Tax Coin in Fish Mouth
W1 2011-04-04 (太17)
經文: 馬太福音 17:27 但恐怕觸犯（觸犯：原文作絆倒）他們，你且往海邊去釣魚，把先釣上來的魚拿起來，開了他的口，必得一塊錢，可以拿去給他們，作你我的稅銀。
默想: 這裡讓我們看到主耶穌是那麼貧窮，到連繳交半塊錢的聖殿丁稅都沒有。雖然主耶穌認為他是上帝的兒子，是不必繳交聖殿稅的，但是，收丁稅的人卻不相信。主耶穌願意在非核心爭議議題上面若是能行，盡量與眾人和睦。主耶穌叫彼得去釣魚，在第一條魚的口裡，可以找到一塊錢。如果這是一個神蹟，也是需要彼得的相信與順服，才能夠應驗。求主幫助我，學習盡量與眾人和睦，並且願意順服主的命令。
題目: 在17：1-8中，彼得為何想要搭三座棚子在山上？上帝給予他的回應是什麼？對你有何啟示與提醒？
大家平安
回覆刪除17:4 彼得對耶穌說：「主啊，我們在這裡真好！你若願意，我就在這裡搭三座棚，一座為你，一座為摩西，一座為以利亞。」
彼得真是個好學生，對耶穌的教導或事蹟總是有回應，雖然不見得每次都是正確的，但這樣的學生讓老師較有切入點。
「主啊，我們在這裡真好！」真是說中了大家的心聲，住在雲端、與主同在、不受干擾，真是好得無比...但，那是將來的事。
耶穌繼續往前，完成祂的使命，門徒也是如此，願「特別的經歷」成為我們繼續前進的動力。
...I thought that Peter love Jesus and the other prophets vey much.
回覆刪除...God responded to him “"This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him."
...We must follow the Bible to do everything, and live Jesus’ truth.
May
「他們舉目不見一人，只見耶穌在那裏。」
回覆刪除神的榮耀不是來自人所看見的，而是單獨來自主耶穌。
神的榮耀不是顯現在山上的異象，而是彰顯在山下的日常生活中。
While Peter is confronted with majestic Christ, he immediately offers to build three tabernacles. After the Exodus, the Mosaic Law details how the Jews were instructed to build the Tabernacle. When Peter suggests building tabernacles, he is alluding to the glory of God. Given Peter’s Jewish background, his suggestion is appropriate.
回覆刪除The events of the Transfiguration occur just six days after Peter’s great confession of Christ. Jesus from that time on begins to explain He must die (Mt 16:21). Peter’s response in the high mountain shows that he is not interested in Jesus’ suffering, not concerned with God’s interests, but man’s (16:23). He merely seeks to replicate what his ancestors have done, to build a dwelling place for God.
The Gospel of the Transfiguration offers us a great hope. We can dwell in the tent of the Lord. He invites us to participate in His Exodus in order that we might be transfigured with him, to have a part in His Resurrection. Thus, the true tent is Jesus himself, the tent of His body.