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読んでなかったら必ずこっちを先に読んでね。
If you haven't read, read this first please!
・なんで神は自分に捧げ物をするようにイスラエル人たちに言ったのか？普通自分でそれ言う？しかも何を捧げるかまで事細かに。
Why did God demand offerings from Israelite people? Isn't it strange to demand such things for oneself? not only that but in detail?
神が命じた捧げ物には、「罪のため」と「感謝のため」があると自分は認識してるけど、まずは感謝の方から。
自分が何をする時が一番幸せかって考えると、案外そのうちの一つは、誰かに感謝を込めて何かを贈って相手がそれを喜んでくれた瞬間なんじゃないかって思う。
何の本かは忘れたけど、一番幸せなお金の使い方を研究したら、意外にも「人に与える事」だったってあった。
イエスも「受けるより与える方が幸せだ」って言った。
例えば、子どもが親のためにプレゼントを作って、それを「いつもありがとう」って言って渡すのって、子どもは照れ臭いかもしれないけど、お互い最高に幸せじゃない？
日本ではそういうのは幼稚園とかで先生がそうやって差し向けるもんだけど、神には神以上の存在が無いから自分で言うしか無いんだよね(笑)
楽しい事も辛い事も全部神がくれてるって考えると、そこに対して感謝するのは人にとって一番幸せな事の一つなのかもなって思う。
それと、これは人生に苦しみが多い状態だと感じにくいと思うけど、そうじゃなくて全てが平穏で幸せな時、ただただ享受してるのは案外しんどかったりしない？
だから感謝の捧げ物っていうのは、普段享受してる側、つまり人間の心のバランスの為でもあるのかもって思ったりもする。
I understand that there are two types of the offerings that God commanded Israeli people, one is for their sins, and the other is to thank God.
First, let's talk about the thanks one.
Come to think what makes me happiest, one of them is that I give someone something to show my thanks and the one appreciates it.
Not remembering the name of the book, it said that the author(?) did some research about what makes humans most happy and it was unexpectedly ''giving''.
Jesus also said ''It is blessed to give than receive.''.
The moment when a child gives a present that they made to their parents saying ''Thank you always.'' is maybe a little embarrassing for the child but it's extremely blessing for both of them, right?
Normally (in Japan) it's what the kindergarten teachers make them do but as for God he doesn't have anyone that is higher than himself, so He's the only one who can make them do so, right? haha.
He gives us happiness, hardships, and everything, so it can be one of the happiest things to thank Him for those all.
And, this is what you maybe can hardly feel when you have a hard time in your life though, not that way but when you're absolutely happy and calm and peaceful, isn't it unexpectedly stressful when you just receive the graces?
So I also think that the thanks offerings are also for us humans who receive the daily grace to have a good mental balance.
それでその感謝の仕方の話で、何であそこまで(詳しくはレビ記)事細かに指定したのかなんだけど、思うに究極の感謝って、相手が一番喜ぶのが何かを知った上で、出来る範囲で自己犠牲を払う事じゃない？
今まで自分が頂いてきたものを考えても、どれも嬉しかったり思い出だったりするんだけど、一番心に残ってるのは、自分が欲しいと言ったものを、自分(ミーの事ね)の為だけに時間と労力を割いてくれたプレゼントだったりする。
もちろん他のプレゼントも想いは感じるんだけど、何て言うか、それが2倍に感じる。
もしかしたら、自分が求めたんでも頼んだんでもない贈り物って、相手の気持ちが見えにくいからなのかも。
実際、これまでにどういう気持ちで貰ったらいいのか分からなかったプレゼントは多々あるし、自分もあげた時、突き詰めて考えてみたら自己満だった、みたいな事もある。
神に対する感謝の捧げ物もそうだけど、神がイスラエル人に指定した、動物を殺して捧げる事(それだけじゃなくパンとかもある)は彼らにとって決して嬉しい事では無かったと思うんだけど(上等なものを捧げなきゃいけなかったし手間だろうし)、そこに自己犠牲があるから、神に対する感謝として意味のあるものになってるのかなって思ったりする。
まぁだけど、さっき書いたように結局は、感謝する側にとっても嬉しい事になるんだろうなとも思う。
それにしても、神が喜ぶ(としてる)のが「お肉とパンの焼けた香り」って、なんか面白くない？
だってそれ焼肉屋もしくはパン屋の前通る時の人間じゃん(笑)
創世記に「神は人を''神の形''に造った」ってあるけど、そういうとこまで人は神に似せられたのかね？(笑)
And then, why did God demand so in detail like that?(you can see it in leviticus)
I reckon that the ultimate way of thanking someone is that first you get to know what would make the one happiest and then in a good limit of your ability you sacrifice yourself for it.
Looking back on the presents I've received so far, they all made me happy or gave me a good memory. However, what remains most strongly in my mind is the presents that they devoted themselves just for me to get what I'd told them that I wanted.
Maybe, it's because it's difficult to see their minds with presents that I don't ask for.
Actually, I've received quite a few presents that I could hardly see how I should receive with a good mind, and also me, I have given some presents that I came to see were just self-satisfaction after giving them.
And as for their offerings for God either, they were probably not happy to kill animals for offering(because they must give high-qualified ones and it'd have been a task), which is self-sacrifice, so that maybe could mean well their thanks for Him.
But still, after all, it would have ended up being pleasant for them too, I believe.
By the way, isn't it interesting and funny that what God told them that He liked to have was the smell of grilled meat and baked bread?
You know, it's same as humans, huh? lol
In Genesis it says God created humans as in His image, but even such part, did He make humans be the same way?haha
罪のための捧げ物の方で自分が疑問だったの、「気付かずに犯した罪のためにも捧げ物をしなきゃいけなし、しかも死んだ動物に気付かず触っちゃったってのも罪になる」ってとこで、死んだ動物のとこなんかはイエスの言う「あなたの隣人を愛せ」とは関係無い、わりとどうでもいい事に思えてイマイチ納得出来てなかったんだけど、考えてみたらルールってそもそもそうやって誰かが決めるものだし(殺人とか不倫みたく分かりやすいものだけじゃなくて)、もしかしたら死んだ動物に触る事で菌が他の誰かに感染しちゃうなんて事もあったかもしれないから、結局は''隣人''のためにもなるのかもとも思うし、神は人に、神に対して謙虚である事を求めてて、それが人にとって一番幸せな生き方なんだとも思うし(常に与えられてる物事に感謝出来るからね)、ま、いいや！
What I wondered about the offerings for their sins was why they must do it even for what they didn't realize, and even when they'd touched dead animals without being aware.
Especially the dead animal thing seemed to me whatever because it looks like not related to what Jesus said ''Love your neighbor as yourself.''
But I realized that in the first place rules are always defined by someone like that way (not only things easily understandable , for example murder and affair), plus maybe someone who touched dead animal can infect others with its bacteria, so it can be also about ''love for your neighbor'', and God demands us to be humble, which is I think is the happiest way for us to live because that way we can always thank for everything we receive, so…now I don't need to wonder about that anymore! do I?
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