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撒迦利亚书生命读经 · 第12篇

鼓励的豫言（四）

The Prophecies of Encouragement (4)
1读经：撒迦利亚书12:1-9;14:1-7,12-15。撒迦利亚书所揭示的基督，乃是一位与人类历史有密切关联的基督。头六章启示祂与波斯帝国有关联，后六章启示祂与希腊帝国和罗马帝国有关联。就如我们所看过的，九至十一章之豫言的中心，乃是基督为被弃绝的弥赛亚。到十二至十四章，就揭示基督这位弥赛亚回来登宝座作王，不仅作以色列的王，更要作全世界的王。撒迦利亚九至十一章所描述祂第一次的来，是谦和并亲切的；撒迦利亚十二至十四章所描述祂第二次的来，却要带著能力和权柄。
1Scripture Reading: Zech. 12:1-9; 14:1-7, 12-15 The Christ unveiled in the book of Zechariah is a Christ who is intimately involved with human history. The first six chapters reveal that He is involved with the Persian Empire, and the last six chapters reveal that He is involved with the Grecian Empire and the Roman Empire. As we have seen, the center of the prophecies in chapters nine through eleven is Christ as the rejected Messiah. In chapters twelve through fourteen, Christ is unveiled as the Messiah returning to be enthroned as the King not only over Israel but over the whole world. His first coming, described in Zechariah 9—11, was humble and intimate; His coming back, described in Zechariah 12—14, will be with power and authority
2撒迦利亚十二至十四章说到在三件事上，以色列之定命的豫言，就是在哈米吉顿大战的事上，（十二1～9，十四1～7，12～15，）在以色列全家得救的事上（十二10～十三9，），以及在千年国的事上。（十四8～11，16～21。）在本篇信息中，我们要来看在哈米吉顿大战的事上，关于以色列之定命鼓励的豫言。然而，我要先说到十二章一节所
2Zechariah 12—14 covers the prophecy concerning Israel's destiny in three matters: in the great war of Armageddon (12:1-9; 14:1-7, 12-15), in their household salvation (12:10—13:9), and in the millennium (14:8- 11, 16-21). In this message we will consider the prophecy of encouragement regarding Israel's destiny in the great war of Armageddon. However, first I would like to give a word concerning the significance of the human spirit as revealed in 12:1
3启示关于人的灵的意义。
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4十二章一节说，『耶和华论以色列之话的默示。铺张诸天，奠立地基，造人里面之灵的耶和华宣告说。』诸天是为著地，地是为著人，神给人造了灵，使人可以接触神，接受神，活神，为神完成祂的定旨，并与神成为一。何等奇妙，在旧约这卷揭示基督与人类历史和政治息息相关的书里，有这样的一节。这指明在神的经纶里，神计画要使基督作祂在地上行动的中心与普及。祂是神，几千年来，在一个接一个的世代中，一直掌管全人类，管理世界的局势。为使祂所拣选的人能顾到祂这位创造主并救赎主，祂需要为人创造一个接收器，使人有性能，可以接受神计画里之基督一切的所是。基督是奇妙的，但我们若没有灵，怎能接受祂？今天在人群社会的各种圈子里，没有人运用他们的灵。甚至在宗教的圈子里，人的灵这件事也完全被忽略了，甚至被人反对并否认。我们若忽略我们人的灵，就没有路可以接触神了。
4This verse says, "The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus declares Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him." The heavens are for the earth, the earth is for man, and man was created by God with a spirit that he may contact God, receive God, live God, fulfill God's purpose for God, and be one with God. It is marvelous that such a verse as this is in an Old Testament book which unveils a Christ who is so involved with human history and politics. This indicates that in His economy God planned to have Christ as the centrality and universality of His move on earth. As the very God, He has ruled over the entire human race, managing the world situation age after age for thousands of years. For His chosen people, who would care for Him as the Creator and as the Redeemer, there was the need for Him to create a receiver so that they would have the capacity to receive all that God had planned for Christ to be. Christ is wonderful, but if we did not have a spirit, how could we receive Him? Today in every circle of society, people do not exercise their spirit. Even in religious circles, the matter of the human spirit is neglected or even opposed and denied. If we neglect our human spirit, there is no way for us to contact God.
