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經文:耶利米書第五十一章
鑰節:「你們要從巴比倫中逃奔,各救自己的性命……」(51:6)
提要

        第五十一章繼續記載耶利米對巴比倫將要來臨審判的宣告。我是稱為「耶和華報仇的時候」(51:6),因為巴比倫雖然為上帝所用,使列國包括祂自己的百姓喝祂忿怒的杯(51:7;參25:15~18,27;49:12),她那樣做是出於不當的狂熱、暴虐、兇猛和貪婪(51:13,24)。巴比倫像一怪物吞噬耶路撒冷(51:34~35),並劫掠耶和華的殿,予以完全毀壞。他們為狂傲和慾望所聳動,想顯示他們的神可勝過以色列的上帝。然而,耶利米的宣告寫在聖殿被毀約七年前的時候,是要證明上帝允許事情的發生,天下間沒有別神比祂更有能力。

        現在耶和華宣告巴比倫必須喝祂忿怒的杯,直到他們沉醉,永不醒起(51:39,57)。祂要按照祂「為自己的殿報仇」所定的時間完成(51:11b)。耶利米所宣稱全能永在造作萬有的主(51:15~16,19)是「施行報應的上帝」(51:56),祂要使審判臨到巴比倫所有人手所造的神,包括他們將耶和華殿的器皿獻上給他們的主要之神彼勒米羅達在內。無論如何,耶和華將把他們所劫掠放在異教廟中的每件器皿都帶出來,以顯明祂的偉大(51:44;拉1:7),使每一個偶像和每一個拜偶像的人都必羞愧(51:17~18,44,47,52)。

        上帝定意用祂的審判以回報巴比倫所行的惡,使好幾國集體背叛曾經壓迫他們的宗主國。耶和華呼召瑪代和其他國家,連同在古列王領導下的波斯,準備埋伏的行動(51:11,12)。耶利米確信必將應驗,他所寫下好像耶和華計劃對付巴比倫的事已經發生似的(51:12b,41)。為要證明事情的確定性起見,耶利米要他的朋友和書記巴錄的兄弟西萊雅,把所寫在書卷上有關巴比倫將受災禍的預言,帶給在巴比倫被擄的人,念給他們聽,並鼓勵他們。念完之後,他要把書卷拴上石頭沉在幼發拉底河中,以表示上帝對巴比倫也要這樣做;她將被沉下,永遠不見天日、不再興起(51:59~64)。耶和華要賜力量給那些國家,以完成祂對付巴比倫的旨意(51:20~24)。

        那些在巴比倫帝國中上帝的子民,要「從巴比倫逃奔」,以免「陷在她的罪孽中一同滅亡」和「躲避耶和華的烈怒」(51:6,45;50:8)。啟示錄書上有許多關於未來巴比倫同樣的記載,象徵末後日子罪惡的社會反對上帝的情形。上帝的子民再次聽到勸告的聲音說:「我的民哪,你們要從那城出來,免得與她一同有罪,受她所受的災殃。」(啟18:4;參亞2:7)。留在巴比倫成為上帝所定罪的罪惡社會之一部分,事實上就是參與她的罪,也將有與她分擔刑罰的危險。使徒保羅勸告說:「凡稱呼主名的人,總要離開不義。」(提後2:19b)。我們奉祂的名被選召的人,一定不要效法這個世界,只要靠著聖靈心意更新而變化,這樣才能遵行上帝的旨意(羅12:2;約壹2:15~17;林後6:14~18)。

        被擄者中信實的餘民不但被告知要離開巴比倫,而且得到熱切的指引該到那裡去;要他們趕快回到耶路撒冷上帝的面前,在祂的聖所靠近祂(51:50)。今天的情形也是一樣,凡信祂的人已把世界的罪惡放在背後,乃要進到祂面前敬拜祂、讚美祂,因為無論在那裡有兩三人奉祂的名聚會,那裡就有祂在他們中間(太18:20;亞2:10~13)。

禱告

        主啊,感謝您,藉著主耶穌,您為我們預備免付罪之工價的方法。我們懇求您打開各地方的人心,能接受十字架榮耀的信息,使他們的罪可以得到赦免,並且得到您永生的恩典。奉主耶穌聖名,阿們!

