《The entire known world was turned upside down with the message of the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah. 》
~Dr. Michael A. Milton
Every time I have entered a sanctuary where a casket housed a dead body and mourners, I have entered with a loud voice, “I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE . . .” For the resurrection, like a dazzling diamond, never shines so brilliantly as when it is placed in front of the dark pall of death. The resurrection ushers in hope and assures us that what is hoped for is true and lasting.
彌賽亞耶穌復活的信息將整個已知世界顛覆了。
But there are some who say that the Bible never really taught the doctrine of the resurrection. That whole matter of resurrection was something that was invented by Paul or by Peter or by one of the others. Nothing could be further from the truth. Consider three— only three of so many—biblical categorical affirmations of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Let’s begin with the old testament.
但是有些人說聖經從未真正教導過復活的教義。整個復活都是保羅,彼得或其他人虛擬的。真理就是真理。聖經中許多明確關於耶穌基督復活的記載,我們探討其中三個。讓我們從舊約開始。
The Resurrection of Jesus was Prophesied in the Old Testament (Job, the Psalms and Daniel) 舊約(約伯,詩篇和但以理書)預言了耶穌的復活
Misguided students and unscrupulous scholars of Scripture have sometimes erroneously claimed that the concept of the resurrection is absent in Judaism; and, therefore, an unknown idea in the Old Testament. Such false teaching (or to be more charitable: “ignorance”) not only denies the very words of the Old Testament but also defies the very teaching of Jesus. For our resurrected Redeemer revealed to the disciples on the road to Emmaus the truth of the Old Testament and His resurrection:
有被誤導的學生和任意妄為的聖經學者錯誤地認為猶太教中沒有復活的記載。因此,復活在舊約中是不見經傳的。這種錯誤的教導(或更寬容地講:是「愚昧無知」)不僅否認了絕對舊約的話,而且也違抗了耶穌的教導。我們復活的救贖主,在通往以馬忤斯的路上向門徒們揭示了舊約的真理和祂的復活:
“Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” He asked them. Then, “beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.” (Luke 24:13-27).
Luke 24:13正當那日,門徒中有兩個人往一個村子去;這村子名叫以馬忤斯,離耶路撒冷約有二十五里。14他們彼此談論所遇見的這一切事。15
正談論相問的時候,耶穌親自就近他們,和他們同行;16只是他們的眼睛迷糊了,不認識他。
17耶穌對他們說:「你們走路彼此談論的是什麼事呢?」他們就站住,臉上帶著愁容。18二人中有一個名叫革流巴的回答說:「你在耶路撒冷作客,還不知道這幾天在那裡所出的事嗎?」19耶穌說:「什麼事呢?」他們說:「就是拿撒勒人耶穌的事。他是個先知,在神和眾百姓面前,說話行事都有大能。20祭司長和我們的官府竟把他解去,定了死罪,釘在十字架上。21但我們素來所盼望、要贖以色列民的就是他!不但如此,而且這事成就,現在已經三天了。22再者,我們中間有幾個婦女使我們驚奇;他們清早到了墳墓那裡,23不見他的身體,就回來告訴我們,說看見了天使顯現,說他活了。24又有我們的幾個人往墳墓那裡去,所遇見的正如婦女們所說的,只是沒有看見他。」
25耶穌對他們說:「無知的人哪,先知所說的一切話,你們的心信得太遲鈍了。26基督這樣受害,又進入他的榮耀,豈不是應當的嗎?」27於是從摩西和眾先知起,凡經上所指著自己的話都給他們講解明白了。
Ⓐ《詩篇》
If that theory is true then somebody should have told King David that “resurrection of the deceased human body by God was alien to the ancient Hebrew Faith.” For David in the Psalms speaks with spectacular specificity about the resurrection of the One to come:
如果前述那個假理論是正確的,那麼有人應該告訴大衛王,「『上帝使死者復活』與古代希伯來信仰無關。」但是,詩篇中的大衛非常驚人地談到了即將來臨的那一位的復活:
“Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay” (Psalm 16:9-10).
Psalm 16:9因此,我的心歡喜,我的靈(原文作榮耀)快樂;我的肉身也要安然居住。10因為你必不將我的靈魂撇在陰間,也不叫你的聖者見朽壞。
Ⓑ《約伯記》The Resurrection in the Book of Job
One of my favorite places about resurrection of the old testament is actually in the oldest book in the Bible: Job. When Job was at the very end of himself, having lost everything and having been ridiculed and question by his closest friends, he turned to God and the hope of the resurrection as he declares:
我最喜歡的關於舊約復活的章節之一實際上是聖經中最古老的書:約伯記。當約伯走到盡頭時,失去了一切,並被他的親密朋友嘲笑和質疑,他轉向上帝和復活的盼望,他宣稱:
“Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever! For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me” (Job 19:24-27 ESV)!
Job 19:24 用鐵筆鐫刻,用鉛灌在磐石上,直存到永遠。25我知道我的救贖主活著,末了必站立在地上。26我這皮肉滅絕之後,我必在肉體之外得見神。27我自己要見他,親眼要看他,並不像外人。我的心腸在我裡面消滅了!
The teaching of the resurrection begins in the Old Testament. It is not a novel conspiratorial concept concocted in the minds of desperate disciples after the crucifixion of Jesus. Resurrection has been prophesied, taught, and anticipated, just as Jesus said.
復活的教導始於舊約。不是在耶穌被釘十字架後,絕望的門徒們心目中一個新的陰謀論構想。正如耶穌所說,復活已經被預言,教導和預見了。