於2018-07-16發佈


新領導階層的興起─啟示錄   

倘若我們正尋求新皮袋,我們也當期待新酒─新信息。倘若這是末世最後的收割,我們便知道此新信息將會是『天國的福音』。我們可以預期此將使宗教改革以來的主要焦點,也就是救恩的福音相形失色。 

個人救恩的福音在我們的信息中佔有重要地位,但天國的福音卻遠遠大過個人救恩的福音 ─ 這是與要臨到全世界的救恩有關。神愛世人(世界),甚至將祂的獨生子賜給他們,祂愛世人甚過麻雀,但祂也愛麻雀。神愛全世界,甚至祂創造了世界,也將重建它成為當初創造的樂園,正如我們在以賽亞書11章和其他預言所看見的。 

正如我們在啟示錄所讀到的,最後一個號角所釋放的最後信息是我們的神或神的國掌權。我們可以預期此將成為新的重點,儘管目前有一些信息宣稱是天國的福音,但我們所預期的尚未被宣告出來。這並不是在說那些宣稱是天國信息的內容完全不著邊際,但我們『看見的有限,知道的也有限』。 

初代教會傳講『基督從死裡復活』,天國的福音首先是與萬王之王有關,然後才是祂要來掌權。沒有比以最純粹形式所傳講的福音更具革命性的力量,正如初代教會所呈現的一樣。末世的信息將回到福音最純粹的形式,再加上將臨到的天國元素,我們可以預期基督教將再次成為最具革命性的力量,而且會比第一世紀所見證的更具影響力。 

當主所應許的同在彰顯在祂的殿中,主的預言確保諸山(政府)將會震動,甚至『消化』,正如我們在詩篇97篇讀到的。為主預備道路的信息帶來大小山岡都要削平,一切山谷與低地都要提高。這指著當此福音釋放時,巨大的改變將臨到地上。在啟示錄的最後一章,我們得著此將呈現出來的圖畫。 

我們可以預期要臨到的天國福音會有另一個要素:新興起的卓越領導階層,彰顯天國的大能。正如使徒保羅在哥林多前書四章20節宣告:『因為神的國不在乎言語,乃在乎權能。』 因此我們可以確定的是,當天國的福音臨到時,它不單是話語而已,更會是其權能的彰顯。 

對許多先知性的人而言,葛理翰的去世是最後收割終於要臨到的重大記號。這不單是因為他的偉大事工,而是有一些預言說他去世之時將是最後收割開始的徵兆。因此,許多人為葛理翰能繼續活著禱告,好讓教會能為將要發生的事做好準備。 

在葛理翰的喪禮中他被描述為摩西類型的人,摩西釋放神的子民得自由,帶領他們穿越廣大的曠野直到他們接近應許之地。同樣地,葛理翰釋放上百萬的人從罪中得自由,他活著的時候並沒有帶教會去到我們的應許之地,卻協助帶領我們進入漫長曠野的尾聲。因此,我們應該尋找的領導階層將是約書亞類型。雖然目前還沒出現這樣新世代的領導階層,但他們已經在這裡了,我們應當期待他們很快會興起。我將在未來幾週更詳細說明。 

(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week25, 2018)

 
New Leadership Rising—The Book of Revelation
Week 25, 2018
Rick Joyner 

If we are looking for new wineskins, we should also expect new wine—a new message. If this is the final harvest that is the end of the age, then we know that this message will be the “gospel of the kingdom.” We can expect this to begin to eclipse the main focus since the Reformation, which is the gospel of salvation. 

The gospel of personal salvation will be a crucial part of our message, but the gospel of the kingdom is about far more than personal salvation—it is about the coming salvation of the whole world and all that is in it. God so loved the world that He sent His Son. He may love men more than sparrows, but He loves the sparrows too. God loves the whole world that He made and will restore it to the paradise it was created to be, as we see in Isaiah 11 and other prophecies. 

As we see with the last trumpet in Revelation, the last message to go forth is “our God reigns,” or the kingdom. We can expect this to be a major new thrust. Even though there are presently a number of messages that claim to be the gospel of the kingdom, what we can expect has yet to be proclaimed. This is not to say that the messages claiming to be the message of the kingdom do not have aspects of it, but we all “see in part and know in part.” 

The first-century church preached “Christ and the resurrection from the dead.” The gospel of the kingdom is first about the King and then His coming reign. There has never been a more revolutionary force than the Gospel preached in its purest form, as the early church demonstrated. As the message at the end returns to the purest form of the Gospel, with the added element of the impending kingdom, we can expect Christianity to become the most revolutionary force again, with an even greater impact than the first century witnessed. 

As the promised presence of the Lord is revealed in His temple, the prophecies assure us that the mountains (governments) will quake and even “melt,” as we see in Psalm 97. The message that prepares the way for the Lord brings the mountains and hills down and raises up the valleys and low places. This speaks of radical change coming to the earth as this Gospel goes forth. In the last chapters of Revelation, we get a perspective of what that will look like. 

We can expect the coming gospel of the kingdom to have another important factor: the emergence of a new and transcendent leadership that demonstrates the power of the kingdom. As the Apostle Paul declared in I Corinthians 4:20, “For the kingdom of God does not consist in words, but in power.” So we can be sure that when the gospel of the kingdom comes, it will not just be in words but also in a demonstration of its power. 

To many prophetic people, the passing of Billy Graham was a major marker that the final harvest is finally upon us. This is not just because of his great ministry, but there were prophecies that foretold that when he passed it would be a sign to mark the beginning of the last harvest. Because of this, many had prayed for Billy Graham to be kept alive so the church could get ready for what is about to come. 

Billy Graham was described at his funeral as a type of Moses. Moses set God’s people free and led them across a great wilderness to the edge of their Promised Land. Likewise, Billy Graham set millions of people free from their bondage to sin. His time did not carry the church to our Promised Land, but it did help lead us to the end of the long wilderness. Therefore, the type of leadership we should be looking for will be found in Joshua. Though it may not seem that such a new generation of leadership is yet present, they are here and we should expect them to emerge soon. This will be elaborated on in the coming weeks.