We ended the previous article with the question, “With these concepts in place the question may be asked how is it that at 9/11 the book of Joel became the message Peter identified at Pentecost?”
Peb xaus zaj lus dhau los nrog lo lus nug no tias, “Thaum cov ntsiab kev xav no twb raug muab teem cia lawm ces lo lus nug yuav raug nug tias ua li cas thiaj yog thaum 9/11 phau ntawv Joel thiaj los ua zaj lus uas Petus tau txheeb tias yog nyob rau hnub Peetekos?”
Peter was identifying that Joel was being fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, which is a point in time marking the end of the Pentecostal season. In the Pentecostal season there was a manifestation of the Holy Spirit at the beginning, and then a greater manifestation of the Holy Spirit at the end. By faith understanding that both the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy apply Joel to the time of the latter rain we may know that the book of Joel became present truth at 9/11; and that every element of the book will speak directly of the prophetic history beginning at 9/11 on through to and including the seven last plagues, which Joel identifies as the “day of the Lord.”
Petus tab tom qhia tias Yauxeeb cov lus faj lem tab tom raug ua tiav rau hnub Peetekos, uas yog ib lub sijhawm cim txog qhov kawg ntawm lub caij Peetekos. Nyob rau hauv lub caij Peetekos ntawd muaj kev tshwm sim ntawm tus Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv thaum pib, ces tom qab ntawd muaj kev tshwm sim loj dua ntawm tus Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv thaum kawg. Los ntawm txoj kev ntseeg, thaum to taub tias ob leeg—Phau Vajlugkub thiab Ntsuj Plig ntawm Kev Faj Lem—siv Yauxeeb rau lub sijhawm ntawm nag lig, peb thiaj paub tau tias phau ntawv Yauxeeb tau los ua qhov tseeb rau lub sijhawm tam sim no thaum 9/11; thiab tias txhua ntu hauv phau ntawv ntawd yuav hais ncaj qha txog keeb kwm faj lem uas pib ntawm 9/11 mus txuas ntxiv mus txog thiab suav nrog xya kev mob loj kawg nkaus, uas Yauxeeb hu ua “hnub ntawm tus Tswv.”
As typified by 1888, on 9/11 the presentation of the Laodicean message became present testing truth. Isaiah typifies that same message in chapter fifty-eight with the trumpet voice showing God’s people their transgressions. The “day” when Isaiah begins sounding his voice like a trumpet is the same day he sings the song of the vineyard.
Raws li tau ua qauv tseg los ntawm 1888, thaum 9/11 kev nthuav qhia ntawm Loos The Laodicea tau los ua qhov tseeb uas tab tom sim neeg nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd. Yaxaya ua tus qauv rau tib zaj lus ntawd nyob hauv tshooj tsib caug yim, nrog lub suab raj nrov uas qhia Vajtswv haiv neeg txog lawv tej kev txhaum. “Hnub” uas Yaxaya pib tsa nws lub suab zoo li suab raj nrov yog tib hnub uas nws hu zaj nkauj ntawm lub vaj txiv hmab.
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. Isaiah 27:2–6.
Hnub ntawd nej yuav hu nkauj txog nws tias, Ib lub vaj txiv hmab uas muaj cawv liab. Kuv, tus Tswv, yog tus saib xyuas nws; kuv yuav ywg dej rau nws txhua lub sijhawm; tsam muaj leejtwg ua phem rau nws, kuv yuav zov nws nruab hnub thiab nruab hmo. Kev npau taws tsis nyob hauv kuv li: leejtwg yuav tsa tej pos nroj thiab nroj tsuag muaj pos tawm tsam kuv hauv kev ua rog? Kuv yuav hla mus rau hauv lawv, kuv yuav hlawv lawv ua ke. Los yog cia nws tuav rawv kuv lub hwjchim, kom nws thiaj ua tau kev sib haum xeeb nrog kuv; thiab nws yuav ua kev sib haum xeeb nrog kuv. Nws yuav ua kom cov uas los ntawm Yakhauj cag ruaj khov: Ixayees yuav tawg paj thiab tawm paj tshiab, thiab puv npo lub ntiajteb lub ntsej muag nrog txiv hmab txiv ntoo. Yaxayas 27:2–6.
Modern spiritual “Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit” during the period of the latter rain, for the early rain cause the budding and blossoming of a plant, and the latter rain produces the fruit. When the buildings of New York came down on 9/11 the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen descended and the latter rain began to sprinkle. At that time God’s watchmen were to blow the trumpet to the Laodicean church. Isaiah’s message identifying the sins of God’s people is also the song of the vineyard of red wine. The first chapter of Joel is that very message.
Niaj hnub nim no sab ntsuj plig “Yixayee yuav tawg paj thiab hlav ceg, thiab yuav puv npo lub ntsej muag ntawm lub ntiaj teb no nrog txiv hmab txiv ntoo” thaum lub caij nag lig, rau qhov nag thaum ntxov ua rau ib tsob nroj hlav ceg thiab tawg paj, hos nag lig thiaj txi tau txiv. Thaum tej vaj tse hauv New York poob rau hnub 9/11, tus tim tswv muaj hwjchim loj hauv Tshwm Sim kaum yim nqes los, thiab nag lig pib tsuag. Lub sijhawm ntawd Vajtswv cov neeg zov yuav tsum tshuab raj rau pawg ntseeg Laodixias. Yaxayas txoj xov uas txheeb qhia Vajtswv haiv neeg tej kev txhaum kuj yog zaj nkauj ntawm lub vaj txiv hmab caw liab. Yau-ees tshooj ib yog tib txoj xov ntawd.
The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
Tus Tswv lo lus uas los txog rau Yaw-ee, Petu-ees tus tub.
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Nej nej no, nej mloog, nej txhua tus uas nyob hauv lub tebchaws. Puas tau muaj li no nyob rau hauv nej lub sijhawm, lossis txawm nyob rau hauv nej cov yawg koob lub sijhawm? Cia li qhia txog qhov no rau nej cov me nyuam, thiab cia nej cov me nyuam qhia rau lawv cov me nyuam, thiab lawv cov me nyuam qhia rau ib tiam ntxiv.
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
Qhov uas tus kab txiav nplooj tseg cia, tus kooj txoob twb noj lawm; thiab qhov uas tus kooj txoob tseg cia, tus kab txaij twb noj lawm; thiab qhov uas tus kab txaij tseg cia, tus kab noj nplooj twb noj lawm.
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Nej, nej cov neeg qaug cawv, thiab quaj; nej txhua tus uas haus cawv txiv hmab, cia li nyiav quaj nrov nrov vim yog cawv txiv hmab tshiab; rau qhov nws raug txiav tawm ntawm nej lub qhov ncauj lawm.
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’s ministers, mourn. The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Vim hais tias muaj ib haiv neeg tau nce los rau saum kuv thaj av, muaj zog, thiab suav tsis txheeb; nws cov hniav yog cov hniav ntawm tsov ntxhuav, thiab nws muaj cov hniav tom sab plhu ntawm ib tug tsov ntxhuav loj. Nws tau ua rau kuv lub hmab txiv ntoo puas tsuaj tag, thiab txiav tev kuv tsob txiv cev; nws tau ua kom nws liab qab huv si, thiab muab nws pov tseg; nws cov ceg tau dawb paug. Cia li quaj ntsuag ib yam li tus nkauj xwb uas khi ntaub ntxhib ncig duav vim tus txiv ntawm nws lub hluas. Cov khoom fij mov thiab cov khoom fij dej haus raug txiav tawm ntawm Yehauvas lub tuam tsev; cov pov thawj, Yehauvas cov tub qhe ua haujlwm, quaj ntsuag. Daim teb raug ua kom puam tsuaj, thaj av quaj ntsuag; rau qhov nplej raug ua kom puam tsuaj lawm: cawv txiv hmab tshiab qhuav tag, roj kuj qaug zog.
