路加福音21:5-38

 

21:5 有人談論聖殿是用美石和供物妝飾的；
21:6 耶穌就說：「論到你們所看見的這一切，將來日子到了，在這裡沒有一塊石頭留在石頭上，不被拆毀了。」
21:7 他們問他說：「夫子！甚麼時候有這事呢？這事將到的時候有甚麼預兆呢？」
21:8 耶穌說：「你們要謹慎，不要受迷惑；因為將來有好些人冒我的名來，說：『我是基督』，又說：『時候近了』，你們不要跟從他們！
21:9 你們聽見打仗和擾亂的事，不要驚惶；因為這些事必須先有，只是末期不能立時就到。」
21:10 當時，耶穌對他們說：「民要攻打民，國要攻打國；
21:11 地要大大震動，多處必有饑荒、瘟疫，又有可怕的異象和大神蹟從天上顯現。
21:12 但這一切的事以先，人要下手拿住你們，逼迫你們，把你們交給會堂，並且收在監裡，又為我的名拉你們到君王諸侯面前。
21:13 但這些事終必為你們的見證。
21:14 所以，你們當立定心意，不要預先思想怎樣分訴；
21:15 因為我必賜你們口才、智慧，是你們一切敵人所敵不住、駁不倒的。
21:16 連你們的父母、弟兄、親族、朋友也要把你們交官；你們也有被他們害死的。
21:17 你們要為我的名被眾人恨惡，
21:18 然而，你們連一根頭髮也必不損壞。
21:19 你們常存忍耐，就必保全靈魂（或譯：必得生命）。」
21:20 「你們看見耶路撒冷被兵圍困，就可知道它成荒場的日子近了。
21:21 那時，在猶太的應當逃到山上；在城裡的應當出來；在鄉下的不要進城；
21:22 因為這是報應的日子，使經上所寫的都得應驗。
21:23 當那些日子，懷孕的和奶孩子的有禍了！因為將有大災難降在這地方，也有震怒臨到這百姓。
21:24 他們要倒在刀下，又被擄到各國去。耶路撒冷要被外邦人踐踏，直到外邦人的日期滿了。」
21:25 「日、月、星辰要顯出異兆，地上的邦國也有困苦；因海中波浪的響聲，就慌慌不定。
21:26 天勢都要震動，人想起那將要臨到世界的事，就都嚇得魂不附體。
21:27 那時，他們要看見人子有能力，有大榮耀駕雲降臨。
21:28 一有這些事，你們就當挺身昂首，因為你們得贖的日子近了。」
21:29 耶穌又設比喻對他們說：「你們看無花果樹和各樣的樹；它發芽的時候，你們一看見，自然曉得夏天近了。
21:30 【併於上節】
21:31 這樣，你們看見這些事漸漸地成就，也該曉得上帝的國近了。
21:32 我實在告訴你們，這世代還沒有過去，這些事都要成就。
21:33 天地要廢去，我的話卻不能廢去。」
21:34 「你們要謹慎，恐怕因貪食、醉酒，並今生的思慮累住你們的心，那日子就如同網羅忽然臨到你們；
21:35 因為那日子要這樣臨到全地上一切居住的人。
21:36 你們要時時警醒，常常祈求，使你們能逃避這一切要來的事，得以站立在人子面前。」
21:37 耶穌每日在殿裡教訓人，每夜出城在一座山，名叫橄欖山住宿。
21:38 眾百姓清早上聖殿，到耶穌那裡，要聽他講道。

 

⁵ Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, ⁶ “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down.”

⁷ “Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”

⁸ He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them. ⁹ When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”

¹⁰ Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹ There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

¹² “But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. ¹³ And so you will bear testimony to me. ¹⁴ But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. ¹⁵ For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. ¹⁶ You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. ¹⁷ Everyone will hate you because of me. ¹⁸ But not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹ Stand firm, and you will win life.

²⁰ “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. ²¹ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. ²² For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. ²³ How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. ²⁴ They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

²⁵ “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. ²⁶ People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. ²⁷ At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

²⁹ He told them this parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. ³⁰ When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. ³¹ Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

³² “Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. ³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

³⁴ “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. ³⁵ For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. ³⁶ Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

³⁷ Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives, ³⁸ and all the people came early in the morning to hear him at the temple.

