今日真道聖言/2013年10月28日

威斯敏斯特大要理問答

86問：無形教會的會員在榮耀里與基督相交，在死後立即享受的有哪些？

答：無形教會的會員在榮耀里與基督相交，在死後立即享受的，是：他們的靈魂在那時就成為完全聖潔，被接入天上至高之處，在那光明與榮耀之處，他們得見神的面，等候他們的身體完全得贖；他們的身體在死時，繼續與基督聯合，在墳墓中安睡，等候末日時重新與他們的靈魂結合。

反之，惡人的靈魂在死時，被丟入陰間，在至深的黑暗與痛苦中存留；他們的身體被拘禁在墳墓里，直到復活與審判的大日。

Q. 86. What is the communion in glory with Christ which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death?

A. The communion in glory with Christ which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death, is, in that their souls are then made perfect in holiness, and received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies, which even in death continue united to Christ, and rest in their graves as in their beds, till at the last day they be again united to their souls. Whereas the souls of the wicked are at their death cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, and their bodies kept in their graves, as in their prisons, till the resurrection and judgment of the great day.

87問；有關復活，我們所當信的是什麼？

答：我們當信：在末日死人都要復活，包括義人與不義之人；那時還存活的人，在剎那間都要改變。安置在墳墓中死人的身體，因着基督的大能要復活，重新與他們的靈魂結合直到永遠。

義人的身體，因着基督他們的元首已經從死里復活，就借着基督的靈，將復活成為大有能的、屬靈的、不朽壞的身體、與祂的榮耀身體相似。惡人的身體將復活成為羞辱的身體，因為他們得罪主基督，祂叫他們復活受審判。

Q. 87. What are we to believe concerning the resurrection?

A. We are to believe that at the last day there shall be a general resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust: when they that are then found alive shall in a moment be changed; and the selfsame bodies of the dead which were laid in the grave, being then again united to their souls forever, shall be raised up by the power of Christ. The bodies of the just, by the Spirit of Christ, and by virtue of his resurrection as their head, shall be raised in power, spiritual, incorruptible, and made like to his glorious body; and the bodies of the wicked shall be raised up in dishonor by him, as an offended judge.