於2016-03-27發佈


主的日子─啟示錄 

這週我們持續來研讀啟示錄一章10節: 

要瞭解約翰所謂的當主日(主的日子),我被聖靈感動』,這是聖經預言重要主題的啟示開端─『主的日子』。 

使徒彼得指出此重要性,當他寫著:親愛的弟兄啊,有一件事你們不可忘記,就是主看一日如千年,千年如一日(彼得後書3:8)。在聖經預言中,『一日』通常代表一千年。 

正如我們可以從聖經的族譜來推算時間,從亞當到現在約有六千年,或先知預言中的六日。先知預言的第七日是安息日,而耶穌說祂是『安息日的主』。祂談到祂將如何在所謂的『千禧年』掌權。這先知預言裡的第七日也被稱為『主的日子』,就是約翰先知性地被帶到靈裡所看到的啟示。 

『主的日子』如同先知預言的第七日,此概念可在初代教會父老的寫作中證實,我會在我的新書『黎明的軍隊』(暫譯Army of the Dawn更詳細談到。我們在這裡無法詳述,但第一世紀使徒與初代教會父老明白此屬靈概念。當他們說他們已經『在末後的日子』,他們指的是先知預言的最後日子。從初代教會父老寫作中清楚看見,他們是用千年如一日的概念來提到這些日子。 

對我們在這裡的研讀而言,我們需要知道當約翰啟示所預言的事件沒多久,很快就開始發生,而這啟示的主題是主的日子,以及這些事件如何引至那日。我們研讀的主要部分在於瞭解發生了什麼,將要發生什麼,以及我們在神正揭開計畫中的角色。 

讓我們持續來看啟示錄一章10節,接著我們讀到聽見在我後面有大聲音如吹號。角聲通常象徵要被傳送到地上的信息。在以色列吹號要傳達給人們的一些信息,諸如聖日或節期的開始,或戰爭的動員。在啟示錄後面,我們將看見七號如何預言著引至主的日子的七大信息。 

當約翰轉過身來要看是誰發聲』(請參考啟示錄1:12,他看見了主,而主說: 

你所看見的當寫在書上,達與以弗所、士每拿、別迦摩、推雅推喇、撒狄、非拉鐵非、老底嘉、那七個教會(啟示錄1:11 

因此主一開始的信息是給祂的教會,貫穿著引至祂要來國度所揭開的時間。正如所陳述的,我們可以看見教會歷史是如何揭開祂給這七個教會信息的相似處。我們研讀此是因為這是對教會過去、現在與未來階段的啟示,啟示它要如何完成旅程好為主與祂要來的國度預備道路。

 (摘自喬納 word for the week,Week11, 2016)


 
The Day of the Lord—The Book of Revelation
Week 11, 2016
Rick Joyner

         This week we continue our study of Revelation 1:10:

    “I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day….”

         Understanding what it meant for John to be “in the Spirit on the Lord’s day” is the beginning of the revelation of an important theme of prophecy in Scripture—“the day of the Lord.”

         The Apostle Peter indicated the importance of this when he wrote,  “But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day” (II Peter 3:8). In biblical prophecy, a “day” often represents a one thousand year period.

          As we can compute from adding up the genealogies in Scripture, it has been about six thousand years since the first Adam, or six prophetic days. The seventh prophetic day is the Sabbath. When Jesus said that He was the “Lord of the Sabbath,” He was talking about how He would rule over what is popularly called “the millennium.” This one thousand year period that is the seventh prophetic day is also referred to as “the day of the Lord,” which is what John was prophetically taken to in this revelation.

         This concept of “the day of the Lord” as the seventh prophetic day is corroborated by the early church fathers in their writings, which I cover in more detail in my new book, Army of the Dawn. We cannot get into as much detail here, but the first-century apostles and early church fathers knew about this spiritual concept. When they said that they were already “in the last days,” they were referring to the last prophetic days of the prophetic week. The writings of the early church fathers make this clear, as they reference them as the one thousand year days.

         For our study here, we need to know that the events prophesied in John’s revelation began to come to pass immediately. A main theme of this revelation is the day of the Lord, and how these events led to it. A major part of our study is to understand what happened, what will happen, and what our part is in this unfolding plan of God.

         Continuing with Revelation 1:10, we read: “and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet.” Trumpets are often symbolic of messages that go forth in the earth. Trumpets blown in Israel were a message to the people for such things as the beginning of a holy day, a feast, or mobilization for war. Later in Revelation, we will see how the seven trumpets prophesied seven great messages that would go out during the time leading up to the day of the Lord.

         When John turned to “see the voice” (see Revelation 1:12) that was speaking, he saw the Lord. What the Lord said was:  

    “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea” (Revelation 1:11).

         Thus began the message of the Lord to His church throughout the unfolding time leading up to the coming of His kingdom. As stated, we can see a parallel of how church history would unfold in His message to these seven churches. We will study this because it is a revelation of where the church has been, where it is now, and where it is going to complete its journey to prepare the way for the Lord and His coming kingdom.