So it's nothing to fear.

所以沒什麼可怕的。

In fact, it's everything to encourage you.

事實上，這一切都是為了鼓勵你。

God is on the throne.

上帝就在王座上。

He knew it before it happened.

他在事情發生之前就知道了。

Nothing surprises Him.

沒有什麼能讓他感到驚訝。

And He chose you to live in this hour.

他選擇了你，讓你活在這個時刻。

Matthew 24.

馬太福音 24.

It says this.

它是這樣說的

Verse 21.

第 21 節

For there will be a great tribulation, such as never occurred on the beginning of the world until now, nor will ever again.

因為將有一場大災難，從創世之初到現在從未發生過，以後也不會再發生。

And if those days hadn't been cut short, no life would have been saved.

如果那些日子沒有被縮短，就不會有生命獲救。

But for the sake of the elect, the days will be cut short.

但為了選民，這些日子將被縮短。

You read the book of Revelation and what you see is exactly that.

閱讀《啟示錄》，你看到的正是這一點。

You see tribulation.

你看到了磨難。

You see danger.

你看到了危險。

You see calamity.

你看到了災難。

And if those days were not cut short, there would be no one saved.

如果不縮短這些日子，就不會有人得救。

The Greek word that Messiah, so Messiah is talking about that which you're reading in Revelation.

彌賽亞的希臘文是 "Messiah"，所以彌賽亞指的就是你在《啟示錄》中讀到的那個彌賽亞。

The Greek word that he uses here for tribulation is the Greek word thalipsis, which means great affliction, great anguish, great trouble, great pressure, and persecution.

他在這裡用的 "磨難 "一詞是希臘文的thalipsis，意思是巨大的苦難、巨大的痛苦、巨大的麻煩、巨大的壓力和迫害。

Some of you might be saying, well it sounds like my life right now.

有些人可能會說，這聽起來就像我現在的生活。

Well just wait.

那就等著瞧吧。

Keep waiting as things go.

繼續等待事態發展。

Matthew 24.

馬太福音 24.

Now let's go to look at verse 6.

現在我們來看第 6 節。

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars.

你們會聽到戰爭和戰爭的謠言。

See that you are not alarmed.

請勿驚慌。

For these things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

因為這些事情必鬚髮生，但這還不是結束。

For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.

因為國家與國家，王國與王國，必將相爭。

And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

各地將發生饑荒和地震。

But these are only the beginning of birth pangs.

但這僅僅是分娩痛苦的開始。

What is he talking about?

他在說什麼？

Revelation 6.

啟示錄 6.

Listen to what it says here.

聽聽這裡是怎麼說的。

Then I saw when the Lamb opened up one of the seven seals.

然後，我看到羔羊打開了七個封印中的一個。

I heard one of the four living creatures say, with a voice like thunder, come.

我聽到四活物中的一個用雷鳴般的聲音說，來吧。

And I looked and behold there was a white horse.

我一看，原來是一匹白馬。

Then it goes on.

然後繼續。

Then there was a red horse.

然後是一匹紅馬。

Then there was a black horse.

然後是一匹黑馬。

Then there was a green or pale horse.

然後是一匹綠色或蒼白的馬。

The first horse, white, is of conquest.

第一匹馬是白色的，代表征服。

The second horse, red, is of war.

第二匹馬是紅色的，代表戰爭。

The third horse, black, is of famine.

第三匹馬是黑色的，代表饑荒。

The fourth one, pale green, is death.

第四個，淡綠色，是死亡。

Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, of the earth to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence.

他們有權柄掌管全地的四分之一，可以用刀劍、饑荒和瘟疫殺人。

Now look at what Messiah just said.

現在看看彌賽亞剛才說了什麼。

In that time there will be war.

到那時，戰爭就會爆發。

That's the red horse.

那是紅馬。

There will be famine.

會有饑荒。

That is the black horse.

那就是黑馬。

There, and there will be death.

有，就會有死亡。

That's the green horse.

那是綠馬。

The other one is conquest.

