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彼得后书生命读经 · 第12篇

神圣的行政（四）

The Divine Government (4)
1读经：彼得后书三章十至十二节。在彼得前后书里，关于神圣的生命，只有两章是要紧的。彼得前书前一章2半和彼得后书一章前半在这方面是重要的。这些书信里其余的题材是与神的行政有关。
1Scripture Reading 2 Pet. 3:10-12 In the books of 1 and 2 Peter only two chapters are crucial concerning the divine life. The first one and a half chapters of 1 Peter and the first half of chapter one of Peter are important in this regard. The remainder of the material in these Epistles is related to God’s government.
2在本篇信息中，我们要看彼后三章十至十二节，这一段彼得是说到神对天地的审判。当然，这是神行政对付的一部分。这些经文虽然与生命长大没有直接的关系，却可以帮助我们追求生命长大。再者，正确领会彼得在这些经文里所写的，对我们是有帮助的。主的日子像贼一样来到
2In this message we shall consider 3:10-12, where Peter speaks concerning God’s judgment on the heavens and the earth. This, of course, is part of God’s governmental dealings. Although these verses are not directly related to the growth in life, they may help us to pursue the growth in life. Also, it will be helpful for us to understand properly what Peter has written in these verses. THE DAY OF THE LORD COMING AS A THIEF
3在三章十节彼得说，『只是主的日子要像贼一样来到；在那日，诸天必轰然一声的过去，所有的元素都要被焚烧而销化，地和其上的工程也都要烧尽了。』主的日子要来到，这多半是就著神行政审判（帖前五2）的意义说的。彼得说到主的日子，主要的是警告。在新约里题起主的日子，主要的与主的审判有关。（林前一8，三13，五5，林后一14，提后四8。）主审判的日子，（帖前五3～4，）要在千年国以前来到。（启十八1，十九11，二十4～6。）在主的日子，诸天必轰然一声的过去，所有的元素都要销化，地和其上的工程也都要烧尽了。这要在千年国以后发生。（启二十，11。）彼得在彼后三章十节说到主的日子，又指明他越过了千年国的一千年，正如他在本章前面所作的；他在四节说到主的来临，在七节就说到白色大宝座的审判。『轰然一声』，指明冲击的响声或闹声，也许是宣告宇宙中由旧变新的大转变。这里的『元素』乃是组成诸天的物质元素。
3In 3:10 Peter said, “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements burning with intense heat will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be burned up.” The day of the Lord will come mostly in the sense of judgment (1 Thes. 5:2) for God’s government. Peter’sword about the day of the Lord is mainly a warning. In the New Testament the day of the Lord is mentioned mainly in relation to the Lord’s judgment (1 Cor. 1:8; 3:13; 5:5; 2 Cor. 1:14; 2 Tim. 4:8). The day of the Lord for His judgment (1 Thes. 5:3-4) will come before the millennium (Rev. 18:1; 19:11; 20:4-6). In the day of the Lord the heavens will pass away with a roar, the elements will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be burned up. This will take place after the millennium (Rev. 20:7, 11). Peter’sword regarding the day of the Lord in verse 10 indicates7 that again he passes over the one thousand years of the millennium, just as he did earlier in this chapter when he spoke of the Lord’s coming in verse 4 and the judgment of the white throne in verse 7. The word “roar” indicates a rushing sound or noise. This may be a proclamation of a great change in the universe from the old to the new. The “elements” here are the physical elements of which the heavens are composed.
4我们可以将本节的『销化』并『烧尽』，与希伯来一章十二节的『卷起来』、『改变』，启示录二十章十一节的『逃遁』、『再无可见之处』，并启示录二十一章一节的『过去』比较。将诸天和地焚烧而销化，乃是神用以将诸天和地卷起，将其除去，使其由旧变新的过程。（彼后三13，启二一1。）这是神在祂的行政里，对受造之物末了、终结的对付。在神这末了的对付里，一切物质的东西都要过去，惟有祂永远的话要永远长存。（太二四35，彼前一25。）不论物质的宇宙有何改变，神豫言的话总要存留，并要在祂命定的时候得著应验，以成就祂永远的定旨。
4We may compare the words “dissolved” and “burned up” in this verse with “roll up” and “changed” in Hebrews 1:12, “fled away” and “no place found for them” in Revelation 20:11, and “passed away” in Reve lation 21:1. The “burning with intense heat” to dissolve the heavens and the earth is the procedure God will use to roll up the heavens and the earth and put them away so that they may be changed from the old to the new (2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1). This will be God’s final and consummate dealing with His creation in His government. All the material things in God’s final dealing will pass away, but His eternal word will abide forever (Matt. 24:35; 1 Pet. 1:25). The word of His prophecy will remain and be fulfilled at His appointed time for the accomplishment of His eternal will, regardless of the changes that occur in the physical universe.
