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譯本是參照 AFV (A Faithful Version) 2009

6. And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people;
7. Saying with a loud voice, “Fear God, and give glory to Him, because the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him Who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.”
8. Then another angel followed, saying, “The great city Babylon is fallen, is fallen, because of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, which she has given all nations to drink.”
9. And a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives the mark in his forehead or in his hand,
10. He shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed undiluted in the cup of His wrath; and he shall be tormented in fire and brimstone in the sight of the holy angels, and of the Lamb.
11. And the smoke of their torment ascends into the ages of eternity; and those who worship the beast and his image, and all who receive the mark of his name, have no rest day and night.”
12. Here is the patience of the saints; here are the ones who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
13. And I heard a voice from heaven say to me, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from this time forward. Yes, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.” (A Faithful Version)

6. 另一異象是一位使者在空中飛翔,向地上的人宣揚福音,對象是各國、各族、以及不同言語的人群。

7. 用高聲量說:審判的主已經到來,當存敬畏之心,祂是值得擁有這份榮耀,也值得被人崇敬,是因為天地和大海並山中泉水都是由祂創造。

8. 有另一位使者接續,說:巴比倫這偉大的城市倒了,之所以倒下的真正原因,是因為酒。酒能使人情緒失控,特別在淫亂這事上。

9. 這硫磺的火煙,是不停地上升,直到永遠。那些刻意去膜拜獸和其獸像的,屬於有名號印記的人,他們會晝夜不得安寧。

10. 因這些人喜歡飲酒,這酒的名稱為神的憤怒,是不曾稀釋的憤怒。在使者和羔羊的眼中,飲下這酒,就像飲用硫磺的火,被受折磨。

11. 這些難受的煙,一直持續上升,沒有盡頭的一天。那些膜拜獸和獸像的人,是屬於獸的名下有獸的印記,將必晝夜不得安寧。

12. 而那些在這樣處境下仍能忍耐到底的聖徒,是信守著神的指示,並對耶穌有信心的人。

13. 這時,我約翰便聽到,天上有話對我說,這些事都寫下,靈是這麼說 :那些死去之人,是從現在以致將來的,可以從世上的勞碌中停下來,有他們之前所作的果效伴隨著左右。

竹段描述是接續對猶太人說明外邦人得救思,是那位創造的主,與他們相信的是同一位。(v.6-7)

在此,有使者覆述猶太人的歷史,讓猶太人明白一個道理:醉酒壞事。意思是巴比倫是偉大強大的國,建造了今日世界都認為是奇蹟的空中花園。

https://www.britannica.com/place/Hanging-Gardens-of-Babylon

巴比倫的衰敗是自找,放縱情慾。人之所以放縱是因為失去了自控。而酒只是媒介,它令人失去自控,就闖出禍來。就如上了這獸的鬼話,又去拜其像,失去了人本有的分辨能力,是先祖為他們選定,能識別就知好壞。只是知道又如何?自控不了,依舊陷在不能自控當中,就遠離了本性,也遠離了對那位創造者的初心。酒,能亂性令人沉迷,可以能使人沉迷不單是酒,有很多,錢也是其中之一。一旦上㽼,11節形容這人將會日夜不得安寧。

猶太人或者外邦人,都是會遇到這樣的處境,有人可以抵住,是因為願意不參與,這必不想參與須要另一份情操去抵禦,叫忍耐,能愛也是必先有忍耐,是先能愛自己,才懂如何愛人。

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