2016年5月19日 星期四
啟示錄16:1-7
16:1 我聽見有大聲音從殿中出來，向那七位天使說：「你們去，把盛上帝大怒的七碗倒在地上。」
16:2 第一位天使便去，把碗倒在地上，就有惡而且毒的瘡生在那些有獸印記、拜獸像的人身上。
16:3 第二位天使把碗倒在海裡，海就變成血，好像死人的血，海中的活物都死了。
16:4 第三位天使把碗倒在江河與眾水的泉源裡，水就變成血了。
16:5 我聽見掌管眾水的天使說：昔在、今在的聖者啊，你這樣判斷是公義的；
16:6 他們曾流聖徒與先知的血，現在你給他們血喝；這是他們所該受的。
16:7 我又聽見祭壇中有聲音說：是的，主上帝─全能者啊，你的判斷義哉！誠哉！
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple
telling the seven angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of
the wrath of God."
So the first angel went and poured out his
bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore
the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
The second angel poured out his bowl into
the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died
that was in the sea.
The third angel poured out his bowl into
the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. And I heard the
angel in charge of the waters say,
"Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who
was,
for you brought these judgments.
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上帝發怒的碗傾倒下來，就像埃及人面對的十災一樣，是人難以招架的！
所以人面對上帝時要悔改，要承認祂的主權，要愛祂進而要愛屬祂的人，不可以存這惡心悖逆上帝！
希望人讀到這敘述時不要怪上帝殘忍，而要回頭想自己是否願意接受上帝安排好的救恩呢？信靠耶穌成為上帝的兒女！
啟示錄15:5-8
15:5 此後，我看見在天上那存法櫃的殿開了。
15:6 那掌管七災的七位天使從殿中出來，穿著潔白光明的細麻衣（細麻衣：有古卷是寶石），胸間束著金帶。
15:7 四活物中有一個把盛滿了活到永永遠遠之上帝大怒的七個金碗給了那七位天使。
15:8 因上帝的榮耀和能力，殿中充滿了煙。於是沒有人能以進殿，直等到那七位天使所降的七災完畢了。
After this I looked, and the sanctuary of
the tent of witness in heaven was opened, and out of the sanctuary came the
seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright linen, with golden
sashes around their chests. And one of the four living creatures gave to the
seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and
ever, and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from
his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the
seven angels were finished.
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我們常常有好奇心要窺見上帝到底是怎樣，但上帝事情尚未完成前通常是不讓我們看見。所以在這時候，我們要存敬畏的心來等候上帝，預備好自己來面對那榮耀的上帝。
當然上帝在這裡隱藏自己是因為：「上帝的榮耀和能力，殿中充滿了煙。於是沒有人能以進殿，直等到那七位天使所降的七災完畢了。」
然而我們要注意這七災是用比喻性的說法：「盛滿了活到永永遠遠之上帝大怒」！上帝的大怒是永遠還是短暫呢？當然是短暫的！因為詩篇的作者告訴我們：「因為，他的怒氣不過是轉眼之間；他的恩典乃是一生之久。一宿雖然有哭泣，早晨便必歡呼。」（詩30:5）
雖然如此，這怒氣是我們不能承受的，也唯有靠耶穌基督在十字架上所付的代價，才能使上帝對人的怒氣消除。所以，靠耶穌的恩典是人與上帝和好必要之條件！
啟示錄15:1-4
15:1 我又看見在天上有異象，大而且奇，就是七位天使掌管末了的七災，因為上帝的大怒在這七災中發盡了。
15:2 我看見彷彿有玻璃海，其中有火攙雜。又看見那些勝了獸和獸的像並牠名字數目的人，都站在玻璃海上，拿著上帝的琴，
15:3 唱上帝僕人摩西的歌和羔羊的歌，說：主上帝─全能者啊，你的作為大哉！奇哉！萬世（或譯：國）之王啊，你的道途義哉！誠哉！
15:4 主啊，誰敢不敬畏你，不將榮耀歸與你的名呢？因為獨有你是聖的。萬民都要來在你面前敬拜，因你公義的作為已經顯出來了。
Then I saw another sign in heaven, great
and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them
the wrath of God is finished.
And I saw what appeared to be a sea of
glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its
image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps
of God in their hands. And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and
the song of the Lamb, saying,
"Great and amazing are your deeds,
O Lord God the Almighty!
Just
and true are your ways,
O King of the nations!
Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All
nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been
revealed."
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這雖然是上帝發義怒之前的景象，但是屬上帝的族群還是在上帝面前敬拜祂，因為這一群是上帝按著祂永遠的旨意所揀選，為自己的榮耀緣故所存留的，這一群要與主同在直到永遠！
這一群有雙重的約，於是唱著雙重的歌：「上帝僕人摩西」和「羔羊」。歌頌上帝要顯明祂的公義：「主上帝─全能者啊，你的作為大哉！奇哉！萬世（或譯：國）之王啊，你的道途義哉！誠哉！主啊，誰敢不敬畏你，不將榮耀歸與你的名呢？因為獨有你是聖的。萬民都要來在你面前敬拜，因你公義的作為已經顯出來了！」
在這裡也看見詩歌的力量，當我們面對上帝，向上帝唱讚美的詩歌時，上帝的心意就向我們表明了！這也是禮拜中可以感受到的，也是使有限的文字與無限的上帝相遇之時，產生人對上帝的景仰與上帝對人啟示自己！這也是為甚麼聖徒要聚集起來唱詩讚美上帝的原因。
2016年5月18日 星期三
啟示錄14:14-20
14:14 我又觀看，見有一片白雲，雲上坐著一位好像人子，頭上戴著金冠冕，手裡拿著快鐮刀。
14:15 又有一位天使從殿中出來，向那坐在雲上的大聲喊著說：「伸出你的鐮刀來收割；因為收割的時候已經到了，地上的莊稼已經熟透了。」
14:16 那坐在雲上的，就把鐮刀扔在地上，地上的莊稼就被收割了。
14:17 又有一位天使從天上的殿中出來，他也拿著快鐮刀。
14:18 又有一位天使從祭壇中出來，是有權柄管火的，向拿著快鐮刀的大聲喊著說：「伸出快鐮刀來，收取地上葡萄樹的果子，因為葡萄熟透了！」
14:19 那天使就把鐮刀扔在地上，收取了地上的葡萄，丟在上帝忿怒的大酒醡中。
14:20 那酒醡踹在城外，就有血從酒醡裡流出來，高到馬的嚼環，遠有六百里。
Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud,
and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head,
and a sharp sickle in his hand. And another angel came out of the temple,
calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your
sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth
is fully ripe." So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the
earth, and the earth was reaped.
Then another angel came out of the temple
in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the
altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud
voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle and gather
the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe." So the
angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the
earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the
winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as
high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.
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這裡看見上帝的憤怒，也看見那不信的人不僅是靈魂的死亡，更是身體的死亡與流血，用葡萄的酒醡來形容他們將要受到的摧殘與刑罰，他們必須流血來還清基督的血債，因為基督本是上帝的兒子，他們經然將祂釘十字架，流出寶血！所以上帝展現大怒氣，這事上帝的報仇！也因此基督徒要為世人禱告，求主不要將這怒氣歸於世人，願世人都靠基督而悔改得救！
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