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Nej nej txaj muag, nej cov neeg ua liaj ua teb; quaj nyiav nej cov tu vaj hmab, vim yog nplej thiab barley; rau qhov qoob loo ntawm teb twb puas tag lawm. Tus hmab twb qhuav lawm, thiab tsob txiv cev qaug zog; tsob txiv pomegranate, tsob xibtes thiab, thiab tsob kua txob, yeej yog txhua tsob ntoo hauv teb, twb qhuav tas lawm: vim txoj kev xyiv fab twb qhuav ploj mus ntawm cov tub ntawm neeg lawm.
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord, Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Nej nej sawv, thiab quaj ntsuag, nej cov pov thawj; nej cov uas ua hauj lwm ntawm lub thaj txi ntuj, nej cia li qw quaj nrov nrov; nej cov uas ua hauj lwm rau kuv tus Vajtswv, cia li los pw tag hmo hnav ntaub tshais; rau qhov khoom txi noj thiab khoom txi haus raug txwv tsis pub muaj nyob hauv tsev ntawm nej tus Vajtswv lawm. Nej cia li teem caij yoo mov kom dawb huv, hu ib lub rooj sib txoos loj dawb huv, sau cov txwj laus thiab txhua tus neeg nyob hauv lub tebchaws los rau hauv tsev ntawm tus Tswv nej tus Vajtswv, thiab qw thov rau tus Tswv hais tias, Hmoov alas rau hnub ntawd! vim hnub ntawm tus Tswv twb los ze lawm, thiab nws yuav los zoo li kev puas tsuaj tuaj ntawm tus Uas Muaj Hwjchim Loj Kawg Nkaus. Puas yog zaub mov tsis raug txiav tawm ntawm peb lub qhov muag lawm lod? muaj tseeb tiag, kev xyiv fab thiab kev zoo siab kuj raug txiav tawm ntawm tsev ntawm peb tus Vajtswv thiab. Noob qoob lwj hauv qab lawv tej av nkos, tej chaw khaws qoob loo raug tso cia puam tsuaj, tej tsev txhab raug vau lawm; rau qhov nplej qhuav ntsws lawm. Tsiaj txhu ntsaj quaj ua luaj! tej pab nyuj ntxhov siab, vim lawv tsis muaj tshav zaub; muaj tseeb tiag, tej pab yaj kuj raug tso cia puam tsuaj thiab.
O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. Joel 1:1–20.
Au tus Tswv, kuv yuav quaj hu rau koj: rau qhov hluav taws tau nqos tej tshav zaub hauv roob moj sab qhua, thiab nplaim taws tau kub hnyiab tag nrho tej ntoo hauv tej teb. Tej tsiaj qus hauv tej teb kuj quaj hu rau koj thiab: rau qhov tej kwj dej tau qhuav tag, thiab hluav taws tau nqos tej tshav zaub hauv roob moj sab qhua. Yoos 1:1–20.
The first chapter of Joel is addressing the destruction of God’s vineyard. Isaiah establishes “that day” as the day when the latter rain begins, for the plants on that day begin to blossom and bud. The fact that Isaiah informs us that God’s people will “take root,” “blossom and bud” and fill the earth with “fruit” is illustrating a progressive history of three steps. A plant takes “root” in the ground. To “take root” therefore means to stand upon the ground, which is the ground floor or the foundation. Those who “come out of Jacob” “take root” and then they are called “Israel.” Those who come out of the Laodicean experience are then called Philadelphians, though to retain that experience requires victory in a testing process that ends at the Sunday law.
Tshooj xub thawj ntawm Yaw-ee tab tom hais txog kev puam tsuaj ntawm Vajtswv lub vaj txiv hmab. Yaxayas teeb tsa “hnub ntawd” ua hnub uas nag lig pib los, rau qhov cov nroj tsuag nyob rau hnub ntawd pib tawg paj thiab txi nplooj tshiab. Qhov tseeb uas Yaxayas qhia rau peb tias Vajtswv haiv neeg yuav “txiav cag,” “tawg paj thiab txi nplooj tshiab” thiab yuav ua kom lub ntiajteb puv npo “txiv hmab txiv ntoo” yog tab tom nthuav qhia ib zaj keeb kwm uas txav mus zuj zus muaj peb theem. Ib tsob nroj xub “txiav cag” rau hauv av. Yog li ntawd, “txiav cag” txhais hais tias sawv ruaj khov rau saum av, uas yog txheej av hauv paus lossis lub hauv paus. Cov uas “los ntawm Yakhauj tawm los” “txiav cag” ces lawv thiaj raug hu ua “Yixalayees.” Cov uas tawm hauv txoj kev paub dhau los ntawm Laodicea lawm ces thiaj raug hu ua Philadelphians, txawm li ntawd los, kom khaws tau txoj kev paub dhau los ntawd yuav tsum yeej hauv ib txoj kev sim siab uas xaus rau ntawm txoj cai Hnub Caiv Xya.
The prophetic relationship of Jacob, (the supplanter) and Israel, (the overcomer) is identifying that at 9/11 those who “take root” by returning to the foundations, there and then enter into a covenant relationship. Prophetically a change of name is a symbol of a covenant, as represented by Abram to Abraham, Sarai to Sarah, Jacob to Israel and others. In the verse those who returned to the old foundational truths at 9/11 entered into a covenant relationship as the rain began to produce blossoms and buds. At the Sunday law the whole world will be filled with “fruit” as the rain is then poured out without measure.
Kev kev sib raug zoo uas yog yaj saub ntawm Yakhauj, (tus uas txeeb chaw) thiab Ixayees, (tus uas kov yeej) tab tom qhia tias thaum 9/11 cov uas “cag ruaj” los ntawm kev rov qab los rau cov hauv paus qub, nyob ntawd thiab thaum ntawd lawv nkag mus rau hauv kev sib raug zoo ntawm ib txoj kev cog lus. Hauv kev yaj saub, kev hloov npe yog ib lub cim ntawm txoj kev cog lus, raws li sawv cev hauv Anplahas thaum nws hloov ntawm Anplam mus ua Anplahas, Xalai mus ua Xala, Yakhauj mus ua Ixayees, thiab lwm tus. Hauv nqe lus ntawd, cov uas rov qab los rau cov qub tseeb uas yog lub hauv paus thaum 9/11 tau nkag mus rau hauv kev sib raug zoo ntawm ib txoj kev cog lus thaum nag pib tsim paj thiab nyuag tawg. Thaum txog txoj cai Hnub Caiv, tag nrho lub ntiaj teb yuav puv npo “txiv hmab txiv ntoo” thaum nag yuav raug muab nchuav tawm yam tsis muaj qhov txwv.
Isaiah must agree with Isaiah, and of course all the other prophets, but Isaiah is to lift up his voice like a trumpet and show Laodicean Seventh-day Adventists their sins in the context of the song of the vineyard. That song was sung by Jesus in the parable of the vineyard. The vineyard caused him to weep as He for the last time before the cross looked out over Jerusalem; knowing ancient Israel had reached the end of their probationary period and were being passed by as God’s covenant people. Simultaneously Christ was entering into a covenant with a people who would bring forth the appropriate fruits from God’s vineyard. Whether the vineyard story of Joshua at the beginning or of Jesus at the end those who became the new covenant people typified the one hundred and forty-four thousand.
