启示录不仅在内容上与圣经中所有其他书籍不同，

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它的起源是不同的。这是没人决定写的唯一一本书。福音书
it’s different in origin. It was the only book that nobody decided to write. The Gospels

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还有书信和使徒行传–有人说，我想写一封信，或者我想
and the Epistles and the book of Acts – somebody said, I want to write a letter, or I
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写福音，坐下来思考，然后写在纸上。现在我
to write a Gospel, and sat down and thought it through and then put it on paper. Now I

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知道我们说约翰写的。那是什么意思？好吧，他实际上写下来了，
know we say that John wrote it. What do we mean by that? Well, he actually wrote it down,

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但它根本不是来自他。这就解释了一些使圣经困惑的东西
but it didn’t come from him at all. That explains something that has puzzled the Bible

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学者很多。他自称约翰，没有其他介绍，所以他一定是
scholars a lot. He calls himself John with no other introduction, so he must have been

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一个非常著名和非常有名的约翰，而在那个地区唯一著名的约翰是
a very well-known and very famous John, and the only well-known John in that area was

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使徒约翰，这十二个门徒中只有一个不会被暗杀；唯一活着的
the Apostle John, the only one of the 12 disciples not to be assassinated; the only one to
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到晚年而且我们知道他搬到了以弗所，并且他带着玛丽，
to an old age. And we know that he moved to Ephesus and that he took with him Mary, the

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耶稣的母亲，在以弗所照顾她，好像她是自己的母亲一样。而关于
mother of Jesus, and looked after her as if she were his own mother, in Ephesus. And about

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一年前，我们中的一些人站在以弗所的使徒约翰的坟墓里。
a year ago, some of us stood at the grave of the Apostle John in Ephesus.

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好了，我们说他写了，但是他不是真的。他从没打算写这本书，
Well now, we say he wrote it, but he didn’t really. He never intended to write this book,

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不知道要写它。只是告诉他写下自己所见所闻。他是
had no idea of writing it. He was told simply to write down what he saw and heard. He was

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像速记打字员；他是秘书，或者那时他们曾经称呼他们为 amanuensis。
like a shorthand typist; he was a secretary, or they used to call them in those days,
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现在的问题是启示录的风格与他的福音书和他的三个
Now the problem is that the style of Revelation is so different from his Gospel and his
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许多学者都说过，约翰不可能是同一封信。但我要你想象
letters that many scholars have said it can’t be the same John. But I want you to imagine

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你在电影院里看《乱世佳人》这样的电影
that you’re in a cinema watching a film like ‘Gone with the Wind’ and you’re

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告诉他写下在电影院中看到和听到的一切。你能想象你的
told to write down everything you see and hear in the cinema. Can you imagine what your

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写作会是什么样？我知道您的笔记-那些正在做笔记的笔记...是
writing would be like? I know what your notes – those of you who are taking notes… Is

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每个句子都完整吗？语法好吗？拼写还可以吗？不，可怜的约翰
every sentence complete? Is the grammar good? Is the spelling all right? No. And poor John

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不得不写下来-实际上，他对看到的异象不知所措
was having to write down – in fact, he was so overwhelmed with the visions he was seeing

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和他听到的话，很多次他忘记写下来，而 11 次
and the words he was hearing, that many times he forgot to write it down and 11 times in

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一位天使说，这本书不是在写下来。写下这些话
the book, an angel says, you’re not writing this down. Write this down for these words

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是值得信赖和真实的。可怜的约翰再次抓住笔，必须继续前进，所以
are trustworthy and true. And poor John grabs his pen again and has to keep going, so
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很杂乱语法不好，有些句子甚至不完整。他们说，如何
very scrappy; the grammar is bad, some sentences aren’t even complete. And they say, how

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可以说，一位非常优秀的作家使徒约翰在他晚年时会怎样写
could the Apostle John who is a pretty good writer, in his old age how could he have
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这样的事情？嗯，答案是他在做笔记，
such a thing? Well, the answer was he was taking notes,

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尽快写下他所看到的一切。那他为什么不带
writing down everything he saw as quickly as possible. Well then, why didn’t he take

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笔记并擦亮并制作精美的书？好吧，答案很简单。
the notes and polish them and produce a nicely written book? Well, the answer’s very
simple.
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他写下的最后一件事是，“任何篡改本书的人都会受到诅咒，
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拿走您所写内容或添加任何内容的人……” –所以他没有
anyone who takes away what you’ve written or adds anything to it…’ – so he didn’t

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敢碰他写的东西。这就是我们拥有的原因-在希腊语中
dare touch what he’d written. And that’s why we have - and it is in the Greek a very

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杂乱无章的书，根本不像使徒约翰的著作。但这是
scrappy sort of book, and not at all like the Apostle John’s writings. But it was

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实际写下来的手。然而，这不是他的想法。这在很大程度上决定了
his hand that actually wrote down. Nevertheless, it was not from his mind. It was largely
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给他。现在令人惊讶的是有多少人参与
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在本书的制作中。天使参与其中；天使告诉约翰该怎么办
in the production of this book. Angels were involved; angels were telling John what to

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写。圣灵参与其中。耶稣参与其中。这就是启示
write. The Holy Spirit was involved. Jesus was involved; it’s called the Revelation

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上帝赐给他的耶稣，告诉他的仆人不久将要发生的事。所以我们有
of Jesus which God gave him, to show his servants what must soon take place. So we’ve got

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上帝将启示带给耶稣，将启示带给他的灵，将启示带给天使，
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交给约翰，交给七个教堂。那就是那种启示链
it to John, giving it to the seven churches. That’s the kind of chain of revelation that

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参与这本书。它确实使它非常独特。我们直接得到了启示
is involved in this book. It does make it quite unique. We’ve got a revelation direct

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从上帝那里，直接从耶稣那里，从圣灵那里，通过天使，到约翰
from God and direct from Jesus and direct from the Spirit, through the angels, to John

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到 7 个教堂。这是一个很长的链。那么谁是真正的作者？好吧，我想
to the 7 churches. That’s quite a long chain. So who is really the author? Well, I
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上帝是，耶稣是，圣灵是。约翰只是在写下自己所见所闻，
God is, and Jesus is and the Spirit is. John was simply writing down what he saw and
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它以言语和视觉形式出现。他听见了，他看到了，并且
and it came in the form both verbal and visual. He heard things and he saw things and was

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告诉他们都写下来。这就是我们的方法。
told to write them all down. And that’s how we’ve got it.

