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  每週一妥拉2013/5/12-5/18（+只要去行）

每週一妥拉2013/5/12-5/18
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（5/12-5/18）稱為『數點百姓』（Naso），讀經內容包括：
妥拉: 民數記4:21-7:89
先知書: 士師記13:2-25

民數記 4:4-6, 15. 『哥轄子孫在會幕搬運至聖之物，所辦的事乃是這樣：起營的時候，亞倫和他兒子要進去摘下遮掩櫃的幔子，用以蒙蓋法櫃，又用海狗皮蓋在上頭，再蒙上純藍色的毯子，把槓穿上。將要起營的時候，亞倫和他兒子把聖所和聖所的一切器具遮蓋完了，哥轄的子孫就要來?，只是不可摸聖物，免得他們死亡。會幕裡這些物件是哥轄子孫所當?的。』

奇怪的是，我們在耶路撒冷禮品店櫥窗所看見的，都是利未人扛?金約櫃。這段經文還有別處經文都清楚指明，除了大祭司在贖罪日之外，沒有人可以看聖約櫃。在行路時，約櫃也不是展示給人們來觀看。在起營前，亞倫支派的祭司（並不是其他的利未人）會進去，摘下遮掩櫃的幔子。他們拿著幔子好像一塊板子，直到碰觸到約櫃，他們用其蓋在聖物上（在此聖櫃上的kippur上─另一個作為遮蓋的希伯來字，將代表人的罪的血一年一次撒在上頭）。

然而，代表神同在的約櫃是神聖的，甚至連分別為聖的祭司都不被允許觸摸或觀看。每一個人都有自己的職責範圍，利未人負責外院，哥轄的子孫負責扛?約櫃，只有亞倫的子孫才能去到聖所，除去遮蓋物。而在亞倫的子孫中，唯有他和他的繼任者可以來到至聖所，而且一年只有一次，那時他的工作是在神和祂百姓之間成為調停者或代禱者。

*民數記 6:22-27. 耶和華曉諭摩西說：你告訴亞倫和他兒子說：你們要這樣為以色列人祝福，說：
願耶和華賜福給你，保護你。
願耶和華使祂的臉光照你，賜恩給你。
願耶和華向你仰臉，賜你平安。
他們要如此奉我的名為以色列人祝福；我也要賜福給他們。

主聖潔之名的賜福透過祭司成為以色列的遮蓋和保護。沒有其他名字能有真正的能力來賜福他們，成為他們的保障和保護，釋放恩典在他們身上，或是以真實的平安來保守他們的心思意念。在此祝福中有兩次提到神的臉；活在祂臉上的光之絕對必要性，貫穿在整本希伯來聖經中。摩西禱告若沒有神的臉（有時翻為『同在』），就不要將他與百姓領到應許之地（出埃及記33:14-15）。在詩篇八十篇，詩人亞薩一連三次將神的臉發光等同於『救恩』，而詩篇四十四篇3節可拉後裔將以色列贏得地土歸功於神的『右手』、祂的膀臂，和祂臉上的亮光。在大衛所唱的詩篇，有一個聲音說：『你們當尋求我的面』，而大衛的回應，也是人心中的呼求是：『耶和華啊，?的面我正要尋求，不要向我掩面』（詩篇27:8-9）。

當主將祂的名字雅威（YHVH）放在以色列之上，神的賜福也會臨到以色列兒女。今日以色列已經失去對那個名字的讀法；在吟誦主的賜福時，神的名被改為Adonai（我的主）。然而，神的名卻藏著耶穌的希伯來名Yeshua，是Yehoshua的縮短版，意指神拯救（YHVH Saves）！祂是『神榮耀所發的光輝，是神本體的真像，常用祂權能的命令托住萬有（希伯來書1:3）；祂是和平之君。

