以西結書36:22-32

36:22 「所以，你要對以色列家說，主耶和華如此說：以色列家啊，我行這事不是為你們，乃是為我的聖名，就是在你們到的列國中所褻瀆的。

36:23 我要使我的大名顯為聖；這名在列國中已被褻瀆，就是你們在他們中間所褻瀆的。我在他們眼前，在你們身上顯為聖的時候，他們就知道我是耶和華。這是主耶和華說的。

36:24 我必從各國收取你們，從列邦聚集你們，引導你們歸回本地。

36:25 我必用清水灑在你們身上，你們就潔淨了。我要潔淨你們，使你們脫離一切的污穢，棄掉一切的偶像。

36:26 我也要賜給你們一個新心，將新靈放在你們裡面，又從你們的肉體中除掉石心，賜給你們肉心。

36:27 我必將我的靈放在你們裡面，使你們順從我的律例，謹守遵行我的典章。

36:28 你們必住在我所賜給你們列祖之地。你們要作我的子民，我要作你們的上帝。

36:29 我必救你們脫離一切的污穢，也必命五穀豐登，不使你們遭遇饑荒。

36:30 我必使樹木多結果子，田地多出土產，好叫你們不再因饑荒受外邦人的譏誚。

36:31 那時，你們必追想你們的惡行和你們不善的作為，就因你們的罪孽和可憎的事厭惡自己。

36:32 主耶和華說：你們要知道，我這樣行不是為你們。以色列家啊，當為自己的行為抱愧蒙羞。

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.  And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.  I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.  I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.  And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.  And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.  You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.  And I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And I will summon the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine upon you.  I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.  Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations.  It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

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    這是一個很大的提醒，尤其是針對領受到上帝的恩惠的人。不要以為自己受了上帝的恩惠，就比別人更好、更優秀，覺得自己很棒、很了不起，就輕視沒有蒙受上帝恩惠的人！

    正如先知在這裡所說：「那時，你們必追想你們的惡行和你們不善的作為，就因你們的罪孽和可憎的事厭惡自己。主耶和華說：你們要知道，我這樣行不是為你們。以色列家啊，當為自己的行為抱愧蒙羞。」

    所以，基督徒不要以為自己是上帝的兒女而自高自傲，要想想自己是怎樣蒙恩的，周圍的人不見得比我們差，只是他們尚未得到上帝的恩惠，哪一天他們得著上帝的恩惠，比你更熱心、更敬虔，好使你在上帝面前感到羞愧！所以，我們不可以輕看與排斥未信主的人，哪一天反過來他成為主所重用的人呢！

以西結書36:16-21

36:16 耶和華的話又臨到我說：

36:17 「人子啊，以色列家住在本地的時候，在行動作為上玷污那地。他們的行為在我面前，好像正在經期的婦人那樣污穢。

36:18 所以我因他們在那地上流人的血，又因他們以偶像玷污那地，就把我的忿怒傾在他們身上。

36:19 我將他們分散在列國，四散在列邦，按他們的行動作為懲罰他們。

36:20 他們到了所去的列國，就使我的聖名被褻瀆；因為人談論他們說，這是耶和華的民，是從耶和華的地出來的。

36:21 我卻顧惜我的聖名，就是以色列家在所到的列國中所褻瀆的。

The word of the Lord came to me:  “Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity.  So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it.  I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them.  But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’  But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.

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    以色列的惡行影響到耶和華的名，因為以色列是耶和華的選民，也因此以色列的一舉一動，更是關乎到上帝的名。然而上帝不會因為自己的名，縱容以色列犯罪，他們犯罪所受的懲罰更是大的，因為上帝不能容忍罪惡！

    然而以色列的失敗是上帝所清楚的，上帝會有祂的作為在這民族，正如祂計畫藉由這民族來預備救恩，也就是基督要從以色列而出，並且是大衛的子孫。而上帝真的如此成就，就是藉由被擄歸回的一群而成就了！