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现在，它始于耶稣本人的非凡启示。请记住，约翰有
Now, it begins with an extraordinary revelation of Jesus himself. Bear in mind that John
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是他一生中最接近耶稣的地方。当他们躺在餐桌旁–他们没有坐
been the closest to Jesus during his life. When they lay at table – they didn’t sit

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在椅子上-他们像这样躺在桌子上，用右手吃饭；他们在倾斜
on chairs - they lay in their table like this and ate with the right hand; they were
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反对别人。顺便说一句，他们肮脏的脚在下一个的鼻子下面
against somebody else. Incidentally, their dirty feet were under the nose of the next

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男子;这就是为什么他们在吃饭之前必须洗脚而不是洗手。但
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这里的约翰总是在耶稣的右手上，总是靠在耶稣的乳房低语
here’s John always on Jesus’ right hand, always leaning on Jesus’ breast whispering

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东西给他。约翰是“心爱的使徒”。我不喜欢使用“收藏夹”一词，但
things to him. John was the ‘beloved Apostle’. I don’t like to use the word favourite
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他最接近耶稣，深深地爱着他。现在 60 年后，他再次与耶稣会面
he was closest to Jesus, loved very deeply. And now, 60 years later, he meets Jesus again

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但是这一次他很害怕，因为他从来没有
but this time he’s terrified and falls on the ground in a faint because he has never

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以前见过耶稣这样。一方面，他的头发现在是纯白色的，
seen Jesus like this before. For one thing, his hair is now pure white, and that’s a

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改变了耶稣。不仅如此，这是他所见人物的辉煌。他听到
changed Jesus. But more than that, it is the blazing glory of the figure he sees. He hears

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首先，他身后的声音在说话，转身看谁在说话，他有这个
him first, a voice behind him speaks, and turning to see who’s talking, he has this

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耶稣难以置信的异象。如果您去考文垂大教堂，您将
incredible vision of Jesus. If ever you go to Coventry Cathedral, you’ll
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在远端看到一个非常不寻常的挂毯–我不确定我是否喜欢它。它的
see a very unusual tapestry at the far end – I’m not sure that I like it. It’s

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巨大。那个在耶稣脚下的小男人真是命中注定，如果你去过，你会
enormous. That little man at the feet of Jesus is life size, and if you’ve been, you’ll

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知道它有多大。但这是试图描绘这位荣耀而升天的耶稣
know how big it is. But it was an attempt to portray this glorified, ascended Jesus

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就像他向约翰出现时一样，《启示录》中还有其他符号–
as he appeared to John, and there are other symbols from the book of Revelation – the

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来自启示录 4 的生物-围绕基督升天。荣耀中的基督。
creatures from Revelation, 4 - around the ascended Christ. Christ in glory.

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你看，保罗在耶稣升天后看见了耶稣，恢复了荣耀，这使他蒙蔽了眼睛，
You see, Paul saw Jesus after he ascended and got his glory back and it blinded him,

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而在复活的表象中，没有人被蒙蔽。当耶稣恢复荣耀时
whereas in the resurrection appearances, nobody was blinded. When Jesus got his glory back

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并洋溢着荣耀，那真是太棒了。还有约翰，他知道
and was blazing with glory, then it’s quite an awesome sight. And John, who’d known

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他最好的是，无法应付，跌倒在地板上，晕倒了。
him best of all, couldn’t cope with it and fell on the floor in a dead faint.

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好了，这是一个不同于福音耶稣的耶稣。是同一个人
Well now, this is a different Jesus to the Jesus of the Gospels. It’s the same person,

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但是现在他是升天的荣耀主，这使他与众不同。此外，
but now he is the ascended, glorified Lord, and that makes him very different.
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他出现在罗马法官的袍中，总有一些东西
he appears in the robes of a Roman judge, and there’s something that always turns

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在我们国家，戴着假发和长袍的法官穿着长袍时，你的心会颠倒
your heart upside down when you see a judge in his robes, in our country with a wig and

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完整的 regalia –一个相当了不起的人物。你看，当耶稣回来时，他来
full regalia – a rather awesome figure. You see, when Jesus comes back, he comes as

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法官。当世界看到耶稣时，他们会看到与耶稣完全不同的耶稣
Judge. And when the world sees Jesus, they will see a very different Jesus to the one

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他们在彩色玻璃窗和主日学图片中看过。 '温柔的耶稣，
they’ve seen in stained-glass windows and Sunday School pictures. The ‘gentle Jesus,

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星期日学校教的温柔温和的人不是启示录的耶稣。好
meek and mild’ that’s taught in Sunday Schools is not the Jesus of Revelation. We’ll

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稍后再说。但这是耶稣的启示。我们以全新的眼光看耶稣
say more about this later. But this is a revelation of Jesus. We see Jesus in a totally
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可怕的光。实际上，在第 6 章中，
a fearsome light. In fact, in chapter 6, it says that the people

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在大地上，国王直达奴隶，将祈求山将
of the earth, the kings right down to the slaves, will pray that the mountains will

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落在他们身上，吞下他们，而不是看着这个耶稣和他的炽热
fall on them and swallow them up rather than look on the face of this Jesus and his
blazing

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眼神，愤怒地看着我们对他父亲世界的所作所为。所以我们需要这本书
eyes, blazing with anger at what we’ve done to his Father’s world. So we need the book

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启示录充满我们对耶稣的描述。并且有很多很多全新的标题
of Revelation to fill our picture of Jesus. And there are many, many brand new titles

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本书中耶稣的名字，甚至在本书中给了上帝的一些称谓
of Jesus in this book, some titles even which are given to God in this book are later
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对耶稣像阿尔法和欧米茄。耶稣在这里展现了自己的新面貌。
to Jesus like Alpha and Omega. And here we have Jesus presenting himself in a new light.

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您可能知道，他有 250 种不同的名称和头衔，比历史上任何人都多，
As you probably know, he has 250 different names and titles, more than anybody in history,

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把它们写下来是一个很好的奉献精神。你会被困在 35 岁左右，但是
and it’s a good devotional exercise to write them down. You’ll get stuck about 35, but

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耶稣有 250 个头衔；其中许多是从本书中得出的。他向自己展示
there are 250 titles of Jesus; many of them come out of this book. He shows himself in

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他自己的新启示。每个标题都向我们展示了有关他的更多信息。我是
a new revelation of himself. And each title shows us something more about him. I am the

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第一和最后；我是活人；我死了，瞧，我永远活着。
First and the Last; I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold, I am Alive for evermore;

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我掌握着死亡和冥想的钥匙；我是圣洁和真实的；我是阿门；我是
and I hold the keys of death and Hades; I am holy and true; I am the Amen; I am the

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忠实和真实的见证；我是上帝创造的统治者；我是狮子
faithful and true Witness; I am the Ruler of God’s Creation; I am the Lion of the

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犹大支派我是大卫的根。我忠实而真实；我是根与后代
tribe of Judah; I am the Root of David; I am faithful and true; I am the Root and
Offspring

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大卫我是灿烂的晨星。我爱那个。如果您足够早起床
of David; I am the bright morning Star. I love that one. If ever you’re up early enough

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看到最后一颗恒星消失之前，它在地平线附近处于低位，
to see the last star before they all disappear, it’s low down near the horizon and it’s

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非常明亮这是最后一个仍然闪耀的。我只是想对自己说
very bright. And it’s the last one still to be shining. And I just love to say to myself,

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当所有的电影明星都消失了，而所有的流行歌星都消失了，
when all the film stars have gone and when all the pop stars have gone, there’ll be

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一颗仍在发光的星星–那是可爱的标题的意思，就是明亮的晨星。
one Star still shining – that’s the meaning of that lovely title, the bright morning
Star.

