【乔纳 启示录系列】寻求祂的面

主的手代表祂的能力与供应，这些都很好，也应当寻求，但我们最主要是被呼召来寻求祂的面。倘若我们只透过祂的手来认识祂，我们便以为任何给予我们的手都是祂。我们必须寻求祂的面，祂的面貌如同烈日放光，因为所有的生命都源于祂的面。...



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【申1:21】 看哪，耶和华你的神已将那地摆在你面前，你要照耶和华你列祖的神所说的上去得那地为业。不要惧怕，也不要惊惶。

寻求祂的面─启示录


Seeking His Face—The Book of Revelation


by：乔纳 Rick Joyner

在启示录一章16节，约翰描述主：

In Revelation 1:16, John describes the Lord:

面貌如同烈日放光。

“His face was like the sun shining in its strength.”

太阳能供给自然生命，使其存活。神的面貌也供给一切自然与属灵生命，使其存活。正如使徒保罗对雅典的哲学家说：『我们生活、动作、存留，都在乎祂。』（参考使徒行传17:28）

The sun’s energy sustains natural life and makes it possible. The face of God also sustains all natural and spiritual life and makes it possible. As the Apostle Paul said to the philosophers of Athens, “In Him we live, and move and have our being” (see Acts 17:28 NKJV).

我们可以藉由两种基本方式来认人——不是认脸就是认声音。有多少人你可以藉由看他们的手来认出他们？除非某人的手部特征很独特，例如少一根手指头。否则藉由这种方式，可能连最亲近的人都无法认出来。然而，有多人因神的手（祂的赐予）而认得祂？在历代志上十六章11节与诗篇一百零五篇4节吩咐我们『要寻求耶和华与祂的能力，时常寻求祂的面。』

We can recognize people in two basic ways—either by their face or by their voice. Unless someone has a unique factor about their hand, such as a finger missing, how many people could you recognize by just seeing their hand? We probably could not even recognize some of the closest people to us this way. Yet how many only know God because of His hand, what He gives to them? I Chronicles 16:11 and Psalm 105:4 commands us to “Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually.”

主的手代表祂的能力与供应，这些都很好，也应当寻求，但我们最主要是被呼召来寻求祂的面 。倘若我们只透过祂的手来认识祂，我们便以为任何给予我们的手都是祂。我们必须寻求祂的面，祂的面貌如同烈日放光，因为所有的生命都源于祂的面。

The hand of the Lord represents His power and provision. These are wonderful and to be sought, but we are called to seek His face as the main thing. If we just know Him by His hand, then we will think that any hand that gives to us is Him. We must seek His face. It shines like the sun because all life emanates from it.

我们要如何寻求祂的面呢？我们寻求认识祂与祂的道路，而不单是祂的作为。正如诗篇一百零三篇7节告诉我们：『祂使摩西知道祂的法则，叫以色列人晓得祂的作为。』能够看见主的作为并记得固然美好且重要——以色列被吩咐每一年要向新的世代重新数算祂的作为。然而，看见祂的作为和看见祂之间是有所不同的。

How do we seek His face? We seek to know Him and His ways, not just His acts. As Psalm 103:7 tells us, “He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel.” It is wonderful to see the acts of the Lord and remembering them is important—Israel was commanded to recount His deeds to the emerging generation each year. However, there is a difference in seeing His acts and seeing Him.

摩西寻求神的面，甚至在他目睹神所做的一切伟大工作，他仍祈求认识主、看见祂的荣耀。摩西与神面对面说话，好像人与朋友说话一般（参考出埃及记33:11）。我认为这是何以在摩西里面有如此强大的生命力，甚至活到一百二十岁他的眼睛都没有昏花。摩西是如此多的与主同在，以致于他天然人的身体可能都不会死去——主必须让他死去。从圣经中告诉我们祂的灵会『使我们必死的身体活过来』（参考罗马书8:11）。我们在圣灵里所花的时间会使我们越来越年轻，但认识祂的祝福远大过身体的年轻。正如耶稣所说，认识神就是永生（参考约翰福音17:3）。

Moses sought the Lord’s face. Even with all the great works that he witnessed, he still asked to know the Lord and see His glory. Moses met with the Lord face to face as a man meets with his friend (see Exodus 33:11). I think this is why Moses had so much life in him. Even at one hundred and twenty years old his strength did not abate or his eyes dim. Moses had been with Him so much that he possibly could not have died of natural degeneration—the Lord had to put him to death. We are told that His Spirit will “quicken our mortal bodies” (see Romans 8:11). The time spent in the Spirit rejuvenates us, but the blessing of knowing Him is greater than physical rejuvenation. As Jesus said, eternal life is to know God (see John 17:3).

主就是道路、真理与生命，胜过救恩的公式，此道路是一个人。胜过正确了解教义，此真理是我们必须认识的一个人。我们绝不要只是知道祂就满足——我们必须面对面的来认识祂，这是我们生命中最重要的目的。我们所有一切事物本质的质量与持久性，将取决于我们个人与主面对面的关系。

The Lord is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. More than a formula for salvation, the Way is a Person. More than just understanding doctrine accurately, Truth is a Person we must know. If that Person is not our Life, then we do not really know the Way or the Truth. We must not be content to just know about Him—we must know Him face to face. This is the most important purpose in our life. The quality and enduring nature of everything else will be determined by our personal, face-to-face relationship with the Lord.

(摘自乔纳 word for the week,Week14, 2016)

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