Yaxayas yuav tsum sib haum nrog Yaxayas, thiab yeej yog li ntawd rau tag nrho lwm cov yaj saub thiab, tiam sis Yaxayas raug hu kom tsa nws lub suab zoo li raj nplaim thiab qhia rau cov Xya-hnub Adfen-tis Laodicea lawv tej kev txhaum nyob hauv lub ntsiab lus ntawm zaj nkauj hais txog lub vaj txiv hmab. Zaj nkauj ntawd Yexus tau hu hauv zaj lus piv txwv txog lub vaj txiv hmab. Lub vaj txiv hmab ntawd ua rau Nws quaj thaum Nws, ua ntej tus ntoo khaub lig zaum kawg, ntsia mus thoob Yeluxalees; paub tias cov Ixayees thaum ub twb mus txog qhov kawg ntawm lawv lub sijhawm sim siab lawm thiab raug hla dhau lawm tsis ua Vajtswv haiv neeg ntawm txoj kev cog lus ntxiv lawm. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm ntawd Khetos tab tom nkag mus rau hauv ib txoj kev cog lus nrog ib haiv neeg uas yuav txi cov txiv uas tsim nyog los ntawm Vajtswv lub vaj txiv hmab. Txawm yog zaj keeb kwm ntawm lub vaj txiv hmab ntawm Yausuas thaum chiv thawj los yog ntawm Yexus thaum kawg, cov uas tau los ua haiv neeg ntawm txoj kev cog lus tshiab ntawd yog tus qauv yav tom ntej ntawm ib puas plaub caug plaub txhiab leej.
Christ spoke of Isaiah’s vineyard prophecy, as does Sister White.
Khetos tau hais txog Yaxayas txoj lus faj lem hais txog lub vaj txiv hmab, ib yam li Viv Ncaus White tau hais thiab.
“The parable of the vineyard applies not alone to the Jewish nation. It has a lesson for us. The church in this generation has been endowed by God with great privileges and blessings, and He expects corresponding returns.” Christ Object Lessons, 296.
“Zaj lus piv txwv txog lub vaj txiv hmab tsis yog hais rau haiv neeg Yudais xwb. Nws muaj ib zaj lus qhia rau peb. Pawg ntseeg hauv tiam no tau raug Vajtswv pub tej cai tshwj xeeb thiab tej koob hmoov loj heev, thiab Nws cia siab tias yuav tau txais cov txiv raws li ntawd.” Christ’s Object Lessons, 296.
It is instructive to read the passage which leads to the last statement from the Spirit of Prophecy.
Nws yog ib qho uas qhia tau ntau yam thaum nyeem nqe lus uas coj mus rau nqe lus kawg ntawd hauv Ntsuj Plig ntawm Kev Tshwm Sim.
“Chapter 23—The Lord’s Vineyard
“Tshooj 23—Tus Tswv Lub Vaj Txiv Hmab”
“The Jewish Nation
“Haiv Neeg Yudais”
“The parable of the two sons was followed by the parable of the vineyard. In the one, Christ had set before the Jewish teachers the importance of obedience. In the other, He pointed to the rich blessings bestowed upon Israel, and in these showed God’s claim to their obedience. He set before them the glory of God’s purpose, which through obedience they might have fulfilled. Withdrawing the veil from the future, He showed how, by failure to fulfill His purpose, the whole nation was forfeiting His blessing, and bringing ruin upon itself.
“Zaj lus piv txwv hais txog ob tug tub ntawd tau txuas ntxiv los ntawm zaj lus piv txwv hais txog lub vaj txiv hmab. Hauv thawj zaj, Khetos tau muab qhov tseem ceeb ntawm txoj kev mloog lus tso rau ntawm cov xibhwb Yudais xub ntiag. Hauv zaj thib ob, Nws taw tes rau tej koob hmoov nplua nuj uas tau pub rau cov neeg Ixayees, thiab hauv tej no Nws qhia txog Vajtswv txoj cai hu kom lawv mloog lus. Nws tau muab lub hwjchim ci ntsa iab ntawm Vajtswv lub hom phiaj tso rau ntawm lawv xub ntiag, ib yam uas los ntawm txoj kev mloog lus lawv yuav tau ua kom tiav. Thaum qhib daim ntaub thaiv ntawm yav tom ntej tawm, Nws qhia tias, vim tsis ua kom tiav Nws lub hom phiaj, tag nrho haiv neeg ntawd tab tom plam Nws tej koob hmoov, thiab tab tom coj kev puastsuaj los rau lawv tus kheej.”
“‘There was a certain householder,’ Christ said, ‘which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.’
“‘Muaj ib tug tswv tsev,’ Khetos hais tias, ‘uas cog ib lub vaj txiv hmab, thiab luj laj kab ncig nws, thiab khawb ib lub tshav nyem cawv rau hauv, thiab txhim ib lub pej thuam, thiab muab xauj rau cov neeg tu vaj, ces nws thiaj mus rau ib lub tebchaws nyob deb.’”
“A description of this vineyard is given by the prophet Isaiah: ‘Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching His vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill; and He fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein; and He looked that it should bring forth grapes.’ Isaiah 5:1, 2.
Ib qho kev piav txog lub vaj txiv hmab no raug tus yaj saub Yaxayas hais tias: “Tam sim no kuv yuav hu ib zaj nkauj rau kuv tus uas kuv hlub kawg nkaus, yog ib zaj nkauj hais txog Nws lub vaj txiv hmab. Kuv tus uas kuv hlub kawg nkaus muaj ib lub vaj txiv hmab nyob saum ib lub toj uas txi txiag nplua mias heev; thiab Nws tau laj kab ncig nws, thiab khaws tej pob zeb tawm hauv nws mus, thiab cog nws nrog hom hmab uas zoo tshaj plaws, thiab txhim tsa ib lub yees nyob nruab nrab ntawm nws, thiab kuj ua ib lub tshuab nyem txiv hmab cawv rau hauv ntawd; thiab Nws tos ntsoov tias nws yuav txi tau txiv hmab.” Yaxayas 5:1, 2.
“The husbandman chooses a piece of land from the wilderness; he fences, clears, and tills it, and plants it with choice vines, expecting a rich harvest. This plot of ground, in its superiority to the uncultivated waste, he expects to do him honor by showing the results of his care and toil in its cultivation. So God had chosen a people from the world to be trained and educated by Christ. The prophet says, ‘The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant.’ Isaiah 5:7. Upon this people God had bestowed great privileges, blessing them richly from His abundant goodness. He looked for them to honor Him by yielding fruit. They were to reveal the principles of His kingdom. In the midst of a fallen, wicked world they were to represent the character of God.
