Saturday, July 25, 2015

为什么神要把我们训练成耶和华的军队?


FROM:  HJ / 迈向锡安祷告中心


              但以理牧师Daniel Yahav说《出埃及记》17章是上帝第一次给人圣经经文。因为摩西五经都是之后写下来的,西乃山之约也是之后发生的。出埃及记17章这一仗是在西乃山之前打的。
              上帝第一次让人记载的经文一定非常重要。重要在哪呢?
               17:14 耶和华对摩西说:“我要将亚玛力的名号,从天下全然涂抹了,你要将这话写在书上作记念,又念给约书亚听。”
                 17:15 摩西筑了一座坛,起名叫耶和华尼西(就是“耶和华是我旌旗”的意思)
                  17:16又说:“耶和华已经起了誓,必世世代代和亚玛力人争战。”
                 但以理牧师在<约中之爱>书里详细地简介,这段圣经告诉我们如何争战。今天我用另外的角度来看,我们不争战,其后果如何?
                           
                               以路德教为国教的德国教会如何失去了下一代?
          今年是二战结束70年,德国特别采访了一些历史的见证人,反思德国历史上最黑暗的时期希特勒时期。
            一个当年参加过希特勒青年团的德国老人回顾说,当年他们青年团每天重复唱的纳粹歌曲,象烧刻在他的心版上了,几十年抹不掉。例如歌词: 今天德国属于我们,明天全世界。
            希特勒青年团从儿童开始就进行勇气测验,害怕是最可耻的品格,要不怕艰苦和疼痛,具备战斗能力。
            1933年希特勒青年团的人数约10万人,1936年迅速上升为三百八十万人,几乎全德国的青少年成为青少年纳粹。1936年战争还没有爆发,如果德国教会有警醒的圣徒,一定能够察觉到,战争之前的希特勒政府已经把全国的青少年变成军事化的组织了。
          一个历史学者谈到,尽管这些17岁以下的希特勒青年团员缺乏作战的技术和经验,奇怪的是,他们年纪越小,越忠心于希特勒,越盲信德国的胜利。一个最突出的例子是“希特勒少年师”,别名叫“婴儿师” 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
 194467日,是盟军的诺曼底登陆战役的第二天。刚刚踏上法国土地的加拿大第27坦克团从诺曼底海岸向卡恩(Caen)地区北部推进,目标是占领小城查尔堡(Cherbourg)。对于第27坦克团的加拿大军人来说,眼下的行军似乎更像是一次和平环境下的出游,他们没有预料死神的到来会如此突然和迅猛。
            如从天而降,道路侧翼的山坡上忽然显现出一群德国IV型坦克,7.5厘米口径的坦克炮将密集的炮火猛砸过来,不待加拿大坦克团完全清醒,黑压压的德国步兵群就冲了上来。从他们的精良装备和奋不顾身的凶猛态势看,加拿大人以为遇见了党卫军的老牌主力师。
             他们拼死冲锋,前赴后继,好像每一个人都和对面的加拿大士兵有着不共戴天之仇。第27坦克团抵挡不住如此猛烈和凶悍的攻击,撤退很快变成了溃败。在德军3个装甲营的50辆坦克和一个步兵师的攻击下,28辆加拿大舍曼坦克被击毁,245个军人在他们参加欧洲这场战争的第二天就丧命异国,而德军方面仅有两辆坦克被击毁,4辆受损。
              这一仗,打乱了盟军在诺曼底半岛扩大桥头阵地的整体部署,蒙哥马利元帅决定放弃对查尔堡的进攻,直接将进攻矛头指向卡恩。此时他才从情报中了解到,将这群加拿大汉子痛打了一顿的竟然是一群德国大孩子,这就是党卫军第12装甲师,正式名称叫“希特勒少年师”,别名叫“婴儿师”。在德军系列中,他们服装上的标志是一支奶瓶。
             19437月,希姆莱在向希特勒汇报孩子兵的训练和作战情况时说:“少年师比成年的军人更狂热和忠诚,是出色的作战师。”希特勒听后异常兴奋地说:“少年军人能和成年军人一样作战,敌人要舔自己的伤口了。”
               1944 420日是希特勒的生日,那天少年师师长维特率领全师宣誓“尽心竭力参加即将到来的决定性战役”。伏击加拿大第27坦克团的战斗正是少年师参战后的第一杖。
             少年师初战刚刚告捷,强大的盟军对党卫军第12装甲师进行了异常猛烈的报复。参战10天后,部队伤亡已经极为惨重,半数以上的连、排长阵亡。全师4000人战死,8000人负伤和失踪,一个侦察连的大部被碾毙于英军坦克的履带下,师长维特被一发炮弹炸得肢体分裂,由麦尔继任师长。
             战斗打到815日时,两月前曾拥兵2万的少年师只剩下了最后的500人,但仍然在拼死抵抗占有绝对优势的敌人。英国陆军元帅蒙哥马利面对这样的军队不由感叹道:“一群野蛮的XX,但是真正的士兵。和他们相比,我们成了纯粹的业余军人了。”
               821日,盟军胜利结束了对西线德军的一次包围战,共计有1万德军战死,5万被俘。组建仅一年,参战刚刚3个月的少年师在此役中全军覆没。
              在战争结束的时候,很多德国军人急行军,不是执行任务,而是从苏联红军将要到来的地区赶到美军占领区,向美军投降,绝不要落入苏联红军的手中。为什么? 因为在人的尽头每一个人内心深处向往仁慈和怜悯。美军比苏联红军有怜悯。因为美军的大部分士兵是基督徒,连美军的将军们几乎都是基督徒。
               看见那一张张年幼的面孔,我们谁不感叹:“要是他们的父母带领他们为天国而战多好啊! 为耶稣献身,而不是为希特勒献身多好啊!”可悲的是,他们绝大部分是受洗过的基督徒。他们的父母没有把他们带进耶和华的军队,没有成为耶稣的战士,撒旦却这么容易地得到了他们,这么迅速地得到了整个德国的一代人。
               更可悲的是,今天德国教会重生得救的基督徒只有信徒的百分之一。他们吸取了70年前的教训了吗? 没有!
               我的丈夫全家是基督徒,每年圣诞节去一次教会。我的大姑子常常说,我不应该用我的信仰影响女儿,儿女的信仰要自己选择决定。她的观点在今天的德国是主流思想。70年前的历史在德国教会不会再重演了吗?真的不会吗?
               圣经启示录133-8,启示录1314-17,启示录178-17告诉我们,未来的敌基督不仅是迷倒一个国家,他会让全世界的人拜倒在他面前。看希特勒的迷惑使得那么多优秀的青少年当了炮灰,无谓地失去生命。我们如何才能让我们自己、我们的下一代在敌基督的迷惑和蒙蔽中绝不重蹈覆辙呢?
              只有一条反方向的路,选择耶和华的军旅生活,天天清晨起来操练,做耶和华的圣洁勇士。
              我们目前正在筹备1023日到德国的纽伦堡和慕尼黑的达豪集中营祷告,在战后70年这个循环开始之际,为德国教会认罪悔改,呼求神的医治,夺回仇敌的城门。

