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The prophet
Daniel and the
European crisis
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Americo
Domingos
Nunes
Filho |
Daniel, in his
prophecies,
alludes to the
new Earth
transformed in
regeneration
world, under the
aegis of Jesus,
our master and
guide
The prescience
of some facts of
the future is a
relevant theme,
allowing those
who deny their
divine
fatherhood
moments of
intense
reflection. Some
occurrences
foreseen by
premonition
mediums, a
sub-division of
inspired mediums
("The Mediums’
book, chapter
15, item number
184), strongly
shake
materialistic
beliefs.
It is important
to emphasize,
however, that
with respect to
the prediction
of the future we
should not
accept the
possibility of
the events of
history being
scheduled in
advance, since
if that was the
case, we would
be before fate,
openly damaging
our free will.
We believe that
entities located
in steps of high
spiritual
hierarchy,
endowed with
great
psychological
knowledge can,
by the
experience and
the knowledge
already acquired
in the spinneret
millennia of
reincarnations,
anticipate the
future of
terrestrial
humanity,
without the
destinies being
outlined, as
well as a father
can foresee the
reaction of some
of his children.
A higher Spirit,
away from the
parameters of
the physical
world, living in
the Fifth
Dimension, into
eternity, in
real time that
does not exist,
has the ability
to know if a
particular
creature will be
happy in his
venture into
somatic life.
Hence being able
to predict the
future of those
living on Earth;
"if one doesn't
do it, it is
because the
knowledge of the
future will be
harmful to man;
it will hinder
his free will;
it will stop man
in his work he
must commit to
his progress;
the good and
evil that awaits
for him, being
in the unknown,
are, for him, a
test ". ("Genesis",
page 307, Lake
Edition)
Allan Kardec, in
the same work,
affirms that
"time is but a
relative measure
of the
succession of
transitory
things, eternity
is not
susceptible to
any extent, in
terms of its
duration, for
her, and there
is no beginning
or end: for her,
it is the
present.” The
Codifier
continues: "If
centuries and
centuries are
less than a
second compared
to eternity,
what will then
be the length of
human life?" (Genesis,
Chapter 6, page
90)
The
dematerialized
Spirits are as a
man on the top
of a mountain,
space and time
do not exist for
them
Continuing with
the study, now
in Chapter 16 of
"Genesis", the
famous Lyonnais
master makes a
very
illustrative
comparison: "Suppose
a man is placed
on the top of a
mountain,
watching the
vast extension
of the plain. In
this situation,
the distance of
a mile won’t be
very much to him,
and he will
easily be able
to cover in a
single glance
all the
accidents of the
ground, from the
beginning to the
end of the road.
The traveller
who follows this
road for the
first time knows
that, walking,
he will reach
the end of it;
that is a
prediction of a
simple
consequence of
their march, but
the accidents of
the ground, the
ascents and
descents, rivers
to cross,
forests to cross,
the cliffs where
one could fall
into, the
robbers lurking
to loot his
baggage, the
hospitable homes
where he can
rest, all this
is independent
of him as a
person; the
future is
unknown, because
his view does
not extend
beyond the small
circle that
surrounds him.
As for the
duration of his
journey, he
measures it
through the time
it takes to
travel the way;
remove the
landmarks, and
duration fades.
For the man who
is at the top of
the mountain and
who follow his
trip, all of
this is the
present. Suppose
the observer
descends to near
the traveller
and tells him:
"In that moment
you will find
such a thing,
you will be
attacked and
rescued", he
will be
predicting the
future. The
future exists
for the
traveller, for
those who are on
the top of the
mountain, that
future is the
present. ("Genesis",
Lake Edition,
page 306)
If we get out of
the circle of
purely material
things, and if
we enter by
thinking in the
field of
spiritual life,
we see that this
phenomenon takes
place on a
larger scale. "The
dematerialized
Spirits are as a
man on the top
of a mountain;
space and time
do not exist for
them. But the
extent and
penetration of
view are
provided for
their
purification and
to the elevation
they reach in
the spiritual
hierarchy.
Regarding
inferior spirits
(lowly-evolved
spirits), those
are like men
armed with
powerful
telescopes,
alongside others
who only have
eyes. For the
inferior (lowly-evolved)
spirits, vision
is limited, not
only because
they can hardly
move away from
the planet to
which they find
themselves bound,
but also because
the coarseness
of their
perispirits
scramble distant
things for them,
just as a fog
hides the body
from their eyes.
"("Genesis", FEB
Edition)
As we know the
book of Daniel
from the Old
Testament
makes
references to
some futures
events
Although the
Superior (highly-evolved)
Spirits may be
aware of the
future, due to
the fact the
people from
Earth are
subordinate to
their free will,
they ignore the
precise dates of
events, since
man has freedom
of choice and
execution of
their tasks,
becoming
advanced or
delayed in this
desideratum. The
Master Jesus
says regarding
his return to
Earth, that “But
concerning that
day and hour no
one knows, not
even the angels
of heaven, nor
the Son [a] but
the Father only”.
(Matthew 24:36.)
In reality, the
future is not
predetermined,
since there is
no fatalism. Man
is responsible
for what he
thinks and does.
Through the
freedom of
action, he
represents, on
the stage of
life, the actor
who develops the
theme according
to his will.