我們既身為聖潔的祭司成員（啟示錄1:6），我們鼓勵你用此祝福來為猶太百姓禱告，並將與救恩聯合的耶穌之名放在其上。禱告聖靈的能力會挪去猶太人眼中的帕子，使他們能面對面認識他們的主。『我也不再掩面不顧他們，因我已將我的靈澆灌以色列家。這是主耶和華說的（以西結書39:29）。

*士師記 13:6. 『婦人就回去對丈夫說：有一個神人到我面前來，他的相貌如神使者的相貌，甚是可畏。我沒有問他從哪裡來，他也沒有將他的名告訴我。』

在這一段敘述中，神的天使/使者來到瑪挪亞的妻子面前，宣告她將要懷參孫，婦人至少有五次以『人』來提到這位天使，其中兩次稱他為『神的人』（Man of God）。有趣的是，希伯來文很容易將其翻成『神人』（The God-Man）。故事的後面，這位神人拒絕告訴他的名字，因為一切都『太奇妙了』，瑪挪亞相信他和他的妻子必要死，『因為看見了神。』當然，這時的耶穌還沒有道成肉身，卻在此顯出道成肉身前來到地上的實例。

請禱告：當猶太人在週末讀到或聽到這段經文，神能開啟他們對此的瞭解，以致於他們或許能領會來到瑪挪亞和他妻子面前，在火焰中升上去那位的身份─就是以西結所看見坐在寶座上的那位，也是出埃及記十九章在火中降臨的那位（路加福音24:44-45），亦是那先前以肉身來到地上，還會再來的那位！

下週的閱讀進度（5/19-5/25）被稱為『點燈』（B'ha'alotcha），讀經內容包括：妥拉─民數記8:1-12:16；先知書─撒迦利亞書2:10-4:7。

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.

The reading for this week May 12-18 is Naso: "Raise up" (heads, i.e. "take a census")
TORAH: Numbers 4:21-7:89
HAFTARAH: Judges 13:2-25

Numbers 4:4-6, 15. "This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things. When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and they shall take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it; and they shall lay a covering of porpoise skin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth of pure blue, and shall insert its poles.When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, so that they will not touch the holy objects and dies. These are the things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry."

It is strange the pictures and figurines one may see in souvenir shop windows in Jerusalem depicting Levites carrying the golden Ark of the Covenant, with the aron-"chest" and its Cherubim plainly visible. As this and other passages make clear, no one everwas allowed to look upon the holy Ark, except the High Priest on the Day of Atonement (and then amidst clouds of incense). On the road, it was not paraded out for everyone to gaze upon. Before leaving, the Aaronic priests (not the other Levites) came in, took down the veil and it appears moved forward with it before them to cover the holy object. Then other coverings were piled upon it (upon this holy chest upon which kippur (a nother word for 'covering') was made in blood once a year on behalf of the people's sin). But the Ark of the Presence was Holy.and touching it or even looking upon it was more than even the especially set-apart priests were allowed to do. Each person involved must see the special of his or her office-and not seek another. The Levites cared for the outer courts; within the Levites, the sons of Kohath would be the 'carriers' of the Ark; within the Levites, only the descendants of Aaron could approach the Holy Chamber and the dismantle the Holy of Holies, and within the descendants of Aaron-only he and his successor could actually come within the veil-and that once a year when he served as an intermediary or intercessor between God and His people.

*Numbers 6:22-27. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 'Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, "This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them:

'YHVH bless you and guard you
YHVH make His face shine upon you and grace you
YHVH lift up His face to you and give you Shalom.'

"So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them."

