以斯拉記6:13-18

6:13 於是，河西總督達乃和示他‧波斯乃，並他們的同黨，因大流士王所發的命令，就急速遵行。
6:14 猶大長老因先知哈該和易多的孫子撒迦利亞所說勸勉的話就建造這殿，凡事亨通。他們遵著以色列上帝的命令和波斯王塞魯士、大流士、亞達薛西的旨意，建造完畢。
6:15 大流士王第六年，亞達月初三日，這殿修成了。
6:16 以色列的祭司和利未人，並其餘被擄歸回的人都歡歡喜喜地行奉獻上帝殿的禮。
6:17 行奉獻上帝殿的禮就獻公牛一百隻，公綿羊二百隻，綿羊羔四百隻，又照以色列支派的數目獻公山羊十二隻，為以色列眾人作贖罪祭；
6:18 且派祭司和利未人按著班次在耶路撒冷事奉上帝，是照摩西律法書上所寫的。

 

 ¹³ Then, because of the decree King Darius had sent, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates carried it out with diligence. ¹⁴ So the elders of the Jews continued to build and prosper under the preaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the temple according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia. ¹⁵ The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

¹⁶ Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy. ¹⁷ For the dedication of this house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering^[b] for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁸ And they installed the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their groups for the service of God at Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.

 

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    聖殿終於重建完成，讓回歸的猶太人可以聚集敬拜，恢復原有的信仰生活，讓人感受到上帝大能。

 

    這樣的恢復也是成為基督救恩的預表，讓我們看見上帝的再造，也就是救贖之功。雖然人曾經因罪而敗壞，然而上帝要透過基督甦醒我們的生命，正如上帝使以色列人歸回重建聖殿一般！

 

    我們未遇見基督是滅亡的人，如同以色列與猶大被滅一般，然而死了的國竟然復生，同樣死了的人因基督又有了新生命！想到這些，我們不禁讚美上帝：哈利路亞！