靈修感悟 | 收割的時候已經到了 Time to Reap Has Come
大家可能對小麥或稻子收割的過程很熟悉了。這對農夫來說是在冬天來臨之前，最后的勞動季節，也是他們最高興喜悅的時刻。這個階段對收割者不僅要注意天氣的變化，熟悉過程，而且每一步要求非常高。他們要在趕在下雨前從地裡收割，運到禾場把谷物從禾杆上脫落下來，揚去糠秕留下飽滿的糧食，晒干收藏入冬。
在聖經裡也經常用農夫收割庄稼的景象來描述神對祂的百姓及仇敵的審判。當主再來，神要會匯集在地上我們每一個人一生的工作，一一衡量其中有永恆價值的，值得收藏的果實。好庄稼的糧食顆粒，其結局自然是歸於糧倉。相反，糠秕和糟粕，結局就是焚燒滅亡。所以神要借助於大災難期間的苦難讓信徒得以成熟，並在末了被收割入倉。最終，在神眼中被比作葡萄的不信者也要被收割。這要發生在大災難結束時。外邦一切邪惡、屬世的軍隊都要聚攏在約沙法谷，主同祂得勝的聖徒要和他們爭戰，並毀滅他們，就是哈米吉頓大戰，也就是主踹大酒醡，在敵基督和牠的軍隊身上施行審判。
如今的日子，人們沒有看到神的預言，也不重視，因為人們認為日子就是這樣美好。所以人們很難討論審判，因為我們經常抱持一種“和事佬”類的心態。但是聖經提醒我們，神是聖潔的神，在祂面前邪惡沒有任何立足之地。祂不允許任何灰色地帶的存在。一切所做的在神的面前都會被過濾並除掉，隻留下美善和神的心意。那時，所有人都本該受到審判。但相信耶穌的人得著確據，就是耶穌已經成為被殺的羔羊，祂在十字架上為我們承受了“神忿怒的大酒榨”。所以，我們乘現在來更加明白和認識真理，看清敵基督和說謊者的面目，不受欺騙迷惑。也讓我們注意生命過於一切，與主保持合一，蒙祂恩典的保守，遠避任何罪的玷污。不斷地在新鮮、愛的關系裡將自己完全獻給主，好成為初熟的果子，不至留到大災難被苦難遭遇之后才晒熟的庄稼收入到倉。
禱告：仁義公平的神啊，求檷讓我們知道收割不是離我們很遠，主再來的日子近了。主啊，求檷讓我們知道收割之后就是嚴肅的審判。為著主耶穌的工作感謝檷，因為這使我們站立得穩。為預備這個收割的盼望贊美檷，這也是我們唯一可以倚靠的盼望。奉耶穌的名禱告。阿們。
2020-03-29
聖經啟示錄(Revelation) -- 第 14 章
14:1 我又觀看，見羔羊站在錫安山，同他又有十四萬四千人，都有他的名和他父的名寫在額上。Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
14:2 我聽見從天上有聲音，像眾水的聲音和大雷的聲音，並且我所聽見的好像彈琴的所彈的琴聲。And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.
14:3 他們在寶座前，並在四活物和眾長老前唱歌，彷佛是新歌，除了從地上買來的那十四萬四千人以外，沒有人能學這歌。And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
14:4 這些人未曾沾染婦女，他們原是童身。羔羊無論往哪裡去，他們都跟隨他。他們是從人間買來的，作初熟的果子歸與神和羔羊。These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among men and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb.
14:5 在他們口中察不出謊言來，他們是沒有瑕疵的。No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
14:6 我又看見另有一位天使飛在空中，有永遠的福音要傳給住在地上的人，就是各國、各族、各方、各民。Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth--to every nation, tribe, language and people.
14:7 他大聲說：“應當敬畏神，將榮耀歸給他，因他施行審判的時候已經到了，應當敬拜那創造天、地、海和眾水泉源的。”He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."
14:8 又有第二位天使接著說：“叫萬民喝邪淫、大怒之酒的巴比倫大城傾倒了，傾倒了！”A second angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries."
14:9 又有第三位天使接著他們，大聲說：“若有人拜獸和獸像，在額上或在手上受了印記，A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand,
14:10 這人也必喝神大怒的酒，此酒斟在神忿怒的杯中純一不雜。他要在聖天使和羔羊面前，在火與硫磺之中受痛苦。he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
14:11 他受痛苦的煙往上冒，直到永永遠遠。那些拜獸和獸像，受它名之印記的，晝夜不得安寧。”And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name."
14:12 聖徒的忍耐就在此，他們是守神誡命和耶穌真道的。This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.
14:13 我聽見從天上有聲音說：“你要寫下，從今以后，在主裡面而死的人有福了！”聖靈說：“是的，他們息了自己的勞苦，作工的果效也隨著他們。”Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."
14:14 我又觀看，見有一片白雲，雲上坐著一位好像人子，頭上戴著金冠冕，手裡拿著快鐮刀。I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one "like a son of man" with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
14:15 又有一位天使從殿中出來，向那坐在雲上的大聲喊著說：“伸出你的鐮刀來收割，因為收割的時候已經到了，地上的庄稼已經熟透了。”
Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe."
14:16 那坐在雲上的，就把鐮刀扔在地上；地上的庄稼就被收割了。So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
14:17 又有一位天使從天上的殿中出來，他也拿著快鐮刀。Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
14:18 又有一位天使從祭壇中出來，是有權柄管火的，向拿著快鐮刀的大聲喊著說：“伸出快鐮刀來，收取地上葡萄樹的果子，因為葡萄熟透了。”Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe."
14:19 那天使就把鐮刀扔在地上，收取了地上的葡萄，丟在神忿怒的大酒醡中。The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath.
14:20 那酒醡踹在城外，就有血從酒醡裡流出來，高到馬的嚼環，遠有六百裡。They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
