The Pillar of Cloud
W5 2011-05-06 (出13)
經文: 出埃及記 13:21-22 日間，耶和華在雲柱中領他們的路；夜間，在火柱中光照他們，使他們日夜都可以行走。日間雲柱，夜間火柱，總不離開百姓的面前。
默想: 耶和華帶領以色列人出埃及之後，走進曠野的道路。耶和華在白天用雲柱來遮蔽曠野的烈日，使以色列人不受烈日的酷曬之苦。同時，雲註也一路帶領以色列人在曠野中前進的方向，以免在曠野中迷路。到了晚上，天黑地凍的，耶和華又賞賜火柱，不只照亮以色列人在黑夜中得以看清楚前面的方向，也可以帶給以色列人一些溫暖。感謝上帝的恩典，會照著我們人生處境的需要，而賞賜給我們夠用的恩典與帶領。
題目: 13:1-16對於將頭生的牲畜歸給耶和華有何意義？這與救贖有何關聯？
With the death of Egyptian firstborn, the Lord dramatically demonstrated that those not covered by the blood of the lamb will have no life or inheritance in the Heavenly Father’s Kingdom. The other lesson we learn is that we are covered by that blood only if we follow His instructions explicitly. If anyone in Israel had not done exactly as He commanded, he would have faced the same consequences as the Egyptians. That means if we aren’t totally covered by the blood of Messiah, we face everlasting death.
回覆刪除For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of cattle. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the first males who come to birth; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.
回覆刪除And Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place.” This rescue is not only physical redeeming but also soul redeeming.
Mei-Chuan
活出生命的價值必須放棄世界所看重，守住上帝所看重的，反之的生命即便活著，在上帝眼中還是死的。
回覆刪除大家平安
回覆刪除耶和華曉諭摩西說：「以色列中凡頭生的，無論是人是牲畜，都是我的，要分別為聖歸我。」(13:1-2)
神對我們的要求，是把最看重的、最寶貴的獻給祂；神為我們預備的救贖，也是這樣的標準，耶穌（神的獨生子）為我們被當成祭物。
「分別為聖」，懇求神幫助我。