神要以西結面對著耶路撒冷發預言(以西結書 21章):
神說祂的刀已磨亮準備出鞘, 將剪除你們中間的義人(righteous)與邪惡人(wicked).
這章經文是神預言祂將用巴比倫來攻打耶路撒冷, 拿走猶大的皇冠, 拿走王權.
就因他們拜外邦的神, 不尊守神的律, 行神眼中為惡的事.
我百思不解 --神怎麼會連義人都要殺呢?
這裡所提到的義人又是誰呢?
答案在: 以西結書 21:10 & 21:13 & 21:27
It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter;
it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth?
it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
“Because it is a testing, And what if the sword despises even the scepter? The scepter shall be no more,”
Overthrown, overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He comes whose right it is, And I will give it to Him.”’
神所說的義人是耶穌基督, 祂是整本聖經唯一提到被殺的無罪義人.
是以西結21:10節所說 “ 連同樹被邈視(上十字架)神的兒子( Rod of my son )”
當主為我們的罪被殺後, 猶大的王權(Scepter)就被拿走直到祂再來掌權為王.
這也讓我想起何西阿書3:4-5
神要何西阿買回妓女為妻, 且命令她要獨居, 不可再犯淫罪來預表以色列
將過無君, 無首長,無祭祀, 無假神的日子. 直到那天到時以色列將回轉向神,
回歸在大衛王(預表耶穌)之下.
何西阿書3:4-5
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
何西阿講的妓女(以色列)是誰?
先知預言以色列將過沒有 王(King), 沒有獻祭(sacrifice), 沒有偶像,不拜假神的日子是何意思?
這個妓女就是我們, 是主耶穌重價買回, 潔淨我們, 叫我們不可再拜假神, 不再向假神獻祭,
不再稱這世界的王為王, 直到耶穌再來. 所以耶穌再來時(千禧年), 父神就把王權交給主耶穌.
正如以西結書21:27 所說的 ”Until He comes whose right it is, And I will give it to Him.”’