旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第64章

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
以赛亚书第六十四章   赛 64:1-6> 神的出现如此惊心动魄,我怕不怕? 

  64:1-6 神的出现是那样的惊天动地,就像一团烈火烧毁了在祂路上的一切障碍。如果我们不洁净,我们怎么能得救呢?只有通过神的怜悯,我们才能得救。以色列人在西奈山看见过神的显现(参出 19:16-19 )。当神同摩西会面的时候,有雷轰、烟雾和地震出现。今天如果神要见我们的话,祂的荣耀将遮盖我们,特别是当我们像“污秽的衣服”那样不洁净的时候( 64:6 )。 

  赛 64:6> 怎样理解“所有的义都像污秽的衣服”?是说不要行义吗? 

  64:6 罪使我们不洁净,使我们不会比身穿破衣烂衫、坐在国王餐桌上的乞丐离神更近( 6:5 ;参罗 3:23 )。罪显然影响了我们一切的努力,因此我们惟一的希望就是相信耶稣基督。祂能洁净我们并将我们带到神的面前(参罗 3 )。