    今天我們思想到這裡，更奇妙的是全世界的人都可以藉由耶穌基督所成就的，只要願意信靠祂，以他為主的人，就必成為上帝的兒女，不是靠行為，只有靠恩典，就白白可以享受這恩惠！

以西結書36:8-15

36:8 「以色列山哪，你必發枝條，為我的民以色列結果子，因為他們快要來到。

36:9 看哪，我是幫助你的，也必向你轉意，使你得以耕種。

36:10 我必使以色列全家的人數在你上面增多，城邑有人居住，荒場再被建造。

36:11 我必使人和牲畜在你上面加增；他們必生養眾多。我要使你照舊有人居住，並要賜福與你比先前更多，你就知道我是耶和華。

36:12 我必使人，就是我的民以色列，行在你上面。他們必得你為業；你也不再使他們喪子。

36:13 主耶和華如此說：因為人對你說：『你是吞吃人的，又使國民喪子』，

36:14 所以主耶和華說：你必不再吞吃人，也不再使國民喪子。

36:15 我使你不再聽見各國的羞辱，不再受萬民的辱罵，也不再使國民絆跌。這是主耶和華說的。」

“But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for they will soon come home.  For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.  And I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt.  And I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.  I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.  Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, You devour people, and you bereave your nation of children,’  therefore you shall no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord God.  And I will not let you hear anymore the reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God.”

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    這裡告訴我們上帝必定會破除「邱壇」的異教崇拜。因為邱壇是敬拜迦南的神—巴力、亞斯他錄等，除了充滿姦淫的狂歡之外，就是用嬰孩獻祭，所以才會有『你是吞吃人的，又使國民喪子』的情形！

    上帝雖然使以色列和猶大被滅，但事上帝仍留餘種，讓被擄的猶大人可以回歸耶路撒冷，重新敬拜耶和華，建立聖殿和編纂聖卷，並建立會堂式的禮拜，由文士帶領大家宣讀摩西律法，並且遵行和嚴守安息日，回歸上帝的面前！

    因為有這樣的回歸，才有耶穌基督時代的猶太宗教，也因為如此，耶穌基督的福音才有明確的基礎，可見上帝是一步一步的預備救恩，為耶穌基督的降臨來鋪路，使人可以藉由耶穌基督而歸回上帝面前，享受一切恩惠！

以西結書35:10-15

35:10 因為你曾說：『這二國這二邦必歸於我，我必得為業』（其實耶和華仍在那裡），

35:11 所以主耶和華說：我指著我的永生起誓，我必照你的怒氣和你從仇恨中向他們所發的嫉妒待你。我審判你的時候，必將自己顯明在他們中間。

35:12 你也必知道我─耶和華聽見了你的一切毀謗，就是你攻擊以色列山的話，說：『這些山荒涼，是歸我們吞滅的。』

35:13 你們也用口向我誇大，增添與我反對的話，我都聽見了。

35:14 主耶和華如此說：全地歡樂的時候，我必使你荒涼。

35:15 你怎樣因以色列家的地業荒涼而喜樂，我必照你所行的待你。西珥山哪，你和以東全地必都荒涼。你們就知道我是耶和華。」

“Because you said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them’—although the Lord was there—  therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And I will make myself known among them, when I judge you.  And you shall know that I am the Lord.      

“I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate; they are given us to devour.’  And you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it.  Thus says the Lord God: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.  As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

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    以東之所以要對以色列這麼壞，是因為想搶奪以色列和猶大兩個國家的土地，這樣的企圖上帝知道。所以懲罰以東，是因為上帝喜愛以色列，不容許別人來欺負與侵略！

    這是要讓我們知道上帝對祂的子民的愛，所以凡是逼迫和陷害我們的人，到最後也必遭上帝的懲罰。因為，上帝必愛我們到底、保護到底！他不會放棄祂的子民，也不會讓祂的子民任由人欺負！

    因此，成為上帝的子民，是多麼幸福的事！感謝主耶穌，讓我們透過信靠祂，成為上帝的兒女，是多麼有福的是啊！