5在约翰四章二十四节，主耶稣清楚的说神是灵；敬拜祂的，必须在灵里敬拜。这是基本的原则。敬拜神就是接触神，接受神，享受神，并经历神。但今天在人群中有人知道神是灵，并且神给我们造了灵。神已经命定，我们该运用我们人的灵，来接触祂并接受祂。在神的创造里，有许多的原则。比方说，我们若要看见不同的颜色，就必须用眼睛。倘若我是瞎子，我能听到颜色么？我能闻到颜色么？当然不能！我们要看见颜色，必须用正确的器官。在我们与神的关系上，原则也是一样的。神是真实的，但有人竟敢说没有神。当然，我们若不运用我们的灵，对我们而言必定没有神。我们无法用物质的身体来摸著神，也无法用我们的头脑、我们的心思来领悟神，因为这不是接触神所使用的正确器官。神是灵，我们若要敬拜祂、接触祂并接受祂，就必须运用我们的灵。感谢神，在祂的创造里，祂造了三样极其关键、同等重要的东西，就是诸天、地、和我们的灵。所以，我们的灵与诸天和地同样关键，同样重要。
5In John 4:24 the Lord Jesus said clearly that God is Spirit and that those who worship Him must worship in spirit. This is the basic principle. To worship God is just to contact God, to receive God, to enjoy God, and to experience God. However, very few among the human race today know that God is a Spirit and that we have been created by God with a spirit. God has ordained that we should contact Him and receive Him by the exercise of our human spirit. In God's creation there are principles. For instance, if we want to see different colors, we must use our eyes. Suppose I were blind. Could I hear the colors? Could I smell them? Certainly not! In order to see colors, we must use the proper organ. The principle is the same in relation to us and God. God is real, yet some dare to say that there is no God. Of course, if we do not exercise our spirit, surely there is no God to us. We cannot touch God by means of our physical body. Neither can we realize Him by our mentality, by our mind, for this is not the proper organ to use in contacting God. God is Spirit. If we would worship Him, contacting Him and receiving Him, we must exercise our spirit. Thank God that in His creation He made three crucial, equally important matters— the heavens, the earth, and our spirit. Our spirit, therefore, is as crucial, as important, as the heavens and the earth
6撒迦利亚这卷书揭示基督是神的中心和圆周，但这位基督却与人类历史有密切的关系。不是任何人都能明白这一位，惟独神所拣选、知道自己里面有灵的人，才能认识祂。我们来读撒迦利亚书，并接触这卷书所启示的基督时，必须先认识我们有灵。然后我们需要运用灵来祷告，说，『主阿，我要得著撒迦利亚书里所揭示的基督。』我们若这样运用我们的灵，就会感觉有一个活的东西，摸著我们的深处。这就是为甚么这卷书里有十二章一节这样的经文，嘱咐我们要尽力注意我们里面的这个接收器，就是我们人的灵，好使我们得著撒迦利亚书里所启示的基督。
6Zechariah is a book unveiling Christ as God'scent er and circumference, yet this Christ is intimately involved with human history. Not just anyone can know this One, but God's chosen people who realize that they have a spirit can know Him. In reading the book of Zechariah and in contacting the Christ revealed in this book, we must first know that we have a spirit. Then we need to exercise our spirit to pray, saying, "Lord, I want to gain the Christ who is unveiled in Zechariah." If we exercise our spirit in this way, we will sense something living touching us deep within. This is why there is in this book such a verse as 12:1, a verse that charges us to pay full attention to the receiver within us, our human spirit, that we may receive the Christ revealed in the book of Zechariah.
