一起读经 | 希伯来书 9:6-10 那位大祭司带来振兴的时刻

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希伯来书9: 6-10:这些物件既如此预备齐了,众祭司就常进头一层帐幕,行拜神的礼。至于第二层帐幕,惟有大祭司一年一次独自进去,没有不带着血为自己和百姓的过错献上。圣灵用此指明,头一层帐幕仍存的时候,进入至圣所的路还未显明。那头一层帐幕作现今的一个表样,所献的礼物和祭物,就着良心说,都不能叫礼拜的人得以完全。这些事,连那饮食和诸般洗濯的规矩,都不过是属肉体的条例,命定到振兴的时候为止。

         你如何向一个信奉犹太教的朋友证实弥赛亚已经到来?首先我会向他们指出上帝对大卫王的应许,即:他的子孙会永远坐在宝座上。自从以色列民被掳到巴比伦后,大卫的子孙中就再也没有人作王。。。直到耶稣来临。他来是为了永久治理上帝的国和上帝的百姓。所以除非你能指出某位大卫的后代统治以色列,否则我们就该期待这个应许以另外一种方式得到应验。

         还有一种方式可以证明弥赛亚已经到来,就是指出今天的犹太信仰里已经没有祭司了。之所以说没有祭司,是因为已经没有圣殿,也没有至圣所了。当耶路撒冷在公元后70年被毁以后,就再也没有重建圣殿,以后也不会再有了,因为穆斯林在圣殿山上盖了清真寺。因为帐幕和圣殿都不再有任何功能了,我们就该寻求另一位祭司,一位完美永恒的祭司,他永远在上帝面前做我们的祭司服事我们。当耶稣死去、复活、升天后,旧约就变成了新约。耶稣,也只有耶稣,能够在上帝面前清洁我们的良心。

祷告:主耶稣,我们的世界和文化把我们指向很多宗教,并宣称他们都是一样的。我知道这是一个谎言。只有一位上帝和一位救主。只有一位为我流血,你就是那位救主。我祷告我今日不会听那些繁杂的声音,但请给我一个清晰的声音,向世界宣告你是唯一的救主,我们在你里面有盼望。阿们。

Hebrews 9: 6 When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. 7 But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. 8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. 9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

         How would you prove to someone of the Jewish faith that the Messiah has come?  First, I would point them to the promise that God made to David, that he would have a Son who would sit on his throne forever. There were no kings from the line of David after the Babylonian Captivity … until Jesus came. He came to rule over God’s kingdom and God’s people forever. So unless you can point to a Davidic King over Israel, we should look to another fulfillment of that promise.

Another way to argue that the Messiah has come is to point out that there are no priests in the Jewish faith today. There are no priests because there is no temple, no Holy of Holies.  When Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 A.D., the temple was not rebuilt. Nor will it ever be, because the Moslems have a mosque on the temple mount.  Because the tabernacle ad the temple are not functioning, we should be looking for another priest, one who is perfect and eternal and who serves are our priest before God forever. The Old Testament became the New Testament when Jesus died and rose and ascended into heaven.  Jesus, only Jesus, can clear our consciences before God!  

Prayer:   Lord Jesus, my world and my culture points to many religions and say that they are all the same. I know that is a lie. There is one God and one Savior. There is only one who shed his blood for me, and you are that Savior. I pray that I would not only not listen to those voices today, but give me a voice that proclaims you to the world as the only Savior in whom we have hope.  Amen.

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