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1读经：2:12—3:21。约珥书是一卷短短的书，只有三章，却包括了从主前六○六年到千年国的人类历史。约珥书里的主要启示，是神兴起了由四种蝗虫所象征的四个帝国，开始于巴比伦，继续于玛代波斯、希腊、和罗马帝国，来残害神的选民，小小的以色列国。今天这种残害仍然继续著。当这样的历史在进行时，神就将祂自己这成为肉体、钉十字架、复活并升天的一位，也就是经过过程、终极完成的三一神作为那灵，浇灌在信基督的人身上。那个浇灌产生了召会，开始了奥秘时代。有关召会的每一件事都是奥秘，这奥秘乃是基督的显现。我们现今是在召会里，我们所作的都是奥秘的，为要引进基督最终的显现，带进复兴的时期，就是千年国；千年国乃是新天新地同新耶路撒冷的序幕。这就是约珥书的启示。我们进一步来看约珥书二章十二节至三章二十一节的内容。在这段话里我们看见，耶和华转向祂的选民以色列，（二12～32，）基督对列国的审判，（三1～15，）基督与祂的得胜者胜过列国，以及基督在复兴时代里在以色列中间掌权。（9～13，16～21。）贰耶和华转向祂的选民以色列
1Scripture Reading: Joel 2:12—3:21 Joel is a short book of three chapters, but it covers human history from 606 B.C. to the millennium. A major revelation in Joel is that God has raised up four empires symbolized by four kinds of locusts, beginning with Babylon and continuing with Medo- Persia, Greece, and the Roman Empire, to devastate the one small nation of Israel, God’select. Today this devastation is still going on. Along the way, while such a history was proceeding, God poured out Himself as the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and ascended One, the processed and consummated Triune God as the Spirit, upon the believers of Christ. That outpouring produced the church and began the age of mystery. Everything concerning the church is a mystery, and this mystery is the manifestation of Christ. Now we are here in the church doing things in a mysterious way to usher in the final appearing of Christ to bring in the age of restoration, the thousand- year kingdom, which is the prelude to the new heaven and the new earth with the New Jerusalem. This is the revelation in the book of Joel. Let us now go on to consider further the content of Joel in 2:12—3:21. In this portion we have the turn of Jehovah to His elect, Israel (2:12-32), the judgment of Christ upon the nations (3:1-15), and the victory of Christ with His overcomers over the nations and His reign among Israel in the age of restoration (3:9-13, 16-21). II. THE TURN OF JEHOVAH TO HIS ELECT, ISRAEL
一 要他们归向耶和华他们的神
A. Wanting Them to Turn to Jehovah Their God
212耶和华要祂的选民归向祂。二章十二至十七节启示，他们应当怎样归向祂。
2Jehovah wanted His elect to turn to Him. Verses through 17 of chapter two reveal in what way they should return to their God.
1 一心归向神
1. With All Their Heart
3耶和华要祂的选民一心归向祂。（12。）
3Jehovah wanted His elect to turn to Him with all their heart (v. 12a
2 禁食、哭泣、哀恸
2. With Fasting, Weeping, and Mourning
4祂要他们在禁食、哭泣、哀恸中归向祂。（12下。）
4He wanted them to turn to Him also with fasting, weeping, and mourning (v. 12b).
3 撕裂心肠，不是撕裂衣服
3. Rending Their Hearts and Not Their Garments
5耶和华的选民归向他们的神时，应当撕裂心肠，不是撕裂衣服，（13，）好叫神转意后悔，留下余福，就是素祭和奠祭。（14。）素祭和奠祭是给以色列的福。从尼布甲尼撒毁坏耶路撒冷和圣殿时起，以色列就失去了神所命定他们能献祭给神的地方。（申十二5～。）此外，神的蝗虫军队也毁坏了那地的一切出产，没有留下五谷作素祭，也没有葡萄作奠祭。因此，以色列失去了立场和材料，不能献素祭满足神，也不能献奠祭使神快乐。今天，神和以色列仍然在受失去这福的苦。
5In returning to their God, Jehovah’s elect should rend their hearts and not their garments (v. 13). They should do this so that God would turn, repent, and leave a blessing behind Him—a meal offering and a drink offering (v. 14). The meal offering and the drink offering are blessings to Israel. When Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and the temple, Israel lost the place appointed by God where they could offer their offerings to God (Deut. 12:5-6). Also, God’s army of locusts destroyed the6 produce of the land, leaving no grain to make a meal offering and no grapes to make wine for the drink offering. Thus, Israel lost both the ground and the materials to offer the meal offering to feed God and the drink offering to cheer God. Today both God and Israel are still suffering the loss of this blessing.