7神的目的是要我们接受基督。然而，就著祂一切的所是而言，基督是错综复杂的。祂是包罗万有的，因为祂的所是有许多项目。不仅如此，这位包罗万有的基督又与历史、政治和政权息息相关。我们怎能明白这样的一位？惟一的路乃是在研读之后，我们要转到祷告里。当我们转到祷告里，就是运用我们的灵了。那时，基督就将祂自己分赐到我们里面。这是属天、神圣的分赐。藉著这样的分赐，我们就得著基督作我们的生命、我们的亮光、我们的忍耐、
7God's purpose is for us to receive Christ. However, Christ is complex in all that He is. He is all-inclusive, because He is so many items. Furthermore, this all- inclusive Christ is very involved with history, politics, and governments. How can we understand such a One? The only way is, after reading and studying, to turn ourselves to prayer. When we turn ourselves to prayer, we exercise our spirit. At that moment, Christ imparts Himself into us. This is the heavenly, divine dispensing. Through this dispensing we receive Christ as our life, our light, our patience, our love, our everything.
8我们的爱、和我们的一切。
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9虽然撒迦利亚是一个年轻人，但他知道接触神，得著神启示的秘诀。我们都需要从他学习，运用我们的灵来接受神，并接受祂所启示的。现在我们要往前来看十二章的豫言。
9Though Zechariah was a young man, he knew the secret of contacting God to receive what God has revealed. We all need to learn of him to exercise our spirit to receive God and to receive what He has revealed. Let us now proceed to consider the prophecy in chapter twelve
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10IV. THE PROPHECY CONCERNING ISRAEL'S DESTINY
肆关于在哈米吉顿大战的事上，在以色列全家得救的事上，以及在千年国的事上，以色列之定命的豫言：
in the great war of Armageddon in their household salvation and in the millennium
一 在哈米吉顿大战的事上
A. In the Great War of Armageddon
11十二和十四章给我们看见在哈米吉顿大战的事上，关于以色列之定命
11Chapters twelve and fourteen show us many aspects of Israel's destiny in the great war of Armageddon
12的许多方面。
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１ 人类中间最大的战争
1. The Greatest War among Mankind
13哈米吉顿的战争是人类中间最大的战争，要在将要来的大灾难末了，在终结这世代一段很短的时间里，了结地上人的政权。
13The war of Armageddon will be the greatest war among mankind. It will terminate human government on earth at the end of the coming great tribulation, in the short period of time that will consummate the present age
２ 大灾难末了之时的战争
2. A War at the End of the Great Tribulation
14这是在三年半大灾难（太二四21，但七25，十二7，启十一2，十三5）末了之时的战争。
14This war will take place at the end of the great tribulation of three and a half years (Matt. 24:21; Dan. 7:25; 12:7; Rev. 11:2; 13:5
３ 敌基督所发动的战争
3. A War Motivated by Antichrist
15哈米吉顿的战争是敌基督所发动，要毁灭以色列的战争。（启十六12～16，九13～16，十九19。）４撒但藉著跟从他的人作战
15The war of Armageddon will be a war motivated by Antichrist to destroy Israel (Rev. 16:12-16; 9:13-16; 19:19). 4. A War Waged by Satan through His Human Followers
16虽然这战争是敌基督所发动的，却是撒但藉著跟从他的人，与神和祂的圣徒作战。（启十六13～14，十七14，十九14，亚十四5下。）撒但有他的跟从者，神也有祂的圣徒。几千年来，撒但一直在施展他的计谋，得著人作他的军队。神也一直作工，豫备祂所拣选的人作祂的军队。至终，在哈米吉顿大战中将有两支军队─撒但属地的军队和神属天的军队。５敌基督和他的跟从者，直接
16Although this war will be motivated by Antichrist, it will be waged by Satan through his human followers against God with His saints (Rev. 16:13-14; 17:14; 19:14; Zech. 14:5b). Satan has his followers, and God has His saints. For thousands of years, Satan has been exercising his devices to gain people for his army. God has also been working to prepare His chosen ones to be His army. Eventually, at the great war of Armageddon, there will be two armies—Satan's earthly army and God'she aven ly army. 5. A War Fought by Antichrist with His Followers
