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 每週一妥拉 2013/8/11-8/17（+為真理站立(喬納文章)）

每週一妥拉 2013/8/11-8/17
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（8/11-8/17）稱為『你出去的時候』（Ki-Tetzeh），讀經內容包括：
妥拉：申命記21:10-25:19
先知書：以賽亞書54:1-10

*申命記 21:21, 22:21, 22:22, 22:24; 24:7; 23:14. 『這樣，就把那惡從你們中間除掉。』『除掉』這個字也可以翻成『燒掉或連根拔除』，在這幾段經文所要處理的許多狀況與情勢，全都指向一個重要事實，就是神的百姓要被『分別出來』與『潔淨』，不管在道德上或身體上，是個人還是群體，『因為耶和華─你的神常在你營中行走，要救護你，將仇敵交給你，所以你的營理當聖潔，免得祂見你那裡有污穢，就離開你』（23：14）。

*申命記 23:5. 『然而耶和華─你的神不肯聽從巴蘭，卻使那咒詛的言語變為祝福的話，因為耶和華─你的神愛你。』

*申命記 23:7. 『不可憎惡埃及人，因為你在他的地上作過寄居的。』我們相信此告誡到今日仍然有效。

請禱告：在以色列肢體中對埃及的愛，即便彼此的政治關係朝著危險的方向前進。禱告埃及的肢體在信心、愛心和盼望中興起，在神聖靈的神蹟能力中運行。

*以賽亞書 54:2-3. 『要擴張你帳幕之地，張大你居所的幔子，不要限止；要放長你的繩子，堅固你的橛子。因為你要向左向右開展；你的後裔必得多國為業，又使荒涼的城邑有人居住。』

請禱告：以色列將會進入在彌賽亞裡的公義地位，這將使神能擴張她的境界，涵蓋所有神命令給她的土地，一個她再也不會被拔除的土地。

*以賽亞書54:5. 『因為造你的是你的丈夫；萬軍之耶和華是祂的名。救贖你的是以色列的聖者；祂必稱為全地之神。』

請禱告：在以色列中得著啟示，知道神是以極親密的方式愛她─並且為她預備了一位『救贖主』，祂與父一起。『萬物是藉著祂造的；凡被造的，沒有一樣不是藉著祂造的。』（約翰福音1:3）。

*以賽亞書54:7-8. 『我離棄你不過片時，卻要施大恩將你收回。我的怒氣漲溢，頃刻之間向你掩面，卻要以永遠的慈愛憐恤你。這是耶和華─你的救贖主說的。』

*以賽亞書54:10. 『大山可以挪開，小山可以遷移；但我的慈愛必不離開你；我平安的約也不遷移。這是憐恤你的耶和華說的。』

下週的妥拉與先知書閱讀（8/18-8/24）稱為『你進去（得地）的時候』（Ki-Tavo），內容包括：妥拉─申命記26:1-29:9；先知書─以賽亞書60:1-22。

馬汀和娜瑪•賽維士（Martin & Norma Sarvis）
於耶路撒冷

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大使命31

為真理站立

我們現在正要進入主的榮耀被彰顯出來的時候，同時終極邪惡也會被顯明出來。正如前幾週我所提到的，當我們開始禱告真理的靈，來顯明我們所需要知道在美國政府裡面所發生的事，我最大的驚訝是，竟然只有極少的基督徒關心被顯明在光中的事。然而，我不應對此感到驚訝或氣餒。

正如上週我們開始探討，那些在政府或政治圈的人常以人們可能會有的回應，或媒體將如何講述，或要如何得到神奇的百分之五十一的多數來權衡事情。那絕不是神國的思維，甚至不太瞭解主流文化轉變的來源。歷史上重大的引爆點很少來自多數，它們幾乎都來自非常小群的人。

一篇對於這些引爆點的研究顯示，帶來深度文化轉變的人數只需要總人口的百分之一平方根。這意味只要有一百人就可以為一百萬人帶來徹底的文化轉變。

耶穌所做的遠勝過於此，祂只用了12個人，對全世界帶來的改變超過任何征服者、哲學或宗教所帶來的改變。然而，今日很難找到在政府的民主形式下工作的人認為自己是在做對的事，多半是為了一些權宜之計或政治性正確。不管是耶穌或是祂的使徒，或任何真正跟隨主的人都不是以人們怎麼想為主要的出發點，而是以神怎麼想為出發點。正如保羅說：『若仍舊討人的喜歡，我就不是基督的僕人了』（參考加拉太書1:10）。

懼怕人會控制我們到一個程度，使我們失去服事基督的能力。這並非意味我們要完全漠視人或不在乎他們，但那大聲呼喊『和撒那』的一群人五天之後卻喊著『釘祂十字架』！百分之二的熱血人士往往控制著百分之九十八的冷漠或不冷不熱的人，這樣的例子一再重複發生，不論好壞。對結果有信心和對神有信心並不一樣，在這二件事上混淆常帶給我們傷害。倘若我們對神有信心，我們就會做對的事，不管結果如何。倘若我們為對的事站立，導致全世界抵擋我們，我們必須更在乎真理勝過世界。