“Tug tswv teb xaiv ib daim av tawm hauv thaj chaw qus; nws laj kab, ntxuav kom huv, thiab laij khawb nws, ces cog tej hmab txiv hmab uas xaiv zoo rau hauv, vam txog ib qho sau qoob loo nplua mias. Daim av no, vim nws zoo dua qhov chaw pov tseg uas tsis tau muab cog ua liaj ua teb, nws cia siab tias nws yuav ua rau nws tau meej mom los ntawm kev qhia tawm tej txiaj ntsig ntawm nws txoj kev saib xyuas thiab kev khwv hauv kev ua kom nws txi txiv. Ib yam li ntawd, Vajtswv tau xaiv ib haiv neeg tawm hauv lub ntiajteb no los raug Khetos cob qhia thiab qhia kom paub. Tus cev Vajtswv lus hais tias, ‘Vim tus Tswv uas kav cov tub rog lub vaj hmab yog tsev neeg Ixayees, thiab cov neeg Yudas yog Nws tsob nroj uas Nws nyiam.’ Yaxayas 5:7. Saum haiv neeg no Vajtswv tau pub tej cai tshwj xeeb loj heev, foom koob hmoov rau lawv nplua mias los ntawm Nws txoj kev zoo uas muaj nplua nuj kawg. Nws tos ntsoov kom lawv hwm Nws los ntawm kev txi txiv. Lawv yuav tsum nthuav tawm tej hauv paus ntsiab lus ntawm Nws lub nceeg vaj. Nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm ib lub ntiajteb uas poob rau hauv kev txhaum thiab kev phem, lawv yuav tsum sawv cev rau Vajtswv tus cwj pwm.”
“As the Lord’s vineyard they were to produce fruit altogether different from that of the heathen nations. These idolatrous peoples had given themselves up to work wickedness. Violence and crime, greed, oppression, and the most corrupt practices, were indulged without restraint. Iniquity, degradation, and misery were the fruits of the corrupt tree. In marked contrast was to be the fruit borne on the vine of God’s planting.
“Raws li lawv yog tus Tswv lub vaj hmab, lawv yuav tsum txi txiv uas txawv kiag li ntawm cov haiv neeg tsis paub Vajtswv. Cov neeg pe dab mlom no tau muab lawv tus kheej cob rau kev ua phem kev tsis ncaj. Kev ua phem quab yuam thiab kev txhaum, kev ntshaw nyiaj txiag, kev tsim txom, thiab tej kev coj ua qias vuab tsuab tshaj plaws, lawv tau ua yam tsis muaj kev txwv li. Kev tsis ncaj, kev poob qes, thiab kev txom nyem yog tej txiv hmab ntawm tsob ntoo phem qias ntawd. Tiamsis cov txiv uas txi rau ntawm txoj hmab uas Vajtswv cog yuav tsum txawv deb heev.”
“It was the privilege of the Jewish nation to represent the character of God as it had been revealed to Moses. In answer to the prayer of Moses, ‘Show me Thy glory,’ the Lord promised, ‘I will make all My goodness pass before thee.’ Exodus 33:18, 19. ‘And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.’ Exodus 34:6, 7. This was the fruit that God desired from His people. In the purity of their characters, in the holiness of their lives, in their mercy and loving-kindness and compassion, they were to show that ‘the law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.’ Psalm 19:7.
“Yog cov Yudais haiv neeg tau txais yog kom sawv cev rau Vajtswv tus yam ntxwv raws li tau raug qhia tawm rau Mauxes. Teb rau Mauxes tej lus thov hais tias, ‘Thov qhia koj lub hwjchim ci ntsa iab rau kuv saib,’ tus Tswv tau cog lus tias, ‘Kuv yuav cia txhua yam ntawm Kuv txoj kev zoo dhau ntawm koj xub ntiag mus.’ Exodus 33:18, 19. ‘Ces tus Tswv hla mus ntawm nws xub ntiag thiab tshaj tawm hais tias, Tus Tswv, tus Tswv Vajtswv, muaj kev khuvleej thiab muaj koob hmoov, ua siab ntev, thiab nplua nuj hauv kev zoo thiab qhov tseeb, khaws cia txoj kev khuvleej rau ntau txhiab leej, zam txim rau kev ua txhaum, kev hla dhau, thiab kev txhaum.’ Exodus 34:6, 7. Qhov no yog cov txiv uas Vajtswv ntshaw ntawm Nws haiv neeg. Hauv lawv tus cwj pwm kev dawb huv, hauv lawv lub neej kev dawb ceev, hauv lawv txoj kev khuvleej thiab kev siab mos siab muag thiab kev hlub tshua, lawv yuav tsum qhia kom pom tias ‘tus Tswv txoj kevcai zoo kawg nkaus, hloov dua siab tshiab rau tus ntsujplig.’ Psalm 19:7.”
“Through the Jewish nation it was God’s purpose to impart rich blessings to all peoples. Through Israel the way was to be prepared for the diffusion of His light to the whole world. The nations of the world, through following corrupt practices, had lost the knowledge of God. Yet in His mercy God did not blot them out of existence. He purposed to give them opportunity for becoming acquainted with Him through His church. He designed that the principles revealed through His people should be the means of restoring the moral image of God in man.
“Los ntawm haiv neeg Yudais Vajtswv lub hom phiaj yog kom muab tej koob hmoov nplua mias pub rau txhua haiv neeg. Los ntawm cov Ixayees txojkev yuav tsum npaj tseg rau kom Nws lub teeb nthuav mus thoob plaws lub ntiajteb. Cov haiv neeg hauv ntiajteb no, vim lawv ua raws tej kev coj ua phem thiab qias tsis huv, twb plam txojkev paub Vajtswv lawm. Txawm li ntawd los, hauv Nws txojkev khuvleej Vajtswv tsis tau muab lawv rhuav tshem kom ploj mus. Nws tau npaj siab muab sijhawm rau lawv kom tau los paub Nws los ntawm Nws pawg ntseeg. Nws tau teem tseg tias tej ntsiab cai uas raug nthuav tawm los ntawm Nws haiv neeg yuav yog yam uas coj tau kev txum tim rov qab los ntawm Vajtswv tus yam ntxwv ncaj ncees hauv neeg.”
“It was for the accomplishment of this purpose that God called Abraham out from his idolatrous kindred and bade him dwell in the land of Canaan. ‘I will make of thee a great nation,’ He said, ‘and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.’ Genesis 12:2.
“Vajtswv tau yog rau qhov ua kom tiav ntawm lub hom phiaj no uas Vajtswv hu Anplahas tawm ntawm nws cov kwvtij neejtsa uas pe hawm tej mlom, thiab txib nws mus nyob hauv lub tebchaws Khana-as. Nws hais tias, ‘Kuv yuav ua kom koj dhau los ua ib haiv neeg loj, thiab kuv yuav foom koob hmoov rau koj, thiab ua kom koj lub npe loj; thiab koj yuav yog ib txoj koob hmoov.’ Chiv Keeb 12:2.”
“The descendants of Abraham, Jacob and his posterity, were brought down to Egypt that in the midst of that great and wicked nation they might reveal the principles of God’s kingdom. The integrity of Joseph and his wonderful work in preserving the lives of the whole Egyptian people were a representation of the life of Christ. Moses and many others were witnesses for God.
“Cov xeeb ntxwv ntawm Anplahas, Yakhauj thiab nws caj ces, raug coj nqes mus rau tim Iyi tebchaws kom nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm haiv neeg loj thiab phem ntawd lawv thiaj yuav qhia tawm tej ntsiab cai ntawm Vajtswv lub nceeg vaj. Yauxej txoj kev ncaj ncees thiab nws txoj hauj lwm txaus hwjchim kawg nkaus hauv kev cawm txoj sia ntawm tag nrho cov neeg Iyi tebchaws yog ib qho sawv cev txog Khetos txoj sia. Mauxes thiab ntau leej lwm tus yog cov timkhawv rau Vajtswv.”
