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弥迦书生命读经 · 第2篇

耶和华对以色列的安慰

Jehovah’s Comfort to Israel
1读经：2:12-13;4:1—5:15。我们强调过一个事实，就是所有的小申言者是用不同的方式，从不同的角度，在不同的方面说到同一件事。因此，弥迦也像其他的小申言者一样说到同一件事，但却是用他独特的方式来述说。
1Scripture Reading: Micah 2:12-13; 4:1—5:15 We have emphasized the fact that all the minor prophets speak the same thing in different ways, from different angles, and in different aspects. Thus, Micah also speaks the same thing as the other minor prophets, but he speaks it in his own particular way
2在前一篇信息中，我们讲到介言以及耶和华对以色列的责备。弥迦书一章启示耶和华从祂的殿里3出来，为要施行祂在罪恶之以色列身上的审判。三至四节描绘那即将要来的可怕审判：『耶和华出了祂的处所，降临踏在地的高处。众山在祂以下消化，山谷都要崩裂，如蜡化在火前，如水冲下山坡。』因著这个审判，申言者痛哭哀号，民中有些人也哀哭。（9～16。）底下两章乃是耶和华责备的一部分，形容雅各家和犹大家的罪恶。在本篇信息中，我们要来看耶和华对以色列的安慰。这安慰事实上是一件复兴的事。
2In the foregoing message we covered the introductory word and Jehovah’s reproof on Israel. Micah 1 reveals that Jehovah is coming forth out of His temple to exercise His judgment upon sinful Israel. Verses and 4 portray the terrible judgment that is coming. “Jehovah comes forth from His place, / And He will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth. / And the mountains will be melted under Him, / And the valleys will be cleft, / Like wax before fire, / Like water poured down a slope.” Because of this judgment, the prophet wailed and howled, and some of the people also wailed (vv. 9-16). The next two chapters, part of Jehovah’s reproof, are a description of the sinfulness of the house of Jacob and the house of Judah. In this message we will consider Jehovah’s comfort to Israel. This comfort is actually a matter of restoration.
参 耶和华对以色列的安慰
III. JEHOVAH’S COMFORT TO ISRAEL
3耶和华对以色列的安慰见于二章十二至十三节，和四章一节至五章十五节。一以色列在千年国时的复兴
3Jehovah’s comfort to Israel is found in 2:12-13 and 4:1—5:15. A. The Restoration of Israel in the Millennium
4弥迦书四章一至五节说到以色列在千年国（启二十4，6，赛二2～5）时的复兴。（太十九28。）那时人不再学习战事，（弥四3，）要不受惊扰的享受生命：『人人都要坐在自己葡萄树下和无花果树下，无人惊扰。』（4。）每个人都在平安里吃喝享受。这样的吃喝是对神的一种敬拜。千年国的一千年是一个持续的婚筵。照著旧约，在每年的节期中，神吩咐以色列人不可作工。（利二三7～8，35。）在这些节期中作工，乃是对神的侮辱。人只要在神面前安息、吃喝、享受他们的生活。他们的吃喝就是他们对神的敬拜。照著新约，七日的第一日，在主的桌子前，我们放下我们的工作，安息在主里，吃喝基督以享受祂，也让祂享受我们的饱足。这是对神最高的敬拜，这也是基督徒的生活－一种为著敬拜之安息的生活。神在寻找这样敬拜祂的人。（约四23～。）我们蒙召不是为著劳苦作工，而是为著敬拜。每天早晚我们该藉著享受神来敬拜祂。
4Micah 4:1-5 concerns the restoration of Israel (Matt. 19:28) in the millennium (Rev. 20:4, 6; Isa. 2:2-5). At that time the people will no longer learn war (Micah 4:3), but, enjoying life without disturbance, “they will each sit underneath his vine / And underneath his fig tree, / And no one will disturb them” (v. 4). Each one will eat and drink for his enjoyment in peace. This eating and drinking will be a kind of worship to God. The thousand years of the millennium will be a continual feast. According to the Old Testament, during the yearly feasts the children of Israel were charged not to work (Lev. 23:7, 8, 35). To work during those feasts would have been an insult to God. The people were only to rest, eat, drink, and enjoy their life before God. Their eating and drinking were their worship to God. According to the New Testament, at the Lord’stable on the first day of the week, we put aside our work, we rest in the Lord, and we eat and drink Christ to enjoy Him and to let Him enjoy our satisfaction. This is the top worship to God, and this is the Christian life—a restful life for worship. God is seeking such worshippers (John 4:23-24). We have been called not to work and to labor but to worship. 24 Every day and every night we should worship God by enjoying Him.
