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本日經文提要  (啟示錄 4:1~6:17)
 
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啟4:1此後,我觀看,見天上有門開了,我初次聽見好像吹號的聲音,對我說:你上到這裡來,我要將以後必成的事指示你。
啟4:2我立刻被聖靈感動,見有一個寶座安置在天上,又有一位坐在寶坐上。
啟4:3看那坐著的,好像碧玉和紅寶石,又有虹圍著寶座,好像綠寶石。
啟4:4寶座的周圍,又有二十四個座位,其上坐著二十四位長老,身穿白衣,頭上戴著金冠冕。
啟4:5有閃電,聲音,雷轟,從寶座中發出。又有七盞火燈在寶座前點著,這七燈就是神的七靈。
啟4:6寶座前好像一個玻璃海如同水晶,寶座中,和寶座周圍有四個活物,前後遍體都滿了眼睛。
啟4:7第一個活物像獅子,第二個像牛犢,第三個臉面像人,第四個像飛鷹。
啟4:8四活物各有六個翅膀,遍體內外都滿了眼睛,他們晝夜不住的說:聖哉,聖哉,聖哉,主神,是昔在今在以後永在的全能者。
啟4:9每逢四活物將榮耀,尊貴,感謝,歸給那坐在寶座上,活到永永遠遠者的時候,
啟4:10那二十四位長老,就俯伏在坐寶座的面前,敬拜那活到永永遠遠的,又把他們的冠冕放在寶座前,說:
啟4:11我們的主,我們的神,你是配得榮耀尊貴權柄的,因為你創造了萬物,並且萬物因你的旨意被創造而有的。

啟5:1我看見坐寶座的右手中有書卷,裡外都寫著字,用七印封嚴了。
啟5:2我又看見一位大力的天使,大聲宣傳說:有誰配展開那書卷,揭開那七印呢。
啟5:3在天上,地上,地底下,沒有能展開能觀看那書卷的。
啟5:4因為沒有配展開,配觀看那書卷的,我就大哭。
啟5:5長老中有一位對我說:不要哭,看哪,猶大支派中的獅子,大衛的根,他已得勝,能以展開那書卷,揭開那七印。
啟5:6我又看見寶座與四活物並長老之中,有羔羊站立,像是被殺過的,有七角七眼,就是神的七靈,奉差遣往普天下去的。
啟5:7這羔羊前來,從坐寶座的右手裡拿了書卷。
啟5:8他既拿了書卷,四活物和二十四位長老,就俯伏在羔羊面前,各拿著琴,和盛滿了香的金爐,這香就是眾聖徒的祈禱。
啟5:9他們唱新歌,說:你配拿書卷,配揭開七印,因為你曾被殺,用自己的血從各族各方,各民各國中買了人來,叫他們歸於神,
啟5:10又叫他們成為國民,作祭司,歸於神,在地上執掌王權。
啟5:11我又看見,且聽見,寶座與活物並長老的周圍,有許多天使的聲音,他們的數目有千千萬萬。
啟5:12大聲說:曾被殺的羔羊,是配得權柄,豐富,智慧,能力,尊貴,榮耀,頌讚的。
啟5:13我又聽見,在天上,地上,地底下,滄海裡,和天地間一切所有被造之物,都說:但願頌讚,尊貴,榮耀,權勢,都歸給坐寶座的和羔羊,直到永永遠遠。
啟5:14四活物就說:阿們。眾長老也俯伏敬拜。
 
啟6:1我看見羔羊揭開七印中第一印的時候,就聽見四活物中的一個活物,聲音如雷,說:你來。
啟6:2我就觀看,見有一匹白馬,騎在馬上的拿著弓,並有冠冕賜給他,他便出來,勝了又要勝。
啟6:3揭開第二印的時候,我聽見第二個活物說:你來。
啟6:4就另有一匹馬出來,是紅的,有權柄給了那騎馬的,可以從地上奪去太平,使人彼此相殺,又有一把大刀賜給他。
啟6:5揭開第三印的時候,我聽見第三個活物說:你來。我就觀看,見有一匹黑馬,騎在馬上的手裡拿著天平。
啟6:6我聽見在四活物中,似乎有聲音說:一錢銀子買一升麥子,一錢銀子買三升大麥,油和酒不可蹧蹋。
啟6:7揭開第四印的時候,我聽見第四個活物說:你來。
啟6:8我就觀看,見有一匹灰色馬,騎在馬上的,名字叫作死,陰府也隨著他,有權柄賜給他們,可以用刀劍,饑荒,瘟疫,〔瘟疫或作死亡〕野獸,殺害地上四分之一的人。
啟6:9揭開第五印的時候,我看見在祭壇底下,有為神的道,並為作見證,被殺之人的靈魂。
啟6:10大聲喊著說:聖潔真實的主阿,你不審判住在地上的人給我們伸流血的冤,要等到幾時呢。
啟6:11於是有白衣賜給他們各人,又有話對他們說:還要安息片時,等著一同作僕人的,和他們的弟兄,也像他們被殺,滿足了數目。
啟6:12揭開第六印的時候,我又看見地大震動,日頭變黑像毛布,滿月變紅像血。
啟6:13天上的星晨墜落於地,如同無花果樹被大風搖動,落下未熟的果子一樣。
啟6:14天就挪移,好像書卷被捲起來,山嶺海島都被挪移離開本位。
啟6:15地上的君王,臣宰,將軍,富戶,壯士,和一切為奴的,自主的,都藏在山洞,和巖石穴裡。
啟6:16向山和巖石說:倒在我們身上罷,把我們藏起來,躲避坐寶座者的面目,和羔羊的忿怒。
啟6:17因為他們忿怒的大日到了,誰能站得住呢。
 
 

DEC 27 ,2015-The Journey of Grace (361/365) Rev 4:1~6:17
 
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Revelation 4
 
The Throne in Heaven
4 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits[a] of God. 6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.
 
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
 
“‘Holy, holy, holy
 
is the Lord God Almighty,’[b]
 
who was, and is, and is to come.”
 
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
 
11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”
 
Revelation 5 
 
The Scroll and the Lamb
5 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
 
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[a] of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. 9 And they sang a new song, saying:
 
“You are worthy to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
    and with your blood you purchased for God
    persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
    and they will reign[b] on the earth.”
11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. 12 In a loud voice they were saying:
 
“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
    to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
    and honor and glory and praise!”
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:
 
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
    be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”
14 The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
 
Revelation 6 
 
The Seals
 
6 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
 
3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.
 
5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds[a] of wheat for a day’s wages,[b] and six pounds[c] of barley for a day’s wages,[d] and do not damage the oil and the wine!”
 
7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
 
9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[e] were killed just as they had been.
 
12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
 
15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us[f] from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their[g] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”
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