12:2 耶和華與猶大爭辯,必照雅各所行的懲罰他,按他所做的報應他。
12:3 他在腹中抓住哥哥的腳跟,壯年的時候與上帝較力,
12:4 與天使較力,並且得勝,哭泣懇求,在伯特利遇見耶和華。耶和華─萬軍之上帝在那裡曉諭我們以色列人;耶和華是他可記念的名。
12:5 【併於上節】
12:6 所以你當歸向你的上帝,謹守仁愛、公平,常常等候你的上帝。
2 The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his
ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the
heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.
4 He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor.
He
met God at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us—
5 the Lord, the God of hosts,
the
Lord is his memorial name:
6 "So you, by the help of your God,
return,
hold
fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God."
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以色列人的祖先雅各是一個詭計多端的人,一生抓、抓、抓…,就像他的名字的意思一般,可是他最後抓到了上帝,生命從此就改變了!他的本性如何,他的後代以色列也是如何!然而他遇見上帝,以色列人也遇見上帝,並且蒙上帝的拯救!
然而先知在此強調的是要以色列人歸回到上帝面前,正如先知在此說:「所以你當歸向你的上帝,謹守仁愛、公平,常常等候你的上帝。」
而基督信仰強調的重心就是要歸向上帝,謙卑恭敬來面對上帝,因為他我們生命的根源,是力量的來源!人透過耶穌基督就能與上帝有和平的關係,就能勝過罪所造成的阻隔,這是上帝給人的恩典!
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