二 耶和华招聚以色列剩下的人
B. Jehovah’s Gathering of the Remnant of the People
5耶和华安慰以色列人，要招聚以色2列剩下的人。（二12～13，四6～8。）在二章十二节，耶和华应许祂必聚集雅各，必招聚以色列剩下的人。在四章六至七节祂说，祂必聚集瘸腿的，招聚被赶出的，和祂所使之受苦的。祂必使瘸腿的为余剩之民，使赶到远方的为强盛之国。
5In His comfort to Israel Jehovah will gather the remnant of the people (2:12-1 3; 4:6-8). In 2:1 Jehovah promises to gather all of Jacob and assemble the remnant of Israel. In 4:6 and 7 He says that He will gather her that limps and collect her that has been driven out and her that He has afflicted, and He will make her that limps a remnant and her that has been cast far away, a mighty nation.
三 以色列的被掳，以及耶和华对以色列的搭救
C. Israel to Be Captured and Jehovah’s Deliverance to Israel
6耶和华对以色列的安慰也包括以色列被掳后，耶和华对以色列的搭救。（四9～13，五1。）这是指神要应付一切的需要，解决一切的难处。
6Jehovah’s comfort to Israel also includes His deliverance to Israel after Israel is captured (4:9-13; 5:1). This means that God will meet every need and solve every problem
四 基督来作以色列的掌权者、牧者和平安
D. Christ to Come as Israel’s Ruler, Shepherd, and Peace
7弥迦书五章二节是说到基督的豫言：『祂是从亘古，从太初而出。』祂的出就是祂的来。对天使而言，那是祂的出；但对我们而言，那是祂的来。
7Micah 5:2 is a prophecy concerning Christ. This verse says that His “goings forth are from ancient times, / From the days of eternity.” His “goings forth” are His coming out. To the angels it is His going forth, but to us it is His coming out
8『祂是从太初而出』，这意思是：在永远里，在创造地以前，基督就豫备好要出来。祂的出现，祂的显现，开始于在永远里。从亘古，从太初，三一神就豫备好，要从永远里出来，进到时间里，带著祂的神性而来，进到人性里。祂创造万有乃是祂的豫备，为要从永远里出来，进到时间里。这是创造的目的。然后当蝗虫在活动时，（珥一4，二25，）基督就出来了。在永远里，基督隐藏在祂的神性里；但藉著成为肉体，祂带著祂的神性出来，进到人性里。
8“His goings forth are... from the days of eternity” means that in eternity, before the creation of the earth, Christ was preparing to come forth. His appearing, His manifestation, began in eternity. From the ancient times, from the days of eternity, the Triune God was preparing to come forth out of eternity into time, to come with His divinity into humanity. His creation of all things was His preparation to come out of eternity into time. This was the purpose of creation. Then while the locusts were operating (Joel 1:4; 2:25), Christ came forth. In eternity Christ was concealed in His divinity, but through incarnation He came forth with His divinity into humanity.