与基督和祂的得胜者打的一场战争
Directly against Christ with His Overcomers
17哈米吉顿大战，将是敌基督和他的跟从者，直接与基督和祂的得胜者打的一场战争。（启十九19，11，14，十七14。）敌基督（撒但的化身），将是撒但军队的元帅；基督（神的化身），将是神军队的元帅。因此，一面说这是属鬼魔的战争，另一面说这是神圣的战争。在这神圣的战争中，基督要『用祂口中的气』除灭敌基督，又『用祂来临的显现』废掉他。（帖后二8。）这是基督用来击败敌基督的武器。
17The war of Armageddon will be fought by Antichrist with his followers directly against Christ with His overcomers (Rev. 19:19, 11, 14; 17:14). Antichrist, the embodiment of Satan, will be the commander of Satan's army, and Christ, the embodiment of God, will be the Commander of God's army. Thus, on the one hand, it will be a devilish war; on the other hand, it will be a divine war. In this divine war, Christ will destroy Antichrist "by the breath of His mouth" and bring him to nothing "by the manifestation of His coming" (2 Thes. 2:8). These are the weapons Christ will use to defeat Antichrist
６ 这战争乃是神烈怒的大酒醡，由基督所踹
6. A War That Will Be the Great Winepress of the Fury of God Trodden by Christ
18这战争乃是神烈怒的大酒醡，是基督在祂回来审判世界时所踹的。（启十四17～20，赛六三1～6。）许多恨神的恶人要与敌基督联结来与神争战。当这些邪恶的人聚集在哈米吉顿，他们实际上成了神烈怒酒醡的葡萄，为基督所踹。所以，敌基督把他的军队和许多邪恶的人聚集一起，实际上是为神作工。
18This war will be the great winepress of the fury of God trodden by Christ at His coming back to judge the world (Rev. 14:17-20; Isa. 63:1-6). So many evil ones who hate God will join Antichrist in fighting against God. When these evil ones are gathered to Armageddon, they will actually be the grapes to be trodden by God in the winepress of the fury of His wrath. In bringing his armies and so many evil ones together, Antichrist will actually be doing a work for God
７ 耶和华神也要聚集那些有分的列国
7. The Nations That Participate Being Gathered Also by Jehovah God
19耶和华神也要聚集有分于这次攻打耶路撒冷之国际性战争的列国。耶路撒冷城中的民一半要被掳去，但剩下的民必不至于从城中剪除。（亚十四2。）神在祂的怜悯里，要保存祂选民的一半。
19The nations that will participate in that international war against Jerusalem will be gathered also by God. Half of the city of Jerusalem will be brought into captivity, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city (Zech. 14:2). In His mercy God will still preserve half of His elect people
８ 耶和华必使耶路撒冷向围困她的万民，成为令人昏转的杯，成为一块重石头
8. Jehovah Making Jerusalem a Cup of Reeling and a Burdensome Stone to All the Besieging Peoples
20耶和华必使耶路撒冷向围困她的万民，就是敌基督的军队，和那些与他同在的邪恶者，成为令人昏转的杯，成为一块重石头。神要使他们的马惊惶瞎眼，使骑马的疯狂。（十二2～4。）耶路撒冷不仅需要神的保护来抵挡敌基督和他的军队，更需要神的保护来抵挡撒但和他的鬼与邪灵。我们也许不知道神如何使耶路撒冷成为令人昏转的杯和一块重石头，但我们知道祂要作这事。
20Jehovah will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling and a burdensome stone to all the besieging peoples, that is, to the armies of Antichrist and to all the evil ones with him. God will cause their horses to be bewildered and blind and their riders to be mad (12:2-4). Jerusalem will need divine protection not only against Antichrist and his armies but also against Satan and his demons and evil spirits. We may not know how God will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling and a burdensome stone, but we know that He will do this
９ 耶和华必击打所有在这战争中围困耶路撒冷的民
9. Jehovah Striking All Those Who Besiege Jerusalem during This War