5彼后三章十节的『工程』，也许兼指神自然的工程和人人为的工程。我们已指出，『主的日子』主要是表征审判。因此，主的日子等于主的审判。这审判的日子要像贼一样在夜间来到。彼得在十节说，在主的日子，诸天要过去。和在三章七节一样，彼得越过了千年国，因为他在这里论到神行政的审判。在神的经纶里，千年国不会是为著这目的。
5In 3:10 “works” may include both God’s works of nature and man’s works of art. We have pointed out that the term “the day of the Lord” mainly signifies judgment. Hence, the day of the Lord equals the judgment of the Lord. This day of judgment will come as a thief in the night. Peter says in verse 10 that in the day of the Lord the heavens will pass away. As in 3:7, Peter passes over the millennium because he is dealing here with God’s governmental judgment. The millennium will not be for this purpose in God’s dispensation
6我们若透彻的研读旧约和新约，就会看见主的日子若不算千年国的一千年，可能不超过七年。那就是但以理九章二十四至二十七节里所说到七十个七的末七主要的部分。前六十九个七，四百八十三年的期间，结束于主耶稣被钉十字架，祂这弥赛亚被『剪除』的时候。现今在第六十九个七和第七十个七开头之间有一段间隔。圣经没有告诉我们这间隔会有多久。但我们确知在这间隔以后，会有七年的期间，就是第七十个七，那是在千年国以前。主的来临会在这些年间发生。
6If we have a thorough study of both the Old and New Testaments, we shall see that the day of the Lord will probably last about seven years. It is nearly the same as the last week of the seventy weeks spoken of in Daniel 9:24-27. The first sixty-nine weeks, a period of four hundred eighty-three years, ended when the Lord Jesus was crucified, when He, the Messiah, was “cut off.” There is now a gap between the sixty-ninth week and the beginning of the seventieth week. We are not told in the Bible how long this interval will be. But we do know that after this interval, there will be a period of seven years, which will be the seventieth week, before the millennium. The coming of the Lord will take place during these years
主的来临
the Lord’s coming
7在彼后三章四节好讥诮的人说，『主来临的应许在那里？』来临，希腊文，parousia，巴路西亚，意同在。照著新约，主的来临不会仅仅持续一小时或一天，乃要持续一段时期。藉著详细研读圣经，我们已看见，主的巴路西亚可能会开始于第七十个七的中间，就是在千年国以前末后七年的中间。不但如此，主的巴路西亚可能开始于主离开三层天上神的宝座，并且包著云彩降到空中（启十）的时候。这就是说，主的巴路西亚要发生于今世末了三年半的期间。
7In 3:4 the mockers said, “Where is the promise of His coming?” The Greek word for “coming” is parousia, which literally means presence. According to the New Testament, the Lord’s parousia, His coming, will not last merely an hour or a day. Rather, it will last for a period of time. Through detailed study of the Scriptures we have come to see that the Lord’s parousia will probably begin at the middle of the seventieth week, that is, in the middle of the last seven years before the millennium. Furthermore, it will probably begin from the time the Lord leaves the throne of God in the third heaven and descends to the air wrapped in a cloud (Rev. 10). This means that the Lord’s parousia will take place during the last three and a half years of this age.
