Sep 02【每日活水】高举自己的结局是审判与毁灭

 

以赛亚书14:12~23

12 明亮之星,早晨之子啊,
你何竟从天坠落?
你这攻败列国的何竟被砍倒在地上?
13 你心里曾说:
我要升到天上;
我要高举我的宝座在  SHEN 众星以上;
我要坐在聚会的山上,在北方的极处。
14 我要升到高云之上;
我要与至上者同等。
15 然而,你必坠落阴间,
到坑中极深之处。
16 凡看见你的都要定睛看你,
留意看你,说:
使大地战抖,
使列国震动,
17 使世界如同荒野,
使城邑倾覆,
不释放被掳的人归家,
是这个人吗?
18 列国的君王
俱各在自己阴宅的荣耀中安睡。
19 惟独你被抛弃,
不得入你的坟墓,
好像可憎的枝子,
以被杀的人为衣,
就是被刀刺透,
坠落坑中石头那里的;
你又像被践踏的尸首一样。
20 你不得与君王同葬;
因为你败坏你的国,杀戮你的民。
恶人后裔的名,必永不提说。
21 先人既有罪孽,
就要预备杀戮他的子孙,
免得他们兴起来,得了遍地,
在世上修满城邑。

SHEN 要毁灭巴比伦


22 万军之耶/和/华说:
我必兴起攻击他们,
将巴比伦的名号和所余剩的人,
连子带孙一并剪除。
这是耶/和/华说的。
23 我必使巴比伦为箭猪所得,
又变为水池;
我要用灭亡的扫帚扫净它。
这是万军之耶/和/华说的。

12 How you have fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13 You said in your heart,
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”
15 But you are brought down to the realm of the dead,
to the depths of the pit.
16 Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:
“Is this the man who shook the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,
who overthrew its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”
18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.
19 But you are cast out of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,
with those pierced by the sword,
those who descend to the stones of the pit.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20 you will not join them in burial,
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
Let the offspring of the wicked
never be mentioned again.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children
for the sins of their ancestors;
they are not to rise to inherit the land
and cover the earth with their cities.
22 “I will rise up against them,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,”
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,”
declares the Lord Almighty.

 

内容观察

1.被比喻为明亮之星的巴比伦王,平时心里是怎么想的?(13~14节)

2.人们定睛看落人阴间的巴比伦王并嘲笑他的原因是什么?(16~19节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.一度升到极高之处的巴比伦王,为何会坠入地府极深之处?
 

个人感受

4.看到曾拥有世上最强大权力的君王在 SHEN 面前瞬间坠落,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾在言语和行动中自视甚高,甚至无视 SHEN ?

6.为了谦卑承认我现在所拥有的一切都是 SHEN 的恩典,我决定要怎么做?

明亮之星(12节):指发光的晨星,这里比喻的是一心想与 SHEN 同等、骄傲的巴比伦王。

灵/修指南

以色列百姓继续在得救之日高唱嘲笑巴比伦王的诗歌。明亮之星在古代近东是人们崇拜的对象,巴比伦王梦想着像明亮之星一样高坐极北之处,成为众 SHEN 之上的 SHEN ,然而最终却坠落阴间,掉入地府极深之处(12~15节)。人们讶异于明亮之星的没落(16~17节),他甚至被抛弃在自己的坟墓之外,比列国的君王还要悲惨(19节)。以赛亚明确说,这些事并非是因为巴比伦王的能力不够,也不是他运气不好,而是 SHEN 的作为(22~23节)。这世上贪图高位的,多半与罪恶联手,他们的结局往往是受到严厉审判。世上的高位并不代表着在 SHEN 国的高位,盼望我们不被世上的权力动摇,单单仰望万物的主宰—永活的真 SHEN ,活在 SHEN 的统治之下。
 

内室dao告

求 SHEN 使我在创造主 SHEN 面前放下骄傲,谦卑生活。

 

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