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但最重要的是，本书中只有一个书名–万王之王和上议院领主–
But above all, there is one title in this book – King of Kings and Lord of Lords – and

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我要补充说，总统的总统和总理的总理。因为那是
I add, President of Presidents, and Prime Minister of Prime Ministers; because that’s

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这是什么意思。他是所有统治者的统治者–他是托尼·布莱尔的统治者。他是
what it means. He’s the ruler of all rulers – he’s Tony Blair’s ruler. He’s the

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万王之王，万王之王。所以这本书从这张很棒的图片开始
King of Kings, the Lord of Lords. So the book begins with this awesome picture

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耶稣，但它也始于耶稣与教会的密切接触的照片
of Jesus, but it also begins with a picture of Jesus in very close contact with the
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在地上行走，在它们中间行走，在它们周围行走，对它们有很好的观察，抱着
on earth, walking among them, walking around them, having a good look at them, holding

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手中的灯架。这是本书中的前几个符号-7 星，
the lampstands in his hand. And here we have the first few symbols in the book – 7 stars,

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7 个灯架–没问题，它们都得到了解释。灯架是
7 lampstands – but there’s no problem, they’re all explained. The lampstands are

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教堂，而星星是那些教堂的天使。就像每个孩子都有
the churches, and the stars are the angels of those churches. Just as every child has

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一个天使向父亲报告谎言告诉孩子们；耶稣说，更好
an angel reporting back to Father what lies are told to children; Jesus said, better for

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你不是……在脖子上磨石然后丢入海中，而不是说
you not… to have a millstone round your neck and be thrown into the sea than tell

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对一个小人撒谎，因为他们的天使在天上看见我父亲的脸。但
a lie to a little one because their angels behold the face of my Father in heaven. But

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每个教堂也都有天使来照顾它，这显然来自这里。我们需要
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记住这一点。有一天，你会遇到你教会的天使。每当我们崇拜时
to remember that. One day, you’ll meet the angel of your church. And whenever we worship,

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我们被天使包围。当有人问我，你知道教堂里有多少人
we’re surrounded by angels. When anybody asks me, you know, how many were at church

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我想说星期天早上，成千上万。我们刚刚加入
Sunday morning, I want to say, thousands, thousands upon thousands. We just joined in

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与天上的崇拜。因此，我们有这张耶稣的照片，
with the heavenly worship. So we have this picture of Jesus, the heavenly

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荣耀中升天了耶稣，却拜访了他的教堂，看着他们，看着
ascended Jesus in glory, yet visiting his churches, looking at them, looking at the

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这些教堂所在的城市。他揭示了教会和城市的知识
cities in which those churches are. He reveals the knowledge of both the church and the
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这是非常不寻常的。好了，我们现在进入第七节
which is highly unusual. Well now, we’ve come to the section of seven

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给七个教堂的信。我很惊讶我们如此关注
letters to seven churches. I’m amazed that we pay so much attention to the letters of

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保罗非常注意约翰的书信，很少关注约翰的书信
Paul and so much attention to the letters of John, and so little attention to the letters

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耶稣这会打击你吗？这些是我们耶稣自己唯一的信，
of Jesus. Does that strike you? These are the only letters we have of Jesus himself,
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我认为我们应该更加关注他们，因为他们是从他到这些
and we should pay, I think, even more attention to them because they are from him to these

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七个教堂。但是我们必须要问，耶稣为什么要把这些信写给那些教会？
seven churches. But we’ve got to ask, why did Jesus write these letters to those
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他们有什么特别之处？好吧，我们必须先做一点地理工作。
What’s so special about them? Well, we’ll have to do a little geography first.

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让我们看一下从太空中的卫星拍摄的土耳其的照片，这是
Let’s look at a photograph of Turkey taken from a satellite out in space and here is

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土耳其，这里是希腊，我们注意到土耳其大部分是棕色的，有些
Turkey, here is Greece, and we notice that Turkey is, most of it, quite brown and somewhat

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贫瘠，但紧靠黑海的北海岸却是绿色的。然后有
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双重颜色的例外。在左下角，西南
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拐角处有一个绿色圆圈，它是由数条直接延伸的河流形成的
corner, there is a green circle and it’s formed by a number of rivers running direct

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从这些山丘延伸到爱琴海，并为山谷带来了肥沃。你能
from these hills out to the Aegean Sea, and bringing fertility to the valleys. Can you

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看到了，你们这些人足够近了吗？底角下方有一个绿色圆圈。一切
see that, those of you near enough? A green circle down in the bottom corner. All the
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该圈子内有 7 座教堂。这是一个非常重要的圈子。开会
7 churches are within that circle. It’s a very important circle. It’s a meeting

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在以罗马为中心的西方世界与中国，非洲的东方世界之间
place between the western world centred in Rome and the eastern world of China, Africa,

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印度。这是文化，罗马文化，希腊文化，异教徒的大熔炉
India. It’s a melting pot of culture, of Roman culture, of Greek culture, of pagan

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文化。这是政治的大熔炉；这是宗教的大熔炉。它是一个
culture. It’s a melting pot of politics; it’s a melting pot of religion. It is an

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不寻常的小区域，还有另一件事表明它的重要性
extraordinary little area, and there is one further thing that shows how important it

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是给耶稣的。这是教堂和
is to Jesus. Here is the circle of the churches and the

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字母按顺序排列-以弗所，士麦那，别迦摩，Thyatira，Sardis，费城和
letters are in order – Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and

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老底嘉。这是从世界的西部到东部的主要道路，但它却分裂了
Laodicea. Here’s the main road from the west to the east of our world, but it splits

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在别迦摩。一个人穿过以弗所沿海岸，一个人穿过 Thyatira 进入内陆
at Pergamum. One goes down the coast through Ephesus and one goes inland through Thyatira

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等等。他们再次在老底嘉会合并向东方前进。这个小圆圈
and so on. They meet up again at Laodicea and carry on to the east. This little circle,

