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列王纪下［第24章|Book of 2 Kings 24

【公义的神决不再赦免】

主讲: 区箴唤实习传道 + 陈炎明牧师

16/11/2021

引言 :

以色列在列王时期在南国执政的最后三位王，每一位都难逃审判的厄运。难道我们所信的这位慈爱的神就不再给人恩典了吗？其实神仍然又给他们恩典，但是因着南国犹大从先祖累计下来的罪，我们看到神恩典的时限已经到了，所以神要执行审判。

神是公义的神，所以如果没有审判，许多在暴政下受苦的人就得不到伸冤和平反。所以当神恩典的时限已经到了，公义的神决不再赦免。

一、公义的神施行拆毁（V1-7）

1.对悖逆之人兴起审判

约雅敬也是一位行恶的王，他原名叫以利亚敬，当他被法老尼哥立为犹大王的时候，给他换名为约雅敬。就是从‘神所建立’这个名字换到‘耶和华兴起’。

在约雅敬执政年间，当他行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，耶和华就兴起巴比伦，亚兰，摩押，还有亚扪人的军队去攻击他，毁灭犹大，这些都是耶和华神早就借着先知早就警告过犹大列王的。耶和华神在人谨守祂诫命的时候会兴起，让人经历祂的得胜和保守；而当人违背祂心意，却一直不愿悔改的时候，神同样会兴起，不过在这个时候神要做的就是拆毁的工作。

2.不赦免不愿悔改的人

犹大国被拆毁，这是出于玛拿西的罪。在历代志下33章虽然提到玛拿西有悔改，但是他所犯下的错，已经深深地影响到了子子孙孙，还有整个犹大国的百姓。所以列王记的作者今天才会这样来描述，更是提到神决不肯赦免在玛拿西影响之下，而行恶却又一直不愿悔改的人。

总的来说，当犹大国的罪已经越过了神恩典的时限，来到约雅敬的年间，其实神仍透过先知耶利米去对约雅敬说话，但是他还是不听，还是不愿带领百姓回归正道，所以最终神就借着祂所兴起的巴比伦来对犹大施行拆毁的审判。这也是犹大人第一批百姓被掳到巴比伦的时刻。

二、公义的神施行掳掠（V8-17）

1. 不顾惜有名无实的领袖

这是南国犹大人第二次被掳的经历，发生在约雅斤执政年间。其实对于约雅斤来说，他的名字的意思是‘耶和华建立’，但是来到这个时候，再一次地我们看到，他的名字和他的生命并不相称。仿佛就是当人硬着心要来行恶的时候，他取什么名字也不再重要了，他和他的家眷就被掳到巴比伦去了。

2. 不顾惜国中昔日的荣耀

巴比伦王把耶和华殿和王宫里的宝物都拿去了，但是神都不顾惜，包括自己的殿也一样。因为比起这个外在的殿，神更看重的是人心怎样。所以神宁可殿被毁坏，让百姓被掳，为的就是要让他们能够在被掳到巴比伦之后可以悔改自己的生命，重新建立自己，还有自己的下一代来归向耶和华神！

三、公义的神施行赶逐（V17-20）

进入到南国最后一位王西底家的执政时期，他又是一位继续带领余下的百姓行恶的王。公义的神百姓施行赶逐，这也就是犹大人第三次被掳到巴比伦的经历。

1. 耶和华因公义施行审判

让我们先来看西底家这位末位君王，他的原名是玛探雅，意思是耶和华的礼物。

巴比伦王给玛探雅换名为西底家，意思是耶和华是公义的。巴比伦王为西底家取新名，述说神的公义，表明自己如今将掳走犹大人，将他们赶离应许之地，其根本原因就是因为神是公义的，所以祂的审判才会临到祂的子民犹大人。

2. 神并非没有一再给恩典

这章经文我们仿佛完全一点都没有看到神的怜悯，就是一直不断地看到神借着巴比伦来审判以色列南国当中余剩的犹大百姓。但事实上是，当这群子民被掳70年后，神又再次用恩典来带领他们回归。

终有一天，启示录当中描述的灾难都要成就，因为恩典是有时限的。也因为神是公义的，所以神对着人的罪恶不得不再恩典之门关闭之后就施行审判，为一切属祂的人来伸冤和平反。但是神实在是在慈爱的，包括来到末后大灾难的时候，神还让天使飞在天空中，对着全地的人来传福音（启示录14:6-7）。

总结：

神恩典的时限有一天会来到尽头，最终祂对着一直不愿悔改的人决不再赦免。如果神不施行审判，历史历代因行在正路而受苦的人将得不到公义和平反。然而神也有一份永不改变慈爱的属性。只要人愿意在神恩典的时限里悔改归向神，神仍乐意给这样的人施行恩典。

2 Kings 24: The God of Justice Never Forgives Again

16/11/2021

Speaker: Intern Pastor Moses Ou + Reverend Tan

Introduction:

Each of the last three kings of Israel who ruled in the southern kingdom during the reign of the kings was condemned to judgment. Has the loving God in whom we believe ceased to give grace to people? In fact, God still gave them grace again, but because of the sins accumulated by Judah from her ancestors, we see that the time limit of God's grace has come, so God will execute judgment.

