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Daniel 12

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1 At sa panahong yaon ay tatayo si Miguel, na dakilang prinsipe na tumatayo sa ikabubuti ng mga anak ng iyong bayan; at magkakaroon ng panahon ng kabagabagan, na hindi nangyari kailan man mula nang magkaroon ng bansa hanggang sa panahong yaon: at sa panahong yaon ay maliligtas ang iyong bayan, bawa't isa na masusumpungan na nakasulat sa aklat.

2 At marami sa kanila na nangatutulog sa alabok ng lupa ay mangagigising, ang iba'y sa walang hanggang buhay, at ang iba'y sa kahihiyan at sa walang hanggang pagkapahamak.

3 At silang pantas ay sisilang na parang ningning ng langit; at silang mangagbabalik ng marami sa katuwiran ay parang mga bituin magpakailan man.

4 Nguni't ikaw, Oh Daniel, isara mo ang mga salita, at tatakan mo ang aklat, hanggang sa panahon ng kawakasan: marami ang tatakbo ng paroo't parito, at ang kaalaman ay lalago.

5 Nang magkagayo'y akong si Daniel ay tumingin, at, narito, nakatayo ang ibang dalawa, ang isa'y sa dakong ito ng pangpang ng ilog, at ang isa'y sa kabilang pangpang ng ilog sa dakong yaon.

6 At ang isa'y nagsalita sa lalaking nabibihisan ng kayong lino, na nasa ibabaw ng tubig ng ilog, Hanggang kailan mangyayari ang wakas ng mga kababalaghang ito?

7 At aking napakinggan ang lalaking nakapanamit ng kayong lino, na nasa ibabaw ng tubig ng ilog, nang kaniyang itaas ang kaniyang kanan at kaniyang kaliwang kamay sa langit, at sumumpa sa pamamagitan ng nabubuhay magpakailan man na magiging sa isang panahon, mga panahon, at kalahati ng isang panahon; at pagka kanilang natapos na mapagputol-putol ang kapangyarihan ng banal na bayan, ang lahat na bagay na ito ay matatapos.

8 At aking narinig, nguni't di ko naunawa: nang magkagayo'y sinabi ko, Oh Panginoon ko, ano ang magiging wakas ng mga bagay na ito?

9 At sinabi niya, Yumaon ka ng iyong lakad, Daniel; sapagka't ang mga salita ay nasarhan at natatakan hanggang sa panahon ng kawakasan.

10 Marami ang magpapakalinis, at magpapakaputi, at magpapakadalisay; nguni't ang masasama ay gagawa na may kasamaan; at wala sa masasama na makakaunawa; nguni't silang pantas ay mangakakaunawa.

11 At mula sa panahon na ang palaging handog na susunugin ay aalisin, at matatayo ang kasuklamsuklam na naninira, ay magkakaroon ng isang libo't dalawang daan at siyam na pung araw.

12 Mapalad siyang naghihintay, at datnin ng isang libo't tatlong daan at tatlong pu't limang araw.

13 Nguni't yumaon ka ng iyong lakad hanggang sa ang wakas ay mangyari; sapagka't ikaw ay magpapahinga, at tatayo sa iyong kapalaran, sa wakas ng mga araw.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #948

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948. 22:11 "He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still." This symbolizes the state of everyone in particular after death and before being judged, and in general before the Last Judgment, that those caught up in evils will have their goods taken away, and those caught up in falsities will have their truths taken away, and conversely, that people prompted by goods will have their evils taken away, and those prompted by truths will have their falsities taken away.

He who is unjust symbolizes someone caught up in evils, and he who is righteous someone prompted by goods (no. 668). He who is filthy or unclean symbolizes someone caught up in falsities (nos. 702, 728, 924), and he who is holy someone prompted by truths (nos. 173, 586, 666, 852). It follows from this that to let him who is unjust be unjust still means, symbolically, that someone caught up in evils will be still more caught up in evils, and that to let him who is filthy be filthy still means, symbolically, that someone caught up in falsities will be still more caught up in falsities; and conversely, that to let him who is righteous be righteous still means, symbolically, that someone prompted by goods will be still more prompted by goods, and that to let him who is holy be holy still means, symbolically, that someone prompted by truths will be still more prompted by truths.

Moreover, it also symbolically means that people caught up in evils will have their goods taken away, and those caught up in falsities will have their truths taken away, and conversely, that people prompted by goods will have their evils taken away, and those prompted by truths will have their falsities taken away. For someone caught up in evils is still more caught up in evils to the extent that his goods are taken away, and someone caught up in falsities is still more caught up in falsities to the extent that his truths are taken away; and conversely, someone governed by goods is still more governed by goods to the extent that his evils are taken away, and someone governed by truths is still more governed by truths to the extent that his falsities are taken away.

Either the one or the other befalls everyone after death, for thus they are prepared, the evil for hell, and the good for heaven. For an evil person cannot take goods and truths with him to hell, nor can a good person take evils and falsities with him into heaven, since that would throw both heaven and hell into disorder.

[2] It must be rightly known, however, that we mean the inwardly evil and the inwardly good. For the inwardly evil may be outwardly good, since they can behave and speak as though they were good, as hypocrites do, and the inwardly good may at times be outwardly evil, since they can do evil things and utter falsities, and yet repent and wish to be instructed in truths.

The case here is the same as that declared by the Lord:

...to everyone who has, more will be given, that he may have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away." (Matthew 13:12; 25:29; Mark 4:25; Luke 8:18; 19:26)

This befalls all people after death before being judged. It also was the case with people collectively who either perished or were saved at the time of the Last Judgment. For the Last Judgment could not take place before then, because as long as the evil held on to their goods and truths, they were conjoined in outward appearances with angels in the lowest heavens. And yet they had to be separated. This, too, was foretold by the Lord in Matthew 13:24-30, 38-40, an event that may be seen explained in nos. 324, 329, 343, 346, 398 above.

It can be seen from this what is symbolically meant in the spiritual sense by letting him who is unjust be unjust still, by letting him who is filthy be filthy still, by letting him who is righteous be righteous still, and by letting him who is holy be holy still.

Something similar is meant by these verses in Daniel:

Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purged and cleansed...; the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who understand shall understand. (Daniel 12:9-10)

  
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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.