2019年8月22日 星期四

出埃及記25:31-40


25:31 「要用精金做一個燈臺。燈臺的座和幹與杯、球、花,都要接連一塊錘出來。
25:32
燈臺兩旁要杈出六個枝子:這旁三個,那旁三個。
25:33
這旁每枝上有三個杯,形狀像杏花,有球,有花;那旁每枝上也有三個杯,形狀像杏花,有球,有花。從燈臺杈出來的六個枝子都是如此。
25:34
燈臺上有四個杯,形狀像杏花,有球,有花。
25:35
燈臺每兩個枝子以下有球與枝子接連一塊。燈臺出的六個枝子都是如此。
25:36
球和枝子要接連一塊,都是一塊精金錘出來的。
25:37
要做燈臺的七個燈盞。祭司要點這燈,使燈光對照。
25:38
燈臺的蠟剪和蠟花盤也是要精金的。
25:39
做燈臺和這一切的器具要用精金一他連得。
25:40
要謹慎做這些物件,都要照著在山上指示你的樣式。」

  31 “Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. 32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. 33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. 34 And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. 35 One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all. 36 The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
37 “Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it. 38 Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold. 39 A talent[f] of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories. 40 See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

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    「金燈台」是聖殿一個重要的記號,代表上帝是光,而在新約的《啟示錄》中更是用「金燈台」來代表教會,如120節說:「論到你所看見、在我右手中的七星和七個金燈臺的奧祕,那七星就是七個教會的使者,七燈臺就是七個教會。

    而在聖殿中的燈台是要常放光明不可已熄滅的,也就是說到教會要如此在世界上放光明,照亮在這個世界的人,直到基督再來,正像基督光照人一樣,正如路加福音178-79節說:「因我們上帝憐憫的心腸,叫清晨的日光從高天臨到我們,要照亮坐在黑暗中死蔭裡的人,把我們的腳引到平安的路上。

    使徒保羅也勉勵基督徒說:「使你們無可指摘,誠實無偽,在這彎曲悖謬的世代作上帝無瑕疵的兒女。你們顯在這世代中,好像明光照耀,將生命的道表明出來,叫我在基督的日子好誇我沒有空跑,也沒有徒勞。」(腓立比書2:15-16

    總之,我們要興起發光,因為基督已經將這樣的使命賦予我們了!



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