Printable ModeApocalipsa 17:1
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17:1 Apoi unul din cei şapte îngeri, care ţineau cele şapte potire, a venit de a vorbit cu mine, şi mi-a zis: Vino să-ţi arăt judecata curvei celei mari, care stă pe ape mari. Unul din cei şapte îngeri. Vezi comentariul de la cap. 1,11; vezi cap. 21,9. Identificarea acestui înger cu unul din cei şapte îngeri purtători de plăgi, din cap. 15 şi 16, cuprinde în sine ideea că informaţia care urmează să îi fie dată lui Ioan este în legătură cu cele şapte plăgi de pe urmă. Legătura aceasta este confirmată de faptul că subiectul acestui capitol, care este anunţat, – ,,judecata curvei celei mari” – are loc în timpul celei de-a şaptea plăgi (vezi cap. 16,19). Potire. Vezi comentariul de la cap. 15,7; 16,1. A vorbit cu mine. Cuvântul grecesc tradus ,,cu” (meta) poate implica o relaţie personală între Ioan şi înger. Vezi comentariul de la cap. 1,2.10. Vino. Sau ,,Iată!” Verbul este la modul imperativ. Vezi comentariul de la v. 3. Să-ţi arăt. Vezi comentariul de la cap. 1,2; 4,1. Judecata. Gr. krima, ,,sentinţă”, ,,decizie”, ,,verdict”, ,,decret”, aici dată ,,curvei celei mari” de către tribunalul ceresc, în urma comportamentului ei criminal (vezi comentariul de la v. 4–6; compară-l cu cel de la cap. 18,10). Observaţi că îngerul nu îi arată lui Ioan executarea sentinţei, căci ar fi folosit cuvântul krisis, cuvânt care este tradus ,,judecată” în cap. 18,10. El doar îi vorbeşte despre aceasta. Krisis poate însemna fie cercetarea unui caz, fie executarea sentinţei. Vezi comentariul de la cap. 16,19; 18,5; 19,2; compară cu Isaia 23,11. Capitolul 17 este format din două părţi: (1) viziunea simbolică pe care a avut-o Ioan, v 3–6, şi (2) ceea ce i s-a spus (v. 7), ca explicaţie a viziunii, aşa cum se raportează în v. 8–18. Prima parte vorbeşte despre crimele Babilonului, constituindu-se astfel acuzaţia cerului, o declaraţie cu privire la motivul pentru care a fost pronunţată sentinţa divină asupra acestei cetăţi (vezi comentariul de la v. 6). Partea a doua prezintă sentinţa în sine şi mijloacele prin care va fi dusă la îndeplinire. Viaţa criminală a Babilonului ajunge la apogeu în timpul plăgii a şasea (vezi comentariul de la cap. 16,12–16), în timp ce sentinţa dată este executată în timpul celei de a şaptea. Astfel, cap. 17 trasează criza finală, când Satana va depune eforturi uriaşe pentru a-i distruge pe copiii lui Dumnezeu (vezi cap. 12,17) şi când toate puterile pământului se vor ridica împotriva lor (vezi GC 634). Dumnezeu îi îngăduie lui Satana şi agenţilor umani aliaţi cu el să ducă până aproape la succes complotul lor de a-i nimici pe sfinţi. Dar în clipa când sunt gata să dea lovitura, Dumnezeu intervine ca să-şi scape poporul. Oştile răului, oprite chiar în momentul când încearcă să-i ucidă pe sfinţi, stau fără scuză la bara judecăţii divine (vezi Daniel 12,1, compară cu EW 282–285; GC 635, 636; LS 117). Nu e greu de înţeles mirarea care l-a cuprins pe Ioan în timp ce privea punctul culminant al marii drame a tainei fărădelegii (vezi comentariul de la cap. 17,6). Curvei. Gr. porne, ,,prostituată”, ,,desfrânată”. Probabil că porne vine dintr-un cuvânt ce însemna ,,a vinde”, ,,a exporta pentru vânzare” lucruri, ca de pildă sclavi. Profeţii Vechiului Testament adesea compară Israelul apostat, care ,,a curvit” de multe ori cu zeii păgâni (Ezechiel 23,30; compară cu Isaia 23,17; vezi comentariul de la Ezechiel 16,15), cu o femeie care comite adulter. În ce priveşte comparaţia Babilonul mistic cu o curvă, vezi comentariul de la Apocalipsa 17,5 (compară cu v. 2, 4; cap. 19,2). Pentru alte pasaje vechi testamentare care exprimă o idee sau un sens asemănător cu cel din Apocalipsa 17, vezi comentariul de la Isaia 47,1; Ieremia 25,12; 50,1; Ezechiel 26,13. Şade pe ape mari. Adică exercită putere despotică asupra multor ,,noroade” şi ,,gloate” (vezi v. 15). Forma verbului din greacă prezintă ,,curva cea mare” ca având putere în acel moment şi continuând să şi-o exercite. Aşa cum vechea cetate Babilon era aşezată pe apele răului Eufrat (vezi comentariul de la Ieremia 50,12.38) şi şedea simbolic ,,pe ape mari” sau popoare (Ieremia 51,12.13; compară cu Isaia 8,7.8; 14,6; Ieremia 50,23), tot aşa Babilonul modern este reprezentat ca stând pe popoarele pământului sau asuprindu-le (vezi comentariul de la Apocalipsa 16,12). |
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Special note for ANDROID SmartPhones
I recommend to download PhoneMe emulator for Android from here.
