2017年10月10日 星期二

以賽亞書5:1-7



5:1 我要為我所親愛的唱歌,是我所愛者的歌,論他葡萄園的事:我所親愛的有葡萄園在肥美的山岡上。
5:2 他刨挖園子,撿去石頭,栽種上等的葡萄樹,在園中蓋了一座樓,又鑿出壓酒池;指望結好葡萄,反倒結了野葡萄。
5:3 耶路撒冷的居民和猶大人哪,請你們現今在我與我的葡萄園中,斷定是非。
5:4 我為我葡萄園所做之外,還有甚麼可做的呢?我指望結好葡萄,怎麼倒結了野葡萄呢?
5:5 現在我告訴你們,我要向我葡萄園怎樣行:我必撤去籬笆,使它被吞滅,拆毀牆垣,使它被踐踏。
5:6 我必使它荒廢,不再修理,不再鋤刨,荊棘蒺藜倒要生長。我也必命雲不降雨在其上。
5:7 萬軍之耶和華的葡萄園就是以色列家;他所喜愛的樹就是猶大人。他指望的是公平,誰知倒有暴虐(或譯:倒流人血);指望的是公義,誰知倒有冤聲。

I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:
My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.
2
He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.
He built a watchtower in it
    and cut out a winepress as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.

3
Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.
4
What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?
5
Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;
I will break down its wall,
    and it will be trampled.
6
I will make it a wasteland,
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain on it.”

7
The vineyard of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.

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    上帝原本對以色列的期盼是好葡萄」,但是結果是野葡萄」。雖然在結葡萄之前上帝下了許多的苦工:「他刨挖園子,撿去石頭,栽種上等的葡萄樹,在園中蓋了一座樓,又鑿出壓酒池。」

    這不是說上帝不知道後果會如此,因為這是比喻性的說法,我們不可以過度的猜想,就會失去先知所要表達的意義。這裡說的是上帝多麼愛以色列人,上帝的心意是期盼以色列人行祂所喜悅的事,結果事與願違,以色列反倒行惡,使上帝不喜悅!但是,上帝仍然不放棄以色列人的!

    其實這與上帝造人原是要彰顯上帝的榮耀人反倒虧缺上帝的榮耀的意義相同所以我們不可以用上帝會預先知道人會犯罪的角度來思考這會讓人覺得上帝好像故意創造會犯罪的人這是不好的說法

    也因為上帝沒有用祂的預知來對待人祂在揀選人成為他的兒女是沒有條件的祂是按照自己的慈愛來拯救人脫離罪惡不管這人是悖逆或順從雖然皆是悖逆但是祂卻將救恩賜給悖逆的人不因為他們悖逆而放棄祂的拯救!這也就是無條件揀選的教義。

2017年10月9日 星期一

歷代志上16:7-36



16:7 那日,大衛初次藉亞薩和他的弟兄以詩歌稱頌耶和華,說:
16:8
你們要稱謝耶和華,求告他的名,在萬民中傳揚他的作為!
16:9
要向他唱詩、歌頌,談論他一切奇妙的作為。
16:10
要以他的聖名誇耀;尋求耶和華的人,心中應當歡喜。
16:11
要尋求耶和華與他的能力,時常尋求他的面。
16:12
他僕人以色列的後裔,他所揀選雅各的子孫哪,你們要記念他奇妙的作為和他的奇事,並他口中的判語。
16:13
【併於上節】
16:14
他是耶和華我們的上帝,全地都有他的判斷。
16:15
你們要記念他的約,直到永遠;他所吩咐的話,直到千代,
16:16
就是與亞伯拉罕所立的約,向以撒所起的誓。
16:17
他又將這約向雅各定為律例,向以色列定為永遠的約,
16:18
說:我必將迦南地賜給你,作你產業的分。
16:19
當時你們人丁有限,數目稀少,並且在那地為寄居的;
16:20
他們從這邦游到那邦,從這國行到那國。
16:21
耶和華不容甚麼人欺負他們,為他們的緣故責備君王,
16:22
說:不可難為我受膏的人,也不可惡待我的先知!
16:23
全地都要向耶和華歌唱!天天傳揚他的救恩,
16:24
在列邦中述說他的榮耀,在萬民中述說他的奇事。
16:25
因耶和華為大,當受極大的讚美;他在萬上帝之上,當受敬畏。
16:26
外邦的神都屬虛無,惟獨耶和華創造諸天。
16:27
有尊榮和威嚴在他面前,有能力和喜樂在他聖所。
16:28
民中的萬族啊,你們要將榮耀能力歸給耶和華,都歸給耶和華!
16:29
要將耶和華的名所當得的榮耀歸給他,拿供物來奉到他面前;當以聖潔的(的:或譯為)妝飾敬拜耶和華。
16:30
全地要在他面前戰抖,世界也堅定不得動搖。
16:31
願天歡喜,願地快樂;願人在列邦中說:耶和華作王了!
16:32
願海和其中所充滿的澎湃;願田和其中所有的都歡樂。
16:33
那時,林中的樹木都要在耶和華面前歡呼,因為他來要審判全地。
16:34
應當稱謝耶和華;因他本為善,他的慈愛永遠長存!
16:35
要說:拯救我們的上帝啊,求你救我們,聚集我們,使我們脫離外邦,我們好稱讚你的聖名,以讚美你為誇勝。
16:36
耶和華以色列的上帝,從亙古直到永遠,是應當稱頌的!眾民都說:「阿們!」並且讚美耶和華。

