以斯拉記6:19-22

 

6:19 正月十四日，被擄歸回的人守逾越節。
6:20 原來，祭司和利未人一同自潔，無一人不潔淨。利未人為被擄歸回的眾人和他們的弟兄眾祭司，並為自己宰逾越節的羊羔。
6:21 從擄到之地歸回的以色列人和一切除掉所染外邦人污穢、歸附他們、要尋求耶和華─以色列上帝的人都吃這羊羔，
6:22 歡歡喜喜地守除酵節七日；因為耶和華使他們歡喜，又使亞述王的心轉向他們，堅固他們的手，作以色列上帝殿的工程。

 

 ¹⁹ On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles celebrated the Passover. ²⁰ The priests and Levites had purified themselves and were all ceremonially clean. The Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their relatives the priests and for themselves. ²¹ So the Israelites who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the unclean practices of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek the Lord, the God of Israel. ²² For seven days they celebrated with joy the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because the Lord had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.

 

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    逾越節有救贖的意義：以色列人脫離埃及為奴之地，成為屬上帝的子民！

 

    被擄歸回的逾越節，更是見證上帝成就祂的應許，使被擄的猶太人歸回故地並重建聖殿！

 

    而主耶穌被害的逾越節，更是讓所有基督徒想到主耶穌的救贖大功！也因為有這逾越節，讓我們盼望將來上帝國完全實現的大宴席，一同在新天新地同享榮耀，並將榮耀歸給主！

 

   讓我們同來敬拜逾越節的羔羊主耶穌和在寶座上的天父，讓我們永永遠遠歸榮耀於三一上帝！