391 中翻英 (111) Lord, You are the bright morning star! 主阿! 祢是明亮晨星. 5/19/2023

391 中翻英  (111)        Lord, You are the bright morning star! 主阿! 祢是明亮晨星.      5/19/2023

五月十九日

「我耶穌差遣我的使者為眾教會將這些事向你證明，我是大衛的根，又是他的后裔，我是明亮的晨星。」（啟 22:16 新國際版）

啟示錄乃是把耶穌基督展示的一本書（也即希腊文「開蓋」的意思）。它揭開幔子，把祂啟示出來。這卷書基本的目的，不在乎給我們看見那些快要來到的事，諸如：敵基督，羅馬帝國的假設复興，圣徒被提，千年國度或撒但最后的覆滅等。使徒約翰很明顯不是借著七印、七號和七碗那些表記的事物，來醫治我們時代的弊病。這本書并不是為了滿足我們理智上的好奇心而寫的，其重要意義，乃是將耶穌基督自己丰滿的啟示出來，借此來應付我們屬靈上一切的需要，好叫我們可以認識祂。因為基督就是我們一切問題的答案。惟有首先清楚認識祂，然后才會知道我們所應該知道的一切「將要來的事」。祂是那一位复活而得胜的万王之王。因著祂這一個所是，一切隨后而來的事，也就于焉發生了。

May 19

"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright morning star." (Revelation 22:16 NIV)

The Book of Revelation is the book that reveals Jesus Christ (the Greek word means "uncovered"). It lifted the veil and revealed Him. The basic purpose of this book is not to show us things that are about to come, such as: the Antichrist, the hypothetical restoration of the Roman Empire, the rapture of the saints, the thousand-year kingdom, or the final destruction of Satan, etc. The apostle John obviously did not use the signs of the seven seals, the seven trumpets, and the seven bowls to heal the ills of our time. This book is not written to satisfy our intellectual curiosity. Its significance is to reveal the fullness of Jesus Christ Himself so as to meet all our spiritual needs so that we can know Him. Because Christ is the answer to all our problems. Only by knowing Him clearly first will we know all the "things to come" that we should know. He is the resurrected and victorious King of kings. Because of what He is, all subsequent things also took place.