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Daniel 12

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1 και-C κατα-P ο- A--ASF ωρα-N1A-ASF εκεινος- D--ASF παραερχομαι-VF--FMI3S *μιχαηλ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM μεγας-A1P-NSM ο- A--NSM ιστημι-VXI-XAPNSM επι-P ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS εκεινος- D--NSF ο- A--NSF ημερα-N1A-NSF θλιψις-N3I-GSF οιος-A1A-NPN ου-D γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S απο-P ος- --GSM γιγνομαι-VCI-API3P εως-P ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF εκεινος- D--GSF και-C εν-P εκεινος- D--DSF ο- A--DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF υψοω-VC--FPI3S πας-A3--NSM ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM ος- --NSM αν-X ευρισκω-VC--APS3S ενγραφω-VP--XPPNSM εν-P ο- A--DSN βιβλιον-N2N-DSN

2 και-C πολυς-A1P-NPM ο- A--GPM καταευδω-V1--PAPGPM εν-P ο- A--DSM πλατυς-A3U-DSM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF αναιστημι-VF--FMI3P ο- A--NPM μεν-X εις-P ζωη-N1--ASF αιωνιος-A1B-ASF ο- A--NPM δε-X εις-P ονειδισμος-N2--ASM ο- A--NPM δε-X εις-P διασπορα-N1A-ASF και-C αισχυνη-N1--ASF αιωνιος-A1B-ASF

3 και-C ο- A--NPM συνιημι-V7--PAPNPM φαινω-VF2-FAI3P ως-C φωστηρ-N3H-NPM ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM και-C ο- A--NPM καταισχυω-V1--PAPNPM ο- A--APM λογος-N2--APM εγω- P--GS ωσει-D ο- A--NPN αστρον-N2N-NPN ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM εις-P ο- A--ASM αιων-N3W-ASM ο- A--GSM αιων-N3W-GSM

4 και-C συ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---VSM καλυπτω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--APN προσταγμα-N3M-APN και-C σφραγιζω-VA--AMD2S ο- A--ASN βιβλιον-N2N-ASN εως-P καιρος-N2--GSM συντελεια-N1A-GSF εως-C αν-X απομαινομαι-VD--APS3P ο- A--NPM πολυς-A1P-NPM και-C πιμπλημι-VS--APS3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF αδικια-N1A-GSF

5 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI1S εγω- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM και-C ιδου-I δυο-M ετερος-A1A-NPM ιστημι-VXI-YAI3P εις-A3--NSM ενθεν-D ο- A--GSM ποταμος-N2--GSM και-C εις-A3--NSM ενθεν-D

6 και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--DSM εις-A3--DSM ο- A--DSM περιβαλλω-VM--XPPDSM ο- A--APN βυσσινος-A1--APN ο- A--DSM επανω-D ποτε-D ουν-X συντελεια-N1A-NSF ος- --GPN ειπον-VX--XAI2S εγω- P--DS ο- A--GPM θαυμαστος-A1--GPM και-C ο- A--NSM καθαρισμος-N2--NSM ουτος- D--GPN

7 και-C ακουω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--GSM περιβαλλω-VM--XPPGSM ο- A--APN βυσσινος-A1--APN ος- --NSM ειμι-V9I-IAI3S επανω-P ο- A--GSN υδωρ-N3T-GSN ο- A--GSM ποταμος-N2--GSM εως-P καιρος-N2--GSM συντελεια-N1A-GSF και-C υψοω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF δεξιος-A1A-ASF και-C ο- A--ASF αριστερος-A1A-ASF εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C ομνυμι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM ζαω-V3--PAPASM εις-P ο- A--ASM αιων-N3W-ASM θεος-N2--ASM οτι-C εις-P καιρος-N2--ASM και-C καιρος-N2--APM και-C ημισυς-A3U-ASN καιρος-N2--GSM ο- A--NSF συντελεια-N1A-NSF χειρ-N3--GPF αφεσις-N3I-GSF λαος-N2--GSM αγιος-A1A-GSM και-C συντελεω-VS--FPI3S πας-A3--NPN ουτος- D--NPN

8 και-C εγω- P--NS ακουω-VAI-AAI1S και-C ου-D διανοεομαι-VCI-API1S παρα-P αυτος- D--ASM ο- A--ASM καιρος-N2--ASM και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI1S κυριος-N2--VSM τις- I--NSM ο- A--NSF λυσις-N3I-NSF ο- A--GSM λογος-N2--GSM ουτος- D--GSM και-C τις- I--GSM ο- A--NPF παραβολη-N1--NPF ουτος- D--NPF

9 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--DS αποτρεχω-V1--PAD2S *δανιηλ-N---VSM οτι-C κατακαλυπτω-VM--XPPNPN και-C σφραγιζω-VM--XPPNPN ο- A--NPN προσταγμα-N3M-NPN εως-C αν-X

10 πειραζω-VS--APS3P και-C αγιαζω-VS--APS3P πολυς-A1P-NPM και-C αμαρτανω-VB--AAS3P ο- A--NPM αμαρτωλος-A1B-NPM και-C ου-D μη-D διανοεομαι-VC--APS3P πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM αμαρτωλος-A1B-NPM και-C ο- A--NPM διανοεομαι-V2--PMPNPM προςεχω-VF--FAI3P

11 απο-P ου-D αν-X αποιστημι-VC--APS3S ο- A--NSF θυσια-N1A-NSF δια-P πας-A3--GSM και-C ετοιμαζω-VS--APS3S διδωμι-VC--APN ο- A--NSN βδελυγμα-N3M-NSN ο- A--GSF ερημωσις-N3I-GSF ημερα-N1A-APF χιλιοι-A1A-APF διακοσιοι-A1A-APF ενενηκοντα-M

