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Monthly Archives: December 2015
God delights to reveal Himself to all people (神願意啓示祂自己給我們)
By T.C. Lo (盧天賜); December 31, 2015 Shortly after his 50th birthday, Einstein was interviewed by a German journalist George Sylvester Viereck and was asked if he was an atheist. To this question, Einstein replied, “To be an atheist would … Continue reading
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Is Christianity a Religion?
By T.C. Lo (盧天賜); December 7, 2015 After the San Bernardino shooting on December 2, 2015 where 14 people died and 21 were injured by a radicalized Muslim couple, one of my readers asked me this question, “What has happened … Continue reading
「人子就要來臨」是甚麼竟思?
By T.C. Lo (盧天賜); December 05, 2015 在馬太第十章的中間,耶穌開始講到門徒們將要面臨非常險惡的逼迫。「兄弟要把兄弟、父親要把兒女置於死地;兒女要起來與父母為敵,害死他們。而且你們要為我的名被眾人憎恨。但堅忍到底的終必得救。有人在這城迫害你們,就逃到另一城去。我實在告訴你們,以色列的城鎮,你們還沒有走遍,人子就要來臨。」 (馬太 10:21-23)。 一瞥這段經文,似乎不太難明。但仔細一想,卻發現其中有難解之處:耶穌預料使徒遭遇迫害。他們從一城逃避到另一城,從一鎮遷移到另一鎭。在這盪漾的過程中,使徒並沒有忘記他們傳福音的使命。然而耶穌給予他們一個激起困惑的應許:「你們還沒有走遍以色列的城邑,人子就到了。」問題就在這「人子就要來臨」片語内。如果「人子就要來臨」是指末日(the end of the age), 即代表主耶穌所預言中的第二次來臨,正如一搬基督徒所領會的,那就產生以下的難題:主的再來必在使徒當時逃難的過程中發生, 但事實並非如此, 過了兩千多年,主還未再來,盡管我们堅信主必會再來。对此片語我们又如何解釋? 第一種解釋 (Ref. 1) 這是一種預言的表達方法,稱為 “prophetic foreshortening”, 意即把遙遠的預言拉近至當前的預言,使之成為一個更結實,更濃縮的主題。遙遠的預言論到將來主再來的事件。當前的預言乃指基督的將死,將復活,將升天,使徒將受迫害等馬上就要發生的事件。這種預言的說法在新約的福音書屢見不鮮: • 耶穌在馬太福音24:2預言聖殿被拆毀(當前事件),而在下一節馬上預言將來末後將發生的災難。祂把這兩大浩劫相提並論。我們在此看到「遠近緊湊」的説法。 • 馬太16:27-28「….有人在沒有賞死味前,必看見人子降臨在祂國𥚃。」 然而彼得,雅各,約翰在主登山變相中豈非預先見到日後的榮光並聽到摩西和以利亞論及耶穌即將來臨的受難嗎? 舊約先知也常常把彌賽亞的第一次來臨和第二次來臨作一個整體性的重疊看法,好似從遠處看多重山,難以辨別後山與前山的距離(以地距比作時距)。 第二種解釋 (Ref. 2): 參看另一處經文: 馬太福音廿四:1-14。 太 24:1 耶穌出了﹝聖﹞殿,正走的時候,門徒進前來,把殿宇指給他看。 太 … Continue reading
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