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一月四日 基督复临的盼望
主必快来-第5章
The Hope of the Second Coming, January 4
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“证明这事的说:‘是了,我必快来。’阿们!主耶稣啊,我愿祢来”(启22:20)!
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He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20. {Mar 12.1}
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主的降临已经成为祂忠实信徒历代的指望。救主在橄榄山上临别之时所发祂必再来的应许,照亮了门徒的前途,使他们心中充满了喜乐和希望。这种喜乐和希望乃是忧伤所不能消灭,磨炼所不能蒙蔽的。在受痛苦与逼迫之际,那“至大的上帝,和我们救主耶稣基督的荣耀显现,”乃是他们“所盼望的福。”当帖撒罗尼迦的教友把他们所亲爱的人──这些人曾盼望可以亲眼看见主的降临──埋葬入土的时候,他们的心中充满了悲哀,但他们的教师保罗却向他们指出在基督复临的时候所必有的复活。在那日,凡在基督里死了的人必要复活,并要和那些仍然活着的人一同被提到空中与主相遇。他说:“这样,我们就要和主永远同在。所以你们当用这些话彼此劝慰”(帖前4:16-18)。……{Mar 12.1}
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The [second] coming of the Lord has been in all ages the hope of His true followers. The Saviour’s parting promise upon Olivet, that He would come again, lighted up the future for His disciples, filling their hearts with joy and hope that sorrow could not quench nor trials dim. Amid suffering and persecution, “the appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” was the “blessed hope.” When the Thessalonian Christians were filled with grief as they buried their loved ones, who had hoped to live to witness the coming of the Lord, Paul, their teacher, pointed them to the resurrection, to take place at the Saviour’s advent. Then the dead in Christ should rise, and together with the living be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. “And so,” he said, “shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18.... {Mar 12.2}
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从监狱里,从火刑柱和断头台上,就是许多圣徒和殉道者为真理作见证的地方,我们都可以听到他们为自己的信仰和指望所发的宣言,从古时直到今日。在这些基督徒中曾有一位说:“他们确信基督已经亲自复活,并确信在主来时,他们自己也要复活;因此,他们轻看死亡,视死如归”(丹尼尔T.泰勒《基督在地上作王:或,历代教会之声》33页)。他们甘愿进入坟墓,以便“复活自由”( 丹尼尔《基督在地上作王》54页)。他们仰望“主带着祂父的荣耀,驾着天上的云降临。”“为义人建立天国。”瓦典西人也曾怀有这同一的信仰(丹尼尔《基督在地上作王》129-132页)。威克里夫曾以救赎主的显现为教会的指望(丹尼尔《基督在地上作王》132-134页)。(GC 302){Mar 12.2}
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From the dungeon, the stake, the scaffold, where saints and martyrs witnessed for the truth, comes down the centuries the utterance of their faith and hope. Being “assured of His personal resurrection, and consequently of their own at His coming, for this cause,” says one of these Christians, “they despised death, and were found to be above it.”—Daniel T. Taylor, The Reign of Christ on Earth: or, The Voice of the Church in All Ages, p. 33. They were willing to go down to the grave, that they might “rise free.” They looked for the “Lord to come from heaven in the clouds with the glory of His Father,” “bringing to the just the times of the kingdom.” The Waldenses cherished the same faith. Wycliffe looked forward to the Redeemer’s appearing as the hope of the church.4 {Mar 12.3}
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在那荒芜多石的拔摩岛上,蒙爱的使徒约翰听到了这个应许:“是了,我必快来!”他便发出殷切的响应,这也就表达了历代行走天路之教会的心愿,他说,“主耶稣啊,我愿祢来”(启22:20)。(GC 302){Mar 12.3}
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On rocky Patmos the beloved disciple hears the promise, “Surely I come quickly,” and his longing response voices the prayer of the church in all her pilgrimage, “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” Revelation 22:20.5 {Mar 12.4}
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