每週一妥拉2013/4/14-4/20+從耶路撒冷來的代禱信與信息2013/4/12
每週一妥拉2013/4/14-4/20
從古時起，世界各地的猶太會堂會一週一次在安息日讀經，從摩西五經（妥拉）到先知的書（先知書）。每週的讀經內容都有一個希伯來名稱，其出自經文內容起頭的字。每週慣例讀經的實例剛好記載在路加福音四章16節，耶穌來到拿撒勒的會堂，讀了一段先知書（以賽亞書61章）。我們發現每週一次閱讀這些內容，不僅提供我們機會，與世界成千上萬的猶太人來確認神話語的內容，在我們為以色列與猶太人的代禱上，聖靈更時常貼切的啟發具體的內容禱告。
這週的閱讀進度（4/14-4/20）是平常的兩倍：
I. 『死了以後』（Acharei Mot）
妥拉：利未記16:1-18:30
先知書：以西結書22:1-19
*利未記16:21-22. 『（亞倫）兩手按在羊頭上，承認以色列人諸般的罪孽過犯，就是他們一切的罪愆，把這罪都歸在羊的頭上，藉著所派之人的手，送到曠野去。要把這羊放在曠野，這羊要擔當他們一切的罪孽，帶到無人之地。』
第一部分的閱讀內容始於對一年最聖潔日子的指示─贖罪日（Yom Kippur）。從兩隻羊中用拈鬮的方式選一隻給神，當作贖罪祭，牠的血彈在幔內的施恩座上，『因以色列人諸般的污穢、過犯，就是他們一切的罪愆，當這樣在聖所行贖罪之禮，並因會幕在他們污穢之中，也要照樣而行。』（利16:16）另一隻歸與阿撒瀉勒的羊則要將他們的罪送到曠野去；這隻『代罪羔羊』的名字阿撒瀉勒（希伯來文azazel），在今日的以色列常被使用為咒詛的同義詞。
請禱告：以色列得著啟示，知道耶穌（拯救之意）是神的『羔羊』，為我們成為『咒詛』，用祂的血為我們贖罪，除去世人的罪。
*利未記18:3；20:22.『你們從前住的埃及地，那裡人的行為，你們不可效法，我要領你們到的迦南地，那裡人的行為也不可效法，也不可照他們的惡俗行。所以，你們要謹守遵行我一切的律例典章，免得我領你們去住的那地把你們吐出。』
在這兩節經文中間列出許多邪惡行為，包括拜偶像、行淫亂與秘術活動。以色列被警告這些行為已使先前的居民四散各地，後來（參考先知書以西結書的閱讀內容）這些可憎的事真的使以色列被驅逐。
請禱告：為以色列帶來復興所需的認罪與悔改禱告；這段經文提到的許多可憎之事，今日仍在我們的土地上盛行。神的律法並沒有改變；我們若要在這塊土地深根、長存，這些邪惡必須被除去。
II. 『你們要聖潔』（Kedoshim）
妥拉：利未記19:1-20:27
先知書：阿摩司書9:7-15（在阿什肯納茲猶太會堂）
以西結書20:2-20（在塞法迪猶太會堂）
*利未記19:1-2. 『耶和華對摩西說：你曉諭以色列全會眾說：你們要聖潔，因為我耶和華─你們的神是聖潔的。』正如埃弗里特.福克斯（Everett Fox）在他翻譯的聖經註釋中指出：『十九章是利未記的重要章節，內容廣泛有力，它將聖潔延伸至生活的每一個層面，家庭、曆法、異教、工作、民法與刑法、社交關係與性方面。大部分的律例（但不是全部）都在處理我們所謂的道德問題，也就是人與人之間的關係。藉此它們成為西方對這些問題的範例與基石，至少以理想的形式來看。』至於二十章，『我們跳到律法上如何處理一些以聖經觀點對神最嚴重的冒犯：拜偶像（包括拜摩洛與交鬼），咒罵父母、通姦與淫亂的罪。二十章和十九章的區別在於其包含刑罰方式。』（摘自埃弗里特.福克斯對摩西五經的翻譯）
*利未記19:3. 『你們各人都當孝敬父母，也要守我的安息日。我是耶和華─你們的神。』這一章（關於對聖潔最初的呼召）一開始的明確指令，結合了對父母的孝敬與第一件記錄在聖經上與聖潔有關的事─安息日：神賜福給第七日，定為聖日；因為在這日，神歇了祂一切創造的工，就安息了（創世記2:3）。『我是耶和華』或『我是耶和華你們的神』這句話在這章中至少出現15次，耶和華和以色列要進入那地的其他神祇很不一樣─祂與眾不同，而祂跟隨者的生活形態也要有所不同！祂是耶和華！祂名字的大能要為那些願意順服之人釋放恩典與權柄。
*利未記19:17-18. 『不可心裡恨你的弟兄；總要指摘你的鄰舍，免得因他擔罪。不可報仇，也不可埋怨你本國的子民，卻要愛人如己。我是耶和華。』耶穌將愛人如己的命令與大誡命放在一起，就是盡心、盡性、盡意愛主─我們的神（馬太福音22:39）。在新約裡，約翰進一步教導：『人若說自己在光明中，卻恨他的弟兄，他到如今還是在黑暗裡。愛弟兄的，就是住在光明中，在他並沒有絆跌的緣由。惟獨恨弟兄的，是在黑暗裡，且在黑暗裡行，也不知道往哪裡去，因為黑暗叫他眼睛瞎了。』（約翰壹書2:9-11）
