今朝、いつものように主人と聖書を読む時間を持っていた時のこと。 This morning, I was having my usual Bible reading time with my husband.
今日読んだ箇所は、創世記47章から49章にかけてでした。 The passage we read today was Genesis 47-49.
主人はNIVUKの英語の聖書、私は日本語の新改訳聖書を読んでいます。 My husband is reading from the NIVUK English Bible and I am reading from the New Revised Version in Japanese.
読みながら、ヤコブが彼の子どもたちについて預言して語った49章についての話になりました。 As we were reading we talked about chapter 49 where Jacob prophesied and spoke about his children.
私が主人に、この部分はイスラエルの12部族に対する終末預言だと言ったところ、主人は聖書にそんな風には書いていないと言うではありませんか。 I said to my husband that this verse is an apocalyptic prophecy for the 12 tribes of Israel, and he said that the Bible doesn't say that.
しかし、私の日本語の聖書にはちゃんと「終わりの日に起こること」と記されています。 But in my Japanese Bible, it says "what will happen in the last days".
そこで、確認すべく私も持っているNIVUKの聖書を開いて見てみたら、「終わりの日」ではなく「これから先の日」とあいまいな言い方になっていたのです。 When I opened my NIVUK Bible to check, I found that it was ambiguously worded "in the days to come" rather than "in the last days".
This shows that some of the translations of the Bible into many languages today have been interpreted in a way that is completely different from the original meaning.
Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
裁き主として来られるキリストの純白の衣が、神に逆らった者達の血で深紅に染まっている。
The pure white robe of Christ, the coming Judge, is stained crimson with the blood of those who have defied God.
For My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom (Land currently divided between Israel and Jordan), and on the people of My curse, for judgment.
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made overflowing with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah (It located between the small cities of Tafilah and Shoubak in present-day Jordan.), and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7)野は彼らとともに、雄牛は荒野とともに倒れる。彼らの地には血がしみ込み、その土は脂肪で肥える。
The wild oxen shall come down with them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust saturated with fatness.
8)それは主の復讐の日であり、シオンの訴えのために仇を返す年である。
For it is the day ofthe LORD's vengence,the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Who isthis who comesfrom Edom, withdyed garmentsfrom Bozrah, This One who is glorious in His apparel, traveling in the greatness of His strength?― "Iwho speak in righteousness, mighty to save."
2)「なぜ、あなたの着物は赤く、あなたの衣は酒ぶねを踏む者のようなのか。
Why is your apparel red, and your garments like one who treats in the winepress?
"I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with Me. For I have trodden them in My anger, and trampled them in My fury; Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments, and I have stained all My robes.
4)私の心のうちに復讐の日があり、わたしの贖いの年が来たからだ。
For the day of vengeance in My heart. And the year of My redeemed has come.
I looked, but there was no one to help, and I wondered that there was no one to uphold; therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me; and My own fury, it sustained Me.
6)わたしは、怒って国々の民を踏みつけ、憤って彼らを踏み潰し、彼らの血のしたたりを地に流した。
I have trodden down the peoples in My anger, Made them drunk in My fury, and brought down their strength to the earth."
Samaria(current central areas of Palestine) is held guilty, they shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child ripped open.
ルカ23章
27)大ぜいの民衆やイエスのことを嘆き悲しむ女たちの群れが、イエスのあとについて行った。
And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him.
For Zion's will I hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation(※1)thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken: neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah(※2): for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take youone of a city, and two of a family, and I will bringyouto Zion:
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.(O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy mays, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. Isaiah 63:17)
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of theLORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
In those daysthe house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
詩篇48編 Psalm 48
1)主は大いなる方。大いにほめたたえられるべき方。その聖なる山、われらの神の都において。
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2)高値の麗しさは、全地の喜び。北の端なるシオンの山は大王の都。
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14)密雲の頂に上り、いと高き方のようになろう。』
I will ascend above the feights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15)しかし、あなたはよみに落とされ、穴の底に落とされる。
Ye thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
1)And I sawa new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2)And I john saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Psalm 48
1)Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2)Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king,
3)God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4)For, lo, the kings were assemnled, they passed by together.
5)They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6)Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7)Thou breakes the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8)As we have heard, so have we seen inthe city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
A new heaven and a new earth
On that day the Lord will come with his Kingdom.
Isaiah
65:17)For, behold, I createnew heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
18)But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
66:22)For asthe new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23)And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
2Peter 3
10)Butthe day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11)Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12)Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissoleved, and the elements shall melt with ferven heat?
13)Neverthless we, according to his promise, look fornew heavens a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Hebrews 11
13)These (Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) all died (except Enoch) in faith , not having recieved the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were wtrangeers and pilgrims on the earth.
14)For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country (The Kingdom of Heaven).
15)And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16)But now they desirea better country, that is, a heavenly (Kingdom): wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for thema city (Jerusalem).
Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he (Holy Spirit) which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
On the Day of the Lord, It seems that the Kingdom (the New Jerusalem) will come down from heaven with Christ.
The Day of the Lord
will come like a thief to the unprepared.
Revelation
16:15)Behold,I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
3:1)And unto the antel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
2)Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
3)Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4)Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
5)He that overvometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my father, and before his angels.
6)He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
The day of the Lord will be a day of redemption for those who obey God, and a day of vengeance for those who disobey.
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Isaiah 63:4
For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Jeremiah 30
7)Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
8)For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselbes of him:
9)But they shall serve the LORD God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
Joel 1:15
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almmighty shall it come.
The Lord's army
Joel 2
1)Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitatants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
2)A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness,as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
3)A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flamme burneth; desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
4)The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
5)Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
6)Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
7)They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
8)Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
9)They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
10)The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark. and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11)And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
It is likely that the multitude of the Lord's chosen people, gathered on the Day of the Lord, will become His army to fight the final battle.
3月25日の朝、夢を見ました。
どんな夢だったのか正確には覚えていませんが、「アブラハムはオリーブの木だ」という声が聞こえてきて、目が覚めました。 I had a dream in the morning on March 25th.
Although I don't remember the exactry what about the dream was, I heard the voice said, "Abraham is the olive trees" and then I wake up.
And then next very early morning, it was at 2:20am, I woke up angels singing sound. That singing voice was same hymn about redemption I've haerd before.
4)For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5)Even unto them will give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name※1, that shall not be cut off.
6)Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of theLORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and takenth hold of my covenant;
7)Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine alter; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
8)The LORD GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel (ninety-nine sheep) saith※2, Yet will I gather others (one sheep) to him※3, beside those that are gathered unto him (to become one flock).
※1)
Revelation
2:17)Her that hath an ear, let him hear whta the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
3:5)He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and beforehis angels.
I think it means that at the White Throne Judgment at the end of the millennium, some names will be blotted out of the Book of Life.
Revelation 20
12)And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were weitten in the books, according to their works.
13)And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14)And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15)And whoseoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
※2)
Psalms 147:2
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
※3)
Isaiah 66
18)For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
19)And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
20)And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean veseel into the house of the LORD.
21)And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
John 10:16
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.