旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第25章

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
以赛亚书第廿五章   赛 25:1> 神以忠信诚实行奇妙的事,你有何切身体会? 

  25:1 以赛亚知道神完成了祂自己的计划,便欢呼赞美神。一想到神所回应的祷告,我们便要赞美祂的信实。 

  赛 25:4> 你感到受人欺压吗?生活窘困吗?向神呼求倾诉吧…… 

  25:4 穷人受到无情地压迫,他们在受苦,但神关心他们,神是他们的避难所。当我们受压迫或生活条件差的时候,我们可向神求安慰和帮助,耶稣说神的国属于穷人(参路 6:20 )。 

  赛 25:6> 谁有份儿出席神的筵席?我有份儿吗? 

  25:6 这是对“万民”的预言:外邦人将与犹太人在弥赛亚的筵席上,共同庆祝推翻邪恶、与神同在的永恒欢乐。这说明神要让祂的拯救信息传到全世界,不局限于犹太人。在欢宴期间,神要永远终止死亡( 25:7-8 ),出席者将是那些始终靠信心生活的人。这就是为什么他们说:“看哪,这是我们的神,我们一直在等候他,我们必因他的救恩欢喜快乐”( 25:9 )。请参见第 55 章对这一盛宴的介绍。 

  赛 25:8> 主必擦去各人脸上的眼泪,这给你何等的安慰? 

  25:8 主的话一出口必定实现,我们明白这些就会非常平静。当我们照神的旨意祷告(像圣经中表述的那样),并祈求神的应许时(像圣经中记载的那样),神会垂听我们的祷告并回应我们的要求。 

  赛 25:8> 这节经文在旧约中有何独特之处? 

  25:8 本节经文中的一部分被引用在哥林多前书 15 章 54 节中,描述基督战胜了死亡。神最终的胜利是在我们的最大敌人被击败的时候(参何 13:14 )。本节的另一部分被引用在启示录 21 章 4 节中,描述了神与其子民同在的感人场面。 

  赛 25:10> 摩押代表着──