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Danilo 9

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1 Prve godine Darija, sina Asvirovog od plemena midskog, koji se zacari nad carstvom haldejskim,

2 Prve godine njegovog carovanja ja Danilo razumeh iz knjiga broj godina, koje beše rekao Gospod Jeremiji proroku da će se navršiti razvalinama jerusalimskim, sedamdeset godina.

3 I okretoh lice svoje ka Gospodu Bogu tražeći Ga molitvom i molbama s postom i s kostreti i pepelom.

4 I pomolih se Gospodu Bogu svom i ispovedajući se rekoh: O Gospode, Bože veliki i strašni, koji držiš zavet i milost onima koji Te ljube i drže zapovesti Tvoje;

5 Zgrešismo i zlo činismo i bismo bezbožni, i odmetnusmo se i odstupismo od zapovesti Tvojih i od zakona Tvojih.

6 I ne slušasmo sluga Tvojih proroka, koji govorahu u Tvoje ime carevima našim, knezovima našim i očevima našim i svemu narodu zemaljskom.

7 U Tebe je, Gospode, pravda, a u nas sram na licu, kako je danas, u Judejaca i u Jerusalimljana i u svih Izrailjaca, koji su blizu i koji su daleko po svim zemljama kuda si ih razagnao za grehe njihove, kojima Ti grešiše.

8 Gospode, u nas je sram na licu, u careva naših, u knezova naših i u otaca naših, jer Ti zgrešismo.

9 U Gospoda je Boga našeg milost i praštanje, jer se odmetnusmo od Njega,

10 I ne slušasmo glas Gospoda Boga svog da hodimo po zakonima Njegovim, koje nam je dao preko sluga svojih proroka.

11 I sav Izrailj prestupi zakon Tvoj, i odstupi da ne sluša glas Tvoj; zato se izli na nas prokletstvo i zakletva napisana u zakonu Mojsija, sluge Božijeg, jer Mu zgrešismo.

12 I On potvrdi reči svoje koje je govorio za nas i za sudije naše, koje su nam sudile, pustivši na nas zlo veliko, da tako ne bi pod svim nebom kako bi u Jerusalimu.

13 Kako je pisano u zakonu Mojsijevom, sve to zlo dođe na nas, i opet se ne molismo Gospodu Bogu svom da bismo se vratili od bezakonja svog i pazili na istinu Tvoju.

14 I Gospod nasta oko zla i navede ga na nas; jer je pravedan Gospod Bog naš u svim delima svojim koja čini, jer ne slušasmo glas Njegov.

15 Ali sada, Gospode Bože naš, koji si izveo narod svoj iz zemlje misirske rukom krepkom, i stekao si sebi ime, kako je danas, zgrešismo, bezbožni bismo.

16 Gospode, po svoj pravdi Tvojoj neka se odvrati gnev Tvoj i jarost Tvoja od grada Tvog Jerusalima, svete gore Tvoje; jer sa greha naših i s bezakonja otaca naših Jerusalim i Tvoj narod posta rug u svih koji su oko nas.

17 Sada dakle poslušaj, Bože naš, molitvu sluge svog i molbe njegove, i obasjaj licem svojim opustelu svetinju svoju, Gospoda radi.

18 Bože moj, prigni uho svoje, i čuj; otvori oči svoje, i vidi pustoš našu i grad, na koji je prizvano ime Tvoje, jer ne radi svoje pravde nego radi milosti Tvoje padamo pred Tobom moleći se.

19 Gospode usliši, Gospode oprosti, Gospode pazi i učini, ne časi sebe radi Bože moj, jer je Tvoje ime prizvano na ovaj grad i na Tvoj narod.

20 A dok ja još govorah i moljah se i ispovedah greh svoj i greh naroda svog Izrailja, i padah moleći se pred Gospodom Bogom svojim za svetu goru Boga svog,

21 Dok još govorah moleći se, onaj čovek Gavrilo, kog videh pre u utvari, dolete brzo i dotače me se o večernjoj žrtvi.

22 I nauči me i govori sa mnom i reče: Danilo, sada iziđoh da te urazumim.

23 U početku molitve tvoje iziđe reč, i ja dođoh da ti kažem, jer si mio; zato slušaj reč, i razumi utvaru.

24 Sedamdeset je nedelja određeno tvom narodu i tvom gradu svetom da se svrši prestup i da nestane greha i da se očisti bezakonje i da se dovede večna pravda, i da se zapečati utvara i proroštvo, i da se pomaže Sveti nad svetima.

25 Zato znaj i razumi: Otkada iziđe reč da se Jerusalim opet sazida do pomazanika vojvode biće sedam nedelja, i šezdeset i dve nedelje da se opet pograde ulice i zidovi, i to u teško vreme.

26 A posle te šezdeset i dve nedelje pogubljen će biti pomazanik i ništa mu neće ostati; narod će vojvodin doći i razoriti grad i svetinju; i kraj će mu biti s potopom, i određeno će pustošenje biti do svršetka rata.

27 I utvrdiće zavet s mnogima za nedelju dana, a u polovinu nedelje ukinuće žrtvu i prinos; i krilima mrskim, koja pustoše, do svršetka određenog izliće se na pustoš.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #548

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548. And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and its angels fought. (12:7) This symbolizes the falsities of the previous church fighting against the truths of the New Church.

A war symbolizes a spiritual war, which is one of falsity against truth and of truth against falsity (no. 500); for that is the only war that can take place in heaven, where this war is said to have broken out. Nor can a spiritual war take place in any heaven once it is formed by angels, but it took place in the previous heaven which passed away, as said in Revelation 21:1. Regarding that heaven, see our exposition of that verse. For that heaven passed away in consequence of the Last Judgment on the dragon and his angels, which is also the symbolic meaning of the dragon's being cast out and no place for it being found in heaven any longer, as said in the next verse.

To learn what falsities are meant by the dragon which will fight against the truths of the New Church, see no. 537 above.

Michael does not mean some archangel, and neither does Gabriel or Raphael, but ministries in heaven are meant. The ministry that is Michael there is performed by people who confirm from the Word that the Lord is God of heaven and earth, that God the Father and the Lord are one as soul and body are one, that one must live according to the Ten Commandments, and that a person then possesses charity and faith. Michael is mentioned also in Daniel 10:13, 21; 12:1, and the same ministry is meant by him, as is apparent from chapters 9-11 there, and from the last verses in chapter 12.

Gabriel, on the other hand, means the ministry performed by people who teach from the Word that Jehovah came into the world and that the humanity that he took on there is the Son of God and Divine. The angel who announced this to Mary is accordingly called Gabriel (Luke 1:19, 26-35).

People who are engaged in these ministries are also called Michaels and Gabriels in heaven.

It may be seen in numbers 5, 65, 258, 342, 344, 415, 465 above that an angel in the highest sense means the Lord, and in a relative sense heaven, which is formed of angels, and also an angelic society. But here it means a ministry, because it is named; and in Daniel Michael is called a prince, 1 and a prince in the Word symbolizes a principal truth, and a king, truth itself (no. 20).

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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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Daniel 10

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1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.

4 In the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,

5 I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure gold of Uphaz:

6 his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

7 I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.

8 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

9 Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

10 Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.

11 He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for am I now sent to you. When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.

12 Then he said to me, Don't be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard: and I have come for your words' sake.

13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

14 Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for [many] days:

15 and when he had spoken to me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute.

16 Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.

17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.

18 Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.

19 He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong." When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me."

20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.

21 But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who holds with me against these, but Michael your prince."