      

This Warrior is a Child

This article makes me think: http://www.keylife.org/articles/the-warrior-is-a-child

In recent years many Christian leaders fell big. Yes God is cleaning house and shaking all that can be shaken so the unshakable will remain. However the enemy is also escalating his attack on God's House. From without he's using violent extremists and immoral governments, from within he's using temptation, accusation and doubt. God is willing to expose the sins of His servants so they may be chastised and made stronger. The enemy is eager to bring down God's servants because he's at war with them. he knows bringing down the shepherds will scatter the sheep and make them easier to devour.

We can not afford to only recognize the visible war but fail to see the spiritual war. It is time for God's people to stand together and defend each other through fervent intercession, repentance and forgiveness. This applies to the persecuted brethren who are at a distance away, and to those who sit next to us each Sunday.   

I like the song the author mentioned - the warrior is a child. It must came from someone who has really battled. I know I am but a child because I run and hide all the time. I will always remain a child before my Father. I am also a warrior child who could slay giant like David, a warrior child who could be wounded by his own like David, and a warrior child who could fail hard like David. But I have eternity to grow up strong like my Father. We have eternity to grow up strong like our Father, by each others side. 


Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Recent articles

Link several interesting articles that I read recently, some did not finish. Instead of bookmarking them, share here. 


Genom Engineering

The Turkish Enigma   

The warrior is a child      

Is this the end of Christianity in Middle East?   (emphatically no, but this give me a closer look of the suffering there)

约瑟和他的弟兄  

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Life changing questions

Read author's original newsletter  

Ten Questions That Can Change Your Life

By Leslie Vernick
 

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12

This newsletter will be short. I promise! But after you read it, it will require you to take some time to think through your life.  Many people sleep walk through life. They live by the clock and the calendar instead of having an internal compass that directs their steps.  

Take a minute and honestly answer these ten (10) questions!

You will get to know yourself better. You’ll discover what really matters to you and what you need to stop doing right now in order to free up your time and energy to become all that God has called you to be.  
What if….

10 Questions that Can Change Your Life

1. What if you inherited a bundle of money how would you spend it?

2. What if you inherited a bundle of money and did not need to continue working for a living, what would you change about what you do with your time and energy?

3. What if everything was the same for question #2 except you knew you only had 10 more years to live. What would you now do differently with the rest of your life?

4. What if everything was the same for question # 2, but now you only had one year to live. What would you immediately stop doing? What would you start doing differently?

5. What if you lived more often from your best self, what change would others most notice about you?

6. What if you could do yesterday over again, what would you do differently?

7. What if you truly believed (trusted) God loved you, forgave you and was for you, how would you feel different?

8. What if you truly believed (trusted) God’s version of reality, that this life is temporal. That there really is a heaven and really is a hell. What impact would it have on the way you lived today?  

9. What if you measured your life by only one standard, not by how much you got done or how much money you made, but how well you loved God and loved others?  How would you score?

10. What if you took some of the insights gained from honestly answering these questions and made changes to your life right now? What would they be?  How would you feel?

Don’t wait.  

You can start today to live differently. 

 

Sunday, July 19, 2015