12 μακαριος-A1A-NSM ο- A--NSM ενμενω-V1--PAPNSM και-C συναγω-VF--FAI3S εις-P ημερα-N1A-APF χιλιοι-A1A-APF τριακοσιοι-A1A-APF τριακοντα-M πεντε-M

13 και-C συ- P--NS βαδιζω-VA--AAD2S αναπαυω-V1--PMD2S ετι-D γαρ-X ειμι-V9--PAI3P ημερα-N1A-NPF και-C ωρα-N1A-NPF εις-P αναπληρωσις-N3I-ASF συντελεια-N1A-GSF και-C αναπαυω-VF--FMI2S και-C αναιστημι-VF--FMI2S επι-P ο- A--ASF δοξα-N1S-ASF συ- P--GS εις-P συντελεια-N1A-ASF ημερα-N1A-GPF

   

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Arcana Coelestia #7051

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7051. People who know nothing at all about the internal sense of the Word cannot help thinking that the Israelite and Jewish nation was chosen in preference to every other nation and was therefore of superior quality to all the rest, as those who belonged to that nation also thought. And what is so astonishing, this is not only what that nation itself thinks but also what Christians think, no matter how well they know that this nation is eaten up by filthy kinds of love, by foul avarice, hatred, and pride, and in addition to this belittles and also loathes things of an internal nature that belong to charity and faith and are the Lord's. The reason why Christians also think that this nation was chosen in preference to others is that they think a person is chosen and saved as a result of mercy, irrespective of the life he leads, so that those who are criminal can be received into heaven just as well as the godly and upright. They give no consideration to the idea that choice or election is all-embracing, that is to say, that it includes all who lead a good life. Nor do they consider that the Lord's mercy is shown to every person who refrains from evil and wishes to lead a good life, and so who allows himself to be led by the Lord and to be regenerated, a process which is being effected throughout the course of his life.

[2] This goes to explain too why the majority of people in the Christian world also believe that that nation will again be chosen, and that when this happens they will be led back into the land of Canaan. And this belief is also in keeping with the sense of the letter, for example in the following places:

Isaiah 10:20-23; 11:11-12; Isaiah 29:14-end; 43:5, 6; 49:6-26; 56:8; 60:4; 61:3-10; 62;

Jeremiah 3:14-19; 15:4, 14; 16:13, 15; 23:7-8; 24:9-10; 31:31, 33; 25:29; 29:14, 18; 30:3, 8-11; 31:8-10, 17; 33:16, 20, 26;

Ezekiel 5:10, 12, 15; 16:60; 20:41; 22:15-16; 34:12-13; 37:21-22; 38:12; 39:23, 27-28;

Daniel 7:27; 12:7;

Hosea 3:4-5; Joel 2:32; 3; Amos 9:8-9 and following verses; Micah 5:7-8.

It is on the basis of these as well as other places that even Christians think that nation will again be chosen and led into the land of Canaan. They think this even though they know that nation is waiting for the Messiah who will then lead the nation in, and are at the same time aware that its waiting for Him is in vain, and that the Messiah's or Christ's kingdom is not of this world, which means that the land of Canaan into which the Messiah will lead them is heaven.

[3] Such people give no thought to the idea that the Word has a spiritual sense within it and that in that sense Israel is not meant by Israel, Jacob by Jacob, or Judah by Judah, but that the things which they represent are meant by them. Nor do they give any thought to what the historical sections record regarding that nation - what it was like in the wilderness and what it was like after that in the land of Canaan, namely that it was at heart idolatrous - or to what the Prophets say about it and about its spiritual whoredom and its abominations. What that nation is like is described in the following words contained in the Song in Moses,

I will conceal My face from them; I will see what their future will be, for they are a perverse generation, sons in whom there is no faithfulness. I would have said, I will expel them to the remotest corners, I will make the memory of them cease from mankind, except that enemies might say, Our hand is high, and not Jehovah has done all this. For they are a nation from whom counsel has perished, nor is there intelligence in them. From the vine of Sodom comes their vine, and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison, they have clusters of bitterness. The poison of snakes (draco) is their wine, and the cruel poison of asps. Is this not hidden away with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; in time their foot will slip, for near is the day of their destruction, and the things to come upon them hasten on. Deuteronomy 32:20, 26-28, 32-35.

Jehovah gave Moses the words of this song, see Deuteronomy 31:19, 21. The Lord too spoke about what that nation was like, in John,

You are from your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth. John 8:44.

And many other places besides these show what that nation was like.

[4] The reason why, although they know these things, Christians believe that that nation will at length be converted to the Lord and at that time led into the land where they lived before is, as has been stated, that they have no knowledge of the internal sense of the Word. Another reason is their supposition that it makes no difference what kind of life a person leads, and that even evil which has become deeply rooted through repeated actions in no way prevents a person - through faith, even if it has existed for only one part of an hour - from being made spiritual, being regenerated, and so being accepted by the Lord. They also suppose that admission into heaven is solely a matter of mercy, and that this is shown towards one particular nation, thus not towards all in the whole world who receive the Lord's mercy. Those who think in that way do not know that it is altogether contrary to the Divine that some should be chosen and born to salvation and heaven, and others should not be chosen but born to damnation and hell. To think about the Divine in that kind of way would be shocking, for making such choices would show a complete lack of mercy, when in fact the Divine is Mercy itself. From all this it may now be recognized that the Israelite and Jewish nation was not and never will be the chosen nation; also that not a trace of the Church existed or could exist with that nation, only a representative of the Church; and that it was preserved right up to the present day because of the Old Testament Word, regarding which see 3479.

  
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