在使徒對末日的警告中，不是擁有真理的人不被蒙蔽，而是那些『愛真理的人』（參考帖撒羅尼迦後書2:10），擁有真理與愛真理並不一樣，聖經告訴我們：『愛是永不止息』（參考哥林多前書13:8），也可以被翻成『愛是永不放棄』。只有那些在愛中的人絕不會放棄，我們是否有那麼愛真理？我們是否有那麼愛那位就是真理的主，就算全世界抵擋我們也在所不惜？就算是死亡，那死就死吧？祂配得我們如此的擺上。

(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week 31, 2013)

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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 readings this week are called Ki-Tetzeh-"When you Go Out":
Torah: Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19
Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1-10

*Deuteronomy 21:21, 22:21, 22:22, 22:24; 24:7; 23:14. "Thus you shall purge away the evil from among you". As mentioned last week, the word for "purge" may also be translated "to burn, kindle or root out". There are many situations and circumstances dealt with in these passages (some of necessity not making for the most pleasant reading) pointing to the fact that it is of great importance that God's people be 'set apart' and clean-both morally and physically, personally and as a community, "since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to defeat your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will turn away from you".

*Deuteronomy 23:5. "Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you."

*Deuteronomy 23:7. "You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land." We believe this admonition to still be in effect today.

PLEASE PRAY for a love for Egypt among the Body in Israel, even as political relations appear to be moving in a dangerous direction. Pray for the Body in Egypt to rise up in faith and love and hope.and moving in the miraculous power of the Spirit of God.

*Isaiah 54:2-3. "Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. For you shall expand to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit the nations, and make the desolate cities inhabited."

PLEASE PRAY: That Israel will come into that place of righteousness in her Messiah which will allow God to extend her borders to encompass the territory which He has ordained for her, a territory from which she will never be plucked up.

*Isaiah 54:5. "For your Maker is your husband, YHVH of Hosts is His name; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth."

PLEASE PRAY: For revelation in Israel that God loves him in an intimate way-and has provided a "Redeemer" for him, who is One with the Father. "All things came into being through Him (i.e. Yeshua/Jesus), and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being" (John 1:3).

*Isaiah 54:7-8. " 'For a mere moment I have forsaken you, but with great mercies I will gather you. With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,' says the LORD, your Redeemer."

*Isaiah 54:10. " 'For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,' says the LORD, who has mercy on you."

Martin and Norma Sarvis
Jerusalem

[The Torah and Haftarah portions for next week 18-24 August are called Ki-Tavo-"When you Come Into": TORAH: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:9; HAFTARAH: Isaiah 60:1-22]

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Stand For Truth - The Great Commission, Part 31
Week 31, 2013
Rick Joyner

We are now into the time when the glory of the Lord is being revealed. Ultimate evil is being revealed as well. As I already mentioned, when we started to pray for the Spirit of Truth to reveal things going on in the U.S. Government that we needed to know, my biggest surprise was how so few Christians even cared about what was being brought to the light. However, I should not have been surprised or discouraged by it.

As we began to discuss last week, those in government or politics are constantly weighing things by how people might respond, how the media will spin it, or how to win the magical 51% majority. That is certainly not a kingdom mentality. It is not even a good understanding of the source of major cultural change. The great tipping points in history have seldom come from the majority; they almost always come from a very few.

A study done on these tipping points revealed that the percentage of people required to bring profound cultural change is only the square root of 1% of the population. That means that one hundred people could bring radical cultural change to a million people.

Jesus did even better than that. He took just twelve people and changed the whole world far more than it has ever been changed by any conqueror, philosophy, or religion. However, today it is hard to find those in a democratic form of government who think in terms of doing the right thing, rather than what is expedient or politically correct. Neither Jesus, nor the apostles, nor any of His true followers are primarily motivated by what people think, but rather by what God thinks. As Paul wrote, “If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ” (see Galatians 1:10).

To the degree that the fear of man controls us, it will negate our ability to serve Christ. This does not mean that we totally disregard people or do not care for them, but the same crowd that cried “Hosanna!” just five days later shouted “Crucify Him!” Two percent of the people who are passionate will usually control the 98% who are indifferent or lukewarm. This has been proven true over and over for both good and evil.

Having faith for an outcome is not the same as having faith in God. These often get confused to our detriment. If we have faith in God, we will do what is right, regardless of the outcome. If standing for what is true causes the whole world to turn against us, we must care more for the truth than the world.

In apostolic warnings about the last days, it was not those who had truth who were kept from deception, but those who had “a love for the truth” (see II Thessalonians 2:10). Having truth may not be the same as loving it. We are told “love never fails” (see I Corinthians 13:8). That could have been translated “love never quits.” Only those who are in love will never quit. Do we love truth that much? Do we love the Truth Himself so much that if it means the whole world turns against us, if it means certain death, then so be it? He is worth that kind of devotion.