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  一月十一日　催促主的复临

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  Hastening Our Lord’s Return, January 11

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  　　“因为主要在世上施行祂的话，叫祂的话都成全，速速的完结”（罗9:28）。

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  He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. Romans 9:28. {Mar 19.1}

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  　　基督在预言耶路撒冷毁灭时，说：“只因不法的事增多，许多人的爱心才渐浙冷淡了。惟有忍耐到底的，必然得救。这天国的福音要传遍天下，对万民作见证，然后末期才来到。”这一段预言必要再度应验。那时不法之事增多，与现代的罪恶充盈正好遥遥相对。关于宣传福音的预言也是如此。在耶路撒冷倾覆之前，保罗受圣灵感动，提到福音已经“传到普天之下”（西1:23）。现在也是如此。在人子降临之前，这永远的福音也必传给“各国各族各方各民”（启14:6,14）。上帝“已经定了日子，要……审判天下”（徒17:31）。基督告诉我们那日子要何时来到。祂并没有说世人都要悔改，只说：“这天国的福音，要传遍天下，对万民作见证，然后末期才来到。”我们能藉着传福音给世人而催促我们主的复临。我们不单是要仰望，而且也要催促上帝的日子来到（译者按：彼后3:12的“仰望”原文作“催促”）。如果基督的教会早已完成了上帝所指定的工作，全世界就早已听见警告，主耶稣也早已带着能力和大荣耀降临了。（DA 633）{Mar 19.1}

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  In the prophecy of Jerusalem’s destruction Christ said, “Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” This prophecy will again be fulfilled. The abounding iniquity of that day finds its counterpart in this generation. So with the prediction in regard to the preaching of the gospel. Before the fall of Jerusalem, Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit, declared that the gospel was preached to “every creature which is under heaven.” Colossians 1:23. So now, before the coming of the Son of man, the everlasting gospel is to be preached “to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.” Revelation 14:6, 14. God “hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world.” Acts 17:31. Christ tells us when that day shall be ushered in. He does not say that all the world will be converted, but that “this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” By giving the gospel to the world it is in our power to hasten our Lord’s return. We are not only to look for but to hasten the coming of the day of God. 2 Peter 3:12, margin. Had the church of Christ done her appointed work as the Lord ordained, the whole world would before this have been warned, and the Lord Jesus would have come to our earth in power and great glory.14 {Mar 19.2}

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  　　将我们滞留在这个充满罪过忧伤的世界上这么多年的，乃是自称为上帝子民中间的不信、世俗化、不献身和纷争。{Mar 19.2}

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  It is the unbelief, the worldliness, unconsecration, and strife among the Lord’s professed people that have kept us in this world of sin and sorrow so many years.... {Mar 19.3}

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  我们和从前的以色列人一样，可能因为不顺从而仍须多年逗留在这个世界上。但为了基督的缘故，祂的子民决不应将自己错行的后果归咎与上帝，而致罪上加罪。（Ev 696）{Mar 19.3}

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  We may have to remain here in this world because of insubordination many more years, as did the children of Israel; but for Christ’s sake, His people should not add sin to sin by charging God with the consequence of their own wrong course of action.15 {Mar 19.4}

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