2016年11月26日 星期六

以西結書28:25-26



28:25 主耶和華如此說:「我將分散在萬民中的以色列家招聚回來,向他們在列邦人眼前顯為聖的時候,他們就在我賜給我僕人雅各之地,仍然居住。
28:26 他們要在這地上安然居住。我向四圍恨惡他們的眾人施行審判以後,他們要蓋造房屋,栽種葡萄園,安然居住,就知道我是耶和華─他們的上帝。」

25 "Thus says the Lord God: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. 26 And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God."

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    雖然先知以西結的信息中充滿審判但是仍然有安慰的信息上帝在審判列邦之後仍然要彰顯祂拯救以色列的決心祂不會忘記祂七十年後要重建耶路撒冷的應許上帝要使以色列人回到故鄉並且安然居住

    這也告訴我們上帝最終的目的是要讓祂的子民得著真正的安息我們如何能得這真正的安息呢就是在基督裡與上帝建立正確和合宜的關係

    我們是不是被別的事物想法行動所衝擊忘記上帝要賜予人的終極恩典呢我們是不是被不當的言論所蠱惑所躁動以至於忘記真正的安息呢快回到基督裡享受這一份安息

以西結書28:20-24



28:20 耶和華的話臨到我說:
28:21 「人子啊,你要向西頓預言攻擊她,
28:22 說主耶和華如此說:西頓哪,我與你為敵,我必在你中間得榮耀。我在你中間施行審判、顯為聖的時候,人就知道我是耶和華。
28:23 我必使瘟疫進入西頓,使血流在她街上。被殺的必在其中仆倒,四圍有刀劍臨到她,人就知道我是耶和華。」
28:24 「四圍恨惡以色列家的人,必不再向他們作刺人的荊棘,傷人的蒺藜,人就知道我是主耶和華。」

The word of the Lord came to me:21 "Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her 22 and say, Thus says the Lord God:
"Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
and I will manifest my glory in your midst.
And they shall know that I am the Lord
 when I execute judgments in her
and manifest my holiness in her;
23 for I will send pestilence into her,
and blood into her streets;
and the slain shall fall in her midst,
by the sword that is against her on every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
24 "And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

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    西頓也是腓尼基人另一個興盛的港口,也是一個上帝所不喜悅的城市,是亞哈王的皇后耶洗別的故鄉,所以先知也受上帝的話,來攻擊這城。

    或許你會問上帝為何不喜悅人富足呢?不是的,祂不喜悅的事人富足以後離開上帝,自高自傲。若是你富足之後,仍然信靠祂,不倚靠那虛空的財富,上帝必定保守你到永遠

    上帝要在基督裡,賞賜我們一切的豐盛,不光是那虛空的財富。我們若以財富為滿足,而離棄了上帝,這樣的財富就是虛空無意義的了所以,我們寧可有基督,勝過萬有

以西結書28:11-19



28:11 耶和華的話臨到我說:
28:12 「人子啊,你為泰爾王作起哀歌,說主耶和華如此說:你無所不備,智慧充足,全然美麗。
28:13 你曾在伊甸上帝的園中,佩戴各樣寶石,就是紅寶石、紅璧璽、金鋼石、水蒼玉、紅瑪瑙、碧玉、藍寶石、綠寶石、紅玉,和黃金;又有精美的鼓笛在你那裡,都是在你受造之日預備齊全的。
28:14 你是那受膏遮掩約櫃的基路伯;我將你安置在上帝的聖山上;你在發光如火的寶石中間往來。
28:15 你從受造之日所行的都完全,後來在你中間又察出不義。
28:16 因你貿易很多,就被強暴的事充滿,以致犯罪,所以我因你褻瀆聖地,就從上帝的山驅逐你。遮掩約櫃的基路伯啊,我已將你從發光如火的寶石中除滅。
28:17 你因美麗心中高傲,又因榮光敗壞智慧,我已將你摔倒在地,使你倒在君王面前,好叫他們目睹眼見。
28:18 你因罪孽眾多,貿易不公,就褻瀆你那裡的聖所。故此,我使火從你中間發出,燒滅你,使你在所有觀看的人眼前變為地上的爐灰。
28:19 各國民中,凡認識你的,都必為你驚奇。你令人驚恐,不再存留於世,直到永遠。」

