不管一個人信不信神,但人心靈深處或多或少總會思索有關神的事.

不論您知不知道有神,這世上的確有真神和假神.

這裡有一段對假神的描述:

詩篇 115:4-8 他們的偶像、是金的銀的、是人手所造的。有口卻不能言．有眼卻不能看．有耳卻不能聽．有鼻卻不能聞．有手卻不能摸．有腳卻不能走．有喉嚨也不能出聲。造他的要和他一樣．凡靠他的也要如此。

那您或許會問: 那真神呢?如何區別真神和假神呢?其實真神和假神是很容易區分的:真神只給不要,真神賜給我們生命,賜給我們空氣,賜給我們陽光,賜給我們水…..他不會向我們要油香錢,不會向我們要牛羊,….. 真神只給不要,一切都是他造的, 都是他的,他若需要甚麼,他也不須要和我們說,若他真要向我們要一樣東西的話,那或許就是我們對真神的感謝了:

詩篇 50:7-15我的民哪、你們當聽我的話．以色列阿、我要勸戒你．我是　神、是你的　神。我並不因你的祭物責備你．你的燔祭常在我面前。我不從你家中取公牛、也不從你圈內取山羊。因為樹林中的百獸是我的、千山上的牲畜也是我的。山中的飛鳥、我都知道．野地的走獸、也都屬我。我若是飢餓、我不用告訴你．因為世界、和其中所充滿的、都是我的。 我豈吃公牛的肉呢．我豈喝山羊的血呢。你們要以感謝為祭獻與　神．又要向至高者還你的願．並要在患難之日求告我、我必搭救你．你也要榮耀我。

親愛的弟兄姊妹們,在我們還不認識主耶穌時,我們不懂得感謝,更不會求告他.如今我們認識了主耶穌基督,唯一的真神,我們理應感謝他為我們所作的一切,他不僅將所造的萬物賜給我們,甚至將自己的命也給了我們:就是為我們的罪,死在十字架上,並為我們的生命,死後三天復活!阿們,哈利路亞!如今我們不僅要靠感謝他誇勝,更要時時求告他,因他答應過我們: 『我必搭救你．你也要榮耀我』阿們! 哈利路亞!

Romans 3:25-26 Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood as an evidence of his righteousness for the passover of sin-offerings that was done previously in the suffering of God, for the purpose of [revealing] the evidence of his righteousness in this time, to declare he himself is just and whoever [born] from the faith of Jesus is justified.

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When Adam and Eve sinned against God in Eden, they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. (Gen 3:21) Who sacrificed his own life and gave his own skin to cover Adam and Eve from God's wrath?

In the day of flood, GOD¹ saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination² of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. (Gen 6:5), who became the pitch (Heb.: cover, atonement, pacify, purge T*r+p^k*w+ see also Gen 32:20, Exo 29:33, Lev 1:4, Dan 9:24) that prevented flood (God's wrath) entering the ark (Gen 6:14) and saved Noah and his whole family?

In the day of famine, who suffered the sins of Joseph's brothers, sold Joseph (sold himself) and came down to Egypt to fulfill God's good will to save the whole family of Jacob?

In the night of Egypt, who became the lamb of passover, and his blood was shed to mark the door posts of his children as a propritiation to appease God's wrath such that the house of Israel might be passed over from God's judgement (destroyer) and be saved? (Exo 12:13)

On the cross, who bare with our transgression and sins against God, before he died on the cross and he still prayed for us to pacify God's anger saying “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luk 23:34)?

It's Him, Jesus, who come to cover us and became our propritiation: Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same (Heb 2:14); thus He Himself uses His flesh and blood to shield us from the consumption of God's judgement which is a flaming sword which turned every way (Gen 3:24), that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil (Heb 2:14), and return us to the way of the tree of life (Gen 3:24). And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (Heb 2:15)

My dear brethren and sisters, there is no sin that Jesus cannot bear, neither there is tribulation that Jesus cannot overcome, His love never forsakes us from even before the beginning of the world (Eph 1:4)! Dear brethren and sisters, since we are born from the faith in His blood, and we have Jesus as our merciful and faithful high priest in front of God, to make reconciliation for our sins (Heb 2:17), we shall be strong and courageous to anchor our hope of salvation through the forerunner Jesus Christ who entered into the veil for us (Heb 6:19-20). Such that His merciful grace of salvation and His everlasting power of resurrection can cover us forever, Hallelujah, Amen!

