2020年1月16日 星期四

民數記21:10-20



21:10 以色列人起行,安營在阿伯。
21:11
又從阿伯起行,安營在以耶亞巴琳,與摩押相對的曠野,向日出之地。
21:12
從那裡起行,安營在撒烈谷。
21:13
從那裡起行,安營在亞嫩河那邊。這亞嫩河是在曠野,從亞摩利的境界流出來的;原來亞嫩河是摩押的邊界,在摩押和亞摩利人搭界的地方。
21:14
所以耶和華的戰記上說:「蘇法的哇哈伯與亞嫩河的谷,
21:15
並向亞珥城眾谷的下坡,是靠近摩押的境界。」
21:16
以色列人從那裡起行,到了比珥(就是井的意思)。從前耶和華吩咐摩西說:「招聚百姓,我好給他們水喝」,說的就是這井。
21:17
當時,以色列人唱歌說:井啊,湧上水來!你們要向這井歌唱。
21:18
這井是首領和民中的尊貴人用圭用杖所挖所掘的。以色列人從曠野往瑪他拿去,
21:19
從瑪他拿到拿哈列,從拿哈列到巴末,
21:20
從巴末到摩押地的谷,又到那下望曠野之毘斯迦的山頂。

10 The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth. 11 Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab toward the sunrise. 12 From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley. 13 They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon, which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 That is why the Book of the Wars of the Lord says:
“. . . Zahab[d] in Suphah and the ravines,
    the Arnon 15 and[e] the slopes of the ravines
that lead to the settlement of Ar
    and lie along the border of Moab.”
16 From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”
17 Then Israel sang this song:
“Spring up, O well!
    Sing about it,
18 about the well that the princes dug,
    that the nobles of the people sank—
    the nobles with scepters and staffs.”
Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah, 19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.

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    以色列人在比珥(就是井的意思)休息的時候,有一口井讓他們重新得力,因為在先前,耶和華吩咐摩西說:「招聚百姓,我好給他們水喝」,說的就是這井。

    在約翰福音中,也有用井為場景的,就是在撒馬利亞的雅各井,主耶穌和撒馬利亞婦人逃到生命之道,耶穌說到祂會賜人活水,使這婦人對救恩產生興趣,感受到主耶穌是基督,是上帝所預備的那一位!

    求主幫助我們,讓我們也像一口井,可以有活水流出,使我們身邊的人可以得著滋潤與喜樂!正如主耶穌所說:「信我的人就如經上所說:『從他腹中要流出活水的江河來。』」(約翰福音7:38







民數記21:4-9


21:4 他們從何珥山起行,往紅海那條路走,要繞過以東地。百姓因這路難行,心中甚是煩躁,
21:5
就怨讟上帝和摩西說:「你們為甚麼把我們從埃及領出來、使我們死在曠野呢?這裡沒有糧,沒有水,我們的心厭惡這淡薄的食物。」
21:6
於是耶和華使火蛇進入百姓中間,蛇就咬他們。以色列人中死了許多。
21:7
百姓到摩西那裡,說:「我們怨讟耶和華和你,有罪了。求你禱告耶和華,叫這些蛇離開我們。」於是摩西為百姓禱告。
21:8
耶和華對摩西說:「你製造一條火蛇,掛在杆子上;凡被咬的,一望這蛇,就必得活。」
21:9
摩西便製造一條銅蛇,掛在杆子上;凡被蛇咬的,一望這銅蛇就活了。

They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,[c] to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”
Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

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    火蛇和銅蛇的外型相同,但是內在不同,意義也不同。火蛇是傷害人的,銅蛇是醫治人的。也因為這樣,主耶穌說到上帝拯救的時候,將自己轉化成銅蛇,正如約翰福音314-15節:「摩西在曠野怎樣舉蛇,人子也必照樣被舉起來,叫一切信他的都得永生(或譯:叫一切信的人在他裡面得永生)。」

    上帝利用銅蛇來醫治被火蛇咬傷的人的作為是甚麼?就是對摩西說:「你製造一條火蛇,掛在杆子上;凡被咬的,一望這蛇,就必得活。」

    本來被火蛇咬傷的人,本是要死亡的!但是,他們相信上帝的話,來望一下銅蛇,就得醫治!這也告訴我們,要蒙上帝拯救,也要透過上帝的話,來信靠耶穌基督,不是靠自己的善行,就可以得永生了!

    你是不是渴望被上帝拯救呢?只要信靠耶穌基督,就可以脫離罪和死的律,得著生命和聖靈,這就是上帝為我們預備的永生了!


民數記21章

          民數記21:1-3  ,

          民數記21:4-9 ,

          民數記21:10-20 ,

          民數記21:21-35 ,

民數記21:1-3


21:1 住南地的迦南人亞拉得王,聽說以色列人從亞他林路來,就和以色列人爭戰,擄了他們幾個人。
21:2
以色列人向耶和華發願說:「你若將這民交付我手,我就把他們的城邑盡行毀滅。」
21:3
耶和華應允了以色列人,把迦南人交付他們,他們就把迦南人和迦南人的城邑盡行毀滅。那地方的名便叫何珥瑪(就是毀滅的意思)。

When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. Then Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities.” The Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.

