梦游圣经66本书

日期：2025年4月26日

经文：
【申5:24】你们说：“看哪，耶和华我们的神将他的荣耀和大能显给我们看，我们又听见他的声音从火中出来。今日我们得见神与人说话，人还存活。”
【申5:25】“现在这大火将要烧灭我们，我们何必冒死呢？若再听见耶和华我们神的声音，就必死亡。”

解析：爱的呼唤与人的惧怕

那一日，山在燃烧，云在翻腾，雷声轰鸣。
以色列人站在山脚下，第一次真实地看见——
神不是遥不可及的幻影，
祂是充满荣耀又亲近人心的神。

申命记5:24告诉我们，他们惊讶地发现：

“原来神可以如此荣耀，又如此亲近，
原来人与神对话，人竟然还能存活！”

那是爱的呼唤：
火焰中穿出的声音，不是毁灭的怒吼，
而是父亲在流着眼泪地呼喊迷失的孩子：“回来吧，我等你。”

但很快，申命记5:25也真实地揭示了人性的反应：
当荣耀近到可以感知，
人的内心深处涌上的是恐惧，而不是单纯的信任。
他们害怕火焰，害怕神的圣洁，
害怕自己的不配被显明出来。

所以他们说：

“不要再叫祂直接对我们说话了，太可怕了，我们会死的！”

落差的原因就是：
神的本意是爱的亲近（第24节）
人的反应是害怕和逃避（第25节）

这就像亚当夏娃犯罪后躲藏起来一样，
不是因为神改变了，
而是人因为罪、因为软弱，不敢直面那份深爱。

反思：荣耀中的邀请

今天，当我们仰望漫天星辰，
当我们经历生命中的风暴与火焰，
是否还能听见那穿越烈焰而来的低语？

不是控诉，而是邀请；
不是重担，而是拥抱。

当火焰升起，当荣耀显现，
别再躲藏。

走向那光，
因为在那里，有一位爱你到极致的神，
正等着你的回应。

祂的荣耀，不是为了叫你灭亡，
而是为了叫你得生命——而且得的更丰盛。

Hearing the Call of Love Amidst the Fire

Date: April 26, 2025

Scripture:
• Deuteronomy 5:24 — “And you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he lives.’”
• Deuteronomy 5:25 — “Now then, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, then we will die.”

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Reflection: A Call of Love and the Fear of Man

That day, the mountain blazed with fire, the clouds churned, and the thunder roared.
The Israelites stood at the foot of the mountain and, for the first time, truly saw—
God was not some distant mirage,
but a God full of glory, yet close to the human heart.

Deuteronomy 5:24 tells us they marveled:

“God could be so glorious, yet so near.
Man could speak with God—and still live!”

It was a call of love:
The voice that came through the fire was not a roar of destruction,
but the cry of a Father, tears in His eyes, calling His lost children:

“Come back to Me. I am waiting for you.”

Yet quickly, Deuteronomy 5:25 reveals the true response of the human heart:
When the glory came near enough to be felt,
fear—not simple trust—rose from deep within.
They feared the fire, they feared the holiness of God,
they feared that their unworthiness would be exposed.

And so they said:

“Let Him not speak directly to us again! It is too terrifying—we will surely die!”

The reason for this drastic contrast was simple:
• God’s intention was to draw near in love (verse 24)
• Man’s reaction was to shrink back in fear (verse 25)

It was just like Adam and Eve hiding after they sinned—
not because God had changed,
but because sin and weakness made them afraid to face a love so deep.

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Reflection: An Invitation in the Glory

Today, when we gaze at the vast starry skies,
when we walk through the storms and fires of life,
can we still hear that whisper coming through the flames?

It is not a voice of accusation, but of invitation;
not a burden, but an embrace.

When the fire rises, when the glory appears,
do not hide.

Walk toward the light,
because there, a God who loves you beyond measure
is waiting for your response.

His glory is not meant to destroy you,
but to give you life—and life more abundantly.