2016年6月28日 星期二

彌迦書6:1-5



6:1 以色列人哪,當聽耶和華的話!要起來向山嶺爭辯,使岡陵聽你的話。
6:2 山嶺和地永久的根基啊,要聽耶和華爭辯的話!因為耶和華要與他的百姓爭辯,與以色列爭論。
6:3 我的百姓啊,我向你做了甚麼呢?我在甚麼事上使你厭煩?你可以對我證明。
6:4 我曾將你從埃及地領出來,從作奴僕之家救贖你;我也差遣摩西、亞倫,和米利暗在你前面行。
6:5 我的百姓啊,你們當追念摩押王巴勒所設的謀和比珥的兒子巴蘭回答他的話,並你們從什亭到吉甲所遇見的事,好使你們知道耶和華公義的作為。

Hear what the Lord says:
Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
"O my people, what have I done to you?
 How have I wearied you? Answer me!
For I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and redeemed you from the house of slavery,
and I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam.
O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord."

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    以色列人對上帝的歸屬感,來自摩西帶領以色列出埃及。這是非常特別的經歷,就是那位看不見的上帝,竟然可以有如此大的作為,能夠用十災和使海水分開的方式,來展現祂的大能;不僅如此還用雲住和火柱來引導他們!真的,有哪一位神像耶和華呢?

    當然其他的偶像是不能和耶和華相比的,因為唯有耶和華是神!是獨一的真神!也因為如此,上帝透過律法的頒布,要他們活出上帝子民的記號。所以,信靠為先,順服為後。若沒有信靠,哪來的順服?哪來的公義呢?但是不順服、不行公義,明顯指出與上帝的關係破裂,就是沒有信靠!

    也因此保羅提醒我們,不是行律法為義,而是先要透過信耶穌基督,與上帝建立正確的關係,我們才能得聖靈,才有真正行善的能力。若沒有透過耶穌督與上帝建立正確的關係,其他的事情談得再高,已不能使我們蒙上帝的賜福!所以,我們人生首要就是要信靠耶穌基督的救恩,讓耶穌成為我們的主。

2016年6月27日 星期一

彌迦書5:7-15



5:7 雅各餘剩的人必在多國的民中,如從耶和華那裡降下的露水,又如甘霖降在草上;不仗賴人力,也不等候世人之功。
5:8 雅各餘剩的人必在多國多民中,如林間百獸中的獅子,又如少壯獅子在羊群中。他若經過就必踐踏撕裂,無人搭救。
5:9 願你的手舉起,高過敵人!願你的仇敵都被剪除!
5:10 耶和華說:到那日,我必從你中間剪除馬匹,毀壞車輛,
5:11 也必從你國中除滅城邑,拆毀一切的保障,
5:12 又必除掉你手中的邪術;你那裡也不再有占卜的。
5:13 我必從你中間除滅雕刻的偶像和柱像,你就不再跪拜自己手所造的。
5:14 我必從你中間拔出木偶,又毀滅你的城邑。
5:15 我也必在怒氣和忿怒中向那不聽從的列國施報。

Then the remnant of Jacob shall be
in the midst of many peoples
like dew from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,
which delay not for a man
nor wait for the children of man.
  And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations,
in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
which, when it goes through, treads down
and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
  Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries,
and all your enemies shall be cut off.
  And in that day, declares the Lord,
I will cut off your horses from among you
and will destroy your chariots;
  and I will cut off the cities of your land
and throw down all your strongholds;
  and I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes;
  and I will cut off your carved images
and your pillars from among you,
and you shall bow down no more
to the work of your hands;
  and I will root out your Asherah images from among you
and destroy your cities.
  And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance
on the nations that did not obey.

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    上帝不僅透過耶穌基督來施行拯救也透過祂在基督裡揀選的人來成就祂更偉大的事就是使祂的榮耀充滿全地

    而這樣的作為在聖靈降臨教會成立以後就開始運行了如使徒行傳18節說:「但聖靈降臨在你們身上,你們就必得著能力,並要在耶路撒冷、猶太全地,和撒馬利亞,直到地極,作我的見證。」