7 On that day David gave to Asaph and his fellow Levites this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:

8 Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness.
  Let the whole world know what he has done.
9 Sing to him; yes, sing his praises.
  Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.
10 Exult in his holy name;
  rejoice, you who worship the LORD.
11 Search for the LORD and for his strength;
  continually seek him.
12 Remember the wonders he has performed,
  his miracles, and the rulings he has given,
13 you children of his servant Israel,
  you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

14 He is the LORD our God.
  His justice is seen throughout the land.
15 Remember his covenant forever—
  the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
16 This is the covenant he made with Abraham
  and the oath he swore to Isaac.
17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
  and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:
18 "I will give you the land of Canaan
  as your special possession."

19 He said this when you were few in number,
  a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.
20 They wandered from nation to nation,
  from one kingdom to another.
21 Yet he did not let anyone oppress them.
  He warned kings on their behalf:
22 "Do not touch my chosen people,
  and do not hurt my prophets."

23 Let the whole earth sing to the LORD!
  Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
24 Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.
  Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.
25 Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise!
  He is to be feared above all gods.
26 The gods of other nations are mere idols,
  but the LORD made the heavens!
27 Honor and majesty surround him;
  strength and joy fill his dwelling.

28 O nations of the world, recognize the LORD,
  recognize that the LORD is glorious and strong.
29 Give to the LORD the glory he deserves!
  Bring your offering and come into his presence.
Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor.
30   Let all the earth tremble before him.
  The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.

31 Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!
  Tell all the nations, "The LORD reigns!"
32 Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
  Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!
33 Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise,
  for the LORD is coming to judge the earth.

34 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
  His faithful love endures forever.
35 Cry out, "Save us, O God of our salvation!
  Gather and rescue us from among the nations,
so we can thank your holy name
  and rejoice and praise you."

36 Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,
  who lives from everlasting to everlasting!

And all the people shouted "Amen!" and praised the LORD.

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    這是一首讚美詩,是因為大衛將上帝的約櫃,安置在會幕之後所吟唱的。在這首讚美詩中述說:紀念上帝過去的作為、宣告上帝的榮耀、並且要獻上祭物、求上帝的拯救!

    其實在我們的信仰生活也是這樣,要常常紀念上帝在我們身上的作為,讚美上帝歸榮要給祂,獻上自己為活祭—為基督而活,並且要求上帝救我們脫離仇敵的綑綁與挾制,不在生活在悖逆上帝的生命之中。

    當然我們更要期盼上帝完全勝利,上帝國完全實現的日子,那時我們必要在主的面前讚美與歡呼,因為祂的拯救完完全全實現了!我們不再是罪的奴僕,而是上帝的兒女了!

以賽亞書4章

     以賽亞書4:1-6  ,

以賽亞書4:1-6



4:1 在那日,七個女人必拉住一個男人,說:「我們吃自己的食物,穿自己的衣服,但求你許我們歸你名下;求你除掉我們的羞恥。」
4:2
到那日,耶和華發生的苗必華美尊榮,地的出產必為以色列逃脫的人顯為榮華茂盛。
4:3
主以公義的靈和焚燒的靈,將錫安女子的污穢洗去,又將耶路撒冷中殺人的血除淨。那時,剩在錫安、留在耶路撒冷的,就是一切住耶路撒冷、在生命冊上記名的,必稱為聖。
4:4
【併於上節】
4:5
耶和華也必在錫安全山,並各會眾以上,使白日有煙雲,黑夜有火焰的光。因為在全榮耀之上必有遮蔽。
4:6
必有亭子,白日可以得蔭避暑,也可以作為藏身之處,躲避狂風暴雨。

Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying,
“We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes;
just let us be called by your name;
take away our disgrace.”
2 On that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel. 3Whoever is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem, 4once the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning. 5Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over its places of assembly a cloud by day and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night. Indeed over all the glory there will be a canopy. 6It will serve as a pavilion, a shade by day from the heat, and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

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    上帝要使自己的榮光重新充滿耶路撒冷,使得上帝的榮光在此在人間,因為上帝要將祂真正的拯救臨到祂所愛的人當中,這就是我們今日可以在基督裡享受到的恩典與慈愛!

    也因為如此,上帝在舊約當中的預言,就成全在新約的時代。基督裡是上帝實現他承諾和應許的所在,使得屬基督人真正感受到透過耶穌基督的拯救,真真成為上帝的兒女!

    這是何等的美事!有沒有享受到呢?快快來到基督裡,透過聖靈的引導,使我們真真享受上帝奇妙的救恩,並且以歡喜快樂的心來盼望,盼望上帝的國快快實現,上帝的榮光充滿全地!

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