先知們論及耶穌- 1 瑪拉基 論及


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12/1/2019


Unit 1: 先 知 們 論及耶穌The Prophets Point to Jesus

  1. “準備的過程The Process of Preparation" 12/01/19

瑪拉基書Malachi 2:17; 3:1-5; 3:16-18;    

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By Dr. Meiman Lai Saidi, Ph.D. 賴美滿 校長

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前言PREFACE: “神應許將正義帶回百姓，潔淨百姓的心，並帶给醫治。上帝早在耶穌之前的四百多年向瑪拉基說過，要為神的降臨世間而準備。

今日，我們仍然看到神在掌權，祂為世界作工，準備與我們有好關係的過程。“God promises to come to His people to restore justice, to purify hearts, and to bring healing”. Over 400 years before Jesus came, God spoke to a man named Malachi. His message was about preparing for God to come to our world. Today, we will see that God is still in charge and at work in the world preparing the way for a relationship with us.

 

上週Last Week：我們看到了救贖的恩典之禮物是來自信耶穌基督。

We discovered that the gift of salvation by grace comes through faith in Christ.

 

這週This Week：我們將發現神設計與我們有一個關係，意旨我們的生命是活在愛神與愛人。We will discover that God desires a relationship with us. It means living a life of love for God and others.

 

 

1. 當時的懷疑或辯論: 瑪拉基書 2:17—3:5      1. The Dispute: Malachi 2:17—3:5,  

2:17你們用言語煩瑣耶和華．你們還說、   我們在何事上煩瑣他呢．因為 們說、 “凡行惡的、耶和華眼看為善 、並且他喜悅他們，或說、公義的神在那裡呢？”

瑪拉基書 3:1-5, 1, 萬軍之耶和華說、我要差遣我的使者、在我前面豫備道路．你們所尋求的主、必忽然進入他的殿．立約的使者、就是你們所仰慕的、快要來到。  2, 他來的日子、誰能當得起呢？他顯現的時候、誰能立得住呢？因為他如煉金之人的火、如漂布之人的鹼。 3, 他必坐下如煉淨銀子的、必潔淨利未人、熬煉他們像金銀一樣、他們就憑公義獻供物給耶和華。4, 那時、猶大和耶路撒冷所獻的供物、必蒙耶和華悅納、彷彿古時之日、上古之年。5, 萬軍之耶和華說、我必臨近你們、施行審判．我必速速作見證、警戒行邪術的、犯姦淫的、起假誓的、虧負人之工價的、欺壓寡婦孤兒的、屈枉寄居的、和不敬畏我的。

 

 

解經: 瑪拉基書2:17-3:6, 為非作歹的，神都看在眼裏 : 人們為求私利拐去真理，神已厭 煩他們的所做所為。他們以為神的靜靜無言就表示祂容許人胡作非為。其實，神要懲罰犯各種罪的假信徒。

2:17, You have wearied the LORD with your words. "How have we wearied him?" you ask.  y saying, "All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD, and he is pleased with them" or "Where is the God of justice?" 

Malachi 3:1-5, 1, "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty.  2, But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap.  3, He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,          4, and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the LORD, as in days gone by, as in former years." 5, So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

 

Commentary: Malachi 2:17-3:6, God was tired of the way the people had cynically twisted his truths. He would punish those who insisted that because God was silent, he approved of their actions or at least would never punish them. God would also punish those who professed a counterfeit faith while acting sinfully (see 3:5)

2. Hope for the faithful: Malachi 3:16—4:5

 

2. 信實的有望 : 經文: 瑪拉基書3:16—4:5,

  1. 那時、敬畏耶和華的彼此談論．耶和華側耳而聽、且有紀念冊在他面前、記錄那敬畏耶和華思念他名的人。
  2. 萬軍之耶和華說、在我所定的日子、他們必屬我、特特歸我．我必憐恤他們、如同人憐恤服事自己的兒子。
  3. 那時你們必歸回、將善人和惡人、事奉　神的和不事奉　神的、分別出來。       

瑪拉基書: 4:1-5

16.   Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name.

17.   "They will be mine," says the LORD Almighty, "in the day when I make up my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him.

