【读圣经学英语】七日的第一日

【读圣经学英语】七日的第一日

约翰福音-John 20章1~3 节

20:1 七日的第一日清早,天还黑的时候,抹大拉的马利亚来到坟墓那里,看见石头从坟墓挪开了。
Now on the first day of the week, Mary the Magdalene came early to the tomb while it was yet dark and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.
20:2 她就跑到西门彼得,和耶稣所爱的那另一个门徒那里,对他们说,有人把主从坟墓里取了去,我们不知道他们把祂放在那里。
She ran therefore and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.
20:3 彼得和那另一个门徒就出来,往坟墓那里去。
Peter therefore went forth, as well as the other disciple, and came to the tomb.

Enlightenment:

The resurrection of the Lord was a new start opening the way to a new generation and a new age. This is why the Lord resurrected “on the first day of the week.” This day is the greatest day in the Bible. That it is called “the first day of the week” means that it is a new beginning. A week is a period of seven days, and the first day denotes a new start. Why did the Lord not rise up on the sixth or seventh day, or on any other day of the week? Because His resurrection ushered in a new period, a new age, a new generation. In the old creation there were seven days. God created for six days and rested on the seventh. These seven days were the generation of the old creation.

By the resurrection of the Lord Jesus another generation was newly started. The old creation belonged to the seven days. Now, after the seven days, there is a new start with another first day. In other words, by the resurrection of the Lord, the old creation has passed away and a new creation has begun; the old generation is over and the new generation has started. Thus, the first day of another week signifies the beginning of a new creation, a new generation, and a new age.

亮光

主的复活是一个新起头,开启达到新世代与新时代的路。这就是为什么主在『七日的第一日』复活。这日是圣经中最大的日子。所谓『七日的第一日,』意即新的开始,一周有七日,第一日表明新开始。主为什么不在七日的第六日或第七日,或别的日子复活?因为祂的复活引进新时期,新时代,新世代。在旧造里有七日。神用了六天创造,第七日就安息了。这七日是旧造的世代。

藉着主耶稣的复活,开始了另一个新世代。旧造属于七日,如今,在七日之后,有了另一个第一日作新开始。换句话说,藉着主的复活,旧造过去了,新造开始了;旧世代过去了,新世代开始了。因此,另一周的第一日象征一个新造,新世代和新时代的开始。