4 在锡安吹号
4. Blowing a Trumpet in Zion
6约珥书二章十五节上半说，『你们要在锡安吹号。』吹号就是在得胜的灵里宣告。
6In Joel 2:15a Jehovah says, “Blow a trumpet in Zion.” To blow a trumpet is to make a declaration in a triumphant spirit
5 圣别禁食的日子
5. Sanctifying a Fast
7十五节中说，『圣别禁食的日子。』这个禁食不是平常的，乃是圣别、分别归神的。
7Verse 15b goes on to say, “Sanctify a fast.” This fast was not to be common; rather, it was to be sanctified, separated for God
6 宣告严肃会
6. Calling a Solemn Assembly
8耶和华也要祂的选民宣告严肃会：要聚集众民，招聚老者，使新郎出离洞房，新妇出离内室。（15下～16。）这样的会是个大福，不应当错过。
8Jehovah also wanted His elect to call a solemn assembly: gathering the people, assembling the elders, and letting the bridegroom go forth from his chamber and the bride from her canopy (vv. 15c-16). Such an assembly is a great blessing, something that should not be missed
7 祭司要在廊子和祭坛中间哭泣
7. Letting the Priests Weep between the Porch and the Altar
9十七节说，『事奉耶和华的祭司，要在廊子和祭坛中间哭泣，说，耶和华阿，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，受列邦管辖。为何容列国的人说，他们的神在那里？』廊子和祭坛是在圣殿外；祭司要在廊子和祭坛中间，为以色列失去祝福而哭泣。然而，被带回归向神的以色列民有立场享受祝福。他们有神命定的祭坛，可以向神献上神喜悦的东西，为著神的满足。
9Verse 17 says, “Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, / Weep between the porch and the altar, / And let them say, / Look with pity, O Jehovah, upon Your people; / And do not give Your inheritance over to reproach, / That the nations should rule over them. / Why should they say among the nations, / Where is their God?” The porch and the altar were outside the temple, and between the porch and the altar the priests were to weep for Israel’shaving lost the blessing. Nevertheless, the people, having been brought back to God, had the ground to enjoy the blessing. They had the altar, ordained by God, where they could offer what God desired for His satisfaction.
二 渴望祝福祂自己的地
B. Desiring to Bless His Own Land
10在十八至二十七节我们看见神渴望祝福祂自己的地。圣地是一块特别的地，乃是神的地。
10In verses 18 through 27 we see that God desires to bless His own land. The holy land, a particular area of land, is God’s land
1 以这地丰富的出产为祝福
1. With the Rich Produce of the Land
11神渴望以这地丰富的出产祝福祂自己的地。（19，21～22，25～27。）
11God desires to bless His own land with the rich produce of the land (vv. 19, 21-22, 25-27
2 藉著赐雨
2. By the Rains
12神也渴望藉著赐雨－秋雨春雨祝福这地。（23。）
12God desires to bless His land also by the rains: the former rain and the latter rain (v. 23
3 藉著使仇敌远离百姓
3. By Driving Away from the People the Enemies Sent by God as His Great Army
13最后，神渴望藉著使仇敌远离百姓，祝福祂的地，这仇敌就是神打发到他们中间的大军队，就是群蝗、舔蝗、毁蝗和剪蝗。（20，25。）
13Finally, God desires to bless His land by driving away from the peoples the enemies sent by Him as the swarming locusts, the licking locusts, the consuming locusts, and the cutting locusts as His great army (vv. 20, 25
三 乐意拯救他们
C. Willing to Save Them
14二十八至三十二节启示神乐意拯救祂的选民以色列。
14Verses 28 through 32 reveal that God is willing to save His elect, Israel
1 藉著将祂的灵浇灌在他们身上
1. By Pouring Out His Spirit upon Them