羅馬書3:35-26『 神設立耶穌作挽回祭_、是藉著在耶穌血裡的信實¹_、要顯明　神的義_．因為　神自己擔當_、逾越^*〔或作寬容〕就是那在先時就已成就的贖罪祭²_．好在今時顯明他的義_、使人知道他自己為義_、也稱由耶穌的信實而生的人為義³_。』

當亞當夏娃在伊甸園犯了罪,天起了涼風,耶和華　神為亞當和他妻子用皮子作衣服_、給他們穿_。(創3:21)是誰捨了自己的命用自己的皮遮蓋了亞當夏娃,好平息神的怒氣呢?

在洪水的日子,耶和華見人在地上罪惡很大_、終日所思想的盡都是惡_．(創6:5)是誰親自成了那不讓洪水(神的憤怒)透入方舟的松香(原文作遮蓋)(創6:14)好救挪亞一家的性命呢?

在飢荒的日子,是誰親自擔當了約瑟哥哥們的罪,賣了約瑟(賣了自己)下到埃及好成就神的美意(創50:20),拯救了雅各全家?

在出埃及的那一夜,是誰親自成了逾越節的羔羊,將自己的血塗抹在以色列兒女的門框上成為挽回祭,好平息神的怒氣,使滅命的使者越過以色列家?

在十字架上,是誰親自擔當了我們的罪惡過犯,且死在十字架上,在斷氣前還不住地在父神面前平息神的怒氣好挽回我們,替我們祈求說:『父阿_、赦免他們_．因為他們所作的_、他們不曉得_。』?

是耶穌!是耶穌親自成了我們的遮蓋,成了我們的挽回祭:因為兒女既同有血肉之體_、耶穌也照樣親自成了血肉之體_．(來2:14)用自己的血肉之體來遮蓋我們,好抵擋那四面轉動發火燄的劍(創3:24),特要藉著死_、敗壞那掌死權的就是魔鬼(來2:14),要把我們帶回到生命樹的道路(創3:24)_。並要釋放那些一生因怕死而為奴僕的人_。(來2:15)

親愛的弟兄姊妹們,沒有一樣罪惡耶穌不能擔當,也沒有一樣苦難耶穌未曾勝過,他的愛總是這樣地不離不棄,從亙古的先時就有,一直到如今!親愛的弟兄姊妹們,我們既是耶穌血裡的信實所生的兒女,並有耶穌這位慈悲忠信的大祭司_、為我們的罪獻上了挽回祭(來2:17),就當剛強壯膽,將我們的指望如同靈魂的錨,藉著那作先鋒又從死裡復活的耶穌_、為我們進入幔內_、又堅固又牢靠地通入幔內(來6:19-20)好讓他救贖的恩典和復活的大能永遠的遮蓋我們,哈利路亞,阿們!

Zechariah 13:8-9: And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, we may see verses in the Bible that mentioned “the third part” (or one third). From the above verses, it may not difficult to see that God use “the third” to symbolize the portion He planned to save in His salvation plan. Let's examine few other verses to validate our understanding:

2Kings 1:9-15: Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. .... And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. .... And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

There were 153 soldiers went up to see Elijah, only “the third part” 51 soldiers were not consumed by fire (were not judged): “one third” are saved!

Mathew 7:13-14: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Amen, “for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat” (two third), “ narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” (one third). Bible declared that “many” go in to destruction, only “few” find life. The “one third” and “two third” plan declared in Zechariah 13:8-9 is consistent with this Mat 7:13-14 “few” versus “many” preaching.

My Dear Brothers and Sisters, with His wisdom, now we may understand why the “number of the beast” is “666”. (If 1,000 symbolized the whole part in all the land, what would be the number of two third then?)

This is why even when our Lord Jesus Christ preached the Kingdom of Heaven in parables in front of multitudes (representing the whole part of all the land) and when his disciples came and asked why, this is what Jesus said: “Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.” (Mathew 13:11)

John 17:5-12: And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received [them,] and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are.] While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.  

撒迦利亞書13:8~9 耶和華說_、這全地的人_、三分之二_、必剪除而死_、三分之一仍必存留_。 我要使這三分之一經火_、熬煉他們_、如熬煉銀子_、試煉他們_、如試煉金子_．他們必求告我的名_、我必應允他們_．我要說_、這是我的子民_．他們也要說_、耶和華是我們的　神_。

親愛的弟兄姊妹們,聖經裡常提到『三分之一』由以上的經文,我們不難看出神用三分之一來預表得救人數的比例.讓我們再看幾處經文來檢驗我們所理解的是否正確:

列王紀下1:9~15於是王差遣五十夫長_、帶領五十人去見以利亞_、...於是有火從天上降下來、燒滅五十夫長、和他那五十人。王第二次差遣一個五十夫長_、帶領五十人去見以利亞_。...於是　神的火從天上降下來、燒滅五十夫長、和他那五十人。...王第三次差遣一個五十夫長_、帶領五十人去_。這五十夫長上去雙膝跪在以利亞面前_、哀求他_、說_、神人哪_、願我的性命_、和你這五十個僕人的性命_、在你眼前看為寶貴_。已經有火從天上降下來_、燒滅前兩次來的五十夫長_、和他們各自帶的五十人_．現在願我的性命在你眼前看為寶貴_。耶和華的使者對以利亞說_、你同著他下去_、不要怕他_．以利亞就起來_、同著他下去見王_。

前後有一百五十三人去見以利亞,沒被火燒死的(沒受審判的)只有最後上去的五十一人(五十夫長一人和他那五十人共五十一人): 三分之一得救了.

