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Chinese1/15/2005English
經文:創世記廿七章
鑰節:「以撒就大大的戰兢說……我已經為他祝福,他將來也必蒙福。」(27:33)
提要

         雖然以撒是個和平的人,但有時候他家裡卻很不平靜,因為他和利百加各對兩個兒子有所偏愛。以撒愛強壯、有男子氣概的獵人,以掃;利百加卻愛溫和、常留在家中的雅各(25:27~28)。另一個使以撒家不安寧的原因是,對屬靈事務漠不關心的以掃娶了兩個赫人的女子,使他的雙親心裡愁煩(26:34~35),因為赫人是拜偶像的異教徒。

         長子權和祝福是兩件事,但也密不可分。雅各已經狡猾的從以掃奪走了長子權,那主要是物質的繼承權;但父親的祝福包括了物質和屬靈的祝福。身為長子的以掃本來享有長子的權利和祝福,但上帝有不同的計畫和目的。在他們出生之前,上帝就預見了他們的心而揀選雅各(25:23)。

         以撒想在他死前給以掃祝福,但利百加偷聽到他們的談話,她曉得雅各很想得此祝福,(那是上帝要祝福全世界的管道),於是和雅各同謀欺騙年老又眼瞎的以撒。他們的計策成功了。他們的手段是錯的,上帝一定可以用其他更好的方法來達成祂的計畫,但祂准許事情發生,好使以撒將祝福給雅各而不是給以掃。

         不過我們也看到雅各(他名字的意思是「欺騙者」)在他後來的生命裡為他的謊言付出極大的代價。以撒應該從上帝的預言(25:23)和以掃娶了兩位外邦女子的事實看出,以掃絕不能繼承上帝所應許的祝福。或許是以撒對以掃的愛使他看不見真相。

         族長的祝福不能取消或更改,那就是為什麼以撒無法改變他給了雅各的祝福,雖然他很想這麼做。以掃終於明瞭他一向輕視而今已失去的是什麼,所以他哭著請求父親也祝福他,但以撒還能說什麼呢?希伯來書的作者以此為例,說以掃貪戀世俗,「得不著門路回轉」,而被棄絕(來12:16~17)。以撒預言,雖然以掃(即指他的後裔以東人)將服事他的弟弟,但他終會有擺脫雅各(以色列,雅各的後裔)之軛的一天(見王下8:20~22)。

         以掃因氣憤填膺,怨恨他的弟弟(27:41),而決定當他的父親一死就要殺害雅各。然而,以撒卻不如以掃所想的離死期不遠了,他在為雅各祝福後又活了約八十年。上帝似乎在以撒將祝福給對了人後使他好轉。以撒也看出上帝的旨意實現了,雖然他起初還頑固的嘗試要阻止它。

         全知、無限的上帝的計畫和目的,有時不是我們有限的智慧所能理解的。如果根據雅各和以掃的行為,則他們二人都應被棄絕,我們也會有相同的命運(弗2:8~9;多3:5;羅9:10~16)。但上帝隨已意行事,祂也知道自己在做什麼。祂的揀選是基於祂永恆的計畫、道德的屬性,和祂的性格。因祂的恩典、照祂的旨意,祂已經在創立世界以前預定我們得救。祂召我們成為祂的兒女和後嗣,我們蒙召有神聖的目的(弗1:5、11)。讓我們為上帝的恩典感謝祂;也讓我們忠心的活出祂召我們的樣式。

禱告

         主啊,謝謝您對我們的恩召,幫助我們忠心的活出侢在我們生命裡的呼召和目的。奉主耶穌基督聖名,阿們!

English

Scriptures:Read Genesis 27
Key Verse:“Then Isaac trembled exceedingly and said, ‘… I have blessed him – and indeed he shall be blessed’.”(Genesis 27:33 )
Overview

         Although Isaac was a peaceful man, at times there was great lack of peace within his home because of the favoritism he and Rebekah showed their sons. Isaac loved Esau who was a strong, masculine-looking hunter, but Rebekah loved Jacob, a mild-mannered homebody (25:27, 28). Another cause of unrest within the home was that Esau, still unconcerned for spiritual things, had married two local Hittite women, thus grieving his parents (26:34, 35), for the Hittites were idolatrous pagans.

         The birthright and the blessing are two separate things, but they go hand in hand. Jacob had cunningly taken away from Isaac the birthright, which primarily emphasized the physical inheritance, but the blessing emphasized both physical and spiritual blessing. Esau, as the older of the twins, was entitled to both the birthright and the blessing, but God had a different plan and purpose. Even before their birth, He foresaw their hearts and chose Jacob (25:23).

         Isaac wanted to give the blessing to Esau before he died, but Rebekah, overhearing and knowing Jacob earnestly desired it (which was God’s channel of blessing to the whole world), conspired with him to deceive Isaac, now old and blind. Their scheme worked. The way they went about it was wrong, and certainly God could have accomplished it in another and better way, but He permitted it to happen so that Isaac would give Jacob the blessing instead of Esau. We see, however, that Jacob (whose name mean “deceiver”) later on in life paid much for his deception and lies. Isaac should have known from the prophecy (25:23), and form the fact that Esau married outside of the godly line, that Esau could never carry on the promised blessing of the Lord. Maybe Isaac’s love for Esau blinded him from seeing the truth.

         The blessing of the patriarchs could not be annulled or changed; that is why Isaac could not change the blessing he had just given to Jacob, even though he desperately wanted to. Esau finally realized what he had despised and now had lost, so he wept and pleaded with his father to bless him also, but what more was there to say? The writer of the book of Hebrews uses this as an illustration, saying because Esau was profane and “found no place for repentance:, he was rejected (Hebrews 12:16, 17). Isaac prophesied that although he (i.e. his descendants, the Edomites) would serve his brother, there would come a time when he would throw off his yoke (Israel, Jacob’s descendants – see 2 Kings 8:20-22).

         Esau’s anger turned to hate for his brother (27:41) and bitterness so filled his heart that he decided to kill Jacob as soon as their father died. Isaac, however, was not as close to death as he or Esau thought, for he lived about 80 more years after blessing Jacob. It seems God made Isaac well after the blessing was given to the right person, Isaac saw that the will of God was accomplished, even though initially he had been stubborn and tried to stop it.

         The plan and purpose of our all-knowing, infinite God is sometimes beyond our finite understanding. If it were according to deeds that Jacob and Esau had done, they would both be rejected. The same would go for us too (Ephesians 2:8, 9; Titus 3:5; Romans 9:10-16). But God does what He pleases and knows what He is doing. His choosing is built on His eternal plan, moral attributes, and character. In His grace and by His will, He has predestined our salvation before the foundation of the world. He has called us His children and heirs, and there is a divine purpose in our calling (Ephesians 1:5, 11). Let us gives thanks to the Lord for His grace. Let us live out faithfully the calling that God has for us.

Prayer

         Lord, thank You for Your grace in calling me, and help me to live faithfully the calling and purpose You have for my life.


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