旧约出埃及记 29:1–30:38
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():神吩咐做隔开至圣所的幔子、铜的燔祭坛和帐幕的院子;又吩咐为亚伦做圣衣:肩上和胸牌上都刻着以色列支派名字的以弗得和决断的胸牌、蓝色外袍,以及额上刻着“归耶和华为圣”的金牌。
今天你会读到
神吩咐用七天的礼仪使亚伦和他儿子承接圣职:洗身、穿圣衣、受膏,献赎罪祭、燔祭和承接圣职的羊;又规定每天早晚献羊羔为常献的燔祭。接着是烧香的金坛、每人半舍客勒的赎价、铜洗濯盆,以及圣膏油和圣香的调制方法。
阅读小提示
留意 的血抹在右耳垂、右手和右脚的大拇指上。有人认为这表示祭司所听、所做、所行的都要分别为圣,全人归给神。
点时代可看说明
这些规定后来在利未记第 8 章实行出来:摩西照样为亚伦和他儿子行承接圣职的礼。
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出埃及记 第 29 章
使祭司成圣的礼仪
1“你使亚伦和他儿子成圣,给我供祭司的职分,要如此行:取一只公牛犊,两只无残疾的公绵羊,“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,
2无酵饼和调油的无酵饼,与抹油的无酵薄饼;这都要用细麦面做成。along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,
3这饼要装在一个筐子里,连筐子带来,又把公牛和两只公绵羊牵来。put them in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.
4要使亚伦和他儿子到会幕门口来,用水洗身。Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
5要给亚伦穿上内袍和以弗得的外袍,并以弗得,又带上胸牌,束上以弗得巧工织的带子。Take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband.
6把冠冕戴在他头上,将圣冠加在冠冕上,Put the turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to the turban.
7就把膏油倒在他头上膏他。Then take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.
8要叫他的儿子来,给他们穿上内袍。Present his sons as well and clothe them with tunics.
9给亚伦和他儿子束上腰带,包上裹头巾,他们就凭永远的定例得了祭司的职任。又要将亚伦和他儿子分别为圣。Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
公牛作赎罪祭
10“你要把公牛牵到会幕前,亚伦和他儿子要按手在公牛的头上。You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
11你要在耶和华面前,在会幕门口,宰这公牛。And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
12要取些公牛的血,用指头抹在坛的四角上,把血都倒在坛脚那里。Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
13要把一切与,并两个腰子和腰子上的脂油,都烧在坛上。Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
14只是公牛的皮、肉、粪都要用火烧在营外。这牛是。But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
公绵羊作燔祭
15“你要牵一只公绵羊来,亚伦和他儿子要按手在这羊的头上。Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
16要宰这羊,把血洒在坛的周围。You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splatter it on all sides of the altar.
17要把羊切成块子,洗净五脏和腿,连块子带头,都放在一处。Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces.
18要把全羊烧在坛上,是给耶和华献的,是献给耶和华为的火祭。Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
承接圣职的羊
19“你要将那一只公绵羊牵来,亚伦和他儿子要按手在羊的头上。Take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
20你要宰这羊,取点血抹在亚伦的右耳垂上和他儿子的右耳垂上,又抹在他们右手的大拇指上和右脚的大拇指上;并要把血洒在坛的四围。Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.
21你要取点膏油和坛上的血,弹在亚伦和他的衣服上,并他儿子和他儿子的衣服上,他们和他们的衣服就一同成圣。And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and their garments.
22“你要取这羊的脂油和,并盖脏的脂油与肝上的网子,两个腰子和腰子上的脂油并右腿(这是承接圣职所献的羊)。Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),
23再从耶和华面前装无酵饼的筐子中取一个饼,一个调油的饼和一个薄饼,along with one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.
24都放在亚伦的手上和他儿子的手上,作为,在耶和华面前摇一摇。Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
25要从他们手中接过来,烧在耶和华面前坛上的燔祭上,是献给耶和华为馨香的火祭。Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is a food offering to the LORD.
26“你要取亚伦所献公羊的胸,作为摇祭,在耶和华面前摇一摇,这就可以作你的分。Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
27那摇祭的胸和举祭的腿,就是承接圣职所摇的、所举的,是归亚伦和他儿子的。这些你都要成为圣,Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.