18.   And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.                                    

Malachi: 4:1-5
  1. 萬軍之耶和華說、那日臨近、勢如燒著的火爐．凡狂傲的和行惡的、必如碎秸．在那日必被燒盡、根本枝條一無存留。
  2. 但向你們敬畏我名的人、必有公義的日頭出現、其光線有醫治之能。〔光線原文作翅膀〕你們必出來跳躍如圈裡的肥犢。
  3. 你們必踐踏惡人．在我所定的日子、他們必如灰塵在你們腳掌之下．這是萬軍之耶和華說的。
  4. 你們當記念我僕人摩西的律法、就是我在何烈山為以色列眾人所吩咐他的律例典章。
  5. 看哪、耶和華大而可畏之日未到以前、我必差遣先知以利亞到你們那裡去。

解經: 3:16—4:5, 這先知叮嚀那些尊敬上帝的人，當他們說話時，上帝聽見了。祂也確定這些人都被記在上帝的記憶冊上，而且上帝與他們又有特別的關係。瑪拉基預言正義的與邪惡的在神的審判日將有不同的經驗。信徒在日常生活上需繼續活出信實的生命來經驗醫治與從新得力。信實的信徒們經終年的相信，在那審判日，他們的名字就可在記載在 “生命冊” 上 (啟示錄20:11-15)。

這節提到兩位使者。一般人認為第一位是指施洗約翰 (參考馬太11:10: 路加 7:27)，第二位就是彌賽亞耶穌。瑪拉基與施洗約翰都是為祂預備道路的。 (參考瑪拉基書3:1). 他們刺激我們成為當我們等待主的再來的預報者。

 

 

結論:

1. The Dispute: 瑪拉基書 2:17—3:5, 瑪拉基早出生於基督400 年前 (ca. 432 BC) 在正義大衰落的時期。1) 瑪拉基對罪反對並乎召百性轉回上帝 ，他並是預報者 (3:1)。 也說明了保證耶穌基督是上帝送來的救贖者。         2) 施洗約翰向大家指出耶穌首次要來的好消息。 至要的是，我們要認清上帝不只是關心教會內的百姓，祂也同樣的關照教會以外 (世界) 的人們。

 

 

 

2. Hope for the faithful: 瑪拉基書3:16—4:5,           瑪拉基的話不只包括誤吿的罪行與行為傲慢，但也應許和憐憫那些敬畏上帝的人。他們的尊崇天父可解釋出天父接受他們為孩子們。傲慢自大 (如同只尊崇自己) 清楚的顯明邪惡而拒絕上帝就接受處罰。  

瑪拉基的結語反襯在四章一至五節是一種對比住在被尊敬與醫治中。也包括一種新的自由，是以上帝與摩西的契約，也是一種回到自由與上帝建立承諾和有原理原則的好關係。

 

 

 

問答: 

什麼方式的生活是表示在準備耶穌的再來呢？

結束的禱告，感謝上帝的愛與忍耐…..

第一至五課是參考Dean Blevins神學教授所寫的。

 

 

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  1. "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them. 2. But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.  3. Then you will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty. 4. "Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel. 5.  "See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.   

 Commentary: Malachi4:1-5, The prophet reminded those who honored God that when they spoke, God heard them. He also assured them of their place in God’s book of remembrance, and God’s special relationship to them. Malachi predicted that the wicked and the righteous would have different experiences on the day of God’s judgment. The faithful would need to continue the life of faithfulness to God to experience healing and renewal in their life on that day. Faithful believers of God through the ages have believed that on the day of judgment their names would be found in “the book of life” (Rev. 20:11-15).     There are two messengers in tis verse. The first is usually understood to be John the Baptist (Matthew 11:10: Luke 7:27). The second messenger is Jesus, the Messiah, for whom both Malachi and John the Baptist prepared the way. (see 3:1). They challenge us to be messengers of the Lord as we wait for His second coming.

Conclusions:                                               1. The Dispute: Malachi 2:17—3:5, Malachi lived more than 400 years before Christ (ca. 432 BC) at a time of great moral decline 1) Malachi condemned sin and called people to return to God. He moves to the promise of a messenger (3:1). Also speaks of the “messenger of the covenant,” who is Jesus Christ. God promised to send a redeemer.    2) John the Baptist pointed people to the good news of Jesus’ first coming. It is important for us to realize that God is just as concerned with the purity of those within the body of Christ (the church) as He is with those outside the body of Christ (the world).

  1. Hope for the faithful: Malachi 3:16—4:5,  Malachi’s words not only include accusation (testimony) of misdeeds and judgment on the arrogant, but also a promise of compassion for those that “fear” and honor God. Loving reverence may well describe those whom God the Father receives as children. Arrogance (as a kind of reverence for oneself) then clearly defines the wicked who reject God and receive due punishment.

Malachi’s closing contrast in 4:1-5 is a contrast of living with reverence and healing. Yet the vision also includes a covenantal understanding to this new-found freedom based on God’s covenant with Moses, a kind of “disciplined” freedom of returning to a committed relationship with God.

Question:  

In what ways am I living in preparation for Christ’s second coming?

Close in prayer, thanking God for His love and patience.

Sessions 1-5 are written by Dean Blevins Dean is professor of Practical Theology and Christian Discipleship at Nazarene Theological Seminary.

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