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Daniel 9

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1 ἔτος-N3E-GSN πρῶτος-A1--GSNS ἐπί-P *δαρεῖος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM *ξέρξης-N1M-GSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γενεά-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF *μηδική-N---GSF ὅς- --NPM βασιλεύω-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF βασιλεία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GPM *χαλδαῖος-N2--GPM

2 ὁ- A--DSN πρῶτος-A1--DSNS ἔτος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM διανοέομαι-VCI-API1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF βίβλος-N2--DPF ὁ- A--ASM ἀριθμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GPN ἔτος-N3E-GPN ὅτε-D γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πρόσταγμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF ἐπί-P *ἰερεμίας-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM προφήτης-N1M-ASM ἐγείρω-VA--AAN εἰς-P ἀναπλήρωσις-N3I-ASF ὀνειδισμός-N2--GSM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF ἑβδομήκοντα-M ἔτος-N3E-APN

3 καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P κύριος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM εὑρίσκω-VB--AAN προσευχή-N1--ASF καί-C ἔλεος-N3E-ASN ἐν-P νηστεία-N1A-DPF καί-C σάκκος-N2--DSM καί-C σποδός-N2--DSF

4 καί-C προςεὔχομαι-VAI-AMI1S πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM καί-C ἐκὁμολογέω-VAI-AMI1S καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI1S ἰδού-I κύριος-N2--VSM σύ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI2S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM μέγας-A1P-NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἰσχυρός-A1A-NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM φοβερός-A1A-NSM τηρέω-V2--PAPNSM ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἔλεος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--DPM ἀγαπάω-V3--PAPDPM σύ- P--AS καί-C ὁ- A--DPM φυλάσσω-V1--PAPDPM ὁ- A--APN πρόσταγμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GS

5 ἁμαρτάνω-VBI-AAI1P ἀδικέω-VAI-AAI1P ἀσεβέω-VAI-AAI1P καί-C ἀποἵστημι-VHI-AAI1P καί-C παραβαίνω-VZI-AAI1P ὁ- A--APF ἐντολή-N1A-APF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APN κρίμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GS

6 καί-C οὐ-D ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1P ὁ- A--GPM παῖς-N3D-GPM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--GPM προφήτης-N1M-GPM ὅς- --APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄνομα-N3M-DSN σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM βασιλεύς-N3V-NPM ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C δυνάστης-N1M-APM ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C πατήρ-N3--APM ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C πᾶς-A3--DSN ἔθνος-N3E-DSN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

7 σύ- P--DS κύριος-N2--VSM ὁ- A--NSF δικαιοσύνη-N1--NSF καί-C ἐγώ- P--DP ὁ- A--NSF αἰσχύνη-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GSN πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF οὗτος- D--ASF ἄνθρωπος-N2--DPM *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C καταἧμαι-V5--PMPDPM ἐν-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---DSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--DSM ἐγγύς-D καί-C ὁ- A--DSM ἀπωτέρω-D ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF χώρα-N1A-DPF εἰς-P ὅς- --APF διασκορπίζω-VAI-AAI2S αὐτός- D--APM ἐκεῖ-D ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πλημμέλεια-N1A-DSF ὅς- --DSF πλημμελέω-VAI-AAI3P ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS

8 δεσπότης-N1M-VSM ἐγώ- P--DP ὁ- A--NSF αἰσχύνη-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GSN πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--DPM βασιλεύς-N3V-DPM ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C δυνάστης-N1M-DPM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM πατήρ-N3--DPM ἐγώ- P--GP ὅτι-C ἁμαρτάνω-VBI-AAI1P σύ- P--DS

9 ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--NSF δικαιοσύνη-N1--NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ἔλεος-N3E-NSN ὅτι-C ἀποἵστημι-VHI-AAI1P ἀπό-P σύ- P--GS

10 καί-C οὐ-D ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1P ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP καταἀκολουθέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--DSM νόμος-N2--DSM σύ- P--GS ὅς- --DSM δίδωμι-VAI-AAI2S ἐνώπιον-P *μωσῆς-N1M-GSM καί-C ἐγώ- P--GP διά-P ὁ- A--GPM παῖς-N3D-GPM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--GPM προφήτης-N1M-GPM