15耶和华乐意拯救以色列，将祂的灵如同秋雨浇灌在他们身上。（28～29。）这豫言已在五旬节那天应验作为豫尝，（徒二1～4，16～21，）并要在大灾难前应验作为全享，以拯救并重生许多回转的以色列人。这个浇灌不同于大灾难末了一天那灵的浇灌，（亚十二10，）那是为著拯救受敌基督围困的犹太余民。
15Jehovah is willing to save Israel by pouring out His Spirit (as the former rain) upon them (vv. 28-29). This prophecy was fulfilled as a foretaste on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4, 16-21), and it will be fulfilled as a full taste before the great tribulation for the salvation and regeneration of many of the returned Israelites. This outpouring is different from the outpouring of the Spirit on the last day of the tribulation (Zech. 12:10) for the salvation of the remnant of the Jews under Antichrist’s besieging
16五旬节那日浇灌下来的那灵，乃是神的灵复合了基督的人性、受死、复活和升天。这浇灌下来的复合之灵乃是基督的实化，也是三一神的终极完成。神将祂自己浇灌在那些呼求主名的人身上。这浇灌产生了召会。以前只有犹太人和外邦人，但现在产生了召会这第三个实体。（林前十32。）召会是奥秘的，因为基督是在召会里显现出来。
16The Spirit poured out on the day of Pentecost was the Spirit of God compounded with Christ’s humanity, death, resurrection, and ascension. This compounded Spirit who has been poured out is the realization of Christ and the consummation of the Triune God. God poured Himself upon those who called on the name of the Lord. This outpouring produced the church. Formerly, there were only the Jews and the Gentiles, but now there is the church as a third entity (1 Cor. 10:32). The church is mysterious, for it is in the church that Christ is manifested.
17这终极完成之灵的浇灌就是基督的来临。基督是藉著成为肉体而来。至终，祂受死并复活；在某一面意义上，祂离开了。但藉著那灵的浇灌，祂回来好得著显现。藉著这浇灌，所有的门徒和在五旬节那日得救的人，就成了团体基督的一部分。个人的基督藉此成为团体的、扩大的、扩增的基督，就是召会，神在肉体中的显现。（提前三15～16。）止我们可以看见，这卷书是说到世界历史。我们研读历史的课本是圣经，特别是这卷短短的约珥书。在这卷书中我们看见列国是蝗虫，以及这些蝗虫对以色列的残害。这里我们也看见作为终极完成之三一神的那灵，大大浇灌在呼求耶和华之名的犹太人身上；他们因此得重生，成为召会的一部分，为著基督的显现。2藉著他们呼求耶和华的名约珥书二章三十二节指明，神的选民要藉著呼求耶和华的名得救。呼求耶和华的名，在新约中等于呼求主耶稣的名。
17The outpouring of the consummated Spirit is Christ’s coming. Christ came through incarnation. Eventually, He died and was resurrected, and, in a sense, He went away. But by the outpouring of the Spirit He came back to be manifested. By this outpouring all the disciples and saved ones on the day of Pentecost became parts of the corporate Christ. The individual Christ has thus become the corporate Christ, the enlarged, increased Christ, which is the church as the manifestation of God in the flesh (1 Tim. 3:15-16). of Joel, we can see that this book deals with world history. Our text for the study of history is the Bible, in particular the short book of Joel. In this book we see the nations as the locusts and the devastation of Israel by these locusts. Here we also see a great outpouring of the Spirit as the consummated Triune God upon those Jews who call upon the name of Jehovah and who thus are regenerated to become part of the church for the manifestation of Christ. 2. Through Their Calling on the Name of Jehovah Joel 2:32 indicates that God’s elect people will be saved through their calling on the name of Jehovah. The equivalent of this in the New Testament is calling on the name of the Lord Jesus.
