耶穌基督的信實
One Third
Zechariah 13:8-9: And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, we may see verses in the Bible that mentioned “the third part” (or one third). From the above verses, it may not difficult to see that God use “the third” to symbolize the portion He planned to save in His salvation plan. Let's examine few other verses to validate our understanding:
2Kings 1:9-15: Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. …. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. …. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
There were 153 soldiers went up to see Elijah, only “the third part” 51 soldiers were not consumed by fire (were not judged): “one third” are saved!
Mathew 7:13-14: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Amen, “for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat” (two third), “ narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” (one third). Bible declared that “many” go in to destruction, only “few” find life. The “one third” and “two third” plan declared in Zechariah 13:8-9 is consistent with this Mat 7:13-14 “few” versus “many” preaching.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, with His wisdom, now we may understand why the “number of the beast” is “666”. (If 1,000 symbolized the whole part in all the land, what would be the number of two third then?)
This is why even when our Lord Jesus Christ preached the Kingdom of Heaven in parables in front of multitudes (representing the whole part of all the land) and when his disciples came and asked why, this is what Jesus said: “Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.” (Mathew 13:11)
John 17:5-12: And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received [them,] and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are.] While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
三分之一
三分之一
撒迦利亞書13:8~9 耶和華說、這全地的人、三分之二、必剪除而死、三分之一仍必存留。 我要使這三分之一經火、熬煉他們、如熬煉銀子、試煉他們、如試煉金子.他們必求告我的名、我必應允他們.我要說、這是我的子民.他們也要說、耶和華是我們的 神。
親愛的弟兄姊妹們,聖經裡常提到『三分之一』由以上的經文,我們不難看出神用三分之一來預表得救人數的比例.讓我們再看幾處經文來檢驗我們所理解的是否正確:
列王紀下1:9~15於是王差遣五十夫長、帶領五十人去見以利亞、…於是有火從天上降下來、燒滅五十夫長、和他那五十人。王第二次差遣一個五十夫長、帶領五十人去見以利亞。…於是 神的火從天上降下來、燒滅五十夫長、和他那五十人。…王第三次差遣一個五十夫長、帶領五十人去。這五十夫長上去雙膝跪在以利亞面前、哀求他、說、神人哪、願我的性命、和你這五十個僕人的性命、在你眼前看為寶貴。已經有火從天上降下來、燒滅前兩次來的五十夫長、和他們各自帶的五十人.現在願我的性命在你眼前看為寶貴。耶和華的使者對以利亞說、你同著他下去、不要怕他.以利亞就起來、同著他下去見王。
前後有一百五十三人去見以利亞,沒被火燒死的(沒受審判的)只有最後上去的五十一人(五十夫長一人和他那五十人共五十一人): 三分之一得救了.
馬太福音7:13~14 你們要進窄門.因為引到滅亡、那門是寬的、路是大的、進去的人也多。 引到永生、那門是窄的、路是小的1、找著的人也少。
是阿,引到滅亡、那門是寬的、路是大的、進去的人也多(三分之二的人多),引到永生、那門是窄的、路是小的、找著的人也少(三分之一的人少)!
所以我親愛的有智慧有聰明的弟兄姊妹們,現在我們當知道啟示錄13:18節中那『獸的數目』為什麼『是六百六十六』了吧? (若一千預表全地的人,那麼一千的三分之二是多少呢?)
因此耶穌基督來到世上傳道也不能違背神的旨意(撒迦利亞書13:8~9),所以他說:因為天國的奧祕、只叫你們知道、不叫他們知道。(馬太福音13:11)
約翰福音17:5-12: 父阿、現在求你使我同你享榮耀、就是未有世界以先、我同你所有的榮耀。 你從世上賜給我的人、我已將你的名顯明與他們.他們本是你的、你將他們賜給我、他們也遵守了你的道。 如今他們知道、凡你所賜給我的、都是從你那裡來的. 因為你所賜給我的道、我已經賜給他們.他們也領受了、又確實知道、我是從你出來的、並且信你差了我來。 我為他們祈求.不為世人祈求、卻為你所賜給我的人祈求、因他們本是你的。凡是我的都是你的、你的也是我的.並且我因他們得了榮耀。 從今以後、我不在世上、他們卻在世上、我往你那裡去。聖父阿、求你因你所賜給我的名保守他們、叫他們合而為一像我們一樣。 我與他們同在的時候、因你所賜給我的名、保守了他們、我也護衛了他們、其中除了那滅亡之子、沒有一個滅亡的.好叫經上的話得應驗。
1 Mat 7:14 路是小的 teqlimmevnh hJ oJdoV" 或作路是艱難的
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