“上帝的歸上帝,凱撒的歸凱撒”,這句耶穌的名言被很多人理解爲追求法律正義與上帝無關。這是對聖經原意極大的誤讀,而且顛倒語序。聖經原文是"Render Caesar what are Caesar's, and to God what are God's." (Matthew 22:21) 使用對比手法時,點睛强調的通常是後一句。在此特意顛倒語序的人想强調什麽,后面會講到。
理解聖經最重要是不能脫離上下文,否則必定陷入斷章取義,曲解原文。馬太福音這一段的上下文是法利賽人和希律黨人爲了陷害耶穌,想出一條毒計給他下套,問他“給凱撒交稅到底合不合法?” 如果答“合法”就會被視爲羅馬人的走狗猶太人的叛徒,讓耶穌失去大批猶太信衆,從而讓他們沒有障礙地逮捕耶穌。如果答“不合法”,馬上會讓羅馬人以謀反逮捕處死耶穌。
耶穌當然識破他們的詭計,拿過硬幣問他們那上面刻的是誰的像?答曰“凱撒”。耶穌遂説出這句名言:“凱撒的歸凱撒,上帝的歸上帝。” 尤其需要指出的是,新約希臘語中,耶穌沒有使用提問者的“給”這個字,而是用“歸還”一詞,意即政府有權徵稅,交稅是履行一個社會成員應盡的職責和義務。然而,信徒交給凱撒的是世間轉瞬即逝的錢財,真正永恆的財富在上帝那裏,即永生。因此,信徒崇拜和服從的是上帝。這才是耶穌的原意。與“正義”“法律”“寬恕”一點關係都沒有!
用顛倒語序后的這句話來辯解追求正義和法律制裁的行爲屬於世俗行爲,上帝管不着 - 多麽無知可笑啊!上帝創造宇宙萬物,主宰一切。無所不在,無所不知,無所不能。整個宇宙蜷伏在他的掌心。人間一切決裁正義行使正義的權力只能來自上帝!將其和上帝分開的人,是妄想自己跟上帝平起平坐各管一攤的人,也是那些把上帝看作君主立憲制下的君王的人,逢年過節被盛裝擡出來皮笑肉不笑地説幾句無關痛癢的話,除此之外毫無用處。“基督徒”對這些人的意義無非是上一次教堂,扔兩個鋼鏰兒,說幾句“阿門”而已。出了教堂什麽上帝下帝,充其量是他車上的一個乘客,掌握方向盤的仍然是他自己!這樣的“基督徒”斷無可能承認耶穌爲主,自己爲奴。把“凱撒的歸凱撒”篡改為後一句,斷章取義以訛傳訛之外,無非是强調心中的凱撒就是他自己。
Imagine what a cataclysmic nightmare it is to be when Dems take power. As a matter of fact, they tried when Biden took office. Why do people rapture with a gold-fish memory?
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🚨BREAKING: California blocks federal audit of its voter rolls. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli just dropped a bombshell: California is refusing to comply with a DOJ audit of its voter rolls despite federal authority.
The state allows first-time voters to register using weak IDs like gym memberships, employer cards, credit cards, prescription labels, and insurance cards when they lack a Social Security number or driver’s license.
Serious issues remain with cleaning dead voters, movers, felons, and loose ballot harvesting.
What are they hiding? Open the books.