【诗篇 136:10】 称谢那击杀埃及人之长子的，因祂的慈爱永远长存。【Psalm 136:10 NIV】to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt. His love endures forever.

诗篇 136 篇不断重复：“因祂的慈爱永远长存。”特别值得我们深思的是，诗人不单单数算神创造天地、领百姓出埃及、带他们经过旷野的恩典，Psalm 136 keeps repeating the declaration, “His love endures forever.” What is especially worth reflecting on is that the psalmist does not only recount God’s grace in creating the heavens and the earth, bringing His people out of Egypt, and leading them through the wilderness; 甚至连神对埃及所施行的严厉审判，也一并数算在内。为什么连“审判、杀人”也能与“慈爱永远长存”紧紧连在一起？he also includes the severe judgement God brought upon Egypt. Why can even “judgement and killing” be so closely connected with “His love endures forever”? 因为诗人所认识的神，是一位公义与慈爱完全并行、信实永不改变的神。Because the God the psalmist knows is a God in whom justice and steadfast love are perfectly held together, and whose faithfulness never changes.

“击杀埃及人之长子” 是十灾中的最后一灾。法老一次次硬着心拒绝神的命令、残忍苦待神的百姓，神的审判最终轰然降临。“To him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt” refers to the final plague of the ten plagues. Pharaoh repeatedly hardened his heart, rejected God’s command, and cruelly oppressed God’s people, until God’s judgement finally came upon Egypt. 埃及法老代表了极度残暴、拜偶像、践踏人权的邪恶权势（埃及曾将以色列人的男婴扔进尼罗河惨遭屠杀）。Pharaoh and Egypt represent a brutally oppressive and idolatrous power that trampled on human life and dignity (Egypt had ordered the Hebrew baby boys to be thrown into the Nile and killed). 神的 “击杀”绝非残忍的虐杀，而是对极恶势力的公义审判。如果神对世上的残暴、压迫与罪恶视而不见，那祂就不是一位公义慈爱的神，而是一位冷漠放任的神。God’s act of “striking down” was not cruel slaughter, but a righteous judgement against extreme evil. If God simply ignored the brutality, oppression, and wickedness in this world, He would not be a God of justice and love, but a God who was indifferent and allowed evil to continue unchecked.

当公义的审判临到黑暗势力时，神也同时伸出大能的手搭救被残害的软弱者，为以色列人预备了救恩：When righteous judgement comes upon the powers of darkness, God also reaches out His mighty hand to rescue the weak who are being oppressed and harmed. He prepared a way of salvation for the Israelites: 他们宰杀逾越节的羔羊，将血涂在房屋的门框和门楣上。当灭命的使者降临时，看见这血，就越过那家——这就是以色列民世世代代纪念的逾越节。they slaughtered the Passover lamb and put its blood on the doorframes and lintels of their homes. When the destroying angel came, he saw the blood and passed over that house—this is the Passover that the people of Israel have remembered from generation to generation.

到了新约，保罗宣告说：“因为我们逾越节的羔羊基督，已经被杀献祭了。”基督就是那真正完美的神羔羊！In the New Testament, Paul declares, “For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.” Christ is the true and perfect Lamb of God! 古代以色列人因羔羊的血躲过了肉身的死亡，今天我们更是因基督在十字架上流出的宝血，彻底脱离了罪与死的审判。The Israelites of old escaped physical death through the blood of the lamb; today, through the precious blood Christ shed on the cross, we are completely delivered from the judgement of sin and death. 对我们这群罪人最深、最极致的慈爱，就是神让祂自己的独生爱子耶稣基督在十字架上替我们受死，担当了公义的刑罚。The deepest and greatest expression of God’s love towards us sinners is that He gave His own beloved, one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us on the cross and bear the righteous punishment that we deserved.

十字架让我们看见，神的慈爱绝不是一句安慰人的口号，而是耶稣基督付上极重代价的救赎之爱。The cross shows us that God’s love is never just a comforting slogan, but a redeeming love for which Jesus Christ paid an immeasurably great price. 神的慈爱绝不是纵容我们继续活在旧生命的罪中，而是将我们从罪恶、骄傲、自义和自我掌控的枷锁里强有力地救拔出来。God’s love does not excuse our sin or allow us to carry on living in the sins of our old life; instead, it powerfully rescues us from the bondage of sin, pride, self-righteousness, and the desire to control. 今天，无论是当年的埃及人、以色列人，还是如今所有亏缺神荣耀的万国万民，都可以因信得着耶稣基督的救恩。这就是神那超乎人类想象、公义与怜悯完美融合的——“永远长存的慈爱”！Today, whether the Egyptians and Israelites of old, or people from every nation who now fall short of the glory of God, all can receive the salvation of Jesus Christ through faith. This is God’s “love that endures forever”—a love beyond human imagination, where justice and mercy are perfectly united!

祷告 | Prayer

亲爱的主耶稣：Dear Lord Jesus:

我感谢祢，因为祢的慈爱永远长存！主啊，祢亲自成了我逾越节的羔羊，用祢无辜的生命与宝血，担当了本该临到我身上的公义审判与刑罚。I thank You because Your love endures forever! Lord, You Yourself became my Passover Lamb, and through Your innocent life and precious blood, You bore the righteous judgement and punishment that should have fallen on me. 求祢赦免我，常把这极重的恩典当成理所当然，把十字架变成一句熟悉却麻木的口号。求祢让我今天重新被祢的宝血震慑，真实活在祢的救恩里！Please forgive me for so often taking this costly grace for granted and allowing the cross to become a familiar phrase that no longer moves my heart. Please let me be deeply struck afresh today by the weight and holiness of Your precious blood, and help me to truly live in Your salvation!

主啊，求祢除去我里面对罪的麻木与硬心，使我不再为自己的骄傲、自义、苦毒、论断、惧怕和自我掌控找任何借口。Lord, please remove the numbness and hardness in my heart towards sin, so that I no longer make excuses for my pride, self-righteousness, bitterness, judgement, fear, or desire to control myself and everything around me. 求圣灵大能的光照我，逼我看见那些自己不敢面对、隐而未现的罪，赐给我一颗彻底悔改、真实转回的心。May the Holy Spirit shine His powerful light into my heart and make me face the hidden and unrecognised sins I am afraid to confront. Give me a heart that truly and completely repents and turns back to You. 主啊，我知道，若不是祢宝血的遮盖与拯救，按着我的罪性，我与当年被击杀的埃及人毫无分别！ Lord, I know that without the covering and saving power of Your precious blood, according to my sinful nature, I am no different from the Egyptians who were struck down in those days!

主啊，无论未来是拯救还是管教，是得着还是失去，是顺境还是逆境，求祢使我的心紧紧贴近祢，决不离开祢！Lord, whether the future brings deliverance or discipline, gain or loss, good times or hardship, please keep my heart close to You and never let me turn away from You! 让我能在风浪中坚定地宣告：祢依然是我的神，祢依然极其良善，祢依然深爱着我，而我生生死死都单单属于祢！ Help me to declare firmly in the middle of the storm: You are still my God, You are still exceedingly good, You still love me deeply, and whether I live or die, I belong to You alone!

因为逾越节的神羔羊耶稣基督已经为我流血舍命，我这一生不再为自己活，乃是为那替我死而复活的主而活！Because Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God and our Passover Lamb, has shed His blood and given His life for me, I no longer live for myself, but for the Lord who died for me and was raised again!

奉主耶稣的名祷告，阿们。In the name of the Lord Jesus, I pray. Amen.

(Pastor Guo)