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这个肥沃的圈子是一切相遇的地方。此外-这是最重要的
this fertile circle is where everything met. Furthermore - and this is the most important

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书中的启示-撒旦，作为生物而不是创造者，只能合而为一
revelation in the book - Satan, being a creature rather than a creator, can only be in one

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一次放置。他在地上来回，但他也有总部，住所，
place at once. He goes to and fro in the earth, but he also has a headquarters, a
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世界的某个地方。我不知道今天在哪里。我猜得出来，但我不知道
somewhere in the world. I don’t know where it is today. I could guess, but I don’t

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知道。但是他有一个住所，可以环游世界。他也可以
know. But he has a residence from which he makes journeys around the world. He can also

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也可以进入天堂，他也可以上天堂，但是他在地球上有一个住所
have access to heaven too and he goes up there as well, but he has a residence on earth
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是他王国王国的中心，首都。而在这个世纪末的时候，
is the centre of his kingdom, the capital. And in this time at the end of the first
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他的住所是别迦摩–撒但就是在这里居住和居住的地方。
his residence was in Pergamum – that’s where Satan lived on the earth, and resided.

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当耶稣写信给别迦摩的教会时，他说，我知道你住撒旦的地方
And when Jesus wrote to the church at Pergamum, he said, I know where you live where Satan

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居住。 “居住”一词是指他居住，居住的地方。
resides. The word resides means a permanent residence, where he stays, where he dwells.

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现在，撒但清楚地看到了这个地区，在西部和西部交汇处的这个城市圈
Now Satan clearly saw this area, this circle of cities at the meeting point of west and

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在东部，他认为这个圈子对他的王国至关重要。当我们当中有人绕过这个
east, he saw this circle as crucial to his kingdom. And when some of us went round this

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在该地区，我们看到了文化遗迹，不可思议的文化和宗教信仰-寺庙。
area, we saw the remains of the culture, incredible culture, and the religion – the
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这是一个关键领域；在这七个地方，每个地方都很少有教堂
This is a key area; and there were little churches in each of these 7 places, a kind

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以弗所教堂的电路图。实际上，以弗所人大多数
of circuit of churches based on Ephesus. And indeed from Ephesus, most of the others had

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被种植，约翰在哪里。以弗所–我们比其他任何人都更了解该教堂
been planted, where John was. And Ephesus – we know more about that church than any

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整个新约中的其他。看看它的部委。它开始于
other in the whole New Testament. And look at the ministries it had. It started off with

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阿波罗（Apollos）然后是一对夫妇-普里西拉（Priscilla）和阿奎拉（Aquilla）–然后是保罗，然后
是提摩太（Timothy），然后是
Apollos then a couple – Priscilla and Aquilla – then it had Paul then Timothy and then

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约翰。很少有地区有像这个小地区那样多的使徒或部委。
John. Few areas had had as many apostles or ministries as this little area.

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这是战场。这是一世纪末，教堂现在进入
Here was the battleground. It is the end of the first Century, the churches are now into

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他们的第二代和第三代，现在正被种植在
their second and third generation, and they are now being planted right in the heart of

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撒旦的王国与世俗文化和异教徒宗教。这是至关重要的测试。如果
Satan’s kingdom and worldly culture and pagan religion. It is the crucial test. If

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教堂在这里生存，他们将在任何地方生存。如果第二代和第三代基督徒
the churches survive here, they will survive anywhere. If second and third generation
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可以克服这里的压力，那么教会将继续进行到最后。
can overcome with the pressures here, then the church will go on right to the end.

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因此，耶稣非常密切地注视着这个小圈子。这么多挂在上面。
So Jesus is watching this little circle of churches very closely. So much hangs on it.

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我希望我能把重点转移给你。撒但在这里住所。有趣的
I hope I convey to you the very focus; and Satan has his residence here. The interesting

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问题是教堂的状况几乎与距离成正比
thing is that the condition of the churches is almost in direct ratio to the distance

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从撒旦的住所。距离撒旦最近的两个人因偶像崇拜而从内部受贿
from Satan’s residence. Two nearest to Satan are corrupted from the inside with idolatry

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和不道德接下来的两个被迫害，但排在首位，
and immorality. The next two further out are persecuted but are coming out on top, and

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耶稣对他们没有批评。最远的两个，即以弗所和老底嘉，不是
Jesus has no criticism for them. The two furthest away, namely Ephesus and Laodicea, are
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完全被撒但困扰。他们只是失去了初恋或变得越来越冷。是不是
troubled by Satan at all. They’re just losing their first love or growing cold. Isn’t

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有趣吗？撒旦就在附近的教堂之内，他被偶像崇拜
that interesting? Satan is right inside the churches near at hand and he’s got idolatry

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和不道德行为就在那些教堂里。再远一点，他在逼迫他们
and immorality right inside those churches. A bit further away, he is persecuting them

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通过犹太人，他们度过了艰难的时光，但是耶稣对这两个人没有批评
through Jews, and they’re having a tough time but Jesus has no criticism for the two

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受迫害的教堂。但是距离撒旦最远的两个人却变得越来越寒冷。
persecuted churches. But the two furthest away from Satan, they’re just growing cold.

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他们不冷不热-既不冷不热-或正在失去自己的第一个
They’re lukewarm – they’re neither hot nor cold – or they’re losing their first

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爱。这是一幅惊人的图画
love. It’s an amazing picture that emerges from

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这 7 个字母。但是我认为您可以看到这一领域对于未来的发展至关重要
these 7 letters. But I think you can see how crucial this area is to the future of the

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第二代和第三代的教会，因为第二代和第三代的基督徒
church in the second and third generation because second and third generation Christians

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并不总是像第一代人那样热情或专注。我们都知道
are not always as enthusiastic or as dedicated as the first generation converts. We all
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这与我们的孩子。他们必须对主有同样的热情和热情
this with our children. They’ve got to come to the same enthusiasm and zeal for the Lord

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和他们的父母一样因此，第二代和第三代基督徒，教堂，小小的
as their parents have. So, second and third generation Christians, churches, tiny little

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一群人，在这种可怕的希腊罗马统治下，在房屋和大厅开会
groups of people, meeting in houses and halls under this dreadful domination of Greco-
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文化，异教徒宗教，尤其是撒旦。如果您去别迦摩，那里有个陡峭的山坡
culture, pagan religion and, above all, Satan. If you go to Pergamum, there’s a huge
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高耸在别迦摩本身之上的山峰。在山顶上是图书馆和
mountain towering over Pergamum itself. And on the top of the mountain are libraries and

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寺庙其中一个特别是宙斯神庙，就像一个巨大的
temples; and one of them in particular was the temple of Zeus and it’s like a huge

