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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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26. Again I swear in truth that these events and words occurred as I have related them, the first ones in the world of spirits, which is midway between heaven and hell, and the subsequent ones in a society of heaven, the society from which came the angel with the trumpet, who acted as guide.

Who in the Christian world would know anything about heaven and the joys and happiness there - knowledge of which is also knowledge of salvation - unless it pleased the Lord to open to someone the sight of his spirit and to show him and teach him?

Corroboration that things like these occur in the spiritual world appears plainly from the things seen and heard by the apostle John, as described in the book of Revelation. For example, he describes having seen the following:

The Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands. 1

A tabernacle, temple, ark, and altar in heaven. 2

A book sealed with seven seals. The book opened, and horses going out of it. 3

Four living creatures around a throne. 4

Twelve thousand taken from each tribe. 5

Locusts arising out of the abyss. 6

A dragon and its fight with Michael. 7

A woman giving birth to a male child and fleeing into the wilderness because of the dragon. 8

Two beasts, one rising up out of the sea, the other out of the earth. 9

A woman sitting on a scarlet beast. 10

The dragon cast into a lake of fire and brimstone. 11

A white horse, and a great supper. 12

A new heaven and a new earth, and the holy Jerusalem coming down, described as to its gates, wall, and foundations. 13

Also a river of water of life, and trees of life yielding fruits every month. 14

Besides many other things, all of which were seen by John, and seen when he was in the spirit 15 in the spiritual world and in heaven. In addition, those things which were seen by the apostles after the Lord's resurrection. 16 And which were later seen by Peter (Acts of the Apostles 11). 17 Also which were then seen and heard by Paul. 18

Moreover, there were the things seen by the prophets. For example, Ezekiel saw the following:

Four living creatures, which were cherubs. (Ezekiel 1 and 10)

A new temple and a new earth, and an angel measuring them. (Ezekiel 40-48)

Being carried off to Jerusalem, he saw the abominations there. (Ezekiel 8) And he was also carried off into Chaldea, to those in captivity. (Ezekiel 11) 19

Something similar happened with Zechariah:

He saw a man riding among myrtle trees. (Zechariah 1:8 ff.)

He saw four horns, and then a man with a measuring line in his hand. (Zechariah 1:18 ff., 2:1 ff.)

He saw a lampstand and two olive trees. (Zechariah 4:1 ff.)

He saw a flying scroll, and an ephah. (Zechariah 5:1, 6)

He saw four chariots coming from between two mountains, with horses. (Zechariah 6:1 ff.)

Likewise with Daniel:

He saw four beasts come up from the sea. (Daniel 7:1 ff.)

Also the combats of a ram and a goat. (Daniel 8:1 ff.)

He saw the angel Gabriel, who spoke at length with him. (Daniel 9) 20

Moreover, Elisha's young man saw fiery chariots and horses around Elisha, and he saw them when his eyes were opened. 21

From these and many other passages in the Word, it is evident that the things which exist in the spiritual world have appeared to many, before and after the Lord's Advent. Why should it be surprising for them to appear also now, when the Church is beginning and the New Jerusalem is coming down from the Lord out of heaven

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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.