Seven Angels with Golden Bowels
經文: 啟示錄 16:9 人被大熱所烤,就褻瀆那有權掌管這些災的神之名,並不悔改將榮耀歸給神。
默想: 當上帝顯出他公義的審判時,世人可能會產生兩極化的反應。有的人會在遭遇上帝公義審判時,認罪悔改,皈依基督的救贖,將榮耀歸給上帝。有的人會變本加厲,不但拒絕認罪,反而惱羞成怒,變本加厲,褻瀆上帝。求主幫助我,當遭遇上帝公義的審判時,願意盡早認罪悔改,信靠主耶穌的贖罪功勞,來與神和好。
題目: 你想穿著紫色與朱紅色衣服的女人可能預表什麼呢?
The harlot arrayed in purple and scarlet and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls is symbolic of Babylon. “Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations" is a pretty sarcastic expression.
回覆刪除In Revelation, the Apostle John tells the tale of two women. One is dressed in pure white, revealing the purity of true faith and doctrine. This pure woman of Revelation 12 is committed to Christ. Revelation 17 pictures another woman. The woman in scarlet riding on a beast may symbolize a corrupt church or system.
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回覆刪除「紫色和朱紅色的衣服」(17:4),有人認為天主教主教們的服裝有點"符合",可我不太認同這種說法。「你所看見的那女人就是管轄地上眾王的大城。」(17:18)是否有可能指普世"追求滿足物慾"的價值觀呢?