*利未記19:32. 『在白髮的人面前，你要站起來；也要尊敬老人，又要敬畏你的神。我是耶和華。』這節經文前半段『在白髮的人面前，你要站起來』（Mifnei seva takum），寫在耶路撒冷公車內！
請禱告：以色列的長者能親近神，年輕人對以色列年長者的尊敬與尊榮─並認識到這與『敬畏神』息息相關。
*利未記20:7-8. 『所以你們要自潔成聖，因為我是耶和華─你們的神。你們要謹守遵行我的律例；我是叫你們成聖的耶和華。』『自潔』、『聖潔』與『成聖』這幾個字裡面全都有希伯來文Kadosh（聖潔）；在這裡我們個人的責任在於『分別為聖』─藉由遵行神的指示，但我們也看見最後要成為聖潔也需要主自己的工作！
*阿摩司書 9:11. 『到那日，我必建立大衛倒塌的帳幕，堵住其中的破口，把那破壞的建立起來，重新修造，像古時一樣。』撒迦利亞書12:10清楚提到，有一天施恩叫人懇求悔改的靈會臨到『大衛家』。以西結書34:23-30和37:22-28預言以色列的聯合國度未來會在大衛底下再次被重建。因為大衛是首先也是末後『以心靈和誠實』的敬拜者，許多人看見不間斷敬拜的地方正在世界各地和以色列被建立（是以大衛城所設立的大衛會幕為樣式），如同此預言終極應驗的序幕。
請禱告：『神的國降臨』在此古老地區！禱告神的公義與公平、祂的智慧、勇氣、憐憫與時候臨到耶路撒冷市長尼爾•伯克特（Nir Birkat）與總理納坦雅胡，他們正面對一些重大決定，關乎耶路撒冷古大衛會幕地區。請為在這條狹窄道路為鄰卻彼此仇視的阿拉伯人和正統猶太人禱告，光會照進他們的黑暗─大衛子孫已來到地上，祂還會再來的啟示臨到他們。
*以西結書 20:12.『又將我的安息日賜給他們，好在我與他們中間為證據，使他們知道我─耶和華是叫他們成為聖的。』正如上面利未記20:8的經文，這節同樣提到使安息日為聖（創世記2:3）的神會叫祂的子民成聖。在新約以弗所書5:25-27告訴我們：『基督愛教會，為教會捨己。要用水藉著道把教會洗淨，成為聖潔，可以獻給自己，作個榮耀的教會，毫無玷污、皺紋等類的病，乃是聖潔沒有瑕疵的。』
請禱告：聖靈在以色列的運行甦醒人們對聖潔的渴望─帶著對那位使我們聖潔之神的愛！
下週的閱讀進度（4/21-4/27）被稱為『說』（Emor），讀經內容包括：妥拉─利未記21:1-24:23；先知書─以西結書44:15-31。
馬汀和娜瑪•賽維士（Martin & Norma Sarvis）
於耶路撒冷
THIS WEEK'S TORAH PORTION:
From ancient times there has been a weekly portion (Parashah) from the first five books of Moses (The Torah) and an ending (Haftarah) from the Prophets read on the Sabbath in synagogues around the world. This portion is given a Hebrew name drawn from the opening words of the Torah passage. An illustration of this practice appears to have been recorded in Luke 4:16 where Yeshua (Jesus) arrived in the synagogue in Nazareth and was asked to read the portion (Isaiah 61) from the Prophets. We have found that in perusing these weekly readings, not only are we provided opportunity to identify in the context of God's Word with millions of Jewish people around the world, but very often the Holy Spirit will illumine specific passages pertinent that week in our intercession for the Land and people of Israel. All texts are those of English translations of the Scriptures.