9基督的出来，基督的显现，乃是一件继续不断的事。从祂成为肉体的那一天起，祂就开始出来；祂这出来今天仍在发生。基督的出来要终极完成于祂将敌基督和假申言者扔在火湖里（启十九19～20）的时候，撒但被扔在无底坑里（启二十2～3）的时候，和基督设立祂的宝座作王掌权（太二五31，34，40）的时候。那时，祂的显现就要完全。但今天祂仍然在途中。当基督在出来的途中时，祂顾到分散的犹太人。一面，以色列是在神的惩治下；另一面，以色列也是在神牧养的照顾下。这牧养乃是祂对以色列的保守。在复兴时，基督要作祂选民以色列的掌权者、牧者和平安。（弥五2～5上。）今天在祂的出来中，祂是我们的掌权者、牧者和平安。作为我们的掌权者，祂保守我们；作为我们的牧者，祂保养顾惜我们；作为我们的平安，祂管治我们的环境，使我们可以享受祂。
9Christ’s going forth, His appearing, is a continuous matter. From the time of His incarnation, He began to come forth, and His coming forth is still taking place today. Christ’s coming forth will be consummated when He throws Antichrist and the false prophet into the lake of fire (Rev. 19:19-20), when Satan is cast into the abyss (Rev. 20:2-3), and when Christ sets up His throne to reign as King (Matt. 25:31, 34, 40). At that time His appearing will be complete. But today He is still on the way. While Christ is on the way, He is taking care of the scattered Jews. On the one hand, Israel is under God’s chastisement; on the other hand, Israel is also under God’s shepherding care. This shepherding is His preservation of Israel. In the restoration Christ will be the Ruler, Shepherd, and peace to His elect, Israel (Micah 5:2-5a). Today, in His goings forth, He is our Ruler, Shepherd, and peace. As our Ruler, He keeps us; as our Shepherd, He nourishes and cherishes us; and as our peace, He controls our environment so that we may enjoy Him
五 以色列被亚述侵略，并得基督拯救
E. Israel to Be Invaded by Assyria and Saved by Christ
10『当亚述人进入我们的地，践踏我们的宫殿时，我们就兴起七个牧者、八个首领攻击他。他们必用刀剑毁坏亚述地，和宁录地的关口。亚述人进入我们的地，践踏我们的地界时，祂必拯救我们脱离亚述人。』（5下～6。）这两节经文启示在以色列遭亚述侵略后，基督也要拯救他们。要来的基督要负起全责，对付亚述和宁录所代表的一切人类政权。在这几节里题到亚述和宁录，是要题醒蝗虫的开始，题醒蝗虫何时产生，并如何产生。主对付亚述，意思是说祂对付第一种蝗虫。这指明祂要继续对付一切的蝗虫。
10When Assyria comes into our land / And when he treads in our palaces, / We will raise up against him seven shepherds / And eight princes of men. / And they will waste the land of Assyria with the sword / And the land of Nimrod at its entrances. / And He will save us from Assyria, / When he comes into our land / And when he treads in our border” (vv. 5b-6). These verses reveal that Christ also will save Israel after they are invaded by Assyria. The coming Christ will take the full responsibility to deal with all of human government, represented by Assyria and Nimrod. The mentioning of Assyria and Nimrod in these verses is a reminder of the beginning of the locusts, a reminder of when and how the locusts were produced. For the Lord to deal with the Assyrians means that He deals with the first group of the locusts, and this indicates that He will go on to deal with all the locusts
11在这里我们需要再次来看但以理二章的大人像：精金的头（巴比伦），银的胸膛和膀臂（玛代波斯），铜的肚腹和腰股（希腊），铁的腿（罗马），和半铁半泥的脚。（32～。）这大人像被非人手凿出来的石头（基督）打碎，不是从头开始，而是从脚开始。按照三十四节，这石头要打在人像的脚上，把脚砸碎。然后铁、泥、铜、银、金，都一同砸得粉碎；这石头就变成一座大山，充满天下。（35。）这里的要点是：脚（表征敌基督）被打碎，包括整个人像被打碎，这表征人类政权从亚述和巴比伦到罗马的毁灭。弥迦说到亚述和宁录－尼尼微（亚述的京城）和巴别的建造者，这是很有意义的。（创十8～11。）事实上，亚述等于罗马，而宁录等于敌基督。
11Here we need to consider once again the great human image in Daniel 2, with its head of gold (Babylon), its breast and its arms of silver (Medo - Persia), its abdomen and its thighs of bronze (Greece), its legs of iron (Rome), and its feet partly of iron and partly of clay (vv. 32-33). The smashing of this image by the 33 stone cut out without hands (Christ) begins not with the head but with the feet. According to verse 34, this stone will strike the image at its feet and crush them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold will be crushed all at once, and the stone will become a great mountain and fill the whole earth (v. 35). The point here is that the smashing of the feet, which signify Antichrist, involves the smashing of the entire image, signifying the destruction of human government from Assyria and Babylon to Rome. It is significant that Micah speaks of Assyria and Nimrod, the founder of Nineveh (the capital of Assyria) and Babel (Gen. 10:8-11). Actually, Assyria equals Rome, and Nimrod equals Antichrist.
