2018年10月3日 星期三

希伯來書9:1-10


9:1 原來前約有禮拜的條例和屬世界的聖幕。
9:2
因為有預備的帳幕,頭一層叫作聖所,裡面有燈臺、桌子,和陳設餅。
9:3
第二幔子後又有一層帳幕,叫作至聖所,
9:4
有金香爐(爐:或譯壇),有包金的約櫃,櫃裡有盛嗎哪的金罐和亞倫發過芽的杖,並兩塊約版;
9:5
櫃上面有榮耀基路伯的影罩著施恩(施恩:原文是蔽罪)座。這幾件我現在不能一一細說。
9:6
這些物件既如此預備齊了,眾祭司就常進頭一層帳幕,行拜上帝的禮。
9:7
至於第二層帳幕,惟有大祭司一年一次獨自進去,沒有不帶著血為自己和百姓的過錯獻上。
9:8
聖靈用此指明,頭一層帳幕仍存的時候,進入至聖所的路還未顯明。
9:9
那頭一層帳幕作現今的一個表樣,所獻的禮物和祭物,就著良心說,都不能叫禮拜的人得以完全。
9:10
這些事,連那飲食和諸般洗濯的規矩,都不過是屬肉體的條例,命定到振興的時候為止。

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. 2 A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, 4 which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. 5 Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
6 When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. 7 But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. 8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. 9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

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    舊約的會幕是照著天上的樣式呈現在地上,意思就是說「可見」是「不能見」的影子,是為了顧及人的軟弱所設立的,因為人無法直接靠著那「不能見」的,人總需要那能見的,尤其是基督耶穌尚未來的時候,大家不知那能見的意義為何,就需要那可見的。

    但是今天基督已經來了,真正的獻祭也發生、也顯明了,也因為基督已經完成了,所以會幕與獻祭的事也不需要了,也因此聖殿也沒有存在的意義。所以,耶路撒冷的聖殿被毀是正常的;因為真正的已經來到,上帝國正在進行中,有一天會完全實現!

    同樣今日的教會也是暫時性的組織,在主耶穌再來的時候,上帝國完全的實現,那時候教會就轉化成上帝國,不再是現在的教會樣式,而是化零為整,成為上帝榮耀的國了!

    因此,教會是在上帝國尚未實現時的一個組織,或大或小不是問題,遵行上帝旨意預備主耶穌再來,迎接上帝國的實現,才是教會存在的目地,不要將帳篷當成宮殿,一切都會過去,只有耶穌基督的國才是永遠長存!

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