422 中翻英 (122) Who is qualified to study the book of Revelation? 誰有資格來研讀啟示錄？ 6/19/2023

 422 中翻英 (122)                Who is qualified to study the book of Revelation?                                                                                                     誰有資格來研讀啟示錄？                                           6/19/2023六月十九日

「當主日我被圣靈感動。」（啟 1:10 新國際版）

誰有資格來研讀啟示錄？在約翰自己的歷史里，我們找到了答案。他第一個异象不是看見事情，乃是看見耶穌基督自己。約翰雖曾靠在耶穌的胸前，但他一定要再一次遇見那位使他仆倒在灰塵中的永活主，只有那時他才蒙指示去了解那些「將要成的事」。凡沒有首先看見約翰所看見的异象，就沒有資格去研讀以下的記載，因為我們需要先有看見了主耶穌，才能裝備整齊去面臨爭戰。

從前約翰是認識主的愛，現在是親眼見到祂的威榮，從前他認識主耶穌是一位慈愛的救主，現在更認識祂是一位榮耀的王。除非我們先如此遇見祂，并仆倒在祂腳前像死了一樣，不然，一切將來之事的知識，只會引起我們的好奇和自高，最后且導致混亂或甚至不信。這卷書宣告主的爭戰，祂向一切抵擋祂國度的宣戰。這卷書的目的，乃在向我們顯出耶穌基督是寶座上的君王，只有這個看見，才能產生屬靈的戰士。

June 19

"On the Lord's Day I was in the Holy Spirit,  ....." (Revelation 1:10 NIV)

Who is qualified to study Revelation?  We find the answer in John's own history.  He was not to see things at his first vision , but to see Jesus Christ Himself in his first vision.  Although John had leaned on the breast of Jesus, but he must meet the living Lord who made him fall in the dust again. Then he was only shown to understand: "things that were to come." Those have not seen the first vision as John did, they are not qualified to study the following Bible verse Revelation 1:10 , because we need to see the Lord Jesus before we can be fully equipped to face the battle.

In the past, John knew the Lord’s love, but now he saw His majesty with his own eyes. Before, he knew the Lord Jesus as a loving Savior, and now he even more knows that He is a glorious King. Unless we first meet him, and fall at his feet as dead; however, the knowledge of all things to come will but arouse in us curiosity and self-righteous, and at last lead to be confusion or even unbelief. This book of  Revelation declares the war of the Lord, the war against all that opposes His kingdom. The purpose of this book is to show us that Jesus Christ is King on the throne, and only this vision can produce spiritual warriors.