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2:18 Copilasilor, este ceasul cel de pe urma. Si, dupa cum ati auzit ca are sa vina anticrist, sa stiti ca acum s-au ridicat multi anticristi: prin aceasta cunoastem ca este ceasul de pe urma. Copilasilor. Gr. paidia (vezi comentariul de la v. 13 si de la v. 1). Ceasul de pe urma. [,,Timpul de pe urma”, KJV]. Literal, ,,un ultim ceas”. In originalul grecesc substantivul nu este articulat hotarat, ceea ce subliniaza calitatea si, la fel ca aici, poate sa arate unicitatea unui eveniment. Ioan vorbeste despre unul si singurul ,,ceas de pe urma”. Pomenirea acestui ceas final urmeaza natural dupa ideea din v. 17. Punerea in discutie a naturii trecatoare a ,,lumii si a poftei ei” il aduce pe cititor fata in fata cu ideea sfarsitului celor pamantesti, cu sosirea ,,ceasului de pe urma” si cu aratarea Mantuitorului (v. 28; vezi cap. 3,2). Implicatia cuvintelor apostolului trebuie studiata in legatura cu imprejurarile in care au fost scrise. Autorul traise cu Isus, auzise despre revenirea Lui din propria Sa gura. Acum, fiind batran, traia in mijlocul framantarilor politice si sociale ale lumii, si era firesc ca in mintea lui sa existe nadejdea de a vedea cu ochii sai revenirea Domnului. El dorea sa impartaseasca nadejdea aceasta cu altii. Toate celelalte evenimente aveau o importanta secundara in comparatie cu perspectiva mult doritei reintalniri. Compara cu Ioan 14,1–3; 1 Tesaloniceni 4,16.17. Ar trebui retinut faptul ca preocuparea principala a scriitorilor Bibliei era spirituala si nu cronologica, ca ei cautau sa-i pregateasca pe credinciosi pentru a-L intampina pe Isus, nu sa le ofere date cronologice cu privire la zilele de pe urma (vezi comentariul de la Faptele Apostolilor 1,6.7). Solia lui Ioan era importanta pentru ca ii incuraja pe fratii sai de credinta sa traiasca in asteptarea apropiatei reveniri a lui Hristos. Ea ii stimula sa traiasca, asa cum ar trebui sa o faca toti crestinii, ca si cum fiecare zi ar fi fost cea din urma zi a vietii lor. Declaratia solemna: ,,Este ceasul de pe urma” trebuia sa-i indemne pe credinciosi la o marturisire mai fierbinte, prin care avea sa fie grabita a doua venire a lui Hristos. Vezi Nota Suplimentara de la Romani 13; vezi comentariul de la Matei 24,34; Romani 13,11; 2 Petru 3,12; Apocalipsa 1,1. Ati auzit. Si anume, fie de la Ioan, fie de la alti invatatori crestini. Credinciosii fusesera bine instruiti cu privire la evenimentele ultimelor zile (vezi comentariul de la 2 Tesaloniceni 2,3). Are sa vina. Literal, ,,vine” sau ,,e gata sa vina” (vezi comentariul de la Ioan 14,3). Forma verbului accentueaza certitudinea evenimentului, care era inca in viitor atunci cand credinciosii auzisera pentru prima data despre el. Ioan explica mai departe ca, in momentul in care scria el, profetia cu privire la antihristul care avea sa vina era in curs de implinire. Anticrist. Literal, ,,antihristul”. De asemenea se pot cita dovezi textuale importante pentru omiterea articolului. Cuvantul ,,antihrist” este o transliterare a grecescului antichristos, alcatuit din anti, ,,impotriva” sau ,,in loc de”, si christos, ,,Hristos”. Deci cuvantul ar putea face referire la cineva care se opune lui Hristos sau pretinde sa ia locul lui Hristos sau le face pe amandoua. Titlul de vice-Hristos sau vicar al lui Hristos ofera un inteles similar atunci cand e folosit de cineva care pretinde in mod fals ca este investit cu autoritatea lui Hristos. Termenul ,,antihrist” este folosit in Noul Testament numai de apostolul Ioan (aici si la 1 Ioan 2,22; 4,3; 2 Ioan 7), dar nu ofera o cheie precisa pentru identificarea vreunei persoane sau organizatii specifice. El presupune ca cititorii il cunosc deja pe ,,antihrist”, ca ii asteapta venirea si ca ei considera ca aparitia lui arata apropierea zilelor de pe urma. Fara indoiala ca Ioan se gandea la erezii cum ar fi docetismul si cerintianismul, forme ale gnosticismului (vezi Vol. VI, pp. 54–58; Vol. VII, pp. 625, 626; vezi comentariul de la 1 Ioan 2,22; 2 Ioan 7). E bine sa ne amintim ca primul ,,antihrist” a fost Satana, care I s-a impotrivit lui Hristos prin diferiti agenti umani. Cu multe veacuri inainte ca omul sa fi fost creat, Satana a incercat sa ia locul lui Hristos (vezi comentariul de la Isaia 14,12–14; Ezechiel 28,12.13) si de atunci a fost neincetat sursa oricarei opozitii fata de Dumnezeu si fata de Fiul Sau, Isus Hristos (vezi comentariul de la 2 Tesaloniceni 2,8.9). S-au ridicat. [,,Sunt”, KJV]. Literal, ,,au ajuns sa fie” sau ,,s-au ridicat”. Multi anticristi. Pluralul arata ca Ioan nu avea in minte o anumita manifestare, ci considera ca toti impotrivitorii eretici ai adevarului sunt ,,anticristi”. Desi crestinismul era inca la inceput, diferite invataturi mincinoase castigasera deja teren si patrundeau in tanara biserica (vezi Vol. VI, pp. 52–59). Prin aceasta cunoastem. [,,Prin aceasta cunoasteti”, KJV]. Oricat de lamentabila ar fi apostazia, Ioan o vede ca pe un semn al apropierii sfarsitului si ii avertizeaza pe cititori cu privire la ea. |
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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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