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旧约 - 约拿书(Jonah)第3章

And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
约拿书第三章   第 3 章 

  拿 3:1,2> 神一而再,再而三地吩咐约拿为祂作工,我这不配事奉的人,神会用我吗? 

  3:1,2 约拿逃避神,但神再给他一次机会参与神的工作。你也许因为过去的失败而感到不配事奉,但事奉神不是自己挣来的一分工作。没人配事奉神,但神仍然让我们去完成祂的工作。今天,你仍可能再有机会。 

  拿 3:1,2> 神召约拿宣讲信息,约拿的心情不难理解,怕自己所讲人不接受嘛;其实我也怕…… 

  3:1,2 约拿要去宣讲的仅是神告诉他的信息──神要对世界上最强盛的城市之一施行审判。这虽不是最理想的任务,但是既然要把神的话带给他人,就不应该受社会压力的影响,更不要顾忌听众的反应。人一旦蒙召宣讲神的信息和真理,就不要考虑是否能讨人的喜悦。 

  拿 3:3> 用三天的路程,是指什么? 

  3:3 希伯来经文中没有区分尼尼微城的中心地区和行政区域。中心地区是指城墙方圆约十三公里,居住人口约十七万五千的地区;行政区域则指四十八至九十六公里之间的区域。所以,只是参观这座尼尼微大城中心地区,也得花上三天的时间。 

  拿 3:4-9> 尼尼微城的人都能悔改,你还怕自己所传的别人不会听吗? 

  3:4-9 神的话语是给每一个人的。尽管尼尼微的百姓罪恶滔天,但他们信服接受神的信息,并且很快地悔改。我们简单地宣布我们对神的认识,就会为许多人愿意听从而感到惊讶。 

  拿 3:10> 神珍惜痛悔的心,看重人对祂的回应,从祂看待尼尼微人可看到;我们对神的回应又是怎样? 

  3:10 尼尼微的外邦百姓接受了约拿的信息,诚心悔改。神的话语对邪恶之人产生神迹般的作用。他们的悔改,正与以色列人的固执形成了强烈的对比。以色列百姓已从先知那里听了许多信息,可就是拒绝悔改。尼尼微的百姓只不过听了一次神的信息,就有了这么大的改变。耶稣说,在最后的审判中,尼尼微人要站出来谴责以色列人不肯悔改(参太 12:39-41 )。不是我们听到了神的话语,神就会喜悦,祂更喜悦我们对祂的话作出顺服的回应。 

  拿 3:10> 神怎么说出口又收回不惩罚他们呢? 

  3:10 神以怜悯为怀,取消了既定的大惩罚。神曾应许过,祂所宣告要惩罚的任何国家,如果悔改就会得救(参耶 18:7-8 )。神赦免了尼尼微,正如赦免了约拿一样。神审判的目的是惩治、挽救,而不是为了复仇。祂随时准备向任何愿意寻求祂的人表示同情。──《灵修版圣经注释》