大使命29
訓練與主一同掌權
在過去幾個星期，我們談到離婚這個在我們世代最重要的議題之一。我在我們的電視節目『先知性觀點』中，有對此更深入的探討，也會在我所預備的著作中更深入提到。然而，它配得比每週一話版面更大的空間來談論。我期盼我所激起的一些問題有全然符合聖經的答案，而且沒有絲毫妥協。現在，讓我們繼續來探討完成大使命的一些普遍性議題。
正如我們曾談過的，耶穌說：『收割的時候就是世界的末了』（馬太福音13:39）。首先，祂指的是末日最大的收割，但收割也是每一件所栽種之物成熟的時候。我們正在我們的時代中看見此發生，人所栽種的一切，不論好壞，現在都到了完全成熟的時候。這是我們將聚焦瞭解的事物，因為它將成為驅散黑暗的光或真理。
有許多聖經預言談到這世代末了，此好壞事物的成熟正是何以我們在末世會有最大衝突的原因，這亦是何以黑暗會遮蓋大地、幽暗遮蓋萬民、主的榮耀顯在祂子民身上的原因（參考以賽亞書60:1-2）。接著，正如我們在下一節預言所讀到的，萬民會來就這光，光將得勝！
因此，當我們繼續往前時，我們應該知道我們正邁向不會被擊敗的勝利，我們個人或許無法撐到最後，在地上看見此事發生，但即使我們個人無法做到，我們將成為極大見證團其中的一員，參與在為這些時候預備道路的一份子。既然得勝是必然的，真正的議題是我們要在此末日戰役中如何表現。
整個世代都是為了訓練與主一同掌權；這世代的主要目的是為主尋找與祂一同掌管與掌權的新婦。我們對信仰的考驗，以及對主和祂真理的愛是必須被證明出來的，這亦是何以這世代這些事物會被允許臨到的原因。
其次，這將給全人類一個功課學習，就是罪的後果和悖逆神所帶來的最終結果。即便如此，還有另一個永恆的功課，就是真理戰勝一切。主將再回來，祂的國度將要來到，祂的旨意將要行在地上如同在天上。那是毫無疑問的，現在正在決定的是：誰將與主在要來的世代中一同掌管與掌權，以及我們在祂國度的位置。
今日是你生命中一個重要的日子，今日你正為你的終極目的而被預備。你明瞭嗎？一些偉大的軍事戰役不過存留短暫的時間，但在戰役中軍隊的表現是其士兵訓練與預備的結果。因此，我們在終極戰役中的表現將取決於我們的訓練，以及你今日所受的訓練。所以，讓我們擁抱訓練，訓練的多寡將決定我們在最後戰役表現如何的主要因素。
許多『在公義方面的訓練』是要學習戰勝每日的小試探，此強化我們面對大試探並挑戰將臨到的邪惡。每一個試探與考驗被允許都為要成為我們訓練的一部份；在奧林匹克上，一名運動員在競賽中贏得勝利只需要花一、二分鐘，那卻是成千上萬小時訓練的結果。我們在罪和惡行上的得勝亦是如此，試探可能是瞬間臨到的，但勝過它卻是在主的道路上每日成熟、剛強的結果。
因此，我們必須每天都要尋求在對主的知識和道路上成長，定意面對試探與試煉並勝過它們。倘若我們在小小的試煉中失敗，當大試煉臨到時，我們不可能站立得住。
在偉大的審判日，我們將明白只要能活在這世代的末了，成為善與惡這場終極戰役的一份子，是我們所能擁有最大的殊榮與特權。那是耶穌擁抱十架的榮耀盼望，我們需要看見，我們能活在這些時候並在最終的善惡戰役中爭戰，是何等榮耀的機會。當我們這樣做時，我們會更刻意訓練自己，瞭解訓練、擁抱訓練，並從中得著最大的益處。
我們的訓練是以試煉的形式臨到，在我們生命中的每一個試煉都有其目的。它們就像是我們在學校裡的考試，那並不是懲罰，而是為要證明我們已經預備好更上一層樓。這即是何以使徒保羅說：『我們進入神的國，必須經歷許多艱難』（參考使徒行傳14:22）。每一個試煉都是我們可以進入天國的門戶，不要浪費任何一個試煉。我們今日如何站立，將決定我們如何頂得住最終的考驗。
(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week 29, 2013)
Training For Reigning - The Great Commission, Part 29
Week 29, 2013
Rick Joyner
Over the last couple of weeks, we opened the issue of divorce, which is one of the most important issues of our time. I have addressed this in more depth in our television program, Prophetic Perspectives, and will address it in much more depth in a work I am preparing. However, it deserves much more space than we can give it in this Word For The Week format. I hope I provoked some questions for which there are sound, biblical answers that in no way compromise the Scriptures. For now we will go on to address some of the general issues of fulfilling The Great Commission.As we have already covered, Jesus said, “The harvest is the end of the age” (see Matthew 13:39). First, He was speaking of the greatest ingathering to come at the end of the age, but the harvest is also the time when everything that has been sown comes to maturity. We are seeing this unfold in our own time as both the good and the evil that have been sown in man is now coming to full maturity. This is what we will focus on understanding because it will be light or truth that dispels the darkness.