3 同著第六印和头四号的自然灾难
3. Accompanied by the Natural Calamities of the Sixth Seal and the First Four Trumpets
18神拯救以色列人，是藉著将祂的灵浇灌在他们身上；这要同著第六印和头四号（启六12～17，八7～12）临到诸天、日头、月亮、星辰和地（珥二30～31上）的自然灾难，作为大灾难的序幕。（太二四21。）
18God’ss aving of Israel by pouring out His Spirit upon them will be accompanied by the natural calamities of the sixth seal and the first four trumpets (Rev. 6:12-17; 8:7-12) on the heavens, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the earth (Joel 2:30-31a) as a prelude to the great tribulation (Matt. 24:21
4 在第五号，就是三样灾祸的第一祸之前
4. Before the Fifth Trumpet, the First of the Three Woes
19那灵为著拯救回转之犹太人的第二次浇灌，要发生于第五号，就是三样灾祸（启八13～九19，十一14，十五5～十六21）的第一祸之前；这三样灾祸是在耶和华大而可畏的日子时大灾难的主要结构。（珥二31下。）然而，许多归回的犹太人却不相信，他们仍是倔强。至终，在大灾难期间，耶路撒冷要被敌基帅领的外邦军队所包围，他们的目的就是要将以色列完全毁灭。在这时候，主耶稣基督要带著祂的得胜者降临。此外，按照撒迦利亚十二章，那时候终极完成的灵要再度浇灌下来，使以色列的余民得救。
19The second outpouring of the Spirit for the saving of the returned Jews will take place before the fifth trumpet, the first of the three woes (Rev. 8:13—9:19; 11:14; 15:5—16:21), which are the major structure of the great tribulation, in the great and terrible day of Jehovah (Joel 2:31b). However, many of the returned Jews will not believe but will continue to be stubborn. Eventually, during the tribulation, Jerusalem will be surrounded by the Gentile armies under Antichrist, whose intention will be to destroy Israel entirely. At that juncture the Lord Jesus Christ will descend with His overcomers. Furthermore, according to Zechariah 12, at that time the consummated Spirit will again be poured out, and the remnant of the children of Israel will be saved.
20因此，圣灵的浇灌一共有三次：第一次是在五旬节浇灌下来；第二次是在大灾难前浇灌在犹太人身上；第三次是浇灌在被围困、无法从敌基督的迫害中逃脱的犹太人身上。这三次的浇灌加在一起，为要完成对以色列的救恩。
20Thus, there are three outpourings of the Holy Spirit: first, the outpouring on the day of Pentecost; second, the outpouring just before the great tribulation upon the Jews; and third, the outpouring upon the besieged Jews, who will have no way to escape the persecution of Antichrist. These three outpourings work together for the salvation of Israel
参 基督对列国的审判
III. THE JUDGMENT OF CHRIST UPON THE NATIONS
21约珥书三章一至十五节说到基督对列国的审判－对活人的审判。（徒十42，十七31。）
21Joel 3:1-15 speaks concerning the judgment of Christ upon the nations—the judgment upon the living (Acts 10:42; 17:31
一 在约沙法谷
A. At the Valley of Jehoshaphat
22这个审判要在约沙法谷，就是断定谷举行。（珥三2，12，14。）二要报应列国在大灾难期间
22This judgment will take place at the valley of Jehoshaphat, which is the valley of decision (Joel 3:2, 12, 14). B. To Recompense the Nations’ Mistreatment
对以色列的恶待
of Israel during the Great Tribulation
23基督对活人的审判，目的是要报应列国在大灾难期间对以色列的恶待。（珥三2下～8，启十二17，十三7，10，太二五41～46上。）基督将敌基督及假申言者扔到火湖后，就要在耶路撒冷设立祂的宝座；所有活著的人如同山羊和绵羊，要被聚集到祂面前，受祂审判。山羊是邪恶的人，就是那些逼迫犹太人的人；绵羊是好人，就是那些在大灾难中帮助受逼迫之犹太人的人。
23The purpose of Christ’s judgment upon the living will be to recompense the nations’ mistreatment of Israel during the great tribulation (vv. 2b-8; Rev. 12:17; 13:7, 10; Matt. 25:41-46a). After Christ casts Antichrist and the false prophet into the lake of fire, He will set up His throne in Jerusalem, and all the living ones as the goats and the sheep will be gathered before Him to be judged by Him. The goats will be the evil ones, those who persecuted the Jews, and the sheep will be the good ones, those who helped the persecuted Jews during the tribulation
24肆基督与祂的得胜者胜过列国，以及基督在复兴时代里
24IV. THE VICTORY OF CHRIST WITH HIS OVERCOMERS OVER THE NATIONS AND HIS REIGN AMONG ISRAEL
在以色列中间掌权
in the age of restoration
25最后，约珥说到关于基督与祂的得胜者胜过列国，以及基督在复兴时代在以色列中间掌权。（三9～13，16～21。）
25Finally, Joel speaks regarding the victory of Christ with His overcomers over the nations and His reign among Israel in the age of restoration (3:9- 13, 16-21
一 基督同祂的得胜者要在哈米吉顿击败敌基督和他的军队
A. Christ with His Overcomers Defeating Antichrist and His Armies at Armageddon
26首先，按照三章九至十三节，基督同祂的得胜者（启十七14，十九～14）作为大能者，要在哈米吉顿击败敌基督和他的军队－列国。
26First, according to verses 9 through 13, Christ with His overcomers (Rev. 17:14; 19:11-14) as the mighty ones will defeat Antichrist and his armies (the 11 nations) at Armageddon.
