出埃及6:1-13节里提到了5次我是耶和华 I am Jehovah(2,3 “我名耶和华”,6,7,8 “我是耶和
华”)。前面的弟兄教导我们耶和华的意思是我们的神是要与人产生关系和联结的神。
产生什么关系和联结呢?很清楚也是重要的就是在出埃及6章6-8节里提到的我(耶和华)要。英
文I will (参考以下英文经节) 有7个,中文只有四个”我要“:
Exo 6:6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with
an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
Exo 6:7 I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am ‘I am
Jehovah your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Exo 6:8 I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will
give it to you for a possession. ‘I am Jehovah .’”
出6:6 所以你要对以色列人说,我是耶和华,我要用伸出来的膀臂重重地刑罚埃及人,救赎你们脱离他
们的重担,不作他们的苦工。
出6:7 我要以你们为我的百姓,我也要作你们的神。你们要知道我是耶和华你们的神,是救你们脱离埃
及人之重担的。
出6:8 我起誓应许给亚伯拉罕,以撒,雅各的那地,我要把你们领进去,将那地赐给你们为业。我是耶
和华。
再说神的我要 (I will) 是要与人(祂的教会)产生关系和联结 。
这与在以赛亚14:13-14节里撒但的5个“我要”大有不同
Isa 14:13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my
throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north;
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’
赛14:13 你心里曾说,我要升到天上。我要高举我的宝座在神众星以上。我要坐在聚会的山上,在北方
的极处,
赛14:14 我要升到高云之上。我要与至上者同等。
撒但所有的“我要”只是专注于他自己的愿望,终及来说,他要与神同等。
出埃记6:3 我从前向亚伯拉罕,以撒,雅各显现为全能的神,至于我名耶和华,他们未曾知道。
Exo 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as the Almighty (all
sufficient) God; but by my name Jehovah I was not made known to them.
前面弟兄的教导这“全能”的神 是全足,全丰,全有,全能,全知和全智的神。
我们呢?我们的祷告和教会生活专注于什么呢?专注自己还是神的教会(众圣徒们和朋友们)?