Bindup the testimony,sealthe lawamong my disciples.
"But as for you, Daniel,concealthese wordsand sealup the bookuntilthe endof time;manywill gobackand forth,and knowledgewill increase."
NowMoseswas faithfulin allHis houseas a servant,for a testimonyof thosethings which were to be spokenlater;
and He did not speakto them withouta parable;but He was explainingeverythingprivatelyto His owndisciples.
Jesus answeredthem, "To you it has been grantedto knowthe mysteriesof the kingdomof heaven,but to them it has not been granted.
ThenI fellat his feetto worshiphim. But he saidto me, "Do not dothat; I ama fellow servantof yoursand your brethrenwho holdthe testimonyof Jesus;worshipGod.For the testimonyof Jesusis the spiritof prophecy."
Whenthe sevenpealsof thunderhad spoken,I was aboutto write;and I hearda voicefrom heavensaying,"Sealup the things whichthe sevenpeals of thunderhave spokenand do not writethem."
and oneof the elderssaidto me, "Stopweeping;behold,the Lionthat is from the tribeof Judah,the Rootof David,has overcomeso as to openthe bookand its sevenseals."
I sawin the right handof Him who saton the thronea bookwritteninsideand on the back,sealedup with sevenseals.
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.To him who overcomes,to him I will give[some] of the hiddenmanna,and I will givehim a whitestone,and a newnamewrittenon the stonewhichno oneknowsbut he who receivesit.'
But a naturalmandoes not acceptthe things of the Spiritof God,for they are foolishnessto him; and he cannotunderstandthem, becausethey are spirituallyappraised.
In the housethe disciples[began] questioningHim aboutthisagain.
"Seventyweekshave been decreedfor your peopleand your holycity,to finishthe transgression,to makean endof sin,to makeatonementfor iniquity,to bringin everlastingrighteousness,to sealup visionand prophecyand to anointthe mostholy[place].
"Allyour sonswill be taughtof the LORD;And the well-beingof your sonswill be great.
To the lawand to the testimony!Ifthey do not speakaccording to thisword,it is becausethey havenodawn.
The secretof the LORDis for those who fearHim, And He will make them knowHis covenant.
Then he broughtthe king'ssonout and putthe crownon him and [gave him] the testimony;and they madehim kingand anointedhim, and they clappedtheir handsand said,"[Long] livethe king!"
theseare the testimoniesand the statutesand the ordinanceswhichMosesspoketo the sonsof Israel,when they cameout from Egypt,
The LordGODhas givenMe the tongueof disciples,That I may knowhow to sustainthe wearyonewith a word.He awakens[Me] morningby morning,He awakensMy earto listenas a disciple.
