第二十一天：2011年10月18日(Tishrei 20, 5772)
閱讀： 撒母耳記上第三十章 撒母耳記下第六章
「從慶祝到歡騰」
我們不是在主的喜樂中嗎？在我們進入「歡騰」(Jubilation)時，現在就讓我們來打開「慶祝」(Celebration)之門。這裡有一首詩歌符合今天的主題！跳舞吧http://gloryofzion.org/dancedancedance.php
恰克．皮爾斯
基督身體的下一步，是從喜樂到慶祝、到歡騰。這是什麼意思？我們讚美的不夠嗎？我們不是與神連結、改變了環境，並且決定了前途遠景？如果我們已經做到這些，後來也做了許多，然而還有一步是我們必須做的—the coup de grce，這句話的法文意思是「慈悲的一擊」(the blow of mercy)，被用來形容「為結束一個受傷生物的痛苦之致命一擊，常用來比喻過去一連串事件帶來一些實體的結束。」
對我們而言，這實體就是魔鬼的國度與其轄制我們的權勢。我們對神的讚美是令人敬畏與滿有能力的，然而當我們更進一步的慶祝、歡騰時，我們的聲音就變成仇敵攻擊我們計畫的致命一擊。我喜歡慶祝與歡騰這二個字，在聖經中，「慶祝」(celebrate)這個字是從希伯來文hagag而來，用在欣喜之時，表示就像是一個喝醉酒的人的瘋狂舉動。你知道有時當我們剛贏得大賽時，我們呼喊、尖叫、上下跳著、並互相擁抱(邊跳邊抱)別人很容易認為我們是醉了，沒有人看著別人—我們全都陷入了慶祝與勝利的高潮之中，那一刻高漲的情緒已淹沒現場，狂喜的心已掩蓋了一切。
hagag這個字被用來描述，在戰場上打敗敵人後所表現出的跳舞與歡喜情形，就如在撒母耳記上30:16記載著，當大衛追趕上那掠奪洗革拉城的亞瑪力人時，「見他們散在地上，吃喝『跳舞』(eveling)因為從非利士地和猶大地所擄來的財物甚多。」。在這段經文中，『跳舞』(eveling)個字是希伯來文的hagag，亞瑪力人正在慶祝他們的勝利，他們的行為瘋狂、表現得放縱享樂。我們會在下一篇文章來討論這種情況，而這就是大衛如何渡過每一個狹窄過渡期之方式。
當大衛的妻子米甲斥責他在約櫃前的路上跳舞慶祝時，大衛告訴他的妻子：「你還沒見識到！(彩的在後頭！)(撒母耳記下6:22，作者改述)，而這必須成為我們的態度，因為總是會有那些想要壓低我們在主前的慶祝，來顯示一個宗教國度該有的適當莊重，然而我們必須記住，神的國度是不斷地在改變，每一次神的榮耀以新的方式進入我們的敬拜中時，我們所表達與行使神的權能之方式就會改變。
Day 21 of 100 Days: From “Celebration to Jubilation” Read: 1 Sam 30, 2 Sam 6
Chuck Pierce 寫於 2011年10月18日 2:02
We are in the Joy of the Lord Right? Now let us open the door of “Celebration” as we move into “Jubilation”! Here is a link to one of our songs that go with today’s focus! Dance Dance Dance
Chuck D. Pierce
The next step for the body of Christ is to go from praise to celebration to jubilation. What does this mean? Haven’t we done enough by praising? Haven’t we connected with God, changed the atmosphere, and determined the perspective? If we have done these things, then we have done a lot, but there is one more step that we must take—the coup de grâce. This phrase means “the blow of mercy” in French and is used to describe “a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature. It is often used figuratively to describe the last of a series of events that brings about the end of some entity.”
That entity for us is the devil’s kingdom and his power over us. Our praise is awesome and powerful, but when we take that up a notch to celebration and then to jubilation, our sound becomes a deathblow to the enemy’s plans for us. I love the words celebration and jubilation. In the Bible, celebrate is from the Hebrew word hagag, which denotes a wild action like the behavior of a drunken person, used in the context of rejoicing. You know how we get sometimes when we’ve just won the big game—we shout, scream, jump up and down, and hug everyone (while jumping up and down). Someone could easily think we are drunk, except no one is watching each other—we are all caught up in the spirit of celebration and victory. The emotion of the moment has overtaken the atmosphere. The rapturous spirit has overcome the environment.
The word hagag was used to depict the dancing and rejoicing that was done when there was a victory over the enemy in battle, as in 1 Samuel 30:16 (niv) when David came upon the Amalekites who had plundered his city of Ziklag: “There they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken” (emphasis added). The word reveling in this passage is the Hebrew word hagag. The Amalekites were celebrating their victory. Their actions were wild and appeared hedonistic. We will discuss situations like this in a later chapter. This was how David made it through every narrow transition.
When David was rebuked by his wife Michal for his dancing and celebration in the streets before the ark, David told his wife, “You ain’t seen nothing yet!” (2 Sam. 6:22, author’s paraphrase). This must be our attitude, because invariably there will be those who want us to tone down our celebration before the Lord to show respect for a religious kingdom that is in place. However, we must remember that the kingdom of God is ever changing. Every time glory comes into our worship in a new way, the manner in which we demonstrate and administrate the power of God changes.
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