1:1 耶穌基督的啟示,就是上帝賜給他,叫他將必要快成的事指示他的眾僕人。他就差遣使者曉諭他的僕人約翰。
1:2 約翰便將上帝的道和耶穌基督的見證,凡自己所看見的都證明出來。
1:3 念這書上預言的和那些聽見又遵守其中所記載的,都是有福的,因為日期近了。
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God
gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made
it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word
of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed
is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those
who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.
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這是《啟示錄》的序言,讀了這段序言我們清楚這卷書的來源是耶穌基督,而耶穌基督是將上帝的啟示,藉由天使傳給使徒約翰,好讓使徒約翰將這樣的啟示寫下來供世人閱讀、聽見、遵守!
而這卷書特別強調:凡「閱讀、聽見、遵守」的人都是有福的。所以我們不可因為這卷書不容易明白而不讀。牧者也不能因為這卷書的解釋不易,就不傳講。這卷書也是列入正典之中,我們就要宣讀、傳講,讓信徒聽見並遵守成為蒙福的人!
這卷書特別標明這是:「耶穌基督的啟示,就是上帝賜給他」。讓我們用心閱讀與研究並遵行,成為有福的人。「因為日期近了」!
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