哥林多後書9:15

 

感謝上帝，因他有說不盡的恩賜！

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    照希臘文的翻譯是：「感謝上帝，因他無法描述的恩賜！」

    然而這裡的「恩賜」，在原文的意思是「禮物」，比較屬於物質上的供應，也因此這不是說才能上的「恩賜」。但是不論是物質上或才能上的「恩賜」，都是從上帝來的禮物，我們不僅要感謝領受，也要彼此分享，來成全聖徒！

    說到這裡，在此讓我們認識到，上帝給禮物的意義！我們若願意以奉獻的心彼此分享，上帝將要超乎我們想像的豐賜祂的禮物在我們中間，讓我們感受到：「祂有說不盡的恩賜！」

以西結書43:13-37

43:13 以下量祭壇，是以肘為度（這肘是一肘零一掌）。底座高一肘，邊寬一肘，四圍起邊高一掌，這是壇的座。

43:14 從底座到下層磴臺，高二肘，邊寬一肘。從小磴臺到大磴臺，高四肘，邊寬一肘。

43:15 壇上的供臺，高四肘。供臺的四拐角上都有角。

43:16 供臺長十二肘，寬十二肘，四面見方。

43:17 磴臺長十四肘，寬十四肘，四面見方。四圍起邊高半肘，底座四圍的邊寬一肘。臺階朝東。

43:18 他對我說：「人子啊，主耶和華如此說：建造祭壇，為要在其上獻燔祭灑血，造成的時候典章如下：

43:19 主耶和華說，你要將一隻公牛犢作為贖罪祭，給祭司利未人撒督的後裔，就是那親近我、事奉我的。

43:20 你要取些公牛的血，抹在壇的四角和磴臺的四拐角，並四圍所起的邊上。你這樣潔淨壇，壇就潔淨了。

43:21 你又要將那作贖罪祭的公牛犢燒在殿外、聖地之外預定之處。

43:22 次日，要將無殘疾的公山羊獻為贖罪祭；要潔淨壇，像用公牛犢潔淨的一樣。

43:23 潔淨了壇，就要將一隻無殘疾的公牛犢和羊群中一隻無殘疾的公綿羊

43:24 奉到耶和華前。祭司要撒鹽在其上，獻與耶和華為燔祭。

43:25 七日內，每日要預備一隻公山羊為贖罪祭，也要預備一隻公牛犢和羊群中的一隻公綿羊，都要沒有殘疾的。

43:26 七日祭司潔淨壇，壇就潔淨了；要這樣把壇分別為聖。

43:27 滿了七日，自八日以後，祭司要在壇上獻你們的燔祭和平安祭；我必悅納你們。這是主耶和華說的。」

13 "These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar:14 from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; 15 and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns. 16 The altar hearth shall be square, twelve cubits long by twelve broad. 17 The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around. The steps of the altar shall face east."

18 And he said to me, "Son of man, thus says the Lord God:These are the ordinances for the altar:On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and for throwing blood against it, 19 you shall give to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, declares the Lord God, a bull from the herd for a sin offering. 20 And you shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon the rim all around. Thus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it. 21 You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place belonging to the temple, outside the sacred area. 22 And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering; and the altar shall be purified, as it was purified with the bull. 23 When you have finished purifying it, you shall offer a bull from the herd without blemish and a ram from the flock without blemish. 24 You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests shall sprinkle salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. 25 For seven days you shall provide daily a male goat for a sin offering; also, a bull from the herd and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be provided. 26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it. 27 And when they have completed these days, then from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, and I will accept you, declares the Lord God."

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    我們常常以為獻祭是討上帝的喜歡，其實獻祭不是給上帝禮物，獻祭反而是上帝給人禮物！因為上帝透過獻祭向人宣告：在末後的日子祂要透過基督如同祭物獻上自己，來成為我們的贖罪祭，好教我們的罪得赦免，才被接納為祂的祭司和祂的兒女！

    今天先知透過這段話語告訴我們，上帝接納雅倫的子孫成為祭司，是要先獻贖罪祭，之後才有平安祭。這個意義是要告訴我們，罪要得赦免，上帝才能與我們和好，而這樣的和好是來自基督耶穌照上帝的旨意成為祭牲所成就的！人無法替自己做甚麼，人只能接受和信靠，才會蒙上帝接納，如此才有真正平安！

