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每日箴言(中英)|忍受苦楚 胜利掌权



每日箴言

忍受苦楚 胜利掌权



“你必用铁杖打破他们,你必将他们如同窑匠的瓦器摔碎。” - 诗 2:9

 灵修


诗篇第2篇描述一位将要到来的君王弥赛亚,祂会用暴力和毁灭来建立祂的国度。有趣的是,在新约圣经中,弥赛亚使用铁杖,向来都被视为将来才会发生的事。当耶稣第二次来临,祂才会用利剑击杀列国以及用铁杖辖管他们 (启示录19:15)。


基督在伯利恒城以婴孩的样式第一次降临,在末日祂会第二次降临,这让我们晓得弥赛亚不单是被钉死在十架上的囚犯,更是大获全胜的君王。在耶稣那个年代,神的子民从来不会料到弥赛亚会两次降临的,而是要等到新约圣经时代,这些隐藏的事才被披露出来。


在第一次降临,基督曾忍受极大的苦楚和羞辱,所以,基督徒也必须准备与耶稣一同背负自己的十字架。事实上,初代教会忍受了当时掌权者的苦待,例如,因为传讲耶稣,使徒们被下在监里,以及被毒打,然而他们仍然勇于在那些宗教领袖面前,承认耶稣是唯一的救主 (使徒行传4-5章)。我们若向前望,知道基督在第二次降临将会胜利掌权,就能够胜过任何恶劣境况,并且经历到耶稣复活的荣耀。


我盼望你能在你基督徒生命中经历十字架,也经历复活。


 祷告


神啊,被钉死的基督同时也是得胜的万王之王,我们为此赞美祢。主啊,愿十字架和冠冕,这两者都成为我们生命的一部分,又愿我们能忠心向别人传扬祢。奉祢的名祷告,阿们。


普世佳音每日箴言

 A Rod Of Iron

“You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.” — Psalm 2:9


 Devotion


Psalm 2 pictures a coming king—the Messiah—who uses violence and destruction to establish his kingdom. Interestingly, the Messiah’s use of the rod of iron is always pictured as a future event in the New Testament. It is only at the second coming of Jesus that he strikes the nations with a sharp sword and rules them with a rod of iron (Revelation 19:15).

The first coming of Christ as a baby in Bethlehem and his second coming at the end of time call us to know the Messiah as both the crucified one and the triumphant King. The community of God’s people at the time of Jesus never expected two comings of the Messiah. But the New Testament reveals what is concealed.

Because Christ in his first coming suffered and endured abuse, Christians must be ready to take up their cross with Jesus. The early church indeed faced suffering from the rulers of their day. The apostles, for example, were jailed and beaten for preaching about Jesus, but they also stood up to the religious rulers, confessing Jesus as the only Savior (Acts 4-5). Looking ahead and knowing that Christ in his second coming will reign triumphantly, we can overcome any difficult circumstance and experience Jesus’ resurrected glory.

I hope you are experiencing both the cross and the resurrection in your Christian life.


 Prayer

God, we praise you that the crucified Christ is also the triumphant King of kings. Lord, may the cross and the crown be a double reality in our lives, and may we faithfully tell others about you. Amen.


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