诗篇121:8 你出你入，耶和华要保护你，从今时直到永远。
阅读经文: 诗篇121篇–踏上第一级台阶-寻求保护
121:1 （上行之诗。）我要向山举目；我的帮助从何而来？
121:2 我的帮助从造天地的耶和华而来。
121:3 他必不叫你的脚摇动；保护你的必不打盹！
你知道台湾政府有多少全国咨询及救援服务专线？除了常见的110和119报案电话外，尚有安心专线、生命线、张老师、113保护专线、社福专线、老朋友专线、男性关怀专线、反诈骗咨询专线、戒毒成功专线、长照专线、失智症关怀专线、戒菸专线…，零零总总有24条专线。台湾这样的弹丸之地都需要如此多的专线来提供帮助，更何况其他国家？
寻求帮助、寻求保护是我们生活中、生命里的不时需要，然而，再多的专线、再多的关怀、再多的扶助…，却始终无法平息我们生活风浪中的焦虑不安，也不能满足我们生命深处里的空乏无助。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Zechariah 8:1-13. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Zechariah 8:1-2 (NIV)
1 Again the word of the LORD Almighty came to me.
2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.”
On verses 1-2: What does it mean when the Bible says that God is a jealous God? It means that God is passionate about us. He’s jealous for our love and devotion. He will not tolerate any rivals for our love. So when we are more devoted to other things than to God, it grieves Him.
God knows, and hopefully we know too, that we were made for a life with Him at the very centre. When God is not at the centre of our lives, God is grieved and our lives are not as joyful, peaceful, or full as God intended it to be. Remember today: God is jealous for you. So give Him your attention and full devotion.
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Zechariah 7:1-14. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Zechariah 7:1-7 (NIV)
1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev.
2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, together with their men, to entreat the LORD
3 by asking the priests of the house of the LORD Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”
4 Then the word of the LORD Almighty came to me:
On verses 1-7: Almost 2 years after Zechariah saw those 8 visions described in Zechariah 1-6, the Lord speaks to Zechariah again. This time God speaks in response to a question that the people of Bethel were asking. The people of Bethel asked the priests and prophets whether they should continue to mourn and fast as they usually do every year (v4). God responds by questioning the people’s real motivations for their past fasting and feasting — “Was it really for me that you fasted? And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?” (v5-6) This is not to say that fasting is not important to God, but that if you fast or do anything “religious” with the wrong attitude, it becomes meaningless and vain.
诗篇120:1 我在急难中求告耶和华，祂就应允我。
阅读经文: 诗篇120篇
120:1 （上行（或作登阶）之诗。）我在急难中求告耶和华，祂就应允我。
120:2 耶和华啊，求祢救我脱离说谎的嘴唇和诡诈的舌头！
120:3 诡诈的舌头啊，要给你甚么呢？要拿甚么加给你呢？
诗篇第120至134篇被称为「上行之诗」，传统上认为是犹太人往圣殿朝圣时所唱的诗歌。耶路撒冷是在一个山丘上，圣殿更是在山丘上，因此要去圣殿朝圣，都是要「上行」。从圣殿的妇女院上到以色列院的尼肯诺门，一共有十四级台阶。这十五篇是利未人站在地面和每级台阶上所唱的诗，所以也被称为「登阶之诗」。
以色列人一年三次登山前往耶路撒冷守节的时候，一路吟唱这些诗，所以也被称为「朝圣之诗」。以色列人从远方回国、从被掳之地归回时，在途中可能也吟唱这些上行之诗。
无论是上行、登阶或朝圣，都述说神的百姓从远离神的地方，一步步上行到耶路撒冷，最后住在神的殿里，称颂神的名。这十五篇的作者不同、年代不同，其中第122、124、131、133篇被称为大卫上行之诗，第127篇则为所罗门上行之诗。
玛拉基书4: 6 他必使父亲的心转向儿女，儿女的心转向父亲，免得我来咒诅遍地。
阅读经文: 玛拉基书 3:1-18
1万军之耶和华说：「那日临近，势如烧着的火炉，凡狂傲的和行恶的必如碎秸，在那日必被烧尽，根本、枝条一无存留。 2 但向你们敬畏我名的人，必有公义的日头出现，其光线有医治之能。你们必出来，跳跃如圈里的肥犊。 3 你们必践踏恶人，在我所定的日子，他们必如灰尘在你们脚掌之下。这是万军之耶和华说的。
在〈玛拉基书〉里，我们一直看到以色列人对神的顶撞： 祢在何事上爱我们呢？（1:2）／我们在何事上藐视祢的名呢？(1:6) ／这是为什么呢？（2:14）／我们在何事上烦琐祂呢？（2:17）／凡行恶的，耶和华眼看为善，并且祂喜悦他们／公义的神在哪里呢？？（2:17）。当神把他们从被掳之地带回，又重建了圣殿和耶路撒冷的城墙，使他们能够重享在家园的自由生活时，他们不但没有感恩之心，反而更加嚣张狂妄。
这一点让我们明白，为什么在这之后神就停止了祂的默示四百年，直到主耶稣降生。在这旧约的最后一章里，神再次提醒他们“那日临近”。对于他们所有的挑衅和指责，神表明了祂的主权和公义，神有祂的时间表和计划。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Zechariah 6:1-15. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Zechariah 6:1-8 (NIV)
1 I looked up again–and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains–mountains of bronze!
2 The first chariot had red horses, the second black,
3 the third white, and the fourth dappled–all of them powerful.
