山上的天國
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate 2022.5.22
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基督徒的一個基本呼召是體驗天國，並將天國帶到地上。主給我們的禱告是希望祂的國度降臨，祂的旨意行在地上，如同在天上。但以理在解釋尼布甲尼撒的夢時，對這將如何發生給出了一個非常具體的預言。

這個夢因其對即將到來的人類大帝國的準確預言而引人注目，這些預言現在已經如他所預見的那樣得到了實現。現在，是其餘部分應驗的時候了--小石頭成長為充滿整個地上的山。為了理解主今天在地上所做的事情，重要的是理解這個夢，以及但以理的解釋，我們將從但以理書2:28,31-45中簡要閱讀。

"只有一位在天上的神能顯明奧祕的事。他已將日後必有的事指示尼布甲尼撒王。你的夢和你在床上腦中的異象是這樣：
王啊，你夢見一個大像，這像甚高，極其光耀，站在你面前，形狀甚是可怕。
這像的頭是精金的，胸膛和膀臂是銀的，肚腹和腰是銅的，
腿是鐵的，腳是半鐵半泥的。
你觀看，見有一塊非人手鑿出來的石頭打在這像半鐵半泥的腳上，把腳砸碎；
於是金、銀、銅、鐵、泥都一同砸得粉碎，成如夏天禾場上的糠粃，被風吹散，無處可尋。打碎這像的石頭變成一座大山，充滿天下。
這就是那夢。我們在王面前要講解那夢。
王啊，你是諸王之王。天上的神已將國度、權柄、能力、尊榮都賜給你。
凡世人所住之地的走獸，並天空的飛鳥，他都交付你手，使你掌管這一切。你就是那金頭。
在你以後必另興一國，不及於你；又有第三國，就是銅的，必掌管天下。
第四國，必堅壯如鐵，鐵能打碎剋制百物，又能壓碎一切，那國也必打碎壓制列國。
你既見像的腳和腳指頭，一半是窰匠的泥，一半是鐵，那國將來也必分開。你既見鐵與泥攙雜，那國也必有鐵的力量。
那腳指頭，既是半鐵半泥，那國也必半強半弱。
你既見鐵與泥攙雜，那國民也必與各種人攙雜，卻不能彼此相合，正如鐵與泥不能相合一樣。
當那列王在位的時候，天上的神必另立一國，永不敗壞，也不歸別國的人，卻要打碎滅絕那一切國，這國必存到永遠。
你既看見非人手鑿出來的一塊石頭從山而出，打碎金、銀、銅、鐵、泥，那就是至大的神把後來必有的事給王指明。這夢準是這樣，這講解也是確實的。"

接下來人類帝國的歷史明顯地遵循了這個夢的模式。神學家和歷史學家幾乎一致認為這些王國是瑪代波斯、希臘、羅馬帝國，然後是神聖羅馬帝國，它以鐵和泥的腳為代表，因為它是羅馬（鐵）和教會（泥）的混合物。

這些王國都不僅僅是它們在歷史上的統治時期。它們影響人文哲學、教義、習俗、文化和宗教的，這些影響被傳承下來，並繼續對全地產生影響。這座雕像是一個人，因為它代表了人的國度。正如但以理所斷言的那樣，在"後來的子"將有一塊"石頭"擊中這尊雕像的腳，使它全部倒下。

在這裡我們看到，神的國度開始時非常小，但即使是一塊來自天上的小石頭也能輕易地推翻人的所有國度、哲學、學說和宗教。當我們面對這樣的事物時，我們常常感到不得不攻擊整個雕像，但主所做的只是在他們的腳下投擲一塊小石頭，人為了敵擋或悖逆神而建造的一切都將崩潰。

石頭是基督，山是祂的治理/政權，也就是"神的國"。這說的是祂的權柄和治理在增長，直到它充滿全地。這一點現在正在發生。我們被呼召成為其中的一部分，在祂安置我們之處為神的國度取得治理。我們被呼召把我們的家變成天國的一部分。我們被呼召把職場、學校、購物的地方，我們所到之處，變成天國的一部分。

要做到這一點，我們必須明白神的國度不像人的國度那樣建造。它不會用肉體的武器、肉體的力量、政治聯盟或其他人類手段來實現，比如巴比倫王在夢中看到的雕像。它將通過一種強烈的愛來實現，以至於仇恨在它面前無法存在。它將通過一種強大的喜樂來實現，以至於憂鬱症像太陽面前的霧一樣消散。它將通過一種深刻的平安而來，以至於恐懼從它面前逃開。它將以如此的忍耐、仁慈、善良、信實、溫柔和自制而來，以至於所有基於人而試圖建立的權柄和影響都無法在它面前站住腳。

