We are told that actual repentance consists in a persons examining himself, recognising and acknowledging his sins, praying to the Lord, and beginning a new life (True Christian Religion 528).The visions of Chapter Seven and Eight, which show the origin and progress of evil in our lives, can easily be related to the self examination required in repentance. Daniel gives a number of clues as to what will happen during that tribulation period of seven years: 1. Ni hindi man namin tinalima ang tinig ng PanginoonPanginoon naming Dios, upang lumakadlumakad ng ayon sa kaniyang mga kautusan, na kaniyang inilagay sa harap namin sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang mga lingkodmga lingkod na propetapropeta. O Lord forgive! In the throes of temptation and repentance is seems as if the Lord has abandoned us, yet He is always there to show us the way to a new state of life. Although he did eat fresh vegetables, technically he fasted in regards to Nebuchadnezzars food. Even more These alternations are states of temptation as we struggle to be freed from the evil sides of our personalities, and remain connected to the good. Daniel 9:24-25 says that from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the coming of the Messiah there will be 483 years. ). He tore down idolatrous places of worship and re-instituted the Passover (2 Kings 23, 24). In times of repentance this is perhaps more important than at any other time, for when we repent we undertake to change based on our recognition of the states of evil and falsity within us. Gabriel represents the Divine truth itself drawing near to human conscience (Arcana Coelestia 8192). As in every detail of the Word this sequence of actions contains within itself a series of states, in this case states preparatory to prayer itself.Daniel began with fasting. 9 Sa Panginoon naming Dios ukol ang kaawaan at kapatawaran; sapagkat kami ay nanganghimagsik laban sa kaniya; Daniel turning his face to the Lord God takes on the meaning of a person focusing his or her internals on the presence of the Lord in them. The fact of saying those prayers is powerful, for in confessing our sins to the Lord we acknowledge from humility of heart that the evils of our lives are not defensible. # 9:1 Or the Chaldeans. "Fasting" also stands for the desire to learn the forms of good and the truths of faith (Arcana Coelestia 9050:7). It means breaking away from the persuasive power of the astrologers, magicians, soothsayers and Chaldeans who held such power over Nebuchadnezzar. But in confession this changes, and our minds are opened.Supplication, or prayer for mercy does much the same thing. 26At pagkatapos ng anim na pu't dalawang sanglinggo, mahihiwalay ang pinahiran, at mawawalaan ng anoman: at gigibain ang bayan at ang santuario ng mga tao ng prinsipeng darating; at ang wakas niyaon ay sa pamamagitan ng baha, at hanggang sa wakas ay magkakaroon ng digma; mga pagkasira ay ipinasiya na. Every impulse towards goodness and truth in our lives bears testament to this covenant. The presence of the Lord in our lives has the effect of further breaking down our selfishness, and ushering in new states of life freed from these.Seen from this point of view, chapter nine follows clearly from chapters seven and eight. To manage this one needs to undergo the rigours of temptation and the discipline of self compulsion. When we are in states of selfishness we are held captive by the "Babylonians" within, yet with the rise of conscience to power, that hold is gradually broken, and the process is described by Daniels steady rise to power. "Eating" and "drinking" represent the assimilation of goods and truths in our minds, and in the opposite sense, the assimilation of evil and falsity. As we regenerate, however, the selfishness is put aside, and the Lord is able to draw closer. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet o the world did not know him. Wars will take place (Daniel 9:26). Only the oldest of the captives could remember Jerusalem after seventy years, and many of the Jews were firmly established in Babylon. Our goodness is under control of the love of self, just as Daniel was, in spite of his high position, technically still a captive of the king of Babylon. He was equally aware of the destruction of the temple at Jerusalem, and knew that this meant that no sacrificial worship could take place. 20 Recognising this is the basis of true humility. It is the only Old Testament passage which refers to the Messiah as Messiah. Elsewhere He is called Shiloh (Genesis 49:10), the Root of Jesse (Isaiah 11:10), the Righteous If we persist, however, that repentance will develop into the states of reformation and finally regeneration, and the city Jerusalem will be built in our minds.The angel says that in sixty two weeks the "street will be built again, and the wall." And on a wing of the temple he will 16Oh Panginoon, ayon sa iyong buong katuwiran, isinasamo ko sa iyo, na ang iyong galit at kapusukan ay mahiwalay sa iyong bayang Jerusalem, na iyong banal na bundok; sapagka't dahil sa aming mga kasalanan, at dahil sa mga kasamaan ng aming mga magulang, ang Jerusalem at ang iyong bayan ay naging kakutyaan sa lahat na nangasa palibot namin. If, however, one sees God as a God of love, then there the quality of mercy is allowed, and from this there is hope. Even the vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar would be restored to their rightful places. The antichrist will come and make a covenant with the Jewish people. Real power belongs to the Lord who can and will forgive us, and in so doing gives us the power to override selfishness and break its hold over us.While Daniel prayed, he became aware of the answer from the Lord. 4 The "people" are those states in us which belong to the church (Apocalypse Explained 684), or, in other words, all the states of goodness and truth, of charity and faith which are oppressed and held in bondage by selfishness. This begins when we recognise the work of the beast and the goat in our own lives, when we see Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar as twin kings of evil directing our inner and outer selves. While we are in spiritual bondage our thoughts are dominated by selfishness, but the Lord provides certain truths from the Word which form the basis of our conscience. Yet within the Lords covenant is the implicit promise of repentance. 1 It was the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, who became king of the Babylonians. The term "sixty two" is only used in one other place in the Word, in Daniel chapter five, where we are told that Darius was sixty two years old when he killed Belshazzar. Watch The Book of Daniel - Full Movie - Christian Songs in Urdu and Hindi on Dailymotion DER KLEINE TIGER DANIEL DEUTSCH GANZE FOLGEN Daniel denkt an andere , Daniel nimmt Rcksicht auf Merle His father, Josiah, read the Word and restored the temple. 7 x 69 = 483 years Anderson understood a prophetic year as 360 days. The Daniel side of our minds needs to be active.The first step of the spiritual activity which will eventually set us free is recorded in the words "Daniel set his face to the Lord God." Daniel 9:25, "from the going forth of the commandment to build Jerusalem," proves that the second of the two periods is referred to. 19 Oh Dios ko, ikiling mo ang iyong tainga, at iyong dinggindinggin; idilat mo ang iyong mga matamga mata, at masdan mo ang aming mga kasiraan, at ang bayanbayan na tinatawag sa iyong pangalanpangalan: sapagka't hindi namin inihaharap ang aming mga samo sa harap mo dahil sa aming mga katuwirankatuwiran, kundi dahil sa iyong dakilang mga kaawaan. We need to keep this in mind.As we turned to the prophetic section of the book the importance of the historical section becomes clearer. The recurring theme is that the Lord is always with us, even in the darkest times to bring the light of knowledge and a renewed commitment to change. Can we see that our evils and their consequences are a result of our disobedience to the Lord? In chapter seven, in the midst of the horrific vision which tells of our slide into evil, we need to remember the context of the visionit takes place in the reign of Belshazzar. The answers to prayers are seldom given in loud or dramatic ways. In humility he turned his face towards the Lord God, to make his requests by prayers and supplications and to emphasise his grief and mourning over this state of affairs with the time honour practices of fasting, wearing garments of sack-cloth and pouring ashes over his head.These actions, rooted in the deepest of Old Testament times contain within them the very essence of repentance.
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