南方王和北方王的争战之二

但以理书11: 10 北方王的二子必动干戈,招聚许多军兵。这军兵前去,如洪水泛滥,又必再去争战,直到南方王的保障。

阅读经文:  但以理书 11:10-19

10 「北方王的二子必动干戈,招聚许多军兵。这军兵前去,如洪水泛滥,又必再去争战,直到南方王的保障。 11 南方王必发烈怒,出来与北方王争战,摆列大军,北方王的军兵必交付他手。 12 他的众军高傲,他的心也必自高,他虽使数万人仆倒,却不得常胜。

在新旧约之中的四百年,实在是腥风血雨。巴勒斯坦,神赐给以色列人的那块地,成了列强争夺的战场。刚开始在埃及的三个多利买王对以色列人还算友善,巴勒斯坦归埃及所管,所以犹大省的犹大人渐渐多起来。他们很有作生意的头脑,加上那时推罗已衰败,所以他们都变得很富有。到了埃及多利买王朝的后期,巴勒斯坦变成一块令人垂涎的肥肉。

多利买三世打败西流古二世之后,西流古二世的两个儿子决意雪洗前耻,继承父志,打败埃及。这两个儿子是指西流古三世和他的弟弟安提阿哥三世,为要振兴国势,他们招兵买马铲除异己,准备向外侵略。西流古三世在小亚细亚攻打别迦摩的战事中阵亡,安提阿哥三世继承哥哥的王位,又称为大安提阿哥。

Let God’s Word Bring Us To Our Knees

Hi GAMErs!

Today’s passage is 1 John 3:9-17.  Let’s go!
 
1 John 3:9-11 (NIV) 
9  No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 
10  This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother. 
11  This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
 
On verses 9-11:  John puts it in such black and white terms: 
 · Those who do what is right belong to God.  Those who sin don’t belong to God.  (v9-10)
 · Those who love their fellow brothers and sisters belong to God.  Those who hate their fellow brothers and sisters don’t belong to God (v10b-11).
So say you’re someone who has trusted Jesus as your Saviour.