4 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these, my lord?”
On verses 1-8: Zechariah is shown an eighth vision. It’s a vision of four chariots coming out from between two bronze mountains. The first chariot is pulled by red horses, the second by black horses, the third by white horses and the fourth by spotted horses. When Zechariah asks what these chariots and horses represent, the angel speaking to Zechariah explains that the four chariots represent the “four spirits (or winds) of heaven” (v4). Zechariah notices that all these powerful horses are “straining” (v7) — that is, they’re eager to get going. When the angel gives the command, “Go throughout the earth!” they do exactly that. Then the angel tells Zechariah that the black ones going toward the north country have given his Spirit rest in the north country (v8).
玛拉基书3:10 万军之耶和华说：「你们要将当纳的十分之一全然送入仓库，使我家有粮，以此试试我，是否为你们敞开天上的窗户倾福于你们，甚至无处可容。」
阅读经文: 玛拉基书 3:1-18
1万军之耶和华说：「我要差遣我的使者在我前面预备道路。你们所寻求的主必忽然进入他的殿，立约的使者，就是你们所仰慕的，快要来到。2 「祂来的日子，谁能当得起呢？他显现的时候，谁能立得住呢？因为祂如炼金之人的火，如漂布之人的碱。 3 祂必坐下如炼净银子的，必洁净利未人，熬炼他们像金银一样，他们就凭公义献供物给耶和华。
读第三章时要从第二章的最后一节开始：“你们用言语烦琐耶和华，你们还说：我们在何事上烦琐他呢？因为你们说：凡行恶的，耶和华眼看为善，并且他喜悦他们；或说：公义的神在哪里呢？”经过了亡国和七十年的被掳时期，终于回到了家园，这就是以色列人对神的回应。他们看不见在整件事上，神的主权，神的带领，神完全的爱和包容。所以他们议论神，顶撞神，不以神为神。假如我们经历了人生许多的功课，却还不能学到一点东西，看不见神的带领和保守之爱，那样的人生便是全然浪费了。
但是在这一章里，先知依然传给他们一个充满盼望的信息。虽然此时的以色列人已经败坏到人觉得无法挽回的地步，但是神还是不放弃他们，神依然要借着先知唤醒他们归回，转向神。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Zechariah 5:1-11. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Zechariah 5:1-3 (NIV)
1 I looked again–and there before me was a flying scroll!
2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll, thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.”
3 And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished.
On verses 1-3: In a sixth vision, Zechariah sees a large flying scroll. He learns that the flying scroll represents a curse, or a judgment, from God over the whole land (probably meaning Judah). The curse is that every thief and liar must be banished (v3).
玛拉基书 2:15 虽然神有灵的余力能造多人，他不是单造一人吗？为何只造一人呢？乃是他愿人得虔诚的后裔。所以当谨守你们的心，谁也不可以诡诈待幼年所娶的妻。
阅读经文: 玛拉基书 2:10-17
10 我们岂不都是一位父吗？岂不是一位神所造的吗？我们各人怎么以诡诈待弟兄，背弃了神与我们列祖所立的约呢？ 11 犹大人行事诡诈，并且在以色列和耶路撒冷中行一件可憎的事，因为犹大人亵渎耶和华所喜爱的圣洁，娶侍奉外邦神的女子为妻。 12 凡行这事的，无论何人，就是献供物给万军之耶和华，耶和华也必从雅各的帐篷中剪除他。
在我们的网站上有个﹝问题答疑﹞的信箱，本来是为了信仰的问题而设立的，没想到有不少人为了感情的事而来信。特别让我感到难过的是，有一些挂著基督徒之名的弟兄，在感情上却没有办法做一个有原则有承担的人，不但不能带领女友信主，反而因自己的言行使人受害，并使主名不得荣耀。
我想这也是为什么当年Bill McCartney成立Promise Keepers(诺言守护者)的主要原因，因为有许多男性，包括教会的弟兄都没办法守住婚约的承诺，以致于像玛拉基说的，“使前妻叹息哭泣的眼泪遮盖耶和华的坛，以致耶和华不再看顾那供物，也不乐意从你们手中收纳”。
玛拉基提到在尼希米的时代，以色列人抛弃发妻，娶侍奉外邦神的女子为妻。在神的眼中，抛弃发妻已是“亵渎耶和华所喜爱的圣洁”，更何况学所罗门娶外女去拜他们的假神，真是败坏之极。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Zechariah 4:1-14. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Zechariah 4:1-6 (NLT2)
1 Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.
2 “What do you see now?” he asked. I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top of it. Around the bowl are seven lamps, each having seven spouts with wicks.
3 And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl.”
4 Then I asked the angel, “What are these, my lord? What do they mean?”
5 “Don’t you know?” the angel asked. “No, my lord,” I replied.
6 Then he said to me, “This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
On verses 1-6: The same angel that spoke to Zechariah earlier wakes Zechariah from his slumber (v1) and Zechariah sees a fifth vision. In this fifth vision, Zechariah sees a golden lampstand. Usually to keep a lampstand burning, priests would have to keep coming back to that lampstand to fill it with oil. However, what Zechariah sees is a lampstand that keeps burning without stopping and without needing people to refill it with oil.
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