This week (April 14--20) also contains a "double reading":
I. Acharei Mot-"After the Death"
TORAH: Leviticus 16:1-18:30
*HAFTARAH: Ezekiel 22:1-19
*Leviticus 16:21-22. "Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness.The goat shall bear on
itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness."
This portion begins with instructions for the most holy day of the year-Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. A goat was sacrificed and its blood applied to the Mercy Seat as atonement for the people-while a second bore their sins away into the desert. The name of this 'scapegoat' in Hebrew (azazel) is used today as a curse.
Please Pray for revelation that Yeshua ("The LORD is Salvation") was the "Lamb of God" who became a 'curse' for us, made atonement in His blood and bore away the sin of the world.
*Leviticus 18:3. "According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances." Leviticus 20:22. "You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all my judgments, and perform them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not spew you out."
Between these two verses are enumerated a wide array of evil practices related to idolatry, sexual perversions and occult activity. Israel was warned that these practices had resulted in the previous inhabitants being spat out of the land. Eventually (See the Haftarah portion from Ezekiel) they would bring about the expulsion of Israel herself.
Please pray for conviction of sin and for repentance leading to revival in Israel. Many of the same abominations mentioned in this passage are prevalent in our Land today. If we are to become rooted in the land and remain, they must be put aside. God's law has not changed.
*(On weeks requiring a 'double reading', usually only the haftarah of the second reading is used.)
II. Kedoshim-"Holy Ones"
TORAH: 19:1-20:27
HAFTARAH: Amos 9:7-15 (Ashkenazy Synagogues)
Ezekiel 20:2-20 (Sephardic Synagogues)
*Leviticus 19:1-2. "YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying: 'Speak to the entire community of the Children of Israel, and say to them: "Holy are you to be, for holy am I, YHWH your God!"'"
(Everett Fox Trans.).
As Everett Fox points out in the commentary to his translation, "As the key chapter of this part of Leviticus, Chap. 19 is wide-ranging and rhetorically powerful. It extends holiness to virtually all areas of life-family, calendar, cult, business, civil and criminal law, social relations, and sexuality. Most (but not all) of the laws deal with what we would term ethics, that is, relations between people.As such, they have become an exemplar and a cornerstone, at least in idealized form, in Western thinking about these issues." For Chapter 20, "We move now into laws dealing with some of the more serious offenses against God in the biblical view: idolatry (Including worship of the "Molekh" and consulting spirits), insulting parents, adultery, and sexual crimes. These are distinguished from the previous chapter by the inclusion of punishments; their seriousness is indicated by their capital nature." (Fox, Everett: The Five Books of Moses.c1995, Shocken Books, New York).
*Leviticus 19:3 (Fox Translation). "Each-man-his mother and his father you are to hold-in-awe, and my Sabbaths you are to keep: I am YHWH your God!" The first specific directive in this chapter (regarding the initial call to holiness) combines the reverent respect for one's parents with that of the first thing ever recorded as being "holy"-the Sabbath ("Then Elohim blessed the seventh day and sanctified it [i.e. made it holy, VaYekadesh], because in it He rested from all His work which Elohim had created and made."-Genesis 2:3). The phrases "I am YHWH!" or "I am YHWH your God!" are used at least 15 times in this chapter. YHWH (The exact pronunciation is today uncertain, some scholars think Yehovah, others Yahweh) is different than all the other gods served in the lands Israel would be entering. As He is different, so the life-styles of His followers would be different! He was YHWH. The very power of that NAME released with His directives would provide sufficient grace and authority for those who would be willing to obey.
*Leviticus 19:17-18. "You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of Your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am YHVH." Yeshua would equate this command to love one's neighbor as one's self with the First Commandment, to Love YHVH our God with all our hearts, souls and minds (Matthew 22:39). In the New Covenant, John would teach further that "He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes" (I John 2:9-11).