English

Scriptures:Read Jeremiah 51
Key Verse:"Flee from the midst of Babylon, and every one save his life!..."(Jeremiah 51:6)
Overview

        Jeremiah's pronouncement of Babylon's coming judgment is continued in chapter 51. It is called "the time of the Lord's vengeance" (51:6), for although Babylon was used by God to make the nations, including His own people, drink the cup of His wrath (51:7; cf. 25:15-18, 27; 49:12), she had done so with undue enthusiasm, cruelty, violence, and covetousness (51:13, 24). Like a monster, Babylon devoured Jerusalem (51:34-35) and plundered the Lord's Temple, utterly destroying it. They were prompted by their pride and desire to show that their gods could conquer the God of Israel. This proclamation of Jeremiah, however, written about seven years before the Temple's destruction, was to prove that God would permit it to happen and that there is no god mightier than He.

        Now the Lord declares that Babylon must drink the cup of His fury, until they are drunk and fallen (51:39, 57). He would accomplish this in His own timing, which would be "the vengeance for His temple" (51:llb). The "God of recompense" (51:56), whom Jeremiah declares to be the all-powerful eternal Creator (51:15-16, 19), would bring judgment upon all the man-made gods of the Babylonians; this would include their chief god Bel Merodach, to whom they had offered the vessels from the Lord's Temple. The Lord, however, would show His greatness by bringing out of the heathen temples everything that had been plundered (51:44; cf. Ezra 1:7). Every idol and every idolatrous worshipper would be put to shame (51:17-18,44,47,52).

        God purposed to bring about His judgment to repay Babylon for the evil they had done by the gathering of several nations in rebellion against their oppressive suzerain. The Lord called upon the Medes and other nations, along with the Persians under Cyrus to prepare themselves for the ambush (51:11-12). Jeremiah was so certain of the fulfillment of this that he wrote as though the plans that the Lord devised against Babylon had already happened (51:12b, 41). To demonstrate this certainty, Jeremiah had Seraiah, the brother of Baruch, his friend and secretary, carry the scroll of this prophecy against Babylon to the exiles and encourage them by reading it to them. Afterwards, he was to make the scroll sink to the bottom of the Euphrates River as an illustration of what God would do to Babylon; she too would sink out of sight, never to rise again (51:59-64). The Lord would accomplish this by empowering the nations to do His will against Babylon (51:20-24).

        The people of God, who were in the midst of the Babylonian empire, are urged here to "flee from the midst of Babylon" lest they too "be cut off in her iniquity" and bring upon themselves "the fierce anger of the Lord" (51:6, 45; 50:8). In the book of Revelation, we read of many similar expressions concerning a future Babylon, which symbolically represents a wicked society opposed to God in the end times. The Lord's people are again urged to "come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues" (Rev. 18:4; cf. Zech. 2:7). To remain in Babylon and be a part of the wicked society which the Lord has condemned is, in effect, to participate in her sin, as well as run the risk of sharing in her punishment. The Apostle Paul exhorts: "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity" (2 Tim. 2:19b). We, who are called by His name, are not to be conformed to the world but transformed by the Holy Spirit, that we might do the will of God (Rom. 12:2; 1 John 2:15-17; 2 Cor. 6:14-18).

        The faithful remnant in the Exile were not only told to leave Babylon but were urgently instructed where to go; they were to run quickly to the Lord's presence in Jerusalem and draw near to Him in His holy habitation (51:50). Likewise today, believers who have left the sins of this world behind are to enter into His presence with worship and praise, for wherever two or three are gathered in His Name, He will be present in their midst (Matt. 18:20; Zech. 2:10-13).

Prayer

        Thank You, Lord, that through Jesus You have provided a way to escape the wages of our sin. We ask that You would open the hearts of people everywhere to the glorious message of the cross, that they may receive the forgiveness of sins and Your gift of eternal life.


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