 

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    預備主耶穌的再來，對基督徒是很重要的事情，因為主耶穌再來上帝國就要實現，一切的罪惡就要過去，唯有屬上帝的永遠長存！這是我們終極的盼望！

 

路加福音21章

     路加福音21:1-4  ,

     路加福音21:5-38 ,

     路加福音21:25-28  ,

     路加福音21:34-35     ,

     路加福音21:36   ,

路加福音21:1-4

 

21:1 耶穌抬頭觀看，見財主把捐項投在庫裡，
21:2 又見一個窮寡婦投了兩個小錢，
21:3 就說：「我實在告訴你們，這窮寡婦所投的比眾人還多；
21:4 因為眾人都是自己有餘，拿出來投在捐項裡，但這寡婦是自己不足，把她一切養生的都投上了。」

 

As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. ² He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ³ “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. ⁴ All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

 

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    我們不可以用奉獻的數目來衡量奉獻的多少，正如窮寡婦投了兩個小錢，雖然少，但主耶穌卻知道她奉獻是她的全部而不是有餘！

 

    也因此，我們在信仰上不是注重表象，而是要注重實際！這樣才能夠符合上帝的心意所要求的，為上帝所讚賞的！

 

    求主幫助我們，可以在這些是上分辨清楚，以免落入魔鬼的謊言之中！

 

歷代志下5章

    歷代志下5:1-14   ,

    歷代志下5:11-14 ,

    歷代志下5:12-14 ,

歷代志下5:1-14

 

5:1 所羅門做完了耶和華殿的一切工，就把他父大衛分別為聖的金銀和器皿都帶來，放在上帝殿的府庫裡。
5:2 那時，所羅門將以色列的長老、各支派的首領，並以色列的族長招聚到耶路撒冷，要把耶和華的約櫃從大衛城─就是錫安─運上來。
5:3 於是以色列眾人在七月節前都聚集到王那裡。
5:4 以色列眾長老來到，利未人便抬起約櫃。
5:5 祭司利未人將約櫃運上來，又將會幕和會幕的一切聖器具都帶上來。
5:6 所羅門王和聚集到他那裡的以色列全會眾都在約櫃前獻牛羊為祭，多得不可勝數。
5:7 祭司將耶和華的約櫃抬進內殿，就是至聖所，放在兩個基路伯的翅膀底下。
5:8 基路伯張著翅膀在約櫃之上，遮掩約櫃和抬櫃的槓。
5:9 這槓甚長，槓頭在內殿前可以看見，在殿外卻不能看見，直到如今還在那裡。
5:10 約櫃裡惟有兩塊石版，就是以色列人出埃及後，耶和華與他們立約的時候，摩西在何烈山所放的。除此以外，並無別物。
5:11 當時，在那裡所有的祭司都已自潔，並不分班供職。
5:12 他們出聖所的時候，歌唱的利未人亞薩、希幔、耶杜頓，和他們的眾子眾弟兄都穿細麻布衣服，站在壇的東邊，敲鈸、鼓瑟、彈琴，同著他們有一百二十個祭司吹號。
5:13 吹號的、歌唱的都一齊發聲，聲合為一，讚美感謝耶和華。吹號、敲鈸，用各種樂器，揚聲讚美耶和華說：耶和華本為善，他的慈愛永遠長存！那時，耶和華的殿有雲充滿，
5:14 甚至祭司不能站立供職，因為耶和華的榮光充滿了上帝的殿。

 

 When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

² Then Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David. ³ And all the Israelites came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.

⁴ When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark, ⁵ and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests carried them up; ⁶ and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.

⁷ The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. ⁸ The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles. ⁹ These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. ¹⁰ There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

¹¹ The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions. ¹² All the Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. ¹³ The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang:

“He is good;
    his love endures forever.”

Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud, ¹⁴ and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of God.

 

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    上帝的殿建造完成之後，所羅門照上帝的心意，讓利未人將約櫃台進聖殿裡面，除了獻祭之外，也用讚美的歌聲獻給上帝！吹號、敲鈸，用各種樂器，揚聲讚美耶和華說：耶和華本為善，他的慈愛永遠長存！

 

    然而在敬拜中讓以色列人最盼望的事，就是「耶和華的榮光充滿」，表示上帝喜悅以色列人的敬拜！正如，這段經文中記載到：「那時，耶和華的殿有雲充滿，甚至祭司不能站立供職，因為耶和華的榮光充滿了上帝的殿。」

 

    這是多麼美的景象，這絕對不是人刻意製造出來的氣氛！這和今日所謂的敬拜讚美唱到大家「看見」上帝的榮光充滿，完全不一樣！因為今日的敬拜讚美是利用音樂和跳動讓人暈眩，以為上帝榮光充滿，其實是假象！

 

    所羅門獻殿的敬拜之榮光充滿，是上帝親自的同在，是人無法模仿的！願上帝保守我們，讓我們真的在禮拜中與上帝相遇，勝過虛假的音樂氣氛和人製造的催眠假象！

 

 

路加福音20:45-47

 

20:45 眾百姓聽的時候，耶穌對門徒說：
20:46 「你們要防備文士。他們好穿長衣遊行，喜愛人在街市上問他們安，又喜愛會堂裡的高位，筵席上的首座；
20:47 他們侵吞寡婦的家產，假意作很長的禱告。這些人要受更重的刑罰！」

 

⁴⁵ While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, ⁴⁶ “Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. ⁴⁷ They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

 

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    主耶穌教導門徒：你們要防備文士！

 

    當然這也有提醒門徒不要成為文士的樣式，不要表現得過於實際的狀態！因為成為基督徒不是表現自己，而是要彰顯主耶穌的榮耀，這是非常重要的提醒！