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民数记 第二十八章|Book of Numbers 28

【以神为中心的生活】

主讲：林国晶传道

02/05/2024


引言：

神让摩西整合过去分散在不同时候的献祭条例，在摩押平原晓谕百姓全体在每日，每周，每月，甚至是每年的节期所要献的祭。为的是让即将进入应许之地的第二代百姓清楚地知道，无论是在旷野还是在迦南地，只有每天都活在以神为中心的生活，才能长久地活在神的同在和应许之中。

一、日夜的献上-每日献祭(V3-8)

在这里，神再次提醒百姓早晚都要将自己全然的献上。神的百姓每天早晚两次献上燔祭，其实也在提醒今天的我们，每天都应当在敬拜中开始、在敬拜中结束，每天都借着敬拜，跟随神的心意，使我们的心意得着更新。

二、加倍的献上-每周献祭(V9-10)

这是神首次吩咐百姓「每安息日献的燔祭」，所以是新加上的献祭。这里，我们看见每个安息日百姓要在「常献的燔祭」（V6）之外额外献祭。对以色列百姓来说，他们用更大的奉献来寻求神更大的悦纳，才能更大地享受神的安息。

今天，我们在安息日所献上的燔祭就是敬拜。如果安息日没有敬拜、只是休息，歇工就成了怠惰，喜乐和安息也成了空谈。

三、完全的献上-每月献祭(V11-15)

「月朔」就是每月的初一。神的吩咐在「月朔」要在「常献的燔祭」（V15）之外额外献上燔祭和赎罪祭。这是在提醒我们，如果要寻求神的悦纳，必须定期反省、对付自己的罪，免得自己在罪中麻木、习惯犯罪，甚至享受罪中之乐，以致我们死在罪中。

四、记念神救赎-节期献祭（V16-31）

1.逾越节(V16-25)

对以色列人来说，一年中的重要节期，包括：逾越节、七七节，还有民数记第29章的吹角节、赎罪日和住棚节。在这些节期献祭都是为了让以色列人记念神的救赎在他们身上。对今天的我们来说，记念逾越节帮助我们更是思想神在我们生命当中的作为和拯救。而除酵节就提醒我们，在接受逾越节的救恩时，必须从生命中彻底清除罪。

2.七七节(V26-31)

「七七节」是以色列人庆祝小麦丰收的日子。如今他们丰丰富富的在地里有了收割，他们深深的知道，他们是在享用着神的恩典，是活在神的信实中，大大的蒙福。

总结：

弟兄姐妹，献祭是神对以色列人的提醒，提醒他们要跟随神，而且是每一天都需要跟随。今天神也是同样在呼召我们要透过献祭与祂连接。 求主帮助我们养成这样的属灵常态，活在神的同在和应许中。祂爱我们，拯救我们，应许与我同在，并使我们进入那更丰盛的“流奶与蜜之地”。愿我们每一天的生活都是以神为中心！


Numbers 28 Living A God- Centred Life
GK611 Morning Devotion
02 May 2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Ps Stella Ling

Introduction：

God asked Moses to consolidate the sacrificial ordinances of the past, which were scattered at different times, and to make known to the people in the plains of Moab the sacrifices to be offered at the daily, weekly, monthly, and even yearly festivals. The purpose was to make it clear to the second generation of the people who were about to enter the Promised Land that, whether in the wilderness or in the land of Canaan, only by living a God-centered life every day would they be able to live in God's presence and promises for a long time.

1. The offering of day and night - daily offering (V3-8)

Here again God reminds the people of the need to offer themselves wholly both morning and evening. By offering burnt offerings twice a day, morning and evening, God's people were actually reminding us today that every day should begin and end in worship, and that every day we should be renewed by following God's heart through worship.

2. Doubling the offering - weekly offering (V9-10)

This was the first time that God commanded the people to "offer a burnt offering every Sabbath", so it was a new addition to the offering. Here we see that each Sabbath the people were to offer additional sacrifices to their "regular burnt offerings" (V6). For the people of Israel, they sought God's greater favour with greater offerings in order to enjoy God's rest more greatly.

Today, the burnt offerings we offer on the Sabbath are worship. If there is no worship and only rest on the Sabbath, the rest becomes idleness, and joy and rest become empty words.

3. The complete Offering - The monthly offering (V11-15)

The "first day of the month" was the first day of the month. God commanded that burnt offerings and sin offerings be offered on the first day of the month in addition to the regular burnt offerings (V15). This is to remind us that if we want to seek God's favour, we must regularly reflect on and deal with our own sins, lest we become numb in our sins, become accustomed to sinning, and even enjoy the pleasures of sin, so that we die in our sins.

4. Remembering God's salvation-festival offerings (V16-31)

(1) The Passover (V16-25)

For the Israelites, the important feasts of the year included: the Passover, the Feast of Weeks and also the Feast of the Blowing of the Horns, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles in Numbers 29. Sacrifices were offered at all of these feasts so that the Israelites would remember God's salvation in them. For us today, remembering the Passover helps us to think even more about God's work and salvation in our lives. And the Feast of Unleavened Bread reminds us that in receiving the salvation of the Passover, we must be completely purged from sin in our lives.

(2) The Feast of Weeks (V26-31)

The "Feast of Weeks" was a celebration of the wheat harvest of the Israelites. Now that they had a rich harvest in the land, they knew deep down that they were enjoying God's grace and were living in His faithfulness and were greatly blessed.

Conclusion:

Brothers and sisters, the sacrifices were God's reminder to the Israelites that they needed to follow God, and that they needed to follow every day. Today God is similarly calling us to connect with Him through sacrifice. Pray that we will develop this spiritual norm and live in God's presence and promises. He loves us, saves us, promises to be with me, and brings us into the richer "land of milk and honey". May we live each day with God at the centre of our lives!