2018 Hong Kong New Year Sunday Worship Message
From dry bones to a vast army
使骸骨成為極大的軍隊
Ezekiel 37: 1-14
Key verse Ezekiel 37:10 "So I prophesied as he commanded me ,and breath entered them ;they came to life and stood up on their feet ---a vast army.
1)Good morning! Happy New year! I am very happy to share the great vision which God showed to Prophet Ezekiel with all of you today. The title of today’s my message is "From dry bones to a vast army".
早晨！新年快樂！今日我好開心可以和大家分享神向以西結先知所啟示偉大的異象。今日信息的題目是「使骸骨成為極大的軍隊」。
2)The prophet Ezekiel came to Babylon with King Jehoiachin and ten thousands fellow Jews when Babylon invaded Judah 2nd time B.C 597. At that time he was 25 years old.
當巴比倫在公元前597年第二次侵略猶大時，以西結先知與約雅斤王與及一萬個猶太同胞來到巴比倫。那時他正是25歲。
3)In the past he had full of dreams, visions, passions, and prides in his heart as a young priest, but all of them were broken into pieces and now he lived in frustration, despair, anger and sorrow as a prisoner in Babylon.
在起初的年日，他內心充滿著年輕祭司的夢想、異象、熱情和引以爲傲的東西。但這一切現在都破碎了。如今他如同巴比倫的囚犯，活在困惑、絕望、憤怒和傷痛中。
4)After five years, when he became thirty years old, while he was among the exiles by the Kevar River,the heavens were opened and he saw visions of God. And also the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel and he was called as a Prophet to serve his people in Babylon.
五年過後，當他正值30歲的時候，他與其他流亡者坐在迦巴魯河邊，天打開了，他看見神的異象，並且主的話語臨到以西結，呼召他作在巴比倫中服侍自己百姓的先知。
5)While he was serving his people as a prophet in Babylon, his people was rebellious, obstinate and stubborn. He should suffer much to serve such a rebellious people.
當他在巴比倫作先知服侍自己百姓時，他們悖逆、頑梗和固執。他因為服侍那般叛逆的百姓受了很多的苦。
6)After serving his ministry as a prophet for 5years, he heard that Israel was destroyed totally and Jerusalem Temple was broken down and burned with fire completely. Humanly speaking the hope of Israel to be restored was gone. Israel people thought “Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone ;we are cut off.”
服侍先知使命五年之後，他聽見以色列已經被完全毁滅，耶路撒冷聖殿被火徹底焚燒。屬人來說，以色列復興的盼望已經斷絕了，以色列人心裏想：「我們的骨頭枯乾了，我們的指望失去了，我們滅絕淨盡了。」
7)In the time of deep despair and depression, God brought Ezekiel to the middle of a valley full of dry bones. In the valley God showed a vision to Ezekiel that the dry bones would come to life and stand up on their feet—a vast army.
在深深絕望和抑鬱的時間，神帶領以西結去到一個遍滿骸骨的平原。在這平原，神賜給以西結異象，枯乾的骸骨會得着生命，並且站起來成為極大軍隊。
8)I pray that God may grant to us the same vision that He showed Ezekiel in the middle of a valley full of dry bones.
我禱告神能夠將在遍地枯乾骸骨的平原中賜給以西結的異象，也同樣賜給我們。
9)I. Son of man, can these bones live? (1-3)
第一部份，人子阿！這些骸骨能復活嗎？(1-3)
10)Look at verse 1 "The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones."
請看第一節：「耶和華的靈降在我身上，耶和華藉他的靈帶我出去，將我放在平原中，這平原遍滿骸骨。」
11)God brought Ezekiel by His mighty hand and set him in the middle of a valley. The valley was full of dry bones. It had been a killing field. There was no sign of life.
神藉祂的大能的手帶以西結出去，將他放在平原中，這平原遍滿骸骨。這曾經是一個殺戮戰場，找不到一點生命的氣息。
12)Look at verse 2 "He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry."
