啟示錄21:5-8

21:5 坐寶座的說：「看哪，我將一切都更新了！」又說：「你要寫上；因這些話是可信的，是真實的。」

21:6 他又對我說：「都成了！我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛；我是初，我是終。我要將生命泉的水白白賜給那口渴的人喝。

21:7 得勝的，必承受這些為業：我要作他的上帝，他要作我的兒子。

21:8 惟有膽怯的、不信的、可憎的、殺人的、淫亂的、行邪術的、拜偶像的，和一切說謊話的，他們的分就在燒著硫磺的火湖裡；這是第二次的死。」

And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

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    這是上帝親自透過約翰向我們宣告的：「都成了！我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛；我是初，我是終。我要將生命泉的水白白賜給那口渴的人喝。得勝的，必承受這些為業：我要作他的上帝，他要作我的兒子。」

    是的，今天上帝已經將這「生命泉的水」賜給教會了，就是聖靈！雖然，耶穌基督道成肉身來到世間，只有當時的門徒可以和主耶穌有親密的關係。但是，今日上帝透過聖靈，讓耶穌基督住在我們心中，使我們與耶穌基督可以有親密的關係。不僅如此，還透過聖經讓我們閱讀上帝的話，更藉由傳道人的宣講，讓我們聽見上帝的話！

    透過上帝這樣總總的作為，讓我們這些「口渴的人」成為「得勝的人」，並且領受了「上帝兒女」的身分與權利，並且讓我們承受上帝本身的一切！

啟示錄21:1-4

21:1 我又看見一個新天新地；因為先前的天地已經過去了，海也不再有了。

21:2 我又看見聖城新耶路撒冷由上帝那裡從天而降，預備好了，就如新婦妝飾整齊，等候丈夫。

21:3 我聽見有大聲音從寶座出來說：「看哪，上帝的帳幕在人間。他要與人同住，他們要作他的子民。上帝要親自與他們同在，作他們的上帝。

21:4 上帝要擦去他們一切的眼淚；不再有死亡，也不再有悲哀、哭號、疼痛，因為以前的事都過去了。」

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."

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    這是一幅多麼美的圖畫，因為上帝與人同住，與人和好！不僅如此，人與人之深淵，就是「海」已經沒有了。也就是說，人和人中間也沒有隔閡了！這就是上帝的國實現，降臨在地上情景。

    這事每一個聖徒心中的禱告：「願你的國降臨；願你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。」

    然而這在地如天的生活已經實現了一些，就是上帝透過耶穌基督拯救我們，建立了教會，教會就是上帝國在地如天的開始。雖然尚未完全，但是教會就是我們體會上帝國的地方。

    也因此，在教會的治理上，我們要清楚，教會的主是耶穌基督，是上帝的家就要照上帝的話語來治理與建立。也因為如此，我們才能知道這幅圖畫是真實與美好的！

啟示錄20:11-15

20:11 我又看見一個白色的大寶座與坐在上面的；從他面前天地都逃避，再無可見之處了。

20:12 我又看見死了的人，無論大小，都站在寶座前。案卷展開了，並且另有一卷展開，就是生命冊。死了的人都憑著這些案卷所記載的，照他們所行的受審判。

20:13 於是海交出其中的死人；死亡和陰間也交出其中的死人；他們都照各人所行的受審判。

20:14 死亡和陰間也被扔在火湖裡；這火湖就是第二次的死。

20:15 若有人名字沒記在生命冊上，他就被扔在火湖裡。

Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.  And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.  And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.  Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.  And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

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    這是非基督徒的下場。

啟示錄20:7-10

20:7 那一千年完了，撒但必從監牢裡被釋放，

20:8 出來要迷惑地上四方（原文是角）的列國，就是歌革和瑪各，叫他們聚集爭戰。他們的人數多如海沙。

20:9 他們上來遍滿了全地，圍住聖徒的營與蒙愛的城，就有火從天降下，燒滅了他們。

20:10 那迷惑他們的魔鬼被扔在硫磺的火湖裡，就是獸和假先知所在的地方。他們必晝夜受痛苦，直到永永遠遠。

And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison  and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.  And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,  and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

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   魔鬼最後的反擊，還是毫無作用，這也告訴我們撒但終必被消滅！

啟示錄20章

       啟示錄20:1-6 ,  啟示錄20:7-10 ,

      啟示錄20:11-15   ,  啟示錄20章11-15節  ,

啟示錄20:1-6

20:1 我又看見一位天使從天降下，手裡拿著無底坑的鑰匙和一條大鍊子。

20:2 他捉住那龍，就是古蛇，又叫魔鬼，也叫撒但，把牠捆綁一千年，

20:3 扔在無底坑裡，將無底坑關閉，用印封上，使牠不得再迷惑列國。等到那一千年完了，以後必須暫時釋放牠。

20:4 我又看見幾個寶座，也有坐在上面的，並有審判的權柄賜給他們。我又看見那些因為給耶穌作見證，並為上帝之道被斬者的靈魂，和那沒有拜過獸與獸像，也沒有在額上和手上受過他印記之人的靈魂，他們都復活了，與基督一同作王一千年。

20:5 這是頭一次的復活。（其餘的死人還沒有復活，直等那一千年完了。）

20:6 在頭一次復活有分的有福了，聖潔了！第二次的死在他們身上沒有權柄。他們必作上帝和基督的祭司，並要與基督一同作王一千年。

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain.  And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,  and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

  Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.  The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

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   這是所謂的「千禧年」，是解經上的一個難題，有所謂的四個派系，在此不討論，只照字面了解。當然這是指信徒的復活與基督一同做王，照字面事暫時一千年和平。因為撒但被綑綁。