“In bringing forth Israel from Egypt, the Lord again manifested His power and His mercy. His wonderful works in their deliverance from bondage and His dealings with them in their travels through the wilderness were not for their benefit alone. These were to be as an object lesson to the surrounding nations. The Lord revealed Himself as a God above all human authority and greatness. The signs and wonders He wrought in behalf of His people showed His power over nature and over the greatest of those who worshiped nature. God went through the proud land of Egypt as He will go through the earth in the last days. With fire and tempest, earthquake and death, the great I AM redeemed His people. He took them out of the land of bondage. He led them through the ‘great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought.’ Deuteronomy 8:15. He brought them forth water out of ‘the rock of flint,’ and fed them with ‘the corn of heaven.’ Psalm 78:24. ‘For,’ said Moses, ‘the Lord’s portion is His people; Jacob is the lot of His inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange God with him.’ Deuteronomy 32:9–12. Thus He brought them unto Himself, that they might dwell as under the shadow of the Most High.
“Thaum coj cov Yixayee tawm hauv tebchaws Iyi tebchaws los, tus Tswv rov qhia dua txog Nws lub hwjchim thiab Nws txojkev hlub tshua. Nws tej haujlwm uas zoo kawg hauv lawv txojkev dim tawm hauv txojkev qhev thiab Nws tej kev ua nrog lawv thaum lawv taug kev hla tebchaws moj sab qhua tsis yog rau lawv qhov txiaj ntsig nkaus xwb. Tej no yuav tsum yog ib zaj lus qhuab qhia pom tseeb rau cov tebchaws nyob ib ncig. Tus Tswv tau qhia Nws tus kheej tias yog Vajtswv uas nyob siab dua txhua yam uas yog neeg txoj cai kav thiab neeg txoj kev muaj meej mom loj. Cov cim thiab tej yam hwjchim ci ntsa iab uas Nws tau ua rau Nws haivneeg pom Nws lub hwjchim saum ntuj tsim thiab saum cov loj tshaj plaws ntawm cov uas pe hawm ntuj tsim. Vajtswv tau hla mus thoob lub tebchaws Iyi uas muaj kev khav theeb ib yam li Nws yuav hla mus thoob lub ntiajteb rau hnub kawg. Nrog hluav taws thiab cua daj cua dub, av qeeg thiab kev tuag, tus loj I AM txhiv Nws haivneeg dim. Nws coj lawv tawm hauv thaj av kev qhev. Nws coj lawv hla ‘lub moj sab qhua loj thiab txaus ntshai, qhov uas muaj nab lom, thiab kab kiav txhab, thiab kev qhuav dej.’ Deuteronomy 8:15. Nws ua kom dej tawm los ntawm ‘lub pob zeb tawv’ rau lawv, thiab pub lawv noj ‘cov nplej saum ntuj.’ Psalm 78:24. ‘Vim li no,’ Mauxes hais tias, ‘tus Tswv feem yog Nws haivneeg; Yakhauj yog feem cuab tam uas Nws tau txais. Nws nrhiav tau nws nyob hauv thaj av suab puam, thiab hauv lub moj sab qhua qhuav qhawv uas quaj ntxhe; Nws coj nws mus ncig, Nws qhia nws, Nws khaws nws cia zoo li lub kua muag ntawm Nws lub qhov muag. Ib yam li tus dav dawb hau txhawb nws lub zes, ya yuj saum nws cov me nyuam, nthuav dav nws ob tis, nqa lawv, ris lawv rau saum nws ob tis: tus Tswv tib leeg thiaj coj nws, thiab tsis muaj lwm tus vajtswv txawv tebchaws nrog nws.’ Deuteronomy 32:9–12. Yog li ntawd Nws thiaj coj lawv los cuag Nws tus kheej, kom lawv yuav nyob tau zoo li nyob hauv tus Duab Ntxoo ntawm tus Siab Tshaj Plaws.”
“Christ was the leader of the children of Israel in their wilderness wanderings. Enshrouded in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, He led and guided them. He preserved them from the perils of the wilderness, He brought them into the land of promise, and in the sight of all the nations that acknowledged not God He established Israel as His own chosen possession, the Lord’s vineyard.
“Yexus Khetos yog tus thawj coj ntawm cov me nyuam Ixayees hauv lawv txoj kev taug kev mus los hauv tebchaws moj sab qhua. Muab qhwv nkaus hauv tus ncej huab nruab hnub thiab tus ncej hluav taws hmo ntuj, Nws tau coj thiab qhia lawv txoj kev. Nws tau cawm lawv dim ntawm tej kev phom sij hauv tebchaws moj sab qhua, Nws tau coj lawv mus rau hauv thaj av uas tau cog lus tseg, thiab nyob rau ntawm txhua haiv neeg uas tsis lees paub Vajtswv lub xub ntiag Nws tau tsa Ixayees los ua Nws tus kheej cov cuab yeej uas tau xaiv tseg, uas yog tus Tswv lub vaj txiv hmab.”
“To this people were committed the oracles of God. They were hedged about by the precepts of His law, the everlasting principles of truth, justice, and purity. Obedience to these principles was to be their protection, for it would save them from destroying themselves by sinful practices. And as the tower in the vineyard, God placed in the midst of the land His holy temple.
“Tej lus no tau txais kev tso siab rau tej lus tshwm sim ntawm Vajtswv. Lawv raug puag ncig los ntawm tej kevcai qhia hauv Nws txoj kevcai, yog tej hauv paus ntsiab lus uas nyob mus ib txhis ntawm qhov tseeb, kev ncaj ncees, thiab kev dawb huv. Kev mloog lus rau tej hauv paus ntsiab lus no yuav tsum yog lawv txoj kev tiv thaiv, rau qhov nws yuav cawm lawv dim ntawm kev rhuav tshem lawv tus kheej los ntawm tej kev coj ua txhaum. Thiab ib yam li lub yees hauv lub vaj txiv hmab, Vajtswv tau tsa Nws lub tuam tsev dawb huv rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub tebchaws.”
“Christ was their instructor. As He had been with them in the wilderness, so He was still to be their teacher and guide. In the tabernacle and the temple His glory dwelt in the holy shekinah above the mercy seat. In their behalf He constantly manifested the riches of His love and patience.
“Khetos yog lawv tus Kws Qhia. Ib yam li Nws tau nrog lawv nyob hauv roob moj sab qhua, Nws tseem yuav yog lawv tus Xib Hwb thiab tus Coj. Hauv lub tsev ntaub sib ntsib thiab hauv lub tuam tsev Nws lub yeeb koob tau nyob hauv tus shekinah dawb huv saum lub rooj txhoj txhaum them nqi. Vim lawv, Nws tsis tu ncua tau ua kom pom nws txoj kev hlub thiab kev ua siab ntev nplua nuj.”
“God desired to make of His people Israel a praise and a glory. Every spiritual advantage was given them. God withheld from them nothing favorable to the formation of character that would make them representatives of Himself.
“Vajtswv xav tsa Nws haiv neeg Ixayees kom ua ib yam kev qhuas thiab ib lub koob meej. Txhua txoj hau kev zoo ntawm sab ntsuj plig twb raug pub rau lawv lawm. Vajtswv tsis tau txwv ib yam dabtsi uas muaj txiaj ntsig rau kev tsim tus cwj pwm kom lawv thiaj ua tau Nws cov sawv cev.
