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Danilo 1

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1 Godine treće carovanja Joakima, cara Judinog dođe Navuhodonosor, car vavilonski na Jerusalim, i opkoli ga.

2 I Gospod mu dade u ruku Joakima, cara Judinog i deo sudova doma Božijeg, i odnese ih u zemlju Senar u dom boga svog, i metnu sudove u riznicu boga svog.

3 I reče car Asfenazu starešini svojih dvorana da dovede između sinova Izrailjevih, i od carskog semena i od knezova,

4 Mladiće na kojima nema mane, i koji su lepog lica i naučeni svakoj mudrosti i vešti znanju i razumni i koji mogu stajati u carskom dvoru, pa da ih uči knjigu i jezik haldejski.

5 I odredi im car obrok na dan od jela carskog i od vina koje on pijaše, da se hrane tri godine, a posle da stoje pred carem.

6 A među njima behu od sinova Judinih Danilo, Ananija, Misailo i Azarija.

7 A starešina nad dvoranima dade im imena, i Danilu nade ime Valtasar, a Ananiji Sedrah, a Misailu Misah, a Azariji Avdenago.

8 Ali Danilo naumi da se ne skvrni obrokom jela carevog i vinom koje on pijaše, i zamoli se starešini nad dvoranima da se ne skvrni.

9 I dade Bog Danilu te nađe milost i ljubav u starešine nad dvoranima.

10 I reče starešina nad dvoranima Danilu: Bojim se gospodara svog cara, koji vam je odredio jelo i piće; jer kad car vidi lica vaša lošija nego u ostalih mladića, vaših vrsnika, zašto da mi učinite da budem glavom kriv caru?

11 A Danilo reče Amelsaru, kog starešina nad dvoranima postavi nad Danilom, Ananijom, Misailom i Azarijom:

12 Ogledaj sluge svoje za deset dana, neka nam se daje varivo da jedemo i voda da pijemo.

13 Pa onda neka nam se vide lica pred tobom i lica mladića koji jedu carsko jelo, pa kako vidiš, onako čini sa slugama svojim.

14 I posluša ih u tom, i ogleda ih za deset dana.

15 A posle deset dana lica im dođoše lepša i mesnatija nego u svih mladića koji jeđahu carsko jelo.

16 I Amelsar uzimaše jelo njihovo i vino koje njima trebaše piti, i davaše im variva.

17 I dade Bog svoj četvorici mladića znanje i razum u svakoj knjizi i mudrosti; a Danilu dade da razume svaku utvaru i sne.

18 I kad prođe vreme po kome car beše rekao da ih izvedu, izvede ih starešina nad dvoranima pred Navuhodonosora.

19 I govori car s njima, i ne nađe se među svima njima ni jedan kao Danilo, Ananija, Misailo i Azarija; i stajahu pred carem.

20 I u svemu čemu treba mudrost i razum, za šta ih car zapita, nađe da su deset puta bolji od svih vrača i zvezdara što ih beše u svemu carstvu njegovom.

21 I osta Danilo do prve godine cara Kira.

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In most cases, the meaning of "before" is pretty straightforward, both as a way of assessing relative time, and in its use meaning "in someone's presence." It takes on a deeper significance, though, when used in connection with the Lord. To be "before" the Lord means not just in His presence, but also receiving the desire for good and the understanding of truth from Him, and living according to them. And when used as an assessment of time in connection with the Lord, "before" means "from eternity," and refers to a spiritual state rather than time as we experience it.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Revealed 366, 617; Arcana Coelestia 6983, 8439, 9888)

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Arcana Coelestia # 6983

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6983. 'Neither since yesterday, nor since the day before' means that he has lacked it - the gift of speech - from eternity. This is clear from the meaning of 'since yesterday and since the day before' as from eternity. The reason why 'since yesterday and since the day before' means from eternity is that a period of time is meant by these words, in particular past time; but time spoken of in connection with the Lord or the Divine does not mean a period of time but what is eternal. There are two things proper to the natural order which have no existence in heaven, and even less in the Divine, namely space and time. For their non-existence in heaven and the existence of states instead - states of being instead of 'space', and states of coming-into-being or manifestation instead of 'time' - see 2625, 3938; and for the fact that areas of space and periods of time in heaven are states, 1274, 1382, 2625, 2788, 2837, 3254, 3356, 3387, 3404, 3827, 4321, 4814, 4882, 4901, 4916, 5605, 6110. But within the Divine which is above the heavens the absence of space and time is even more complete; for not even states exist within Him. Instead of space there is what is infinite, and instead of time what is eternal. These two are what periods of time or areas of space in the world correspond to, and are what states of being and of coming-into-being in the heavens correspond to.

[2] The fact that in the Word 'yesterday' and 'the day before' do not mean yesterday and the day before but past time in general is clear from places where those words are used, as in Joshua,

The waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went as yesterday [and] the day before 1 over all its banks. Joshua 4:18.

In the first Book of Samuel,

It happened, when all who knew Saul from yesterday and the day before 2 saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets . . . 1 Samuel 10:11.

In the second Book of Samuel,

The tribes of Israel said to David, Both yesterday and the day before, 3 when Saul was king over us, you were the one bringing Israel out and back. 2 Samuel 5:1-2.

In these places and elsewhere 'yesterday [and] the day before' stands for previously or past time. Now since 'yesterday and the day before' means time past, and the subject in the highest sense is the Lord, who in respect of the Divine Law or Divine Truth is represented by 'Moses', it is evident that 'since yesterday and since the day before' means from eternity. Eternity, meant by 'yesterday', is described in David as follows,

A thousand years in Your eyes are but as yesterday when it is past. Psalms 90:4.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, as yesterday three days ago

2. literally, from yesterday and three days ago

3. literally, Both yesterday and three days ago

  
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