另一個是征服。

But he also says, he goes on, and, and in Luke 21, and actually what we just read before, but also in Luke 21, he says there will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, fearful events and great signs from the heavens.

但他還說，他繼續說，在路加福音第 21 章中，實際上就是我們剛才讀到的，但在路加福音第 21 章中，他還說各地將發生大地震、饑荒和瘟疫，可怕的事件和天上的大徵兆。

So Messiah is speaking of earthquakes.

所以，彌賽亞說的是地震。

What about the book of Revelation?

那麼《啟示錄》呢？

The same chapter of the four horses says, and I looked, when he broke the sixth seal there was a great earthquake.

關於四匹馬的同一章說："我看，當他揭開第六封印時，發生了大地震。

Everything is matched together.

一切都搭配得恰到好處。

The words of Messiah go on and he says, but, it says in Matthew 24, verse 29, but immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.

彌賽亞的話還在繼續，他說，但是，《馬太福音》第 24 章第 29 節說，但是，在那些日子的災難之後，太陽要立刻變黑，月亮也不發光。

Now that's, he says the sun will be darkened.

他說，太陽會變暗。

The moon will not give its light.

月亮不會發光。

Revelation 6, the same chapter of the four horsemen, says the sun became as black as sackcloth, made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood.

啟示錄》第 6 章，也就是關於四騎士的那一章說，太陽變得像麻布一樣黑，是用頭髮做成的，整個月亮變得像血。

Now everything is matching.

現在一切都匹配了。

Messiah is talking about Revelation.

彌賽亞說的是《啟示錄》。

Revelation is in reference to the words of Messiah.

啟示錄》指的是彌賽亞的話。

It says here, a note, actually a note.

這裡寫著，一張紙條，實際上是一張紙條。

It's become an idea in the body of Messiah that when the Bible says the sun will be darkened it's talking about solar eclipses.

在彌賽亞的身體裡，有一種觀點認為，當《聖經》說太陽將變暗時，說的是日食。

That so, that a solar eclipse is a sign of judgment.

是以，日食是審判的徵兆。

And then when the Bible speaks of the moon turning red it's speaking of lunar eclipses or the blood moon.

聖經》中提到月亮變紅時，說的是月食或血月。

The lunar eclipses are a sign of judgment.

月食是審判的標誌。

Well it's not really saying that here.

其實這裡並沒有這麼說。

It's speaking of things that don't normally happen.

它說的是通常不會發生的事情。

They're part of cataclysmic events.

它們是災難性事件的一部分。

Lunar eclipses, solar eclipses are part of the regular course of nature.

月食、日食是大自然規律的一部分。

Can God use them at certain times to, to know judgment?

上帝能在某些時候利用它們來知道審判嗎？

He can.

他可以

The writings of the rabbis say that they are.

拉比的著作中說它們是。

But the, that these things can be signs but they are not necessarily signs.

但是，這些東西可以是徵兆，卻不一定是徵兆。

So be careful.

所以一定要小心。

You have to be careful.

你必須小心。

The ultimate context here is a cataclysmic changing of nature, not the regular course.

這裡的最終背景是大自然的鉅變，而不是正常的進程。

God can use that but He's not guaranteed to use that.

上帝可以利用這一點，但並不保證他會利用這一點。

Let's go on.

我們繼續。

Matthew 24 the Lord also says, He says, He says, stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

馬太福音》第 24 章主還說，他說，他說，天上的星要降下來，天上的權柄要動搖。

Now He's not speaking of what we call stars like suns of other systems.

現在，祂說的不是我們所說的恆星，比如其他星系的太陽。

In ancient times any light in the sky was called a star, including planets.

在古代，天空中的任何光線都被稱為恆星，包括行星。

In fact the word planet comes from the Greek planetes which means a wandering star.

事實上，行星一詞來自希臘文 planetes，意思是遊蕩的星星。

Because it didn't follow the regular course because planets are going on their own.

因為它沒有按照正常的軌道運行，因為行星是自行運行的。

So a planet is a wandering star.

