旧约 - 以西结书(Ezekiel)第40章

In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city--on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me and he took me there.
In visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city.
He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze; he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
The man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Tell the house of Israel everything you see."
I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man's hand was six long cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.
Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep.
The alcoves for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.
Then he measured the portico of the gateway;
it was eight cubits deep and its jambs were two cubits thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.
Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements.
Then he measured the width of the entrance to the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.
In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square.
Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from one parapet opening to the opposite one.
He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway--sixty cubits. The measurement was up to the portico facing the courtyard.
The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.
The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.
Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement.
It abutted the sides of the gateways and was as wide as they were long; this was the lower pavement.
Then he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.
Then he measured the length and width of the gate facing north, leading into the outer court.
Its alcoves--three on each side--its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Its openings, its portico and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured from one gate to the opposite one; it was a hundred cubits.
Then he led me to the south side and I saw a gate facing south. He measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
The gateway and its portico had narrow openings all around, like the openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side.
The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.
Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.
Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
(The porticoes of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.)
Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated its jambs, and eight steps led up to it.
Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.
Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.
Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,
as did its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico, and it had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.
A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings were washed.
In the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings and guilt offerings were slaughtered.
By the outside wall of the portico of the gateway, near the steps at the entrance to the north gateway were two tables, and on the other side of the steps were two tables.
So there were four tables on one side of the gateway and four on the other--eight tables in all--on which the sacrifices were slaughtered.
There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offerings, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high. On them were placed the utensils for slaughtering the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.
And double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were attached to the wall all around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.
Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south gate and facing north.
He said to me, "The room facing south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,
and the room facing north is for the priests who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who are the only Levites who may draw near to the LORD to minister before him."
Then he measured the court: It was square--a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
He brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits and its projecting walls were three cubits wide on either side.
The portico was twenty cubits wide, and twelve cubits from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs, and there were pillars on each side of the jambs.
以西结书第四十章   第 40 章 

  结 40 章 > 以西结描述的那座城建成了吗? 

  40 章 从建造圣殿的异象中,我们看到了被掳的百姓归国的光景──神将其百姓召回来的光景。圣殿于公元前 520-515 年重新建成(参拉 5-6 章),但不符合以西结的蓝图(参该 2:3 ;亚 4:10 )。对于这个圣殿异象,可分为四个主要方面解释:( 1 )这是所罗巴伯应于公元前 520-515 年建造的殿,且也是以西结心目中的蓝图。但由于百姓对神不顺服( 43:2-10 ),所以从未得以实现。( 2 )基督掌权的千禧年中的圣殿。( 3 )是今天基督教会对神真正敬拜的象征。( 4 )这象征着神的同在和祝福充满了大地,神在未来掌权和永远掌权。 

  无论这座殿是象征性的还是字义上的,有一点很清楚:这是神最终完美国度的异象。以西结时代的人刚刚看到他们的国家和圣殿被毁灭,而且在短期内毫无重建的希望。这个信息给了他们希望,这希望更多来自于异象中的细节:以西结所看到的异象从神而来,所以在将来必定实现。 

  结 40 章 > 圣城的异象代表的是什么?理由是什么? 

  40 章 有一种观念认为,以西结看见的殿并不是字面意义上的未来建筑。其理由是其中提到了献祭( 40:38-43 )。如果在末日里还要重设献祭,那基督的献祭就不是最后的了。新约清楚地指出,基督向罪而死,只有一次(参罗 6:10 ;来 9:12 ; 10:10 , 18 )。我们的罪已经被除去,不需要再献祭了。 

  在以西结时代,百姓所知道的惟一敬拜的方式,是从出埃及记到申命记中描述的那种献祭和礼仪。以西结只好用百姓能理解的术语来解释新的敬拜次序。下面的九个章节告诉我们,圣殿如何成为万物的焦点,并且说明当生命都以它为中心的时候,那才是同神的理想关系。 

  结 40 章 > 这个异象好像只是些数字而已──再仔细看呢? 

  40 章 以西结要用百姓明白的语言和形像来解释神的居所。神要他们看见神为以信心生活的人所设计的伟大荣耀。这种圣殿从未造过,它只是个异象。这异象的目的在于,它为神的百姓展现出神的美好计划:敬拜的中心,主的同在,从神而来的祝福,敬拜的次序和义务。但我们不要只看到异象的细节而弄不清其重点。这重点是:终有一天一切对神忠心的人都将同神共享永生。愿这庄严的异象使我们得到升华,并且教导我们如何敬拜和事奉神。 

  结 40:1-43:27> 神为何要详细给出这些尺寸?用意何在? 

  40:1-43:27 以西结于公元前 573 年得到了这个异象。第 40 至 43 章交代了圣殿的尺寸,然后描绘了里面如何充满神的荣耀。由于以西结是个祭司,所以他很熟悉所罗门殿中的礼仪和陈设。在启示录 11 章 1 至 2 节中“衡量”的命令,定出了神为特殊用途而划出的区域。当我们读到所有这些细节的时候,请记住神在掌管着我们的敬拜,和忠心的百姓归来的时间表。 %5 

  结 40:3-4> 这个人是谁? 

  40:3-4 也许这不是一个人,也许这是 9 章 1 至 11 节中的天使,或者是位像他的人。有人说,那也许是基督,因为他跟以西结说话时,就像神一样称以西结为“人子”。 

  结 40:5> 经文中的长度是怎样换算的? 

  40:5 一长肘约为 50 公分,一普通肘约为 46 公分。 

  结 40:38-39> 洗燔祭牲也是有律法规定的…… 

  40:38-39 洗燔祭牲是根据利未记 1 章 6 至 9 节中设立的预备祭牲的标准来进行的。清洗的程序是向神献上蒙悦纳的祭物的一部分。──《灵修版圣经注释》