马太福音24：15～31
大灾难
15 “当你们看见先知但以理所说的那‘施行毁灭的亵渎者’站在圣地（读这经的人要会意），16 那时，在犹太的，应当逃到山上；17 在屋顶上的，不要下来拿家里的东西；18 在田里的，不要回去取衣裳。19 在那些日子，怀孕的和奶孩子的就苦了。20 你们要祈求，好让你们逃走的时候，不遇见冬天或安息日。21 因为那时必有大灾难，自从世界的起头直到如今，从没有这样的灾难，将来也不会有。22 若不减少那些日子，凡血肉之躯的，就没有一个能得救；可是为了选民，那些日子将减少。23 那时，若有人对你们说：‘看哪，基督在这里！’或‘在那里！’你们不要信。24 因为假基督和假先知将要起来，显大神迹、大奇事，如果可能，要把选民也迷惑了。25 看哪，我已经预先告诉你们了。26 若有人对你们说：‘看哪，基督在旷野里！’你们不要出去；或说：‘看哪，基督在内室中！’你们不要信。27 好像闪电从东边发出，直照到西边，人子来临也要这样。28 尸首在哪里，鹰也会聚在哪里。”
人子的来临
29 “那些日子的灾难一过去，*太阳要变黑，月亮也不放光，众星要从天上坠落，天上的万象都要震动。30 那时，人子的预兆要显在天上，地上的万族都要哀哭。他们要看见人子带着能力和大荣耀，驾着天上的云来临。31 他要差遣天使，用大声的号筒，从四方，从天这边直到天那边，召集他的选民。”
The Monster of Desecration
15-20 “But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up in the Temple sanctuary. The prophet Daniel described this. If you’ve read Daniel, you know what I’m talking about. If you’re living in Judea at the time, run for the hills; if you’re working in the yard, don’t return to the house to get anything; if you’re out in the field, don’t go back and get your coat. Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard. Hope and pray this won’t happen during the winter or on a Sabbath.
21-22 “This is going to be trouble on a scale beyond what the world has ever seen, or will see again. If these days of trouble were left to run their course, nobody would make it. But on account of God’s chosen people, the trouble will be cut short.
The Arrival of the Son of Man
23-25 “If anyone tries to flag you down, calling out, ‘Here’s the Messiah!’ or points, ‘There he is!’ don’t fall for it. Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better. But I’ve given you fair warning.
26-28 “So if they say, ‘Run to the country and see him arrive!’ or, ‘Quick, get downtown, see him come!’ don’t give them the time of day. The Arrival of the Son of Man isn’t something you go to see. He comes like swift lightning to you! Wherever you see crowds gathering, think of carrion vultures circling, moving in, hovering over a rotting carcass. You can be quite sure that it’s the living Son of Man pulling in those crowds.
29 “Following those hard times, Sun will fade out, moon cloud over, Stars fall out of the sky, cosmic powers tremble.
30-31 “Then, the Arrival of the Son of Man! It will fill the skies—no one will miss it. Unready people all over the world, outsiders to the splendor and power, will raise a huge lament as they watch the Son of Man blazing out of heaven. At that same moment, he’ll dispatch his angels with a trumpet-blast summons, pulling in God’s chosen from the four winds, from pole to pole.”
内容观察
1. 耶稣提醒门徒要警戒什么事情？（23~26节）
2. 哪些事情的发生与选民有关？（22，31节）
思考与默想
个人感受
决心与应用
5. 耶稣再临时，你会是被召集的选民之一吗？
6. 为了活出选民的身份，并怀着主必再临的盼望而活，你从今天开始要做出什么改变？
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