2020年2月19日 星期三

詩篇47:1-9


47:1 (可拉後裔的詩,交與伶長。)萬民哪,你們都要拍掌!要用誇勝的聲音向上帝呼喊!
47:2
因為耶和華至高者是可畏的;他是治理全地的大君王。
47:3
他叫萬民服在我們以下,又叫列邦服在我們腳下。
47:4
他為我們選擇產業,就是他所愛之雅各的榮耀。(細拉)
47:5
上帝上升,有喊聲相送;耶和華上升,有角聲相送。
47:6
你們要向上帝歌頌,歌頌!向我們王歌頌,歌頌!
47:7
因為上帝是全地的王;你們要用悟性歌頌。
47:8
上帝作王治理萬國;上帝坐在他的聖寶座上。
47:9
列邦的君王聚集要作亞伯拉罕之上帝的民。因為世界的盾牌是屬上帝的;他為至高!

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
Clap your hands, all you nations;
    shout to God with cries of joy.
For the Lord Most High is awesome,
    the great King over all the earth.
He subdued nations under us,
    peoples under our feet.
He chose our inheritance for us,
    the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.[b]
God has ascended amid shouts of joy,
    the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.
Sing praises to God, sing praises;
    sing praises to our King, sing praises.
For God is the King of all the earth;
    sing to him a psalm of praise.
God reigns over the nations;
    God is seated on his holy throne.
The nobles of the nations assemble
    as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings[c] of the earth belong to God;
    he is greatly exalted.

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    詩人在此歌頌上帝為王,讓我們不禁想到上帝國完全實現的狀態!正如啟示錄中說到:「世上的國成了我主和主基督的國;他要作王,直到永永遠遠。」(啟示錄11:15

    啟示錄在此也說到當天使這樣宣告之後,「在上帝面前,坐在自己位上的二十四位長老,就面伏於地,敬拜上帝,說:昔在、今在的主上帝─全能者啊,我們感謝你!因你執掌大權作王了。」(啟示錄11:16-17

    所以,敬拜上帝,就是承認上帝是王!祂有主權來治理全世界,更是有主權蘭治理敬拜祂的人,是他們心中永遠的王!也因此,我們要歡迎上帝來我們心中,永遠掌王權,願意成為一位順命的兒女!
   
    快來!擁戴主為王!

