啟示錄9章

       啟示錄9:1-12 ,  啟示錄9:13-21  ,

啟示錄9:1-12

9:1 第五位天使吹號，我就看見一個星從天落到地上，有無底坑的鑰匙賜給它。

9:2 它開了無底坑，便有煙從坑裡往上冒，好像大火爐的煙；日頭和天空都因這煙昏暗了。

9:3 有蝗蟲從煙中出來，飛到地上；有能力賜給牠們，好像地上蠍子的能力一樣，

9:4 並且吩咐牠們說，不可傷害地上的草和各樣青物，並一切樹木，惟獨要傷害額上沒有上帝印記的人。

9:5 但不許蝗蟲害死他們，只叫他們受痛苦五個月。這痛苦就像蠍子螫人的痛苦一樣。

9:6 在那些日子，人要求死，決不得死；願意死，死卻遠避他們。

9:7 蝗蟲的形狀，好像預備出戰的馬一樣，頭上戴的好像金冠冕，臉面好像男人的臉面，

9:8 頭髮像女人的頭髮，牙齒像獅子的牙齒。

9:9 胸前有甲，好像鐵甲。牠們翅膀的聲音，好像許多車馬奔跑上陣的聲音。

9:10 有尾巴像蠍子，尾巴上的毒鉤能傷人五個月。

9:11 有無底坑的使者作牠們的王，按著希伯來話，名叫亞巴頓，希臘話，名叫亞玻倫。

9:12 第一樣災禍過去了，還有兩樣災禍要來。

And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.  He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.  Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.  They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.  They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.  And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

  In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,  their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth;  they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.  They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails.  They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.

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    這裡讓我們看見「額上沒有上帝印記的人」所受到的災難何等大啊！因此，被上帝拯救領受聖靈印記的人，是多麼有福啊！

    所以，我們要為上帝的拯救感謝上帝！但是，我們也要勇敢警告那些拒絕就恩的人，讓他們知道拒絕上帝的救恩的人，是處在多麼危險的景況！

    不僅如此還要為他們得救禱告，求主使他們悔改歸向上帝，免受上帝永遠的憤怒！

啟示錄8:6-13

8:6 拿著七枝號的七位天使就預備要吹。

8:7 第一位天使吹號，就有雹子與火攙著血丟在地上；地的三分之一和樹的三分之一被燒了，一切的青草也被燒了。

8:8 第二位天使吹號，就有彷彿火燒著的大山扔在海中；海的三分之一變成血，

8:9 海中的活物死了三分之一，船隻也壞了三分之一。

8:10 第三位天使吹號，就有燒著的大星，好像火把從天上落下來，落在江河的三分之一和眾水的泉源上。

8:11 （這星名叫「茵蔯」。）眾水的三分之一變為茵蔯，因水變苦，就死了許多人。

8:12 第四位天使吹號，日頭的三分之一、月亮的三分之一、星辰的三分之一都被擊打，以致日月星的三分之一黑暗了，白晝的三分之一沒有光，黑夜也是這樣。

8:13 我又看見一個鷹飛在空中，並聽見牠大聲說：「三位天使要吹那其餘的號。你們住在地上的民，禍哉！禍哉！禍哉！」

Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

  The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

  The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.  A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

  The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.  The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.

  The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

  Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

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    這七個號聲的前四個，讓我們看見上帝的憤怒，也讓我們感受到上帝的威嚴，因為世上的人們，常常以為可以為所欲為，沒有上帝的審判。其實並非如此，上帝是會審判與降禍的，人不可輕忽上帝。

    當我們看見上帝這樣的作為時，我們就要悔改，不可以在自以為是，不可認為上帝不會審判！

啟示錄8章

          啟示錄8:1-5    ,   啟示錄8:6-13  ,

啟示錄8:1-5

8:1 羔羊揭開第七印的時候，天上寂靜約有二刻。

8:2 我看見那站在上帝面前的七位天使，有七枝號賜給他們。

8:3 另有一位天使，拿著金香爐來，站在祭壇旁邊。有許多香賜給他，要和眾聖徒的祈禱一同獻在寶座前的金壇上。

8:4 那香的煙和眾聖徒的祈禱從天使的手中一同升到上帝面前。

8:5 天使拿著香爐，盛滿了壇上的火，倒在地上；隨有雷轟、大聲、閃電、地震。

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.  Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.  And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne,  and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.  Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

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    這是第七印被揭開的時候，是結局將到的時刻，上帝正要施行大事！所以，就產生「天上寂靜約有二刻」。

    接著七位天使將要吹號，然而在吹號前，讓我們看見眾聖徒的祈禱，這也告訴我們，上帝讓天上安靜就是要聽聖徒的禱告。這也告訴我們，上帝是多麼看重聖徒的禱告。

    而禱告最重要的是要奉主耶穌的名禱告，因為唯有奉主耶穌的名，才會蒙上帝垂聽，才會提醒我們禱告的對象是上帝。

啟示錄7:13-17

7:13 長老中有一位問我說：「這些穿白衣的是誰？是從哪裡來的？」

7:14 我對他說：「我主，你知道。」他向我說：「這些人是從大患難中出來的，曾用羔羊的血把衣裳洗白淨了。

7:15 所以，他們在上帝寶座前，晝夜在他殿中事奉他。坐寶座的要用帳幕覆庇他們。

7:16 他們不再飢，不再渴；日頭和炎熱也必不傷害他們。

7:17 因為寶座中的羔羊必牧養他們，領他們到生命水的泉源；上帝也必擦去他們一切的眼淚。」

Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?”  I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

  “Therefore they are before the throne of God,

and serve him day and night in his temple;

and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.

  They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;

the sun shall not strike them,

nor any scorching heat.

  For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,

and he will guide them to springs of living water,

and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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    上帝所拯救的人要享受上帝永遠的賜福：「這些人是從大患難中出來的，曾用羔羊的血把衣裳洗白淨了。」「他們在上帝寶座前，晝夜在他殿中事奉他。坐寶座的要用帳幕覆庇他們。他們不再飢，不再渴；日頭和炎熱也必不傷害他們。因為寶座中的羔羊必牧養他們，領他們到生命水的泉源；上帝也必擦去他們一切的眼淚。」

    許多的人看到這段記載，被上帝的愛感動，因為上帝是這樣看顧祂所愛的人，進而立志要信靠上帝，成為上帝的兒女，即使在世上遇到大逼迫、大苦難，也不害怕，因為知道這些苦難是暫時的，上帝的賜恩是永恆的，而且僅在基督裡！

    今天你是否如此信靠上帝呢？還是以為天底下沒有這麼好的事呢？要以行為換取上帝的恩典，而不靠耶穌基督的拯救！快悔改吧！上帝不要你靠自己，要你靠基督！你要信靠耶穌基督！