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扶手椅，巨大的 U 形庙宇。在院子里有个祭坛
armchair, massive U-shaped temple. And in the courtyard was an altar which was constantly

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燃烧，黑烟。您可以从上面的 Pergamum 市看到这可怕的地方
burning, black smoke. You could see from the city of Pergamum right above you this
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不断冒出黑烟的神殿-耶稣称之为撒但的宝座。
temple with the black smoke constantly rising from it – which Jesus calls Satan’s
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有一张照片，但是现在不在 Pergamum 中。那张照片是从
And there’s a picture of it, but it’s not in Pergamum now. That picture is from
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东柏林，一个名为佩加蒙的博物馆，实际上，这是被取走的–祭坛
East Berlin, a museum called The Pergamon and, in fact, this was taken – the altar

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宙斯（Zeus）的照片–从别迦摩（Pergamum）那里重新架设在柏林，在那里可以看到。它是
of Zeus taken – from Pergamum and re-erected in Berlin and you can see it there. It is

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massive. That little black dot there is a full-size human being and this massive armchair

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这样，你看到了吗？那是撒但的宝座。土耳其想要回来，有
like that, can you see it? That’s Satan’s throne. Turkey wants it back and there are

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柏林的基督徒祈祷它可以追溯到现在，但现在不是撒但的宝座。它的
Christians in Berlin praying that it may go back but it is not Satan’s throne now; it’s

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空椅子。但这是在这里的别迦摩，撒但住了
an empty chair. But that was in Pergamum here and Satan resided

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就在那儿，他喜欢撒旦。他喜欢站在山上进行勘测
right there and he loves heights does Satan. He loves to be on top of a mountain surveying

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世界的王国。他就是以此方式诱惑耶稣。这样你就可以看到
the kingdoms of the world. He was when he tempted Jesus in that way. So you can see

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这就是为什么耶稣在这些地方写这些信的原因。我不去
that this is why Jesus wrote these letters to this particular place. I’m not going

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说很多关于字母的事，因为我在双重视频中说了很多话。
to say an awful lot about the letters because I’ve said an awful lot on a double video.

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这是商业广告的到来-但是去年我们和电影摄制组一起出去了
Here’s the commercial coming – but last year we went out with the film crew that we’ve

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今天到达这里，我们出去了，我们绕过了 7 个教堂，这个双重视频
got here today and we went out and we went round the 7 churches and this double video

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已翻译，解释和详细解释了所有信件。所以我不是
has all the letters translated and explained and expounded in full details. So I’m not

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在本系列中将经历很多细节。
going to go through an awful lot of detail in this series.

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但是，让我们看看每个字母。有 7 封信传给 7 个教堂，几乎所有内容
But let’s just look at each letter. There are 7 letters to 7 churches and almost
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《启示录》中的七分之一就是正确的方式。七个喇叭，七个海豹，
in the book of Revelation is in sevens right the way through. Seven trumpets, seven seals,

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七碗愤怒。七是神的完美数。这是完整的数字。
seven bowls of wrath. Seven is God’s perfect number. It’s the round, complete number.

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缺少上帝的是 6。666 是缺少上帝的三位一体。我们会来
What falls short of God is 6. And 666 is a trinity of falling short of God. We’ll come

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后面的数字，但七个是神的完整和完美的数字。所以耶稣
across that figure later, but seven is God’s complete and perfect number. And so Jesus

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对这 7 座教堂讲话。他写了 7 个字母，每个字母有 7 个部分。和 7 部分
speaks to these 7 churches. He writes 7 letters and each letter has 7 parts. And the 7
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每个字母都如此相似，我们将逐一介绍。
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第一部分-他将地址放在信件的顶部-致
The first part - he puts the address at the top of the letter – to the angel of the

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以弗所教堂；撒狄教堂的天使；或任何地方然后，他从不使用
church in Ephesus; to the angel of the church in Sardis; or wherever. Then, he never uses

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他自己的名字。他没有说，这封信是耶稣的信。他给自己起了一个头衔
his own Name. He doesn’t say, this letter is from Jesus. He gives himself a title, a

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头衔通常是全新的，教会需要了解有关他的东西-要么
title that is usually brand new, something that the churches need to know about him –
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他们已经忘记了他的性格，或者需要被告知。所以，当
they’ve forgotten some aspect of his personality or they need to be told about it. So,
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他对教会非常严厉，他说，我是真实忠实的见证人，我是
he is pretty scathing about a church, he says, I am the true and faithful Witness, I’m

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告诉你真相因此，耶稣的属性是每个字母的第二项–这些
telling you the truth. So, the attribute of Jesus is the second item in each letter –
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是他的话……-然后他描述了自己。这些描述
are the words of him who… - and then he describes himself. And these descriptions

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摘自第一章的最初构想。于是，在向约翰展示了自己的荣耀之后，
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他现在从该愿景中挑选事物并将其分别应用于每个教会。
he now picks things out of that vision and applies them to each church individually.

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每个字母的第三项是，他批准了每个教堂中的某些东西。这很整齐
The third item in each letter is, he approves something in each church. And here’s a neat

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给我们的提醒不多-如果您要批评某人，请先说些好话。
little reminder to us – if you’re going to criticise someone, say something nice first.

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如果您要说坏话，请先说好话。其实所有的书信
If you’re going to say something bad, say something good first. In fact, all the epistles

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新约圣经的圣经遵循这种模式。保罗写信给哥林多教堂
of the New Testament follow this pattern. Paul, writing to the church at Corinth which

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一团糟，说，我感谢上帝，你没有灵性的礼物而落后。有
was in a mess, says, I thank God that you come behind in no spiritual gift. There is

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保罗只有一个教堂不能说什么好话。你知道那是哪一个吗？
only one church that Paul couldn’t say anything good about. Do you know which one that
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加拉太书。但是通常在他写信时他会赞扬他们，他首先会批准。
Galatians. But normally when he is writing a letter he commends them, he approves first.

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耶稣也一样。耶稣总是在这节开始时说，我知道。我知道
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都是关于你的;我知道你所有的美好事物，你所做的一切美好事物，
all about you; I know all the good things you are, all the good things you’ve done,

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我知道。您无需担心自己所做的事情
I know. You need never worry that something you do

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没有注意到。如果没有其他人这样做，耶稣会看到的。如果您从未得到教会的感谢，
is not noticed. Jesus sees it if nobody else does. If you never get thanked by the church,

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不要担心，因为耶稣看到了。他说，我知道你的事。而且有批准。
don’t worry because Jesus saw it. He says, I know your deeds. And there’s approval.