2020年2月18日 星期二

民數記33:1-56


33:1 以色列人按著軍隊,在摩西、亞倫的手下出埃及地所行的路程(或譯:站口;下同)記在下面。
33:2
摩西遵著耶和華的吩咐記載他們所行的路程,其路程乃是這樣:
33:3
正月十五日,就是逾越節的次日,以色列人從蘭塞起行,在一切埃及人眼前昂然無懼地出去。
33:4
那時,埃及人正葬埋他們的長子,就是耶和華在他們中間所擊殺的;耶和華也敗壞他們的神。
33:5
以色列人從蘭塞起行,安營在疏割。
33:6
從疏割起行,安營在曠野邊的以倘。
33:7
從以倘起行,轉到比哈希錄,是在巴力洗分對面,就在密奪安營。
33:8
從比哈希錄對面起行,經過海中到了書珥曠野,又在伊坦的曠野走了三天的路程,就安營在瑪拉。
33:9
從瑪拉起行,來到以琳(以琳有十二股水泉,七十棵棕樹),就在那裡安營。
33:10
從以琳起行,安營在紅海邊。
33:11
從紅海邊起行,安營在汛的曠野。
33:12
從汛的曠野起行,安營在脫加。
33:13
從脫加起行,安營在亞錄。
33:14
從亞錄起行,安營在利非訂;在那裡,百姓沒有水喝。
33:15
從利非訂起行,安營在西奈的曠野。
33:16
從西奈的曠野起行,安營在基博羅哈他瓦。
33:17
從基博羅哈他瓦起行,安營在哈洗錄。
33:18
從哈洗錄起行,安營在利提瑪。
33:19
從利提瑪起行,安營在臨門帕烈。
33:20
從臨門帕烈起行,安營在立拿。
33:21
從立拿起行,安營在勒撒。
33:22
從勒撒起行,安營在基希拉他。
33:23
從基希拉他起行,安營在沙斐山。
33:24
從沙斐山起行,安營在哈拉大。
33:25
從哈拉大起行,安營在瑪吉希錄。
33:26
從瑪吉希錄起行,安營在他哈。
33:27
從他哈起行,安營在他拉。
33:28
從他拉起行,安營在密加。
33:29
從密加起行,安營在哈摩拿。
33:30
從哈摩拿起行,安營在摩西錄。
33:31
從摩西錄起行,安營在比尼亞干。
33:32
從比尼亞干起行,安營在曷哈及甲。
33:33
從曷哈及甲起行,安營在約巴他。
33:34
從約巴他起行,安營在阿博拿。
33:35
從阿博拿起行,安營在以旬迦別。
33:36
從以旬迦別起行,安營在尋的曠野,就是加低斯。
33:37
從加低斯起行,安營在何珥山,以東地的邊界。
33:38
以色列人出了埃及地後四十年,五月初一日,祭司亞倫遵著耶和華的吩咐上何珥山,就死在那裡。
33:39
亞倫死在何珥山的時候年一百二十三歲。
33:40
住在迦南南地的迦南人亞拉得王聽說以色列人來了。
33:41
以色列人從何珥山起行,安營在撒摩拿。
33:42
從撒摩拿起行,安營在普嫩。
33:43
從普嫩起行,安營在阿伯。
33:44
從阿伯起行,安營在以耶亞巴琳,摩押的邊界。
33:45
從以耶亞巴琳起行,安營在底本迦得。
33:46
從底本迦得起行,安營在亞門低比拉太音。
33:47
從亞門低比拉太音起行,安營在尼波對面的亞巴琳山裡。
33:48
從亞巴琳山起行,安營在摩押平原約旦河邊、耶利哥對面。
33:49
他們在摩押平原沿約旦河邊安營,從伯耶施末直到亞伯什亭。
33:50
耶和華在摩押平原約旦河邊、耶利哥對面曉諭摩西說:
33:51
你吩咐以色列人說:你們過約旦河進迦南地的時候,
33:52
就要從你們面前趕出那裡所有的居民,毀滅他們一切鏨成的石像和他們一切鑄成的偶像,又拆毀他們一切的邱壇。
33:53
你們要奪那地,住在其中,因我把那地賜給你們為業。
33:54
你們要按家室拈鬮,承受那地;人多的,要把產業多分給他們;人少的,要把產業少分給他們。拈出何地給何人,就要歸何人。你們要按宗族的支派承受。
33:55
倘若你們不趕出那地的居民,所容留的居民就必作你們眼中的刺,肋下的荊棘,也必在你們所住的地上擾害你們。
33:56
而且我素常有意怎樣待他們,也必照樣待你們。」

 Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages:
The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, who were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment on their gods.
The Israelites left Rameses and camped at Sukkoth.
They left Sukkoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert.
They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol.
They left Pi Hahiroth[a] and passed through the sea into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.
They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
10 They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea.[b]
11 They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
12 They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
13 They left Dophkah and camped at Alush.
14 They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
15 They left Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai.
16 They left the Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.
17 They left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
18 They left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
19 They left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.
20 They left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.
21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.
22 They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.
23 They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
24 They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.
25 They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
26 They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
27 They left Tahath and camped at Terah.
28 They left Terah and camped at Mithkah.
29 They left Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.
30 They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
31 They left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.
32 They left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.
33 They left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
34 They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
35 They left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.
36 They left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.
37 They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom. 38 At the Lord’s command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. 39 Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40 The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
41 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
42 They left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
43 They left Punon and camped at Oboth.
44 They left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.
45 They left Iye Abarim and camped at Dibon Gad.
46 They left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.
47 They left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, near Nebo.
48 They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho. 49 There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.
50 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the Lord said to Moses, 51 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, 52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places. 53 Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. 54 Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.
55 “‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. 56 And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.’”

