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经文 / Scripture: 启示录 Revelation 2:18-17

1. 经文阅读 / Scripture Reading

【启示录 Revelation 2:18-20】 18“你要写信给推雅推喇教会的使者说:“那眼目如火焰、脚像光明铜的神之子说: 19 我知道你的行为、爱心、信心、勤劳、忍耐,又知道你末后所行的善事比起初所行的更多。 20然而,有一件事我要责备你,就是你容让那自称是先知的妇人耶洗别教导我的仆人,引诱他们行奸淫,吃祭偶像之物。

【Rev 2:18-20】 18 "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. 20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

【启示录 Revelation 2:21-23】 21“我曾给她悔改的机会,她却不肯悔改她的淫行。 22看哪,我要叫她病卧在床;那些与她行淫的人若不悔改所行的,我也要叫他们同受大患难。 23我又要杀死她的党类,叫众教会知道我是那察看人肺腑心肠的,并要照你们的行为报应你们各人。

【Rev 2:21-23】 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

【启示录 Revelation 2:24-27】 24‘至于你们推雅推喇其余的人,就是一切不从那教训、不晓得他们素常所说撒旦深奥之理的人,我告诉你们:我不将别的担子放在你们身上; 25但你们已经有的,总要持守,直等到我来。 26那得胜又遵守我命令到底的,我要赐给他权柄制伏列国, 27他必用铁杖辖管他们,将他们如同窑户的瓦器打得粉碎,像我从我父领受的权柄一样。

【Rev 2:24-27】 24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets, 'I will not impose any other burden on you, 25 except to hold on to what you have until I come.' 26 To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations- 27 that one 'will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery'-just as I have received authority from my Father.

2. 推雅推喇城与教会背景 / Background of Thyatira & The Church

【使徒行传 Acts 16:14】 14 有一个卖紫色布匹的妇人,名叫吕底亚,是推雅推喇城的人,素来敬拜神。她听见了,主就开导她的心,叫她留心听保罗所讲的话。

【Acts 16:14】 14 One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshiped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.

3. 容让与妥协的危险 / The Danger of Tolerance & Compromise

容让 Tolerance / 妥协 Compromise

【启示录 Revelation 2:20】 20然而,有一件事我要责备你,就是你容让那自称是先知的妇人耶洗别教导我的仆人,引诱他们行奸淫,吃祭偶像之物。

【Rev 2:20】 20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

【启示录 Revelation 2:18】 18“你要写信给推雅推喇教会的使者说:“那眼目如火焰、脚像光明铜的神之子说

【Rev 2:18】 18 "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

4. 旧约历史的警诫：以利家的罪 / Warning from OT: The Sin of Eli's House

【撒母耳记上 1 Samuel 2:12】 12 以利的两个儿子是恶人,不认识耶和华。

【1 Samuel 2:12】 12 Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the Lord

【撒母耳记上 1 Samuel 2:13-16】 13 这二祭司待百姓是这样的规矩:凡有人献祭,正煮肉的时候,祭司的仆人就来,手拿三齿的叉子, 14 将叉子往罐里,或鼎里,或釜里,或锅里一插,插上来的肉,祭司都取了去。凡上到示罗的以色列人,他们都是这样看待。 15 又在未烧脂油以前,祭司的仆人就来对献祭的人说:“将肉给祭司,叫他烤吧。他不要煮过的,要生的。” 16献祭的人若说:“必须先烧脂油,然后你可以随意取肉”,仆人就说:“你立时给我,不然我便抢去。”

【1 Samuel 2:13-16】 13 or for their duties as priests. Whenever anyone offered a sacrifice, Eli's sons would send over a servant with a three-pronged fork. While the meat of the sacrificed animal was still boiling, 14 the servant would stick the fork into the pot and demand that whatever it brought up be given to Eli's sons. All the Israelites who came to worship at Shiloh were treated this way. 15 Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal's fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting. 16 The man offering the sacrifice might reply, "Take as much as you want, but the fat must be burned first." Then the servant would demand, "No, give it to me now, or I'll take it by force."

【撒母耳记上 1 Samuel 2:17】 17 如此,这二少年人的罪在耶和华面前甚重了,因为他们藐视耶和华的祭物。

【1 Samuel 2:17】 17 So the sin of these young men was very serious in the Lord's sight, for they treated the Lord's offerings with contempt.

【撒母耳记上 1 Samuel 2:22-23】 22以利年甚老迈,听见他两个儿子待以色列众人的事,又听见他们与会幕门前伺候的妇人苟合, 23他就对他们说:“你们为何行这样的事呢?我从这众百姓听见你们的恶行。

【1 Samuel 2:22-23】 22 Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew, for instance, that his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 23 Eli said to them, "I have been hearing reports from all the people about the wicked things you are doing. Why do you keep sinning?

【撒母耳记上 1 Samuel 2:29】 29 我所吩咐献在我居所的祭物,你们为何践踏,尊重你的儿子过于尊重我,将我民以色列所献美好的祭物肥己呢?

【1 Samuel 2:29】 29 So why do you scorn my sacrifices and offerings? Why do you give your sons more honor than you give me-for you and they have become fat from the best offerings of my people Israel!

【撒母耳记上 1 Samuel 4:18】 18他一提神的约柜,以利就从他的位上往后跌倒,在门旁折断颈项而死,因为他年纪老迈,身体沉重。以利做以色列的士师四十年。

【1 Samuel 4:18】 18 When the messenger mentioned what had happened to the Ark of God, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and overweight. He had been Israel's judge for forty years.

5. 区别：不容忍恶人与用温柔挽回 / Contrast: Discerning Evil vs. Restoring Gently

【启示录 Revelation 2:2-4】 2我知道你的行为、劳碌、忍耐,也知道你不能容忍恶人。你也曾试验那自称为使徒却不是使徒的,看出他们是假的来。 3你也能忍耐,曾为我的名劳苦,并不乏倦。 4然而,有一件事我要责备你,就是你把起初的爱心离弃了。

【Rev 2:2-4】 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.

【加拉太书 Galatians 6:1-2】 1弟兄们,若有人偶然被过犯所胜,你们属灵的人就当用温柔的心把他挽回过来;又当自己小心,恐怕也被引诱。 2你们各人的重担要互相担当,如此就完全了基督的律法。

【Gal 6:1-2】 1 Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. 2 Share each other's burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.

6. 审判与悔改的机会 / Judgment & Opportunity to Repent

【启示录 Revelation 2:21】 21“我曾给她悔改的机会,她却不肯悔改她的淫行。

【Rev 2:21】 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.

【启示录 Revelation 2:21-23】 21“我曾给她悔改的机会,她却不肯悔改她的淫行。 22看哪,我要叫她病卧在床;那些与她行淫的人若不悔改所行的,我也要叫他们同受大患难。 23我又要杀死她的党类,叫众教会知道我是那察看人肺腑心肠的,并要照你们的行为报应你们各人。

【Rev 2:21-23】 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.