撒迦利亞書5:5-11

5:5 與我說話的天使出來，對我說：「你要舉目觀看，見所出來的是甚麼？」

5:6 我說：「這是甚麼呢？」他說：「這出來的是量器。」他又說：「這是惡人在遍地的形狀。」

5:7 （我見有一片圓鉛被舉起來。）這坐在量器中的是個婦人。

5:8 天使說：「這是罪惡。」他就把婦人扔在量器中，將那片圓鉛扔在量器的口上。

5:9 我又舉目觀看，見有兩個婦人出來，在她們翅膀中有風，飛得甚快，翅膀如同鸛鳥的翅膀。她們將量器抬起來，懸在天地中間。

5:10 我問與我說話的天使說：「她們要將量器抬到哪裡去呢？」

5:11 他對我說：「要往示拿地去，為它蓋造房屋；等房屋齊備，就把它安置在自己的地方。」

Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out." And I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the basket that is going out." And he said, "This is their iniquity in all the land." And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.

Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the basket?" He said to me, "To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base."

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    雖然這個異象讓人看不太懂，但是我們相信：罪這件事是使人喜愛，並且沉溺在其中，以它為樂，為生活的引導。也因此人需要常常回到上帝面前，讓上帝光照出我們的樣式。

    我們不是說自己好，而是我們真的需要耶穌基督的寶血和聖靈的光照，我們才能一步一步離開罪的影響，越來越有基督的形像在我們心中。這就是基督徒的成長之路。

撒迦利亞書5章

        撒迦利亞書5:1-4      ,   撒迦利亞書5:5-11   ,

撒迦利亞書5:1-4

5:1 我又舉目觀看，見有一飛行書卷。

5:2 他問我說：「你看見甚麼？」我回答說：「我看見一飛行的書卷，長二十肘，寬十肘。」

5:3 他對我說：「這是發出行在遍地上的咒詛。凡偷竊的必按卷上這面的話除滅；凡起假誓的必按卷上那面的話除滅。

5:4 萬軍之耶和華說：我必使這書卷出去，進入偷竊人的家和指我名起假誓人的家，必常在他家裡，連房屋帶木石都毀滅了。」

Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll!  And he said to me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits."  Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side.  I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones."

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    這個異象說明上帝的審判是明確的，不在於罪的大小，即使是偷竊和起假誓，也必被除滅！

    也因此我們要常常靠耶穌基督的寶血來喜潔淨我們的一切罪，不管是大罪或小罪，一一在主面前尋求幫助，讓我們成為聖潔無有瑕疵的人！

撒迦利亞書4:8-14

4:8 耶和華的話又臨到我說：

4:9 「所羅巴伯的手立了這殿的根基，他的手也必完成這工，你就知道萬軍之耶和華差遣我到你們這裡來了。

4:10 誰藐視這日的事為小呢？這七眼乃是耶和華的眼睛，遍察全地，見所羅巴伯手拿線鉈就歡喜。」

4:11 我又問天使說：「這燈臺左右的兩棵橄欖樹是甚麼意思？」

4:12 我二次問他說：「這兩根橄欖枝在兩個流出金色油的金嘴旁邊是甚麼意思？」

4:13 他對我說：「你不知道這是甚麼意思麼？」我說：「主啊，我不知道。」

4:14 他說：「這是兩個受膏者站在普天下主的旁邊。」

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

 "These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth."  Then I said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?" And a second time I answered and said to him, "What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is poured out?"  He said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord." Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth."

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    所羅巴伯和約書亞，兩個受膏者站在普天下主的旁邊，成為上帝的代表，要重建耶路撒冷，使上帝的帳幕在人間。雖然他們是軟弱與有罪的人，但是上帝要使用他們！

    正如今日，我們在基督裡，雖然也是軟弱與有罪的人，可使上帝卻要使用我們這些卑微的人，來彰顯他的榮耀，而成為尊貴的人！

    因此，不是我們比別人好，完全是上帝的恩典，肯使用我們成為祂榮耀的出口！

撒迦利亞書4:1-7

4:1 那與我說話的天使又來叫醒我，好像人睡覺被喚醒一樣。

4:2 他問我說：「你看見了甚麼？」我說：「我看見了一個純金的燈臺，頂上有盞燈，燈臺上有七盞燈，每盞有七個管子。

4:3 旁邊有兩棵橄欖樹，一棵在燈盞的右邊，一棵在燈盞的左邊。」

4:4 我問與我說話的天使說：「主啊，這是甚麼意思？」

4:5 與我說話的天使回答我說：「你不知道這是甚麼意思麼？」我說：「主啊，我不知道。」

4:6 他對我說：「這是耶和華指示所羅巴伯的。萬軍之耶和華說：不是倚靠勢力，不是倚靠才能，乃是倚靠我的靈方能成事。

4:7 大山哪，你算甚麼呢？在所羅巴伯面前，你必成為平地。他必搬出一塊石頭，安在殿頂上。人且大聲歡呼說：『願恩惠恩惠歸與這殿（殿：或譯石）！』」

And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. And he said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left." And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?" Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord." Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of 'Grace, grace to it! '"

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    約書亞是祭司，而所羅巴伯是政治領袖，這兩位都是帶領猶大被擄歸回的人。上帝賦於他們大任，要重建耶路撒冷，恢復上帝在以色列人中間掌權，成為上帝的代表。

    而成為上帝的代表，不是靠自己的才能和力量，也不能自立權柄。一切要倚靠上帝，甚至權柄與能力都要來自上帝。所以，上帝的使者說：「不是倚靠勢力，不是倚靠才能，乃是倚靠我的靈方能成事。」

    也因為有上帝的同在與賜能力，所以「大山哪，你算甚麼呢？在所羅巴伯面前，你必成為平地。」

    所以，透過耶穌基督倚靠上帝的大能，我們才能完成上帝的託付！

撒迦利亞書3:6-10

3:6 耶和華的使者告誡約書亞說：

3:7 「萬軍之耶和華如此說：你若遵行我的道，謹守我的命令，你就可以管理我的家，看守我的院宇；我也要使你在這些站立的人中間來往。

3:8 大祭司約書亞啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴都當聽。（他們是作預兆的。）我必使我僕人大衛的苗裔發出。

3:9 看哪，我在約書亞面前所立的石頭，在一塊石頭上有七眼。萬軍之耶和華說：我要親自雕刻這石頭，並要在一日之間除掉這地的罪孽。

3:10 當那日，你們各人要請鄰舍坐在葡萄樹和無花果樹下。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。」

And the angel of the Lord solemnly assured Joshua, "Thus says the Lord of hosts:If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here. Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign:behold, I will bring my servant the Branch. For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his fig tree."

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    上帝不僅將任務給約書亞，也預言將來耶穌降生所要做的事：「我必使我僕人大衛的苗裔發出看哪，我在約書亞面前所立的石頭，在一塊石頭上有七眼。萬軍之耶和華說：我要親自雕刻這石頭，並要在一日之間除掉這地的罪孽。」

    而耶穌基督在十字架上所完成的，就是「在一日之間除掉這地的罪孽」！而且基督一次的獻上，就成就了永遠的潔淨，使屬乎基督的人都成了聖潔，可以站在上帝面前，服事上帝。

    因此，屬上帝之人的聖潔，是要靠耶穌基督而來的，不是人可以自己努力來的！