請看第二節：「他使我從骸骨的四圍經過，誰知在平原的骸骨甚多，而且極其枯乾。」
13)God did not let Ezekiel just stand still there. God led him back and forth among the bones. So Ezekiel walked and looked around in the valley of death.
神沒有容許以西結只在那裏站着，神使他從骸骨的四圍經過，因此以西結在死亡的平原上行走並四圍觀看。
14) He saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. Flesh and skin of dead bodies had been all decayed. There was no moisture left in bones. They were totally dried up.
他看見在平原的骸骨甚多，而且極其枯乾。死人的肉和皮都已經腐化了，在骨頭上面找不到一點水份，它們是極其枯乾。
15)Ezekiel went here and there but he could never find anybody alive. He only found dry bones that seemed to have been there so long.
以西結四處尋找但找不到一個活着的人，他只發現極其枯乾的骸骨，似乎在那裏已經有一段很長的時間。
16)Why did God lead Ezekiel to the valley and show him the dry bones?
為何神要帶領以西結去到平原，向他展示枯乾的骸骨呢？
17)According to verse 11, these dry bones are Israel. "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel." they say, “’Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.”
根據第11節，這些枯乾的骸骨就是以色列全家。「人子啊，這些骸骨就是以色列全家。他們說：『我們的骨頭枯乾了，我們的指望失去了，我們滅絕淨盡了。』」
18)The Israelites were like dry bones in the valley. As captives in Babylon, they were like dead bodies lying down without any hope to be restored as God’s people.
以色列人就如同在平原上枯乾的骸骨。他們是巴比倫的俘虜，如同死人躺着，對恢復為神的百姓完全失去盼望。
19)How broken-hearted would Ezekiel have been looking at those dry bones?
望着這些枯乾的骸骨，以西結會是何等痛心呢？
20)Look at verse 3 "He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
請看第三節：「他對我說，人子阿，這些骸骨能復活麼；我說，主耶和華阿，你是知道的。」
21)Ezekiel didn’t know what to do because of the deep pain and sorrow in his heart. But God asked him, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
因為內心深深的痛苦和憂愁，以西結不知道當作什麼，但神問他：「人子啊！這些骸骨能復活嗎？」
22)God was asking whether Israel could be restored to God’s people again even though they were lying in despair and without hope like dead bodies.
神問：以色列會否恢復為神的子民，即使他們現在如同死人躺在絕望中，一點盼望也沒有。
23)God was asking whether Israel could be restored as a kingdom of priests and a holy nation again.
神問： 以色列會否恢復為祭司的國度和聖潔的國民呢？
24)Is this possible? There was less than a 1% chance from a human point of view.
這是可能的嗎？從屬人的角度來說，這只得少於1%的機會。
25)But God asked Ezekiel, “Can these bones live?” Why did he do so?
但神問以西結：這些骸骨能復活嗎？為何祂這樣做呢？
26)He did so because he hoped to make the dry bones come to life again.
祂這樣做是因為他盼望枯乾的骸骨再次得着生命。
27)God’s people, Israel, had betrayed and disobeyed God. God allowed them to be dragged to Babylon as captives. God had punished them.
神的子民以色列曾經背叛和不順從神，神由得他們被巴比倫俘虜，這是神向他們的懲罰。
28)God deserted them in the land of Babylon. Israel, forsaken by God, lost their dream and hope. They lost their identity as God’s people. They gradually lost their original hope to be restored.
神放逐他們在巴比倫之地。被神撇棄的以色列，失去他們的夢想和盼望，他們失去作神子民的身份，也漸漸失去能夠復興的起初盼望。
29) Now they were struggling hard only to survive day by day in Babylonian captivity. They became flesh. They became dead. They became like dry bones.
