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Danilo 9

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1 Prve godine Darija, sina Asvirovog od plemena midskog, koji se zacari nad carstvom haldejskim,

2 Prve godine njegovog carovanja ja Danilo razumeh iz knjiga broj godina, koje beše rekao Gospod Jeremiji proroku da će se navršiti razvalinama jerusalimskim, sedamdeset godina.

3 I okretoh lice svoje ka Gospodu Bogu tražeći Ga molitvom i molbama s postom i s kostreti i pepelom.

4 I pomolih se Gospodu Bogu svom i ispovedajući se rekoh: O Gospode, Bože veliki i strašni, koji držiš zavet i milost onima koji Te ljube i drže zapovesti Tvoje;

5 Zgrešismo i zlo činismo i bismo bezbožni, i odmetnusmo se i odstupismo od zapovesti Tvojih i od zakona Tvojih.

6 I ne slušasmo sluga Tvojih proroka, koji govorahu u Tvoje ime carevima našim, knezovima našim i očevima našim i svemu narodu zemaljskom.

7 U Tebe je, Gospode, pravda, a u nas sram na licu, kako je danas, u Judejaca i u Jerusalimljana i u svih Izrailjaca, koji su blizu i koji su daleko po svim zemljama kuda si ih razagnao za grehe njihove, kojima Ti grešiše.

8 Gospode, u nas je sram na licu, u careva naših, u knezova naših i u otaca naših, jer Ti zgrešismo.

9 U Gospoda je Boga našeg milost i praštanje, jer se odmetnusmo od Njega,

10 I ne slušasmo glas Gospoda Boga svog da hodimo po zakonima Njegovim, koje nam je dao preko sluga svojih proroka.

11 I sav Izrailj prestupi zakon Tvoj, i odstupi da ne sluša glas Tvoj; zato se izli na nas prokletstvo i zakletva napisana u zakonu Mojsija, sluge Božijeg, jer Mu zgrešismo.

12 I On potvrdi reči svoje koje je govorio za nas i za sudije naše, koje su nam sudile, pustivši na nas zlo veliko, da tako ne bi pod svim nebom kako bi u Jerusalimu.

13 Kako je pisano u zakonu Mojsijevom, sve to zlo dođe na nas, i opet se ne molismo Gospodu Bogu svom da bismo se vratili od bezakonja svog i pazili na istinu Tvoju.

14 I Gospod nasta oko zla i navede ga na nas; jer je pravedan Gospod Bog naš u svim delima svojim koja čini, jer ne slušasmo glas Njegov.

15 Ali sada, Gospode Bože naš, koji si izveo narod svoj iz zemlje misirske rukom krepkom, i stekao si sebi ime, kako je danas, zgrešismo, bezbožni bismo.

16 Gospode, po svoj pravdi Tvojoj neka se odvrati gnev Tvoj i jarost Tvoja od grada Tvog Jerusalima, svete gore Tvoje; jer sa greha naših i s bezakonja otaca naših Jerusalim i Tvoj narod posta rug u svih koji su oko nas.

17 Sada dakle poslušaj, Bože naš, molitvu sluge svog i molbe njegove, i obasjaj licem svojim opustelu svetinju svoju, Gospoda radi.

18 Bože moj, prigni uho svoje, i čuj; otvori oči svoje, i vidi pustoš našu i grad, na koji je prizvano ime Tvoje, jer ne radi svoje pravde nego radi milosti Tvoje padamo pred Tobom moleći se.

19 Gospode usliši, Gospode oprosti, Gospode pazi i učini, ne časi sebe radi Bože moj, jer je Tvoje ime prizvano na ovaj grad i na Tvoj narod.