當人類試圖建立的一切都被看作是脆弱的偶像時，時間很快就會到來，它將被打倒。我們的工作只是在神的國度裡成長，那就是"......公義、平安、聖靈裡的喜樂"（羅馬書14:17）。我們有一個不能動搖的國度，它是不可抗拒的，而且會得勝。你在地上的目的是把天國帶到地上。把但以理書2:44封在你心裡。

"當那列王在位的時候，天上的神必另立一國，永不敗壞，也不歸別國的人，卻要打碎滅絕那一切國，這國必存到永遠。"

Heaven in a Mountain
Rick Joyner

A fundamental calling of Christians is to experience heaven, and bring heaven to earth. The prayer the Lord gave us to pray is for His kingdom to come and His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. Daniel gave a very specific prophecy about how this would happen when he interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream.

This dream is remarkable for its accurate foretelling of the coming great empires of men, which have now been fulfilled just as he foresaw. Now, it is time for the rest of it to be fulfilled—for the little stone to grow into a mountain that fills the whole earth. To understand what the Lord is doing in the earth today it is important to understand this dream, along with Daniel's interpretation, which we will read in brief from Daniel 2:28, 31-45:

"However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries,
and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar
what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions
in your mind while on your bed.

You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue;
that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor,
was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome.

The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver,
its belly and its thighs of bronze, its legs of iron,
its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands,
and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold
were crushed all at the same time, and became like chaff
from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away
so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue
became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

This was the dream; now we shall tell its interpretation before the king.
You, O king . . . are the head of gold.
And after you there will arise another kingdom inferior to you,
then another third kingdom of bronze...

Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron;
inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in pieces,
it will crush and break all these in pieces.

And in that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron,
it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron,
inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. . .

And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay,
they will combine with one another in the seed of men;
but they will not adhere to one another,
even as iron does not combine with pottery.

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom
which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people;
it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.

Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver,
and the gold, the great God has made known to the king
what will take place in the future; so the dream is true,
and its interpretation is trustworthy."

The history of the following empires of men remarkably followed the pattern of this dream. Theologians and historians almost universally agree that these kingdoms were Media Persia, Greece, the Roman Empire, then the Holy Roman Empire, which was represented by feet of iron and clay because it was a mixture of Rome (iron) and the church (clay).

These kingdoms were all much more than just their periods of domain in history. They were humanistic philosophies, doctrines, customs, cultural, and religious influences that were passed down and continue to have an influence on the entire earth. This statue was of a man because it represents the kingdoms of man. As Daniel asserted, in "the latter days" there will be a "little stone" that will strike the feet of this statue and bring it all down.

Here we see that the kingdom of God will begin very small, but even a small stone from heaven can easily overthrow all of the kingdoms, philosophies, doctrines, and religions of men. When we confront such things we often feel compelled to attack the whole statue, but all the Lord does is cast a little stone at their feet and all that man has built in opposition or rebellion to God will collapse.

The stone is Christ, and the mountain is His government, which is "the kingdom of God." This speaks of His authority and dominion growing until it fills the earth. This is now taking place. We are called to be a part of it, by taking dominion for the kingdom of God wherever He has placed us. We are called to turn our homes into a piece of heaven. We are called to turn our jobs, schools, places where we shop, everywhere we go, into part of the domain of heaven.

To do this we must understand the kingdom of God will not be established like the kingdoms of men. It will not come with carnal weapons, carnal force, political alliances, or other human means, such as the statue that the king of Babylon saw in his dream. It will come by a love so strong that hatred collapses before it. It will come by a joy so powerful that depression dissipates like fog before the sun. It will come through a peace so profound that fear flees from it. It will come with such patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control that all authority and influence based on anything man has tried to build on will not be able to stand before it.

The time will soon be upon us when everything man has tried to build will be seen as the fragile idol it is, and it will come down. Our job is to simply grow in the kingdom of God that is "…righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit" (Romans 14:17). We have a kingdom that cannot be shaken, which is irresistible, and which will prevail. Your purpose for being on the earth is to bring the kingdom of heaven to it. Seal Daniel 2:44 in your heart:

"And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom
which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom
will not be left for another people;
it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms,
but it will itself endure forever."