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Chinese2/3/2006English
經文:歷代志下廿一至廿二章
鑰節:「耶和華卻……不肯滅大衛的家,照祂所應許的,永遠賜燈光與大衛和他的子孫。」(21:7)
提要

        這幾章的事件,顯示約沙法與北國的亞哈聯盟,其結果是無比的慘痛。這一組合,造成他的兒子約蘭和亞他利雅的聯姻,而亞他利雅正是亞哈和毒婦耶洗別的女兒。約蘭並不走他父親的路,反而追隨他岳父亞哈的惡道。他與一位異教女子結婚,對他造成很不好的影響。可悲的是,他父親約沙法偉大的改革並沒有影響到他。他當了國王後,即刻殺了自己所有的兄弟,還有一些民眾領袖(21:4)。這可能是為了除去兄弟們對他在政治和宗教上的威脅(21:13)或許,這也可能來自一種貪婪的慾望,想把所有約沙法的財富據為己有(21:3)。

        約蘭促使選民離開上帝,用的手法是鼓勵大家拜偶像,甚至還要隨從他妻子所教的宗教去拜巴力。這位王后的母親耶洗別,曾把這些偶像從她的祖國腓尼基帶到北王國。這一異教的活動,既包含通姦,又有靈性的淫亂,得罪上帝,也就是他們神聖的丈夫(參利20:5)。先知以利亞曾以預言方式寫了一封責備與論及大禍降臨的信,給約蘭,而且很可能在約蘭尚未登基前,就由聖靈感動而寫下了。這封信控告他靈性的賣淫,並預言上主要擊打他的家庭,並且他要因為腸病受苦而死。雖然以利亞是上帝有能力的先知,約蘭仍然不顧這些忠言,並且繼續作惡。這些預言,正如以利亞所說,果真應驗了。因為約蘭背棄了主,他的生命便十分悲慘:國家遭人打敗,其中的珍寶也被搬走(2:16~17)。他所有的妻子和兒女都被擄走了,只有亞他利雅和最小的兒子約哈斯(這名字意為「主已拿去」)例外。由於腸子的病,約蘭的生命受很深的痛苦毒害而告終。他甚至沒有受到光榮的安葬(21:19;16:14),也沒有人為他的死而悲傷。約蘭確實收了他所種的惡因。他的生命是一段悲慘的例證,證明一個人棄絕上帝會有什麼事情發生。

        儘管亞哈謝(也叫約哈斯,21:17)很壞,卻是唯一留下來的大衛皇族後代,繼承王位。國人沒有其他選擇,只好讓他做王。這個約蘭和亞他利雅最幼的孩子,統治猶大國只有一年。在這段時間中,他也走他父親、和外曾祖父亞哈的路。他母親給他父親壞的影響,如今也影響他去做壞事。他母親以及其他來自亞哈家人的建議,引導他步入毀滅(22:3~4)。在上帝計畫中,亞哈謝在幫助他的舅父以色列的約蘭(又叫約哈蘭)對抗耶戶──神所揀選審判亞哈家的人時,必遭死亡(參王上19:16~17;王下9)。

        亞他利雅視自己兒子死亡為一個奪取猶大王位的機會。她殺害了一切王位的繼承人,那都是她的孩子呀!她幾乎根絕了大衛的後代,但因上帝眷顧而未得逞。關於約沙法與亞哈締約結盟,還有另一個可怕的結果。亞他利雅在猶大強化了巴力的崇拜,正如同她母親在以色列所做過的。但是耶洗別的女兒,既然變成有名的邪惡化身,又有什麼其他的好結果可以期盼?(參啟2:20~21)。

        上帝的計畫,無論如何,是要勝過她邪惡的技倆。猶大先王約蘭的一個女兒,亞哈謝的姊妹,叫做約示巴,從亞他利雅手中,救了又藏了她一週歲的姪兒約阿施。上帝救了大衛的一個後代,目的是要讓祂拯救世人的計畫,經由彌賽亞,大衛最偉大的子孫,來完成。邪惡的力量不能阻止上帝神聖的計畫。

