極大的奧秘 - 基督與教會

Christ as the Great Light, the One with Authority, the Physician, the Bridegroom, the Unfulled Cloth, and the New Wine

Matt 4:16 "The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned."

Ps 103:3 "who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,"

基督作為大光、有權柄者、醫生、新郎、未漂過的布以及新酒

太4:16 "那坐在黑暗裡的百姓看見了大光；坐在死蔭之地的人有光發現照着他們。"

詩103:3 "他赦免你的一切罪孽，醫治你的一切疾病。"

Why ‘Unshrunk Cloth Cannot Be Used to Patch an Old Garment VS New Wine Cannot Be Put into Old Wineskin’

Matthew 9:16 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse."

Matthew 9:17 "Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."

何以 '未漂過的布不能補在舊衣服上 VS 新酒不能裝在舊皮袋裏’

馬太福音9:16 "沒有人把未漂過的布補在舊衣服上，因為所補上的反帶壞了那衣服，破的就更大了。"

馬太福音9:17 "也沒有人把新酒裝在舊皮袋裡；若是這樣，皮袋就裂開，酒漏出來，連皮袋也壞了。惟獨把新酒裝在新皮袋裡，兩樣就都保全了。"

Christ as Unfulled (New) Cloth VS New Garment VS New Wine VS New Wineskins

Luke 5:36 "He also told them a parable: 'No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.'"

Matthew 9:17 "Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."

基督是未漂過的(新)布 VS 新衣服 VS 新酒 VS 新皮袋

路加福音5:36 "耶穌又設一個比喻，對他們說：沒有人把新衣服撕下一塊來補在舊衣服上。若是這樣，就把新的撕破了，並且所撕下來的那塊新的和舊的也不相稱。"

馬太福音9:17 "也沒有人把新酒裝在舊皮袋裏；若是這樣，皮袋就裂開，酒漏出來，連皮袋也壞了。惟獨把新酒裝在新皮袋裏，兩樣就都保全了。"

Christ is Our New Wine to be Poured into New Wineskins

Matthew 9:17 "Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."

基督是我們的新酒，要裝在新皮袋裏

馬太福音9:17 "也沒有人把新酒裝在舊皮袋裏；若是這樣，皮袋就裂開，酒漏出來，連皮袋也壞了。惟獨把新酒裝在新皮袋裏，兩樣就都保全了。"

Christ as the Unfulled Cloth and Our New Garment

Matthew 9:16 "No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made."

Luke 5:36 "He also told them a parable: 'No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.'"

基督作為未漂過的布和新衣服

馬太福音9:16 "沒有人把新布補在舊衣服上，因為所補上的反帶壞了那衣服，破的就更大了。"

路加福音5:36 "耶穌又設一個比喻，對他們說：沒有人把新衣服撕下一塊來補在舊衣服上。若是這樣，就把新的撕破了，並且所撕下來的那塊新的和舊的也不相稱。"

How the New Jerusalem as the Holy City Manifests God's Glory as God's Expression?

Revelation 21:23 "And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb."

Revelation 22:4-5 "They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever."

何以 ‘聖城新耶路撒冷裏帶着神的榮耀’ 作神的彰顯?

啟示錄 21:23 "那城內不需要日月光照，因有神的榮耀光照，又有羔羊為城的燈。"

啟示錄 22:4-5 "他們也要見他的面。他的名字必寫在他們的額上。不再有黑夜；他們也不用燈光、日光，因為主神要光照他們。他們要作王，直到永永遠遠。

The Lord as Our Physician vs. The Lord as Our Bridegroom

Psalm 103:1-4 "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy."

Ephesians 5:25-27 "Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish."

主作我們的醫生 VS 主作我們的新郎

詩篇103:1-4 "我的心哪,你要稱頌耶和華！不可忘記他的一切恩惠！他赦免你的一切罪孽,醫治你的一切疾病。他救贖你的命脫離死亡,以仁愛和慈悲為你的冠冕。"

以弗所書5:25-27 "正如基督愛教會，為教會捨己。要用水藉著道把教會洗淨，成為聖潔，可以獻給自己，作個榮耀的教會，毫無玷污、皺紋等類的病，乃是聖潔沒有瑕疵的。"