現在他們在巴比倫的俘虜中，很是掙扎地才僅僅過一天的生活，他們變得屬乎血氣，他們已經死了，如同枯乾的骸骨。
30)But God did not leave them in despair. God wanted to do a new work of restoring them. God wanted to restore them to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation again.
然而神沒有撇棄他們在絕望中，神盼望作新事復興他們，神盼望恢復他們為祭司的國度和聖潔的國民。
31)With this hope God asked Ezekiel, "Can these bones live?" Why did God ask this to Ezekiel?
神帶着這個盼望問以西結：「這些骸骨能復活嗎？」為何神這樣問以西結呢？
32)Because God wanted to plant faith and hope in his servant Ezekiel’s heart before beginning a new work of restoring them.
因為神盼望在開始成就復興骸骨的新事之前，將信心和盼望種在他的僕人以西結心裏。
33)God wanted to inspire his servant a new faith and hope for the new thing God was going to do.
為了神將要做的新事，神盼望在祂的僕人裏頭激發新的信心和盼望。
34)When the servant of God does not have this kind of faith and hope, God cannot work. God cannot work through the servant of God full of unbelief and despair in his heart.
當神的僕人沒有這樣的信心和盼望時，神不能作工，神不能通過內心充滿不信和絕望的僕人來作工。
35)God is the God of hope who does a new thing even in the most hopeless and despairing situation.
神是盼望的神，要在最不可能和絕望的情況做一件新事。
36) And God is the Almighty who makes a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
而且神是全能的神，能夠在曠野開道路、在沙漠開江河。
37)He is also the God of resurrection who can do the work of life again, even though the bones are dried up and cut off.
祂也是復活的神，能夠再次成就生命的工作，即使人的骨頭極其枯乾，滅絕淨盡了。
38)This almighty God of resurrection wanted to plant God’s hope and faith in the heart of Ezekiel.
這復活的全能神想將神的盼望和信心種在以西結心裏。
39)So he asked him, "Son of man, can these bones live?" What was Ezekiel’s answer to this question?
因此神問他：「人子啊！這是骸骨能復活嗎？」以西結的回答是什麼呢？
40)Look at verse 3b, I said, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know.“
請看第三節下：「我說，主耶和華阿，你是知道的。」
41)Ezekiel didn’t say, "O God, it is impossible!!!“
以西結不是說：「噢神啊，這是不可能的！ ！ ！」
42)He didn’t answer such a negative and unbelieving word. He answered, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know."
他不是回答那樣負面和不信的話，他回答：「主耶和華啊！祢是知道的。」
43)Ezekiel believed that God is the Creator of heavens and the earth and that He is the Sovereign Lord over all. Ezekiel believed that the Sovereign Lord is able to make those dry bones live again.
以西結相信神是創造天地的主，也是掌管萬有的主耶和華。以西結相信主耶和華能夠使枯乾的骸骨再次活過來。
44)He didn’t know how God could do it. But he knew that the almighty and Sovereign God is able to do this according to His own will and His way. So he said, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know."
他不知道神會怎樣做，但他知道全能的主耶和華能夠按祂的旨意和道路成就這事，故此他說：「主耶和華啊，祢是知道的！」
45)II. Prophsy to these bones (4-8)
第二部份 向這些骸骨發預言（4-8）
46)When God wanted to do a new thing to revive the dry bones, He first planted hope and faith in Ezekiel’s heart. And what did he command Ezekiel?
當神盼望作新事、復興枯乾的骸骨，祂首先將盼望和信心中在以西結心裏，之後祂吩咐以西結什麼呢？
47)Look at verse 4. “Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them.…”“ Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
請看第四節：「他又對我說，你向這些骸骨發預言，說，枯乾的骸骨阿，要聽耶和華的話。」
48)This means that Israel people didn’t hear the word of the Lord. They were rebellious,obstinate and stubborn against the word of the Lord. When they failed to listen to the word of the Lord for a long time they became dry bones.
