2016年11月24日 星期四

詩篇107:1



 
你們要稱謝耶和華,因他本為善;

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!

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    詩人用呼籲的語氣向讀者(禮拜之會眾)宣召,要大家一起來感謝上帝!而要感謝的理由是就上帝的屬性和作為。

    首先他說:「因他本為善」,「善」的意思是「好的, 令人愉悅的, 可喜的」,也就是說上帝可以使人得著真正的滿足,而人真的是要上帝才能真正滿足!因為這是上帝造人的目的,就是使人可以在上帝面前得滿足。

    接著說道:「他的慈愛永遠長存」!這裡的慈愛包括了:救贖、保全、屬靈生命的快速成長、守約,等意思。也就是說上帝的慈愛是真正使我們得益處、永生、幸福、美好。更可貴的是上帝這樣的作為是永不改變的,是我們隨時可以靠、可支取的幫助,領我們度過個個難關,直到上帝國完全的實現。

    而上帝這樣的應許,是我們一生一是最大的保障,願我們都可以透過敬拜上帝,領受上帝在基督裡的一切豐盛

2016年11月23日 星期三

以西結書26:19-21



26:19 主耶和華如此說:「泰爾啊,我使你變為荒涼,如無人居住的城邑;又使深水漫過你,大水淹沒你。
26:20 那時,我要叫你下入陰府,與古時的人一同在地的深處、久已荒涼之地居住,使你不再有居民。我也要在活人之地顯榮耀(我也……榮耀:或譯在活人之地不再有榮耀)。
26:21 我必叫你令人驚恐,不再存留於世;人雖尋找你,卻永尋不見。這是主耶和華說的。」

19 "For thus says the Lord God:When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty in the land of the living. 21 I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God."

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   「深水漫過你,大水淹沒你」:這對當時的人來說,等同於是「落入陰間」。對於熟悉海運經商的推羅人來說,「海難」應該是最深的恐懼。而這一段就用海難的景象來描述推羅將完全滅亡。

    說到死亡或滅亡,讓人最害怕的就是隔絕,也就是施去關係,正如人和上帝和別人失去關係,那是何等的失落感啊

    人的死亡就是與上帝關係斷裂因此上帝為了拯救人就是與人恢復關係就必須透過耶穌基督作為中保你有沒有靠主耶穌與上帝恢復正確合宜的關係了嗎

以西結書26:15-18



26:15 主耶和華對泰爾如此說:「在你中間行殺戮,受傷之人唉哼的時候,因你傾倒的響聲,海島豈不都震動嗎?
26:16 那時靠海的君王必都下位,除去朝服,脫下花衣,披上戰兢,坐在地上,時刻發抖,為你驚駭。
26:17 他們必為你作起哀歌說:你這有名之城,素為航海之人居住,在海上為最堅固的;平日你和居民使一切住在那裡的人無不驚恐;現在何竟毀滅了?
26:18 如今在你這傾覆的日子,海島都必戰兢;海中的群島見你歸於無有就都驚惶。」

15 "Thus says the Lord God to Tyre:Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst? 16 Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground and tremble every moment and be appalled at you. 17 And they will raise a lamentation over you and say to you,
"'How you have perished,
you who were inhabited from the seas,
O city renowned,
 who was mighty on the sea;
she and her inhabitants imposed their terror
on all her inhabitants!
18 Now the coastlands tremble
on the day of your fall,
and the coastlands that are on the sea
are dismayed at your passing. '

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    眾海島與靠海的君王對海洋名城泰爾陷落與傾覆的感到震驚。他們主觀感受,覺得推羅的傾覆難以置信。

    而之所以這樣常常是人將短暫當成永恆人每天過日子的態度就是認為自己是永恆的殊不知死亡就這樣悄悄的臨到讓人措手不及

    上帝的子民會怕這樣的"突然當然不怕因為我們知道上帝在基督裡的預備就安然面對了

以西結書26:7-14



26:7 主耶和華如此說:「我必使諸王之王的巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒率領馬匹車輛、馬兵、軍隊,和許多人民從北方來攻擊你泰爾。
26:8 他必用刀劍殺滅屬你城邑的居民,也必造臺築壘舉盾牌攻擊你。
26:9 他必安設撞城錘攻破你的牆垣,用鐵器拆毀你的城樓。
26:10 因他的馬匹眾多,塵土揚起遮蔽你。他進入你的城門,好像人進入已有破口之城。那時,你的牆垣必因騎馬的和戰車、輜重車的響聲震動。
26:11 他的馬蹄必踐踏你一切的街道,他必用刀殺戮你的居民;你堅固的柱子(或譯:柱像)必倒在地上。
26:12 人必以你的財寶為擄物,以你的貨財為掠物,破壞你的牆垣,拆毀你華美的房屋,將你的石頭、木頭、塵土都拋在水中。
26:13 我必使你唱歌的聲音止息,人也不再聽見你彈琴的聲音。
26:14 我必使你成為淨光的磐石,作曬網的地方;你不得再被建造,因為這是主耶和華說的。」

7 "For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. 8 He will kill with the sword your daughters on the mainland. He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you. 9 He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as men enter a city that has been breached. 11 With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. 12 They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. 13 And I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. 14 I will make you a bare rock. You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, for I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

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    許多學者注意到此處所說的似乎是對泰爾陸地部份的攻擊。使用的都是陸軍而沒提到海軍。事實上尼布甲尼撒王主要也是摧毀了泰爾陸地部份的城邑。

          西元前333年亞歷山大攻擊泰爾時就如先知所記,用陸地城市的建材作成堤壩攻擊推羅海島部份而獲勝,消滅泰爾。13節之唱歌與彈琴都是娛樂、休閒之用。上帝要讓這種泰爾城中富有商人的娛樂停止,讓泰爾完全被毀滅。

    這也再一次說明人沒有上帝為主為王他的豐盛只是一時不能長久人要永遠長存僅能靠上帝的拯救而上帝以在基督裡預備永恆了只有信靠耶穌才有永生這是上帝美好的應許你領受了嗎

以西結書26章

   以西結書26:1-6    ,  以西結書26:7-14   , 以西結書26:15-18   , 以西結書26:19-21  ,