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Danilo 7

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1 Prve godine Valtasara, cara vavilonskog, usni Danilo san i vide utvaru glave svoje na postelji; tada napisa san i pripovedi ukratko.

2 Danilo progovori i reče: Videh u utvari svojoj noću, a to četiri vetra nebeska udariše se na velikom moru.

3 I četiri velike zveri iziđoše iz mora, svaka drugačija.

4 Prva beše kao lav, i imaše krila orlova; gledah dokle joj se krila poskuboše i podiže se sa zemlje i stade na noge kao čovek, i srce ljudsko dade joj se.

5 Potom, gle, druga zver beše kao medved, i stade s jedne strane, i imaše tri rebra u ustima među zubima svojim, i govoraše joj se: Ustani, jedi mnogo mesa.

6 Potom videh, i gle, druga, kao ris, imaše na leđima četiri krila kao ptica, i četiri glave imaše zver, i dade joj se vlast.

7 Potom videh u utvarama noćnim, i gle, četvrta zver, koje se trebaše bojati, strašna i vrlo jaka, i imaše velike zube gvozdene, jeđaše i satiraše, i gažaše nogama ostatak, i razlikovaše se od svih zveri pređašnjih, i imaše deset rogova.

8 Gledah rogove, i gle, drugi mali rog izraste među onima, a tri prva roga iščupaše se pred njim; i gle, oči kao oči čovečije behu na tom rogu, i usta koja govorahu velike stvari.

9 Gledah dokle se postaviše prestoli, i starac sede, na kome beše odelo belo kao sneg, i kosa na glavi kao čista vuna, presto Mu beše kao plamen ognjeni, točkovi Mu kao oganj razgoreo.

10 Reka ognjena izlažaše i tečaše ispred Njega, hiljada hiljada služaše Mu, i deset hiljada po deset hiljada stajahu pred Njim; sud sede, i knjige se otvoriše.

11 Tada gledah radi glasa velikih reči koje govoraše onaj rog; i gledah dokle ne bi ubijena zver i telo joj se raščini i dade se da izgori ognjem.

12 I ostalim zverima uze se vlast, jer dužina životu beše im određena do vremena i do roka.

13 Videh u utvarama noćnim, i gle, kao Sin čovečiji iđaše sa oblacima nebeskim, i dođe do starca i stade pred Njim.

14 I dade Mu se vlast i slava i carstvo da Mu služe svi narodi i plemena i jezici; vlast je Njegova vlast večna, koja neće proći, i carstvo se Njegovo neće rasuti.

15 Meni Danilu prenemože duh moj u telu mom, i utvare glave moje uznemiriše me.

16 Pristupih k jednom od onih koji stajahu onde, i zamolih ga za istinu od svega toga. I progovori mi i kaza mi šta to znači:

17 Ove četiri velike zveri jesu četiri cara, koji će nastati na zemlji.

18 Ali će sveci Višnjeg preuzeti carstvo, i držaće carstvo na vek i doveka.

19 Tada zaželeh znati istinu o četvrtoj zveri, koja se razlikovaše od svih i beše vrlo strašna, i imaše zube gvozdene i nokte bronzane, i jeđaše i satiraše, a ostatak nogama gažaše,

20 I o deset rogova šta joj behu na glavi, i o drugom koji izraste i tri otpadoše pred njim, o rogu koji imaše oči i usta koja govorahu velike stvari i beše po viđenju veći od drugih.

21 Gledah, i taj rog vojevaše sa svecima i nadvlađivaše ih,

22 Dokle dođe starac, i dade se sud svecima Višnjeg, i prispe vreme da sveci preuzmu carstvo.

23 Ovako reče: Četvrta zver biće četvrto carstvo na zemlji, koje će se razlikovati od svih carstava, i izješće svu zemlju i pogaziti i satrti.

24 I deset rogova jesu deset careva, koji će nastati iz tog carstva, a posle njih nastaće drugi, i on će se razlikovati od pređašnjih, i pokoriće tri cara.

25 I govoriće reči na Višnjeg, i potiraće svece Višnjeg, i pomišljaće da promeni vremena i zakone; i daće mu se u ruke za vreme i za vremena i za po vremena.

26 Potom će sesti sud, i uzeće mu se vlast, te će se istrebiti i zatrti sasvim.

27 A carstvo i vlast i veličanstvo carsko pod svim nebom daće se narodu svetaca Višnjeg; Njegovo će carstvo biti večno carstvo, i sve će vlasti Njemu služiti i slušati Ga.

28 Ovde je kraj ovoj reči. A mene, Danila vrlo uznemiriše misli moje, i lice mi se sve promeni; ali reč sačuvah u srcu svom.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 1063

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1063. Verse 10. And they are seven kings, signifies the truths of the Word falsified and profaned by such. This is evident from the signification of "kings," as being the truths of the Word (See n. 29, 31, 625, 1034); also from the mention of "seven," which has reference to what is holy, and in the contrary sense to what is profane; therefore "seven kings" signify the truths of the Word falsified and profaned. "Seven kings" have this signification because the "seven mountains" just mentioned signify the goods of the Word adulterated and profaned. For in the Word where good is treated of truth is also treated of, because of the heavenly marriage, which is the marriage of good and truth in all the particulars of it (See above, n. 238, 660, 775).

[2] One who does not know that in the Word "kings" signify truths can by no means know what is meant by "kings" in many passages in the Word, as in Daniel where it is said:

The heads and the horns of the beasts are kings or kingdoms (Daniel 7:17, 24; also in Revelation 16:12, 14; 18:3; 19:19; 21:24).

And in this chapter:

The seven heads are seven kings; the five have fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come. And the beast that was and is not is the eighth king, and is of the seven, and he goeth into perdition. And the ten horns are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom; and other things that follow (Revelation 17:10-12).

For if kings were here meant by "kings" it could not possibly be divined by any conjecture what these expressions mean. But when it is known that "kings" signify the truths of the Word and thus the truths of the church, the meaning is plainly evident. Moreover, by the numbers so many truths are not to be understood, but such truths as are signified by the number in the spiritual sense. For if seven truths were signified by the "seven kings," and five truths by "the five kings who have fallen," and ten truths by the "ten kings" and as many "horns," from all this no spiritual sense could in any way result; therefore it must be altogether known that all numbers signify in the Word the qualities of the things which are described.

(Continuation respecting the Fourth Kind of Profanation)

[3] In this kind of profanation are those especially who read the Word and know about the Lord; because from the Lord through the Word are all things holy that can be profaned; things not from that source cannot be profaned. That is said to be profane that is the opposite of what is holy, and that offers violence to what is holy and destroys it. From this it follows that those do not belong to this kind of profanation who do not read the Word and do not approach the Lord, as is the case with the Papists, still less those who know nothing about the Lord and the Word, like the Gentiles. Those who belong to this kind of profanation appear after death at first with a face of human color, around which float many wandering stars; and those of them that had been leaders sometimes appear shining about the mouth. But as they are brought into the light of heaven, the stars and the shining of the mouth vanish, and the color of the face is changed to black, and likewise their garments. But the blackness of these profaners draws something from blue, as the blackness of the other kind of profaners draws something from red, for the reason that the latter profane the goods of the Word and of the church, while the others profane the truths of the Word and of the church. For red derives from the sun its signification of good, while blue derives from the sky its signification of truth.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.