357 中翻英 (97) Empty tomb. 空墳墓. 4/15/2023

357  中翻英 (97)                      Empty tomb.                    空墳墓.                                4/15/2023

基督信仰的基礎是主耶穌基督的復活, 已經有2000多年的時間. 跟隨主的信徒越來越多. 若是主耶穌基督沒有復活, 那麼幾十億的基督信仰者就不會存在, 顯然主是真活在有基督信仰的門徒心中.  編輯者是研究水科學(Hydrology)的基督信仰者, 積數十年的教學及研究, 始終無法找出天空雲彩形成的原因. 今年美國太空研究機構也放棄了數十年對雲的研究.  這是上帝創造宇宙的確據.

四月十五日的曠野筵席是一桌豐富的有營養的菜餚.   敬請訪友嘗試.

「作個榮耀的教會，毫無玷污皺紋等類的病。」（弗5:27）

基督有一天，要把一個榮耀的教會獻給自己，在這一句話里，神圣的恩典顯出了神永遠的計划。我們可以見到，由于教會現在因人的墮落受污損，所以需要生命的水借著道來洁淨，以達到預備整齊的地步，可以在榮耀中獻給祂。今日我們仍然站在墮落后的人類蒙救贖的歷史里，仍有許多缺欠需要補救。也有許多傷痕需要醫治。然而，圣靈描述教會的話是多么充滿了恩典，「毫無玷污」——就是說所有罪的痕跡，她已往墮落的歷史，現在已經全被忘記了。「毫無皺紋」—— 時間和年代的記號都消失了，因為現在一切都是妝飾過的，一切都是更新過的。「毫無等類的病」，因此不論撒但鬼魔或世人，再不能找到任何借口去譴責她了。神在祂的思想中，超越了人類的全部歷史，來看祂在榮耀中的教會，祂不提人的墮落，而只彰顯祂那位已得榮耀之儿子的形像。

April 15 

A glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing." (Ephesians 5:27)

One day, Christ will give Himself a glorious Church. In His Word, the divine grace reveals God's eternal plan.  Now it is clear ,  the Church is defiled by the sinful man.  The church should be cleansed by His Word —— the waters of life , and it may be brought in order to be consecrated again to Him in glory.  Today we are still standing in the history of the redemption of sinful human beings, and in the churchstill many deficiencies that need to be remedied. There are also many wounds that need healing. Yet how gracious the Holy Spirit's Words are to describe the Church, "spotless"—— that is, all traces of sin, her past depravity, are now forgotten. "Without a wrinkle" —— the marks of time and age are gone, for now everything is adorned and everything is renewed. "There is no equal disease," so neither Satan nor the world can find any excuse to condemn her. God has in his mind, beyond all human history, to see his church in glory, not to speak of man's fall, but to reveal only the image of his glorified Son.