2016年12月27日 星期二

以西結書40:20-27




40:20 他量外院朝北的門,長寬若干。
40:21 門洞的衛房,這旁三間,那旁三間。門洞的柱子和廊子,與第一門的尺寸一樣。門洞長五十肘,寬二十五肘。
40:22 其窗櫺和廊子,並雕刻的棕樹,與朝東的門尺寸一樣。登七層臺階上到這門,前面有廊子。
40:23 內院有門與這門相對,北面東面都是如此。他從這門量到那門,共一百肘。
40:24 他帶我往南去,見朝南有門,又照先前的尺寸量門洞的柱子和廊子。
40:25 門洞兩旁與廊子的周圍都有窗櫺,和先量的窗櫺一樣。門洞長五十肘,寬二十五肘。
40:26 登七層臺階上到這門,前面有廊子;柱上有雕刻的棕樹,這邊一棵,那邊一棵。
40:27 內院朝南有門。從這門量到朝南的那門,共一百肘。

20 As for the gate that faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth. 21 Its side rooms, three on either side, and its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of the first gate. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty- five cubits. 22 And its windows, its vestibule, and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. And by seven steps people would go up to it, and find its vestibule before them. 23 And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.
24 And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south. And he measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others. 25 Both it and its vestibule had windows all around, like the windows of the others. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty- five cubits. 26 And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was before them, and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side. 27 And there was a gate on the south of the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

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    以西結的聖殿是四四方方的結構並且開口面向東方南方與北方是互相對應的,使我們感受到敬拜上帝的人,凡事要照規矩來形,不是以我們的思想為中心,是以上帝為中心

    我們的生命也應該是如此,讓上帝成為我們生命之中心,使上帝的愛子耶穌基督成為我們的遮蓋和拯救,我們才能來親近上帝

    我們不需要別的遮蓋與拯救,單單需要耶穌基督的救贖!沒有耶穌基督,就沒有永生,就沒有辦法與上帝有正確合宜的關係!


以西結書40:17-19



40:17 他帶我到外院,見院的四圍有鋪石地;鋪石地上有屋子三十間。
40:18 鋪石地,就是矮鋪石地在各門洞兩旁,以門洞的長短為度。
40:19 他從下門量到內院外,共寬一百肘,東面北面都是如此。

17 Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement, all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement. 18 And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.

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    外院是會眾敬拜的地方,只有祭司可以進入內院。這也相當是我們平常的生活空間,我們與人接觸,帶領人聽見福音,就是外院的狀況。

    基督徒不僅是上帝的兒女,也是上帝的祭司,我們要透過我們的生活表現引導人來親近主。所以,我們待人要恭敬,言語要如同調過鹽一般,使人感受到上帝的慈悲

    教會不僅要看重內院——主日禮拜,也要看重外院——日常生活,使上帝的榮光被世人看見,使人願意透過上帝的兒子耶穌基督,來成為上帝的兒女,好成為上帝永恆的祭司,來事奉上帝和上帝所愛的人

以西結書40:5-16



40:5 我見殿四圍有牆。那人手拿量度的竿,長六肘,每肘是一肘零一掌。他用竿量牆,厚一竿,高一竿。
40:6 他到了朝東的門,就上門的臺階,量門的這檻,寬一竿;又量門的那檻,寬一竿。
40:7 又有衛房,每房長一竿,寬一竿,相隔五肘。門檻,就是挨著向殿的廊門檻,寬一竿。
40:8 他又量向殿門的廊子,寬一竿。
40:9 又量門廊,寬八肘,牆柱厚二肘;那門的廊子向著殿。
40:10 東門洞有衛房:這旁三間,那旁三間,都是一樣的尺寸;這邊的柱子和那邊的柱子,也是一樣的尺寸。
40:11 他量門口,寬十肘,長十三肘。
40:12 衛房前展出的境界:這邊一肘,那邊一肘;衛房這邊六肘,那邊六肘。
40:13 又量門洞,從這衛房頂的後檐到那衛房頂的後檐,寬二十五肘;衛房門與門相對。
40:14 又量(原文是造)廊子六十肘(七十士譯本是二十肘),牆柱外是院子,有廊為界,在門洞兩邊。
40:15 從大門口到內廊前,共五十肘。
40:16 衛房和門洞兩旁柱間並廊子,都有嚴緊的窗櫺;裡邊都有窗櫺,柱上有雕刻的棕樹。

5 And behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed. 6 Then he went into the gateway facing east, going up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep. 7 And the side rooms, one reed long and one reed broad; and the space between the side rooms, five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end, one reed. 8 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, on the inside, one reed. 9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end. 10 And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate. The three were of the same size, and the jambs on either side were of the same size. 11 Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a barrier before the side rooms, one cubit on either side. And the side rooms were six cubits on either side. 13 Then he measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of twenty- five cubits; the openings faced each other. 14 He measured also the vestibule, twenty cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court. 15 From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits. 16 And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees.

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    這裡描寫聖殿東邊的大門與外牆的結構,由這些描述可以看見聖殿的建築的規模及其整齊的排列。

    這也告訴我們在教會的治理上,我們也必須要有清楚與明確的方向,使教會可以建造,也讓弟兄姊妹可以配搭一同來服侍。

    也因此牧者的講道時要為弟兄姊妹畫一張明確教會的藍圖,讓我們與基督一同來建造地上的天國,使上帝的國現在上帝所建立的新天新地上!這是教會要努力的方向。

2016年12月25日 星期日

以西結書40章

        以西結書40:1-4    , 以西結書40:5-16  ,  以西結書40:17-19以西結書40:20-27  ,  以西結書40:28-43 , 以西結書40:44-49  ,

以西結書40:1-4



40:1 我們被擄掠第二十五年,耶路撒冷城攻破後十四年,正在年初,月之初十日,耶和華的靈(原文是手)降在我身上,他把我帶到以色列地。
40:2 在上帝的異象中帶我到以色列地,安置在至高的山上;在山上的南邊有彷彿一座城建立。
40:3 他帶我到那裡,見有一人,顏色(原文是形狀)如銅,手拿麻繩和量度的竿,站在門口。
40:4 那人對我說:「人子啊,凡我所指示你的,你都要用眼看,用耳聽,並要放在心上。我帶你到這裡來,特為要指示你;凡你所見的,你都要告訴以色列家。」

​ In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city.  In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south.  When he brought me there, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway.  And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.”

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    上帝透過城的建立的異象要以西結宣告給以色列人知道上帝要成就的事。就是要重建新的耶路撒冷城,使以色列人恢復對上帝的敬拜!雖然他們被擄到巴比倫,無法集合敬拜耶和華上帝。

    這也是上帝在教會中的作為如同俄羅斯的東正教在蘇聯時期受到共產黨的迫害但是在蘇聯瓦解後教會反而重新被建造起來人民繼續來敬拜上帝如同以色列被擄歸回一般

    求主幫助讓教會永遠堅立直到主耶穌再來時一同的榮耀