舊約重要的歷史時間
==1850 BC==
Abraham
亞巴郎(離開烏爾,移居客納罕地)
==1700 BC==
Patriarchs
族長
Isaac
依撒格
Jacob
雅各伯
Joseph
若瑟
TIME IN EGYPT
在埃及時期
==1250 BC==
Moses
梅瑟
EXODUS
出離埃及
==1000 BC==
David
達味
KINGDOM ISRAEL
以色列王國
Samuel
撒慕爾
Saul
撒烏耳
David
達味
Solomon
撒羅滿
==874~41 BC==
Elija
厄里亞
Elisha
厄里叟
==734 BC==
Exile
大馬士革王和以色列王入侵猶大南國耶路撒冷
Prophets:
先知:
Isaiah
依撒意亞(任先知 740 BC)
Jeremiah
耶勒米亞(任先知 626 BC)
Ezekiel
厄則克耳(任先知 593 BC)
==538 BC==
Babylonian Deportation
居魯士恩准猶太人民回國
PERSIAN PERIOD
波斯時期
==333 BC==(亞歷山大征討敘利亞)
==331 BC==(波斯帝國滅亡)
GREEK PERIOD
希臘時期
==63 BC==(羅馬的龐培攻佔耶路撒冷,猶太的阿斯摩乃王朝滅亡)
羅馬時期
ROMAN PERIOD
==135 AD==(猶太人反抗羅馬失敗,被逐出巴勒斯坦)
Stories to read:
閱讀的故事
1. The call of Abraham: Genesis 12, 1-9
亞巴郎蒙召:(創世紀)
God's promise: Genesis 18, 1-33
天主的承諾:(創世紀)
Birth of Isaac: Genesis 21, 1-21
依撒格誕生:(創世紀)
Sacrifice of Isaac: Genesis 22, 1-18
亞巴郎遵命祭殺依撒格:(創世紀)
2. Jacob and his descendants
雅各伯和他的後代:(創世紀)
Genesis 25, 1-34
Genesis 27, 1-45
28, 1-22
29, 1-35
32, 1-32
3. Stories of Joseph: Genesis:
若瑟的故事:(創世紀)
Chapters 39 to 50.
4. Story of Samuel and institution of the Kingdom with Saul, David and Solomon: See First book of Samuel Chapter 1 to 31.
撒慕爾、王國的建立(撒烏耳、達味、撒羅滿)的故事: 撒慕爾紀上 1章~31章
David's sin and repentance: 2 Samuel Chapter 11 and 12
達味的犯罪與悔改
I AM GIVING YOU THE WORDS YOU MUST SPEAK...(Is. 1,9)
我給你你必須說的話...(依1:9)
Prophets:
先知:
1. The people who speak out on behalf of God, the "mouthpiece" of God. They are "God's men" who have to uphold God's holiness
代表天主說話的人,天主的"喉舌"。他們是"天主的人",必須維護天主的聖潔
2. The prophets have as mission to keep the hope alive among God's people.
先知的使命是讓信德在天主的人民中保持活力。
3. The prophets will denounce the infidelities of the people and challenge them to live their vocation as "God's chosen people".
先知們將譴責人民的不忠行為,並督促他們要以"天主的選民"為聖召來生活。
4. Do we see modern prophets around us?
我們周圍有現代先知嗎?
Things to ponder:
需要思考的事情:
1. The history of the Bible is turbulent, full of crises, trials, infidelities, violence and war. It is full of humiliations, foreign domination and sin...often so much like our stories...and our history!
聖經的歷史是動蕩的,充滿了危機,考驗,不忠,暴力和戰爭。裡面充滿了屈辱,外邦殖民統治和罪...經常和我們的故事很像...還有我們的歷史!
2. Yet in all these, we see God's fidelity and holiness.
然而,在所有這些事件中,我們看到天主的忠實和聖潔。
HAPPINESS IS NOT IN THE ABSENCE OF SUFFERING, BUT RATHER IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
幸福不是沒有痛苦,而是在天主內生活。