“Their obedience to the law of God would make them marvels of prosperity before the nations of the world. He who could give them wisdom and skill in all cunning work would continue to be their teacher, and would ennoble and elevate them through obedience to His laws. If obedient, they would be preserved from the diseases that afflicted other nations, and would be blessed with vigor of intellect. The glory of God, His majesty and power, were to be revealed in all their prosperity. They were to be a kingdom of priests and princes. God furnished them with every facility for becoming the greatest nation on the earth.
Lawv txoj kev mloog lus rau Vajtswv txoj kevcai yuav ua rau lawv dhau los ua yam txaus xav tsis thoob hauv kev vam meej nyob rau ntawm tej haiv neeg hauv ntiajteb no xub ntiag. Tus uas muaj peev xwm pub txawj ntse thiab kev txawj ua haujlwm txhua yam uas xav kom muaj kev txawj ntse ntawd, yuav txuas ntxiv ua lawv tus Xibfwb, thiab yuav tsa lawv kom muaj meejmom thiab siab dua los ntawm txoj kev mloog lus rau Nws txoj kevcai. Yog lawv mloog lus, lawv yuav raug khaws tseg kom dim ntawm tej kab mob uas tsim txom lwm haiv neeg, thiab yuav tau koob hmoov nrog lub zog ntawm lub tswv yim. Vajtswv lub yeeb koob, Nws lub hwjchim ci ntsa iab thiab lub hwjchim muaj zog, yuav tsum raug muab tshwm tawm hauv tag nrho lawv txoj kev vam meej. Lawv yuav tsum yog ib lub tebchaws ntawm cov pov thawj thiab cov nom tswv. Vajtswv tau pub rau lawv txhua txoj hauv kev kom lawv thiaj li dhau los ua haiv neeg loj tshaj plaws nyob saum npoo av.
“In the most definite manner Christ through Moses had set before them God’s purpose, and had made plain the terms of their prosperity. ‘Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God,’ He said; ‘the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth…. Know therefore that the Lord thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations…. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which He sware unto thy fathers; and He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: He will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which He sware unto thy fathers to give thee. Thou shalt be blessed above all people…. And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee.’ Deuteronomy 7:6, 9, 11–15.
“Nyob rau hauv txojkev meej tseeb tshaj plaws Khetos los ntawm Mauxes tau muab Vajtswv lub hom phiaj tso ua lawv ntej, thiab tau qhia kom tseeb txog tej nqe lus uas lawv txojkev vam meej nyob ntawm. Nws hais tias, ‘Koj yog ib haiv neeg dawb huv rau tus Tswv uas yog koj tus Vajtswv’; ‘tus Tswv uas yog koj tus Vajtswv tau xaiv koj los ua ib haiv neeg tshwj xeeb rau Nws tus kheej, tshaj txhua haiv neeg uas nyob saum npoo av ntiajteb…. Yog li no nej yuav tsum paub tias tus Tswv uas yog nej tus Vajtswv, Nws yog Vajtswv, tus Vajtswv ncaj ncees, tus uas tuav rawv txojlus cog tseg thiab txojkev hlub tshua rau cov uas hlub Nws thiab ua raws li Nws tej lus txib mus txog ib txhiab tiam neeg…. Yog li ntawd koj yuav tsum ceev tej lus txib, thiab tej kevcai, thiab tej kev txiav txim, uas kuv niaj hnub no txib koj, kom ua raws li ntawd. Vim li ntawd yuav muaj li no, yog nej mloog tej kev txiav txim no, thiab ceev, thiab ua raws li ntawd, ces tus Tswv uas yog koj tus Vajtswv yuav tuav rawv rau koj txojlus cog tseg thiab txojkev hlub tshua uas Nws tau cog lus rau koj tej yawg koob; thiab Nws yuav hlub koj, thiab foom koob hmoov rau koj, thiab ua kom nej huaj vam coob zuj zus: Nws kuj yuav foom koob hmoov rau cov txiv ntawm koj lub plab, thiab cov txiv ntawm koj thaj av, koj tej qoob loo, thiab koj tej cawv txiv hmab, thiab koj tej roj, kev nce coob ntawm koj tej nyuj, thiab tej pab yaj ntawm koj tej yaj, nyob hauv thaj av uas Nws tau cog lus rau koj tej yawg koob tias yuav muab rau koj. Koj yuav tau koob hmoov tshaj txhua haiv neeg…. Thiab tus Tswv yuav muab txhua yam mob kev nkeeg tshem tawm ntawm koj mus, thiab yuav tsis muab ib yam ntawm tej kab mob phem hauv Iyi tebchaws, uas koj paub lawm, los tso rau koj.’ Kevcai 7:6, 9, 11–15.”
“If they would keep His commandments, God promised to give them the finest of the wheat, and bring them honey out of the rock. With long life would He satisfy them, and show them His salvation.
“Yog lawv yuav ceev raws li Nws tej lus txib, Vajtswv tau cog lus tias yuav pub rau lawv cov nplej zoo tshaj plaws, thiab coj zib ntab tawm hauv pob zeb los pub rau lawv. Nws yuav ua kom lawv txaus siab nrog txoj sia ntev, thiab yuav qhia Nws txoj kev cawm dim rau lawv.
“Through disobedience to God, Adam and Eve had lost Eden, and because of sin the whole earth was cursed. But if God’s people followed His instruction, their land would be restored to fertility and beauty. God Himself gave them directions in regard to the culture of the soil, and they were to co-operate with Him in its restoration. Thus the whole land, under God’s control, would become an object lesson of spiritual truth. As in obedience to His natural laws the earth should produce its treasures, so in obedience to His moral law the hearts of the people were to reflect the attributes of His character. Even the heathen would recognize the superiority of those who served and worshiped the living God.
“Vim yog tsis mloog Vajtswv lus, Adas thiab Evas twb poob lub Vaj Edees lawm, thiab vim txoj kev txhaum tag nrho lub ntiajteb thiaj raug foom. Tiamsis yog Vajtswv haiv neeg ua raws li Nws tej lus qhia, lawv thaj av yuav raug muab kho kom rov muaj txiag nplua mias thiab muaj kev zoo nkauj. Vajtswv Nws tus kheej tau muab tej lus qhia rau lawv txog kev ua liaj ua teb, thiab lawv yuav tsum koom tes nrog Nws hauv kev kho kom thaj av ntawd rov zoo. Yog li ntawd tag nrho thaj av, nyob hauv Vajtswv txoj kev tswj kav, yuav dhau los ua ib zaj lus qhia pom tseeb txog qhov tseeb sab ntsuj plig. Ib yam li thaum lub ntiajteb mloog Nws tej kevcai ntuj tsim ces yuav tsim tau nws tej txiaj ntsig, tib yam ntawd thiab, thaum cov neeg mloog Nws txoj kevcai ncaj ncees, lawv lub siab yuav tsum ci ntsa iab tawm tej yam ntxwv ntawm Nws tus cwj pwm. Txawm yog cov neeg lwm haiv uas pe hawm dab qhuas los kuj yuav lees paub tias cov uas ua haujlwm thiab pe hawm Vajtswv uas muaj txoj sia nyob yeej zoo tshaj.”
“‘Behold,’ said Moses, ‘I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon Him for? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?’ Deuteronomy 4:5–8.
