천사 동원 베드로 탈옥사건의 근본원인
2024.6.12
(행12:1-19)
1 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 4 After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. 6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. "Quick, get up!" he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists. 8 Then the angel said to him, "Put on your clothes and sandals." And Peter did so. "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me," the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him. 11 Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I know without a doubt that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating." 12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer the door. 14 When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, "Peter is at the door!" 15 "You're out of your mind," they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, "It must be his angel." 16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Tell James and the brothers about this," he said, and then he left for another place. 18 In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. 19 After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there a while.
42~44년어간
스데반을 죽인 그 사건은
예루살렘 대 핍박으로 이어졌고
그런 정황에 어떠한 정치적 이익을 생각했는지는 몰라도
헤롯은 이번에는 베드로를 잡아 죽일 생각으로 체포
철통같은 수비를 하도록 조치했다고 하는 오늘의 말씀
얼마나 피곤했는지...
얼마나 고단했는지...
베드로는 두 개의 쇠사슬에 묶여
날이 밝으면 어찌될지 모르는 생사의 갈림길임에도
잠에 빠진다
정신없이...
얼마가 지났을까
누군가 베드로를 툭툭 친다
정신을 차리니
“가자!”한다
그래서 따라 나섰는데...
경비병(警備兵)들 그 누구도 마치 시간이 멈추어 버렸는데 천사와 베드로만 움직가능한 상태인 것처럼 그들을 지나 철문을 지나 밖으로 나올 수가 있었다
베드로가 그러한 체험을 하는 동안
이스라엘 기독교회(基督敎會)는 마가요한의 집에 모여서
소위 중보기도(仲保祈禱)를 하고 있었다 한다
그래서 하나님은 그들의 기도를 응답하신 것일까?
물론 그러함도 있겠으나
베드로를 부르신 부르심의 목적이 훨씬 더한 이유(理由)가 되었을 것이라는 생각을 한다
목사안수(牧師按手)를 받는다는 것은
갈2:20절의 요구조건을 승인했다는 이야기와 같다
‘나’라고 하는 존재의 완전 소유권이전(所有權移轉)을 마쳤음에 대한 선언서약(宣言誓約)을 필(畢)했다는 의미(意味)와 일반(一般)이다
하여 생사화복흥망성쇠(生死禍福興亡盛衰)할 것에 대한 모든 것은
목사의 뇌리에서 완전 접어야 한다
그래야 한다
그런데...
건강을 걱정하고
노후를 걱정하고
처자(妻子)를 걱정하고
온통
걱정투성...
내가 나를 본다
나는
자유할까?
상관 없을까?
또
미켈란젤로의 최후의 심판이라는 작품이 생각난다
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♬ 사명자의 고백 m0153-1401
1
주를 위해서라면 그 어디든 가리라
고난과 역경이 몰아쳐온다해도
주를 위해서라면 그 어디든 가리라
주님 가실 그 길을 나도 따라가리
이생명 다하도록
십자가 지고서 나 어디든 가리라
주를 따라 가리라
주가 주신 능력으로
주가주신 능력으로
주가 주신 능력으로
주신 사명 위해 살리라
2
주를 위해서라면 무엇이든 하리라
사망의 그늘이 내 앞에 있다해도
주를 위해서라면
그어디든 가리라
순교자의 각오로 주의 길을 가리-
이생명 다하도록
십자가 지고서 나 어디든 가리라
주를 따라 가리라
주가 주신 능력으로
주가주신 능력으로
주가 주신 능력으로
주신 사명 위해 살리라