8照著启示录十二章，男孩子要被12:5提到神的宝座。五节说，『妇人生了一个男孩子，是将来要用铁杖辖管万国的；她的孩子被提到神和祂的宝座那里去了。』男孩子要被提到神的宝座，这要在一千二百六十天以前，（6，）就是三年半（四十二个月─十二14，十三5，十一2）大灾难以前。男孩子被提以后，会有三年半或四十二个月的期间。我们需要留意一个事实：男孩子不是要被提到空中，乃是要被提到神的宝座，就是主耶稣今天所在的地方。所以，男孩子被提到神的宝座，意思就是男孩子要在主的同在里，在主的巴路西亚里。这证明在第七十个七中间，主耶稣仍要在三层天上神的宝座那里。启示录十四章说到十四万四千个初熟的果子。一节说，『我又观看，看哪，羔羊站在锡安山上，同祂还有十四万四千人，额上都写著祂的名，和祂父的名。』这十四万四千人是『从人间买来的，作初熟的果子归与神和羔羊』。（4。）这些将是在神的田地里初熟的，他们要在庄稼收割以先被收割，作初熟的果子归与神和羔羊。以后到了十四至十六节，庄稼才被收割。这是说，十四万四千人要在庄稼收割以先被提到诸天之上，正如美地的初熟果子要在庄稼收割以先被收割，且被带到神的殿中。（利二三10～11，出二三19。）启示录十四章六至十三节所记的事，都是发生在大灾难期间；（太二四21；）这清楚的指明，且有力的证明，启示录十四章一至五节所说初熟的果子，要在大灾难之前被提；十四至十六节的庄稼包括大体信徒，要在大灾难末了被提。初熟的果子要被提到诸天之上，并要在那里与基督同在。这次被提之后，会有三年半的期间，就是第七十个七的后半。
8According to chapter twelve of Revelation, the man-child will be raptured to the throne of God. Revelation says, “And she brought forth a son, a man-child, who was about to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.” To be “caught up” is to be raptured. The rapture of the man- child will be to the throne of God, and it will be before the one thousand two hundred sixty days (v. 6), which will be the time of the great tribulation of three and a half years (forty-two months, Rev. 12:14; 13:5; 11:2). After the rapture of the man-child, there will be a period of three and a half years, or forty-two months. We need to notice the fact that the man-child will be raptured not to the air, but to the throne of God, where the Lord Jesus is today. Therefore, for the man-child to be raptured to the throne of God means that the man-child will be in the presence of the Lord, in the parousia of the Lord. This proves that, in the midst of the seventieth week, the Lord Jesus will still be at the throne of God in the third heaven. Chapter fourteen of Revelation speaks of the one hundred forty - four thousand firstfruit. Revelation 14:1 says, “And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty- four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.” These one hundred forty - four thousand “who have been purchased from the earth” (Rev. 14:3) have been “purchased from among men as firstfruit to God and to the Lamb” (v. 4). These will be the first ripe ones in God’s field and will be reaped before the harvest as firstfruit to God and to the Lamb. The harvest will be reaped later in verses 14 through 16. This means that the one hundred forty-four thousand will be raptured to the heavens before the harvest, just as the firstfruits of the good land were reaped and brought into the temple of God before the harvest (Lev. 23:10-11; Exo. 23:19). The events recorded in Revelation 14:6-13, all of which will take place during the great tribulation (Matt. 24:21), indicate clearly and prove strongly that the firstfruit in Revelation 14:1-5 will be raptured before the great tribulation, and the harvest in verses 14 through 16, which includes the majority of believers, will be raptured after the great tribulation. The firstfruit will be raptured to the heavens and will be with Christ there. After this rapture, there will be a period of three and a half years, the second half of the seventieth week.
9启示录十二、十四章都说到同样的时期。这两章给我们理由说，主的巴路西亚最早要开始于第七十个七的中间。在男孩子与十四万四千个初熟的果子被提以后，主耶稣要同这些得胜的圣徒离开三层天，并降到空中。祂不会直接来到地上，乃要包著云彩留在空中。在十章一节，基督披著云彩，但在十四章十四节祂在云上。后者与帖前四章十七节相符，指明到这时主的来临是在空中公开的。这就是说，首先主的巴路西亚是隐密的。然后，照著帖后二章八节，会有祂巴路西亚的显现。所以，主的来临在公开显现以前是隐密的。祂的来临会持续一段时间，先是隐密的，然后显与众人。可能在第七十个七的末了，主的巴路西亚要显现。这时主不再披著云彩，如在启示录十章者，乃要坐在云上，公开被人看见，如在启示录十四章者。那将是祂巴路西亚的显现，祂来临的显现。繙译帖后二章八节最好的路，就是照著原文直译，说到祂来临的显现。我们若对主的来临至少有点概念，就会知道为甚么彼得说，主的日子要像贼一样来到。不但主自己要像贼一样来到，甚至主的日子也要这样来到。那日子的来临将是隐密的，不是公开的。我们已指出，在彼后三章十节彼得说，在主的日子诸天要被火焚烧。这要发生在千年国以后。主的日子要在千年国以前来到，但诸天被焚烧要在千年国以后。因这缘故，我们说彼得特别越过千年国，一千年的期间，并将诸天和地被焚烧看作在主的日子所要发生的最后一件事。