11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me:12 "Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:
"You were the signet of perfection,
 full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God;
 every precious stone was your covering,
 sardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings.
 On the day that you were created
they were prepared.
14 You were an anointed guardian cherub.
I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God;
in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.
15 You were blameless in your ways
 from the day you were created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.
created,
till unrighteousness was found in you.
16 In the abundance of your trade
you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;
so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God,
and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;
you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I exposed you before kings,
to feast their eyes on you.
18 By the multitude of your iniquities,
in the unrighteousness of your trade
you profaned your sanctuaries;
so I brought fire out from your midst;
it consumed you,
and I turned you to ashes on the earth
 in the sight of all who saw you.
19 All who know you among the peoples
are appalled at you;
 you have come to a dreadful end
and shall be no more forever."

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    在這段時間台灣發生復興航空停飛的事件,讓人覺得十分突然!讀到上帝要先知以西結寫的泰爾哀歌,感觸良多!真的,許多人自以為建立了事業,是一件偉大的事,還盼望能永續經營,一代傳一代,尤其是台灣企業大多是家族性的,更是盼望如此。

    然而我們知道,一個組織的成長不可以封閉,應當是開放的,正如教會不可為家族把持,教會是要屬於上帝的,若是為家族把持,就和許多公司一樣,最後子孫不肖,就一切都沒有了!而且家族性更造就人的驕傲,從來沒有人會將榮耀歸給上帝,只會津津樂道當年父親如何、祖父如何,不會說上帝如何帶領。

    讓我們透過復興航空的事件再一次思考我們人算什麼若不是上帝在基督裡的救恩人能做甚麼能有永遠的生命嗎

以西結書28章

      以西結書28:1-10   ,  以西結書28:11-19  , 以西結書28:20-24   , 以西結書28:25-26  ,

以西結書28:1-10



28:1 耶和華的話又臨到我說:
28:2 「人子啊,你對泰爾君王說,主耶和華如此說:因你心裡高傲,說:我是神;我在海中坐神之位。你雖然居心自比神,也不過是人,並不是神!
28:3 看哪,你比但以理更有智慧,甚麼祕事都不能向你隱藏。
28:4 你靠自己的智慧聰明得了金銀財寶,收入庫中。
28:5 你靠自己的大智慧和貿易增添資財,又因資財心裡高傲。
28:6 「所以主耶和華如此說:因你居心自比神,
28:7 我必使外邦人,就是列國中的強暴人臨到你這裡;他們必拔刀砍壞你用智慧得來的美物,褻瀆你的榮光。
28:8 他們必使你下坑;你必死在海中,與被殺的人一樣。
28:9 在殺你的人面前你還能說「我是上帝」嗎?其實你在殺害你的人手中,不過是人,並不是神。
28:10 你必死在外邦人手中,與未受割禮(或譯:不潔;下同)的人一樣,因為這是主耶和華說的。」

1 The word of the Lord came to me:2 "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
 "Because your heart is proud,
and you have said, 'I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,'
yet you are but a man, and no god,
 though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
3 you are indeed wiser than Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
 you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and your heart has become proud in your wealth—
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
 Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom
and defile your splendor.
8 They shall thrust you down into the pit,
 and you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you still say, 'I am a god,'
in the presence of those who kill you,
though you are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
 for I have spoken, declares the Lord God."

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    這是上帝透過先知向泰爾宣告的話,相信這不僅是對泰爾說的,更是對一切自以為剛強、自以為有辦法、自以為義的人說的。正如6-9節說:『因你居心自比神,我必使外邦人,就是列國中的強暴人臨到你這裡;他們必拔刀砍壞你用智慧得來的美物,褻瀆你的榮光。他們必使你下坑;你必死在海中,與被殺的人一樣。在殺你的人面前你還能說「我是上帝」嗎?其實你在殺害你的人手中,不過是人,並不是神。』

    人都無法勝過了,更哪來的能力勝過神、勝過上帝呢?因此人在上帝面前必須謙卑,必須靠耶穌基督的恩典,接受上帝從天而來的賜福,專心倚靠上帝,不要自以為有辦法、有能力!因為我們努力爭取的一切,抗爭的一切,都如草上的花:草一枯乾,花必凋謝!唯有遵行上帝旨意的,才永遠常存!

    人若離了上帝,一切都算不得什麼了快快來歸向上帝,靠著上帝在基督裡所設立的救恩