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杀害先知的城
“耶路撒冷啊,耶路撒冷啊,你常杀害先知,又用石头打死那奉差遣到你这里来的人... ” - 路 13:34
灵修
耶路撒冷本应是一个神聚集流浪者、医治心碎之人的地方,而不是杀害先知的中心。然而这样的事以前发生过,后来又再次发生(参历代志下24:20-21;耶利米书26:20-23;路加福音9:9)。在残忍的希律和罗马人的统治下,这座和平之城又一次成为神旨意的反面。如果当日它杀害了神的使者,它今日又将怎样对待神的儿子呢?
然而,耶路撒冷的敌意并没有阻止耶稣继续祂的旅程,祂也没有从祂的任命中退缩。祂定意以弥赛亚的身份在耶路撒冷出现。祂已经知道,在神所指定的时间,祂将在那里被宣判死刑。
因着耶稣的救恩和修复,有一天祂会带来新耶路撒冷,在那里真正聚集神的子民,医治心碎之人,缠裹他们的伤口。到那个时候将再没有悲伤、眼泪和痛苦(启示录21:1-4)。
耶稣说:“无病的人用不着医生,有病的人才用得着。”(路加福音5:31)而祂所指的,是身心灵里有病的人,其中也包括我们。对,我们需要耶稣的医治和救赎之爱,恰如那些在耶路撒冷弃绝祂的人一样。
祂上耶路撒冷去了,祂定意要为了所有相信祂的人完成祂救赎的使命。耶稣为你为我死了。祢相信吗?
祷告
神啊,求祢更新我的心。帮助我承认自己的罪,寻求祢的赦免,并活在祢救赎之爱的光中。奉耶稣的名求,阿们。
普世佳音每日箴言
Jerusalem, Killer Of Prophets
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you . . .” — Luke 13:34
Devotion
Jerusalem was supposed to be a place where God gathered the outcasts and healed the brokenhearted, not the center for killing his prophets. It had happened before, and it was happening again (see 2 Chronicles 24:20-21; Jeremiah 26:20-23; Luke 9:9). Ruled by ruthless Herod and governed by the Romans, the city of peace was again an opponent of God’s purposes. If it killed the messengers of God, what would it do with the Son of God?
Jerusalem’s opposition did not deter Jesus from continuing his journey. He didn’t shrink from his calling. He was determined to appear in Jerusalem as the Lord’s Messiah. He knew that at the time God had appointed, and not before, he too would be sentenced there to die.
Through his work of salvation and restoration, Jesus will also return one day with a new Jerusalem that truly gathers God’s people, healing the brokenhearted and binding up their wounds. Then there will be no more mourning or crying or pain (Revelation 21:1-4).
Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick” (Luke 5:31) — physically, mentally, spiritually. This includes us: we need the healing and saving love of Jesus just as much as all who rejected him in Jerusalem.
He went to Jerusalem, determined to fulfill his mission for the sake of all who would believe. Jesus died for you and me. Do you believe it?
Prayer
Renew my heart, Lord. Help me acknowledge my sin, seek forgiveness, and live in the light of your redeeming love. Amen.
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