28作亚伦和他子孙从以色列人中永远所得的分,因为是举祭。这要从以色列人的平安祭中,作为献给耶和华的举祭。This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.
29“亚伦的圣衣要留给他的子孙,可以穿着受膏,又穿着承接圣职。The holy garments that belong to Aaron will belong to his sons after him, so they can be anointed and ordained in them.
30他的子孙接续他当祭司的,每逢进会幕在圣所供职的时候,要穿七天。The son who succeeds him as priest and enters the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place must wear them for seven days.
吃承接圣职的祭肉
31“你要将承接圣职所献公羊的肉煮在圣处。You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.
32亚伦和他儿子要在会幕门口吃这羊的肉和筐内的饼。At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.
33他们吃那些赎罪之物,好承接圣职,使他们成圣;只是不可吃,因为这是圣物。They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.
34那承接圣职所献的肉或饼,若有一点留到早晨,就要用火烧了,不可吃这物,因为是圣物。And if any of the meat of ordination or any bread is left until the morning, you are to burn up the remainder. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.
七天的承接圣职礼
35“你要这样照我一切所吩咐的,向亚伦和他儿子行承接圣职的礼七天。This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all that I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them.
36每天要献公牛一只为赎罪祭。你洁净坛的时候,坛就洁净了;且要用膏抹坛,使坛成圣。Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
37要洁净坛七天,使坛成圣,坛就成为至圣。凡挨着坛的都成为圣。”For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
每天早晚常献的燔祭
38“你每天所要献在坛上的就是两只一岁的羊羔;This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.
39早晨要献这一只,黄昏的时候要献那一只。Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.
40和这一只羊羔同献的,要用细面伊法十分之一与捣成的油一四分之一调和,又用酒一欣四分之一作为奠祭。With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
41那一只羊羔要在黄昏的时候献上,照着早晨的素祭和奠祭的礼办理,作为献给耶和华馨香的火祭。And offer the second lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
42这要在耶和华面前、会幕门口,作你们世世代代常献的燔祭。我要在那里与你们相会,和你们说话。For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.
43我要在那里与以色列人相会,会幕就要因我的荣耀成为圣。I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.
44我要使会幕和坛成圣,也要使亚伦和他的儿子成圣,给我供祭司的职分。So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.
45我要住在以色列人中间,作他们的 神。Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
46他们必知道我是耶和华—他们的 神,是将他们从埃及地领出来的,为要住在他们中间。我是耶和华—他们的 神。”And they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.
出埃及记 第 30 章
烧香的金坛
1“你要用皂荚木做一座烧香的坛。“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
2这坛要四方的,长一肘,宽一肘,高二肘;坛的四角要与坛接连一块。It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.
3要用精金把坛的上面与坛的四围,并坛的四角,包裹;又要在坛的四围镶上金牙边。Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
4要做两个金环安在牙子边以下,在坛的两旁,两根横撑上,作为穿杠的用处,以便抬坛。And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.
5要用皂荚木做杠,用金包裹。Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
6要把坛放在法柜前的幔子外,对着法柜上的施恩座,就是我要与你相会的地方。Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.
7亚伦在坛上要烧馨香料做的香;每早晨他收拾灯的时候,要烧这香。And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
8黄昏点灯的时候,他要在耶和华面前烧这香,作为世世代代常烧的香。When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.
9在这坛上不可奉上异样的香,不可献燔祭、素祭,也不可浇上奠祭。On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.
10亚伦一年一次要在坛的角上行赎罪之礼。他一年一次要用赎罪祭牲的血在坛上行赎罪之礼,作为世世代代的定例。这坛在耶和华面前为至圣。”Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
每人半舍客勒的赎价
11耶和华晓谕摩西说:Then the LORD said to Moses,
12“你要按以色列人被数的,计算总数,你数的时候,他们各人要为自己的生命把赎价奉给耶和华,免得数的时候在他们中间有灾殃。“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
13凡过去归那些被数之人的,每人要按,拿银子;这半舍客勒是奉给耶和华的礼物(一舍客勒是二十季拉)。Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
14凡过去归那些被数的人,从二十岁以外的,要将这礼物奉给耶和华。Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.