這表示以色列人沒有聽神的說話，他們對神的說話叛逆、頑梗和固執。當他們長時間沒有聽神的說話，他們變成枯乾的骸骨。
49)But what woderful promise did God give them if they hear the word of the Lord? Look at verse 5,6 “This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin: I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
但當他們留心聽神的說話之時，神賜給他們什麼驚人的應許呢？請看第五-六節：「主耶和華對這些骸骨如此說，我必使氣息進入你們裏面，你們就要活了。我必給你們加上筋，使你們長肉，又將皮遮蔽你們，使氣息進入你們裏面，你們就要活了；你們便知道我是耶和華。」
50) God promised that He would revive them to life by putting breath in them when they hear the word of the Lord.
神應許當他們聆聽耶和華的話，氣息便進入他們裏面，他們就要活了、復興了。
51) If they just hear the word of God, God will attach tendons to the dry bones, make flesh come upon them, cover them with skin, and put breath in them to make them come to life. Then they will know that God is the LORD.
只要他們聆聽 神的說話， 神必使骸骨有筋，長出肉來，又有皮遮蔽其上，更使氣息進入他們裏面，他們便知道祂是耶和華。
52)God told Ezekiel to prophesy these words of God’s great hope and vision to the dry bones. So what did Ezekiel do?
神吩咐以西結向枯乾的骸骨發出 神偉大盼望和異象的預言。以西結怎樣做呢？
53)Look at verse 7a. “So I prophesied as I was commanded.”
請看第7上：「於是我遵命說預言」
54)Then what amazing thing happened?
然後有什麼事發生呢？
55)Look at verse 7b.8 “As I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.I looked and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them .”
請看第7下,8節：「正說預言的時候，不料，有響聲，有地震；骨與骨互相聯絡。我觀看，見骸骨上有筋，也長了肉，又有皮遮蔽其上；只是還沒有氣息。」
56)Bones that were scattered here and there began to move to go back to their own place. They began to move left and right, forward and backward.
散佈在這裏、在那裏的骸骨開始返回自己原來的位置，他們前後左右地移動。
57)Then the ribs, the pelvic bones, the backbone and skeletal bones found their places and came together, bone to bone. And the bones began to have tendons and flesh upon them and skin began to cover them. Dry bones had the form of a man.
隨後肋骨、盆骨、脊骨和肢體骨尋回自己的位置，骨與骨互相聯絡。骸骨上開始有筋，也長了肉，又有皮遮蔽其上。枯乾的骸骨有了人的形像。
58)The bodies of dry bones were restored, but what was not in them? Look at verse 8b “But there no breath in them.”
枯乾骸骨原有的肉體恢復過來，只是他們裏面還沒有什麼？請看第8下：「只是還沒有氣息。」
59)What then did God command Ezekiel to say?
神吩咐以西結說什麼？
60)Look at verse 9. Then he said to me , ““ Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it,…’This is what the Sovereign Lord says:‘Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’”
請看第9節：「主對我說，人子阿，你要發預言，向風發預言，說，主耶和華如此說，氣息阿，要從四方〔原文作風〕而來，吹在這些被殺的人身上，使他們活了。」
61)Then what amazing thing happened when Ezekiel prophesied as the Lord commanded ?
當以西結遵耶和華的命發預言，有什麼奇跡發生呢？
62)Look at verse 10b. Suddenly breath came from the four winds and began to enter them. They came to life and stood up on their feet-- a vast army.
請看第10節：「於是我遵命說預言，氣息就進入骸骨，骸骨便活了，並且站起來，成為極大的軍隊。」
63)This reminds us Genesis 2;7 “The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ,and the man became a living being. ”
這裏提醒我們創世記2:7說：「耶和華 神用地上的塵土造人、將生氣吹在他鼻孔裏、他就成了有靈的活人、名叫亞當。」
64)They became a vast army that could fight against all authority of sin and death and get victory over them.
