於2014-09-25發佈

為以色列時事禱告 9/ 24/ 2014

吹角節 (5775猶太新年)יום תרועה/ראש השנה תשע''ה
Yom T'ruah-"Day of Shofar Blasts" (Rosh Hashanah """"Head of Year' 5775)

 

新年快樂!
2014年九月25-26 
(
24日黃昏開始)

九月25日星期四(從24日晚上太陽下山後開始)是吹角節和猶太新年─希伯來年5775年的開始。 

耶和華對摩西說:你曉諭以色列人說:七月初一,你們要守為聖安息日,要吹角作紀念,當有聖會。什麼勞碌的工都不可做;要將火祭獻給耶和華 (利未記 23:23-25; 也請參考民數記29:1-6)。 

這星期四是聖經秋天節期的開始─吹角節(羊角),也是一般人知道的猶太新年,是一年的開始。雖然希伯來月份的正月是在春天(出埃及記12:2),但希伯來年份的轉變是從希伯來曆的七月初一,吹角節開始。根據希伯來傳統,世界是在這日被造而成。這週我們開始進入希伯來年5775年。 

*第一個重要性,這一日要吹角作為紀念(請參考上述經文)。角代表一種呼喊、呼叫、警報、羊角所發出的一個聲音或一連串聲音。詩篇33:3說樂手用他們的樂器吹得巧妙,聲音宏亮,與歌手一起唱新歌!我們可以說這是『聲音』上達的一天,以紀念神的偉大與信實!

*羊角的聲音也代表我們救贖的來源。神在摩利亞山上所預備來代替以撒的羊,它的兩角(製作羊角的來源)扣在稠密的小樹中(創世記22:13-14)。我們相信這與『神的羔羊』有關,祂除去世人的罪,戰勝死亡,除滅魔鬼的作為,此給予羊角特別的權柄能力,特別是當它在對的時間和聖靈恩膏下吹出聲音時!羊角聲可以是一個警報、呼叫打仗的聲音、勝利的聲音,以及歡喜慶祝的聲音。耶和華從天上降臨在西乃山與摩西相會,還有頒佈律法,以及祂百姓當如何親近祂的指示都有角聲出現(出埃及記19:16, 19)。哥林多前書15:52提到最後一次羊角吹響的時候,就在一眨眼之間,在基督裡的死人要復活,我們也要改變。

*新年在以色列是充滿喜樂的日子,傳統上共有兩天。從今年九月24日的日落開始,它是家人朋友的時光,有酒有筵席,贈與禮物、吹羊角,吃沾著蜂蜜的蘋果,彼此祝福新年好!

*然而,除了喜樂還有某種嚴肅─要守安息,也要甦醒與警醒,是一個紀念的日子並期待九天之後的贖罪日,有時也稱為審判的日子。這十天被視為『敬畏的日子』,我們想到自己的罪,許多敬虔的猶太人會參與一個古老的習俗,稱為『投擲』。他們會到水岸,將口袋清空或將石頭投擲在水裡,重複著彌迦書最後三節:『神啊,有何神像祢,赦免罪孽,饒恕祢產業之餘民的罪過,不永遠懷怒,喜愛施恩?必再憐憫我們,將我們的罪孽踏在腳下,又將我們的一切罪投於深海。祢必按古時起誓應許我們列祖的話,向雅各發誠實,向亞伯拉罕施慈愛。』 

請禱告:在此聖潔的季節裡,猶太人得著從聖靈而來的啟示,聖靈來是讓人為罪、為義、為審判,自己責備自己─禱告他們得著耶穌基督的啟示,恩典和真理都是由祂來的 (約翰福音1:17),神透過祂兒子的工作來赦免我們的罪孽,饒恕我們的罪過!  