15他们为赎生命将礼物奉给耶和华,富足的不可多出,贫穷的也不可少出,各人要出半舍客勒。In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
16你要从以色列人收这赎罪银,作为会幕的使用,可以在耶和华面前为以色列人作纪念,赎生命。”Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”
铜洗濯盆
17耶和华晓谕摩西说:And the LORD said to Moses,
18“你要用铜做洗濯盆和盆座,以便洗濯。要将盆放在会幕和坛的中间,在盆里盛水。“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,
19亚伦和他的儿子要在这盆里洗手洗脚。with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.
20他们进会幕,或是就近坛前供职给耶和华献火祭的时候,必用水洗濯,免得死亡。Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
21他们洗手洗脚就免得死亡。这要作亚伦和他后裔世世代代永远的定例。”Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
圣膏油
22耶和华晓谕摩西说:Then the LORD said to Moses,
23“你要取上品的香料,就是流质的五百舍客勒,香肉桂一半,就是二百五十舍客勒,二百五十舍客勒,“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
24桂皮五百舍客勒,都按着圣所的平,又取橄榄油一欣,500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
25按做香之法调和做成圣膏油。Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
26要用这膏油抹会幕和法柜,Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,
27桌子与桌子的一切器具,灯台和灯台的器具,并香坛、the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense,
28燔祭坛,和坛的一切器具,洗濯盆和盆座。the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
29要使这些物成为圣,好成为至圣;凡挨着的都成为圣。You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
30要膏亚伦和他的儿子,使他们成为圣,可以给我供祭司的职分。Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
31你要对以色列人说:‘这油,我要世世代代以为圣膏油。And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
32不可倒在别人的身上,也不可按这调和之法做与此相似的。这膏油是圣的,你们也要以为圣。It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
33凡调和与此相似的,或将这膏膏在别人身上的,这人要从民中剪除。’”Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
圣香
34耶和华吩咐摩西说:“你要取馨香的香料,就是;这馨香的香料和各样要一般大的分量。The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
35你要用这些加上盐,按做香之法做成清净圣洁的香。and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
36这香要取点捣得极细,放在会幕内、法柜前,我要在那里与你相会。你们要以这香为至圣。Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
37你们不可按这调和之法为自己做香;要以这香为圣,归耶和华。You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.
38凡做香和这香一样,为要闻香味的,这人要从民中剪除。”Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”
摘要
出埃及记二十九至三十章记载神详细吩咐摩西如何为亚伦和他的儿子行承接圣职之礼,包括献赎罪祭、燔祭与摇祭,以及每日常献的燔祭,借此使祭司分别为圣归神使用。第三十章进一步吩咐建造香坛、铜洗濯盆,并调制圣膏油与圣香,这些器物与圣品皆不可作世俗用途,强调神同在的圣洁要求——神应许要住在以色列人中间,作他们的神。
反思问题
- 神对祭司承接圣职有极严格的程序与要求,这提醒你在服事神时,应以怎样的态度预备自己?
- 圣膏油和圣香不可为私人仿制使用,这“分别为圣”的原则如何应用在你对待属灵事物的态度上?
- 神说“我要住在以色列人中间,作他们的神”,这个应许对你现今与神的关系有什么意义?
新约马太福音 24:1–31
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():耶稣责备文士和法利赛人能说不能行,宣告七个“有祸了”,指出他们重外表、轻忽公义、怜悯、信实;最后为耶路撒冷叹息:“我多次愿意聚集你的儿女,好像母鸡把小鸡聚集在翅膀底下”,他们却不愿意。
今天你会读到
耶稣预言圣殿将被拆毁,门徒在橄榄山上问这些事何时发生、祂降临有甚么预兆。耶稣提醒他们不要被迷惑:会有假基督、战争、饥荒、地震和逼迫,福音要传遍天下;又说到“那行毁坏可憎的”和大灾难,以及人子驾云降临、招聚选民。
阅读小提示
留意耶稣回答的重点不是时间表,而是一再提醒“你们要谨慎,免得有人迷惑你们”(),并要“忍耐到底”()。这段经文的细节,各教会传统的解释不一。
点时代可看说明
这段常称为橄榄山讲论;圣殿在主后 70 年被罗马军队焚毁,哪些预言指向那时、哪些指向将来,解经家看法不同。
马太福音 第 24 章
圣殿将被拆毁
1耶稣出了圣殿,正走的时候,门徒进前来,把指给他看。As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.
