旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第65章

"I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, 'Here am I, here am I.'
All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations--
a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick;
who sit among the graves and spend their nights keeping secret vigil; who eat the flesh of pigs, and whose pots hold broth of unclean meat;
who say, 'Keep away; don't come near me, for I am too sacred for you!' Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day.
"See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps--
both your sins and the sins of your fathers," says the LORD. "Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains and defied me on the hills, I will measure into their laps the full payment for their former deeds."
This is what the LORD says: "As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and men say, 'Don't destroy it, there is yet some good in it,' so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all.
I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah those who will possess my mountains; my chosen people will inherit them, and there will my servants live.
Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for my people who seek me.
"But as for you who forsake the LORD and forget my holy mountain, who spread a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
I will destine you for the sword, and you will all bend down for the slaughter; for I called but you did not answer, I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me."
Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.
You will leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse; the Sovereign LORD will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
"Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.
I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.
"Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands.
They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.
Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD.
以赛亚书第六十五章   赛 65:1> 以色列人作了神的子民,你是否有些不是味儿?其实你大可不必── 

  65:1 以色列总认为自己是神惟一的百姓,其实不然,其他民族寻求神的时刻就要到来。保罗在罗马书 10 章 20 节中提到了以赛亚的话,指出其他民族就是非以色列的外邦人。今天神的百姓是那些接受耶稣基督作为救主的人,不管他们是犹太人还是非犹太人。福音是为每一个人的。当你与别人分享福音时,不要轻视或拒绝任何人。你会吃惊地发现,怎么会有那么多人诚心诚意地寻求神。 

  赛 65:3-5> 以色列人假冒为善,我是否也像他们一样? 

  65:3-5 神说这些人在拜偶像并给偶像献祭,向死人和巫师求问(参利 19:31 ),吃禁忌的食物(参利 11 )时违犯了祂的律法(参出 20:1-6 )。但他们很固执,坚持认为他们比别人更虔诚。耶稣称这种人是假冒为善(参太 23:13-36 )。 

  赛 65:6-7> 人的罪,都写在神面前,而且── 

  65:6-7 神说祂要报应人的罪恶。审判不是我们的工作,而是神的工作,因为只有祂才是公正的。除神之外,还有谁知道我们的心思意念呢?除神之外,还有谁知道公正的奖励或惩罚是什么呢? 

  赛 65:8-9> 虽然有报应,同时亦有保守…… 

  65:8-9 神总是保守百姓中存留的对祂忠心的人。不管这世界有多么坏,总有少数对神忠心的人。耶稣在马太福音 13 章 36 至 43 节中指出了这一点。 

  赛 65:10> 亚割谷还有一个别称,你知道吗? 

  65:10 沙仑是以色列西部的平原。亚割谷在东面靠近耶利哥的地方,亚割谷也叫作连累谷,因为亚干在那里隐藏了当灭之物而受处决(参书 7:10-26 )。就是在这座山谷中也有平安:在未来将会完全地复原。 

  赛 65:17-25> 新天新地给了我们哪些盼望?