9Revelation 12 and 14 both speak of the same period of time. These chapters give us the ground to say that, at the earliest, the parousia of the Lord will begin from the middle of the seventieth week. After the raptures of the man - child and of the one hundred forty-four thousand firstfruit, the Lord Jesus will leave the third heaven with these overcoming saints and descend to the air. Instead of coming directly to the earth, He will remain in the air enclosed in a cloud. In Revelation 10:1 Christ is clothed with a cloud, but in Revelation 14:14 He is on the cloud. This latter verse corresponds to 1 Thessalonians 4:17 and indicates that the Lord’s coming back is then to be made public. This means that first the Lord’s parousia will be hidden. Then, according to 2 Thessalonians 2:8 there will be the appearing of His parousia. The Lord’s coming, therefore, will be hidden before it appears openly. His coming involves a period of time. First it will be in secret, and then it will appear to the public. It will be probably at the end of the seventieth week that the Lord’s parousia will appear. At this time the Lord will no longer be clothed with the cloud, as in Revelation 10, but will be sitting on the cloud, seen openly, as in Revelation 14. That will be the appearing of His parousia, the appearing of His coming. The best way to translate 2 Thessalonians 2:8 is to follow a literal rendering and speak of the appearing of His coming. If we have at least a general idea concerning the Lord’s coming, we shall know why Peter says that the day of the Lord will come as a thief. Not only will the Lord Himself come as a thief, but even the day of the Lord will come in this way. The coming of that day will be hidden, not open. We have pointed out that in 3:10 Peter says that in the day of the Lord the heavens will be burned. This will take place after the millennium. The day of the Lord will come before the millennium, but the burning of the heavens will be after the millennium. This is the reason we say that here Peter passes over the millennium, a period of a thousand years, and regards the burning of the heavens and the earth as the last matter that will take place in the day of the Lord.
10在此我要请你查看一二八页的图。在这图上我们能看见但以理九章二十四至二十七节的七十个七的表。首先有七个七的时期，然后有六十二个七的时间，最终在悬而未定的间隔之后，有末一个七，就是第七十个七。第七十个七以后将是千年国的一千年。在千年国末了，有两件事可能要同时发生：诸天和地的焚烧，以及白色大宝座的审判。按该表看，主的日子和主的巴路西亚要开始于末后七年的中间。在第七十个七中间，会发生一些超自然的灾难，如在第六印中者。我们从表中能看见，主的日子将是公开的，直到千年国末了才会完成，那时会有对歌革和玛各的审判。现在我们能领会，主的日子是审判的日子。这审判的日子要开始于末七（第七十个七）中间。照著启示录的记载，在这段时期，神要审判天、地、以及活在地上的人。在第七十个七中间，男孩子和十四万四千人要被提到三层天上。那时，主的巴路西亚就要开始。然后，主要将祂的巴路西亚带到空中，祂要在云里隐藏一段时期。这将是祂的巴路西亚隐密的部分。后来，可能在那七年末了，主的巴路西亚要成为公开的，主自己要降到地上，对敌基督和他的军队施行审判。主也要使撒但被捆绑，并被扔在无底坑里；他要在那里被拘禁一千年。主也要在耶路撒冷坐在祂的宝座上审判列国。经过那次审判，地上之人的情况就要被清理。基督徒要在基督的审判台前受审判，犹太人要受审判，列国也要在基督荣耀的宝座前受审判。结果，一切都要为著那要持续一千年的和平国度豫备好。然而，在千年国末了，撒但要从他的监牢得释放，并要煽动歌革和玛各背叛。然后基督要审判歌革和玛各，撒但要被扔在火湖里。这要在千年国末了发生。然后会有白色大宝座的审判，以及诸天和地的焚烧。此后，主的日子要完成，永世同新天新地就要被引进。
10At this point I would ask you to consult the chart printed on page 111. On this chart we can see a diagram of the seventy weeks of Daniel 9:24-27. First we have a period of seven weeks, then a time of sixty-two weeks, and finally, after a gap of undetermined length, the last week, the seventieth week. The seventieth week will be followed by the thousand years of the millennial kingdom. At the end of the millennium two events will take place, perhaps at the same time: the burning of the heavens and the earth, and the judgment at the white throne. According to the diagram, the day of the Lord will begin preliminarily at the start of the last seven years, and