旧约 - 撒迦利亚书(Zechariah)第10章

Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone.
The idols speak deceit, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
"My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the LORD Almighty will care for his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like a proud horse in battle.
From Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler.
Together they will be like mighty men trampling the muddy streets in battle. Because the LORD is with them, they will fight and overthrow the horsemen.
"I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.
The Ephraimites will become like mighty men, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
I will signal for them and gather them in. Surely I will redeem them; they will be as numerous as before.
Though I scatter them among the peoples, yet in distant lands they will remember me. They and their children will survive, and they will return.
I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon, and there will not be room enough for them.
They will pass through the sea of trouble; the surging sea will be subdued and all the depths of the Nile will dry up. Assyria's pride will be brought down and Egypt's scepter will pass away.
I will strengthen them in the LORD and in his name they will walk," declares the LORD.
撒迦利亚书第十章   亚 10:2> 众人如羊流离,我们这群基督的羊,也有迷失的时候…… 

  10:2 我们常把金钱、权力、名誉或成就变成偶像,并指望它们能带给我们幸福和安全。但这些偶像又怎能供应我们的真正需要呢?相信偶像着实愚蠢,让我们专心信赖神对我们未来的应许吧! 

  亚 10:4> 以色列人所有问题的答案在于弥赛亚,我们呢? 

  10:4 在基督降世前五百多年,撒迦利亚就发出预言,称基督为房角石(参赛 28:16 )、钉子(参赛 22:23 )、战争的弓和有所行动的掌权者(参创 49:10 ;弥 5:2 )。弥赛亚必强盛稳固,得胜有余,可信可靠,全智全能,祂就是以色列所有问题的答案。只有弥赛亚能实现神对其百姓的应许。 

  亚 10:6> 神的百姓必聚合在一起,可这么多宗派、团体…… 

  10:6 犹大家是指南国,约瑟家则指北国。从约瑟的儿子以法莲而来的支派是北国各支派之首。神总有一天要让所有的百姓聚合在一起。这一节讲到神联合犹太人(参耶 31:10 ),这真是不可思议的事,因为自公元前 722 年被掳之后,北国以色列的百姓已完全被异族同化了,要南北两国统一绝非人所能做到的,只能出于神的手。 

  亚 10:6,12> 一举一动都奉神的名,这是神的命令── 

  10:6,12 神应许加添祂百姓的力量。我们跟神的关系亲近,祂的灵便使我们能够遵行神的旨意,哪怕障碍重重。我们若远离神,力量的源泉就被切断了。 

  亚 10:10> 神再领百姓出被奴役之地,主也领我们…… 

  10:10 这幅从埃及和亚述归回的图画,象征百姓将从所有散居的国家归来。埃及和亚述勾起了百姓作奴隶和骨肉分离的回忆。 

  亚 10:11> 在我渡过生命中的苦海时,也能感到有神在我身旁么?