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旧约 - 玛拉基书(Malachi)第3章

"See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty.
But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap.
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,
and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the LORD, as in days gone by, as in former years.
"So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.
"I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.
Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD Almighty. "But you ask, 'How are we to return?'
"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings.
You are under a curse--the whole nation of you--because you are robbing me.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty.
"Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty.
"You have said harsh things against me," says the LORD. "Yet you ask, 'What have we said against you?'
"You have said, 'It is futile to serve God. What did we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD Almighty?
But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly the evildoers prosper, and even those who challenge God escape.'"
Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name.
"They will be mine," says the LORD Almighty, "in the day when I make up my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him.
And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
玛拉基书第三章   第 3 章 

  玛 3:1> 为神预备道路的是── 

  3:1 这节提到两位使者。一般人认为第一位是指施洗约翰(参太 11:10 ;路 7:27 ),第二位就是弥赛亚耶稣。玛拉基和施洗约翰都是为祂预备道路的。 

  玛 3:2-3> 烈火炼真金。我愿神净炼我,可是又怕烈火…… 

  3:2-3 提炼金银时必须把金银用火加热熔化,才能使杂质浮到表面并被撇去,留下高纯度的金银。没有加热熔化的过程,金银就不纯。金银内的杂质一经除去,即时变得光亮照人,甚至可以反照冶金之人的面貌。同样,我们的生命经神净炼后,亦会把神的荣光反照得更清楚,让周围的人也可以看到。因此,神吩咐作领袖的(这里指利未人)要特别开放自己,让神炼净他们的生命。碱是用来漂布的,在此表示净化的过程。 

  玛 3:7> 偏离了神还不承认,我可别作这种人…… 

  3:7 历代以来,人不断违抗神的命令,甚至辱骂祂,但神却始终忍耐,总是乐意接受罪人悔改。然而,在这里百姓竟敢暗示从未叛逆过神!很多人不接受赦免、与神和好,也是因为他们拒绝承认自己有罪。千万不要学这些人,只要我们愿意回转归向神,祂必乐意接受我们。 

  玛 3:8-12> 夺取神的东西?我没有吧?且慢── 

  3:8-12 玛拉基催促百姓不要停止十一奉献,要把当归给神的献上。其实早在摩西时代,已经订下十一奉献的制度(参利 27:30-34 ;申 14:22 )。利未人会获得部分十一奉献之物,因为他们并无产业(参民 18:20-21 )。不过在玛拉基时代,百姓并未献上当献的十分之一来支持神的仆人,以致利未人要出来工作维生,这使他们不再重视神赐给他们料理圣殿和安排敬拜的职责。我们所拥有的一切都是从神而来的,如果我们拒绝把部分归还给祂,就等于抢夺了祂的财产。你是自私地把神赐你的一切留给自己,还是愿意把部分归还给神来建立祂的国度呢? 

  玛 3:8-12> 神的家要有“粮”,我们每个人都要送“粮”入“库”,我送的够不够? 

  3:8-12 玛拉基时代的百姓并没有按神要求,把收入的十分之一存入圣殿里,他们也许舍不得劳苦得来的收成,但是他们误解神了。耶稣说:“你们要给人,就必有给你们的。”(路 6:38 )当我们付出时,必须知道神所应许的福气并非全是物质方面的,而且未必在世上时享有,不过,日后当我们与祂在一起时,就一定会完全得着。 

  玛 3:10> 这仓库是…… 

  3:10 仓库是圣殿中用以储存十一奉献的谷物或其他食物的地方,祭司们就是依赖这些捐献维生。 

  玛 3:13-15> “无利不起早”,人真的是只为利而活吗? 

  3:13-15 这几节主要是指百姓对神的傲慢态度。当我们问:“事奉神有什么好处”时,其实就是问:“事奉神对‘我’有什么好处?”人实在太以自我为中心了。这个问题其实应改为:“事奉对‘神’有什么好处?”我们要服事祂,只因为祂是神,配得我们事奉。 

  玛 3:16> 我是不是神记念册上有名的人? 

  3:16 神记念那些信靠祂、敬爱祂、敬拜祂和敬畏祂的人。 

  玛 3:17> 特特归神!怎样才能得到这个特权呢? 

  3:17 “特特归我”是指神珍惜看重那些信靠祂的人。这句话应验了神跟祂的子民立约之应许(参出 19:5 )。新约的信徒也是特特归神的(参彼前 2:9 )。你是否已将自己的一生交托给神,让祂掌管保守呢?──《灵修版圣经注释》