第六章

9 揭開第五印的時候，我看見在祭壇底下，有為神的道、並為作見證被殺之人的靈魂，10 大聲喊著說：「聖潔真實的主啊，你不審判住在地上的人，給我們伸流血的冤，要等到幾時呢？」11 於是有白衣賜給他們各人；又有話對他們說，還要安息片時，等著一同作僕人的和他們的弟兄也像他們被殺，滿足了數目。12 揭開第六印的時候，我又看見地大震動，日頭變黑像毛布，滿月變紅像血，13 天上的星辰墜落於地，如同無花果樹被大風搖動，落下未熟的果子一樣。14 天就挪移，好像書卷被捲起來；山嶺海島都被挪移離開本位。15 地上的君王、臣宰、將軍、富戶、壯士，和一切為奴的、自主的，都藏在山洞和巖石穴裏，16 向山和巖石說：「倒在我們身上吧！把我們藏起來，躲避坐寶座者的面目和羔羊的忿怒；17 因為他們忿怒的大日到了，誰能站得住呢？」

 

默想：

1. 聆聽殉道者（為作見證被殺的人）哭叫的聲音：「聖潔真實的主啊，你不審判住在地上的人，給我們伸流血的冤，要等到幾時呢？」（10節）。我是否有時也會像他們這樣的呼求？神給他們怎樣的確據（保證）？當我受委屈或被壓甚重時，這段經文對我有什麼意義？有什麼保證？
2. 今天世界各地，仍然有許多因為基督的緣故被迫害的基督徒；我如何與這些受逼迫的教會一齊禱告？
3. 「他們忿怒的大日到了，誰能站得住呢？」（17節）的確，沒有人能逃脫的這情況。環觀近來一連串的自然大災害，閱讀這段經文如何提醒我有關主再來的日子？有這樣的認知如何幫助我預備迎接主的再來？

 

禱告與筆錄：

繼續安靜在神面前，與神對話，並聆聽祂對我說的話。將心中的思想（心得），或是與神的禱告，記錄在「靈程筆記簿」上面。

 

Chapter 6

⁹When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. ¹⁰They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” ¹¹Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.

¹²I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, ¹³and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. ¹⁴The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

¹⁵Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. ¹⁶They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! ¹⁷For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”

 

Meditation

1. Listen to the voice of the martyrs.  Do I find myself echoing their cry from time to time? What sort of assurance did God give to them?  When I have been wronged and in stress, what sort of assurance do I receive from today’s passage?
2. Today, there continue to be martyrs Jesus’ sake across the world, where Christians are persecuted. How can I pray alongside the persecuted church?
3. “The great day of his wrath is here; and who can stand it?” (v. 17).  No one is capable of escaping these conditions.  In light of all the recent natural disasters, how does this passage remind me of the second coming of Jesus?  How does this awareness help me prepare for the return of the Lord?

Prayer & Journaling:

Stay with God for a little longer.  Continue to converse with God and listen to what he wants to tell me.  Then write down any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.