出埃及記第三十五章1~5节
亮光:
你晓得安息日的真义么?照出埃及记二十章、申命记十二章来看,安息日的意义就是记念主是我们的创造主和救赎主。我们记念创造我们、救赎我们的一位,就是守安息日。如果我们日夜忙碌,就会把主忘了,把祂推到一旁去。但有一个原则,有一个属灵的条例,就是我们无论作甚么事情,都需要先记念主,并与祂一同安息。让我们与祂一同安息,记念祂是我们的创造主、救赎主,也是我们的救主、主、主人、生命
。如果我们规律地这么作,那是何等美妙!
这样领会三十五章一至三节论到安息日的话,不仅是出自我的经历,也是出自三十四章、三十五章里记载的顺序。摩西与主同在山上的时候,主对他说到年年要守的三个节期,以及周周要守的安息日。然后摩西下山,吩咐百姓要制造帐幕及其器具,并且要为祭司制作衣服。然而,摩西没有忘记主所吩咐他的。所以,他嘱咐以色列人为神制造帐幕,就告诉他们要与神一同安息,因而记念神是他们的创造主、救赎主。制作帐幕及其器具和祭司的衣服,这段记载开始于论到安息日的话,我相信原因就在这里。
Illumination:
Do you know the real significance of the Sabbath? According to Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 12, the significance of the Sabbath is to remember the Lord as our Creator and Redeemer. When we remember the One who created us and redeemed us, we keep the Sabbath. If we are busy day and night, we shall forget the Lord and push Him aside. But there is a principle, a spiritual regulation, that before doing anything we need to remember the Lord and rest with Him. Let us rest with Him in remembrance of Him as our Creator and Redeemer and also as our Savior, Lord, Master, and life. How wonderful it would be if we did this regularly!
This understanding of the word concerning the Sabbath in 35:1-3 comes not only from my experience, but also from the sequence of the record in chapters thirty-four and thirty-five. When Moses was on the mountain with the Lord, the Lord spoke to him concerning three feasts to be held yearly and the Sabbath to be kept weekly. Then Moses came down to tell the people to make the tabernacle with its furniture and to make the garments for the priests. Moses, however, did not forget what the Lord had told him. Therefore, charging the children of Israel to make the tabernacle for God, he told them first to rest with Him and thereby to remember Him as their Creator and Redeemer. I believe that this is the reason the record concerning the making of the tabernacle with its furniture and the garments for the priests begins with a word concerning the Sabbath.