於2012-01-16發佈

神的審判帶來悔改

我們正進入古時先知與義人渴望看見的時候,我們卻蒙揀選活在其中。在1987年,我曾有一次長達兩天半的先知性經歷,神讓我看見關乎世界未來事件的全貌,我將其寫在『收割異象』一書中,大部分我所看到的異象已在這些年間陸續發生,但其中最大的事件很快就要發生在我們中間。

這些事件中最大的莫過於靈魂大收割進入神的國,其會以兩波浪潮的方式來到。第一波浪潮開始於我領受此異象後的這些年間,儘管此收割很難觸及到北美與歐洲,卻帶來更多人進入神的國度,遠超過神在歷史上的任何運動。第二波浪潮將不會錯過美國或歐洲。

在第一波浪潮之後,我看見在第二波浪潮臨到前會有一段屬靈平靜時期。我們現在正接近平靜期的尾聲,離神要臨到地上的最大運動越來越近,那會是屬靈的大海嘯,我們一定要預備好。

當此大收割開始橫掃地上,大部分會伴隨著神的審判,這也是神審判所帶來的結果。正如我們先前所談到的,我們總以為神的審判不是定罪就是毀滅,但這是極為罕見的例子。神的審判是在管教祂所愛的人;正如我們在希伯來書十二章所看見的,倘若我們沒有經歷祂的管教,我們反而要擔心是否屬於祂。

呼召越高,管教越嚴厲。正如雅各書三章1節告訴我們:『我的弟兄們,不要多人作師傅,因為曉得我們要受更重的判斷/審判。』這並不是說在審判日時教師會很艱辛,而是教師的生命會有更嚴厲的管教,因為神要祂的家供應出最好的屬靈食物。在快餐店和在白宮所訓練出來的廚師很不一樣,服事神的兒女則遠超過於此。

2012年神在地上的審判會更多,這對所有喜好公義和公平的人而言是件好事,因為審判會帶來復興。神的審判是公平與公義的,世界要從中學習公義。神的審判事實上是祂的憐憫與恩典,在審判中祂滿有憐憫。神的子民將因審判得自由,最後全世界將因審判而從罪的奴役中得自由。正如詩篇九十八篇8-9節告訴我們:

願大水拍手;願諸山在耶和華面前一同歡呼;因為祂來要審判遍地。祂要按公義審判世界,按公正審判萬民。 

主要來審判遍地,要成為全地的審判官,而祂的審判是真實與正直的。這就是神國的福音,是好消息。傳道書八章11節說:  

因為斷定罪名不立刻施刑,所以世人滿心作惡。

將要臨到的審判是從神來的恩典,讓人脫離轄制他們的邪惡。倘若我們不將這些自然災害視為審判,我們就不會悔改轉向神。在聖經中我們也看到許多人甚至會因審判而咒詛神,但祂將要介入,拯救世界脫離正走向的毀滅,祂這樣做都是為著我們的緣故。

正如我們在聖經中也看到,例如以賽亞書六十章,神的審判也為照亮及審核義人。那些將生命建造在祂國度的人會有越來越多的『公義、和平與喜樂』,那是建造在活出神和祂的公義上,或是行出在祂眼中看為對的事。那些沒有與神一致的人將會隨著更多的暴力震動,當這些區別更加明顯時,也會有更多人甦醒過來轉向主。智慧人現在就會轉向祂,為他們生命中曾容許的每一個邪惡悔改。

此悔改將引領我們擁有末世地上最有價值的事物─真實的平安與喜樂。這即是何以當我們讀到以賽亞書六十章3節,萬國要來就你的光。光將戰勝,萬國會來就光,而不留在黑暗中。現在就讓我們活出真光,並盡一切所能來分享那光。

 (摘自 喬納 word for the week, Week 52, 2011)


The Judgments of God, Part 15
The Judgments of God Will Result in Repentance
Week 52, 2011

We are entering the times that the prophets and righteous of old desired to see, and we have been chosen to live in them. In 1987, I was given a two-and-a-half day experience in which I was shown an unfolding panorama of world events that I wrote about in my book The Harvest. Many of these events started coming to pass within a couple of years of the vision, and the greatest of all that I was shown will soon be coming upon us.

The greatest of all of these events was a harvest of believers into the kingdom that would come in two waves. The first wave began just a couple of years after I received this vision, and though it hardly touched North America and Europe, it swept more people into the kingdom than any previous move of God in history. This next one will not miss North America or Europe.

After the first wave, I saw that there would be a time of relative spiritual quiet before another, far bigger wave of revival would come. We are now approaching the end of the time of quiet, and the greatest move of God to ever come upon the earth is approaching. It will be a spiritual tsunami, and we must get ready.

As this great ingathering begins to sweep the earth, it will be largely the result of and accompanied by the judgments of God. As we have covered, we almost always think of the judgments of God as condemnation, or destruction, but this is rarely the case. The judgments of God are discipline from the Lord for those whom He loves. As we see in Hebrews 12, we should be far more concerned if we are not experiencing His discipline because that would be evidence that we are not His. 

The higher the calling, the more severe the discipline is. As we are told in James 3:1, “Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we shall incur a stricter judgment.” This does not mean that it will be more difficult for teachers on the Day of Judgment, but rather it refers to the more strict discipline in the lives of teachers because the Lord wants His household to be given the best spiritual food. There is a difference between the training of a cook at a fast food restaurant and one who cooks at the White House. Serving God’s children is far greater than that.

This year the judgments of God will increase in the world. This is a good thing for all who love righteousness and justice because with them will also come revival. God’s judgments are just and righteous, and the world is going to learn righteousness because of them. The judgments of God are actually His mercy and His grace, and He does remember mercy in the midst of them. God’s people are going to be set free because of them, and ultimately the whole world will be set free from its slavery to sin because of them. As we are told in Psalm 98:8-9:

"Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains sing together for joy 
before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth; 

He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity."

The Lord is coming to judge the earth, to be the Judge over all the earth, and His judgments are true and right. This is the gospel of the kingdom, and it is good news. Ecclesiastes 8:11 states: 

"Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, 
therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil."

The judgments that are coming are grace from God to turn men back from the evil that is overtaking them. If we do not see them as judgments, but rather as natural events, then we will not repent and turn to God. We also see in Scripture that many will even curse God because of His judgments, but He is going to intervene and save the world from the destruction that we are headed for. He is doing all of this for our sakes. 

As we also see in Scriptures such as Isaiah 60, the judgments of God also illuminate and verify the righteous. Those who are building their lives on His kingdom, which is “righteousness, peace and joy,” will stand out more and more for their peace and their joy, which is built on living in harmony with God and His righteousness, or doing what is right in His sight. Those who are not in harmony with Him will shake with increasing violence. As these distinctions become more pronounced, more are going to wake up and turn to the Lord. The wise are turning to Him now and repenting of every evil way that they have allowed into their lives. 

This repentance will lead to the most valuable commodity on earth in the times to come—true peace and true joy. This is why, as we read in Isaiah 60:3, the nations will come to the brightness of your rising. The light will win, and the nations will come to the light, not stay in darkness. Let us live in that light now, and share it with all we can.