Especially I recommend phoneME Advanced - Foundation Profile + MIDP High Resolution b168 rev20547 from here, or from here.
Then you have to build your application, to transfer the .jar and .jad files on your mobile phone and run using this nice emulator.
1. Install a Zip Utility from Android Market.
2. Install a File Manager from Android Market.
3. Download and install PhoneMe, as mentioned above.
4. Build your application by using Download Multilingual Service or Dynamic Download (zip).
5. Copy the zip file into your Android Phone and unzip the content in a folder, and then write down the path to the unzipped files and the name of the .jad file.
6. Launch PhoneMe from your smartphone.
7. Inside PhoneMe, write to the main window the path and the name to the .jad file, above mentioned. Will look something like: file:///mnt/sd/download/BiblePhone.jad and then press enter.
8. The application will be installed, and next a hyperlink will be available below the above mentioned textbox. On this way you can install as many of MIDP application you like on your Android Phone.
How to install the application in Java Mobile enabled phones
It is possible now to have the Holy Scriptures on your mobile phone and to read
it wherever you are due to the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
technology in 1.0 and 2.0 versions, developed for Java applications.
A good advice is to try in the beginning the MIDP 1.0 / 128 Kbytes version, and
progressively to advance to MIDP 2.0 and larger volumes (512 Kbytes or more).
The application is available for MIDP 2.0, MIDP 1.0. You have only to select one
table on the field MIDP2.0 or MIDP1.0, according to the desired Bible version.
Then, you shall make a click on the JAR (Java Archive) file in order to obtain
the software to be installed on your mobile phone.
I recommend you to start with STARTER(MIDP1.0old) edition, then to continue with
INTERMEDIATE(MIDP1.0), and in the end, if the mobile phone supports this thing,
to try to install the ADVANCED (MIDP2.0) edition. Also, start with 128 kbytes
volumes, continue with 512 kbytes, and at the end try the version in one file.
There are cases where the mobile phone requires so called JAD (Java Descriptor)
files. These JAD files has to be
uploaded, on this case, together with the desired JAR files(s).
There are different methods to download the applications in your mobile phone as
follows:
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
5. If none from the above cases are valid
Next, we shall examine each case in order to have a successfully installation of
the software.
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
If your have Internet access on your mobile phone (e.g. WAP or GPRS), it is
enough to access
https://biblephone.intercer.net/wap/ from the browser of the mobile phone,
and to access the desired Bible version, and then to make an option about
MIDP1.0 or MIDP2.0, and finally to select the desired module (e.g. one or more).
After the last selection, the desired version will be downloaded on your mobile
phone.
Many phones have only this option for installing JAVA appplications.
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
If you don't have access to Internet directly from your mobile phone, then you
shall have to pass to this step requiring to have infrared ports on your mobile
phone and on the computer.
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to activate the infrared port on the mobile phone and align it with the infrared
port of the computer (preferable laptop).
c. Then a window will appear asking what file you want to send to the mobile
phone. Next, you will select the downloaded JAR file, and after OK, the mobile
phone will ask you if you want to load that file. You say YES and the
application will be downloaded on your mobile phone.
d. Probably, you will be asked by the mobile phone where you want to save it (e.g.
on the games or applications directories). After you made this selection, the
file will be ready to be loaded for run.
The displaying preference can be set inside the application in order to have
larger fonts, full screen display etc.
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
This situation is similar with the infrared case. You have only to activate
Bluetooth access on your mobile phone (check if exists) and on the computer (check
if exists).
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific
mobile phones.
On this case the steps are as follows:
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to set up the wired connection between the mobile phone and the computer. Next,
you will start the synchronization / data transfer application and download the
JAR file in your mobile phone. Surely, you will have to consult the CD of your
mobile phone.
c. By this application you shall transfer into your mobile phone the JAR file in
the games or applications directories. Next, you will have to select for run the
JAR desired file.
5. If none from the above cases are valid
On this unhappy case, I recommend you to find a friend with a laptop having
infrared / Bluetooth capabilities, or to buy a data link cable, or to change
your current model of mobile phone.
Unfortunately, some models of mobile phones require only WAP/GPRS in order to
download and run Java applications.
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones. Therefore check the documentation of them and also the page for specific
models.
Why so many versions? Simple, because not all the mobile phones support the
Bible in one file with MIDP 2.0 (the most advanced for the time being).
Multilingual Online Ebooks
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