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1:15 Caci va fi mare inaintea Domnului. Nu va bea nici vin, nici bautura ametitoare, si se va umple de Duhul Sfant inca din pantecele maicii sale. Va fi mare. In aprecierea cerului nu bogatia, rangul, descendenta nobila sau darurile intelectuale constituie marimea. Dumnezeu apreciaza valoarea morala si pretuieste insusirile de iubire si curatie. Ioan era mare, ,,inaintea Domnului” (vezi Matei 11,11) in contrast cu Irod, ,,mare” inaintea oamenilor care-si doresc rang, bogatie si putere. Ioan era un mare slujitor al semenilor sai; Irod era un mare tiran peste ei. Ioan traia pentru altii; Irod traia numai pentru sine; Ioan era mare in acelasi fel ca si Ilie in ce priveste intoarcerea multora ,,din fiii lui Israel la Domnul…Dumnezeul lor” (Luca 1,16). Irod era mare in acelasi fel cum Nimrod fusese mare (vezi Geneza 10,9-12), in conducerea oamenilor la indoiala si la opozitie fata de Dumnezeu (Geneza 10,9.10; vezi cap. 11,2-4). Vezi p. 41,42; vezi la Matei 11,13.14. Vin. Gr. oinos (vezi mai jos la ,,bautura ametitoare”). Bautura ametitoare. Gr. sikera, un cuvant imprumutat din aramaica, ,,shikra” si din ebraica shekar (vezi la Numeri 28,7). Shekar poate fi vin sau orice bautura imbatatoare ca vinul, fie ca este facuta din orz sau distilata din miere sau curmale. Radacina verbului ebraic inseamna ,,a se umple de bautura”, ,,a bea pana se inveseleste” sau ,,a fi beat”. Unii comentatori au crezut ca folosirea din partea lui Luca a celor doi termeni oinos, ,,vin” si sikera ,,bautura ametitoare [tare]” arata ca bauturile ametitoare facute din struguri nu sunt cuprinse in termenul sikera. Dar distinctia aceasta nu este indreptatita deoarece: 1) Sikera este doar o transliterare greaca a ebraicului shekar, care include toate bauturile ametitoare. 2) Forma poetica a v. 14-17 nu justifica o distinctie in ce priveste felul intre ,,vin” si ,,bautura ametitoare” cum nu o justifica intre ,,bucurie” si ,,veselie” din v. 14. Cand vorbim despre lucrare cu ,,toate puterile si cu toata taria” nu ne gandim la doua surse distincte de putere; ci vrem sa spunem ca se lucreaza din rasputeri. In acelasi fel, Luca, sau mai degraba ingerul Gabriel, foloseste cei doi termeni numai pentru a accentua excluderea oricarei bauturi ametitoare. Ca si Samson (Judecatori 13,4.5) si Samuel (vezi la 1 Samuel 1,22), Ioan Botezatorul era un nazireu din nastere (DA 192). Un nazireu (vezi la Geneza 49,26; Numeri 6,2) trebuia sa-si tina apetitul si pasiunile sub stricta supunere in toate imprejurarile, conform principiului (vezi la Judecatori 13,5). Sarcina importanta incredintata lui Ioan Botezatorul urma sa ceara tarie mintala si pricepere spirituala, pentru ca sa poata sta ca o pilda inaintea oamenilor vremii sale. La fel, aceia care participa la sarcina de a proclama a doua venire a lui Hristos trebuie sa-si curete viata ,,dupa cum El este curat” (1 Ioan 3,3). Se va umple de Duhul Sfant. Si nu de bautura ametitoare (vezi Efeseni 5,18). Cand apostolii au fost ,,umpluti cu Duhul Sfant” la ziua Cincizecimii (Fapte 2,4.15-17), au fost invinuiti ca ,,sunt plini de must” (v. 13). Pentru aceia pe care Dumnezeu i-a ales pentru slujba Sa nu trebuie sa existe vreo indoiala cu privire la felul de stimulare care-i mana la actiune. Forma inferioara de stimulare exclude forma superioara. Ioan urma sa fie iluminat, sfintit si calauzit de influenta Duhului Sfant. In Evanghelia sa si in cartea Faptelor, Luca mentioneaza Duhul Sfant de peste 50 de ori, in comparatie cu mentionarea doar de 15 ori de catre toti ceilalti scriitori ai Evangheliei laolalta. Din pantecele mamei sale. Insasi existenta lui Ioan se datora voii si puterii lui Dumnezeu, nu a omului. El a venit pe lume cu soarta vietii hotarata si a fost dedicat lui Dumnezeu chiar de la inceput. Era cu putinta ca Duhul Sfant sa ,,umple” pe Ioan de la nastere deoarece Duhul fusese in stare sa umple mai intai pe mama lui Ioan, Elisabeta, indrumand si stapanind viata ei. In primii ani ai copilului, parintii urmeaza sa stea in locul lui Dumnezeu pentru el (PP 308). ,,Fericiti sunt parintii a caror viata este o adevarata reflectare a celei divine” (PK 245). Prin Duhul Sfant, Maria a primit intelepciune de a conlucra cu trimisii ceresti la dezvoltarea si educarea lui Isus (DA 69). Mamele de astazi care aleg sa traiasca in comuniune cu Dumnezeu pot astepta ca Duhul Sfant sa-i modeleze pe micutii lor, ,,chiar din cele mai timpurii clipe ale lor” (DA 512). In felul acesta, copiii nostri, ca si Ioan Botezatorul se pot bucura de privilegiul fericit de a fi ,,umpluti de Duhul Sfant”. Vezi la cap. 2,52. |
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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
It is possible now to have the inspirational ebooks on your browser and to read it allowing you to make comparisons between different translations or versions for a specific language. This occasion is unique, and you have only to browse to the desired author and book.
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