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然后他继续提出指控-但是-“但是我反对你”。那些批评
Then he gets on to accusation – but – ‘yet I hold this against you’. And those
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毁灭性的耶稣看到了你教堂里所有的坏事，秘密，隐藏的事
are devastating. Jesus sees all the bad things in your church, the secret, the hidden
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以及通常在公众眼中看不到的好东西。但是他看到了不好
as well as the good things which usually are out in the public eye. But he sees the bad

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东西。然后他提出建议，并告诉他们应该采取什么措施来解决这个问题
things. Then he moves to advice, and he tells them what they should do to put the
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对。但是他说，如果你不这样做，我会来纠正它。在其中两个教堂中
right. But he says, if you don’t I will come and put it right. And to 2 of the churches,

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他警告他们说耶稣在从事关闭教会的工作–或者用语言
he warns them that Jesus is in the business of closing churches down – or, in the
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启示录，移除灯架。现在，我们非常渴望建立新的教堂，
of Revelation, removing their lampstand. Now, we’re so keen to plant new churches,
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发展新的教会，打开他们的教会-但耶稣希望一些教会关闭。他说，要么
to grow new churches, to open them – but Jesus wants some closed. And he says, either

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你把这个权利，否则我将不得不关闭你。有很多空荡荡的教堂
you put this right or I’ll have to close you down. There are plenty of empty church

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世界各地已关闭的建筑物。耶稣不仅建立了教会，
buildings around the world that have been closed down. Jesus not only plants churches,

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当他们侮辱他和福音时，他会关闭他们。但是他总是
he closes them when they’re an insult to him and the Gospel. But he always makes an

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上诉，而上诉是，有耳的人让他听到，或者，如果我可以翻译的话，
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让每个听到的人都听我写。听和听之间有区别
let everyone who hears heed what I write. There’s a difference between hearing and

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听着，不是吗？只是听单词和接受单词之间的区别。
heeding, isn’t there? A difference between just hearing the words and taking them in.

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伦敦有位秘书戴着新耳环出现在办公室里，一位说
There was a secretary in London appeared in the office with new earrings and one said

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进去，另一个说出来。我经常想到在这些福音小饰品上出售它们
in, and the other said out. I’ve often thought of selling them on these Evangelical
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代表会众。有耳的人，请听见圣灵对他说的话
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教堂。而且您注意到所有教堂都必须阅读每封信，因此他们
the churches. And you notice that each letter had to be read in all the churches so they

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所有人都听到了。当你听到来信的时候一定很棒
all heard them all. And it must have been quite awesome when you heard the letter to

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以弗所，到士麦那，再到别迦摩，然后是你的下一个。你以为是什么
Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum, and then yours was next. You thought, what’s

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他要对我们说些什么？然后你喘不过气来。但是呼吁确实是在说
he going to say about us? And you waited with bated breath. But the appeal is really
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RSVP，我想回应。我想回复这封信。我想看看你明白了
RSVP, I want a response. I want a reply to this letter. I want to see that you got it

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根据您对此的反应然后，一个保证，一个诺言就关闭了
by how you react to it. And then, an assurance, a promise closes the

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信。对于那胜过他的人，我会…。现在请注意，最后的保证不是
letter. To him who overcomes, I will…. Now notice that that assurance at the end is not

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给教会。它提供给教堂内的个人。无论您的状态如何
given to the church. It’s given to an individual within the church. Whatever the state of
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教会，无论它有多糟糕，您都要对自己负责。您不能为
church, however bad it is, you are responsible for you. You can’t take responsibility for

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整个教堂。耶稣说，无论您教堂的状态如何，我都会问
the whole church. Jesus is saying, whatever the state of your church, what I will ask

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你在最后的日子里，你克服了吗？这也告诉我们，我们拥有的第一名
you in the last days, did you overcome? It also tells us that the first place we have

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要克服的是教堂内部，而不是室外。那如果我们不能克服里面的问题
to overcome is inside the church, not outside. That if we can’t overcome the problems
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教会，当世界降临在我们身边时，我们永远不会成为胜利者。那是酸
the church, we’re never going to be overcomers when the world gets at us. That’s the
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测试我们的耐力和克服能力。有趣的是，没有一封信说：
test of our endurance and of our overcoming. Interesting, not one of the letters says,

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我建议您沿着伊兹密尔或士麦那的路走。我建议你
I advise you to go down the road to Izmir, or Smyrna as it was then. I advise you to

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离开您的战车，然后往前走
get your chariot out and go down the road to

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士麦那，这是一个更好的教会。他没这么说，对吗？他说，你战胜了对
Smyrna, it’s a much better church. He didn’t say that, did he? He said, you overcome
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那里。您呆在那里，就您所关注的…
there. You stay there, and as far as you’re concerned…

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他对教会内某个人的最强烈的呼吁之一就是
One of the most strong appeals he makes to an individual within the church is in the

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最后一封信，写给老底嘉（Laodicea），他告诉整个教会他想把他们撒出来
last letter, to Laodicea where he tells the whole church that he wants to spew them out
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他的嘴–你让我恶心。但是他说，我站着敲门。
of his mouth – you make me sick. But he says, I’m standing and knocking at the door.

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这不是内心的大门，而是教堂的大门。他说，如果只是一个
It’s not the door of the heart, it’s the door of the church. And he says, if just one

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成员要我回来，我进去。真是个诺言！一个人可以让耶稣重回
member wants me back in, I’ll come in. What a promise! One member can get Jesus back into

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教堂。当然，这并不能使整个教会与耶稣相交，但是他
a church. That doesn’t of course give the whole church fellowship with Jesus, but he

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说，我将支持该成员，他们将支持我。我们将有团契
says, I will sup with that member and they will sup with me. We’ll have fellowship

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一起。那是整本圣经中最被误用和误解的经文。 “看哪，
together. That’s the most mis-applied and misunderstood verse in the whole Bible.
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我站在门口敲门。”与转换无关，与无关
I stand at the door and knock.” It has nothing to do with conversion, it has nothing to
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咨询询问者。它与失去耶稣的教会有一切关系，并且
with counselling an enquirer. It has everything to do with a church that has lost Jesus,
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那个教堂里的任何成员都可以让他回来。
any member in that church can get him back in.

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因此，您会看到，每个字母都有相同的模式。但是，阅读信件最有帮助
So, you see, each letter has the same pattern. But it’s most helpful to read the letters
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并排。我们在圣经中一遍又一遍地阅读它们，但是当您将它们并排放置时
side by side. We read them one after another in the Bible, but when you put them side by

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一边，您看到信件中出现了一些非常不同的东西。我已经涂了什么
side you see some very different things appearing in the letter. I’ve coloured what is
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同样，您会立即注意到 1，2，3，4，5 被批准为好教会
same and you notice straight away that 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are approved as being good churches

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但是两个，它们没有什么好处。有趣的是，他们是最成功的
but two, there’s nothing good in them. And funnily enough, they are the most successful

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所有七个教堂。他们是最拥挤的，拥有最大的产品，
churches of all seven. They’re the most packed, they have the biggest offerings, the

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最大的会众，最大的藏书–耶稣却没有什么好处。你看，
biggest congregations, the biggest collections – and yet Jesus has nothing good. You see,

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耶稣看着教堂时，他没有像我们那样看它。
when Jesus looks at a church, he doesn’t look at it the way we do.

