DAY 37
男人的詛咒
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate
轉載/轉寄 請註明出處：國度禱告網

又對亞當說：你既聽從妻子的話，吃了我所吩咐你不可吃的那樹上的果子，地必為你的緣故受咒詛；你必終身勞苦才能從地裡得吃的。
地必給你長出荊棘和蒺藜來；你也要吃田間的菜蔬。
你必汗流滿面才得糊口，直到你歸了土，因為你是從土而出的。你本是塵土，仍要歸於塵土。
（創世記3:17-19）。

使徒保羅在《提摩太前書》2:14中寫道："且不是亞當被引誘，乃是女人被引誘，陷在罪裡。"女人被引誘了，但亞當在選擇犯罪時知道自己在做什麼，這罪就深了。歷史證明，即使女人可能比男人更容易被欺騙，男人也可能知道某些事情是邪惡的，但仍然會去做。世界上的大惡事幾乎都是由男人做的。一般來說，男人可能有分辨力，知道某事是錯的，但女人有心拒絕做錯事，如果她們知道的話。主如此組成男人和女人，如果他們要保持在生命的道路上，他們需要彼此。

我們還看到，地被詛咒是因為那男人。他被賦予統治地球的權柄，所以當他失敗時，所有在他權柄下的都失敗了。不和諧和死亡因為這個人而蔓延到所有人身上。正因為如此，他現在只能"勞苦"從地上汲取營養。請記住，人被創造出來是為了勞動，但勞動和勞苦之間是有區別的。勞動是工作，但勞苦是只有通過巨大或痛苦的努力才能完成的工作。現在，人被賦予統治的世界在他試圖做的每一件事上都會抵擋他。人與造物主之間、人與被造物之間的和諧、交流和關係，因他的罪而受到了很大的破壞。

在使徒行傳3:20-21，彼得對主的再來做了一個非凡的聲明：" 主也必差遣所預定給你們的基督耶穌降臨。天必留他，等到萬物復興的時候，就是神從創世以來、藉著聖先知的口所說的。"。耶穌被保羅稱為 "末後的亞當"，因為他要恢復因第一個亞當的墮落而失去的一切。通過十字架的救贖和基督復活的生命，人與神、人與人、人與被造物之間的和諧、交流和關係將得到恢復。當基督的救贖和恢復開始在我們的生活中發揮作用時，我們應該開始體驗所有這些。當這種和諧得到恢復時，即使我們的勞動也不會遇到持續的阻力，而是會得到滿足，並且更加富有成果。

墮落之後，人很快就陷入了越來越深的墮落。權柄越來越變態和壓迫，因此，來自受造物的抵擋也越來越多。當我們被救贖並重生到基督，即 "末後的亞當 "時，我們必須經歷思想被更新的過程。當我們的思想被更新時，我們被恢復到與神和被造物和諧的位置。當我們在統治，或行使權柄方面得到更新時，我們也將得到改變。

所有的關係都建立在信任之上。在我們墮落的本性中，我們為了自己自私的原因行使權柄。當我們被改變，並開始在神的愛中成長時，權柄的行使是為了他人的利益。當權柄在愛中行使時，信任的橋樑就會一步一步地建立起來。因為信任，那些在人權柄下的人，包括整個地球，其抵擋將開始減少。借此，甚至生產力和果實也會增加。勞苦的詛咒被消除了，因為我們被恢復到原來的狀態。

因此，理解權柄對於恢復的過程至關重要。耶穌是高於一切統治、權能和權柄的那一位。我們只有在居住在祂裡面的程度上才有真正的屬靈權柄。祂用祂的權柄來掏空自己，通過成為我們中的一員來完全認同我們，然後為我們的救贖捨棄了祂的生命。當我們來到祂裡面時，我們將以同樣的方式使用託付給我們的權柄。我們將利用它來放下我們自己的利益，為他人的利益服事。我們將降低自己的地位，以提升他人的地位。在我們所做的一切中，我們將尋找上帝的救贖目的，以及恢復因墮落而失去的一切。

僅僅是 "權柄 "這個詞就帶有專制主義造成的創傷的負面氣味。對權柄有一種自然的抵擋，背逆在每個墮落的受造物心中。然而，這不會被專制主義所勝過，而是被真正的屬靈權柄所勝過，這種權柄根植於愛並以愛為基礎。愛的服事。

DAY 37
The Curse on the Man
Rick Joyner

Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life.
"Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field;
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return" (Genesis 3:17-19).

Paul the Apostle, wrote in I Timothy 2:14: "And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite deceived, fell into transgression." The woman was deceived, but Adam knew what he was doing when he chose to sin, which is far more sinister. History testifies that even if women may be more prone to being deceived than men, men may know that something is evil and still do it. The great evils that have been done in the world were almost all done by men. In general, men may have the discernment to know that something is wrong, but women have the heart to refuse to do wrong if they know it. The Lord so composed men and women that they need each other if they are to stay on the path of life.

We also see that the ground was cursed because of the man. He had been given authority to rule over the earth, so when he fell, all that was under his authority fell. Disharmony and death spread to all because of the man. Because of this, he could now only draw from the earth by "toil." Remember that man was created to labor, but there is a difference between labor and toil. Labor is work, but toil is work that can only be accomplished with great or painful effort. Now, the world that the man had been given to rule over would resist him in everything he tried to do. The harmony, the communication, and the fellowship of man with the Creator, and man with the creation, was profoundly damaged by his sin.

In Acts 3:20-21, Peter made a remarkable statement about the return of the Lord: "and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time." Jesus is called "the last Adam" by Paul because He is going to restore all that was lost by the first Adam's fall. Through the redemption of the cross, and the resurrection life of Christ, harmony, communication, and fellowship between man and God, man and man, and man and the creation, will be restored. As the redemption and restoration of Christ begins to work in our lives, we should begin to experience all of these. When this harmony has been restored, even our labor will not meet continual resistance, but will be fulfilling, and much more fruitful.

After the Fall, men quickly fell into deeper and deeper depravity. Authority was increasingly perverted and oppressive, and therefore, opposition from the creation increased. When we are redeemed and born again into Christ, the "last Adam," we must go through a process where our minds are renewed. As our minds are renewed, we are restored to the place of harmony with God and the creation. As we are renewed in rulership, or the exercise of authority, we will also be changed.

All relationships are built on trust. In our fallen nature, we exercise authority for our own selfish reasons. As we are changed, and begin to grow in the love of God, authority is exercised for the sake of others. As authority is exercised in love, the bridge of trust is built step by step. Because of trust, the resistance of those under the authority of man, which includes the whole earth, will begin to lessen. By this, even productivity and fruitfulness will increase. The curse of toil is removed, as we are restored to our original state.

Therefore, understanding authority is crucial to the process of restoration. Jesus is the One who is above all rule and authority and power. We only have true spiritual authority to the degree that we abide in Him. He used His authority to empty Himself, fully identifying with us by becoming one of us, and then laying down His life for our salvation. As we come to abide in Him, we will use the authority entrusted to us in the same way. We will use it to lay down our own interests to serve the interests of others. We will lower ourselves in order to lift others up. In everything we do, we will be looking for the redemptive purposes of God and the restoration of all that was lost through the Fall.

Just the very word "authority" carries the negative odor of the wounds that have been the result of authoritarianism. There is a natural resistance to authority, and rebellion is in the heart of every fallen creature. However, this will not be overcome with authoritarianism, but with the true spiritual authority that is rooted and grounded in love. Love serves.