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    迦南地是上帝應許給以色列人的應許之地,然而在以色列尚未進入的時候,本有許多民族和國家在那個地方。正如今日說到的住南地的迦南人亞拉得王,以為以色列人好欺負,就擄了幾個以色列人。殊不知這樣的行為可是會激怒以色列人的,遭到以色列人的攻擊。

    而上帝的本意就是要以色列人除滅迦南人,得迦南地為業。所以,以色列人求問上帝:「你若將這民交付我手,我就把他們的城邑盡行毀滅。」

    上帝當然是應允,並且還以色列人同在,以至於這一戰,以色列大勝並且將亞拉得王和他的百姓全部消滅了!

    同樣今日,我們有上帝的同在,就不要懼怕人,不要討人的喜歡,讓自己成為上帝的代表,彰顯上帝的榮光,消滅魔鬼的惡勢力!



2020年1月15日 星期三

詩篇33:1-22


33:1 義人哪,你們應當靠耶和華歡樂;正直人的讚美是合宜的。
33:2
你們應當彈琴稱謝耶和華,用十弦瑟歌頌他。
33:3
應當向他唱新歌,彈得巧妙,聲音洪亮。
33:4
因為耶和華的言語正直;凡他所做的盡都誠實。
33:5
他喜愛仁義公平;遍地滿了耶和華的慈愛。
33:6
諸天藉耶和華的命而造;萬象藉他口中的氣而成。
33:7
他聚集海水如壘,收藏深洋在庫房。
33:8
願全地都敬畏耶和華!願世上的居民都懼怕他!
33:9
因為他說有,就有,命立,就立。
33:10
耶和華使列國的籌算歸於無有,使眾民的思念無有功效。
33:11
耶和華的籌算永遠立定;他心中的思念萬代常存。
33:12
以耶和華為上帝的,那國是有福的!他所揀選為自己產業的,那民是有福的!
33:13
耶和華從天上觀看;他看見一切的世人。
33:14
從他的居所往外察看地上一切的居民。
33:15
他是那造成他們眾人心的,留意他們一切作為的。
33:16
君王不能因兵多得勝;勇士不能因力大得救。
33:17
靠馬得救是枉然的;馬也不能因力大救人。
33:18
耶和華的眼目看顧敬畏他的人和仰望他慈愛的人,
33:19
要救他們的命脫離死亡,並使他們在饑荒中存活。
33:20
我們的心向來等候耶和華;他是我們的幫助,我們的盾牌。
33:21
我們的心必靠他歡喜,因為我們向來倚靠他的聖名。
33:22
耶和華啊,求你照著我們所仰望你的,向我們施行慈愛!

Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
    it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
Praise the Lord with the harp;
    make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
Sing to him a new song;
    play skillfully, and shout for joy.
For the word of the Lord is right and true;
    he is faithful in all he does.
The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
    the earth is full of his unfailing love.
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
    their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea into jars[a];
    he puts the deep into storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord;
    let all the people of the world revere him.
For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.
10 The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
    he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
    the purposes of his heart through all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
    the people he chose for his inheritance.
13 From heaven the Lord looks down
    and sees all mankind;
14 from his dwelling place he watches
    all who live on earth—
15 he who forms the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.
16 No king is saved by the size of his army;
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.
18 But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19 to deliver them from death
    and keep them alive in famine.
20 We wait in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.
21 In him our hearts rejoice,
    for we trust in his holy name.
22 May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
    even as we put our hope in you.

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    讀了這首詩歌讓人感覺像在禮拜一般

    一開始是宣召」:義人哪,你們應當靠耶和華歡樂;正直人的讚美是合宜的。

    接著是「讚美」:你們應當彈琴稱謝耶和華,用十弦瑟歌頌他。應當向他唱新歌,彈得巧妙,聲音洪亮。

    在這裡也有一個「講道篇」,說到上帝的作為,尤其是上帝的護理和上帝的救恩,讓人感受到,我們必須來投靠上帝,專心仰望和倚賴祂,而不靠其他可見和世人所倚靠的。因為世人所倚靠的都是有限的,都是會過去的,唯有上帝是永恆且有效的,因為:「耶和華的眼目看顧敬畏他的人和仰望他慈愛的人,要救他們的命脫離死亡,並使他們在饑荒中存活。」

    在講道之後有「回應詩」:我們的心向來等候耶和華;他是我們的幫助,我們的盾牌。我們的心必靠他歡喜,因為我們向來倚靠他的聖名。

    回應詩之後也有「祝禱」:耶和華啊,求你照著我們所仰望你的,向我們施行慈愛!

    這是不是一個完美的禮拜呢?你有與上帝相遇嗎?有沒有被上帝差遣出去宣揚「福音」?相信這是肯定的!

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