Indeed, we know
that beings that
are endowed with
great leadership
potential demand
for another
chance in
spiritual life,
a new chance to
reincarnate and
rectify serious
mistake they
carried in the
past. And they
fail again. They
fail, despite
the clear
mission that
they had set
themselves up to
achieve. There
were no
fatalities and,
yes, respect for
free will. It is
clear that very
highly evolved
Spirits can
easily predict
the ill success
of these tasks
and know that "the
scandal is
needed" (Matthew
18:7), to serve
as a means of
spiritual growth
for many other
beings.
The Book of
Daniel from the
Old Testament
makes some
references to
future events;
by the prophet
achieving
through
out-of-body
experiences or
projection of
consciousness,
(i.e. freeing
oneself from one’s
physical body at
night time) and
becoming aware
in the spiritual
dimension of the
dream king
Nebuchadnezzar
and of his
explanation
(Daniel 2:19).
The Babylonian
king saw a great
statue with
terrible looks
which was
destroyed by a
rock and which
then became a
great mountain
and filled the
whole earth
(Daniel 2:35).
In fact, the
prophet revealed,
in a nutshell,
future events of
more than two
thousand five
hundred years
ago, talking
about the
Babylonian
Empire ("You are
the head of gold"
- Daniel 2:38),
; then the
Persian
predominance, "monarchy
of silver" ("shall
arise another
kingdom ..."
-Daniel 2:39),
soon afterwards
he unveiled the
"third kingdom
of bronze" -
Daniel 2: 39),
Alexander 3rd
the Great domain,
the precursor of
Hellenism,
commanding the
Greek soldiers,
who used
clothing and
armour of
bronze.
Neither through
diplomacy nor by
marriage among
the nobles of
different
kingdoms, was
there the
merging of
Europeans
Then he unveiled
the fourth
kingdom, which
would be "strong
as iron, because
iron breaks to
pieces and
shatters all
things" (Daniel
2:40),
foreseeing the
appearance of
the Roman
monarchy, much
more powerful
than those
mentioned above.
The Romans used
iron for making
swords and other
weapons, such as
in the
manufacture of
wheels and
chariots.
Then the
clairvoyant
predicts the
collapse of the
Roman Empire and
the barbarian
invasions being
one of the main
factors,
emerging, then,
the creation of
various kingdoms
such as the
Anglo-Saxons,
Visigoths,
Lombards,
providing
formation of
some European
nations: “And as
you saw the feet
and toes, it
shall be a
divided kingdom."
(Daniel 2:41).
Next, he
predicted that
this fragmented
kingdom has
"some of the
firmness of iron”
(Daniel 2:41),
though it was
the iron mixed
with clay.
Indeed, the
principal
responsible for
all this was
Christianity,
which occupied a
preponderant
role in the
integration of
the barbarians,
as these were
converted to
Catholicism. At
the same time,
the barbarians
respected the
Romans, because
they wanted to
have a life
similar to
theirs.
Although, the
authorship and
some predictions
related to the
Babylonians and
Greeks, has been
currently
questioned by
some historians
arguing that the
book of Daniel
was written
later on, the
final report
draws attention
when the Jewish
prophet, during
the
interpretation
of dream about
the destruction
of the foot of
the monument
made up of clay
and iron, thus
prophesied: " As
you saw the iron
mixed with soft
clay, so they
will mix with
one another in
marriage,[b] but
they will not
hold together,
just as iron
does not mix
with clay.
"(Daniel 2:43).
His prediction
is impressive
because no one,
from Charlemagne
through, Charles
5th, Louis 14th
and Napoleon,
managed to
amalgamate by
force the
kingdoms into
one empire.
Neither through
diplomacy nor by
marriage among
the nobles of
different
kingdoms, there
was the merging
of Europeans.
Europe passes
through very
troubling moment
with the
economic
slowdown and the
crisis that
follows from it
Daniel predicted
the lack of
unity among
European
countries,
proven long
after the
emergence of
Nazism,
communism,
dictatorships in
Greece, Portugal
and Spain, as
well as intense
division that
happened in the
Soviet Union,
Czechoslovakia
and, in
especially
violent form, in
Yugoslavia,
highlighting, at
present, the
lack of policy
coordination to
solve the
current
socio-economic
crisis, reaching
the European
Union, resulting
from high public
debt bloc
nations,
especially
Greece,
Portugal, Spain,
Italy and
Ireland.
Europe goes
through very
troubling times
with the
economic
slowdown, the
flight of
capital from
investors, the
sharp rise in
unemployment,
the credit
crunch, the
intense popular
discontent with
cutting wages,
freezing of
social benefits,
measures to
reduce spending
and the decrease
or small
increase in GDP
of European
countries. It is
also important
to emphasize the
prophetic
phenomenon,
considering that
not all European
Union nations
use the euro as
their official
currency.
Another fact to
consider is the
present movement
that aims to
separate the
Basque territory
from Spain.
Finishing the
prophecy, Daniel
said that after
"God of heaven
will set up a
kingdom that
shall never be
destroyed...”
(Daniel 2:44),
“Because the
stone that
struck the image
became a great
mountain and
filled the whole
earth.” (Daniel
2:35.)
Jesus is called
"the cornerstone"
(Ephesians 2:20
and 1 Peter
2:6), and
certainly Daniel
alludes to the
new Earth
transformed into
new world of
regeneration,
under the aegis
of the Master.
This reign of
peace for those
who will follow
the Christ in
spirit and in
truth,
practicing his
teachings and
being welcomed
into the
transformed
world, with the
title of the
server of the
good.
Translator’s
note:
[a] Some
manuscripts omit
nor the Son
[b] Aramaic by
the seed of men
Américo Domingos
Nunes Filho - is
a MD based on
Rio de Janeiro.
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