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7:19 Ioan a chemat pe doi dintre ucenicii sai, si i-a trimis la Isus sa-L intrebe: Tu esti Acela care are sa vina, sau sa asteptam pe altul? Doi dintre ucenicii sai. Literal, ,,doi anumiti ucenici ai sai”. Intrebarea cu privire la mesianitatea lui Isus a pornit de la ucenicii lui Ioan, nu de la Ioan insusi (DA 214, 215) si Ioan era tulburat de faptul ca acesti oameni cultivau necredinta cu privire la propria marturie a lui Ioan ca Isus era cu adevarat Cel Fagaduit (DA 216). Daca propriii ucenicii lui Isus puneau la indoiala solia lui, cum se putea astepta ca altii sa creada? Erau unele lucruri pe care Ioan nu le intelegea – ca de pilda adevarata natura a imparatiei mesianice si pentru ce Isus nu a facut nimic pentru a efectua eliberarea lui din inchisoare. Dar in ciuda indoielilor care-l framantau, el nu a parasit credinta sa ca Isus era cu adevarat Hristosul (vezi DA 216; cf. v. 24). Dezamagirea si nelinistea tulburau sufletul intemnitatului izolat, dar el se abtinea sa discute aceste preocupari ale propriei sale minti cu ucenicii Sai. I-a trimis la Isus. In nadejdea ca o intrevedere personala cu Isus le va intari credinta, ca ei vor aduce la intoarcere o solie care sa intareasca credinta pentru aceilalti ucenici ai sai si ca el va putea primi o solie personala pentru a clarifica propria sa gandire, Ioan a trimis pe cei doi la Isus. Daca Ioan era in inchisoare de la Macherus, pe partea rasariteana a Marii Moarte (vezi la cap. 3,20), cei doi soli ar fi luat probabil drumul de pe valea Iordanului si odata ajunsi in Galileea ar fi putut usor cerceta si afla unde se gasea Isus la data aceea. Ei trebuie sa fi facut pe jos 75 de mile in fiecare directie si au intrebuintat 3 zile in fiecare directie. Aceasta inseamna ca ei au fost pe drum cel putin o saptamana intreaga sau chiar mai mult, socotind ziua pe care au petrecut-o cu Isus deoarece, fara indoiala, ei nu au calatorit in Sabat. Tu esti Acela? In textul grec cuvantul ,,tu” este emfatic. Acela care are sa vina. Gr. ho erchomenos, care era adesea folosit ca o expresie mesianica, poate intemeiata originar pe Psalmii 118,26 (vezi la Matei 3,11; 21,9; Marcu 11,9; Luca 19,38; vezi la Ioan 6,14; 11,27). Ho erchomenos este folosit si cu privire la Hristos cu referire la a doua lui venire (vezi Matei 23,39; Luca 13,35; Evrei 10,37; Apocalipsa 1,4.8). Dumnezeu ingaduie sa vina ceasuri de perplexitate si la cei mai valorosi si mai vrednici dintre slujitorii Sai, pentru a le intari credinta si increderea in El. Uneori, cand este necesar pentru dezvoltarea propriului lor caracter sau pentru binele lucrarii lui Dumnezeu de pe pamant, El ingaduie ca ei sa treaca prin experiente care par sa sugereze ca El i-a uitat. Asa a fost cu Isus cand a atarnat pe cruce (vezi Matei 27,46; DA 753, 754). Asa a fost cu Iov (vezi Iov 1,21; 13,15). Chiar si Ilie, prototipul lui Ioan Botezatorul (vezi la Matei 4,5; Matei 17,10), a avut clipele sale de descurajare (vezi 1 Regi 19,4). Avand in vedre lucrul acesta, poate fi usor inteles ca experienta lui Ioan in inchisoare pentru o perioada de aproape un an, in providenta induratoare a lui Dumnezeu, a fost ingaduita ca incurajare pentru alte nenumarate mii care in anii de mai tarziu, urmau sa sufere martiraj (vezi DA 224). Stiind ca credinta lui Ioan nu va da gres (vezi 1 Corinteni 10,13). Dumnezeu a intarit pe profet sa suporte. Statornic pana la sfarsit, Ioan chiar la inchisoare sau moarte, iese in evidenta ca o ,,lumina care este aprinsa si lumineaza” (Ioan 5,35), taria si rabdarea lui luminand cararea intunecoasa a vietii pentru martorii lui Isus in decursul secolelor. Este potrivit sa intrebam cum a putut Ioan sa spuna: ,,El trebuie sa creasca, iar eu sa ma micsorez” (Ioan 3,30) si sa accepte fara murmur lunile de izolare din inchisoare si apoi moartea din mainile lui Irod. Secretul era ca ,,atingerea iubirii divine il transformase” (DA 179) – inima lui era in stare buna. El era dispus sa fie credincios fata de misiunea sa in ciuda faptului ca in oarecare masura interpreta gresit natura imparatiei lui Hristos, o conceptie gresita pe care el o impartasea cu contemporanii sai (DA 215). Chiar si ucenicii lui Isus dupa inviere, considerau ca El era pe punctul de a-Si aseza imparatia slavei pe pamant ( Fapte 1,6; cf. Matei 24,3). Hristos a spus Fariseilor: ,,Imparatia lui Dumnezeu nu vine pe vazute…Caci iata ca Imparatia lui Dumnezeu este inauntrul vostru” (Luca 17,20, 21). Cat de adesea s-a intamplat ca s-au ivit neintelegeri datorita unei intelegeri gresite a unei afirmatii a profetiei Bibliei. Tocmai parerile preconcepute ale ucenicilor, in ciuda a ceea ce Domnul incercase sa-i invete, au facut din moartea si ingroparea Lui o experienta atat de amara pentru ei (DA 412, 772, 796). Experienta lor ar putea fi pe buna dreptate o invatatura pentru noi astazi de a studia cu toata sarguinta soliile pe care Inspiratia le-a trimis cu privire la ceasul de criza care ne sta inainte (GC 594, 598; TM 116). Altul. Ceea ce Isus a spus si a facut – predicile si minunile Lui – nu erau exact ceea ce asteptase Ioan. Isus parea ca este multumit sa adune in jurul Sau o ceata de ucenici si sa mearga prin tara invatand si vindecand pe oameni (vezi DA 215). Ioan era chinuit de indoiala cu privire la faptul daca Isus era Mesia, deoarece El nu se conforma conceptiei populare cu privire la cum urma sa fie Mesia si ce urma sa faca El cand va veni. Intrebarea neexprimata a lui Ioan ar fi aceasta. ,,Esti TU felul de Mesia pe care trebuie sa-l asteptam?” |
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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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