他們成為極大的軍隊，可以擊打任何罪惡和死亡權勢，並且大大地得勝。
65)They became good soldiers of Jesus Christ, a vast army, that were ready to conquer the whole world.
他們成為耶穌基督的精兵，是一支極大的軍隊，準備征服全世界。
66)How important is ‘prophesying the word of God’?
發 神的預言是何等重要呢？
67)When the prophet Ezekiel was brought to a valley and he saw a great many dry bones on the floor of the valley he could not have any hope and any vision for dry bones.
當以西結先知被帶到平原中，他看見平原的骸骨甚多，而且極其枯乾，他不能對枯乾的骸骨有什麼盼望和異象。
68)When God asked him ,“Son of man can these bones live?” He only answered “O Soverign Lord ,you alone knows”
當 神問他：「人子啊，這些骸骨能復活嗎？」他只能回答：「主耶和華啊，你是知道的。」
69) But when he began to prophesy the word of God as the Lord commanded him , amazing thing happened. Even dry bones in the valley of Ezekiel can be raised up to be a vast army of Jesus Christ.
但當他遵耶和華的命說預言的時候，奇跡發生了，即使平原滿佈枯乾的骸骨，也能興起成為耶穌基督極大的軍隊。
70) Brother Hayes Tang entered Hong Kong University majoring his most favourite subject Social Science. He had hope that the social science knowledge would equip him with vision to be a social leader . But he found that Sociology could not answer to human problems. So he lost all motivation and hope to study Sociology in life and devoted himself to sleeping day and night like a bear in the North Pole.
鄧希恒弟兄進入香港大學主修他最喜愛的社會科學。他盼望社會科學的知識可以裝備他成為一個有異象的社會領袖，但他卻發現社會學不能解答人類的問題。結果他的人生失去所有動力和盼望去讀書，他便猶如一隻北極熊那樣，將自己晝夜獻身於睡覺。
71)One day he was walking to class like a dead man, like a dry bones, there was a lady approaching to him. She introduced herself to him as a Christian from UFO or UBF. He thought she was strange, coming from a UFO. But her invitation was so sincere, finally he came to study the Bible with her.
有一日，他如同一個死人、像一副枯乾的骸骨般走去上課，有一位女士走近他，向他介紹自己是來自UBF的基督徒，他覺得這位女士真的很奇怪，好像來自UFO般！但這位女士的邀請是那麼的真誠，最後他來到跟她查經。
72) Missionary Angela Kim prophesyed the word of God to brother Hayes Tang who was like a dry bones faithfully in season and out of seasons. Then amazing things had happened. A dry bones in the valley of HKU was raised up to be a vast army of Jesus Christ.
Angela宣教士無論得時不得時也向如同枯乾骸骨的鄧希恒弟兄發 神的預言，那時奇跡發生了，在香港大學平原的枯乾骸骨起來成為耶穌基督極大的軍隊。
73)Many young people are lying down in despair without any hope or vision for their life and future like dry bones in the valleys of CUHK, HKU, HKUST and PolyU.
在中大、港大、科大、理大的平原裏，許多年青人躺臥在絕望中，對人生及將來沒有任何盼望和異象。
76)How might God feel when he looks at those who are dying and perishing meaninglessly like dry bones?
當 神看見這些漸漸死去、像枯乾的骸骨無意義地朽壞的年青人，祂會有怎樣的心情呢？
77)Now God is asking us with a broken shepherd heart, “Can these bones live?” God hopes to give life to these dry bones so that they may stand as a vast army of Jesus Christ that can fight for the kingdom and glory of Christ.
現在神以破碎的牧者心腸問我們：這些骸骨能復活嗎？神盼望將生命賜給這些枯乾的骸骨，以致他們能夠站起來成為耶穌基督極大的軍隊，為神的國和基督的榮耀爭戰。
80)For this God calls us to be his servant like Ezkiel who obey His command to prophesy God’s words to campus students who are like dry bones with God’s hope and vision.
