7:19 「倘若你們轉去丟棄我指示你們的律例誡命,去事奉敬拜別神,
7:20 我就必將以色列人從我賜給他們的地上拔出根來,並且我為己名所分別為聖的殿也必捨棄不顧,使他在萬民中作笑談,被譏誚。
7:21 這殿雖然甚高,將來經過的人必驚訝說:『耶和華為何向這地和這殿如此行呢?』
7:22 人必回答說:『是因此地的人離棄耶和華─他們列祖的上帝,就是領他們出埃及地的上帝,去親近別神,敬拜事奉他,所以耶和華使這一切災禍臨到他們。』」
19 “But if you[a] turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 21 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ 22 People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’”
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這話不只是對以色列人說的,也是對今天我們這一群基督徒說的。讓我們知道:信仰的對象不是建築物,也不是人的組織,而是上帝本身。我們若以別的取代上帝來敬拜,下場將是一無所有,也就是滅亡!
我們從舊約的記載可知:不管是以色列還是猶大,最後都是離棄上帝,不遵守上帝的律法。也因為這樣,以色列被亞述帝國所滅;猶大被比倫所滅。不僅如此,聖殿被破壞,人民被擄到外國去。更讓人惋惜的,就是以色列的十個支派被擄走之後,就不見了!還好的是,猶大和便雅憫兩個支派,上帝有留下「餘種」,好使耶穌基督得以完成上帝救贖的旨意!
這也再次讓我們看見上帝是按祂的主權來行做萬事,人不可以與上帝為敵!但是,人若沒有聖靈的引導,是不會明白且不會順服的。也因此,我們要祈禱聖靈來更新我們!
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