旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第66章

This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?
Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?" declares the LORD. "This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.
But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a man, and whoever offers a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig's blood, and whoever burns memorial incense, like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and their souls delight in their abominations;
so I also will choose harsh treatment for them and will bring upon them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, no one listened. They did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me."
Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy!' Yet they will be put to shame.
Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of the LORD repaying his enemies all they deserve.
"Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.
Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.
Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?" says your God.
"Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her.
For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance."
For this is what the LORD says: "I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees.
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."
When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the LORD will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.
See, the LORD is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
For with fire and with his sword the LORD will execute judgment upon all men, and many will be those slain by the LORD.
"Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following the one in the midst of those who eat the flesh of pigs and rats and other abominable things--they will meet their end together," declares the LORD.
"And I, because of their actions and their imaginations, am about to come and gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see my glory.
"I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations--to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations.
And they will bring all your brothers, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD--on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels," says the LORD. "They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the LORD in ceremonially clean vessels.
And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites," says the LORD.
"As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me," declares the LORD, "so will your name and descendants endure.
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me," says the LORD.
"And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."
以赛亚书第六十六章   赛 66:1> 神到底住在哪里?神需不需要住所? 

  66:1 既使有壮丽的耶路撒冷圣殿,对于无所不在的神而言也是微不足道的。神不被局限于任何人造的建筑中(参代下 6:18 ;徒 7:49-50 )。这一章是本书的高潮。神将高举谦卑的人,审判所有人,毁灭恶人,将所有信徒召集在一起,建立新天新地。就让这一希望每一天都鼓励你吧。 

  赛 66:2-3> 神怎样谴责假冒为善的人?这对我有何警戒? 

  66:2-3 这些章节总结了以赛亚的信息。他比较了两种生活方式:谦卑的人对神的信息怀有深深的敬畏,并在生活中运用它们;选择自己方式生活的傲慢人,献祭只是他们的表面功夫。在他们的内心深处,他们是谋杀犯、堕落者和拜偶像的人。神向谦卑的人施怜悯,咒诅骄傲自满的人(参路 1:51-53 )。我们的社会驱使我们去肯定和确认自身的权利。不要让你的自由选择的权力使你离开通往永生的道路。 

  赛 66:7-9> 锡安生儿女的比喻指的是什么? 

  66:7-9 神是不会让锡安重建的工作完不成的。藉着分娩的比谕,神显示出祂将要实现祂所应许的一切,就像婴儿的出生不可停止一样,疼痛过去之后欢乐便开始了。 

  赛 66:15-17> 主再来是何等威荣!你是怕还是欢喜迎接那日? 

  66:15-17 这是基督再来时施行大审判的威荣景象(参帖后 1:7-9 )。 

  赛 66:19> 当今世界上,哪些地方还没有听见福音?我们有什么使命尚未完成? 

  66:19 神的百姓将成为传道人到世界各地去:去他施(西班牙),北非的利比亚,亚西亚西部的路德,东北部的土巴和希腊(雅完)。 

  以赛亚书的特色 

  赛 66:22-24> 一方是新天新地,一方是死亡的火,人啊,何去何从?