12最后以色列将被敌基督和他的军队所侵略。敌基督聚集了他邪恶的世界势力后，就包围耶路撒冷城，目的是要毁灭她。在这关头，基督要来毁灭敌基督和他的军队，以拯救以色列。那时，大人像就要被非人手凿出来的石头打碎；亚述、宁录、巴比伦帝国、波斯帝国、希腊帝国、罗马帝国、以及敌基督都要被了结；全地就要成为神的国，直到永远。然后耶和华一切的选民都要享受祂。这是祂对以色列的安慰；这安慰是一件复兴的事。六雅各余剩的人蒙耶和华祝福，
12Eventually, Israel will be invaded by Antichrist and his armies. Having collected his evil world powers, Antichrist will besiege the city of Jerusalem, with the intention of putting it to an end. At this juncture Christ will come to destroy Antichrist and his armies and to save Israel. At that time, the great image will be crushed by the stone cut out without hands; Assyria, Nimrod, the empires of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome, and Antichrist will be no more; and the entire earth will become the kingdom of God for eternity. Then all of Jehovah’select will enjoy Him. This is His comfort to Israel, a comfort that is a matter of restoration. F. The Remnant of Jacob to Be Blessed by Jehovah
并在列国之中得胜
and Victorious among the Nations
13基督对付所有的仇敌之后，雅各余剩的人要蒙耶和华祝福，并在列国之中得胜。关于这点，弥迦书五章七至八节说，雅各余剩的人必在多国的民中，如从耶和华降下的露水，如沛雨，如狮子在丛林的百兽中，又如少壮狮子在羊群中。关于雅各余剩的人，申言者继续说，『你的手必举起攻击敌人，你一切的仇敌必被剪除。』（9。）有些人可能觉得很难相信，小小的以色列国会在列国之中得胜，但这在圣经里却有清楚的豫言。
13After Christ deals with all the enemies, the remnant of Jacob will be blessed by Jehovah, and they also will be victorious among the nations. Concerning this, Micah 5:7 and 8 say that the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from Jehovah, like abundant showers, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, and like a young lion among the flocks of sheep. Regarding the remnant of Jacob, the prophet goes on to say, “Your hand will be raised up against your adversaries, / And all your enemies will be cut off” (v. 9). Some may find it hard to believe that the small nation of Israel will be victorious among the nations, but this is clearly prophesied in the Bible
七 耶和华从以色列除掉军队、城邑、保障、邪术、偶像、和拜偶像之事，并向列国施行报复
G. Jehovah’s Clearing Up of the Armies, Cities, Strongholds, Witchcraft, Idols, and Idol Worship from Israel and His Executing of Vengeance upon the Nations
14至终，在复兴的日子，耶和华要从以色列除掉军队、城邑、保障、邪术、偶像、和拜偶像之事，祂也要在怒气和忿怒中，向列国施行报复。（10～15。）
14Eventually, Jehovah will clear up the armies, cities, strongholds, witchcraft, idols, and idol worship from Israel, and He will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations, in the day of restoration (vv. 10-15