the Lord’s parousia will begin at the middle of these years. Before the middle of the seventieth week, certain natural calamities will take place, as in the sixth seal. The Lord’s day, as we can see from the diagram, will be open and will not be completed until the end of the millennium, at which time there will be the judgment on Gog and Magog. Now we can understand that the day of the Lord is a day of judgment. This day of judgment will begin from the start of the last week, the seventieth week. During this period of time, God will judge heaven, earth, and those living on earth, according to what is written in the book of Revelation. Then in the middle of the seventieth week the man-child and the one hundred forty-four thousand will be raptured to the third heaven. Following that, the Lord’s parousia will begin. The Lord will bring His presence down to the air, and He will be concealed for a time in the cloud. This will be the hidden part of His parousia. Then, probably at the end of the seven years, the Lord’s parousia will be made public, and the Lord Himself will descend to earth to exercise judgment upon Antichrist and his army. The Lord will also cause Satan to be bound and cast into the abyss, where he will be kept for a thousand years. Also, the Lord will sit on His throne in Jerusalem to judge the nations. Through that judgment, the situation of those on earth will be cleared up. The Christians will have been judged at the judgment seat of Christ, the Jews will have been judged, and the nations will have been judged at Christ’s throne of glory. As a result, everything will be made ready for the peaceful kingdom that will last for a thousand years. However, at the end of the millennium, Satan will be released from his prison and will instigate the rebellion of Gog and Magog. Christ will then judge Gog and Magog, and Satan will be cast into the lake of fire. This will take place at the end of the millennium. Then there will be the judgment at the white throne and the burning of the heavens and the earth. After this, the day of the Lord will be completed, and eternity will be ushered in with the new heaven and the new earth.
圣别的生活和敬虔
HOLY MANNER OF LIFE AND GODLINESS
11在彼后三章十一节彼得接著说，『这一切既然都要如此销化，你们该当怎样为人，有圣别的生活和敬虔。』因著撒但的背叛和人的堕落，在诸天之上的和地上的万物，都受了玷污。虽然万有，无论是在地上的、或是在诸天之上的，都已经因基督的血，藉著祂与神和好了，（西一20，）天上之物甚至已经被基督的血洁净了，（来九23，）但在神行政的对付里，万有仍需被火烧尽而得著清理，好在神的新宇宙里，（彼后三13，）不论在性质上，或外表上，都成为新的。因此，我们这些神圣别的儿女，该当怎样为人，有圣别的生活和敬虔；就是，我们该有怎样的变化，照神圣别的性情和敬虔过生活以彰显祂，使我们能彀资格与祂圣别的行政相配！神圣的能力已将我们过圣别的生活和敬虔所需要的一切，供应给我们，（一3，）这是何等奇妙！
11In verse 11 Peter goes on to say, “All these things being thus dissolved, what kind of persons ought you to be in holy manner of life and godliness.” All things, both in the heavens and on the earth, have been defiled by the rebellion of Satan and the fall of men. Although all things whether on earth or in the heavens have been reconciled to God through Christ by His blood (Col. 1:20), the heavenly things having been purified by the blood of Christ (Heb. 9:23), they still need to be cleared up by being burned up in God’s governmental dealing so that they may become new in nature and appearance in God’s new universe (2 Pet. 3:13). Thus, what kind of persons ought we, the children of the holy God, to be in holy manner of life and godliness; that is, what kind of transformation ought we to have to live a life in the manner of God’sho ly nature and godliness to express Him so that we may be qualified to match His holy government? How wonderful that the divine power has provided us with all things that are needed to live such a life in the holy manner and godliness (1:3).
