15:1 我又看見在天上有異象,大而且奇,就是七位天使掌管末了的七災,因為上帝的大怒在這七災中發盡了。
15:2 我看見彷彿有玻璃海,其中有火攙雜。又看見那些勝了獸和獸的像並牠名字數目的人,都站在玻璃海上,拿著上帝的琴,
15:3 唱上帝僕人摩西的歌和羔羊的歌,說:主上帝─全能者啊,你的作為大哉!奇哉!萬世(或譯:國)之王啊,你的道途義哉!誠哉!
15:4 主啊,誰敢不敬畏你,不將榮耀歸與你的名呢?因為獨有你是聖的。萬民都要來在你面前敬拜,因你公義的作為已經顯出來了。
Then I saw another sign in heaven, great
and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them
the wrath of God is finished.
And I saw what appeared to be a sea of
glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its
image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps
of God in their hands. And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and
the song of the Lamb, saying,
"Great and amazing are your deeds,
O Lord God the Almighty!
Just
and true are your ways,
O King of the nations!
Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All
nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been
revealed."
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這雖然是上帝發義怒之前的景象,但是屬上帝的族群還是在上帝面前敬拜祂,因為這一群是上帝按著祂永遠的旨意所揀選,為自己的榮耀緣故所存留的,這一群要與主同在直到永遠!
這一群有雙重的約,於是唱著雙重的歌:「上帝僕人摩西」和「羔羊」。歌頌上帝要顯明祂的公義:「主上帝─全能者啊,你的作為大哉!奇哉!萬世(或譯:國)之王啊,你的道途義哉!誠哉!主啊,誰敢不敬畏你,不將榮耀歸與你的名呢?因為獨有你是聖的。萬民都要來在你面前敬拜,因你公義的作為已經顯出來了!」
在這裡也看見詩歌的力量,當我們面對上帝,向上帝唱讚美的詩歌時,上帝的心意就向我們表明了!這也是禮拜中可以感受到的,也是使有限的文字與無限的上帝相遇之時,產生人對上帝的景仰與上帝對人啟示自己!這也是為甚麼聖徒要聚集起來唱詩讚美上帝的原因。
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