本帖最后由 齐力 于 2013-3-5 23:20 编辑
接着讲故事啊:
彩虹盟约: (God's Covenant With Noah)God 在毁灭性的洪水以后,给洛亚和他儿子很多祝福,并和洛亚定下承诺:"I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you---the birds, the livestock and all those that came out of the ark with you--every living creature on earth. I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the water of the waters of a flood;never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth" 这里用词也很有讲究,God Promised的不会有毁灭整个人类的洪水"will all life be destroyed..... "和 "Never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth". 他并不说人类将永远不再洪水. God 还用彩虹象征他的承诺: " This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When eve I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creature of every kind. " 所谓盟约总是双方的. God 对人也提出要求; "But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it." 这也是基督徒不吃动物血的原因.其实伊斯兰教和犹太教对这点的遵守更加严格,很多教徒不吃麦当劳的原因是认为麦当劳牛肉的屠宰方式不符合这条.
还要提醒的是,God 的covenant 不仅仅包括人类还有所有的Living creature......后面我会讲到圣经里有关这些的故事.
关于彩虹,犹太人还有一个传说,只要是骗小孩的:说如果你追到彩虹就会有金子,因为彩虹里面全是金子.于是有一个傻孩子拿着布袋跟在彩虹后面追呀追呀.....
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