馬太福音7:13~14 你們要進窄門_．因為引到滅亡_、那門是寬的_、路是大的_、進去的人也多_。 引到永生_、那門是窄的_、路是小的¹_、找著的人也少_。

是阿,引到滅亡_、那門是寬的_、路是大的_、進去的人也多(三分之二的人多),引到永生_、那門是窄的_、路是小的_、找著的人也少(三分之一的人少)!

所以我親愛的有智慧有聰明的弟兄姊妹們,現在我們當知道啟示錄13:18節中那『獸的數目』為什麼『是六百六十六』了吧? (若一千預表全地的人,那麼一千的三分之二是多少呢?)

因此耶穌基督來到世上傳道也不能違背神的旨意(撒迦利亞書13:8~9),所以他說:因為天國的奧祕_、只叫你們知道_、不叫他們知道_。(馬太福音13:11)

約翰福音17:5-12: 父阿_、現在求你使我同你享榮耀_、就是未有世界以先_、我同你所有的榮耀_。 你從世上賜給我的人_、我已將你的名顯明與他們_．他們本是你的_、你將他們賜給我_、他們也遵守了你的道_。 如今他們知道_、凡你所賜給我的_、都是從你那裡來的_． 因為你所賜給我的道_、我已經賜給他們_．他們也領受了_、又確實知道_、我是從你出來的_、並且信你差了我來_。 我為他們祈求_．不為世人祈求_、卻為你所賜給我的人祈求_、因他們本是你的_。凡是我的都是你的_、你的也是我的_．並且我因他們得了榮耀_。 從今以後_、我不在世上_、他們卻在世上_、我往你那裡去_。聖父阿_、求你因你所賜給我的名保守他們_、叫他們合而為一像我們一樣_。 我與他們同在的時候_、因你所賜給我的名_、保守了他們_、我也護衛了他們_、其中除了那滅亡之子_、沒有一個滅亡的_．好叫經上的話得應驗_。

^{Romans 10:13} For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Since Seth (Gen 4:26), God's children call upon His name in distress: For example, A [Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, … In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears. (Psm 18:6) And the LORD answered and saved him from death.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Do we know? When we believed in Jesus Christ, He entered into us. Whenever we call upon His name and cry out for help, He comes to us, saves us and heals us.

After experiencing the LORD's almighty power, Moses witnessed: For what nation [is there so] great, who [hath] God [so] nigh* unto them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for?] (Deu 4:7) (*nigh: near, at hand, kin, kinsmen)

We could call upon His name at any time any place in any situation, He will be our “very present help in trouble” (Psm 46:1). In the Bible, the shortest crying out the LORD for help was documented in the 1 Kings 22:32: when Jehoshaphat was pursuied by Syria captains of the chariots, “Jehoshaphat cried out.” the LORD immediately caused the captains of the chariots “perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.” No ritual, no formality, all we need is to ask Him boldly (Luk 11:8), and He will answer.

Perhaps you might ask: why have we to cry out with voice? Could we pray silently in our heart? There is the truth in reality we need to understand:

10:6 But the righteousness which is [born] from faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down [from above:])

10:7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

10:8 But what saith it? The word is near thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

In Romans 10:8, “The word” is the Spirit and Life (Jhn 6:63), and it is Jesus Christ himself (Jhn 1:14), “The word is near you”,”Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven” to bring the word that is Christ down to us? (10:6) “Or, Who shall descent into the deep” to bring up the word that is Christ to us? (10:7) Where is the word? Where is Jesus? How can I contact Him in my distress? The Bible says: “The word is near you, [He is] in your mouth, and [He is] in your heart”! (10:8) Therefore the Bible insists that we not only need to “believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead” but also “confess with your mouth that Jesus is the Lord”, that confessing with your mouth is calling upon His name. Therefore in Romans 10:13 said “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” When we call upon Him, He comes to us immediately and is rich unto all that call upon him. (Rom 10:12)

Dear Brothers and Sisters, would you like to experience Him in reality? Let's call upon His name, cry out for His help. Because He loves us unto the end. (Jhn 13:1) He died for us on the cross and raised on the third day. And He said unto us: “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.” (Jhn 14:18-20)