“‘Saib seb,’ Mauxe hais tias, ‘kuv tau qhia nej txog tej kevcai thiab tej kev txiav txim, raws nraim li tus Tswv kuv tus Vajtswv tau txib kuv, kom nej yuav ua raws li ntawd nyob hauv thaj av uas nej tabtom mus yuav kav ua nej tug. Vim li no, nej yuav tsum ceev faj khaws thiab coj raws tej ntawd; rau qhov qhov no yog nej txoj kev txawj ntse thiab nej txoj kev to taub nyob rau ntawm qhov muag ntawm txhua haivneeg, uas yuav hnov tag nrho tej kevcai no thiab yuav hais tias, Tseeb tiag, haivneeg loj no yog ib haiv neeg muaj tswv yim thiab muaj kev to taub. Rau qhov muaj haiv neeg twg loj npaum li no, uas muaj Vajtswv nyob ze rau lawv, ib yam li tus Tswv peb tus Vajtswv nyob ze rau peb hauv txhua yam uas peb hu thov Nws? Thiab muaj haiv neeg twg loj npaum li no, uas muaj tej kevcai thiab tej kev txiav txim ncaj ncees npaum li txhua txoj cai no, uas kuv muab tso rau ntawm nej xub ntiag hnub no?’ Kevcai 4:5–8.”
“The children of Israel were to occupy all the territory which God appointed them. Those nations that rejected the worship and service of the true God were to be dispossessed. But it was God’s purpose that by the revelation of His character through Israel men should be drawn unto Him. To all the world the gospel invitation was to be given. Through the teaching of the sacrificial service Christ was to be uplifted before the nations, and all who would look unto Him should live. All who, like Rahab the Canaanite, and Ruth the Moabitess, turned from idolatry to the worship of the true God, were to unite themselves with His chosen people. As the numbers of Israel increased they were to enlarge their borders, until their kingdom should embrace the world.
“Cov neeg Ixayees yuav tsum tuav tag nrho thaj av uas Vajtswv tau teem rau lawv. Cov haiv neeg uas tsis kam lees kev pe hawm thiab kev ua haujlwm rau Vajtswv tseeb yuav tsum raug ntiab tawm ntawm lawv tej qub txeeg qub teg. Tiamsis Vajtswv lub hom phiaj yog tias, los ntawm kev tshwm sim txog Nws tus cwj pwm los ntawm cov Ixayees, tibneeg yuav raug rub los cuag Nws. Txoj kev caw cawm seej yuav tsum muab tshaj tawm rau tag nrho lub ntiajteb. Los ntawm kev qhuab qhia txog txoj kev pabcuam fij txi, yuav tsum tsa Khetos siab rau ntawm txhua haiv neeg xub ntiag, thiab txhua tus uas yuav tig ntsia rau Nws yuav muaj sia. Txhua tus uas, ib yam li Rahab tus Kanaan thiab Ruth tus Mau-a, tig ntawm kev teev mlom los pe hawm Vajtswv tseeb, yuav tsum koom lawv tus kheej nrog Nws haiv neeg uas raug xaiv. Thaum Ixayees coob tuaj lawm lawv yuav tsum nthuav lawv ciam teb mus, mus txog thaum lawv lub nceeg vaj puag thoob plaws lub ntiajteb.”
“God desired to bring all peoples under His merciful rule. He desired that the earth should be filled with joy and peace. He created man for happiness, and He longs to fill human hearts with the peace of heaven. He desires that the families below shall be a symbol of the great family above.
“Vajtswv xav coj txhua haiv neeg los nyob hauv Nws txoj kev kav uas muaj kev hlub tshua. Nws xav kom lub ntiajteb puv npo kev xyiv fab thiab kev thaj yeeb. Nws tsim neeg los rau kev kaj siab, thiab Nws ntshaw heev yuav ua kom tibneeg lub siab puv npo txoj kev thaj yeeb saum ntuj ceeb tsheej. Nws xav kom tej yim neeg hauv qab no ua ib lub cim ntawm tsev neeg loj saum toj.”
“But Israel did not fulfill God’s purpose. The Lord declared, ‘I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto Me?’ Jeremiah 2:21. ‘Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself.’ Hosea 10:1. ‘And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt Me and My vineyard. What could have been done more to My vineyard, that I have not done in it? Wherefore when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For … He looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.’ Isaiah 5:3–7.
“Tiamsis cov no tsis ua tiav Vajtswv lub hom phiaj. Tus Tswv tshaj tawm tias, ‘Kuv tau cog koj ua ib tsob hmab zoo tshaj, tag nrho yog ib hom noob tseeb: yog li cas koj thiaj tig los ua ib tsob hmab phem txawv teb chaws rau Kuv?’ Yelemi 2:21. ‘Ixayees yog ib tsob hmab qhuav khoob, nws txi txiv rau nws tus kheej.’ Hosea 10:1. ‘Thiab nim no, nej cov neeg nyob hauv Yeluxalees, thiab nej cov neeg Yudas, thov nej txiav txim nruab nrab Kuv thiab Kuv lub vaj hmab. Puas tseem muaj yam twg ntxiv uas yuav tau ua rau Kuv lub vaj hmab uas Kuv tsis tau ua rau nws lawm? Vim li cas thaum Kuv cia siab tias nws yuav txi txiv hmab, nws ho txi tau txiv qus? Thiab nim no los, Kuv yuav qhia nej tias Kuv yuav ua li cas rau Kuv lub vaj hmab: Kuv yuav muab nws lub laj kab tshem tawm, ces nws yuav raug noj kom puam tsuaj; thiab rhuav nws phab ntsa pov tseg, ces nws yuav raug tsuj kom nqes; thiab Kuv yuav cia nws qhuav qhawv; nws yuav tsis raug txiav tu thiab tsis raug khawb av; tiam sis pos nroj thiab pos ntsuab yuav hlav tuaj; Kuv kuj yuav txib cov huab kom tsis txhob los nag saum nws. Vim tias … Nws nrhiav kev ncaj ncees, tiam sis saib seb, muaj kev tsim txom; nrhiav txoj kev ncaj ncees, tiam sis saib seb, muaj suab quaj.’ Yaxayas 5:3–7.”
“The Lord had through Moses set before His people the result of unfaithfulness. By refusing to keep His covenant, they would cut themselves off from the life of God, and His blessing could not come upon them. ‘Beware,’ said Moses, ‘that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping His commandments, and His judgments, and His statutes, which I command thee this day: lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God…. And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth…. And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.’ Deuteronomy 8:11–14, 17, 19, 20.
“Tus Tswv twb tau siv Mauxes muab qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev tsis ncaj ncees rau Nws haiv neeg pom lawm. Los ntawm kev tsis kam ua raws li Nws tej lus cog tseg, lawv yuav txiav lawv tus kheej tawm ntawm Vajtswv txoj sia, thiab Nws txoj koob hmoov yuav tsis los rau saum lawv. ‘Ceev faj,’ Mauxes hais tias, ‘kom koj txhob hnov qab tus Tswv uas yog koj tus Vajtswv, uas yog los ntawm kev tsis ua raws li Nws tej lus txib, thiab Nws tej kevcai txiav txim, thiab Nws tej kab ke, uas kuv niaj hnub no txib rau koj: tsam thaum koj tau noj thiab tsau, thiab tau txhim tsa tej tsev zoo nkauj, thiab nyob hauv tej ntawd; thiab thaum koj tej nyuj tej yaj coob zuj zus, thiab koj tej nyiaj thiab tej kub muaj ntau zuj zus, thiab txhua yam uas koj muaj kuj muaj ntau zuj zus; ces koj lub siab yuav khav theeb, thiab koj yuav hnov qab tus Tswv uas yog koj tus Vajtswv…. Thiab koj hais hauv koj lub siab tias, Kuv lub hwjchim thiab kuv txhais tes lub zog yog tus uas tau khwv tau tej nyiaj txiag no rau kuv…. Thiab yuav muaj li no, yog tias koj yeej hnov qab tus Tswv uas yog koj tus Vajtswv, thiab mus raws lwm cov vajtswv, thiab teev tiam lawv, thiab pe hawm lawv, kuv niaj hnub no ua timkhawv tawm tsam nej tias, nej yeej yuav puastsuaj xwb. Ib yam li tej haiv neeg uas tus Tswv tabtom rhuav tshem ntawm nej xub ntiag, nej kuj yuav puastsuaj ib yam nkaus; vim nej tsis kam mloog tus Tswv nej tus Vajtswv lub suab.’ Kevcai 8:11–14, 17, 19, 20.
