QT 02/09/2024 Mon. Ezekiel 19. Lion's wrong behaviour. 狮子的错误行为。
QT 02/09/2024 Mon. Ezekiel 19. Lion's wrong behaviour.
READ http://www.esvbible.org/eze19
MEDITATION: Ezekiel 19 presents readers with a riddle.
REFLECTION: Who was the first lion cub (Ezek 19:2-4)? Who was the second (Ezek 19:5-9)? Could any of the two cubs be the "violent son" of Ezek 18:10-13, or the righteous who turned away to wickedness (Ezek 18:26)?
When the God of a temple has already left his temple (Ezek 10-11), and his people have also left their land via exile, what's there more to do then to sing a funeral dirge--a "lamentation" (Ezek 19:1,14)?
The image of a lion's cub brings to mind Gen 49:9, "Judah is a lion's cub;..." But in Ezek 19, these cub ended up in Egypt and Babylon because they "devoured men" (Ezek 19:3,6) and even "seized their widows" (Ezek 19:7). Incidentally, King David was from the tribe of Judah (1Sam 17:12) and he did take the widow (Bathsheba) of a man he killed (Uriah) (2Sam 11:26-27).
APPLICATION: Be aware that royal STATUS and glorious DYNASTY of whatever sort did not save evil kings like Jehoahaz (2Kgs 23:31-33) nor Zedekiah (2Kgs 25:7) from Egyptian or Babylonian exile even though they were "cubs" of the Davidic dynasty.
Being "fruitful", "strong" and "thick" like the vine of Ezek 19:10-14 was also no guarantee of survival. To "turn, and live" (Ezek 18:32) was still the best policy!
星期一 2024年9月2日 今日读经：以西结书19章。
http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/eze/19/
默想：以西结书19章给读者出了一道谜语。
反思：谁是这第一只幼狮(结19:2-4)？谁又是第二只(结19:5-9)？这两只幼狮里的其中一只，有没有可能是以西结18:10-13所指的“凶恶残暴的儿子”，或是那转去行恶的义人(结18:26)?
当一座圣殿的神已离开圣殿(结10-11), 而他的子民也因被掳而离开了他们的国土，除了唱葬礼的挽歌----一首哀歌，还能做什么(结19:1,14)？
幼狮的形象让人想起创世纪49:9，“犹大是只小狮子；....” 但是在以西结19章，这些幼狮却沦落在埃及和巴比伦，因为它们“把人吃掉” (结19:3,6) 甚至“夺了他们的遗孀”（结19:7)。巧的是，大卫王是出自犹大支派(撒上17:12)而他也抢夺了一个他杀害的人(乌利亚)的遗孀(拔示巴) (撒下11:26-27)。
应用：注意，无论是哪种皇家的地位或辉煌的王朝，都无法从埃及或巴比伦的手中拯救恶王如约哈斯(王下23:31-33）或西底家（王下25:7），尽管他们都是大卫王朝的“幼狮”。就算“结果累累”、“高大”和“粗壮” 就像结19:10-14的葡萄枝子一样，也不能保证能够存活。“回转,得以存活”（结18:32）才是最好的保障！