期待并催促神的日子
EXPECTING AND HASTENING THE DAY OF GOD
12在三章十二节彼得说，『期待并催促神的日子来临？因著那日子的来临，诸天被火烧就销化了，所有的元素都要被焚烧而镕化。』我们一面圣别、敬虔的过变化的生活，一面期待、等候并催促神的日子来临。我们既知道神是这样圣别，要将一切销化，我们期待并催促神的日子来临时，就该有圣别的生活和敬虔。我们不但期待神的日子，我们也要催促这日子。
12In verse 12 Peter says, “Expecting and hastening the coming of the day of God, on account of which the heavens, being set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements burning with intense heat are melted.” While we live a transformed life in a holy and godly manner, we are expecting, awaiting, and hastening the coming of the day of God. Knowing that God is so holy as to dissolve all things, we ought to be in a holy manner of life and godliness as we expect and hasten the coming of the day of God. Not only do we expect the day of God—we would hasten it
神的日子
THE DAY OF GOD
13神的日子就是主的日子。（10。）对旧约以色列子民，主的日子就是耶和华的日子。（赛二12，珥一15，二，31，三14，摩五18，20，俄15，番一7，14，18，二2～3，亚十四，玛四1，5。）这些辞句中的『日子』，主要的是用以说到神行政对付的审判。在主来以前是人的日子，由人施行审判，直到主来。（林前四3～5。）然后是主的日子，开始于主的巴路西亚，（同在–太二四3，）及其一切的审判，结束于白色大宝座前，在人和鬼身上的审判。（启二十11～15。）主的巴路西亚（同在）开始于三年半大灾难之前，得胜的圣徒被提到诸天之上神的宝座时。（十二5，十四1。）而后，第六印和头四号一切超自然的灾难，都要降下击打地和地上之物，以及诸天和天体，（六12～17，八7～12，）作大灾难的起头。
13The day of God is the day of the Lord (v. 10), and the day of the Lord is the day of Jehovah to the children of Israel in the Old Testament (Isa. 2:12; Joel 1:15; 2:11, 31; 3:14; Amos 5:18, 20; Obad. 15; Zeph. 1:7, 14, 11 18; 2:2-3; Zech. 14:1; Mal. 4:1, 5). The “day” in such terms is mainly used in the sense of judgment for1 governmental dealings. Before the Lord comes it is “man’s day” in which man judges until the Lord comes (1 Cor. 4:3-5). Then it will be the “day of the Lord,” which will begin from the Lord’s parousia (with all its judgments) and will end with the judgment upon men and demons at the great white throne (Rev. 20:11-15). The Lord’s parousia will start when the overcoming saints will be raptured to the throne of God in the heavens before the great tribulation of three and one - half years (Rev. 12:5-6; 14:1). Then, with the overcomers, His parousia will come to the air (Rev. 10:1). Along with that, all the natural calamities of the sixth seal and the first four trumpets will be meted out to smite the heavens with their heavenly bodies and the earth with the things on it (Rev. 6:12-17; 8:7-12).
14大灾难要有三年半，其灾难主要的是末三号的灾祸，包括七碗的灾害。（太二四21～22，29，启八13～九21，十一14，十五5～十六21。）这对一切住在地上的人，（启三10，）包括犹太人，（赛二12，亚十四1～2，玛四1，5，珥一15～20，二1，11，31，）以及留下来经过大灾难在基督里的信徒，（启十二17，）乃是试炼的时期。大灾难末了，基督的巴路西亚（同在）要与得胜者同来空中，（十1，）死了的信徒要复活，与经过大灾难，大体活著的信徒一同被提，在空中与主相会。（林前十五52，帖前四16～17，启十四14～16。）接著，所有的信徒要在空中，主的审判台前受主审判。（林后五10。）然后是主与得胜圣徒的婚筵。（启十九～8。）随后主与祂的新妇，就是成为祂军队的得胜圣徒，要来到地上，（亚十四4～5，犹14，帖前三13，）与敌基督和他的军队争战，击败他们。他们要擒拿敌基督和他的假申言者，把他们活活的扔在火湖里。（启十九11～21。）（约在这时，大巴比伦要被毁灭十八1～十九3。）同时，主要拯救、聚集，复兴以色列人。（亚十二2～14，罗十一26，太二四31，徒一6。）接著，撒但要被捆绑，扔在无底坑里。（启二十1～3。）而后基督要审判列国（即活著的人─太二五31～46，珥三2。）此后就是千年国。（启二十4～6。）一千年后，撒但要从无底坑被释放出来，煽动部分列国，就是东半球北方的歌革和玛各，最后一次背叛神。他们要被征服、焚烧，那迷惑人的魔鬼要被扔在火湖里。（启二十7～10。）此后，诸天和地因著被烧尽就彻底得了清理。（彼后三7，10。）然后在白色大宝座前，（启二十11～15，）有末后的审判临到人（已死的人）、鬼、或许也临到堕落的天使。（彼后二4。）这是神为了清理旧宇宙，在主的日子所施行的许多审判和对付之外，在祂宇宙的行政里对旧造终结的对付。然后便开始了有新天新地的新宇宙，直到永远；（启二一1；）其中不再有神行政对付的审判，因为没有不义居住在其中。所以，主的日子若不算那一千年，就非常短暂，也许不超过七年。这就是但以理九章二十四至二十七节七十个七的末七（七年）主要的部分。
