神所定的时间[5月17日专题信息]

专题信息｜神所定的时间

5月17日

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经文: 传3:1-15

课题: 神的主权, 世界观, 美意/神的旨意, 智慧,

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圣经说：起初，神创造天地《创1:1》。“起初”就显示了自有永有的神将时间创造的那时刻，且从那时起将万有服在时间的运作之下。对很多人来说，时间就好像是一种笼罩着人命运的现实。它虽然一份一秒都不停止的过去，但在人身上却有无形的影响力。有些人时间太多，就感觉到纳闷与无聊，甚至会因此放纵私欲。有的人时间不够了，就感到很着急，或者因为还未成就的事觉得惋惜。有的人看起来没有什么时间观念，就喜爱活在当下，认为现在开心就好。这样的人最终一定被时间证明是一个愚昧人。因为他没有从过去的时光吸取教训，也没有因着将来的时光做好打算。因此他今天的时光是毫无意义的。最多他吃饱了，可能开心一下了，或者欲望暂时满足了，但是这一切跟他的永恒的去处没有关系。确实，很少人活在一个与时间和谐的人生里。他不是觉得时间太多，不然就是觉得时间太少，要不然就是滥用现在的时光。因此，时间是不断的显出人的愚昧与无助。人很多的遗憾都是与已经过去的时光有关系的。因此，我们常听人说：“如果再给我一次机会（或说：若再有以前的时间），我会将他投资在关系，不是投资在物质”。有一个著名的德国则学家说了一句很值得思想的话：“历史给人最大的教训就是人不从历史里学习”。这如同一个老人家给予他孩子的忠言，那孩子听了觉得逆耳。但这孩子长大后因没听父亲的话遭受后果。之后他由将同样的教训带给孩子，孩子听了因还年幼也同样觉得逆耳，但长大后又遇到同样的后果。因此，我们看见时间就一直在显出一代又一代人的愚昧，人也一直在承受时间带给他的后果。另外，我们也看见时间一直在将世界种种相对的善与恶、是与非、好与坏显露出来。有些人是在与他相见时感觉很好，但相处久了才知道并非如此，有的刚好是相反。在这疫情中，我们因为时间一天又一天过，有些是非对错就渐渐显露出来。有时候，一个国家认为自己的防疫措施做得很好，之后才发现有盲点，反倒为愚拙。曾经一度我们看见中国病毒蔓延，非常糟糕。很多国家，特别是西方国家都同情他们，也纷纷议论。有的也说他们封国封城真是大事铺张。但时间就才这么过了一两个月之后，这疫情临到了美国与欧洲，并且病毒传染得更加严重。大家也纷纷照样做。其实，在这全球性的危机临到时，人都变得很短视。我们都从现况的好坏下定论。但我们要知道时间可能过了一下子，人又会领悟另一种结论。因此，人的堕落、愚昧、刚硬、固执等都在时间里显露出来。因此，传道书的作者用智慧之心来判断了万事和光阴带给他的启示，他这么说：万事都是虚空！在日光之下所做的一切，都是虚空，都是捕风，也毫无益处《传1:2,14；2:11》。那么，既然都是虚空，都是捕风，那我们是否将一切看为“四大皆空”？断乎不是！在这虚空的光景之下，传道者将我们带到一个对时间很重要的启示，就是：“凡事都有定期，天下万务都有定时”《传3:1》。在这时光里，神造万物，各按其时成为「美好」，又将「永生」安置在世人心里，然而神从始至终的作为，人不能参透《传3:11》。试问我们能凭着目前的现状断定我们将来的好坏吗？传道书告诉我们虽然时间与岁月显出了人的愚昧与无助，但神在创造时间时有两个绝对的美德。第一，神使各按其时成为「美好」。试问在这疫情中谁看得见美好呢？在人面对的各种战争、疾病、灾害，苦难时，他似乎无法看见任何美好之处。然而，智慧者在此声明如果我们能参透神在每一刻所许可发生的事情的意义，我们必然承认神所做的都是美好的。第二，神也将「永生」安置在世人心里。如果我们只是一个暂时存在的生物，我们没有办法看见时间带给我们的意义。相反的，我们只能因时间与已过的岁月成为一个遗憾的人。但若我们是拥有永生之人，我们现在的每一刻是多么的珍贵。哪怕是经过人间岁月的沧桑，我们都会看见时间的意义，也会不断利用每一刻来换取永远的祝福。