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    上帝讓以色列人透過這樣的回顧,想到上帝是如何一路帶領,使他們脫離埃及為奴之地,將要進入上帝為他們預備的迦南美地!並且也在這個時候,展望未來:預備好自己來享受上帝豐盛的恩典。

    在進入迦南地前,上帝曉諭摩西說:「你吩咐以色列人說:你們過約旦河進迦南地的時候,就要從你們面前趕出那裡所有的居民,毀滅他們一切鏨成的石像和他們一切鑄成的偶像,又拆毀他們一切的邱壇。你們要奪那地,住在其中,因我把那地賜給你們為業。你們要按家室拈鬮,承受那地;人多的,要把產業多分給他們;人少的,要把產業少分給他們。拈出何地給何人,就要歸何人。你們要按宗族的支派承受。倘若你們不趕出那地的居民,所容留的居民就必作你們眼中的刺,肋下的荊棘,也必在你們所住的地上擾害你們。而且我素常有意怎樣待他們,也必照樣待你們。」

    而以色列進入迦南地之後,影響他們無法和耶和華有合宜的關係的因素,就是「邱壇」和「沒趕出那地的居民」,使他們受到牽連沒平安!同樣今日的基督徒在信主之後,要靠聖靈的力量和「魔鬼世界肉體」三合一的敵人征戰,但是我們不要懼怕,耶穌基督已經在十字架上得勝了!所以,勝利是屬於上帝和他的兒女,直到永遠!



2020年2月17日 星期一

詩篇46:1-11


46:1 (可拉後裔的詩歌,交與伶長。調用女音。)上帝是我們的避難所,是我們的力量,是我們在患難中隨時的幫助。
46:2
所以,地雖改變,山雖搖動到海心,
46:3
其中的水雖匉訇翻騰,山雖因海漲而戰抖,我們也不害怕。(細拉)
46:4
有一道河,這河的分汊使上帝的城歡喜;這城就是至高者居住的聖所。
46:5
上帝在其中,城必不動搖;到天一亮,上帝必幫助這城。
46:6
外邦喧嚷,列國動搖;上帝發聲,地便鎔化。
46:7
萬軍之耶和華與我們同在;雅各的上帝是我們的避難所!(細拉)
46:8
你們來看耶和華的作為,看他使地怎樣荒涼。
46:9
他止息刀兵,直到地極;他折弓、斷槍,把戰車焚燒在火中。
46:10
你們要休息,要知道我是上帝!我必在外邦中被尊崇,在遍地上也被尊崇。
46:11
萬軍之耶和華與我們同在;雅各的上帝是我們的避難所!

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.[b] A song.
God is our refuge and strength,
    an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
    and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
    and the mountains quake with their surging.[c]
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
    the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall;
    God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
    he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see what the Lord has done,
    the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields[d] with fire.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
    I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”
11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress.

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    許多人以為信靠主耶穌之後,就會被轄制,這也不能做,那也不能做,完全沒有自由。甚是有人批評基督教是奴僕的信仰,因為要放下自己的主權交給上帝,他們認為這樣會喪失自我。

    但是信靠主耶穌的人並沒有覺得自己是奴僕,因為上帝宣告我們是他的兒女,耶穌愛我們如朋友,聖靈更是將豐豐富富的愛澆灌在我們心中!不僅如此,我們還有永生的盼望,使我們可以勝過苦難和死亡的權勢!是多麼喜樂、自由與平安,絕對不是充滿恐懼與不安以及受壓迫!有人還說信靠主耶穌是不自由的自由呢!

    這是基督信仰奇妙之處,在未信之前感覺是自己下決定,在信了之後卻是感覺能夠信靠是上帝的恩典!要不是上帝讓我們明白與感受到:上帝的愛就在各各他山上的十字架!我們是無法,也不會信靠耶穌基督成為上帝的兒女!

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