*Leviticus 19:32. "You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD." The first part of this verse "Mifnei seva takum!" ("Before the aged, arise!") is today posted on little signs (see above) inside public buses in Jerusalem!
PLEASE PRAY for the aged in Israel-that they will draw near to their God. Pray for the younger, that there will be a renewal of respect and honor for age in the Land-with the realization that this is linked to the "Fear of God" and honoring the Name of the LORD.
*Leviticus 20:7-8. "Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am YHVH your God. And you shall keep My statutes, and perform them: I am YHVH who sanctifies you." The words "consecrate", "holy" and "sanctifies" in this passage all have within them the root of the Hebrew word kadosh. Here we have man's responsibility in "setting himself apart"-by guarding and walking in God's directives-but we also see that becoming ultimately Holy will require a work of the LORD Himself!
*Amos 9:11. "In that day I will raise up the fallen sukka [hut, booth, tent, tabernacle] of David, and wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old." Zechariah 12:10 makes clear that a day of grace for conviction and repentance is coming to the "House of David". Ezekiel 34:23-30 and 37:22-28 prophecy that in latter days a united kingdom of Israel under David will be restored. He built his first palace on Mount Zion, just south and below Mount Moria where his son would build the First Temple. Since David was first and last a worshipper "in Spirit and in Truth", many see the establishment of places of continual worship around the world and in Israel (modeled on that which took place round the tent David set up over the Ark of the Covenant in the City of David) as an "earnest of"- a sort of "prelude to" the ultimate fulfillment of this prophecy. Please pray that God's "Kingdom Come!" over this ancient location, just south of and below the Temple Mount, where David built his first palace and erected the tent for the Ark. The area is home to both a Muslim Arab and an Orthodox Jewish population. Pray for His righteousness and justice, His wisdom, courage, compassion and timing over Jerusalem Mayor Nir Birkat and Prime Minister Netanyahu, who face decisions of great import regarding this area.
Pray for the Arabs and Orthodox Jews who are hostile neighbors on this tiny strip of land.that a Light would shine in their darkness-a revelation of the Son of David who is also the Son of God, Who came once as a Man into this world, and who will one day return.
