在旧约里，「云彩」常被用来形容神的降临、同在及引领。洪水过后，神与挪亚和他的儿子立约说：「…我把虹放在云彩中，这就可作我与地立约的记号了。…」（创世记9:12-16）
以色列人行在旷野，神在云彩中呼召摩西上西奈山（出埃及记24:16），在山上晓谕摩西律法；以色列人建造会幕，云彩停在其上，遮盖会幕，并且耶和华的荣光充满了帐幕（出埃及记40:34-35）；云彩也代表了以色列人行在旷野时所倚靠的神的同在与引领：
每逢云彩从帐幕收上去，以色列人就起程前往；云彩若不收上去，他们就不起程，直等到云彩收上去。日间，耶和华的云彩是在帐幕以上；夜间，云中有火，在以色列全家的眼前。在他们所行的路上都是这样。（出埃及记40:36-38）
在福音书里，耶稣带着门徒上了高山，在门徒面前变了形像，并有摩西、以利亚显现跟耶稣说话。说话之间，忽然有一朵光明的云彩遮盖他们，且有声音从云彩里出来，说：「这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的。你们要听祂！」（马太福音17:5）
使徒行传记载耶稣升天：门徒正看的时候，祂就被取上升，有一朵云彩把祂接去，便看不见祂了。（使徒行传1:9）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 11:1-13. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 11:1-13 (NIV)
1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter–Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.
2 They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.
3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.
On verses 1-13: As wise and as rich as Solomon had become by God’s grace, here we see Solomon’s fatal flaw: his insistence on being romantically involved with women who did not worship the LORD. The LORD had already commanded that kings must not take on many wives (Deuteronomy 17:17). Even more, the LORD had commanded the Israelites not to marry people who did not worship Him, knowing that the Israelites would be led astray from their faith in Him if they did.
马太福音 28:20 凡我所吩咐你们的，都教训他们遵守。我就常与你们同在，直到世界的末了。」
有个人将宝藏图送给他的三个好朋友，兴奋的说：「有人送我这张图，我觉得很宝贵，也送给你们，与你们分享。」
第一个朋友拿了那张宝藏图，感谢的说：「谢谢你给我这么好的礼物。」然而，心里却想：「我的朋友给我这张宝藏图，他有没有拿到宝藏啊？看起来不像！他还是穷酸酸的…。」于是，他将它裱起来挂在墙上，因为宝藏图外表看起来很有历史味道，同时也可以表示他重视且珍藏朋友的好意，不会失礼。
第二个朋友将宝藏图平铺在桌面，拿起放大镜细看，沿路有深峻的河谷、几座悬浮的吊桥、有好大一片的沙漠，还有…哇！看起来这条路不好走，要走到那里才能找到宝藏呢？怪怪，宝藏图上并未标示终点，找不到宝藏的位置。他想：「这是张画的很细致的地图，我应该多看看，多了解…，既然看不见宝藏位置，路途走起来又不轻松，要不要沿途寻宝，那就缓缓再说囉！」
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 10:14-29. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 10:14-29 (NIV)
14 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,
15 not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the land.
16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred bekas of gold went into each shield.
On verses 14-29: Previously Solomon had prayed for a wise and discerning heart. God was so pleased with Solomon’s request that He decided to grant Solomon not only a wise and discerning heart but riches and honour as well, such that in terms of wisdom there would never be anyone like Solomon and in terms of riches Solomon would have no equal in his lifetime (1 Kings 3:12-13).
诗篇119:105 祢的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。
这首诗歌以圣经六十六卷书为歌词主题，上帝借着六十六卷圣经，包括《旧约圣经》39卷与《新约圣经》27卷，表达神对人类的救赎计画与作为。隽永的回响，神话语伴随我的一生。
否则我如何迎接，每个晴天和狂风暴雨；
否则我如何拒绝，绝望纠缠在我心里；
否则我如何分辨，黑夜到白天的距离；
否则我如何面对，心中说不出的叹息。
否则我如何认得，茫茫人海祢的声音；
否则我如何明白，重大又艰难的决定；
否则我如何想起，多少次流着泪说放弃；
否则我如何经过水火，又得到安息。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 10:1-13. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 10:1-9 (NIV)
1 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
2 Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan–with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones–she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind.
3 Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
On verses 1-9: Having heard of Solomon’s fame, wisdom and splendour, the Queen of Sheba travels approximately 1,200 to 1,500 miles from Sheba (modern day Yemen) to visit King Solomon in Jerusalem. The Queen of Sheba is thoroughly impressed by King Solomon’s ability to answer her tough questions (v3).
约翰福音4:13-14 耶稣回答说：「凡喝这水的还要再渴；人若喝我所赐的水就永远不渴。我所赐的水要在他里头成为泉源，直涌到永生。」
几年前有一艘船航行在大西洋上，正面临储存淡水用尽的危机，虽然船的四周都是水，船员却面对即将干渴而死的恐怖。
在几近绝望的时候，看见远远有一艘船正向他们靠近，他们立刻发出遇险信号，然而得到的答案只有一句「汲水上来!」
「汲水上来？」汲几桶海水上来有什么用呢？船员再次发岀信号，却得到同样的回答。最后，在绝望当中，他们把一个桶子放下去。
当桶子提上来的竟是淡水时，想想看他们有多惊讶，多喜悦，他们全然不知道自己身处于巨大的亚马逊河出口，淡水正流入远远的海中。
上帝的淡水唾手可得，我们为何忽视，为何在生命中绝望呢？「汲水上来！」
民数记6:22-27 耶和华晓谕摩西说： 23 「你告诉亚伦和他儿子说，你们要这样为以色列人祝福，说： 24 『愿耶和华赐福给你，保护你！ 25 愿耶和华使祂的脸光照你，赐恩给你！ 26 愿耶和华向你仰脸，赐你平安！』 27 他们要如此奉我的名为以色列人祝福，我也要赐福给他们。」
从小到大印象深刻，每次在主日崇拜结束前，牧师会在讲台前举起双手宣告，说：「愿耶和华赐福给你，保护你。愿耶和华使祂的脸光照你，赐恩给你。愿耶和华向你仰脸，赐你平安。」小孩们很高兴，因为这代表着冗长崇拜的结束，大人们则是带着神的祝福，预备迎向新的一周。
这段祝福的内容源自圣经民数记6:22-27，耶和华晓谕摩西说：「你告诉亚伦和他儿子说：你们要这样为以色列人祝福，说：『愿耶和华赐福给你，保护你。愿耶和华使祂的脸光照你，赐恩给你。愿耶和华向你仰脸，赐你平安。』他们要如此奉我的名为以色列人祝福；我也要赐福给他们。」
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 9:15-28. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 9:15-24 (NIV)
15 Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.
16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire. He killed its Canaanite inhabitants and then gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
On verses 15-24: According to these verses, Solomon subjected people from other nations to slavery and forced them to build the temple, his palace, terraces, walls and cities. We don’t have any record of how Solomon treated these slaves. Still, to me there’s a great contrast between how Solomon built his kingdom and how Jesus builds His kingdom.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 9:1-14. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 9:1-9 (NIV)
1 When Solomon had finished building the temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do,
2 the LORD appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
3 The LORD said to him: “I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
On verses 1-9: Earlier in 1 Kings 3:5, when Solomon was just starting his reign, God appeared to Solomon in a dream at the city of Gibeon. At that time God told Solomon to walk in His ways and obey His statutes as David his father had (1 Kings 3:14). Now, fast forward to today’s passage in 1 Kings 9.
如果您希望通过电子邮件，收看我们的最新文章，我们将会为您订阅『福音快讯』，每周五发送。