2耶稣对他们说:“你们不是看见这殿宇吗?我实在告诉你们,将来在这里没有一块石头留在石头上,不被拆毁了。”“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
门徒问预兆
3耶稣在上坐着,门徒暗暗地来说:“请告诉我们,什么时候有这些事?你和世界的末了有什么预兆呢?”While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
不要被迷惑
4耶稣回答说:“你们要谨慎,免得有人迷惑你们。Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
5因为将来有好些人冒我的名来,说:‘我是基督’,并且要迷惑许多人。For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
6你们也要听见打仗和打仗的,总不要惊慌;因为这些事是必须有的,只是末期还没有到。You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
7民要攻打民,国要攻打国;多处必有饥荒、地震。Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8这都是(灾难:原文是生产之难)的起头。All these are the beginning of birth pains.
患难与逼迫
9那时,人要把你们陷在患难里,也要杀害你们;你们又要为我的名被万民恨恶。Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
10那时,必有许多人跌倒,也要彼此陷害,彼此恨恶;At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,
11且有好些假先知起来,迷惑多人。and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.
12只因不法的事增多,许多人的爱心才渐渐冷淡了。Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
13惟有忍耐到底的,必然得救。But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
14这天国的福音要传遍天下,对万民作见证,然后末期才来到。”And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
那行毁坏可憎的
15“你们看见先知但以理所说的‘’站在圣地(读这经的人须要会意)。So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
16那时,在犹太的,应当逃到山上;then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
17在的,不要下来拿家里的东西;Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
18在田里的,也不要回去取衣裳。And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
19当那些日子,怀孕的和有祸了。How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
20你们应当祈求,叫你们逃走的时候,不遇见冬天或是安息日。Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.
21因为那时必有大灾难,从世界的起头直到如今,没有这样的灾难,后来也必没有。For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
22若不减少那日子,总没有一个得救的;只是为选民,那日子必减少了。If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
假基督、假先知
23那时,若有人对你们说:‘基督在这里’,或说:‘基督在那里’,你们不要信!At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.
24因为、假先知将要起来,显大神迹、大奇事,倘若能行,连选民也就迷惑了。For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
25看哪,我预先告诉你们了。See, I have told you in advance.
26若有人对你们说:‘看哪,基督在旷野里’,你们不要出去!或说:‘看哪,基督在中’,你们不要信!So if they tell you, ‘There He is, in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
27闪电从东边发出,直照到西边。人子降临也要这样。For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28尸首在哪里,也必聚在那里。”Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
人子驾云降临
29“那些日子的灾难一过去,日头就变黑了,月亮也不放光,众星要从天上坠落,都要震动。Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
30那时,的兆头要显在天上,地上的万族都要哀哭。他们要看见人子,有能力,有大荣耀,驾着天上的云降临。At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31他要差遣使者,用号筒的大声,将他的选民,从四方(方:原文是风),从天这边到天那边,都招聚了来。”And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
摘要
马太福音二十四章1至31节记载耶稣在橄榄山上向门徒预言圣殿将被拆毁,并教导末世的征兆:假基督的迷惑、战争饥荒地震、信徒受逼迫、不法之事增多导致爱心冷淡。耶稣警告大灾难的严峻,劝勉门徒不要被假先知迷惑,因人子降临如闪电般明显不可误认,最终祂要在大荣耀中驾云降临,招聚四方的选民。
反思问题
- 耶稣提到末世会有假基督和假先知迷惑人,你如何在日常生活中分辨真假教导、持守纯正信仰?
- 经文说“只因不法的事增多,许多人的爱心才渐渐冷淡了”,你是否感受到这种压力?如何保守自己的爱心不冷淡?
- “惟有忍耐到底的,必然得救”——面对信仰中的试炼与等候,你目前最需要在哪个方面持守忍耐?