2016年11月7日 星期一

以西結書21:28-32



21:28 「人子啊,要發預言說:主耶和華論到亞捫人和他們的凌辱,吩咐我如此說:有刀,有拔出來的刀,已經擦亮,為行殺戮,使他像閃電以行吞滅。
21:29 人為你見虛假的異象,行謊詐的占卜,使你倒在受死傷之惡人的頸項上。他們罪孽到了盡頭,受報的日子已到。
21:30 你將刀收入鞘吧!在你受造之處、生長之地,我必刑罰你。
21:31 我必將我的惱恨倒在你身上,將我烈怒的火噴在你身上;又將你交在善於殺滅的畜類人手中。
21:32 你必當柴被火焚燒,你的血必流在國中,你必不再被記念,因為這是我─耶和華說的。」

And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning—  while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.  Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.  And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver you into the hands of brutish men, skillful to destroy.  You shall be fuel for the fire. Your blood shall be in the midst of the land. You shall be no more remembered, for I the Lord have spoken.”

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    亞捫人與猶大同盟背叛巴比倫的事情,猶大的假先知應該也告訴亞捫人他們一起背叛巴比倫可以成功,結果卻導致亞捫與猶大一起滅亡,而且亞捫還不再復國。

    這警惕我們要嚴防假先知假教師」,這些都會造成我們信仰的偏差而不自知,最後落到滅亡的的境地!然而「假先知」和「假教師」的臉和「真先知」和「真教師」的並沒有不一樣,有時還更和善呢!只能從其教訓是否合乎聖經的教導,而不是批判聖經高舉聖靈;否認基督和祂釘十字架,反倒高舉自己和榮耀自己!其實今日「假先知」和「假教師」,反而大受歡迎!

    「真先知」和「真教師」是高舉聖經和基督,是以基督為中心的信仰。若是以聖靈為名,強調經歷的,我們就要小心,這是「假先知」和「假教師」慣用的手法,這是別的福音!不是耶穌基督的福音!

以西結書21:18-27



21:18 耶和華的話又臨到我說:
21:19 「人子啊,你要定出兩條路,好使巴比倫王的刀來。這兩條路必從一地分出來,又要在通城的路口上畫出一隻手來。
21:20 你要定出一條路,使刀來到亞捫人的拉巴;又要定出一條路,使刀來到猶大的堅固城耶路撒冷。
21:21 因為巴比倫王站在岔路那裡,在兩條路口上要占卜。他搖籤(原文是箭)求問神像,察看犧牲的肝;
21:22 在右手中拿著為耶路撒冷占卜的籤,使他安設撞城錘,張口叫殺,揚聲吶喊,築壘造臺,以撞城錘,攻打城門。
21:23 據那些曾起誓的猶大人看來,這是虛假的占卜;但巴比倫王要使他們想起罪孽,以致將他們捉住。」
21:24 主耶和華如此說:「因你們的過犯顯露,使你們的罪孽被記念,以致你們的罪惡在行為上都彰顯出來;又因你們被記念,就被捉住。
21:25 你這受死傷行惡的以色列王啊,罪孽的盡頭到了,受報的日子已到。
21:26 主耶和華如此說:當除掉冠,摘下冕,景況必不再像先前;要使卑者升為高,使高者降為卑。
21:27 我要將這國傾覆,傾覆,而又傾覆;這國也必不再有,直等到那應得的人來到,我就賜給他。」

The word of the Lord came to me again:  “As for you, son of man, mark two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come. Both of them shall come from the same land. And make a signpost; make it at the head of the way to a city.  Mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah, into Jerusalem the fortified.  For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows; he consults the teraphim; he looks at the liver.  Into his right hand comes the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth with murder, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build siege towers.  But to them it will seem like a false divination. They have sworn solemn oaths, but he brings their guilt to remembrance, that they may be taken.
  “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have made your guilt to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.  And you, O profane wicked one, prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of your final punishment,  thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. Exalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted.  A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. This also shall not be, until he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him.

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    西元前590年左右,亞捫與猶大定立同盟,要一起抵禦巴比倫。巴比倫王派兵要一一瓦解這個同盟,透過抽籤的方式決定要先攻擊那一個國家,結果選定猶大。

    「搖籤」、「求問神像」、「察看犧牲的肝」這三者都是當時尋求神明指示的方式,此處描述巴比倫王三者都執行了。可以想見結果就是指向耶路撒冷,因此巴比倫王就開始攻擊耶路撒冷。對猶大人來說,巴比倫王的占卜就是「虛假的占卜」,根本就是迷信。但是巴比倫王敬虔的聽從指示,攻打耶路撒冷。這樣的結果,讓以色列人想起罪孽。他們有正確的信仰知識,如果他們如同巴比倫王一樣敬虔的信上帝,今天就不會遭遇這樣的命運。我們號稱自己是基督徒,有正確的信仰,是不是比周遭拜假神的還「不虔誠」?

    先知在此預言:大衛王朝到西底家就結束(後來只有省長以及利未支派,的王)直到耶穌基督才再承接王權,直到永源!而在此也提醒我們要仰望基督,唯獨祂才是上帝所設立的救主!

