倘若今生不再相見 (冉茂圻傳道)
有人說人生就是不斷的放下，但最遺憾的是，我們甚至沒有機會說再見。疫情以來，這個世界越來越魔幻，我們知不知道上次見面後，我們下次還能不能相見。疫情封控造成了多少生離死別，航班被取消、嚴格的隔離，多少魂牽夢繞卻無法相見，多少生離死別只留下心痛和遺憾。倘若今生不再相見，我們可以有什麼盼望呢？今天我們借著帖前這段經文，看看神帶給我們怎樣不願意我們不知道的信息。
親愛的朋友，如果你還不認識耶穌，倘若今生你和愛的人不再相見，你有怎樣的盼望呢？倘若今生不再相見，定要永生不再分離。回家吧，回到天父的家中和愛的人永遠在一起！
帖撒羅尼迦前書 4:13-18 (和合本)
- 論到睡了的人，我們不願意弟兄們不知道，恐怕你們憂傷，像那些沒有指望的人一樣。
- 我們若信耶穌死而復活了，那已經在耶穌裡睡了的人，神也必將他與耶穌一同帶來。
- 我們現在照主的話告訴你們一件事：我們這活著還存留到主降臨的人，斷不能在那已經睡了的人之先。
- 因為主必親自從天降臨，有呼叫的聲音和天使長的聲音，又有神的號吹響；那在基督裡死了的人必先復活。
- 以後我們這活著還存留的人必和他們一同被提到雲裡，在空中與主相遇。這樣，我們就要和主永遠同在。
- 所以，你們當用這些話彼此勸慰。
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (NIV)
- Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.
- For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
- According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.
- For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
- After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
- Therefore encourage one another with these words.