天國的無限
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate 2022.5.20
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我們一直在關注我們現在進入並生活在天國的呼召。我們討論了雅各的梯子，以及它如何預表基督。祂是我們進入天國的途徑。我們討論了神的使者如何在耶穌這個梯子上上下下。我們被呼召進入天國，但我們也要帶著我們在天國得到的東西下到地上。這是我此時想多討論的問題。

作為噴射機飛行員，我曾經喜歡在最高海拔飛行。在4萬英尺以上的晴朗冬夜，可以看到從華盛頓特區到紐約。從我的駕駛艙看，是個壯觀的景象，數十萬個燈光在我下面似乎只有幾英尺長的地方閃閃發光。當我想到當時在我視線範圍內可能發生的一切時，我就會驚歎不已。當我俯視這個美麗的、看似平靜的景象時，從統計學上講，可能有許多謀殺案、強姦案、搶劫案、悲慘的事故，以及其他許多問題正在發生。從我的位置來看，很難想像這一切的發生。想想看，從太空中，或者從天國中上帝的角度看，這一切是多麼的不可思議。

我的重點是什麼？C.S.路易斯曾經寫道，天國比地球大得多，如果把世界上所有的惡行都卷成一個球，扔向天國裡的一隻麻雀，它在那裡的物質甚至少於一個想法！與宇宙相比，整個天國都是如此。與宇宙相比，整個地球就像海洋中的一粒沙子。撒旦和牠主人已經被趕出天國，帶著巨大的憤怒到了地上。然而，整個宇宙的其他部分都順服主。只有這個很小很小的星球上的斑點反叛了。在整個物理宇宙中，所有的邪惡與主的良善相比，就像用一片雪花來衡量喜馬拉雅山的重量。

天國是大的！你的未來比你最偉大的思想所能理解的還要大。你的產業甚至不能與地上已知的任何事物相提並論--它太大了！主來告訴我們如何從這個角度開始思考，祂在天國的角度。

當主決定備增加餅時，祂沒有只為幾個朋友做這件事。祂一直等到有五千人的時候才開始做！當祂把水變成酒時，祂不只是做了幾瓶，祂做了大約120加侖！祂想向門徒展示能力。祂試圖向門徒們展示如何胸懷大志。他們不可能用盡天上的餅或酒的供應。祂可以從天上把酒灌滿加利利海，而天國的人不會缺乏一點。事實上，在天上，加利利海的酒可能連一滴都不夠。

我們有一個永不枯竭的源泉。我們所有人都可以從天國的帳戶中提取比我們已經擁有的多一百萬倍的事物，而這幾乎不會引起天國裡任何人的注意。上帝是大的！我們被要求揭示祂有多大，以及祂有多奇妙。這就是為什麼我們必須學會升入天國，並帶著天上的神蹟回來的原因之一。天上的一粒信心的芥子，比這裡的山更大。

當你升入天國時，要往下看。這個世界的事物會變得奇異地暗淡，奇異地渺小。當我在飛行時，我可以向下看無數可怕的事件，但看不到它們，因為它們太小了。如果我們真的與基督一起坐在天上，所有每天壓倒我們思維的事情甚至都不能算成一個想法。

然而，儘管我們很渺小，主還是選擇看到我們並介入我們的生活。當我們與祂同坐時，我們也會向下看，並開始干預，有能力對這裡發生的事情做些什麼。這就是我們的呼召。為了完成這個使命，我們必須把一切都看清楚。真理的角度是，上帝是大的，地上的所有問題對祂來說都是小的。這就是真理，也是我們開始看到現實的方式。看清這個現實被稱為F-A-I-T-H。

有些人不把問題交給上帝，因為他們覺得這對祂來說是麻煩。他們只是沒有意識到祂有多大。這種想法是一種至高無上的錯覺。我們所有的問題加起來都不足以成為祂的負擔。我們不可能大到足以困擾祂。只要把一切都交給祂。對我們來說，巨大的負擔對祂來說不算什麼。當我們卸下這個重擔時，我們就能幫助別人卸下他們的重擔。這是祂所希望的。這就是我們的另一項工作描述--彼此相愛。卸下負擔後，我們將能夠更容易地爬上梯子，並將更多的天國帶回人間。這就是《以賽亞書》40:21-29中所說的。

你們豈不曾知道嗎？你們豈不曾聽見嗎？從起初豈沒有人告訴你們嗎？自從立地的根基，你們豈沒有明白嗎？
神坐在地球大圈之上；地上的居民好像蝗蟲。祂鋪張穹蒼如幔子，展開諸天如可住的帳棚。
祂使君王歸於虛無，使地上的審判官成為虛空。
他們是剛才（或譯：不曾；下同）栽上，剛才種上，根也剛才扎在地裡，祂一吹在其上，便都枯乾；旋風將他們吹去，像碎稭一樣。
那聖者說：你們將誰比我，叫祂與我相等呢？
你們向上舉目，看誰創造這萬象，按數目領出，祂一一稱其名；因祂的權能，又因祂的大能大力，連一個都不缺。
雅各啊，你為何說，我的道路向耶和華隱藏？以色列啊，你為何言，我的冤屈神並不查問？
你豈不曾知道嗎？你豈不曾聽見嗎？永在的神耶和華，創造地極的主，並不疲乏，也不困倦；祂的智慧無法測度。
疲乏的，祂賜能力；軟弱的，祂加力量。