以西結書21:8-17



21:8 耶和華的話臨到我說:
21:9 「人子啊,你要預言。耶和華吩咐我如此說:有刀、有刀,是磨快擦亮的;
21:10 磨快為要行殺戮,擦亮為要像閃電。我們豈可快樂嗎?罰我子的杖藐視各樹。
21:11 這刀已經交給人擦亮,為要應手使用。這刀已經磨快擦亮,好交在行殺戮的人手中。
21:12 人子啊,你要呼喊哀號,因為這刀臨到我的百姓和以色列一切的首領。他們和我的百姓都交在刀下,所以你要拍腿歎息。
21:13 有試驗的事;若那藐視的杖歸於無有,怎麼樣呢?這是主耶和華說的。
21:14 「人子啊,你要拍掌預言。我─耶和華要使這刀,就是致死傷的刀,一連三次加倍刺人,進入他們的內屋,使大人受死傷的就是這刀。
21:15 我設立這恐嚇人的刀,攻擊他們的一切城門,使他們的心消化,加增他們跌倒的事。哎!這刀造得像閃電,磨得尖利,要行殺戮。
21:16 刀啊,你歸在右邊,擺在左邊;你面向哪方,就向那方殺戮。
21:17 我也要拍掌,並要使我的忿怒止息。這是我─耶和華說的。」

And the word of the Lord came to me:  “Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say:      
A sword, a sword is sharpened
and also polished,
  sharpened for slaughter,
polished to flash like lightning!
(Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.)  So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer.  Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh.  For it will not be a testing—what could it do if you despise the rod?” declares the Lord God.
  “As for you, son of man, prophesy. Clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, yes, three times, the sword for those to be slain. It is the sword for the great slaughter, which surrounds them,  that their hearts may melt, and many stumble. At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; it is taken up for slaughter.  Cut sharply to the right; set yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed.  I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the Lord have spoken.”

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    這裡說道上帝列怒的審判人都希望能夠避開但是又偏偏人要面對因為人自始祖犯罪以後生命就被罪性所轄至不能體會上帝對人的愛還刻意拒絕上帝在基督裡的救恩沒有用熱切的心來領受視為可有可無如此的話上帝不會發怒嗎

    聖經說:「信子的人有永生;不信子的人得不著永生(原文是不得見永生),上帝的震怒常在他身上」。這也是要告訴我們,我們一定要順服上帝的旨意,接受耶穌基督為救主,這是必然不可抗拒的恩典!

    若是我們心中還是覺得信也好不信也好有沒有永生也無所謂這樣我們必遭受上帝的烈怒因為上帝是用極大的愛來愛我們甚至為我們犧牲了祂的獨生愛子——耶穌基督豈能輕看祂的恩典,視為可有可無呢!

2016年11月6日 星期日

以西結書21章

   以西結書21:1-7  ,  以西結書21:8-17   , 以西結書21:18-27   ,  以西結書21:28-32  ,

以西結書21:1-7



21:1 耶和華的話臨到我說:
21:2 「人子啊,你要面向耶路撒冷和聖所滴下預言,攻擊以色列地。
21:3 對以色列地說,耶和華如此說:我與你為敵,並要拔刀出鞘,從你中間將義人和惡人一併剪除。
21:4 我既要從你中間剪除義人和惡人,所以我的刀要出鞘,自南至北攻擊一切有血氣的;
21:5 一切有血氣的就知道我─耶和華已經拔刀出鞘,必不再入鞘。
21:6 人子啊,你要歎息,在他們眼前彎著腰,苦苦地歎息。
21:7 他們問你說:『為何歎息呢?』你就說:『因為有風聲、災禍要來。人心都必消化,手都發軟,精神衰敗,膝弱如水。看哪,這災禍臨近,必然成就。這是主耶和華說的。』」

1 The word of the Lord came to me:2 "Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel 3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked. 4 Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. 5 And all flesh shall know that I am the Lord. I have drawn my sword from its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.
6 "As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes. 7 And when they say to you, 'Why do you groan? ' you shall say, 'Because of the news that it is coming. Every heart will melt, and all hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will be fulfilled,'" declares the Lord God.

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    上帝要先知對耶路撒冷和聖所預言上帝要拔刀出鞘,而上消滅所有的以色列人,而且將義人和惡人一併剪除。這好像比較合乎現實狀況,這也告訴讀者,不要自以為是義者,就可以逃避上帝的毀滅,說得更精準一點是沒有一個人可以在上帝面前堪稱義人。

    人最大的問題是自以為義,自以為有特權可以躲過災禍或上帝的審判,其實是沒有辦法的,就像災難來的時候,的確是義人和惡人一併遭受,沒有特例,這事我們從現實生活中可見的!

    這樣你會問:「信靠耶穌有甚麼好處呢?」

    其實信靠耶穌的好處是永生,得上帝兒女的名份,是在永恆的世界中享受上帝的福分。雖然在世上的時候,不一定比別人富有、好運、愉快、順利、,但是,上帝應許的永生之福必不落空,而且豐盛有餘因為上帝的一切美好,都在基督裡賞賜給我們