【读圣经学英语】什么神迹

约翰福音-John 2 章17~20节

2:17 祂的门徒就想起经上记着:“我为你的家,心里焦急,如同火烧。”
His disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal of Your house shall devour Me.''
2:18 于是犹太人问祂说,你既作这些事,还显什么神迹给我们看?
The Jews then answered and said to Him, What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?
2:19 耶稣回答说,你们拆毁这殿,我三日内要将它建立起来。
Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
2:20 犹太人便说,这殿是四十六年才造成的,你三日内就将它建立起来么?
Then the Jews said, This temple was built in forty-six years, and You will raise it up in three days?

亮光

犹太人求主显神迹给他们看。主回答说,『你们拆毁这殿,我三日内要将它建立起来。』约二19。)主的复活是惟一的神迹。在教会的建造上,常常有人像犹太人一样向我们挑战,要看我们能行什么神迹。我们不该受试诱想要行神迹。我们必须跟随主耶稣,让我们自己被治死,然后基督就要在复活里显明出来。这就是在建造上所需要的神迹,表号。为着建造教会,惟一的神迹乃是在复活里的生命。

撒但在十字架上拆毁了主物质的身体以后,祂的身体被放在坟墓里,安息在那里。然后主耶稣进入死亡,游历了黑宫,就在复活里出来。当耶稣起来的时候,祂自己叫祂那死了、被埋葬的身体复活。耶稣在十字架上被拆毁的身体是微小软弱的;基督在复活里的身体是广大有能的。你要那一个-耶稣的身体,还是基督的身体?在主复活以后,祂的身体,就是殿,在更大的规模里被建立起来。仇敌藉钉十字架所拆毁的,仅仅是耶稣的身体;而主在复活里所复活的,不仅是祂自己的身体,更是每一位藉信与祂联合的人。(彼前一3,弗二6。)主复活之后,撒但不得不说,『我输了,我真笨。我不该拆毁祂。』可是撒但懊悔已为时太晚了。

不要因撒但的活动惊慌。当主耶稣知道犹太人想要拆毁祂,祂并没有祷告说,『父阿,杀死这些犹太人。父阿,救我,保护我。』祂没有这样祷告,反而似乎告诉他们说,『尽所能的杀我吧。要确信,你们杀死我之后,我会得着机会扩增。』没有一个人能阻挠主的定旨。仇敌越想要阻挠,就越给主机会来作更多。主所作的总是在复活里。主『三日内』将殿建立起来,表征祂是在复活里建造。
 

 

Enlightenment

The Jews asked the Lord Jesus to show them a sign. The Lord answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (2:19). The resurrection of the Lord is the unique sign. In the building up of the church, oftentimes people, like the Jews, will challenge us to see what miracles we can do. We should not be tempted to try to perform miracles. We have to follow the Lord Jesus and let ourselves be put to death. Then Christ will be manifested in resurrection. This is the miracle, the sign, that is needed in the building up of the church. The unique sign for the building up of the church is life in resurrection.

After Satan destroyed the Lord’s physical body on the cross, His body was put into a tomb and rested there. The Lord Jesus then went into death, took a tour of the Black House, and came out in resurrection. When Jesus arose, He Himself raised up His dead and buried body. The body of Jesus that was destroyed on the cross was small and weak; the Body of Christ in resurrection is vast and powerful. Which do you prefer to have—the body of Jesus or the Body of Christ? After the Lord’s resurrection, His Body, that is, the temple, was reared up on a much larger scale. The body the enemy destroyed by crucifixion was merely the body of Jesus; what was raised by the Lord in resurrection was not only His own body, but everyone who is joined to Him by faith (1 Pet. 1:3; Eph. 2:6). After the Lord’s resurrection, Satan would have had to say, “I lost my case. I was stupid. I shouldn’t have destroyed Him.” Nevertheless, it was too late for Satan to repent.

Do not be terrified by Satan’s activity. When the Lord Jesus knew that the Jews were attempting to destroy Him, He did not pray, “O Father, kill all these Jews. Father, save Me and protect Me.” Instead of praying that way, the Lord seemed to tell them, “Do your best to kill Me. Be assured that after you put Me to death I will have the opportunity to increase.” No one can frustrate the purpose of the Lord. The more the enemy tries to do, the more he affords the opportunity for the Lord to do something more. Whatever the Lord does is always in resurrection. The Lord builds the temple “in three days,” signifying that He builds it in resurrection.