*星期四也是希伯來月第七個月─提斯利(Tishri)在早期,這個月稱為以他念月(列王記上8:2)。以他念和以他( Ethan)這個字有關,有著穩定的意思,如『恆定的火焰』或『穩定的流動』。希伯來語詞彙(Brown-Driver-Briggs (P 250 #388))解釋提斯利(Tishri)這個字是『穩定流動的一個月』。目前有許多勢力在運行,不管在外界或基督教界,想要打破神對彌賽亞肢體所頒佈的呼召,就是祝福以色列,與她一同站立,並為耶路撒冷求平安。

請禱告:在這新開始的月份,主會為我們的溪流帶來一股恆久穩定的流動。禱告祂將祂守望者的禱告聚焦在穩定信實的火焰中,直到耶路撒冷的公義點燃,『如光輝發出,她的救恩如明燈照亮』(以賽亞書 62:1) 

猶太新年在傳統上會在猶太曆七月初一和初二慶祝。
在猶太會堂裡,會在這兩天閱讀特別的妥拉和先知書:

第一日 (九月25)
妥拉
創世記 21:1-34
民數記29:1-6

先知書
撒母耳記上1:1-2:10
『新月』『第七個月』『提斯利月』
民數記 28:1-15

第二日(九月26)
妥拉
創世記22:1-24
民數記29:1-6

先知書
耶利米書31:1-20 (希伯來聖經: 31:1-19)

*創世記22章與以撒在摩利亞山上的故事有關。亞伯拉罕說:我兒,神必自己預備作燔祭的羊羔。』到了新約(約翰福音8:56),耶穌宣告:『你們的祖宗亞伯拉罕歡歡喜喜的仰望我的日子,既看見了就快樂。』

請禱告:聖靈釋放啟示進入許多聽到以撒和這位『羔羊』故事者的靈裡。禱告羊角的聲音吹響,許多人的內心得以甦醒,明白神所預備之羔羊的真實身份! 

*耶利米書31:3-4.我以永遠的愛愛你,因此我以慈愛吸引你。 以色列的民(原文是處女)哪,我要再建立你,你就被建立!雖然在彌賽亞裡,所有人都可以接受如此的祝福,但此信息本是給以色列家所有失落的支派。

請禱告:為著全世界的猶太人能聽到此愛的呼喚,容許自己被神的愛吸引。禱告以色列內外的猶太人能領悟到,神自己已經做成了救贖的工作,藉此他們可以再次被稱為『處女』,破碎的生命可以再次完全!

馬汀和娜瑪‧賽維士(Martin & Norma Sarvis)
於耶路撒冷 


Prayer Update From Israel (September 22, 2014)

יום תרועה/ראש השנה תשע''ה
Yom T'ruah-"Day of Shofar Blasts" (Rosh Hashanah """"Head of Year' 5775)

 

L'Shanah Tova!
"For a Happy New Year!"
25-26 September 2014 
(Beginning the evening of the 24th)


THURSDAY 25 September [BEGINNING SUNDOWN THE EVENING BEFORE] IS Yom T'ruah-"DAY OF SHOFAR BLASTS" AND ROSH HASHANAH-"HEAD OF THE HEBREW YEAR 5775.

"Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing [of shofars--rams' horns], a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD'" (Leviticus 23:23-25; see also Numbers 29:1-6).

Thursday marks the beginning of the Biblical Fall Feasts-Yom T'ruah, the Day of Blowing (ofShofars)-the Feast of Trumpets. It has also come to be known as Rosh Hashanah, the "Head of the [civil] Year". Although Hebrew months are numbered beginning in the Spring (Exodus 12:2), the numbering for the Hebrew year changes on the first of the seventh month, Yom T'ruah. [According to Hebrew tradition, the world was created on this day.] This week we enter the Hebrew year 5775.

*Of first importance, it is to be a day of t'ruah as a memorial (see Scripture above). T'ruah means ashout, a cry, an alarm, a blast or series of blasts on the shofar (ram's horn). Psalm 33:3 says that musicians are to make t'ruah skillfully on their instruments together with singers singing a new song! Suffice to say that it is a day on which a 'sound' is to go up memorializing the greatness and faithfulness of YHVH, the LORD!