    也因為如此，我們只能自卑在上帝面前承認我們是有罪的，是需要這救恩，求主的寶血來遮蓋，使我們免去上帝的憤怒，與上帝有何好的關係，這才是真正的平安！

以西結書43:6-12

43:6 我聽見有一位從殿中對我說話。有一人站在我旁邊。

43:7 他對我說：「人子啊，這是我寶座之地，是我腳掌所踏之地。我要在這裡住，在以色列人中直到永遠。以色列家和他們的君王必不再玷污我的聖名，就是行邪淫、在錫安的高處葬埋他們君王的屍首，

43:8 使他們的門檻挨近我的門檻，他們的門框挨近我的門框；他們與我中間僅隔一牆，並且行可憎的事，玷污了我的聖名，所以我發怒滅絕他們。

43:9 現在他們當從我面前遠除邪淫和他們君王的屍首，我就住在他們中間直到永遠。

43:10 人子啊，你要將這殿指示以色列家，使他們因自己的罪孽慚愧，也要他們量殿的尺寸。

43:11 他們若因自己所行的一切事慚愧，你就將殿的規模、樣式、出入之處，和一切形狀、典章、禮儀、法則指示他們，在他們眼前寫上，使他們遵照殿的一切規模典章去做。

43:12 殿的法則乃是如此：殿在山頂上，四圍的全界要稱為至聖。這就是殿的法則。」

6 While the man was standing beside me, I heard one speaking to me out of the temple, 7 and he said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies of their kings at their high places, 8 by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them. They have defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger. 9 Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

10 "As for you, son of man, describe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan. 11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down in their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out. 12 This is the law of the temple:the whole territory on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

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    這裡讓我們看見以色列雖然經過外敵的侵略與滅國，卻完成上帝潔淨以色列的目的，使以色列重新得以建立，並且上帝應許與他們同在，以新的聖殿之異象，再次宣告祂願意與以色列民同在！

    上帝常常藉由苦難來熬煉與潔淨我們，但是這樣的熬煉與潔淨之所以有功效，是因為通過這些讓握門肯願意到上帝面前尋求幫助，進而親近上帝而使生命的更新！所以不是說苦難有功效，而是親近主才有功效！

    今日上帝既然藉由祂的愛子耶穌基督在十字架上的代刑罰，使我們德蒙上帝的接納成為兒女，理當勇敢來到上帝的施恩座前，將自己的一切需要向上帝訴說，更重要的是想到上帝在永生裡為我們預備的，今生所遇到的考驗就算不得甚麼了！

以西結書43章

    以西結書43:1-5   ,  以西結書43:6-12  ,  以西結書43:13-37  ,

以西結書43:1-5

43:1 以後，他帶我到一座門，就是朝東的門。

43:2 以色列上帝的榮光從東而來。他的聲音如同多水的聲音；地就因他的榮耀發光。

43:3 其狀如從前他來滅城的時候我所見的異象，那異象如我在迦巴魯河邊所見的異象，我就俯伏在地。

43:4 耶和華的榮光從朝東的門照入殿中。

43:5 靈將我舉起，帶入內院，不料，耶和華的榮光充滿了殿。

Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing east.  And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.  And the vision I saw was just like the vision that I had seen when he came to destroy the city, and just like the vision that I had seen by the Chebar canal. And I fell on my face.  As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east,  the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

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     聖殿不只是一棟建築物，更是要有上帝榮光充滿的地方！舊的聖殿因為失去了上帝的榮光而被毀，因此新的聖殿必須有上帝榮光充滿，才能成為敬拜上帝的地方。也因此，上帝讓先知看見祂的榮光的進入，好確認這聖殿是上帝的居所！

    同樣禮拜堂的榮華不在人多，而是要有上帝的同在，充滿上帝的榮光。正如當年以色列人上耶路撒冷過節時，就是要看見上帝的榮光！有上帝的榮光就充滿喜樂，就感受到上帝的賜福！

    今天我們到教會禮拜時，我們只是看敬拜團唱唱和跳跳，或是聆聽詩班獻詩，或是聽講道而受感動嗎？不！我們要在禮拜中看見上帝的榮耀，我們的心才會滿足。所以，禮拜不是看人數，也不是看場面，而是要浸潤在上帝的話語中，而感受到上帝的榮耀！