“那圣洁、真实、拿着大卫的钥匙……的说：” – 启 3:7
非拉铁非教会是其中一个没有被耶稣责备的教会（另一个是士每拿）。这真是“圣洁真实者”的称赞！
试想一下，非拉铁非教会听到这样的问候是什么感觉。那位圣洁真实的主与世俗截然不同。耶稣的一言一行都是圣洁和真实的，从现在直到永远。这让我想起根据以赛亚书 6:1-3、启示录 4:1-11和圣经中其他经文创作的鼓舞人心的赞美诗：“圣哉，圣哉，圣哉，全能大主宰！”。
耶稣还说祂“拿着大卫的钥匙”。在以赛亚书 22:20-22 中，我们可以找到这句话的一些背景。拿着这把钥匙的人可以打开或关上大卫家的门(这可能指的是神应许要在大卫的后裔基督里永远建立的国——见撒下 7:11-16；太 1:1；启 22:16）。祂开了就没有人能关、关了就没有人能开。
当耶稣死在十字架上时，耶路撒冷圣殿里的幔子“从上到下裂为两半”（可 15:38）。神藉着耶稣的死为所有信靠祂为救主的人打开了通向祂的道路。耶稣已经打开了通向祂国度的道路。你愿意进去吗？
祷告
圣灵，请开启我们的心，让我们明白你的真理和你的爱。请以惊奇和敬畏充满我们。奉耶稣的名，阿们。
启示录 3:7-13
7“你要写信给非拉铁非教会的使者说：‘那圣洁、真实，拿着大卫的钥匙，开了就没有人能关、关了就没有人能开的说：
8我知道你的行为，你略有一点力量，也曾遵守我的道，没有弃绝我的名，看哪，我在你面前给你一个敞开的门，是无人能关的。
9那撒旦一会的，自称是犹太人，其实不是犹太人，乃是说谎话的，我要使他们来在你脚前下拜，也使他们知道我是已经爱你了。
10‘你既遵守我忍耐的道，我必在普天下人受试炼的时候，保守你免去你的试炼。
11我必快来！你要持守你所有的，免得人夺去你的冠冕。
12得胜的，我要叫他在我神殿中做柱子，他也必不再从那里出去。我又要将我神的名和我神城的名——这城就是从天上、从我神那里降下来的新耶路撒冷——并我的新名，都写在他上面。
13圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！’
Welcome To Philadelphia
“These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David.” — Revelation 3:7
The church in Philadelphia is one of two churches that do not receive a complaint from Jesus (the other is Smyrna). What a compliment from “him who is holy and true”!
Imagine what it was like for the church in Philadelphia to be greeted this way. The One who is holy and true is wholly set apart from all that is worldly. Everything that Jesus says and does is holy and true, both now and forevermore. This reminds me of the inspiring hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty!” based on Isaiah 6:1-3, Revelation 4:1-11, and other passages in Scripture.
Jesus also says that he “holds the key of David.” In Isaiah 22:20-22 we find some background on this phrase. The one who holds this key can open and close the door of the house of David. (This probably refers to the kingdom that God promises to establish forever in Christ, a descendant of David—see 2 Samuel 7:11-16; Matthew 1:1; Revelation 22:16.) And when he opens or shuts the door, it is permanently open or shut.
When Jesus died on the cross, the curtain in the temple in Jerusalem “was torn in two from top to bottom” (Mark 15:38). God did that, opening the way into his presence through the death of Jesus for all who trust in him as Savior. Jesus has opened the way to his kingdom. Will you enter in?
Prayer
Holy Spirit, open our hearts to your truth, the story of God’s love. Fill us with wonder and awe, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