正如主在約翰福音6:29中解釋的那樣，"......耶穌回答說：信神所差來的，這就是做神的工。"基本上，這意味著我們身為基督徒的全部工作就是要瞭解祂有多大。

The Expanse of Heaven
Rick Joyner

We have been looking at our call to enter into and live in the heavenly realm now. We addressed Jacob's ladder, and how it represented Christ. He is the Way by which we climb into the heavenly realm. We discussed how the messengers of God are ascending and descending upon this ladder. We are called to enter into the heavenly realm, but we are also to descend back to earth with what we receive in the heavenly realm. This is what I want to discuss a little more at this time.

As a jet pilot I used to love flying at the highest altitudes. On a clear winter night above 40,000 feet, you can see from Washington, D.C. to New York. From my cockpit it was a spectacular sight, hundreds of thousands of lights sparkling across what appeared to be just a few feet stretched out below me. I would marvel when I thought of all that was probably going on within my eyesight at that time. As I looked down at this beautiful, seemingly peaceful sight, statistically speaking, there were probably a number of murders being committed, rapes, robberies, tragic accidents, and a multitude of other problems going on. From my position, it was hard to imagine all of that happening. Consider how much more it looks like that from space, or from God's perspective in heaven.

What's my point? C.S. Lewis once wrote that heaven was so much bigger than the earth that if all of the evil ever done in the world were rolled into a ball, and hurled at a mere sparrow in heaven, it would not have enough substance there to even register as a thought! Compared to the universe, the whole earth is like a speck of sand to the ocean. Satan and his hosts have been cast out of heaven and have come with great wrath to the earth. However, the rest of the entire universe obeys the Lord. It is only this tiny, little speck of a planet that has rebelled. All of the evil balanced against the goodness of the Lord throughout the physical universe would be like weighing a single snowflake against the Himalayas.

Heaven is big! Your future is bigger than your greatest thoughts can yet comprehend. Your inheritance cannot even be properly compared with anything known on earth—it is too big! The Lord came to show us how to start thinking from that perspective, His perspective in heaven.

When the Lord decided to multiply the bread, He did not do it for just a few friends. He waited until He had a crowd of 5,000! When He turned the water into wine He did not just make a few bottles—He made about 120 gallons! He was trying to show His disciples how to think big. There was no way that they could exhaust heaven's supply of bread or wine. He could have filled the Sea of Galilee with wine from above and no one in heaven would have missed it. In fact, it probably would not have even been enough to register as a drop there.

We have a Source who will never run out. All of us can draw on heaven's account for a million times more than we already have and it would hardly be enough to even get anyone's attention in heaven. God is big! We are called to reveal how big He is, as well as how wonderful He is. This is one reason why we must learn to ascend into heaven, and come back with a demon-stration of heaven. A mustard seed of faith in heaven is greater than a mountain here.

While you are ascending into heaven, look down. The things of this world will grow strangely dim, and strangely small. When I am flying, I can look down on a thousand terrible events and not even see them because they are too small. All of the things that overwhelm our thinking each day would not even be able to register as a thought if we were truly seated with Christ in the heavenly places.

However, as tiny as we are, the Lord chooses to see us and intervene in our lives. As we are seated with Him, we too will look down and begin to intervene with the power to do something about what is happening here. That is our calling. To accomplish it, we must put everything in perspective. The perspective of truth is that God is big and all of the problems on earth are small to Him. This is the truth, and the way we will begin to see reality. To see this reality is called F-A-I-T-H.

Some people do not take their problems to God because they actually feel it would be a bother to Him. They just do not realize how big He is. Such thinking is a supreme delusion. All of our problems combined will never amount to enough to register as weight to Him. There is no way we will ever be big enough to bother Him. Just give Him everything. A huge load to us is nothing to Him. When we get this load off of us we will be able to help others with theirs. That's what He wants. That's our other job description—to love one another. With the load off, we will be able to climb the ladder easier, and bring far more of heaven back to the earth. This is what is stated in Isaiah 40:21-29:

Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
It is He who sits above the vault of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
He it is who reduces rulers to nothing,
who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
Scarcely have they been planted, scarcely have they been sown,
scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
but He merely blows on them, and they wither,
and the storm carries them away like stubble.
"To whom then will you liken Me
that I should be his equal?" says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these stars,
the One who leads forth their host by number,
He calls them all by name; because of the greatness of His might
and the strength of His power not one of them is missing.
Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the LORD, and the justice due me
escapes the notice of my God"?
Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth
does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.
He gives strength to the weary,
and to him who lacks might He increases power.

As the Lord explained in John 6:29, "...This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent." Basically, this means our whole job description as Christians is to understand how big He is.