21耶和华必击打所有在哈米吉顿大战中围困耶路撒冷的民。他们的脚还站立的时候，肉就腐烂，眼在眶中腐烂，舌在口中腐烂。必有极大的惊恐从耶和华临到他们中间，他们就各人揪住邻舍的手，举手攻击邻舍。不仅如此，四围各国的财物，就是许多金银衣服，必被收聚。必有一样的疫症临到马匹、骡子、骆驼、驴、和营中一切的牲口。。（十四12～15。）
21Jehovah will strike all of them who besiege Jerusalem during the war of Armageddon. Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet; their eyes will rot in their sockets; and their tongue will rot in their mouth. A great panic from Jehovah will be among them; and each will seize his neighbor's hand, and his hand will rise up against his neighbor's hand. Furthermore, the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together, gold and silver and garments in great abundance. The same plague will be on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey, and all the cattle that are in those camps (14:12-15
１０ 万军之耶和华必成为耶路撒冷居民的力量
10. Jehovah of Hosts Being the Strength of the Inhabitants of Jerusalem
22万军之耶和华必成为耶路撒冷居民的力量，必使犹大的首领如火盆在木柴下，又如火把在禾捆里，他们必左右吞灭四围的民。耶路撒冷人必仍住本处。耶和华必先拯救犹大的帐棚，然后拯救大卫家和耶路撒冷。到那日耶和华必护卫耶路撒冷的居民，使他们中间衰弱的如大卫，使大卫的家如神，如行在他们前面之耶和华的使者（基督）。（在十二章八节，『耶和华的使者』与『神』，二辞是同位语。）耶和华必设法灭绝来攻击耶路撒冷的列国。（十二5～9。）
22Jehovah of hosts will be the strength of the inhabitants of Jerusalem and will make the leaders of Judah like a fire pot under wood and like a torch of fire among sheaves, and they will consume all the surrounding peoples on the right and on the left. Jerusalem will dwell again in her own place. Jehovah will save the tents of Judah first and then the house of David and Jerusalem. In that day Jehovah will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, making the feeble among them like David and the house of David like God, like the Angel of Jehovah (Christ) before them. (In 12:8 the Angel of Jehovah is in apposition to God.) Moreover, Jehovah will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem (12:5-9
１１ 耶和华（就是基督）必和祂的圣徒同来
11. Jehovah as Christ Coming with His Saints
23撒迦利亚十四章三至七节启示，那时耶和华（就是基督）必和祂的圣徒同来，并出去与化身在敌基督里的撒但，以及跟从他的列国争战。
23Zechariah 14:3-7 reveals that Jehovah as Christ will then come with His saints and go forth to fight against Satan, embodied in Antichrist, and his followers, the nations
ａ耶和华（就是基督）的脚必站在橄榄山上
a. The Feet of Jehovah as Christ Standing on the Mount of Olives
24那日耶和华（就是基督）的脚必站在耶路撒冷前面朝东的橄榄山上。这橄榄山必从中间裂开，自东至西，成为极大的谷，以致山的一半向北挪移，一半向南挪移。（4。）
24The feet of Jehovah as Christ will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split at its middle toward the east and toward the west into a very great valley so that half of the mountain will remove to the north and half of it to the south (v. 4
ｂ以色列余剩的民，要逃入耶和华之山的谷中
b. The Remnant of Israel Fleeing into the Valley of Jehovah's Mountains
25以色列余剩的民，要逃入耶和华之山的谷中。（5。）
25The remnant of Israel will flee into the valley of Jehovah's mountains (v. 5
ｃ那日必没有光
c. In That Day There Being No Light
26那日必没有光；发光的（日、月、星）必退缩。那日惟有耶和华知道，既不是白昼，也不是黑夜；但在傍晚的时候，就必有光。（6～7。）这指明神要改变宇宙中许多的事，为要审判邪恶的人类，并拯救祂的选民。
26In that day there will be no light; the shining ones (the sun, the moon, and the stars) will withdraw. It will be a kind of day known only to Jehovah, neither day nor night. But at evening time there will be light (vv. 6-7). This indicates that God will change many things in the universe in order to judge the evil human beings and to save His elect