In so many biblical prophecies about the end of this age, this maturity of both good and evil is why we will have the greatest conflict at the end. This is why darkness is covering the earth and deep darkness the people at the very time when the glory of the Lord is being revealed upon His people (see Isaiah 60:1-2). Then, as we see in the next verse of that prophecy, the nations are going to come to the light. The light is going to win!
Therefore, as we proceed, we should know that we are marching to victory not defeat. We may not individually make it to the end and see it here on earth, but even if we do not, we will be a part of the great company of witnesses who all had a part in preparing for these times. Since the victory is assured, the real issue is how we will perform in this ultimate battle.
This whole age is about training for reigning. The main purpose of this age is for the Lord to seek a bride that will rule and reign with Him. The testing of our faith and our love for the Lord and His truth is what must be proven and is why this age has been allowed.
Secondary to this, it will be a lesson for all time of what the consequences of sin are and what the ultimate conclusion of rebellion against God brings. Even so, there will also be the eternal lesson that truth prevails. The Lord is coming back, His kingdom is coming, and His will is going to be done right here on the earth just as it is in heaven. That is assured. What is being decided now is who will rule and reign with Him in the age to come and what our position in His kingdom will be.
Today is an important day in your life. Today you are being prepared for your ultimate purpose. Do you understand it? Some of the great military battles lasted only a short time, but the army’s performance in the battle was the result of the training and preparation of its soldiers. Therefore, our performance in the ultimate battle will be determined by our training, and you are in training today. So embrace the training. Making the most of it will be a main factor that determines how we will perform in the last battle.
Much of our “training in righteousness” is learning to overcome small daily temptations. This strengthens us to face the great temptations and challenges of evil that will come. Every temptation and every test is allowed as part of our training. In the Olympics, an athlete’s victory in a contest may take only a minute or two yet is the result of thousands of hours of training. So are our victories over sin and wickedness. The temptation may be almost instantaneous, but the victory over it is the result of our daily maturing and strengthening in the ways of the Lord.
Therefore, we must have a daily regimen of seeking to grow in our knowledge of the Lord and His ways as well as the resolve to face temptation and trials and be victorious over them. If we fail in the little trials, we will not likely stand when the big ones come.
On the great Judgment Day, we will learn that just to live at the end of the age and be part of this ultimate battle between good and evil is one of the greatest honors and privileges we could have ever been given. It was for the hope of glory that Jesus embraced the cross. We need to see just how glorious an opportunity we have been given to live in these times and fight in the ultimate battle between good and evil. As we do this, we will become more intentional about our training, both understanding it and embracing it, and gaining the most from it.
Our training comes in the form of trials. No trial in our lives is without purpose. They are like tests we take in school. They are not punishment. They are to prove that we are ready to go to a higher level. This is why the Apostle Paul said that it was “through many tribulations (trials) we must enter the kingdom of God” (see Acts 14:22). In every trial there is a door to the kingdom through which we can enter. Never waste a trial. How we withstand the ultimate test will likely be decided by how we stand today.
