【双语灵修】蜂群崩溃COLONY COLLAPSE

马太福音 24:1-14

1 耶稣出了圣殿，正走的时候，门徒进前来，把殿宇指给他看。 2 耶稣对他们说：“你们不是看见这殿宇吗？我实在告诉你们：将来在这里没有一块石头留在石头上不被拆毁了。” 3 耶稣在橄榄山上坐着，门徒暗暗地来，说：“请告诉我们，什么时候有这些事？你降临和世界的末了有什么预兆呢？” 4 耶稣回答说：“你们要谨慎，免得有人迷惑你们。 5 因为将来有好些人冒我的名来，说：‘我是基督’，并且要迷惑许多人。 6 你们也要听见打仗和打仗的风声，总不要惊慌，因为这些事是必须有的，只是末期还没有到。 7 民要攻打民，国要攻打国，多处必有饥荒、地震， 8 这都是灾难的起头。 9 那时，人要把你们陷在患难里，也要杀害你们；你们又要为我的名被万民恨恶。 10 “那时，必有许多人跌倒，也要彼此陷害、彼此恨恶， 11 且有好些假先知起来，迷惑多人。 12 只因不法的事增多，许多人的爱心才渐渐冷淡了。 13 唯有忍耐到底的，必然得救。 14 这天国的福音要传遍天下，对万民作见证，然后末期才来到。

2026-07-28

蜂群崩溃

“你们也要听见打仗和打仗的风声，总不要惊慌，因为这些事是必须有的，只是末期还没有到。” - 马太福音 24:6

大概二十年前，全球都响起了一个对各地的蜜蜂的庞大威胁警报。这被命名为蜂群崩溃症（CCD）的灾害，导至在2006到2007年之间，全球大约百份之十的蜜蜂死去。有人问：“这是否蜜蜂走向灭亡的开始？”CCD也被预测对农作物、人类和其他地球上的生物有灾难性的影响。虽然CCD的威胁近年已减少了一点，但那种恐慌和悬疑仍是存在的。

在耶稣传道期间，祂的跟随者对“世界的末了”感到忧虑，而耶稣对他们那些有关末世的灾难，和祂再来的担忧所作出的回应，是有点神秘，令人费解。战争、灾难、逼迫、假先知／救主，祂称这些持续不断的恐怖事件为“生产之难”。在耶稣的日子之前直到如今，很多的灾难和疾病陆续出现和消逝，CCD和新冠肺炎只不过是我们这个时代的新产品而已。

耶稣说：“因为这些事是必须有的，只是末期还没有到。”所以我们要留意祂的话：“你们要谨慎，免得有人迷惑你们。”我们要忠心跟随祂，彰显怜悯，传扬神国降临的好消息。

祷告

耶稣啊，感谢你救我们脱离魔鬼的迷惑和我们难以控制的焦虑。求你叫我们警醒，又充满信心地宣扬你是掌管着整个世界的。阿们。

Matthew 24:1-14

TUESDAY, JULY 28

COLONY COLLAPSE

“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.” —Matthew 24:6

About 20 years ago, a massive threat to honeybees everywhere on our planet was fearfully announced. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) was named and blamed for about 10 percent of hives’ dying off in 2006-2007. “Would this be the beginning of the end for honeybees?” we wondered. The effects of CCD on crops were also forecast to be catastrophic for humans and for other life on the planet. While the threat of CCD has decreased a bit recently, the menace and mystery remain.

Back in the days of Jesus’ teaching ministry, his followers worried about “the end of the age.” And Jesus’ response to their concerns about end-time catastrophes and his coming again is somewhat puzzling and mysterious. Wars, disasters, persecutions, and false teachers/messiahs are ongoing terrors that he calls “the beginning of birth pains.” Since those days and long before them, disasters and disorders have come and gone. CCD and the COVID-19 pandemic are just a couple of new arrivals in our era today.

Jesus said, “Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.” So we need to listen to his words: “Watch out that no one deceives you.” And we need to remain faithful in following him—showing mercy and bringing the good news of God’s coming kingdom.

Jesus, thank you for rescuing us from the devil’s deceptions and our wayward anxieties. Make us watchful and confident in proclaiming that you have the whole world in your hands. Amen.