God is a righteous God, so without judgment, many people who suffered under tyranny would not have received justice and vindication. Therefore, when the time of God's grace has come, the righteous God will never forgive again.

1.The Righteous God Performs Demolition (V1-7) (1)Raising Judgment on The Rebellious Jehoiakim was also a king who did evil. His original name was Eliakim, and when he was made king of Judah by Pharaoh Neco, he was given a new name, Jehoiakim. That is, the name was changed from 'established by God' to 'Jehoiakim arose'. During the reign of Jehoiakim, when he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD, the LORD raised up the armies of Babylon, Syria, Moab, and the Ammonites to attack him and destroy Judah, which the LORD God had warned the kings of Judah about through the prophets. The LORD God rises up when people keep His commandments, so that they can experience His victory and preservation; and when people disobey Him and remain unwilling to repent, God will also rise up, but at this time God will do the work of demolition.

(2)No Forgiveness For The Unrepentant The nation of Judah was torn down because of the sin of Manasseh. Although it is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 33 that Manasseh repented, the wrongs he committed had deeply affected his children and grandchildren, as well as the entire nation of Judah. That is why the writer of Kings describes it in this way today, and even more so, mentions that God will never forgive those who have done evil under the influence of Manasseh, but have been unwilling to repent.

In summary, when the sin of the nation of Judah had passed the time limit of God's grace and came to the year of Jehoiakim, God actually still spoke to Jehoiakim through the prophet Jeremiah, but he still did not listen and still would not lead the people back to the right way, so finally God came to execute the judgment of demolition on Judah through Babylon, which He had raised up. This was also the moment when the first batch of Judah were taken into captivity in Babylon.

2.The Righteous God Carries Out Captivity (V8-17) (1)Disregarding The Undeserved Reputation Leaders This was the second experience of captivity of the southern kingdom, Judah, which took place during the reign of Jehoiachin. In fact, for Jehoiachin, his name means 'established by the LORD', but once again, we see that his name did not match his life. It is as if when a man hardens his heart to do evil, it does not matter what name he takes, and he and his household are taken captive to Babylon.

(2)Not showing concern for the former glory of The Kingdom The king of Babylon took all the treasures of the temple of the Lord and the king's palace, but God did not concern about them, including his own temple. For God was more interested in the hearts than the outer temple. So God preferred the destruction of the temple and the captivity of the people, so that they might repent of their lives after the captivity in Babylon, and rebuild themselves and their next generation to the LORD God!

3.The Righteous God Casting Out (V17-20) The reign of Zedekiah, the last king of the southern kingdom, was another king who continued to lead the rest of the people to do evil. This is the experience of the third captivity of Judah to Babylon, when the righteous God cast out the people.

(1) The LORD judges in righteousness Let us first look at Zedekiah, the last king, whose original name was Matthias, which means the gift of the LORD.

The king of Babylon renamed Matthias Zedekiah, which means the LORD is righteous. The king of Babylon gave Zedekiah a new name, which spoke of God's righteousness and showed that he would now take the people of Judah captive and drive them out of the Promised Land, and that the fundamental reason was that God was righteous, so that His judgment would come upon His people, the people of Judah.

(2) God does not fail to give grace again and again It is as if we see absolutely nothing of God's mercy in this chapter, that is, we keep seeing God judging the remaining people of Judah in the southern kingdom of Israel through Babylon over and over again. But the truth is that after 70 years of captivity, God again leads His people return by grace.

One day, the plagues described in the book of Revelation will be fulfilled, for grace has a time limit. Also, because God is righteous, He will have to execute judgment on the sins of men after the doors of grace have been closed, and will bring justice and vindication to all His people. But God is so loving that He allows His angels flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people (Revelation 14:6-7).

Conclusion: The time limit of God's grace will one day come to an end, and eventually He will no longer forgive those who have been unwilling to repent. If God does not execute judgment, there will be no justice or vindication for those who have suffered in the right way throughout history. Yet God also has an attribute of unfailing love. God is pleased to give grace to such people as long as they are willing to repent and turn to Him in the time of His grace.