11 καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM ἐν καταλείπω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM νόμος-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἀποἵστημι-VHI-AAI3P ὁ- A--GSM μή-D ἀκούω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐπιἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AP ὁ- A--NSF κατάρα-N1A-NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ὅρκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM γράφω-VP--XMPNSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM νόμος-N2--DSM *μωσῆς-N1M-GSM παῖς-N3D-GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ὅτι-C ἁμαρτάνω-VBI-AAI1P αὐτός- D--DSM

12 καί-C ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DP ὁ- A--APN πρόσταγμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅσος-A1--APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AP καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM κριτής-N1M-APM ἐγώ- P--GP ὅσος-A1--APN κρίνω-VAI-AAI2S ἐγώ- P--DP ἐπιἄγω-VB--AAN ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AP κακός-A1--APN μέγας-A1--APN οἷος-A1A-APN οὐ-D γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM καθότι-D γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ἐν-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---DSF

13 κατά-P ὁ- A--APN γράφω-VP--XMPAPN ἐν-P διαθήκη-N1--DSF *μωσῆς-N1M-GSM πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN κακός-A1--APN ἐπιἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DP καί-C οὐ-D ἐκζητέω-VAI-AAI1P ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN κύριος-N2--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ἀποἵστημι-VH--AAN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GPF ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C διανοέομαι-VC--APN ὁ- A--ASF δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF σύ- P--GS κύριος-N2--VSM

14 καί-C ἀγρυπνέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN κακός-A1--APN καί-C ἐπιἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AP ὅτι-C δίκαιος-A1A-NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GP ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἄν-X ποιέω-VA--AAS3S καί-C οὐ-D ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1P ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

15 καί-C νῦν-D δεσπότης-N1M-VSM κύριος-N2--VSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM ἐκἄγω-VB--AAPNSM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ὁ- A--DSM βραχίων-N3N-DSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--DSM ὑψηλός-A1--DSM καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM ὄνομα-N3M-ASN κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF οὗτος- D--ASF ἁμαρτάνω-VBI-AAI1P ἀγνοέω-VXI-XAI1P

16 δεσπότης-N1M-VSM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF σύ- P--GS ἀποστρέφω-VD--APD3S ὁ- A--NSM θυμός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ὀργή-N1--NSF σύ- P--GS ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF σύ- P--GS *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF ὄρος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSN ἅγιος-A1A-GSN σύ- P--GS ὅτι-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-DPF ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἄγνοια-N1A-DPF ὁ- A--GPM πατήρ-N3--GPM ἐγώ- P--GP *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSM δῆμος-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS κύριος-N2--VSM εἰς-P ὀνειδισμός-N2--ASM ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM περικύκλῳ-D ἐγώ- P--GP

17 καί-C νῦν-D ἐπιἀκούω-VA--AAD2S δεσπότης-N1M-VSM ὁ- A--GSF προσευχή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM παῖς-N3D-GSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APF δέησις-N3I-APF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐπιβλέπω-VA--AAD3S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἅγιος-A1A-ASN σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN ἔρημος-A1B-ASN ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM δοῦλος-N2--GPM σύ- P--GS δεσπότης-N1M-VSM

18 προςἔχω-VB--AAD2S κύριος-N2--VSM ὁ- A--ASN οὖς-N3--ASN σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐπιἀκούω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--GS ἀναοἴγω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--APM ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASF ἐρήμωσις-N3I-ASF ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὅς- --GSF ἐπικαλέω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSF οὐ-D γάρ-X ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DPF δικαιοσύνη-N1--DPF ἐγώ- P--GP ἐγώ- P--NP δέω-V1--PMI1P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF προσευχή-N1--DPF ἐγώ- P--GP ἐνώπιον-P σύ- P--GS ἀλλά-C διά-P ὁ- A--ASN σός-A1--ASN ἔλεος-N3E-ASN

