2024-05-02 周四 耶和华受膏者预言的应验(二)

经文:……于是把书卷卷起来,交还堂役,就坐下,会堂里的众人都定睛看祂。祂就对他们说,今天这经应验在你们耳中了。(路四20-21,另译)

恩典的时代是复兴时代的豫尝

希伯来六章五节告诉我们,恩典时代是来世权能的豫尝。今天我们正在享受来世复兴时代的权能。这个来世就是国度的时代,千年国的时代。当我们进入恩典的时代,我们就走向下一个世代,复兴的时代,国度的时代。我们今天所享受的乃是豫尝,但这豫尝将要在复兴时代得着全尝。关于基督来临之豫言头一次的应验乃是豫尝,而第二次应验乃是全尝。

关于基督作耶和华受膏者的豫言,在基督第一次来临时得了豫尝的应验,为着在恩典时代产生教会,作为耶和华悦纳人的禧年(路四16-22上)。在旧约里,教会是隐藏的。教会隐藏在基督来临的两个山峰中间。主读了以赛亚六十一章一至二节之后,就坐下来,说,“今天这经应验在你们耳中了。”(路四21)。那就是说,因着主在那里,那就是耶和华悦纳人的禧年了。但这只是一个豫尝。当基督第二次来临时,耶和华悦纳人的禧年才完满的来到。

在基督第二次来临时,得着全享的应验

以赛亚六十一章一至三节里,关于基督作耶和华受膏者的豫言,要在基督第二次来临时,才得着全享的应验,为使以色列得复兴,而达到新天新地。复兴的时代要引进新天新地。

主耶和华的灵在祂身上

以赛亚六十一章一节上半说,“主耶和华的灵在我身上。”当基督第一次来临时,主耶和华的灵在祂身上; 当祂第二次来临时,这灵也要在祂身上。当主耶稣第二次来临时,显著的意义乃是主耶和华的灵在祂身上。这里以赛亚特别加上“主”这辞。这不仅是耶和华的灵,更是主耶和华的灵。这样一位的灵将在要来之耶稣的身上。

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The Fulfillment of the Prophecy of the Anointed of Jehovah (2) — Luke 4:20-21

The Age of Grace is a Foretaste of the Age of Restoration

Hebrews 6:5 tells us that the age of grace is a foretaste of the power of the coming age. Today we are enjoying the power of the coming age, the age of restoration. This coming age is the age of the kingdom, the age of the millennium. When we get into the age of grace, we are walking toward the next age, the age of restoration, the age of the kingdom. What we are enjoying today is the foretaste, but this foretaste will have a full taste in the time of restoration. The first fulfillment of the prophecy concerning Christ’s coming is a foretaste, whereas the second fulfillment is the full taste.

The prophecy concerning Christ as the Anointed of Jehovah had a foretaste of fulfillment, at Christ’s first coming, for the age of grace, in producing the church, as the acceptable year of Jehovah (Luke 4:16-22a). In the Old Testament, the church was hidden. The church was hidden between the two peaks of Christ’s coming. After the Lord read Isaiah 61:1-2, He sat down and said, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” (Luke 4:21). That meant that since the Lord was there, that was the acceptable year of Jehovah. But this was just a foretaste. The acceptable year of Jehovah will come in full when Christ comes the second time.

Having a Full Taste of Fulfillment at Christ’s Second Coming

The prophecy concerning Christ as the Anointed of Jehovah in Isaiah 61:1-3 will have a full taste of fulfillment at Christ’s second coming, for the restoration of Israel unto the new heavens and new earth. The restoration age will usher in the new heaven and new earth.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah Being upon Him

Isaiah 61:1a says, “The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me.” The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah was upon Christ in His first coming and will be upon Him in His second coming. When the Lord Jesus comes the second time, the striking significance will be that the Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Him. Here Isaiah especially adds in the word Lord. It is not just the Spirit of Jehovah but the Spirit of the Lord Jehovah. The Spirit of such a One will be upon the coming Jesus.