20 A dok ja još govorah i moljah se i ispovedah greh svoj i greh naroda svog Izrailja, i padah moleći se pred Gospodom Bogom svojim za svetu goru Boga svog,

21 Dok još govorah moleći se, onaj čovek Gavrilo, kog videh pre u utvari, dolete brzo i dotače me se o večernjoj žrtvi.

22 I nauči me i govori sa mnom i reče: Danilo, sada iziđoh da te urazumim.

23 U početku molitve tvoje iziđe reč, i ja dođoh da ti kažem, jer si mio; zato slušaj reč, i razumi utvaru.

24 Sedamdeset je nedelja određeno tvom narodu i tvom gradu svetom da se svrši prestup i da nestane greha i da se očisti bezakonje i da se dovede večna pravda, i da se zapečati utvara i proroštvo, i da se pomaže Sveti nad svetima.

25 Zato znaj i razumi: Otkada iziđe reč da se Jerusalim opet sazida do pomazanika vojvode biće sedam nedelja, i šezdeset i dve nedelje da se opet pograde ulice i zidovi, i to u teško vreme.

26 A posle te šezdeset i dve nedelje pogubljen će biti pomazanik i ništa mu neće ostati; narod će vojvodin doći i razoriti grad i svetinju; i kraj će mu biti s potopom, i određeno će pustošenje biti do svršetka rata.

27 I utvrdiće zavet s mnogima za nedelju dana, a u polovinu nedelje ukinuće žrtvu i prinos; i krilima mrskim, koja pustoše, do svršetka određenog izliće se na pustoš.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #662

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662. 15:3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. This symbolizes a confession springing from charity, thus from a life in accordance with the precepts of the Law contained in the Ten Commandments, and from a faith in the Divinity of the Lord's humanity.

To sing a new song means to joyfully confess from the heart and affection that the Lord alone is the Savior and Redeemer and the God of heaven and earth, as may be seen in nos. 279, 617 above. Here, however, the song is called not a new song, but the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb; and the song of Moses symbolizes a confession springing from a life in accordance with the precepts of the Law that constitute the Ten Commandments, thus from charity, while the song of the Lamb symbolizes a confession springing from a faith in the Divinity of the Lord's humanity. For the Lamb means the Lord in respect to His Divine humanity (nos. 269, 291, 595), while Moses in a broad sense means all the law written in his five books, and in a strict sense, the Law called the Ten Commandments; and because this serves people in the way they live, the song of Moses is called the song of Moses, the servant of God. For in the Word a servant means someone or something that serves (no. 380), in this case for the way one is to live.

[2] Moses in a broad sense is called the Law because his five books are called the Law. All the commandments, judgments and statutes given through him in his five books are called the Law, as may be seen in no. 417 above. That everything written in those books is called Moses and the Law of Moses can be seen from the following passages:

Philip... said..., "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law, and of whom the prophets, wrote, Jesus...." (John 1:45)

In the law Moses commanded us to stone such. (John 8:5)

...the days of their purification according to the Law of Moses were completed... (Luke 2:22)

...all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets... concerning Me. (Luke 24:44, cf. 24:27)

Did not Moses give you the Law? ...Moses... gave you circumcision... so that the Law of Moses should not be broken... (John 7:19, 22-23)

Abraham said to (the rich man in hell), "They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them... If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead." (Luke 16:29, 31)

The curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us... As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us. (Daniel 9:11, 13)

Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, which I commanded him... (Malachi 4:4)

Jehovah said to Moses, "Behold, I will come to you in the mist of a cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and also believe you forever." (Exodus 19:9)

[3] It can be seen from this that Moses in a broad sense means the Word written by him, called the Law. That Moses means the Law that constitutes the Ten Commandments also then follows, and the more so because Moses hewed out the tablets after he broke the first ones (Exodus 34:1, 4); and when he brought them down, his face shone (Exodus 34:29-35). That is why Moses in paintings is depicted holding the tablets in his hand. Moreover, we are told in Mark, "Moses said, Honor your father and your mother" (Mark 7:10). And Joshua "wrote on the stones (of the altar) a copy of the Law of Moses" (Joshua 8:32). That Law was the Ten Commandments.

It can be seen from this that in the present case, the song of Moses, the servant of God, means nothing else than a confession springing from charity, thus from a life in accordance with the precepts of the Law contained in the Ten Commandments.

  
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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.