為此神呼召我們作如同以西結的僕人，順從神的吩咐，帶着神的盼望和異象，向如同枯乾骸骨的大學生傳揚神的說話。
81) Who do the dry bones represent in this vision ? Look at verse 11 “ Then he said to me: "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.'
在這異象中，枯乾的骸骨代表什麼呢？請看第11節：「主對我說，人子阿，這些骸骨就是以色列全家；他們說，我們的骨頭枯乾了，我們的指望失去了，我們滅絕淨盡了。」
82)What is God’s plan for Israel people who are like dry bones ? Let’s read verse 12-14 “ Therefore prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.'"
神向如同枯乾骸骨的以色列有什麼計劃呢？請一起讀第12至14節：「所以你要發預言，對他們說，主耶和華如此說，我的民哪，我必開你們的墳墓，使你們從墳墓中出來，領你們進入以色列地。我的民哪，我開你們的墳墓，使你們從墳墓中出來，你們就知道我是耶和華。我必將我的靈放在你們裏面，你們就要活了；我將你們安置在本地，你們就知道我耶和華如此說，也如此成就了；這是耶和華說的。」
83) Even though God led Israel people as captives in Babyon ,the Soverign Lord God had plan for his people.God had plan to bring them back to the land of Israel after 70 years of training and disipline in Babylone .
雖然神帶領以色列人到巴比倫作俘虜，但主耶和華神對自己的百姓有計劃，神計劃在巴比倫七十年的訓練和塑造之後，帶領他們返回以色列地。
84)What will they know through this amazing incident ?Verse 6b, 13b, 14b repeatedly says same words “ You, my people, will know that I am the LORD ” The Sovereign Lord God wants his people Israel to know that “I am the Lord” through this amazing incident.
通過這奇妙的事，他們會知道什麼呢？第6節下、13節下和14節下重複說：「你們便知道我是耶和華」。主耶和華盼望祂的子民以色列能夠通過這奇妙的事知道「我是耶和華」。
85) What does it mean “I am the Lord.” I am the Lord means that I am the one and only God we should worship and love with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our strength. Even though Israel people worshiped God , but in their hearts they loved and worshiped many idols---materials, pleasures, social position or worldly success, ...more than God.
「我是耶和華」是什麼意思呢？「我是耶和華」意味着神是獨一的主，我們當盡心盡性盡力地愛祂。雖然以色列人崇拜神，但他們心裏都愛慕和敬拜不同的偶像：物質、享樂、社會地位或地上的成功過於神。
86)So God had allowed his people to be carried into exile as captives in Babylon for 70 years. They lost all hope. They were suffering severely because of their idle worshipping and their sins. When they were waken up through sufferings in bondage to Babylon God restored them. When this happened God’s people came to know that “God is the Lord”
因此神容讓祂的百姓被流亡到巴比倫作俘虜70年，他們失去所有盼望，他們深深地受苦，皆因為崇拜偶像和自己的罪。但當他們通過巴比倫的勞役和痛苦而醒悟過來，神復興他們。當這事成就的時候，神的百姓會知道「神就是耶和華」。
87)Our God is the Lord whom we should worship and love with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our strength. May God bless each one of us to worship and love God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our strength newly in this new year and to serve one campus young souls who are like dry bones with God’s hope and vision .
我們的神是我們當盡心盡性盡力敬拜和愛的主，祈求主祝福我們每一個在新的一年盡心盡性盡力地敬拜和愛神，以神的盼望和異象服侍一個如同枯乾骸骨的校園年青靈魂。
88)May God raise up vast army of Jesus Christ that can fight for the kingdom and glory of Christ among the HK campus young students in this new year!!!.
祈求主今年在香港的校園興起耶穌基督極大的軍隊，能為神的國和基督的榮耀而爭戰！
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