禱告

        噢主,我們感謝您影響了我們的母親,使她積極而敬虔。我們在猶大和以色的諸王的生活中,看到母親有鉅大的能力,可以決定下一代統治者的結局。賜福保守所有的母親跟隨您的道路。奉耶穌基督的名禱告,阿們。

English

Scriptures:Read 2 Chronicles 21 &22
Key Verse:"Yet the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David..."(2 Chronicles 21:7)
Overview

        The events of these chapters illustrate the disastrous results of Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab of the Northern Kingdom. This compromise led to the marriage of his son Jehoram with Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and the infamous Jezebel. Jehoram did not walk in the ways of his father, but in the evil ways of his father-in-law, Ahab. His marriage to a pagan woman had a bad influence on him. Sadly, the great reformation of his father, Jehoshaphat, did not affect Jehoram. When he became king, he killed all of his brothers and some other leaders of the people (21:4). This was possibly so they could be no threat to him, politically or religiously (21:13); or it may have been from a greedy desire to take all the wealth of Jehoshaphat for himself (21:3).

        Jehoram turned the people away from the Lord by encouraging idolatry and even the worship of Baal, the cultic religion of his wife. Her mother, Jezebel, had brought this to the Northern Kingdom from her home country of Phoenicia. As well as these pagan practices involving fornication, there was also spiritual adultery and harlotry against God, their divine husband (cf. Leviticus 20:5). The prophet Elijah prophetically wrote a letter of condemnation and doom to Jehoram, which interestingly may have been written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit even before Jehoram took the throne. The letter accused him of spiritual harlotry and predicted that the Lord would strike his family and that he would suffer and die because of a severe intestinal sickness. Though Elijah was a mighty prophet of God, Jehoram ignored these words and continued in his evil ways. The prophecy did indeed come to fulfillment just as Elijah had spoken. Because Jehoram forsook the Lord, his life was tragic: the nation suffered defeat and their treasures were carried away (21:16-17). All his wives and children, with the exception of his wife Athaliah and his youngest son Jehoahaz (whose name means "the Lord has taken"), were also taken away. Jehoram's life ended with much pain and suffering due to his intestinal sickness. He was not even given an honourable burial (21:19; 16:14), and no one mourned his death. Jehoram certainly reaped what he had sown. His life is a tragic example of what .can happen when someone forsakes the Lord.

        Although Ahaziah (also called Jehoahaz, 21:17) was evil, he was the only one left in the royal dynasty of David to take the throne; they had no other choice but to make him king. This youngest son of Jehoram and Athaliah reigned only one year over Judah, but during this time he also walked in the ways of his father and of his grandfather Ahab. Just as his mother had been a bad influence on his father, she also influenced him to do wicked things. The counsel he received from her, and other relatives from the house of Ahab, led him to destruction (22:3-4). In the plan of God, Ahaziah met his death while helping his uncle Jehoram (also called Joram) of Israel against Jehu, the man that God had chosen to bring judgment upon the house of Ahab (cf. 1 Kings 19:16-17; 2 Kings 9).

        Athaliah saw her son's death as an opportunity to usurp the throne of Judah. She murdered any heir to the throne, who were her own grandchildren! She almost, but for the providence of God, exterminated the dynasty of David; this was yet another terrible result of Jehoshaphat's compromise by his treaty with Ahab. Athaliah strengthened the worship of Baal in Judah, just as her mother had done in Israel, but what else could be expected of the daughter of Jezebel who became a notorious symbol of the embodiment of evil? (cf. Revelation 2:20-21).

        The plan of God, however, was to prevail over her evil schemes. A daughter of King Jehoram, a sister of Ahaziah named Jehoshabeath, rescued and hid her one-year-old nephew Joash from Athaliah. God saved one descendant of David to see His plan for the redemption of the world come through the Messiah Jesus, the Great Son of David. Evil forces cannot stop God's divine plans.

Prayer

        O Lord, we thank You for the positive and godly influence of our mothers. We see in the lives- of the kings of Judah and Israel the tremendous power of mothers in determining the destiny of the rulers of the next generation. Bless and keep mothers following Your ways.


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