二 基督要在耶路撒冷内锡安圣山上，
B. Christ Reigning among Israel
27在以色列人中间掌权
27on the Holy Mountain of Zion within Jerusalem
28敌基督被击败之后，基督要在耶路撒冷内锡安圣山上，在以色列人中间掌权。（珥三16上，17，21下。）
28After the defeat of Antichrist, Christ will reign among Israel on the holy mountain of Zion within Jerusalem Joel 3:16a, 17, 21b
三 基督作以色列人的避难所和保障
C. Christ Being a Shelter and a Stronghold to the Children of Israel
29基督在耶路撒冷掌权时，祂要作以色列人的避难所和保障。（16下。）因为这样，无人能彀再毁坏以色列。
29As Christ reigns in Jerusalem, He will be a shelter and a stronghold to the children of Israel (v. 16b). Because of this, no one will be able to damage Israel anymore
四 在复兴时
D. In the Restoration
30在复兴时，基督要在耶路撒冷内锡安圣山上，在以色列人中间掌权。（珥三18，太十九28。）
30Christ’s reign among Israel on the holy mountain of Zion within Jerusalem will be in the restoration (v. 18; Matt. 19:28
1 大山要滴新酒，小山要流奶
1. The Mountains Dropping Down Fresh Wine and the Hills Flowing with Milk
31三章十八节上半告诉我们，在复兴时，大山要滴新酒，小山要流奶。这指明那光景是如何的富饶。2犹大的溪河都有水流在复兴时不会缺水，因为犹大的溪河都有水流。（18中。）那里有溪河，那里就充满水流。
31Joel 3:1 8 a tells us that in the restoration the mountains will drop down fresh wine, and the hills will flow with milk. This indicates how rich the situation will be. 2. All the Waterways of Judah Flowing with Water In the restoration there will be no shortage of water, for all the waterways of Judah will flow with water (v. 18b). Wherever there is a waterway, there will be a river full of water.
3 必有泉源从耶和华殿中流出，灌溉这地
3. A Fountain Going Forth from the House of Jehovah to Water the Land
32必有泉源从耶和华殿中流出，灌溉整个圣地。（18下。）这是指耶路撒冷的光景；在那里有一道河从神和羔羊的宝座流出，灌溉圣城。五以色列四围一切的仇敌必受惩罚三章十九至二十一节上半告诉我们，以色列四围一切的仇敌必受惩罚。因此，列国受惩罚，以色列得复兴，基督要显现。这是新天新地同新耶路撒冷的序幕。
32A fountain will go forth from the house of Jehovah, the temple, to water the entire holy land (v. 18c). This points to the situation in the New Jerusalem, where a river will flow out of the throne of God and of the Lamb to water the holy city. E. All the Surrounding Enemies of Israel Being Punished Joel 3:19-21a tells us that all the surrounding enemies of Israel will be punished. Therefore, the nations will be punished, Israel will be restored, and Christ will be manifested. This will be a prelude to the new heaven and new earth with the New Jerusalem.