The Bible says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” <Gen 1:1>. “In the beginning” was the moment the “I am” God created time, and from then on, God put all things under the operation of time. To many people, time is like a reality hovering over the destiny of Man.  Although it does not stop for a minute or a second, it has invisible and real influence on Man. Some people have too much time that they feel dull and bored, and may as a result, indulge in their desires. Some people do not have enough time and hence feel anxious, or feel regretful for what they have not achieved. Some people do not seem to have any concept of time, they just like to live in the present moment and think that it is sufficient just to be happy now. Over time, such a person would eventually prove to be a fool. Because such a person neither learns from his past, nor plans for the future, his time today is meaningless. At most, he is happy after eating and is hence temporarily satisfied in the flesh, but all these have nothing to do with his eternal destination. Indeed, few people live a life that is in harmony with time. Either he feels that there is too much time, or he feels that there is too little time, otherwise he is misusing his present time.  Hence, time is constantly revealing human ignorance and helplessness. Many people's regrets are related to time that has passed. Therefore, we often hear people say, “If I have another chance (or say: if I have time from the past again), I will invest in relationships, not in material things." A famous German philosopher made a statement which is worth introspecting, “The greatest lesson learned from history is that Man never learns from history.” This is like the words of advice given by a man to his child, but the child did not listen to him. Because the child did not listen to his father, he later suffered the consequences. Later, when the child grew up, he also gave his child the same advice. The young child also did not listen and when he grew up, he encountered the same consequences. Therefore, we see that time continues to reveal ignorance from generation to generation, and Man keeps having to bear the consequences of time. In addition, we also see that time has been revealing the various relative good and evil, right and wrong, good and bad of the world. For some people, we may feel good when we meet them, but after knowing them for some time, we will realise they are not as good and for some, they are in fact the opposite of what they portray themselves to be. In this pandemic, as time passes day after day, some of the rights and wrongs are gradually revealed. Sometimes, a country may think that it has done well in their pandemic prevention measures and only to discover some blind spots later which instead reflects its foolishness. We once saw how the virus spread badly in China. Many countries, in particular the western countries felt sorry for China and they also got into various discussions. Some said that China in locking down its cities and country was going beyond what was justifiable. But after just one or two months, the epidemic reached the United States and Europe, and the spread of the virus became more serious. Every other country then started to follow suit, one after another. In fact, when this global crisis comes, people become very short-sighted. We all draw conclusions from the current situation. But we need to know that as time passes by, people will come to understand another conclusion. Therefore, man's depravity, ignorance, rigidity and stubbornness, etc, are all revealed with time. Therefore, the author of Ecclesiastes used his heart of wisdom to consider the revelation brought to him by all things and time, he said, “Everything is meaningless! All things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.” <Ecc 1:2,14; 2:11> Well, since everything is meaningless and a chasing after the wind, then should we see everything as “empty and void”? Absolutely not! Under such meaningless situations, the Teacher brings us to a revelation that is important to time, that is, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” <Ecc 3:1> “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” <Ecc 3:11> Think about it, can we predict whether our future is good or bad based on our current status? The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that although time and years reveal human ignorance and helplessness, when God created time, there are two absolute virtues. First, God has made everything beautiful in its time. Think about it, who can see the beauty in this pandemic? When Man faces all kinds of battles, illnesses, calamities, and sufferings, he seems to be unable to see any good. However, the wise Teacher says here that if we can fathom the meaning behind why God allows things to happen in every moment, then we can acknowledge that whatever God did is beautiful. Second, God has also set "eternity" in the human heart. If we are merely a living thing which exists temporarily, we cannot see the significance time brings us. On the contrary, we can only become a person with regrets because of time and the years that had passed. But if we are people who have eternal life, our every moment now is very precious. Even if we go through the vicissitudes of time on earth, we will see the significance of time, and will constantly use every moment to exchange for eternal blessings.

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