* The sound of the shofar also speaks of the Source of our redemption. It was through a ram caught in a thicket by its horn (from whence is made a shofar) that God "provided the lamb" to take the place of Isaac on Mount Moriah (Genesis 22:13-14). We believe that it is this relation to the "Lamb of God who carries away the sin of the world", who "defeated Death", who came to "undo the works of the Evil One," which gives the shofar its special authoritative power when blown in the timing and under the anointing of the Holy Spirit! The sound can be an alarm, a call to battle, a sound of victory, rejoicing and celebration. There were shofar blasts from heaven as the YHVH descended upon Mount Sinai to meet with Moses and deliver instruction regarding His Law and how His people could draw near to Him (Exodus 19:16, 19). I Corinthians 15:52 (Hebrew translation) speaks of one Final Shofar when the dead in Messiah will be raised and those remaining changed in the twinkling of an eye.

*Rosh HaShanah is a joyous holiday in Israel which traditionally lasts for two days. Beginning this year at sundown September 24th, it is a family-and-friends time of wine and feasting, of giving gifts, of sounding the shofar, of eating apples dipped in honey and wishing each other L'Shanah Tova! - "A Good Year!"

*However, with the joy there is to be a certain sobriety-it is to be a sabbath for taking account, for becoming awake and alert, a day of remembrance but also for looking forward to the Day of Atonement nine days later. As such, it is sometimes referred to as Yom Ha-Din-the Day of Judgment. These ten days are considered "Days of Awe". We take account of our sins. Many devout Jews partake of an ancient custom called Tashlikh-the "casting" or "throwing". They go to a body of water and empty their pockets or throw stones into the water, repeating the final three verses from the prophet Micah, "Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in lovingkindness. He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. You will give truth to Jacob and lovingkindness to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from days of old."

PLEASE PRAY: For revelation to Jews during this holy season by the Spirit who was sent to convict of sin and righteousness and judgment-revelation of the One in whom "truth and lovingkindness" were realized (John 1:17)-in whose work God pardons our iniquity and passes over our transgression!


*Thursday also begins the seventh Hebrew month-Tishri. In earlier times, the name Ethanim was used (I Kings 8:2). Ethanim is related to the word Ethan, which has to do with steadiness, as an "unwavering flame" or "a steady flow". Brown-Driver-Briggs (P 250 #388) interprets it in this context as "a month of steady flow". There are presently many forces, both outside of and within Christendom which are working to fragment the Body of Messiah regarding its God-ordained call to bless and stand with Israel and to pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. 

PLEASE PRAY: that in this month of new beginnings the Lord bring our streams into a steady flow of constancy. That He focus the prayers of His watchmen and watchwomen into a steady truthful flame-until Jerusalem's righteousness ignites and "goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch which burns" (Isaiah 62:1).


ROSH HASHANAH IS TRADITIONALLY CELEBRATED ON BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND DAYS OF THE SEVENTH MONTH.

In synagogues, there are special Torah and Haftarah Scripture passages read on both of these days:

Day I (25 Sept.)

Torah
Genesis 21:1-34
Numbers 29:1-6

Haftarah
I Samuel 1:1-2:10

Rosh Chodesh-"Head of the Month" "Seventh Month" Tishrei

Numbers 28:1-15

Day II (26 Sept.)

Torah
Genesis 22:1-24
Numbers 29:1-6

Haftarah
Jeremiah 31:1-20 (Hebrew Bibles: 31:1-19)

*Genesis 22 relates the story of the binding of Isaac on Mount Moriah. "And Abraham said, 'My son, God sees for Himself (or, "will Himself provide") the lamb." In the New Covenant (John 8:56), Yeshua declares, "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad!" 

PLEASE PRAY
: for the Holy Spirit to release revelation into the spirits of many who hear anew the story of Isaac and the "lamb". Pray that with the sounding of the shofars, many will be quickened in their inner beings as to the identity of the Lamb which God provided!

*Jeremiah 31:3. "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel!" Although in Messiah all may receive of these blessings, this message was and is first of all over the lost tribes of the House of Israel.

PLEASE PRAY for Jews throughout the world to hear this call of Love and allow themselves to be drawn. Pray for those both within and outside of Israel to realize that a work has been accomplished by God Himself whereby they may again be called "virgin" and what has been broken down may again be made whole!