*Ezekiel 20:12. "Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am YHVH who makes them holy." As mentioned in the Leviticus 20:8 passage above, it is the God Who made the Sabbath holy (Genesis 2:3) who makes His people holy. In the New Covenant, Ephesians 5:25-27 tells us that "Messiah loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify (i.e. make her holy) and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, .that she should be holy and without blemish." Please pray for a move of the HOLY Spirit in Israel awakening a longing for holiness-with a love for the One who makes us holy!
Martin and Norma Sarvis
Jerusalem
[The Torah and Haftarah portions for next week (21-27 April) are called Emor-"Speak" (to the priests): TORAH: Leviticus 21:1-24:23; HAFTARAH: Ezekiel 44:15-31]
從耶路撒冷來的代禱信與信息2013/4/12
那些如影隨形者
作者：Don Finto
在查考列王記時，讀到以利沙和他的僕人被困在多坍的時刻。敘利亞國王以戰馬和戰車包圍了這個城。
“噢，我的神啊，我們該如何是好呢？”僕人哭喊著。
先知回答說：“別怕，與我們同在的那些人要比與他們同在的那些人多得多了。”
與我們同在的那些人！當我讀到此處，我停頓了一下。
我知道下一步將發生甚麼事。以利沙禱告，僕人們的眼睛就開了，以至於他可看到周圍的山上充滿了馬和火戰車。
我揣度著：什麼樣的火戰車在我身邊？有多少天使？
大衛在他詩篇34章7節記載著 “耶和華的使者、在敬畏他的人四圍安營、搭救他們”。猶太朝聖者聲稱，當他們接近耶路撒冷城時“耶和華也照樣圍繞他的百姓”。 不就是眾天使們的靈，奉差遣為那些將要承受救恩的人前來服侍嗎?”（詩 125:2）。此與希伯來書的作者相呼應。
為眾天使環繞著 – 山上充滿了馬和火戰車，耶和華的使者為我安營 - 天使奉命受差遣。
與我們同在的那些人比與他們同在的那些人要多得多了！受激勵吧！
韓國的現況
作者：Mansuk Song
由於聯合國對北韓的經濟制裁，北韓試圖以軍事威脅吸引美國和南韓的注意力。他們正失去來自中國和其他國家的投資，而南韓正在接收越來越多的國外投資。南韓股市是穩定且毫無一絲動盪。如果北韓做任何形式的軍事攻擊，那麼將會有嚴重的報復對峙他們。
讓我們為在北韓持續迫害基督徒，並在世界各地引起恐懼和不穩定的邪惡政權能以和平結束禱告。
五旬節
請在你的日曆上為聖靈降臨節（五旬節）前夕的通宵，禱告，和禁食預留時間。以色列的眾教會和禱告院將與我們一起於5月14日至15日，從晚上10:00到上午10:00（以色列時間），12 小時同心合意參予（使徒 1:14）。我們將為末世全球復興應許的應驗代禱（使徒 2:17）。來自世界各地的禱告小組將在互聯網和現場直播上加入我們。讚美組曲和禱告的主題，以及互聯網連接資訊，將在未來幾週內發出。請為這“創造未來歷史”之事共襄盛舉。
Ortiz 視頻
“猶太恐怖主義”的 Jack Teitel 在 2008 年炸了彌賽亞猶太 Ortiz的家，嚴重傷及他們的兒子 Amiel，這禮拜，被判處加倍終身服刑。這兒是 Maoz 拍其父 David Ortiz 的視頻。
奧斯威辛 (Auschwitz) 2013
作者：Bella Davidov
我剛從我首次探訪波蘭奧斯威辛集中營(Auschwitz-Birkenau)回來。我於 1947 年出生在德國的一個難民營。我的父母都是失去了他們大部分家人和財產的大屠殺受難者。只有我父親其中的一個兄弟倖存，因為他在 1930 年代到以色列。
我的父母是波蘭人。我母親在華沙(Warsa)猶太區出生成長。當德軍入侵波蘭時，他們把它變成一個猶太聚集區。她得以逃脫到俄羅斯。
居無定所 – 在天寒地凍的氣候，飢餓，沒有住處及合適的衣著等惡劣條件下，她奇蹟似地得存活。戰爭結束後，她返回華沙，才發現它完全被摧毀，包括她成長時的街道。她在廢墟中尋找可能屬於她的東西，卻什麼也沒找著。除了她， 無一倖存者（我的母親在1998年去世，享年85歲）。
當以色列在 1948 年立國時，我才一歲多，我們移民到以色列。所以我從小與猶太國一起成長。我畢生都聽聞大屠殺事件，但只在我成為耶穌信徒，且信仰增長後才渴望去了解這個降臨在我民族身上，令人難以置信的災難。現在，是我發現我的根的時候了，我的女兒Liat 加入我的行列。
我們抵達奧斯威辛時，是異常寒冷的春天。我走在雪地上，並聽著波蘭導遊解釋說，“犯人”（主要是指猶太人），是由火車被載到這個地方。抵達後，他們按性別分開，交出他們的貴重物品，進入煤氣室以前，脫光他們的衣服。我站在那裡聽著，顫慄著，但不只是從寒冷來的顫慄。站在那死亡集中營，眼見著這塊廣大的地，我想著：“納粹奉命進來殺害猶太人，這簡直太驚悚無比......許多建築物因而被建造來置放他們。什麼樣的投資啊！“
今天， 從世界各地很多人前來此參觀奧斯威辛集中營。當我們聽到六百萬猶太人死亡這個數字，很難去揣度如此大量人數的意義。但是，看到了堆積如山的頭髮，鞋子，牙刷，眼鏡，多少人死亡的概念。當我看到成堆的眼鏡，它讓我震驚，因這不只是眼鏡，但每對眼鏡都代表一個被謀殺的猶太人。
我哭著向神禱告，這一切都沒有白費。從大屠殺骨灰中，祂將祂的子民帶回家園。現在，祂把我們帶回祂自己。我附合保羅的禱告：“..弟兄們、我心裡所願的、向 神所求的、是要以色列人得救。” （羅 10:1）
復興以色列事工Revive Israel Ministries
為我們持續的，在以色列本地的復興運動，植主內猶太教會，門徒訓練中心，以希伯來文先知性禱告，讚美守望，和為那些財務幫助所需的事項禱告。請將這些近日訊息傳給你相信他們會從中得益處的人。請與我們在財務上同工，來加強在以色列主內肢體力量，照應這兒的復興工作，且對國際傳講以色列、教會、和末世的訊息。
來源：從耶路撒冷來的代禱信與信息(復興以色列事工)經我心旋律同意轉載，特此致謝！
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