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猶大和他玛的属灵意义

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猶大和他玛的属灵意义

小河沟,2013-2-24

犹大娶了一个迦南女子为妻,生了三个男孩──珥、俄南和示拉。这三个儿子的属灵意义是,珥在神眼中被看为恶,被神惩罚死了。俄南为了享乐而不要孩子,也遭到神的惩罚死 了。有人认为,珥和俄南的死是指两个部落的灭绝。示拉拒绝完婚,或者犹大不愿意再将幼子示拉给他玛,只怕他唯一的儿子有万一的事故发生,就找了一个藉口,等示拉长大后,再给他玛。

他玛被 送回娘家,几年过去了,甚至犹大的太太都死了,示拉也长大了。他玛装扮成妓女的模样,犹大路过,以为是妓女,就与她同寝,他玛也很机智地要犹大的信物。

他玛从犹大怀了孕,这事传到犹大耳中。犹大认为他玛没有守贞操,应该被烧死。他玛这时拿出犹大的信物。犹大哑口无言,“她比我有义”。最后,他玛生了一对双胞胎──谢拉和法勒斯,法勒斯是大卫的第九代祖先,在马太一3所记载耶稣基督的家谱中有他玛和法勒斯的名字。

神并不以他玛为耻,神并 没有轻看他玛,还把她的名字放在主耶稣的家谱中。可见,圣经是可靠的。犹大和他玛的故事,让人觉得非常尴 尬,为什么连这样的丑事圣经都记载下来?因为圣经是真理,圣经从来不会把丑闻遮盖 起来,歪曲事实。

“不要论断人,免得被论断”。“不要论断人”是因为人只能看到事情的表面,唯有神才能洞察人的内心。唯有神的判断才是公正严明的。表面上看,他玛怀孕除了 放荡还有什么原因呢?但神知道他玛的心,她只是想尽媳妇的责任,为犹大家生子立后。当然,神是不会认同他玛这种做法,但神怜悯她。

神把犹大 和他玛放在主耶稣的家谱裡,就证明了神的心胸非常宽广,在神眼里,没有人是无药可救的。如果让你从雅各的十二个儿子中挑选一个当主耶稣的祖先,你会挑谁呢?

流便跟父亲的妾 同寝,道德水准低,他不行;西缅和利未杀了全示剑城的男丁,是杀人犯,他们也不行;犹大睡过儿媳他玛,更不行。约瑟敬畏神,又愿意宽恕人,最有资格当主耶稣的祖先。但神偏偏挑选了犹大。这说明,或许我们曾经有过过错,但只要真心悔改,神还是乐意纪念我们的。

约翰福音第八章3-11节,中耶稣处理一个“行淫时被拿的妇人”。也是谈论罪人的拯救问题,是罪及其赦免的生动隐喻。妇人行淫是否有罪,对公共舆论来说根本不重要,其唯一的使用价值是可以用来帮助他们控告耶稣。因为只有神才能洞察人的内心,一直以来我们都是抓住行淫的女人來试探耶穌的人群中的一个。

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The figurative significance of Judah and Tamar

Danny Li, 2013-2-24

Judah married the daughter of a Canaanite woman who became pregnant and gave birth to three sons, Er, Onan and Shelah. Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. Er was wicked in the LORD'S sight; so the LORD put him to death. Judah said to Onan, "Lie with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother." But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he lay with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from producing offspring for his brother. What he did was wicked in the LORD'S sight; so he put him to death also. Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Live as a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah grows up." For he thought, "He may die too, just like his brothers." So Tamar went to live in her father's house.

After a long time Judah's wife died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep. she took off her widow's clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife. When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

About three months later Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant." Judah said, "Bring her out and have her burned to death!" As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. "I am pregnant by the man who owns these," she said. And she added, "See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are." Judah recognized them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn't give her to my son Shelah." And he did not sleep with her again. When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb, Zerah and Perez. Perez is the ninth ancestor of Lord Jesus Christ. Matthew 1:3.

God does not consider Tamar shameful, and disdain her. God puts her name in the family record of Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible is the truth. The story of Judah and Tamar was very embarrassing, why did the Bible record such shames? Because the Bible is the truth, it never lies about the sins, it never wrests the facts out of their true meaning.

Do not judge, or you too will be judged. "do not judge" because human being can only feel the superficial resemblance, only God can judge the heart of human. The pregnancy of Tamar looks like adultry, but God knows her soul, she wanted to have a baby for the family of Judah. God has compassion for her.

God put Tamar in the family record of Christ, which is the proof that nobody is hopeless in the view point of God. who would you choose to be the ancestor of Christ from the 12 sons of Jacob if you were God?

You won't choose Reuben, because he had slept with his father's concubine. Simeon and Levi were murdered, Judah had slept with his daughter-in-law, Joseph should have been the best choice. But God chose Judah.

The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?"  When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

(30 minutes translation)
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