2020年3月24日 星期二

申命記14:22-29


14:22 「你要把你撒種所產的,就是你田地每年所出的,十分取一分;
14:23
又要把你的五穀、新酒、和油的十分之一,並牛群羊群中頭生的,吃在耶和華你上帝面前,就是他所選擇要立為他名的居所。這樣,你可以學習時常敬畏耶和華你的上帝。
14:24
當耶和華你上帝賜福與你的時候,耶和華你上帝所選擇要立為他名的地方若離你太遠,那路也太長,使你不能把這物帶到那裡去,
14:25
你就可以換成銀子,將銀子包起來,拿在手中,往耶和華你上帝所要選擇的地方去。
14:26
你用這銀子,隨心所欲,或買牛羊,或買清酒濃酒,凡你心所想的都可以買;你和你的家屬在耶和華你上帝的面前吃喝快樂。
14:27
「住在你城裡的利未人,你不可丟棄他,因為他在你們中間無分無業。
14:28
每逢三年的末一年,你要將本年的土產十分之一都取出來,積存在你的城中。
14:29
在你城裡無分無業的利未人,和你城裡寄居的,並孤兒寡婦,都可以來,吃得飽足。這樣,耶和華你的上帝必在你手裡所辦的一切事上賜福與你。」

  22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always. 24 But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away), 25 then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose. 26 Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice. 27 And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.
28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

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    有許多人不明白耶穌潔淨聖殿的背景與原因,就說耶穌不喜歡聖殿有買賣的事情。其實聖殿有買賣不是壞事,因為有些人住得比較遠,他們到聖殿守節需要在聖殿附近買東西,正如今天的經文說:「當耶和華─你上帝賜福與你的時候,耶和華─你上帝所選擇要立為他名的地方若離你太遠,那路也太長,使你不能把這物帶到那裡去,你就可以換成銀子,將銀子包起來,拿在手中,往耶和華─你上帝所要選擇的地方去。你用這銀子,隨心所欲,或買牛羊,或買清酒濃酒,凡你心所想的都可以買;你和你的家屬在耶和華─你上帝的面前吃喝快樂。」

    耶穌潔淨聖殿不要人換銀錢和買獻祭的牲畜,是因為當中有訛詐的事!所以,主耶穌教訓他們說:「經上不是記著說:我的殿必稱為萬國禱告的殿嗎?你們倒使它成為賊窩了。」

    也因此,我們做任何的批判與教導的時候,要清楚聖經的背景,不是照個人或某些自稱屬靈的人的任意教導。所以,在分享信息的事上,會謹慎小心,希望不要強加重擔在信心軟弱者的身上,這是有違背愛上帝與愛人的原則!



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