods and truths, and in an opposite sense, to evils and falsities, and to eat means, symbolically, to consume, thus to destroy.

That flesh symbolizes a person's inherent character, which in itself is evil, is clear from the following passages:

It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing. (John 6:63)

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:6)

As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to be children of God...: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh... (John 1:12-13)

(God) remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passes away and does not come again. (Psalms 78:39)

The Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. (Isaiah 31:3)

(Jerusalem) committed harlotry with the Egyptians..., great of flesh. (Ezekiel 16:26)

Jesus... said to (Peter), ."..flesh and blood has not revealed this to you...." (Matthew 16:17)

Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm... (Jeremiah 17:5)

[3] Because flesh symbolizes a person's inherent character, and people who hate others attack their personal character with the intention of destroying it, therefore to eat the flesh has also this symbolic meaning, as in the following passages:

Let the dying die, and the cut off be cut off. Those that are left eat each other's flesh. (Zechariah 11:9)

They shall devour Israel with the whole mouth... Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm - Manasseh, Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh. (Isaiah 9:12, 20-21)

I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh... (Isaiah 49:26)

...everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend... (Jeremiah 19:9)

To eat the flesh of sons and daughters (Jeremiah 19:9, Leviticus 26:29, Deuteronomy 28:53) means, symbolically, to destroy truths and goods in oneself, for sons symbolize truths, and daughters goods, as may be seen in nos. 139, 543, 545, 612[1-4] above.

Moreover, in the Word we find reference to "all flesh," and this symbolically means all mankind (Genesis 6:12-13, 17, 19).

Footnotes:

1. The heinous sacrifice consisted of "passing infants through the fire to Molech," by burning them alive on a sacrificial altar. Vestiges of this worship have been found elsewhere, as far as northern Africa. Tophet was a site in the valley of Hinnom at the foot of Mount Zion on the south side. Because of the nature of its worship, the valley of Hinnon (Ge' Hinnom = Gehenna) became synonymous with Hades or hell.

  
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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.

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