【双语灵修】等候新创造AWAITING THE NEW CREATION

启示录 6:9-11

4月29日

等候新创造

“圣洁真实的主啊，你不审判住在地上的人，给我们伸流血的冤，要到几时呢？” - 启示录 6:10

这些日子你在等候什么吗？是一个计划已久的假期，或者是一个重要的生日？又或者是你在等候手术后的康复，或是等待一段关系的修复。

在今天的经文中，我们看到一群正在等候的圣徒。这是神赐给使徒约翰，并让他写在《启示录》中的一系列奇妙异象的一部分。这段经文中，圣徒因为忠于对耶稣的信仰而被杀，他们想知道还要等多久公义才能彰显，主何时为他们伸冤，以及神的国何时才能完全降临。

这是一个所有“在基督里”的人都会以某种形式提出的问题。我们的信心何时才能变成眼见？神那始于基督复活的、重塑万有的工作，何时才能完成？地上的苦难何时才会结束？喜乐何时才能真正成为永恒？

答案是：“再等片时”。虽然没有提供具体的日期，但主应许这事必然成就。我们所有“在基督里”的人，总有一天能够在神的新创造中享受丰盛的生命。在此期间，我们这些新造的人—所有“在基督里”的人，都被扶持、被爱护、被保守，以迎接主正在预备的那个宏大的新创造的到来。

祷告

主啊，我们切切渴望你的国度完全降临，但我们会耐心等候。当我们努力在信心中等候，信靠你并彼此相爱时，求你帮助我们忠心地事奉你。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

Revelation 6:9-11

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29

AWAITING THE NEW CREATION

“How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” —Revelation 6:10

Are you waiting for anything these days? Maybe a longplanned vacation or an important birthday? Or maybe you’re waiting for healing after a surgery, or for a relationship to be restored.

In our text for today we see a gathering of waiting saints. This is part of the amazing sequence of visions God gave to the apostle John to write down as the book of Revelation. The saints in this passage have been killed for their faith in Jesus, and they want to know how long they will have to wait for justice, for the Lord’s vengeance, and for the completion of God’s kingdom to come.

It’s a question that all of us who are “in Christ” ask in one form or another. When will our faith be made sight? When will God’s remaking of creation, which began at Christ’s resurrection, be complete? When will suffering on this earth be over? When will joy become truly everlasting?

“Wait just a little longer” is the answer. No calendar date is provided, but the Lord promises that it will happen. All of us who are “in Christ” will be able to enjoy full life in God’s new creation someday. In the meantime, we new creations, all of us who are “in Christ,” are held, loved, and kept for the arrival of that big new creation the Lord is working on.

Lord, we are eager for your kingdom to come in its fullness. But we will wait, and as we try to do that in faith, with trust in you and love for one another, help us to serve you faithfully. In Jesus’ name, Amen.