Dec07【每日活水】品尝 SHEN 的美善和仁慈

以斯拉记3:8~13

开始重建圣殿
8 百姓到了耶路撒冷   SHEN 殿的地方。第二年二月,撒拉铁的儿子所罗巴伯,约萨达的儿子耶书亚和其余的弟兄,就是祭/司、利未人,并一切被掳归回耶路撒冷的人,都兴工建造;又派利未人,从二十岁以外的,督理建造耶/和/华殿的工作。 9 于是犹大的后裔,就是耶书亚和他的子孙与弟兄,甲篾和他的子孙,利未人希拿达的子孙与弟兄,都一同起来,督理那在  SHEN 殿做工的人。
10 匠人立耶/和/华殿根基的时候,祭/司皆穿礼服吹号,亚萨的子孙利未人敲钹,照以色/列王大卫所定的例,都站着赞美耶/和/华。 11 他们彼此唱和,赞美称谢耶/和/华说:他本为善,他向以/色列人永发慈爱。他们赞美耶/和/华的时候,众民大声呼喊,因耶/和/华殿的根基已经立定。 12 然而有许多祭/司、利未人、族长,就是见过旧殿的老年人,现在亲眼看见立这殿的根基,便大声哭号,也有许多人大声欢呼, 13 甚至百姓不能分辨欢呼的声音和哭号的声音;因为众人大声呼喊,声音听到远处。
Rebuilding the Temple
8 In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old and older to supervise the building of the house of the Lord. 9 Joshua and his sons and brothers and Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Hodaviah) and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together in supervising those working on the house of God.
10 When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the Lord, as prescribed by David king of Israel. 11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. 12 But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. 13 No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.
 

内容观察

1.以色/列百姓开工建造圣殿的时候,如何赞美 SHEN ?(11节)

2.当圣/殿的根基立定,人们有哪两种反应?(12节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.以色/列百姓为什么在立圣/殿根基的时候,赞美称谢 SHEN 的美善和仁慈?
 

个人感受

4.看到被掳归回的以/色列百姓不过是立下圣/殿的根基,就赞美称谢 SHEN 的美善和仁慈,对此我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾在艰难困苦之际也向 SHEN 献上感谢和赞美?

6.为了更深经历 SHEN 的良善和仁慈,我决定要怎么做?

到了耶路撒冷 SHEN 殿的第二年,二月的时候(8节):从巴比伦被掳归回的两年之后(公元前536年),才开始立圣/殿的根基和重建圣殿,后来因为敌人的阻挠,圣/殿的重建工程花了20年才完工。诗34:8a“你们要尝尝主恩的滋味,便知道他是美善。”
林前3:16“难道不知你们是 SHEN 的殿, SHEN 的灵住在你们里面吗?”

灵/修指南

圣/殿的重建工程终于开工了(8节)。立圣/殿根基的时候,祭/司穿着礼服吹号,利未人敲着乐器赞美(10节),他们称谢 SHEN 的美善和仁慈(11节)。刚从被掳之地巴比伦归回的以色列百姓,何以能够赞美称谢 SHEN 的美善和仁慈?他们所立下的根基,和所罗门的圣殿相比,实在寒酸不过,他们又何以能够发出赞美?因为他们靠 SHEN 胜过了苦难,也尝到主恩的滋味(参诗34:8a)。在巴比伦出生的以色列人为此大为喜乐,大声欢呼,而见过先前所罗门宏伟圣殿的祭/司、利未人和年老的族长则大声哭号(12节)。然而,圣殿的功能不在其规模宏大、外观华丽与否,而在于 SHEN 临在与否。如今,我们的身体就是 SHEN 的殿,盼望今天我们能活出 SHEN 圣洁圣/殿的样式(参林前3:16)。
 

内室dao告

愿我今天也与 SHEN 圣洁的灵同住,得尝 SHEN 的美善和仁慈。

 

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