2018年12月18日 星期二

創世記2:15-17


2:15 耶和華上帝將那人安置在伊甸園,使他修理,看守。
2:16
耶和華上帝吩咐他說:「園中各樣樹上的果子,你可以隨意吃,
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只是分別善惡樹上的果子,你不可吃,因為你吃的日子必定死!」

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

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    上帝警告人:「園中各樣樹上的果子,你可以隨意吃,只是分別善惡樹上的果子,你不可吃,因為你吃的日子必定死!」

    上帝這段警告在希伯來文中說到「死」是兩個字,說明吃了分別善惡樹上的果子的下場,就是「死」必定會臨到!這是一個明確且肯定的事情,因為人和上帝隔絕了就是「死」,這是全人的「死」,是受永死的苦。

    為甚麼這樣嚴重呢?因為吃了分別善惡樹上的果子,就是表明要靠自己而活,不是靠上帝而活。靠自己而活,就是否定上帝在人身上的法則:人必須信靠上帝而活!也因此,人必須在基督裡自我否定,讓上帝來引導與賜力量來生活,如此人才不會「死」,才會享受永生!

2018年12月17日 星期一

創世記2:10-14


2:10 有河從伊甸流出來,滋潤那園子,從那裡分為四道:
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第一道名叫比遜,就是環繞哈腓拉全地的。在那裡有金子,
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並且那地的金子是好的;在那裡又有珍珠和紅瑪瑙。
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第二道河名叫基訓,就是環繞古實全地的。
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第三道河名叫底格里斯,流在亞述的東邊。第四道河就是幼發拉底河。

10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

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    透過這段經文,告訴我們「伊甸園」是真實的,不是虛構出來的地方。而「伊甸」在希伯來文的意義是「快樂」,這就告訴我們「伊甸園」就是「樂園」的意思!

    聖經很有意思,創世記一開始的時候提到伊甸園,在啟示錄最後提到的新天新地也就是「伊甸園」,也就是樂園的意思。正如主耶穌向那強盜說:「我實在告訴你,今日你要同我在樂園裡了。」(路加福音23:43

    所以,耶穌基督的拯救就是要我們重回「伊甸園」,回到上帝創造人當初的狀態,使人蒙耶穌基督的拯救,重新享受上帝為亞當夏娃所預備的樂園,讓我們的心得著真正的滿足,因為這是永遠的福樂!

創世記2:8-9


2:8 耶和華上帝在東方的伊甸立了一個園子,把所造的人安置在那裡。
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耶和華上帝使各樣的樹從地裡長出來,可以悅人的眼目,其上的果子好作食物。園子當中又有生命樹和分別善惡的樹。

Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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上帝是眷顧人和供應人需要的上帝,正如他將人創造出來之後,不是讓人自生自滅,還設立了一個園子,將人安置在這個地方,並且讓人有樹上的果子好做食物,可以得著餵養!這是多麼美的事情啊!

然而在這樣的園子中,上帝也是有其妙的作為在其中,正如經文所說:「園子當中又有生命樹和分別善惡的樹」。這兩棵樹是決定人的將來重要的樹木,人若選擇對的樹木,就必蒙上帝的賜福,享受上帝的福樂到永遠!

然而,這兩棵樹的選擇有甚麼問題存在呢?就是人要靠自己還是要靠上帝而活。選擇生命樹是靠上帝而活;選擇分別善惡的樹是靠自己而活。人生的抉擇也在這裡,靠自己而活還是靠上帝而活,你的選擇是…?

2018年12月16日 星期日

創世記2:4-7


2:4 創造天地的來歷,在耶和華上帝造天地的日子,乃是這樣,
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野地還沒有草木,田間的菜蔬還沒有長起來;因為耶和華上帝還沒有降雨在地上,也沒有人耕地,
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但有霧氣從地上騰,滋潤遍地。
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耶和華上帝用地上的塵土造人,將生氣吹在他鼻孔裡,他就成了有靈的活人,名叫亞當。

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

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在創世記有兩個創造故事,第一個是從1:1-2:3,第二個是由此開始,說到人的被造與犯罪的過程。在這裡說到上帝是用塵土造人,不僅如此上帝還給人氣息,使人成為「有靈的活人」,就是「有生命的個體」、「有呼吸的生物」,跟「靈」、「靈魂」沒有直接的關係!


論到人到底是二元(靈魂和身體)、還是三元結構(靈、魂、體),都很看重聖經說的「將生氣吹在他鼻孔裡」,他們常常將「靈」或「靈魂」講得很重要。其實在上帝的眼中,不管是二元或三元,祂看人是一體的,有看的見的外型和看不見之內在思想,是不可單獨存在。也就是說:不能只有內在、也不能只有肉身,必須是全人合一。

聖經沒有用靈魂不死的觀念,只說人死之後靈歸回上帝,所以復活是上帝重新為人建立一個身體,仍然是全人合一的復活,而不是投胎轉世的輪迴。而且基督信仰強調人只有一世,沒有好幾世,也因此我們要在今生今世好好的活,珍惜與把握現在!