Apocalypse Explained # 414
414. And who is able to stand? signifies, who shall sustain and live? This is evident from the signification of standing, when it is before the Lord, as meaning to sustain and live, here, not able to sustain it and live; for, as was said above, the evil, from the influx and consequent presence of the Lord, that is, of Divine good and Divine truth going out and proceeding from Him with power and might, come not only into the tremors from fear, but also into torments from interior conflict, consequently unless they flee away and cast themselves down they cannot live, for from fear and torment death as it were befalls them, for the presence of the Divine brings death to the evil as it brings life to the good. From this their state it is then said, "Who is able to stand?" As also in Malachi:
Who sustaineth the day of His coming, and who shall stand when He shall appear (Malachi 3:2)?
In Nahum:
Who shall stand before His indignation; and who shall stand up in the glow of His anger (Nahum 1:6)?
And in Joel:
The day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who shall sustain it? (Joel 2:11).
Moreover, "to stand," like walking and sitting, in the Word signifies to be and to live; and "to stand," has a similar meaning with to stand firm and stand still. As in Luke:
The angel answered Zachariah, I am Gabriel, that standeth before God (Luke 1:19).
And in the same:
Be wakeful at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to stand before the Son of man (Luke 21:36).
And elsewhere. And as "to stand" also signifies to be, it is said of Jehovah, in Isaiah:
Jehovah hath stood up to plead, and standeth to judge (Isaiah 3:13).
And in David:
God stood in the congregation of God; He shall judge in the midst of the gods (Psalms 82:1).
But why "to stand" signifies to be shall be told elsewhere.
Amos 5
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Počujte ovu riječ što je iznosim protiv vas, naricaljku, dome Izraelov:
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Pade i više neće ustati djevica izraelska. Na tlu svojem ona leži, nikog da je digne.
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Jer ovako govori Jahve Gospod domu Izraelovu: u gradu iz kojeg izlažaše tisuća, ostat će stotina, iz kojeg izlažaše stotina, ostat će ih deset.
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Jer ovako govori Jahve domu Izraelovu: "Tražite i živjet ćete.
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Ne tražite Betela, ne idite u Gilgal, ne putujte u Beer Šebu, jer će Gilgal bit odveden u izgnanstvo, a Betel će se prometnuti u ništa.
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Tražite Jahvu i živjet ćete, il' će ko' oganj zahvatiti kuću Josipovu i sažeć' je, a u Betelu nikog da plamen ugasi."
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Jao onima koji pravdu pretvaraju u pelin, u prah bacaju poštenje!
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On napravi Vlašiće i Štapce, on obrće mrak u zoru, a dan u najglušu noć. On saziva morske vode i valja ih preko lica zemlje. Jahve mu je ime.
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Nenadano šalje pustoš na tvrđavu i utvrdi propast nosi.
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Mrze čovjeka što na vratima pravdu dijeli i grde onog što zbori pošteno.
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Stoga, jer gazite siromaha, dižući od njega porez u žitu - u kućama što ih sazdaste od tesanika nikad živjet' nećete; iz ljupkih vinograda što ih posadiste nikad nećete piti vina.
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Jer znam mnoge vaše zločine, i vaše grijehe pregoleme: tlačite pravednika i primate mito, odbijajuć' siromaha na gradskim vratima.
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Mudrac šuti u ovo vrijeme, jer vremena su tako zla.
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Tražite dobro, a ne zlo, da biste živjeli, i da Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, odista s vama bude kao što velite da jest.
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Mrzite zlo, ljubite dobro, držite pravicu na gradskim vratima, pa će se možda Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, smilovat' ostatku Josipovu.
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Stog ovako govori Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, Gospod: "Na svakom će trgu biti kuknjava, po svim će ulicama zapomagati: 'Jao! Jao!' Težake će sazvat' da jauču, narikače da nariču,
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bit će jauk u svakom vinogradu, jer ću proći posred tebe" - veli Jahve.
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"Jao vama što žudite za danom Jahvinim! Što će vam biti dan Jahvin? Tama, a ne svjetlost.
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Bit će vam k'o onom što uteče lavljim raljama, a sretne ga medvjed; koji uđe u kuću i stavi ruku na zid, a ujede ga zmija.
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Neće li dan Jahvin biti tama, a ne svjetlost? Mrklina, a ne sunčan sjaj?
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Mrzim i prezirem vaše blagdane i nisu mi mile vaše svečanosti.
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Paljenice kad mi prinosite, prinosnice mi vaše nisu mile, na pričesnice se od ugojenih telaca vaših i ne osvrćem.
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Uklonite od mene dreku svojih pjesama, neću da slušam zvuke vaših harfa.
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Pravda nek' poteče kao voda i pravica k'o bujica silna.
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Prinosiste li mi žrtve i prinos u pustinji četrdeset godina, dome Izraelov?
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Nosit ćete Sikuta, svoga kralja, i Kevana, boga svoga, likove što ih sebi napraviste,
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dok vas budem odvodio onkraj Damaska," govori Jahve - Bog nad Vojskama njemu je ime.