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然后您会注意到指控– 1，2，3，4，5;他们两个，没错。现在好了，
And then you notice accusation – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; two of them, nothing wrong. Well now,

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他们不可能完美，但他们为耶稣受苦。耶稣不批评
they can’t have been perfect, but they were suffering for Jesus. And Jesus doesn’t
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一个受苦的教会；他鼓励他们。好吧，那只是一个非常快速的调查。
a suffering church; he encourages them. Well now, that’s just a very quick survey.
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我不知道该给你看一两张照片。很快在那边有大街
I wonder if I should show you one or two photographs. Very quickly. There’s the main
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以弗所就是一切的核心。我要很快给你看照片
Ephesus which was the heart of it all. I’m going to show you very quickly the pictures

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我们有不同的地方。那是老底嘉（Laodicea），另一边-哦，我们
that we have of the different places. That’s Laodicea and on the other side – oh, we’ve

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将所有 7 个教堂都放在那边。但是，让我们快速地向您展示。我们已经
got all 7 churches on the other side there. But let’s just show you very quickly. We’ve

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到了费城。那是费城一家基督教教堂的遗迹。那里
got Philadelphia. That’s the remains of a Christian church in Philadelphia. And there

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我们有 Sardis。戴安娜（Diana）的大神庙和旁边的一座小砖教堂
we’ve got Sardis. Great big temple of Diana here and a little brick church at the side

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其中基督徒后来敬拜。我们有市场士麦那。你呢
of it where the Christians later worshipped. We’ve got Smyrna, the marketplace. And you

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以后可以看所有这些。在以弗所有一个著名的剧院，保罗在那里
can look at all these afterwards. There’s the famous theatre in Ephesus where Paul nearly

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发生了骚乱，确实引起了骚乱。还有 Thyatira，最后是 Pergamum。上了
had a riot, well, did cause a riot. There’s Thyatira, and finally, Pergamum. It was on

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最重要的是，我们有这个宙斯神庙，撒旦的住所。好吧，那只是
top here that we had this temple of Zeus, the residence of Satan. Well, that’s just
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给你一点味道。我现在想给你一个整体的轮廓
given you a little flavour. I want now to give you an outline of the whole

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启示录》，以便我们对它有一个整体了解。与有关
book of Revelation so that we’ve got an overall picture of it. It’s concerned with

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天上的基督和地上的教会，因此启示不断
the heavenly Christ and the earthly churches and therefore Revelation constantly moves

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从地球到天堂，再回到天堂。它只是不断变化的场景。那
from earth to heaven, and heaven back to earth. It’s just constantly changing scene. That

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因为我们不习惯天上人间的历史，所以对我们有些不满。因为
throws us a little because we’re not used to history of heaven as well as earth. Because

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天堂上发生的事情常常会改变这里的状况。
what goes on up in heaven often changes things down here.

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现在，我将启示录分为四组，分为四个部分，其中两个
Now I’ve divided the book of Revelation into four groups, four sections, two of them

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红色，其中两个绿色–因为红色是坏消息，绿色是
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好消息。第 1 章给我们描绘了天上基督的画像和他对基督的关注
good news. Chapter 1 gives us the picture of the heavenly Christ and his concern for

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地上的教会。第 2 至 3 章我称之为“世上没有事”。
the earthly churches. Chapters 2 to 3 I’ve called ‘Things are not alright on earth’.

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耶稣必须纠正这些事情。他们生活在一个腐败的世界
And Jesus has to correct these things. They live in a corrupted world in that part of

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亚洲以及一个受到损害的教会，在信仰方面受到损害，在行为方面也受到损害。
Asia, and a compromised church, compromised in its beliefs and compromised in its
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偶像崇拜和不道德行为日渐流行，其他事情正在发生。那是两个主要的
Idolatry and immorality have crept in, other things are happening. Those are the two major

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问题，甚至在教堂内部。下一节 4 至 5 告诉我们
problems, even within the church. The next section, 4 to 5, tells us ‘Things

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在天堂还好”。无论这里发生了什么，上帝仍在宝座上。他是
are alright in heaven’. Whatever’s happening down here, God’s still on the throne.
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在和平中，那座白色的大宝座就在那儿，它前面的玻璃海和翡翠
at peace, the great white throne is there, and the glassy sea in front of it and emerald

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周围的彩虹告诉你天堂里一切都好。上帝不挣扎
rainbow around it tell you everything’s alright in heaven. God is not struggling with

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撒但;我们是，但他不是。撒但甚至必须先征得他的允许，然后才能做
Satan; we are, but he’s not. Satan even has to ask his permission before he can do

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这里的任何东西，所以天上一切都好，上帝在宝座上
anything down here, so things are alright in heaven, God is on the throne – chapter

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4 –耶稣负责–第 5 章。他打破了卷轴上的印章。所以所有
4 – and Jesus is in charge – chapter 5. He breaks the seals on the scroll. So all

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历史的掌握在上帝的手中，历史的尽头掌握在耶稣的手中。所以区别
of history is in God’s hands and the end of history is in Jesus’ hands. So the
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这本书在地上一切正常的事物与天堂之间一切正常的事物之间展开。
between things that are not alright on earth and things alright in heaven open up the
book.

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然后我们进入这个非常困难的部分，我们将花费大量时间
Then we get to this very difficult section which we’ll spend quite a bit of time on

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- 坏消息。我已将其标记为“事物在变得更好之前会变得更糟”。
– bad news. And I’ve labelled it ‘Things will get much worse before they get better’.