19 κύριος-N2--VSM σύ- P--NS ἱλατεύω-VA--AAD2S κύριος-N2--VSM ἐπιἀκούω-VA--AAD2S καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAD2S καί-C μή-D χρονίζω-VA--AAS2S ἕνεκα-P σεαυτοῦ- D--GSM δεσπότης-N1M-VSM ὅτι-C ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GS ἐπικαλέω-VCI-API3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF σύ- P--GS *σιων-N---AS καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM

20 καί-C ἕως-C ἐγώ- P--NS λαλέω-V2I-IAI1S προςεὔχομαι-V1--PMPNSM καί-C ἐκὁμολογέω-V2--PMPNSM ὁ- A--APF ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APF ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C δέω-V1--PMPNSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF προσευχή-N1--DPF ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὑπέρ-P ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSN ἅγιος-A1A-GSN ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP

21 καί-C ἔτι-D λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF προσευχή-N1--DSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSM ἀνήρ-N3--NSM ὅς- --ASM ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ὕπνος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASF ἀρχή-N1--ASF *γαβριηλ-N---NSM τάχος-N3E-DSN φέρω-V1--PMPNSM προςἐγγίζω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS ἐν-P ὥρα-N1A-DSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ἑσπερινός-A1--GSF

22 καί-C προςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *δανιηλ-N---VSM ἄρτι-D ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI1S ὑποδεικνύω-VA--AAN σύ- P--DS διάνοια-N1A-ASF

23 ἐν-P ἀρχή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--GSF δέησις-N3I-GSF σύ- P--GS ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πρόσταγμα-N3M-ASN παρά-P κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI1S ὑποδεικνύω-VA--AAN σύ- P--DS ὅτι-C ἐλεεινός-A1--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI2S καί-C διανοέομαι-VC--APD2S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσταγμα-N3M-ASN

24 ἑβδομήκοντα-M ἑβδομάς-N3D-NPF κρίνω-VCI-API3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF *σιων-N---AS συντελέω-VS--APN ὁ- A--ASF ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--APF ἀδικία-N1A-APF σπανίζω-VA--AAN καί-C ἀποἀλείφω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--APF ἀδικία-N1A-APF καί-C διανοέομαι-VC--APN ὁ- A--ASN ὅραμα-N3M-ASN καί-C δίδωμι-VC--APN δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF αἰώνιος-A1B-ASF καί-C συντελέω-VS--APN ὁ- A--ASN ὅραμα-N3M-ASN καί-C εὐφραίνω-VA--AAN ἅγιος-A1A-ASN ἅγιος-A1A-GPN

25 καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2S καί-C διανοέομαι-VC--FPI2S καί-C εὐφραίνω-VC--FPI2S καί-C εὑρίσκω-VF--FAI2S πρόσταγμα-N3M-APN ἀποκρίνω-VC--APN καί-C οἰκοδομέω-VF--FAI2S *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF κύριος-N2--DSM

26 καί-C μετά-P ἑπτά-M καί-C ἑβδομήκοντα-M καί-C ἑξήκοντα-M δύο-M ἀποἵστημι-VC--FPI3S χρῖσμα-N3M-NSN καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S καί-C βασιλεία-N1A-NSF ἔθνος-N3E-GPN φθείρω-VF2-FAI3S ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἅγιος-A1A-ASN μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM χριστός-A1--GSM καί-C ἥκω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSF συντέλεια-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P ὀργή-N1--GSF καί-C ἕως-P καιρός-N2--GSM συντέλεια-N1A-GSF ἀπό-P πόλεμος-N2--GSM πολεμέω-VC--FPI3S

