2016年12月20日 星期二

以西結書37:1-10



37:1 耶和華的靈(原文是手)降在我身上。耶和華藉他的靈帶我出去,將我放在平原中;這平原遍滿骸骨。
37:2 他使我從骸骨的四圍經過,誰知在平原的骸骨甚多,而且極其枯乾。
37:3 他對我說:「人子啊,這些骸骨能復活嗎?」我說:「主耶和華啊,你是知道的。」
37:4 他又對我說:「你向這些骸骨發預言說:枯乾的骸骨啊,要聽耶和華的話。
37:5 主耶和華對這些骸骨如此說:『我必使氣息進入你們裡面,你們就要活了。
37:6 我必給你們加上筋,使你們長肉,又將皮遮蔽你們,使氣息進入你們裡面,你們就要活了;你們便知道我是耶和華。』」
37:7 於是,我遵命說預言。正說預言的時候,不料,有響聲,有地震;骨與骨互相聯絡。
37:8 我觀看,見骸骨上有筋,也長了肉,又有皮遮蔽其上,只是還沒有氣息。
37:9 主對我說:「人子啊,你要發預言,向風發預言,說主耶和華如此說:氣息啊,要從四方(原文是風)而來,吹在這些被殺的人身上,使他們活了。」
37:10 於是我遵命說預言,氣息就進入骸骨,骸骨便活了,並且站起來,成為極大的軍隊。

​ The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.  And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry.  And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”  Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.  Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.  And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
  So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.  And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them.  Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”  So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

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    這是一個令人振奮的異象,讓我們感受到上帝復活的大能,尤其是以色列雖然被滅了,但是他們竟然能夠從被擄之地來歸回,重新建造聖殿與耶和華的信仰,回到上帝的律法,這何嘗不是一種「復活」!

    耶穌基督的復活,不僅是個人性的肉身復活,更是教會性的復活,正如耶穌所說的一粒麥子埋在土裡,死了之後,就節出許多的子粒!耶穌就像第一顆麥子一般,祂將祂的生命透過聖靈分賜給我們,使我們活出基督的生命,這就是基督的復活!而這一切不是我們的意志可以完成,是上帝親自的做工!

    這裡看見枯骨再次生肉與長筋,並站立起來且來成為極大的軍隊,這就是耶和華大能的作為,祂也要成立大作為在今日的教會,直到耶穌基督再來,我們完全得救之時。讓我們一起來經歷與見證,這就是復活大能!在絕望之處,看見了盼望

2016年12月19日 星期一

以西結書36:33-38



36:33 「主耶和華如此說:我潔淨你們,使你們脫離一切罪孽的日子,必使城邑有人居住,荒場再被建造。
36:34 過路的人雖看為荒廢之地,現今這荒廢之地仍得耕種。
36:35 他們必說:『這先前為荒廢之地,現在成如伊甸園;這荒廢淒涼、毀壞的城邑現在堅固有人居住。』
36:36 那時,在你們四圍其餘的外邦人必知道我─耶和華修造那毀壞之處,培植那荒廢之地。我─耶和華說過,也必成就。
36:37 「主耶和華如此說:我要加增以色列家的人數,多如羊群。他們必為這事向我求問,我要給他們成就。
36:38 耶路撒冷在守節作祭物所獻的羊群怎樣多,照樣,荒涼的城邑必被人群充滿。他們就知道我是耶和華。」

Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt.  And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by.  And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’  Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.
  “Thus says the Lord God: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock.  Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

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    上帝為了由以色列預備救恩在耶穌基督降生以前讓被擄的猶太人歸回在今天的巴勒斯坦地區重新經營與建立自己的家園。雖然在這裡也經過許多強權的統治,仍然耶穌基督可以安然降生在此地,直到耶穌被釘十字架、復活與升天之後,才再度為羅馬大軍所摧殘,然後再遭遇到四散到世界各地之命運。

    然而,上帝的福音經由猶太人的傳揚之後,讓外邦人接棒之後,就由一個默默的小群人,變成羅馬帝國的國教。不僅如此,當時歐洲各族的人也為上帝的福音所更新成為基督徒的種族。而福音往南亞和北非傳的,並沒有如此豐碩的成果,但是仍然有教會堅立在惡劣環境中。這一切都是上帝在基督裡的恩惠!

    所以上帝的救恩一直是上帝親自的作為,更是超越人的想像與作為!也因此在救恩的事上,不是人想怎樣就怎樣,而是人要伏在上帝的計畫與護理之下,讓上帝成就祂的作為!

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!

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