聖誕節快到(雖然耶穌並不是於12/25日出生,而真正的日期也無人知曉,相信是於九或十月的其中一個猶太節期,很可能是住棚節,但這是另一課題),而這日子目的是記念誰呢?當這節日變成聖誕老人甚至其他人物、動物、卡通成為主角的時候,這節日已失去了其目的和義意,不如不過好了!
這歌不但要提醒當年的瑪利亞她抱在手裡的嬰孩是誰,更重要的是要提醒世人誰才是聖誕節的唯一主角,就是那位能使盲人開眼、聾子開耳、啞巴開口、 瘸腿跳躍、死人復活的主—耶穌基督!
『因有一嬰孩為我們而生,有一子賜給我們;政權必擔在他的肩頭上;他名稱為「奇妙、策士、全能的神、永在的父、和平的君」。』 以賽亞書 9:6
非常喜愛這節經文,不錯這位曾於瑪利亞懷中的嬰孩,竟是那位自有永有的神、創天造地的主!這對於當時的瑪利亞是何等的震撼?這詩歌的最後一句就是如此讓我震撼…
“This sleeping child you're holding
Is the Great I Am!”
「妳抱著的這個熟睡的孩子
就是那自有永有的!」
但我們相信祂並得著祂救恩的信徒,很快便不再記念聖誕節,而是於教會被提之日慶祝與祂見面的那一天!環看世界的一切(第三次世界大戰正在發生、各地的大地震、饑荒、瘟疫、及多處不明飛行物體—我們知道那些都是邪靈及雜種人的大迷惑—等等)我們知道耶穌的這些預言已一一地應驗之時,教會被提便已近在眉睫,而七年大災難也會隨即發生!
您又預備好了嗎?
『你們心裏不要憂愁;你們信 神,也當信我。在我 父的家裏,有許多大宅。若是沒有,我就早已告訴你們了。我去原是為你們預備地方去。我若去為你們預備了地方,就必再來接你們到我那裏去,我在哪裏,叫你們也在那裏。』
約翰福音 14:1-3
cover by: 聚雲 Cloudy
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
That your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered
Will soon deliver you
[Verse 2]
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will calm a storm with His hand?
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little baby
You've kissed the face of God
Mary, did you know?
The blind will see
The deaf will hear
And the dead will live again
The lame will leap
The dumb will speak
The praises of the Lamb
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will one day rule the nations?
Did you know
That your baby boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding
Is the Great I Am
Mary, did you know?