所以說，行星就是一顆遊蕩的恆星。

So this really means any light from the heavens coming down on the earth.

是以，這實際上是指從天而降的任何光線。

It can refer to meteors, asteroids, lights in the sky.

它可以指流星、小行星、天空中的光。

Revelation, now go to Revelation 6.

啟示錄》，現在來看《啟示錄》第六章。

We're going back and forth.

我們來來回回。

For the four horsemen.

四騎士

Verse 13 says, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when it's shaken by a great wind.

第 13 節說，天上的星星墜落在地上，就像無花果樹被大風搖動時掉落未熟的無花果一樣。

So it's so consistent.

所以它是如此一致。

Now what if John, this is just, this is not doctrine or dogma.

現在，如果約翰，這只是，這不是教義或教條。

What if John was actually, would see what we would call a nuclear exchange of nuclear missiles.

如果約翰真的看到了我們所說的核導彈核交換呢？

You saw the missiles that came from Iran over Israel.

你們看到了從伊朗飛向以色列的飛彈。

They come to a, someone like John, it's, this is the same as a light or a star.

他們來到像約翰這樣的人身邊，這就像一道光或一顆星一樣。

And they come down and they bring destruction.

它們降臨，帶來毀滅。

And now look at this one.

現在看看這個。

Revelation 8 says, the third angel sounded and a great star fell from heaven burning like a torch and fell on a third of the rivers on the springs of water.

啟示錄》第 8 章說，第三位天使吹響了號角，有一顆大星從天而降，像火炬一樣燃燒，落在三分之一的河流和泉水上。

The star is called Wormwood.

這顆星星叫 "蟲草"。

And a third of the water became Wormwood.

三分之一的水變成了蟲草。

Many people died from the waters because they were made bitter.

許多人死於苦水，因為它們是苦的。

Interesting because, because also, and I'm not saying this has to be the way, but it could include this, nuclear weapons would come as like stars coming down and they would bring poisoning to the earth.

有趣的是，我並不是說一定是這樣，但也可能包括這樣，核武器就像星星墜落一樣，會給地球帶來毒害。

The greatest nuclear poisoning in history was called Chernobyl.

歷史上最大的核洩漏叫做切爾諾貝利。

When the nuclear reactor in the Soviet Union broke down it poisoned the whole city and the whole land.

當蘇聯的核反應堆發生故障時，它毒害了整個城市和整個土地。

It's striking because the name Chernobyl in Russian means Wormwood.

令人震驚的是，切爾諾貝利在俄語中是 "蟲草 "的意思。

And do you know the monument that they put up in Chernobyl?

你知道他們在切爾諾貝利豎起的紀念碑嗎？

Let me show you.

讓我示範給你看

This is the monument over Chernobyl.

這是切爾諾貝利上空的紀念碑。

If you're going to the reactor, it has an angel blowing a trumpet.

如果你要去反應堆，那裡有一個吹號的天使。

That's the third angel.

那是第三位天使。

It says the third angel sounded and a great star came, Wormwood, or in Russian Chernobyl.

書上說，第三位天使吹響了號角，一顆大星降臨，這就是 "蟲谷"，俄語叫 "切爾諾貝利"。

That is what's standing in front of Chernobyl.

這就是切爾諾貝利的現狀。

So could it be a link when Messiah says stars falling from the sky?

那麼，彌賽亞所說的從天而降的星星是否與此有關聯呢？

I'm not saying it has to be, but could it include this?

我不是說一定要這樣，但能不能包括這個？

Could it include, you know, when you look at Revelation, these are things that could not be imagined years ago, but now we can actually imagine that because of what we have, the powers that we have.

你知道，當你看《啟示錄》時，這些都是多年前無法想象的事情，但現在，因為我們所擁有的一切，我們所擁有的力量，我們確實可以想象。

Now speaking of powers, the Lord then goes, says in Matthew 24, he says the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

說到權勢，主在《馬太福音》第 24 章中又說，諸天的權勢都要動搖。

He said the stars coming down and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

他說，星辰降下，諸天的權柄都將動搖。

Interesting, I'm not again being dogmatic, but interesting because the word for heaven there is the word, the normal word, which is Uranus.