    是的教會要成為基督的見證不只見證基督復活更要見證基督再來讓上帝國完全實現

彌迦書5章

        彌迦書5章1-15節    ,

        彌迦書5:1-6  ,

        彌迦書5:1-5a,

        彌迦書5:7-15  ,

彌迦書5:1-6



5:1 成群的民(原文是女子)哪,現在你要聚集成隊;因為仇敵圍攻我們,要用杖擊打以色列審判者的臉。
5:2 伯利恆的以法他啊,你在猶大諸城中為小,將來必有一位從你那裡出來,在以色列中為我作掌權的;他的根源從亙古,從太初就有。
5:3 耶和華必將以色列人交付敵人,直等那生產的婦人生下子來。那時掌權者(原文是他)其餘的弟兄必歸到以色列人那裡。
5:4 他必起來,倚靠耶和華的大能,並耶和華─他上帝之名的威嚴,牧養他的羊群。他們要安然居住;因為他必日見尊大,直到地極。
5:5 這位必作我們的平安。當亞述人進入我們的地境,踐踏宮殿的時候,我們就立起七個牧者,八個首領攻擊他。
5:6 他們必用刀劍毀壞亞述地和寧錄地的關口。亞述人進入我們的地境踐踏的時候,他必拯救我們。

Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops;
siege is laid against us;
with a rod they strike the judge of Israel
on the cheek.
   But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old,
from ancient days.
  Therefore he shall give them up until the time
when she who is in labor has given birth;
then the rest of his brothers shall return
to the people of Israel.
  And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great
to the ends of the earth.
  And he shall be their peace.
When the Assyrian comes into our land
and treads in our palaces,
then we will raise against him seven shepherds
and eight princes of men;
  they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
and the land of Nimrod at its entrances;
and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian
when he comes into our land
and treads within our border.

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    這段經文使我們看見耶穌基督的降生是合乎彌迦先知的預言真的降生在伯利恆祂更是為萬民的罪死在十字架上使我們靠祂得成為上帝的兒女祂願意以道成肉身」的方式降臨,使我們得真正的拯救!

    這也讓我們想到保羅所引用的頌歌:『他本有上帝的形像,不以自己與上帝同等為強奪的;反倒虛己,取了奴僕的形像,成為人的樣式;既有人的樣子,就自己卑微,存心順服,以至於死,且死在十字架上。所以,上帝將他升為至高,又賜給他那超乎萬名之上的名,叫一切在天上的、地上的,和地底下的,因耶穌的名無不屈膝,無不口稱「耶穌基督為主」,使榮耀歸與父上帝。』(腓立比書2:6-11

    而「道成肉身」更是上帝完成拯救之重要途徑所以耶穌基督不僅是人更是完全的上帝


彌迦書4:9-13



4:9 現在你為何大聲哭號呢?疼痛抓住你彷彿產難的婦人,是因你中間沒有君王嗎?你的謀士滅亡了嗎?
4:10 錫安的民(原文是女子)哪,你要疼痛劬勞,彷彿產難的婦人;因為你必從城裡出來,住在田野,到巴比倫去。在那裡要蒙解救;在那裡耶和華必救贖你脫離仇敵的手。
4:11 現在有許多國的民聚集攻擊你,說:願錫安被玷污!願我們親眼見她遭報!
4:12 他們卻不知道耶和華的意念,也不明白他的籌劃。他聚集他們,好像把禾捆聚到禾場一樣。
4:13 錫安的民(原文是女子)哪,起來踹穀吧!我必使你的角成為鐵,使你的蹄成為銅。你必打碎多國的民,將他們的財獻與耶和華,將他們的貨獻與普天下的主。

Now why do you cry aloud?
Is there no king in you?
Has your counselor perished,
that pain seized you like a woman in labor?
  Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.
Now many nations
are assembled against you,
saying, “Let her be defiled,
and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”
  But they do not know
the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,
that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.
  Arise and thresh,
O daughter of Zion,
for I will make your horn iron,
and I will make your hoofs bronze;
you shall beat in pieces many peoples;
and shall devote their gain to the Lord,
their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.

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    在耶路撒冷的人被擄到巴比倫好像是上帝的懲罰反倒是上帝的救贖因為上帝要將更大的事顯明在他們身上使他們因此歸回上帝的面前並且重新建造聖殿耶路撒冷城牆還有聖經的編纂使他們真正成為敬拜耶和華的族群

    也因為如此,完成上帝所預定的,就是基督要透過大衛的後代,降生在伯利恆,最後為萬民的罪,死在十字架上,使萬民通過信靠祂,得與上帝建立合宜的關係,成為上帝的兒女。

    感謝上帝,若不是上帝如此的帶領,聖經就無法被建立起來,成為我們信仰的基石。