双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：6月21日 日子近了

6月21日

日子近了

“一有这些事，你们就当挺身昂首，因为你们得赎的日子近了。”

路加福音21:28

这个世界每日发生的事件和圣经的预言开始吻合了。圣经教导我们，要留心各种迹象和每个时代所发生的事。世人如果留心过旧约的迹象，他们就会知道耶稣的第一次降生。可惜因为人们对圣经的无知和盲目，他们不知道在耶稣降生数百年前旧约就已经预言了这些事情。

圣经说，他要出自犹大民族（创49）；他要生在伯利恒（弥5）；他要从童贞女生（赛7）；他要从埃及出来（何2）；他要说预言（申18）；他自己的民要弃绝他（赛53）；他要被人出卖，因为三十两银子（亚2）；他要上十字架（诗2）；士兵要为他的里衣拈阄（诗22）；他要升到天上（诗68）。等等。几乎有关主耶稣的一切，都在数百年前由先知们预言了，他们都是受圣灵的默示。

耶稣告诉门徒他再来时他们会看到迹象。关于日期，他曾两次告诉他们说：“但那日子，那时辰，没有人知道，连天上的使者也不知道，子也不知道，惟独父知道。”（太24:36）他还说：“父凭着自己的权柄所定的时候、日期，不是你们可以知道的。”随意猜测主再来的日子是愚蠢的，不符合圣经的。但是我们被告知，要注意留心一些事的发生。

尽管主耶稣告诫人们不要猜测他再来的确切日期，但他也确实告诉门徒，在圣经中以及主自己的话语中，都已显明，凡有眼睛的，都会清楚地看到时间已经近了。“一有这些事，你们就当挺身昂首，因为你们得赎的日子近了。」”（路21:28）这是每个信徒心中的盼望——我们的救赎比主耶稣第一次预言他要再来的时间更近了。

你是否很兴奋呢？我已经兴奋不已了。

今日祷告：

天父，感谢祢，主耶稣将再次降临，我们亲眼见到祂，经历祂完全的荣耀；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

June 21

STUDY THE SIGNS

…When these things begin to come to pass,then look up,and lift up your heads;for your redemption draweth nigh.Luke 21:28

The daily events of our world and the prophecies of the Bible are beginning to coincide.We’ve been told in Scripture to study the signs and to learn the signs of the times.If only the world had studied the signs of the Old Testament,it would have known that Jesus was coming the first time.But ignorance and blindness concerning the teaching of the Scriptures led men to fail to recognize hundreds of years before Jesus was born that the Old Testament revealed these things.

The Scripture said that He would be born of the tribe of Judah(Genesis 49);He would be born in Bethlehem(Micah 5).He would be born of a virgin(Isaiah 7).He would be called out of Egypt(Hosea II).He would be a prophet(Deuteronomy 18).His own people would reject Him(Isaiah 53).He would be betrayed and sold for thirty pieces of silver(Zechariah II).He would be put to death by crucifixion(Psalm 22).The soldiers would cast lots for His clothing(Psalm 22).He would ascend into heaven(Psalm 68).And on and on.Almost every detail which happened to the Lord Jesus Christ was predicted hundreds of years earlier by prophets inspired by the Spirit of God.

Jesus told His disciples that there would be signs for which they could watch when He would come back again.When He warned them on two occasions to beware of setting dates,he said,“Of that day and hour knoweth no man,no,not the angels of heaven,but my Father only”(Matthew 24:36).He also said,“It is not for you to know the times or the seasons,which the Father hath put in his own power.”To speculate about a date would be absolutely foolish and unbiblical and against the teachings of our Lord.But we were told to watch for the signs.

Although He warned about speculation on the exact time of His return,Jesus did assure the disciples that there were signs throughout the Scriptures,as well as in His own words,which would make it clear to those who have eyes to see that the time is near.He said,“When these things begin to come to pass,then look up,and lift up your heads;for your redemption draweth nigh”(Luke 21:28).That is the hope that is in the heart of every believer-that our redemption is nearer than it was when He first made those predictions the coming again of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Are you excited?I am!

Pray for the Day:

Father,thank You that the Lord Jesus is coming again,and we will see Him face-to-face and experience His glory in all its fullness;in Jesus’Name.