14Then the great tribulation will begin; it will last for three and one-half years with the woes and plagues of the last three trumpets and the seven bowls (Matt. 24:21-22, 29; Rev. 8:13—9:21; 11:14; 15:5—16:21). That will be a time of trial to the inhabitants of the whole earth (Rev. 3:10), including the Jews (Isa. 2:12; Zech. 14:1-2; Mal. 4:1, 5; Joel 1:15-20; 2:1, 11, 31) and the believers in Christ who will be left in the tribulation (Rev. 12:17). Before the end of the great tribulation, the dead saints will be resurrected and raptured together with the majority of the living believers, who will have passed through the great part of the tribulation, to meet with the Lord in the air (1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thes. 4:16-17; Rev. 14:14-16). Following this, all the believers will be judged by the Lord at His judgment seat in the air (2 Cor. 5:10). About this time, the great Babylon will be destroyed on the earth (Rev. 17:1 — 19:3). Then the Lord will7 have His wedding feast with the overcoming saints (Rev. 19:7-8). Immediately after this, the Lord with His bride, composed of the overcoming saints as His army, will fight and defeat the Antichrist and his army, the army of Satan. They will seize the Antichrist and his false prophet and cast them alive into the lake of fire (Rev. 19:11-21). Following this, ─ Satan will be bound and cast into the abyss, the bottomless pit (Rev. 20:1-3). Then the Lord will come with His saints to the earth (Zech. 14:4-5; Jude 14; 1 Thes. 3:13) and will judge the nations (the living— Matt. 25:31-46; Joel 3:2). After this will be the millennial kingdom (Rev. 20:4-6). Following the thousand years, Satan will be loosed from the abyss to instigate part of the nations, Gog and Magog in the north of the eastern hemisphere, to rebel the last time against God. They will be subdued and burned, and the deceiving Devil will be cast into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:7-10). Following this, the heavens and the earth will be fully cleared up by being burned up (2 Pet. 3:7, 10). Then will come the final judgment upon men (the dead) and demons, and probably also the fallen angels, at the great white throne (Rev. 20:11-15). That will be God’s consummate dealing with His old creation in His universal government, in addition to so many judgments and dealings executed within the day of the Lord to clear up the old universe. Then a new universe will begin with a new heaven and new earth for eternity (Rev. 21:1), in which there will be no more judgment of God’s governmental dealing, for no unrighteousness will be there. Therefore, not counting the one thousand years, the day of the Lord will be very short, probably not more than seven years, of which the last week (seven years) of the seventy weeks in Daniel 9:24-27 will be the main part.
15有人认为神的日子和主的日子是两个不同的日子：主的日子结束于千年国，神的日子开始于诸天和地被焚烧，及其后白色大宝座的审判；这是不正确的。事实上，白色大宝座的审判既仍是由主耶稣施行的，（徒十42，十七31，提后四1，）也就包括在主的日子里。神不审判甚么人，乃将审判的事全交与主。（约五22。）彼后三章十二节『那日子的来临』，指神的日子来临。神的日子来临，是要对旧造的每一部分施行审判，将其清理。因著这样的日子来临，诸天就不能照旧存在，乃要被销化，所有的元素都要被烈火焚烧而镕化。所以，彼得说，『诸天被火烧就销化了，所有的元素都要被焚烧而镕化。』
15It is not correct to consider the day of God and the day of the Lord as two different days and claim that the day of the Lord ends with the millennial kingdom and that the day of God begins with the burning of the heavens and the earth followed by the judgment of the great white throne. Actually, because the judgment of the great white throne will still be executed by the Lord Jesus (Acts 10:42; 17:31; 2 Tim. 4:1), it will also be in the day of the Lord. God does not judge anyone; He has given all judgment to the Lord (John 5:22). In 3:12 the relative pronoun “which” refers to the coming of the day of God. The coming of the day of God is to execute judgment upon every part of the old creation to clear it up. On account of the coming of such a day, the heavens will no longer be able to stand and remain as they have been, but will be dissolved, their elements melting in the intense heat of the burning fire. Therefore, Peter says that “the heavens, being set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements burning with intense heat are melted