歷代志下5:11-14

 

5:11 當時，在那裡所有的祭司都已自潔，並不分班供職。
5:12 他們出聖所的時候，歌唱的利未人亞薩、希幔、耶杜頓，和他們的眾子眾弟兄都穿細麻布衣服，站在壇的東邊，敲鈸、鼓瑟、彈琴，同著他們有一百二十個祭司吹號。
5:13 吹號的、歌唱的都一齊發聲，聲合為一，讚美感謝耶和華。吹號、敲鈸，用各種樂器，揚聲讚美耶和華說：耶和華本為善，他的慈愛永遠長存！那時，耶和華的殿有雲充滿，
5:14 甚至祭司不能站立供職，因為耶和華的榮光充滿了上帝的殿。

¹¹ The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions. ¹² All the Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. ¹³ The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang:

“He is good;
    his love endures forever.”

Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud, ¹⁴ and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of God.

 

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    這是約櫃進入聖殿之後第一次的禮拜，最讓人驚喜與注意的就是「耶和華的榮光充滿了上帝的殿」！

    這也讓我們思考到，我們的禮拜是不是充滿上帝的榮光？這也就是說我們的禮拜是不是有上帝的同在？有上帝的同在的表徵就是：充滿上帝的榮光。也唯有上帝的榮光臨到，我們才會充滿喜樂與滿足。

    願我們的禮拜都蒙上帝悅納，使上帝的榮光充滿在我們當中！