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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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True Christian Religion #652

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652. The Lord imputes good to everyone and evil to none, and consequently His judgment sends no one to hell, but raises all to heaven in so far as a person follows. This is established by His own words:

Jesus said, When I am raised up from the earth, I shall draw all to myself, John 12:32.

God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world should be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged, but he who does not believe is already judged, John 3:17-18.

If anyone has heard my words, yet has not believed, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. He who despises me and does not receive my words has that which judges him. The word which I have spoken will judge him on the last day, John 12:47-48.

Jesus said, I judge no one, John 8:15.

Judgment here and elsewhere in the Word means being sent by judgment to hell, which is damnation. In speaking of salvation the term judgment is not used, but resurrection to life (John 5:24, 29; 3:18).

[2] The word which will judge means truth; and it is a truth that all evil is from hell, and so evil and hell are one. When therefore the wicked person is raised by the Lord towards heaven, then his evil drags him down, and because he loves evil, he follows of his own accord. It is also a truth contained in the Word that good is heaven. When therefore the good person is raised by the Lord towards heaven, he climbs up as if of his own accord, and is brought inside. These are those who are said to be 'written in the Book of Life' (Daniel 12:1; Revelation 13:8; 20:12, 15; 17:8; 21:27).

[3] There is in fact a sphere continuously radiated by the Lord, which raises all to heaven; this fills the whole of both the spiritual and natural worlds. It is like a strong current in the ocean, which invisibly draws a ship along. All who believe in the Lord and live in accordance with His commandments come within that sphere or current, and are raised up. But those who do not believe are unwilling to come within it, but take themselves off to one side or the other, and are there swept away by the stream bound for hell.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.