有趣的是，我並不是又在教條主義，但有趣的是，那裡的 "天堂 "一詞就是 "天王星"，一個普通的詞。

Or from the word Uranus comes a word that we call Uranium.

或者說，從天王星一詞衍生出一個詞，我們稱之為 "鈾"。

Uranium is the source of atomic destruction.

鈾是原子毀滅的源泉。

The powers of Uranus, but you could say the powers of Uranium being shaken cause nuclear destruction.

天王星的力量，但也可以說是鈾的力量被撼動後造成的核毀滅。

I'm not saying this is the first meaning of it, but it could be a layer of that.

我不是說這是它的第一層含義，但它可能是其中的一層。

And some, again, some of this destruction that we watch, even now scientists and politicians speak of nuclear apocalypse.

同樣，我們看到的一些破壞，甚至現在科學家和政治家都在談論核啟示。

They use the word from Revelation to speak about it.

他們用《啟示錄》中的話來談論它。

Could that be part of it?

這也是原因之一嗎？

It could.

可以。

Notice what the Bible says will destroy most of the world, much of the world in the last days.

請注意《聖經》中所說的將在末世摧毀世界上大部分地區的內容。

In Revelation 8 it says this, verse 7.

啟示錄》第 8 章第 7 節是這麼說的。

The first sounded there was hail and fire mixed with blood hurled to the earth and a third of the earth was burned up and third of the trees burned and the grass burned.

第一聲響起的是冰雹和混合著鮮血的火，火被擲向大地，三分之一的土地被燒燬，三分之一的樹木被燒燬，草也被燒燬。

Now listen.

現在聽著

These are the words of Peter.

這是彼得的話。

That's Revelation.

這就是《啟示錄》。

But this is the word of Peter.

但這是彼得的話。

Now Peter is a fisherman from Galilee.

彼得是加利利的漁夫。

You wouldn't expect him to know anything about future events, of course in the natural, or about what we could do to this earth right now.

你不會指望他知道未來發生的事情，當然是自然發生的事情，也不會指望他知道我們現在能對地球做什麼。

But listen to 2 Peter 3.

但請聽彼得後書第 3 章。

It says this.

它是這樣說的

The day of the Lord will come like a thief in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat.

耶和華的日子將像賊一樣來臨，天將在咆哮中消逝，元素將在酷熱中毀滅。

The earth and its works will be unveiled.

地球和它的工程將被揭開神祕的面紗。

Since all these things are to be destroyed this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy content?

既然所有這些東西都將以這種方式毀滅，那麼你們在聖潔的內容中應該是什麼樣的人呢？

Looking for the coming of the Lord in which the heavens will be destroyed by burning and the elements will melt with intense heat.

期待主的降臨，屆時，天將被焚燬，元素將被高溫融化。

Peter is the same one who says the world at that time of Noah was destroyed by water.

彼得就是那個說諾亞時代的世界被水毀滅的人。

But by his word the present heavens and the earth will be destroyed by fire.

但根據他的話，現在的天地將被火毀滅。

Fire.

火災

Notice.

通知

It won't just burn up but it will happen with a roar.

它不僅會燃燒起來，還會發出轟鳴聲。

A sudden burst of power.

突然爆發的力量

And he says the elements will melt.

他還說元素會融化。

Now the original language, the word is stoichion, which means the fundamental or the element foundational order here about, of the when you were in school you had to learn the, the elements.

現在，這個詞的原文是 "stoichion"，意思是 "基本 "或 "元素"。

You know you had to learn there was a hydrogen and oxygen and carbon.

你知道你必須知道有氫、氧和碳。

There's a sheet and helium.

有一張床單和氦氣。

These are the atoms.

這些就是原子。

They're each of that, make up everything else.