27 καί-C δυναστεύω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSF διαθήκη-N1--NSF εἰς-P πολύς-A1P-APM καί-C πάλιν-D ἐπιστρέφω-VF--FAI3S καί-C ἀναοἰκοδομέω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P πλάτος-N3E-ASN καί-C μῆκος-N3E-ASN καί-C κατά-P συντέλεια-N1A-ASF καιρός-N2--GPM καί-C μετά-P ἑπτά-M καί-C ἑβδομήκοντα-M καιρός-N2--APM καί-C ἑξήκοντα-M δύο-M ἔτος-N3E-APN ἕως-P καιρός-N2--GSM συντέλεια-N1A-GSF πόλεμος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀποαἱρέω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF ἐρήμωσις-N3I-NSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN καταἰσχύω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐπί-P πολύς-A1--APF ἑβδομάς-N3D-APF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN τέλος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--GSF ἑβδομάς-N3D-GSF αἴρω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF θυσία-N1A-NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF σπονδή-N1--NSF καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN ἱερός-A1A-ASN βδέλυγμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GPF ἐρήμωσις-N3I-GPF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἕως-P συντέλεια-N1A-GSF καί-C συντέλεια-N1A-NSF δίδωμι-VC--FPI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF ἐρήμωσις-N3I-ASF

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #945

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945. 22:8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. This means that John supposed that the angel sent to him by the Lord to keep him in a state of the spirit was the God who revealed these things, when in fact that was not the case, as the angel only showed him what the Lord presented.

Clearly John supposed that the angel sent to him was the Lord Himself, for we are told that he fell down to worship before the angel's feet. But that it was not as he supposed is apparent from the next verse, in which the angel tells him that he is his fellow servant: "Worship God." That the angel was sent to John by the Lord is apparent from verse 16, which says, "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches."

But behind this lies the following secret: The Lord sent the angel to John in order to keep him in a state of the spirit and to show him in that state the visions he saw. For whatever John saw, he saw not with the eyes of his body, but with the eyes of his spirit, as can be seen from the passages in which he says that he was in the spirit and seeing a vision (Revelation 1:10; 9:17; 17:3; 21:10), thus everywhere that he says "he saw." And a person can enter that state and be kept in it only by angels who are closely attached to the person, who induce their own spiritual state on the interiors of his mind. For this raises the person into the light of heaven, and in that light he sees sights in heaven and not in the world.

[2] Ezekiel, Zechariah, Daniel, and other prophets were at times in the same state, but not when they spoke the Word. When they spoke the Word they were not in the spirit, but conscious in the body, and the words they wrote they heard from Jehovah Himself, that is, from the Lord.

These two states experienced by the prophets must be properly distinguished. The prophets themselves also properly distinguished them, for they everywhere say when they wrote the Word from Jehovah that Jehovah spoke with them and to them, and most often, "Thus says Jehovah," or "the word of Jehovah." However, when they were in the other state, they say that they were in the spirit or seeing in a vision, as can be seen from the following: (Ezekiel said,) "The spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision... of God into Chaldea, to those in captivity. So the vision that I saw went up upon me." (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)

Ezekiel says that the spirit lifted him up and that he heard behind him an earthquake, among other things (Ezekiel 3:12, 14). Also that the spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, and brought him in visions of God to Jerusalem, where he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3ff.). Therefore he was also seeing in a vision of God or in the spirit when he saw four living creatures, which were cherubim (Ezekiel 1 and 10). And when he saw a new temple and a new land, and an angel measuring them (Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48). He says that he was then seeing in the visions of God (Ezekiel 40:2), and that the spirit lifted him up (Ezekiel 43:5).

[3] It was the same with Zechariah, who had an angel with him at the time when he saw a man riding among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8ff.). When he saw the four horns, and then the 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). And when he saw the four chariots and their horses coming from between two mountains (Zechariah 6:1ff.).

Daniel was in the same state when he saw four beasts coming up from the sea (Daniel 7:1ff.), and when he saw the combat of the ram and the male goat (Daniel 8:1ff.). That he saw these sights in visions is said in Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8. Moreover, that he saw the angel Gabriel and spoke with him in a vision (Daniel 9:21).

It was the same with John when he saw the sights he described, as when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands; when he saw the tabernacle, 1 the temple, 2 the ark, 3 and the altar 4 in heaven; the dragon and its combat with Michael; 5 the beasts; 6 the woman sitting on the scarlet beast; 7 the new heaven and new earth, and the holy Jerusalem with its wall, gates, and foundations; 8 and more.

These sights were revealed by the Lord, but shown by an angel.

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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.