3. • 不同的出发点 – 我们要看看祂诞生之前和发展的情况.
• Different Approach
• Circumstances Before and Leading up to His Birth
4. 耶稣降生之前的背景:
Backdrop Before the Birth of Jesus
• 耶稣的降生标记了新约的开始
• The birth of Jesus signaled the beginning of the
New Testament
• 400年的沉默
• 400 silent years
5. 耶稣降生之前的背景:
Backdrop Before the Birth of Jesus
• 以色列人等待他们的弥赛亚
• The people of Israel were waiting for their
Messiah.
• 他们在管制下被压迫
• They were oppressed and under rule.
6. 耶稣降生之前的背景:
Backdrop Before the Birth of Jesus
• 先知但以理在但以理书2章对尼布甲尼撒王
(巴比伦)的梦所作的讲解
• Prophet Daniel interpretation of King
Nebuchadnezzar (Babylon) dreams in Dan 2
• 4个主要的王国 - 巴比伦, 波斯, 希腊, 罗
马
• 4 main kingdoms - Babylon, Medio Persia,
Greek, Romans
7. 耶稣降生之前的背景:
Backdrop Before the Birth of Jesus
• 以色列人在寻找符合预言的弥赛亚
• Israelites were looking for the Messiah who
would fit the predictions given
8. 预言和机率: Predictions & Probability
• 指纹 - 2个同样的? Fingerprints – 2 of a
kind?
• 机率 Probabilities
–在卜克牌里, 21点 - 拿到21点的机率是多少呢
? = 2.4%
– In Card Game, blackjack – what’s probability of
getting a “blackjack”? = 2.4%
9. 预言和机率: Predictions & Probability
• 机率 Probabilities
–一年里被雷电击中 = 7 x 105 或or 700,000 份之1
– Being struck by lightning in a year = 7 x 105 or 1 in
700,000
10. 预言和机率: Predictions & Probability
• 机率 Probabilities
–一年里被雷电击毙 =2 x 106 或 2,000,000份之1
– Being killed by lightning in a year = 2 x 106 or 1 in
2,000,000
11. 预言和机率: Predictions & Probability
• 机率 Probabilities
–当上总统 = 1 x 107 或r 10,000,000份之1
– Becoming president = 1 x 107 or 1 in 10,000,000
12. 预言和机率: Predictions & Probability
• 机率 Probabilities
–陨石降落在你家 = 1.8 x 1014 或
180,000,000,000,000份之1
– A meteorite landing on your house = 1.8 x 1014 or 1 in
180,000,000,000,000
13. 预言和机率: Predictions & Probability
• 机率 Probabilities
–你迟早会死 = 1 份之1
– You will eventually die = 1 in 1
14. 预言和机率: Predictions &
Probability
• 史丹纳博士分析一个人, 耶稣基督, 能够符
合圣经里关于祂的300个预言中的8个的机
率有多大
• Dr. Stoner looks at the probability that one man,
Jesus Christ, could have fulfilled even 8 of the
300 prophecies that pertain to Him in the Bible
23. 预言和机率: Predictions &
Probability
• 只是8个预言
=10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 份之1
• With just 8 prophesies = 1 in
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
• 这些预测和预言是否上帝所给的呢? 或者这只
是猜测呢?
• Are these predictions and prophesies God-given?
Or were it just guesses?
24. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音1 Matthew 1
17 这样,从亚伯拉罕到大卫,一共是十四代;
从大卫到被掳到巴比伦的时候,也是十四代
;从被掳到巴比伦的时候到基督,又是十四
代。
25. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音1 Matthew 1
18 耶稣基督的降生是这样的:耶稣的母亲马利
亚许配了约瑟,他们还没有成亲,马利亚就
从圣灵怀了孕。
19 她丈夫约瑟是个义人,不愿张扬使她受辱,
就打算暗中与她解除婚约。
26. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音1 Matthew 1
20 他一直想着这些事,主的使者就在梦中向他
显现,说:“大卫的子孙约瑟,只管放胆把
你的妻子马利亚迎娶过来,因为她怀的孕是
从圣灵来的。
21 她必生一个儿子,你要给他起名叫耶稣,因
为他要把自己的子民从罪恶中拯救出来。
27. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音1 Matthew 1
22 这整件事的发生,是要应验主借着先知所说
的:
23 “必有童女怀孕生子,他的名要叫以马内
利。”以马内利就是“ 神与我们同在”的
意思。<以赛亚书7:14>
28. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音1 Matthew 1
24 约瑟睡醒了,就照着主的使者所吩咐的,把
妻子迎娶过来;
25 只是在孩子出生以前,并没有与她同房。约
瑟给孩子起名叫耶稣。
29. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音2 Matthew 2
1希律王执政的时候,耶稣生在犹太的伯利恒。
那时,有几个星象家(“星象家”或译:
“智者”)从东方来到耶路撒冷,
2 说:“那生下来作犹太人的王的在哪里?我们
看见他的星出现,特来朝拜他。
30. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音2 Matthew 2
3 希律王听见了就心里不安,全耶路撒冷的居民
也是这样。
4 他就召集所有的祭司长和民间的经学家,问他
们基督应该生在哪里。
5 他们回答:“在犹太的伯利恒。因为有先知在
经上这样说:
31. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音2 Matthew 2
6 ‘犹大地的伯利恒啊!
你在犹大的领袖中,并不是最小的,
因为必有一位领袖从你那里出来,
牧养我的子民以色列。’” <弥迦书5:2,4>
32. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音2 Matthew 2
7 希律暗中把星象家召来,仔细查问他们,那颗星甚么
时候出现, 8 然后派他们到伯利恒去,说:“你们去
细心寻访那小孩,找到了就向我报告,好叫我也去拜
他。” 9 他们听命去了。他们在东方看见的那颗星,
忽然在他们前头,领他们到那小孩所在的地方,就在
上头停住了。 10 他们看见那颗星,欢喜极了; 11 进了
房子,看见小孩和他母亲马利亚,就俯伏拜他,并且
打开宝盒,把黄金、乳香、没药作礼物献给他。 12 后
来他们在梦中得着指示不要回到希律那里去,就从别
的路回乡去了。
33. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音2 Matthew 2
13 他们走了以后,主的使者在梦中向约瑟显现
,说:“起来,带着孩子和他母亲逃到埃及
去,留在那里,直到我再指示你,因为希律
要寻找这孩子,把他杀掉。” 14 约瑟就起来
,连夜带着孩子和他母亲往埃及去, 15 住在
那里,直到希律死了,为的是要应验主藉先
知所说的:“我从埃及召我的儿子出来。”
<何西亚书11:1>
34. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音2 Matthew 2
16 希律见自己被星象家愚弄了,就大怒,于是
照着他从星象家所问得的日子,下令把伯利
恒和附近地方,两岁及以下的小孩全都杀死。
17 这就应验了耶利米先知所说的:
35. 诞生的故事 The Story of the Birth
• 马太福音2 Matthew 2
19 希律死后,在埃及,主的使者在梦中向约瑟显现
, 20 说:“那些要杀害这孩子的人已经死了。
起来,带着孩子和他母亲回以色列地去
吧。” 21 约瑟就起来,带着小孩子和他母亲回
到以色列地。 22 只是听见亚基老接续他父亲希
律作了犹太王,他就不敢到犹太地去;又在梦中
得了指示,于是往加利利境去, 23 来到拿撒勒
城住下,这样就应验了先知所说的:“他必称为
拿撒勒人。
48. 这一切对我们有什么意义呢? 它告诉我们关于那生命
的赐于者的一些什么呢?
What Does All This Mean to Us? What Does It Tell Us About
the Giver of LIFE?
• 祂是可靠的 – 我们可以相信祂 He is Credible – We
can trust Him
– 约可靠, 就约可信
– The more credible, the more trust
• Brands品牌
• People 人
• God 神
• 祂是慈爱的 – 我们可以体验祂的爱
• He is Compassionate – We can experience His love
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