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那是坏消息。他们会为世界和教会变得更糟。世界
That’s the bad news. And they will get worse for the world and for the church. The world

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将会遭受战争，流血，饥荒和疾病，自然灾害以及许多
is going to suffer war, bloodshed, famine and disease, natural disasters and many, many

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死亡–占人类的四分之一。教会要经历大麻烦
deaths – up to a quarter of the human race. The church is going to go through big trouble

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–三年半。撒旦，敌基督者和假先知的邪恶三位一体
– three and a half years. An unholy trinity of Satan, Antichrist and the false prophet

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最终将统治世界。在那个邪恶的三位一体下，教会将
will be ruling the world at the end. And under that unholy trinity, the church will really

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遭受。它也将遭受被描绘成肮脏的巴比伦城的苦难
suffer. It will also suffer from the city of Babylon which is portrayed as a filthy

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妓女，骑着龙的猩红色女人，再次会有很多死亡，很多
prostitute, a scarlet woman riding the dragon, and again there will be many deaths, many

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烈士。确实，希腊语“ martur”一词原本是书中的见证人
martyrs. Indeed, the Greek word ‘martur’ which originally meant witness in the book

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启示录成为烈士。为基督作见证的方式就是为他而死。一世
of Revelation becomes martyr. And the way to witness for Christ is to die for him. I

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可能会把启示录称为 yr 难手册。事情会变得更糟
might call the book of Revelation a manual for martyrdom. Things will get much worse

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在他们变得更好之前-但只是短暂地。然后，“事后
before they get better – but only briefly. And then, ‘Things will get much better after

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他们变得更糟”，第 19-22 章。完成好消息。什么改变了情况
they get worse’, chapters 19-22. Finish with the good news. What changes the situation

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是基督的复活，这就是所谓的第一次复活
is the return of Christ to earth and what’s called the first resurrection which we’ll

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稍后解释，基督在世上的统治一千年，然后是审判日
explain later, the reign of Christ on earth for a thousand years, then the Day of Judgment

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当人类的其余部分从死里复活进行审判时，第二次死亡，
when the rest of the human race are raised from the dead for judgment, the second death,

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火湖，新天堂新地，新耶路撒冷。
the lake of fire, a new heaven and a new earth, a new Jerusalem.

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现在，我希望能给您一种感觉；这是一种四层三明治–好消息，
Now, I hope that gives you a feel; it’s a kind of 4-level sandwich – good news,
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对不起–坏消息，好消息，坏消息，好消息。关于教堂的坏消息
sorry – bad news, good news, bad news, good news. The bad news about the church in the

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现在-它的状态还没有准备好遭受痛苦。如果教会已经受到损害，它不会
present – its state is not ready for suffering. If a church is compromised already, it
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施加压力时站立。圣洁是受苦的基本前提，
stand when the pressure is on. Holiness is the essential prerequisite for suffering,

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否则，您将被抓获。但是天堂里一切都很好–展望未来
otherwise you’ll be caught out. But things are alright in heaven – get a vision of

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宝座上的上帝和手中拿着卷轴，密封卷轴的耶稣，你会意识到
God on the throne and Jesus with the scroll, sealed scroll, in his hand, and you’ll
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一切都在控制之中。上帝并没有在所有情况下都失去控制
things are under control. God hasn’t lost control at all of the situation but things

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上帝允许他们在变得更好之前变得更糟，无论是对于
are going to be allowed by God to get much worse before they get better, both for the

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世界和教会。但是经历了这么大的麻烦之后，情况会好得多
world and for the church. But after that big trouble, things will get much better after

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他们变得更糟。我们需要将眼光超越眼前的未来
they get worse. And we need to look beyond the immediate future to the ultimate future

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让我们的希望成为我们灵魂的锚。好吧，我想在最后几分钟
to have our hope as an anchor to our souls. Well now, I want, in the last few minutes
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我要说的是，在这一切背后，都有一种历史哲学。现在很多人
I’ve got, to say that behind all this, there is a philosophy of history. Now many people

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被“哲学”一词吓到了，但这仅意味着您思考事物的方式。
are frightened by the word philosophy but it means simply the way you think about things.

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当今世界上，有许多历史哲学在呼吁
And there are many philosophies of history in the world today that are clamouring for

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你的注意力。在电视和新闻界，通过所有媒体，人们可以看到不同的历史哲学
your attention. On the TV and the Press, through all the media, different philosophies of
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在敲打你的心灵之门。最常见的是我们所说的循环
are banging at the door of your mind. The most common one is what we call the cyclic

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历史哲学–历史在重演，它在继续。然后是
philosophy of history – history repeats itself, it just goes on. Then there is the

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持续不断的历史观，它不断地向上，向下，从不倒退；
continuous view of history, that it just goes on, up and down, it never goes backwards;

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它正在向前发展，但我们有起有落，繁荣与萧条，通货膨胀和通缩
it’s moving forwards but we have our ups and downs, boom and bust, inflation and
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等等。有进步的历史观。
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正如一位英国首相在 1900 年所说的那样，不断进步，不断进步。
As one English Prime Minister in 1900 said, up and up and up and on and on and on –
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是本世纪初（20 世纪 C）的伟大关键词。胜过
was the great key word at the beginning of this Century (20th C). It’s better than

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回到基础，但无论如何……现在，对历史的回归观点变得更加普遍，
back to basics, but anyway… The regressive view of history is much more common now, which

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一切都将一 the 不振，厄运和忧郁正在恶化，
is that everything is going down the drain, the doom and gloom, it’s getting worse and

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越来越差。实际上，进入下一世纪的关键词不是进步，
worse and worse. In fact, the key word, as we go into the next Century is not progress,

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但是生存。但是历史的启示性观点是圣经的观点，即
but survival. But the apocalyptic view of history is the Bible view, that in the immediate

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未来，情况会变得更糟，但在最终的将来，它们会突然变得更好，
future, things will get worse but in the ultimate future, they will get suddenly better
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会保持更好。现在这样的历史观是独一无二的
will stay better. Now that view of history like that is unique

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分为三类：犹太人，基督徒和共产主义者，他们都相信相同
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事情。它们之间的唯一区别是将改变这种情况。共产主义者
thing. The only difference between them is what’s going to change that. The Communists

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说，人会因革命而改变-无产阶级和资产阶级之间的斗争
say, well man will change by revolution – the struggle between the Proletariat and the
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即将到来，将会有一场革命，我们将拥有无阶级，无犯罪的
will come to a head, there’ll be a revolution, and we’ll have the classless, crimeless

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之后的社会。但是共产党人现在已经幻灭了。犹太人说上帝必须
society after that. But Communists are now getting disillusioned. The Jews say God must

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改变这个。基督徒说，当耶稣回到地球时，它将改变。东西
change this. Christians say, it will change when Jesus comes back to planet earth. Things

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会变得更糟，直到耶稣回来，他会让他们变得更好并保持更好
will get worse until Jesus gets back and he will make them better and keep them better

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之后。所以这里我们有一个基于历史的哲学
after that. So here we have a philosophy of history based

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在启示录上–犹太人，基督徒和共产主义者都从同一个地方得到它
on the book of Revelation – Jews, Christians and Communists all got it from the same
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–来自希伯来先知。但这是基督教徒对历史的看法–立即
– from the Hebrew prophets. But that is the Christian view of history – the immediate

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未来更糟，最终的未来突然变得更好。而变化将在
future worse, suddenly the ultimate future much better. And the change will come when

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耶稣回来了。
Jesus gets back.