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1. Samuelova 1

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1 Beše jedan čovek iz Ramatajim-Sofima, iz gore Jefremove, kome ime beše Elkana sin Jeroama, sina Eliva, sina Tova, sina Sufovog, Efraćanin.

2 I imaše dve žene, jednoj beše ime Ana a drugoj Fenina; i Fenina imaše dece, a Ana nemaše dece.

3 I iđaše taj čovek svake godine iz svog grada da se pokloni i prinese žrtvu Gospodu nad vojskama u Silom; a onde behu dva sina Ilijeva, Ofnije i Fines, sveštenici Gospodnji.

4 I jedan dan kad Elkana prinese žrtvu, dade Fenini ženi svojoj i svim sinovima njenim i kćerima njenim po deo;

5 Ani pak dade dva dela, jer ljubljaše Anu, a njoj Gospod beše zatvorio matericu.

6 I protivnica je njena vrlo cveljaše prkoseći joj što joj Gospod beše zatvorio matericu.

7 Tako činjaše Elkana svake godine, i Ana hođaše u dom Gospodnji, a ona je cveljaše, te plakaše i ne jeđaše.

8 A Elkana muž njen reče joj jednom: Ana, zašto plačeš? I zašto ne jedeš? I zašto je srce tvoje neveselo? Nisam li ti ja bolji nego deset sinova?

9 A Ana usta, pošto jedoše i piše u Silomu; a Ilije sveštenik seđaše na stolici, na pragu doma Gospodnjeg.

10 I ona, tužna u srcu pomoli se Gospodu plačući mnogo.

11 I zavetova se govoreći: Gospode nad vojskama! Ako pogledaš na muku sluškinje svoje, i opomeneš me se, i ne zaboraviš sluškinje svoje, nego daš sluškinji svojoj muško čedo, ja ću ga dati Gospodu dokle je god živ, i britva neće preći preko glave njegove.

12 I kad se ona dugo moljaše pred Gospodom, Ilije motraše na usta njena.

13 Ali Ana govoraše u srcu svom, usta joj se samo micahu a glas joj se ne čujaše; stoga Ilije pomisli da je pijana.

14 Pa joj reče Ilije: Dokle ćeš biti pijana? Otrezni se od vina svog.

15 Ali Ana odgovori i reče: Nisam pijana, gospodaru, nego sam žena tužna u srcu; nisam pila vina ni silovitog pića; nego izlivam dušu svoju pred Gospodom.

16 Nemoj jednačiti sluškinje svoje s nevaljalom ženom; jer sam od velike tuge i žalosti svoje govorila dosad.

17 Tada odgovori Ilije i reče: Idi s mirom; a Bog Izrailjev da ti ispuni molbu, za šta si Ga molila.

18 A ona reče: Neka nađe sluškinja tvoja milost pred tobom! Tada otide žena svojim putem, i jede, i lice joj ne beše više kao pre.

19 I sutradan uraniše, i pokloniše se Gospodu, i vratiše se i dođoše kući svojoj u Ramat. I Elkana pozna Anu ženu svoju, i Gospod se opomenu nje.

20 I kad bi vreme, pošto Ana zatrudne, rodi sina i nade mu ime Samuilo, jer, reče, isprosih ga u Gospoda.

21 Potom pođe onaj čovek Elkana sa svim domom svojim da prinese Gospodu godišnju žrtvu i zavet svoj.

22 Ali Ana ne pođe, jer reče mužu svom: Dokle odojim dete, onda ću ga odvesti da izađe pred Gospoda i ostane onde do veka.

23 I reče joj Elkana, muž njen: Čini kako ti drago; ostani dokle god ne odojiš; samo da hoće Gospod ispuniti reč svoju. I tako žena osta; i dojaše sina svog dokle ga ne odoji.

24 A kad ga odoji, odvede ga sa sobom uzevši tri teleta i efu brašna i meh vina, i uvede ga u dom Gospodnji u Silomu; a dete beše još malo.

25 I zaklaše tele i dovedoše dete k Iliju.

26 I ona reče: Čuj gospodaru, kako je živa duša tvoja, gospodaru, ja sam ona žena koja je stajala ovde kod tebe moleći se Gospodu.

27 Molih se za ovo dete, i ispuni mi Gospod molbu moju, za šta sam Ga molila.

28 Zato i ja dajem njega Gospodu, dokle je god živ, da je dat Gospodu. I pokloniše se onde Gospodu.

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Wine

  

Wine played a key role in the ancient world, where safe, reliable water sources were scarce. It could be stored for long periods of time; if lightly fermented it was rich in sugar content; it was high in mineral content; it tasted good and generally had intoxicating qualities. Thus it was a valuable commodity and treated with reverence.

Wine is, of course, made from grapes. Grapes – sweet, juicy, nutritious and full of energy-rich fructose – represent the Lord's own exquisite desire to be good to us. That's powerful stuff! But grapes have a short shelf life; you might eat a bunch for a burst of energy, but you can't exactly carry them around with you for long-term sustenance. And so it is with desires for good: They tend to come to us in energizing bursts, but fade away fairly quickly. We need something more stable and lasting.

At some point in the distant past people figured out that if you squeeze the juice from the grapes and let it ferment, the result is a liquid that offers that stability: wine. The spiritual meaning works the same way; if we examine our desires for good, try to understand and think about how to apply them, what we will get are concepts about what good really is, how to recognize it and how to make it happen. And just like the wine, these ideas offer stability and portability. For instance, finding a wallet full of cash on the sidewalk might severely test our desire to be honest, but the idea that "you shall not steal" is pretty hard to shake.

Wine, then, on the deepest level represents divine truth flowing from divine goodness – the true principles that arise from the fact that the Lord loves us and desires everything good for us.

Wine comes in many varieties, though, and is used in many ways. Depending on context it can represent truth that arises from a desire for good on much more mundane levels. You want your children to be healthy so you make them brush their teeth even though they complain and it's a pain in the neck; the truth that brushing their teeth is good for them is wine on a very day-to-day level.

In some cases wine can also actually represent good things that arise from true ideas, something of a reverse from its inmost meaning. This happens when we are in transitional stages, setting higher ideas and principles above our less-worthy desires in an effort to reshape our actions. In that case our principles are the things being squeezed, with good habits the result.

There is also, of course, a darker side to wine. There is a good deal of debate about just how much alcohol wine had in Biblical times, and some of it may indeed have been more like concentrated grape juice. But there are also many references to wine and drunkeness, so some of it, at least, was fairly potent.

On a spiritual level, getting drunk on wine represents relying too much on our ideas, taking logic to such an extreme that we forget the good things we were trying to achieve in the first place.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 376 [1-40], 1152; Apocalypse Revealed 316, 635; Arcana Coelestia 1071 [1-5], 1727, 3580 [1-4], 5117 [7], 6377, 10137 [1-10]; The Apocalypse Explained 329 [2-4]; The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine 219)