With this blessing the LORD's holy name YHVH was placed over the Israelites by the priests as a covering and protection. No other name would have true power to bless them, to be their guard and keeper, to release grace upon them, or to guard their hearts and minds with true shalom. Twice this blessing refers to the LORD's face. The absolute necessity of being in the light of that face permeates the Hebrew Bible from beginning to end. Without God's face (sometimes in English translated 'presence') Moses prayed to God not to bring himself and the people up to the Promised Land (Exodus 33:14-15). Three times in Psalm 80 the minstrel Asaph equates God's causing His face to shine on Israel with "salvation", while in Psalm 44:3 the sons of Korah attribute Israel's winning of the Land to YHVH's "right hand, His arm, and the light of His face, because he loved them". There is a voice, sang David, crying out within every man, "Seek My face".and his response, whenever He recognized it, would be "Your face, LORD, I will seek.do not hide Your face from me" (Psalm 27:8).

So this was the blessing which would attend the Children of Israel when the LORD placed His name YHVH over them. Today Israel has lost the pronunciation of that Name; when the blessing is recited, it is replaced by Adonai (lord/master). However, it is hidden wi thin the original Hebrew name for Jesus. Yeshua, a contraction for Yehoshua, means YHVH Saves! He is "the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word" (Hebrews 1:3). He is Sar Shalom.the Prince of Peace.

As members of a Holy Priesthood (Rev. 1:6), we would encourage you to pray this blessing over the Jewish people, placing The Name conjoined with Salvation-Yeshua-over them. Pray for the veil to be removed from Jewish eyes through the power of the Holy Spirit that they may know their LORD face-to-face. "And I will not hide my face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel,' says Adonai YHVH-the Lord GOD" (Ezekiel 39:29).

*Judges 13:6. "A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome." In this recounting of the coming of the angel/messenger of God to Manoah's wife to herald the conception of Samson, at least five times he is referred to as a 'man'. Two of those times he is called a "Man of God".which, interestingly, could just as easily be translated from the Hebrew "The God-Man" (Ish ha-Elohim). Later in the sto ry he refuses to give his name, since it is 'wonderful'-and at the end Manoah is convinced that he and his wife must die, "because we have seen God." Of course, at this time Yeshua/Jesus had not yet taken on human flesh. But it appears, nonetheless, to be an instance of a pre-incarnate manifestation of the One who was to come.

PLEASE PRAY for the understanding of Jews who read or hear these words next weekend to be opened, that they may comprehend the identity of the One who came to Manoah and his wife and ascended in the flame-of the One who was seated on the throne of the chariot in the Ezekiel passage-of the One who came down in flame onto the mountain in Exodus 19 (Luke 24:44-45)-of the One who has come in the flesh once before, and Who is coming again!

Martin and Norma Sarvis
Jerusalem

[The Torah and Haftarah portions for next week 19-25 May will be B'ha'alotcha-"When you Light Up" (the lamps): TORAH: 8:1-12:16; HAFTARAH: Zechariah 2:10-4 :7.]

從耶路撒冷來的代禱信與信息2013/5/10

只要去行
作者：Asher Intrater

我們每日與信仰同行的秘訣之一是遵行主的旨意。無任何託詞。

“只要去行！”這與一般 “如果感覺不錯才去做”的態度相反。通常，行正事一點兒都不會覺得舒服。反而，犯罪和犯私慾當下會覺得挺舒服。

路加福音9:23 若有人要跟從我、就當捨己、天天背起他的十字架來、跟從我...

“你在說笑吧？放下自我？”大多人都傾向於放縱自己多於放下自我。事後我們自告，“我覺得平安。”。放下自我是跟隨耶穌的第一步。這意味著向驕傲，色欲，?惰，憂慮等說“不” 。

耶穌告誡我們要禱告，“願你的旨意行在地上......” – 馬太福音 6:10。

不是從他人， 而是從我們自己開始。我們每個人都有責任，在我們自己的生活中遵行神的旨意。

馬太福音 7:21 凡稱呼我主阿、主阿的人、不能都進天國．惟獨遵行我天父旨意的人、纔能進去。

耶穌接著說：遵行神旨意的人，就像在穩石上建造其房舍，而只是“聽聽”沒有行動的人，就像是愚者建造房舍設於沙堆上（馬太福音7:24，26） 。你屬那一類人？我又屬哪一類人呢？


