弟兄姊妹们主内平安,今天我们分享的经文来自旧约申命记(Deuteronomy11:8-14)

Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your forefathers to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. It is a land the LORD your God cares for; the eyes of the LORD your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end. So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today -- to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul -- then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil.
“所以,你们要守我今日所吩咐的一切诫命,使你们胆壮,能以进去,得你们所要得的那地,并使你们的日子,在耶和华向你们列祖起誓应许给他们和他们后裔的地上得以长久,那是流奶与蜜之地。你要进去得为业的那地,本不像你出来的埃及地,你在那里撒种,用脚浇灌,像浇灌菜园一样。你们要过去得为业的那地,乃是有山有谷,雨水滋润之地。是耶和华你神所眷顾的,从岁首到年终,耶和华你神的眼目时常看顾那地。”“你们若留意听从我今日所吩咐的诫命,爱耶和华你们的神,尽心尽性侍奉他,他(原文作“我”)必按时降秋雨春雨在你们的地上,使你们可以收藏五谷、新酒和油。
我们先来熟悉一下这段经文
1、第1节和第2节经文的单词 
observe英 [əb'zɜːv] v.观察;遵守;
possess英 [pə'zes]v.拥有;持有;
swore英 [swɔː(r)] v.咒骂;发誓;动词swear的过去式
2、where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden.
seed英 [siːd]n. 种子
irrigated英 ['ɪrɪgeɪt] v.灌溉( irrigate的过去式和过去分词 )
我们一起看一下语法
1、so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess
take over接管; 接替 accept sth from (sb else)
e.g.The strikers took over the factories.
罢工工人接管了工厂。
She took over his work after his departure.
他离开以后,她接替了他的工作。
2、But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven
take possession of占领, 夺取;
e.g.We should go up and take possession of the land 
我们应该上去占领那片土地。
Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. 
你们要夺那地,住在其中,因我把那地赐给你们为业
When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of Naboth's vineyard. 【王上21:16】
亚哈听见拿伯死了,就起来,下去要得耶斯列人拿伯的葡萄园。
3、the eyes of the LORD your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end
eyes are on 看顾,注视
e.g.His eyes are on the ways of  men, and He sees their every step. 【伯34:21】
神注目观看人的道路,看明人的脚步。
My eyes are always on the Lord, for he will free my feet from the snare. 【诗25:15】
我的眼睛不断地向上主瞻仰,因为他使我的双脚脱离罗网。
4、then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil.
gather in 进去,进入,收割;gather in crops 收庄稼;gather in the wheat crop 收割小麦
e.g.As the wind is getting up, we'd better gather in the cotton from the threshing ground. 
风越刮越大了,我们还是去把晒场上的棉花收进来吧。
The farmers were racing against the rainy season, trying to gather in the summer crops.
农民们正赶在雨季到来之前抢收夏熟作物。
最后我们再回顾一下这段经文
Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your forefathers to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. It is a land the LORD your God cares for; the eyes of the LORD your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul -- then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil.
神的子民承受应许并长久活在应许中,是神的心所看重的,祂一再地向祂的百姓说话,目的就是要作成这一件事。神的子民听见神所说的,也看见祂所作的,就该有个坚决的决定,神也给他们一再的指出,他们该作的决定。“所以你们要守我今日吩咐的一切诫命,使你们胆壮,能以进去得你们所要得的那地,并使你们的日子,在耶和华向你们列祖起誓应许给他们,和他们后裔的地上,得以长久。”(8-9节)神是这样的一再提醒祂的子民,要守住蒙恩的地位,也给他们指明守住这地位的路,就是活在诫命的管理下。
在人眼中,埃及地是人世间的至美之地,但神给祂的子民说明,神的应许地比埃及地更美。在埃及,人还需要汗流满面才得享用,但在神的应许地,却是神使人享用祂的预备和供应。“你们要过去得为业的那地,乃是有山、有谷、雨水滋润之地。”(11节)更宝贵的是,那地“是耶和华所眷顾的,从岁首到年终,耶和华的眼目时常看顾那地。”(12节)应许地不单是地理环境优越,称为流奶与蜜之地,并且是神把祂的心意也放在其中。一整年里,神都注意着那地,要用祂的丰富来供应那地,这地实在不愧称为美地。
现今神把祂的应许全放置在基督-教会里,而这些荣美的应许又是显明在基督的身体里。神用祂的荣美来吸引祂的子民,让他的子民以享用祂为满足,以祂自己为至宝。在律法下,神荣美的焦点放在迦南地,在救恩中,神荣美显出的焦点是在教会中,时间虽有差异,时代也大不相同,但神愿意看见祂的子民持守蒙福地位的心。愿神怜悯我们,叫我们能守住地位,专心活在神的话的管理中,不失去神的供应和祂的看顾,而祂的荣耀也在我们这些首先在基督里的人身上得著称赞。
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