바벨론 메대 페르시아
2026.4.1
(렘51:1-14)
1 This is what the LORD says: "See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai. 2 I will send foreigners to Babylon to winnow her and to devastate her land; they will oppose her on every side in the day of her disaster. 3 Let not the archer string his bow, nor let him put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; completely destroy her army. 4 They will fall down slain in Babylon, fatally wounded in her streets. 5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the LORD Almighty, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel. 6 "Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the LORD'S vengeance; he will pay her what she deserves. 7 Babylon was a gold cup in the LORD'S hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad. 8 Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed. 9 "'We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to his own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the clouds.' 10 "'The LORD has vindicated us; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has done.' 11 "Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields! The LORD has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is to destroy Babylon. The LORD will take vengeance, vengeance for his temple. 12 Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Reinforce the guard, station the watchmen, prepare an ambush! The LORD will carry out his purpose, his decree against the people of Babylon. 13 You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be cut off. 14 The LORD Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you with men, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.
BC539년
하나님은 오늘의 본문 11절에서
메대를 자극
바벨론을 심판하실 것이라는 언급을 하신다
그런데 실제의 역사는
메대 페르시아 연합군에 의해서 바벨론을 종말 시키는 것으로 나타나는데...
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시작은 메대...그러나 결과적으로는 페르시아가 그 뜻을 이루어 페르시아에 병합되었다는 사실을 알 수 있다
1절 ‘I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer’
6절‘It is time for the LORD'S vengeance’
11절 ‘The LORD has stirred up the kings of the Medes’
12절‘The LORD will carry out his purpose’
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바벨론의 심판
하나님의 작품이었음을 언급
하나님은 역사의 주관(主管) 섭리(攝理)하시는 분임을 확실히 알아주었으면 좋겠다는 하나님의 마음을 읽을 수 있을 것 같다
장례집에 다녀온지 어제 였는데...
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그러나 두려움이 되어서는 안될 것
언제 주님 불러도 아멘 할렐루야 할 수 있도록
주님 맞을 준비하는 생애를 살아내야 할 것
그날을 생각하지 말고 진아사대신명(盡我事待神命)하며 살아야 할 것을 생각한다
오늘도 여주동행(旅主同行) 임마누엘(以馬內利)
성령충만(聖靈充滿) 동적영성(動的靈性)
행1:8의 수혜자가 될 수 있도록 기도하며
나 자신과의 약속을 오늘도 지키는 하루를 시작해야 하겠다는 마음을 다진다