代禱勇士
作者： Francis Frangiapane

耶穌作了個比喻來說明“要人常常禱告、不可灰心．”(路加福音 18:1-8）。我禱告的大部分事，我都必需持之以恒，且透徹禱告才能得到答案。神希望我變得像耶穌，所以祂佈下可讓性格成型的爭戰。至終，它們不但會改變我周圍的世界，它們更會先改變我。

當我們想像一位禱告勇士，我們通常會想到一位伯祖母或祖母。她們不是在猜測小約翰的未來；她們在神寶座前，為創造他的未來禱告。

他們不質疑瑪莉是否能成事；她們為她透徹禱告致能得勝。她們沒有時間為哈利的酗酒問題感到惋惜；她們“抨擊天堂”(storming heaven) ，以見他得釋放。

在地上，禱告勇士是最戰兢，極具能力，能驅逐邪靈，震動世界的一群人。在真理上，他們與神是共同創造者！他們從不質疑未來，因為他們太忙於去創造它。禱告勇士被神定位，為他們的家，教會，和城市在信仰中堅立。禱告，強於諸王， 且過於軍隊。禱告，是地上最具威力的勢力。

昔日，當那伯祖母或祖母年輕時，正如你，神向她顯示她所需。祂的恩典降臨了，她下定決心禱告。她開始禱告時並不勇猛，但她變得勇猛。現在輪到你要做是否成為一個禱告勇士的抉擇了。欲詳讀英語版全文，請點擊此處。


Hawking 抵制以色列

英國一家極端反以色列的刊物，Guardian，在世界著名物理學家Stephen Hawking決定抵制由以色列總理 Shimon Peres 在耶路撒冷舉行的會議後，舉行一投票表決。

正如 Guardian所言，“在針對以色列學術機構剝奪和制裁活動議題上，Hawking 的決定劃下另一個勝利。” 。
請花幾秒鐘在此按“ 不 ”投下您寶貴的一票，說明你並不支持Hawking 的決定。

目前民意調查以壓倒性的“是”拔頭籌，投票將在短短幾小時內結束！


英國國教大主教
為新英國國教大主教 Justin Welby 禱告。他過去是一位生意人和倫敦 Brompton 福音教會的成員，他迅速擢升成為教會的領袖，最近他查知有一位猶太裔的祖父。


以色列空軍轟炸敘利亞導彈基地
以色列和敘利亞之間的局勢是緊張的。聯合國撤出佈署在兩國之間緩衝地帶的部隊。欲觀看此3分54秒，有關以色列近日在敘利亞所發導彈和化學武器轟炸的視頻由，及以色列媒體報導的見解，和從Asher為禱告所做的指示，請點擊這裡。


五旬節
五旬節通宵禁食禱告現場轉播：http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shavuot-2013
禱告主題和敬拜：http://mishkanelohai.org/shavuot/

請發送這些連結網站與眾朋友和禱告小?。我們期待您在5月14日至15日，從晚上十點至早上十點（以色列時間）12 時，同心合意的與我們一起參予（使徒行傳1:14）。我們將為有同樣臨到早期門徒的火（使徒行傳2:1-4），末世普世復興應許的應驗（使徒行傳2:17）代禱 。

[雖然我們並無大肆宣傳，只以一個小公告宣布此活動，但僅在本周，就有超過一萬人或團體回應！看來神早已計畫周全。]


參與 Asher 和 Betty 在美國的事工
Asher 和 Betty 將於5月31日（星期五）在美國的 Tikkun特會事工。 Paul Wilbur 將帶領敬拜。需要報名，方可參加-見www.tikkunamerica.org。

Asher 和 Paul 將於6月2日在 Silver Spring 以馬內利教會，八點半和十一點主日禮拜中做兩場服事。欲知地點和其它信息，請上www.immanuels.org查看。


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！