2020年5月5日 星期二

申命記30:1-10


30:1 「我所陳明在你面前的這一切咒詛都臨到你身上;你在耶和華你上帝追趕你到的萬國中必心裡追念祝福的話;
30:2
你和你的子孫若盡心盡性歸向耶和華你的上帝,照著我今日一切所吩咐的聽從他的話;
30:3
那時,耶和華你的上帝必憐恤你,救回你這被擄的子民;耶和華你的上帝要回轉過來,從分散你到的萬民中將你招聚回來。
30:4
你被趕散的人,就是在天涯的,耶和華你的上帝也必從那裡將你招聚回來。
30:5
耶和華你的上帝必領你進入你列祖所得的地,使你可以得著;又必善待你,使你的人數比你列祖眾多。
30:6
耶和華你上帝必將你心裡和你後裔心裡的污穢除掉,好叫你盡心盡性愛耶和華你的上帝,使你可以存活。
30:7
耶和華你的上帝必將這一切咒詛加在你仇敵和恨惡你、逼迫你的人身上。
30:8
你必歸回,聽從耶和華的話,遵行他的一切誡命,就是我今日所吩咐你的。
30:9
你若聽從耶和華你上帝的話,謹守這律法書上所寫的誡命律例,又盡心盡性歸向耶和華你的上帝,他必使你手裡所辦的一切事,並你身所生的,牲畜所下的,地土所產的,都綽綽有餘;因為耶和華必再喜悅你,降福與你,像從前喜悅你列祖一樣。
30:10
【併於上節】

When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes[a] and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back. He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The Lord will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, 10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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    上帝知道以色列人的問題,也知道他們將要被擄。雖然出埃及到以色列和猶大滅國還有好幾百年,將來的走向早在上帝的掌握之中,因為上帝是全知和全能的上帝。祂既然計畫透過耶穌基督來拯救世人,舊約時代就是上帝預備基督的時候,他必保守以色列國家,好讓基督能按照其安排的狀態顯現於世人。

    然而上帝為了保護以色列人不被其他種族所混亂,當然是透過律法如同火牆一班圍繞與保護以色列人不偏離上帝的正道!正如保羅所說:「但這因信得救的理還未來以先,我們被看守在律法之下,直圈到那將來的真道顯明出來。這樣,律法是我們訓蒙的師傅,引我們到基督那裡,使我們因信稱義。」(加拉太書3:23-24

    所以,我們不是反對律法,而且需要律法的保守下,不致偏離真道和上帝!但是,主耶穌來以後,我們要清楚我們不是因為遵行律法成義的,正如保羅也說:「但這因信得救的理既然來到,我們從此就不在師傅的手下了。所以,你們因信基督耶穌都是上帝的兒子。你們受洗歸入基督的都是披戴基督了。並不分猶太人、希臘人,自主的、為奴的,或男或女,因為你們在基督耶穌裡都成為一了。你們既屬乎基督,就是亞伯拉罕的後裔,是照著應許承受產業的了。」(加拉太書3:25-29

    因此,我們要感謝與讚美上帝,因為祂是何等的眷顧我們,祂的應許必不落空!



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