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Danilo 12

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1 A u to će se vreme podignuti Mihailo, veliki knez, koji brani tvoj narod; i biće žalosno vreme, kakvog nije bilo otkako je naroda do tada; i u to će se vreme izbaviti tvoj narod, svaki koji se nađe zapisan u knjizi.

2 I mnogo onih koji spavaju u prahu zemaljskom probudiće se, jedni na život večni, a drugi na sramotu i prekor večni.

3 I razumni će se sjati kao svetlost nebeska, i koji mnoge privedoše k pravdi, kao zvezde vazda i doveka.

4 A ti Danilo zatvori ove reči i zapečati ovu knjigu do poslednjeg vremena; mnogi će pretraživati, i znanje će se umnožiti.

5 Tada pogledah ja, Danilo, i gle, stajahu druga dvojica, jedan s ove strane na bregu reke, a drugi s one strane na bregu reke.

6 I jedan reče čoveku obučenom u platno, koji stajaše nad vodom u reci: Kad će biti kraj tim čudesima?

7 I čuh čoveka obučenog u platno, koji stajaše nad vodom u reci, i podiže desnicu svoju i levicu svoju k nebu, i zakle se Onim koji živi uvek da će se sve ovo ispuniti po vremenu, po vremenima i po po vremena, i kad se svrši rasap sile svetog naroda.

8 I ja čuh ali ne razumeh; i rekoh: Gospodaru moj, kakav će biti kraj tome?

9 A On reče: Idi Danilo, jer su zatvorene i zapečaćene ove reči do poslednjeg vremena.

10 Mnogi će se očistiti, ubeliti i okušati; a bezbožnici će raditi bezbožno, niti će koji bezbožnik razumeti, ali će razumni razumeti.

11 A od vremena kad se ukine žrtva vazdašnja i postavi gnusoba pustošna, biće hiljadu i dvesta i devedeset dana.

12 Blago onome koji pretrpi i dočeka hiljadu i tri stotine i trideset i pet dana.

13 A ti idi ka svom kraju; i počivaćeš i ostaćeš na delu svom do svršetka svojih dana.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 761

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761. Where she is nourished a time and times and half a time, from the face of the serpent, signifies until the church grows and comes to its fullness. This is evident from the signification of "to be nourished," as being to be sustained, and in the meantime to grow; from the signification of "a time and times and half a time," as being a state of increase of the church, even to its fullness, for this has a similar signification as "a thousand two hundred and sixty days," in the sixth verse above, for it is there, too, said of the woman that "she fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and sixty days." That this number has a similar signification as the number "three and a half," as also the number "seven," namely, until it grows to its full, may be seen above n. 732. But here it is said "a time, times, and half a time," because the above named numbers in their places also signify times, and "times" signify the states of life in their progress (as may be seen above, n. 571, 610, 664, 673, 747), so here, their progress and growth even to fullness. It is said "a time, times, and half a time," because "time" in the singular signifies a state of good, "times" in the plural a state of truth, both in respect to their implantation, and "half a time" signifies a holy state of the church. They have this signification because a thing in the singular involves good, in the plural truths, and a "half" holiness; a "half" involves holiness because "three," likewise "three and a half" and "seven," signify fullness, but "seven" signifies fullness when things holy are treated of, and the half after the three fills out or constitutes the number seven, for three and a half doubled makes seven, and a number doubled or multiplied has a similar signification as the number that is doubled or multiplied, as seven has a similar signification here as three and a half. That "seven" signifies fullness and the whole, and is predicated of things holy, may be seen above (n. 20, 24, 257). That "a time, times, and half a time," have this signification can be seen from these words in Daniel:

A man clothed in linen held up his right hand and his left hand unto the heavens, and sware by Him that liveth forever that it shall be for a fixed time of fixed times and a half; and when they shall make an end of scattering the hand of the people of holiness all these things shall be consummated (Daniel 12:7).

From this it is clear that these times signify a consummation, for it is said "until all these things shall be consummated," and consummation means fulfillment, thus even to fullness.

  
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