他們每個人都是這樣，組成了其他一切。

Interesting because here it says the basic elements of the universe will melt in fire, or melt in heat.

有趣的是，這裡說宇宙的基本元素將在火中融化，或在熱中融化。

Melt.

融化。

The word in Greek actually means, can mean melt, can also mean will break apart, will be destroyed, will be loosened, as in the elements will be loosened.

這個詞在希臘語中的實際意思是，可以指融化，也可以指會碎裂、會毀滅、會鬆動，就像元素會鬆動一樣。

Could that be even to the point where atoms are loosened?

甚至會出現原子鬆動的情況嗎？

In the natural this is something that could not happen until the atomic age.

在自然界中，這是在原子時代之前不可能發生的事情。

What else does Peter say about the end times?

關於末世，彼得還說了些什麼？

In the same chapter, 2 Peter 3, he says, know first of all that in the last days mockers will come with their is the promise of his coming.

在同一章，即彼得後書第 3 章中，他說："首先要知道，在末世，譏誚的人必帶著他來的應許來到。

So what does it say in the last days?

那麼，末世是怎麼說的呢？

They'll be mocking those who have faith and those who follow the word.

他們會嘲笑那些有信仰的人，嘲笑那些遵守道義的人。

Messiah said when the Son of Man comes will he find faith in the earth.

彌賽亞說，當人子降臨的時候，他會在地上找到信仰。

There are those who believe we are to take over the world as believers and hand it to Messiah, called dominionism.

有些人認為，作為信徒，我們應該接管世界，把它交給彌賽亞，這就是所謂的統治主義。

And there's some good, there are good people.

還有一些好人，有很多好人。

I'm sure they mean well.

我相信他們是好意。

But that's not just, that's not quite the Bible.

但這不只是《聖經》，也不完全是《聖經》。

Yes we should have a victorious attitude.

是的，我們應該抱著必勝的態度。

Yes we should seek to change our culture, change our world, be a light.

是的，我們應該努力改變我們的文化，改變我們的世界，成為一盞明燈。

Absolutely do touch every realm.

絕對觸及每一個領域。

You've heard me say it.

你已經聽我說過了。

Politics.

政治

Every realm.

每個領域。

As much as we can.

儘可能多

But don't forget the rest of the Bible.

但不要忘記《聖經》的其餘部分。

What does Messiah say?

彌賽亞怎麼說？

Matthew 24, verse 10.

馬太福音》第 24 章第 10 節。

And at that time many will fall away and they will betray one another and hate each other.

那時，會有許多人離棄，他們會互相背叛，互相仇恨。

The word here is skandalizo.

這裡的詞是 skandalizo。

They will fall away.

它們會消失。

Which means entrapped or stumble or enticed to sin or enticed to apostasy.

意思是被誘騙、被絆倒、被引誘犯罪或被引誘叛教。

And that matches up with what Paul says of the last days.

這與保羅關於末世的說法不謀而合。

Second Thessalonians 2.

帖撒羅尼迦後書 2.

Very important.

非常重要。

We ask you brothers and sisters recording, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus, Yeshua the Messiah, and our gathering together to Him, that you not be quickly shaken from your peace or be disturbed by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us to the effect of the day the Lord has already come.

關於主耶穌--彌賽亞耶蘇的來臨，以及我們向祂的聚集，我們請求記錄在案的弟兄姊妹們，你們不要急於動搖自己的平靜，也不要被一種精神、一個資訊或一封信所幹擾，彷彿是我們發出的，大意是主已經來臨的日子。

Let no one deceive you in any way for it will not come until the apostasy comes first.

不要讓任何人以任何方式欺騙你們，因為只有在叛教先行的情況下，叛教才會到來。

The day of the Lord will not come until the apostasy comes first.

只有叛教先行，主的日子才會到來。

All right.

好吧

So what it's saying is before the Lord comes there's going to be a great falling away.

所以它的意思是，在主降臨之前，會有一次大的墮落。

Does that match up with Revelation?

這與《啟示錄》相符嗎？

It sure does.

確實如此。