“The warning was not heeded by the Jewish people. They forgot God, and lost sight of their high privilege as His representatives. The blessings they had received brought no blessing to the world. All their advantages were appropriated for their own glorification. They robbed God of the service He required of them, and they robbed their fellow men of religious guidance and a holy example. Like the inhabitants of the antediluvian world, they followed out every imagination of their evil hearts. Thus they made sacred things appear a farce, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are these’ (Jeremiah 7:4), while at the same time they were misrepresenting God’s character, dishonoring His name, and polluting His sanctuary.
Cov neeg Yudais tsis tau mloog raws li lo lus ceeb toom ntawd. Lawv tsis nco qab Vajtswv lawm, thiab plam kev pom txog txoj cai loj uas lawv tau txais ua Nws cov sawv cev. Cov koob hmoov uas lawv tau txais los tsis coj koob hmoov los rau ntiajteb no li. Txhua yam txiaj ntsig uas lawv muaj lawv muab coj los siv rau kev qhuas lawv tus kheej. Lawv txeeb Vajtswv txoj hauj lwm uas Nws xav kom lawv ua, thiab lawv txeeb lawv cov kwvtij neej tsa ntawm kev coj qhia txog kev ntseeg thiab ib tug yam ntxwv dawb huv ua qauv. Ib yam li cov neeg uas nyob ua ntej dej nyab lub sijhawm ntawd, lawv ua raws txhua txoj kev xav phem ntawm lawv lub siab. Yog li ntawd lawv thiaj ua rau tej yam dawb huv zoo li ib qho kev thuam luag, hais tias, “Lub tuam tsev ntawm tus Tswv, lub tuam tsev ntawm tus Tswv, yog tej no” (Jeremiah 7:4), thaum tib lub sijhawm lawv tab tom qhia Vajtswv tus cwj pwm yuam kev, thuam Nws lub npe, thiab ua kom Nws lub tuam tsev qias neeg.
“The husbandmen who had been placed in charge of the Lord’s vineyard were untrue to their trust. The priests and teachers were not faithful instructors of the people. They did not keep before them the goodness and mercy of God and His claim to their love and service. These husbandmen sought their own glory. They desired to appropriate the fruits of the vineyard. It was their study to attract attention and homage to themselves.
Cov neeg tu vaj txiv hmab uas tau raug tsa los saib xyuas tus Tswv lub vaj txiv hmab ntawd tsis ncaj ncees rau txoj kev tso siab uas tau muab rau lawv. Cov pov thawj thiab cov xibhwb tsis yog cov qhia rau haiv neeg kom ncaj ncees. Lawv tsis khaws cia rau ntawm lawv xub ntiag txog Vajtswv txoj kev siab zoo thiab txoj kev hlub tshua, thiab Nws txoj cai uas hu kom lawv hlub thiab ua haujlwm rau Nws. Cov neeg tu vaj txiv hmab no nrhiav lawv tus kheej lub meej mom. Lawv xav txeeb cov txiv ntawm lub vaj txiv hmab los ua lawv tug. Lawv kawm thiab npaj siab kom rub neeg txoj kev mloog thiab txoj kev hwm los rau lawv tus kheej.
“The guilt of these leaders in Israel was not like the guilt of the ordinary sinner. These men stood under the most solemn obligation to God. They had pledged themselves to teach a ‘Thus saith the Lord’ and to bring strict obedience into their practical life. Instead of doing this they were perverting the Scriptures. They laid heavy burdens upon men, enforcing ceremonies that reached to every step in life. The people lived in continual unrest, for they could not fulfill the requirements laid down by the rabbis. As they saw the impossibility of keeping man-made commandments, they became careless in regard to the commandments of God.
“Kev txhaum ntawm cov thawj coj no hauv cov Yixayee tsis zoo ib yam li kev txhaum ntawm tus neeg txhaum ib txwm. Cov txivneej no sawv nyob hauv qab txoj hauj lwm dawb huv tshaj plaws rau Vajtswv. Lawv tau cog lus rau lawv tus kheej tias yuav qhia ib lo lus hais tias, ‘Tus Tswv hais li no,’ thiab yuav coj txoj kev mloog lus nruj nreem los xyaum hauv lawv lub neej niaj hnub. Tsis yog ua li ntawd, lawv ho tab tom ntxeev lub Ntsiab Lus Dawb Huv. Lawv muab tej nra hnyav tso rau saum tibneeg, yuam kom ua tej kab ke uas ncav mus txog txhua kauj ruam hauv lub neej. Cov neeg nyob hauv kev ntxhov siab tsis tu ncua, vim lawv ua tsis tau raws li tej kev cai uas cov xibhwb rabbi tau teeb tseg. Thaum lawv pom tias tsis muaj peev xwm yuav khaws tau tej lus txib uas tibneeg tsim, lawv thiaj ua neeg lam ua lam tsis quav ntsej txog Vajtswv tej lus txib.”
“The Lord had instructed His people that He was the owner of the vineyard, and that all their possessions were given them in trust to be used for Him. But the priests and teachers did not perform the work of their sacred office as if they were handling the property of God. They were systematically robbing Him of the means and facilities entrusted to them for the advancement of His work. Their covetousness and greed caused them to be despised even by the heathen. Thus the Gentile world was given occasion to misinterpret the character of God and the laws of His kingdom.
“Tus Tswv tau qhia Nws haiv neeg tias Nws yog tus tswv ntawm lub vaj txiv hmab, thiab tias txhua yam uas lawv muaj twb raug muab rau lawv saib xyuas hauv kev tso siab kom siv rau Nws. Tiamsis cov pov thawj thiab cov xibhwb tsis tau ua tes dej num ntawm lawv txoj hauj lwm dawb huv ib yam li lawv yog cov tuav tswj Vajtswv tej cuab tam. Lawv tau ua tub sab nyiag ntawm Nws, tsis tu ncua txeeb tej cuab yeej thiab tej kev pab uas tau muab cob rau lawv rau kev nthuav dav Nws tes dej num. Lawv txoj kev ntshaw nyiaj txiag thiab kev khav theeb ua rau txawm cov neeg txawv teb chaws los tseem saib tsis taus lawv. Yog li ntawd lub ntiaj teb Lwm Haiv Neeg thiaj tau muaj sijhawm txhais yuam kev txog Vajtswv tus cwj pwm thiab txoj kevcai ntawm Nws lub nceeg vaj.”
“With a father’s heart, God bore with His people. He pleaded with them by mercies given and mercies withdrawn. Patiently He set their sins before them, and in forbearance waited for their acknowledgment. Prophets and messengers were sent to urge God’s claim upon the husbandmen; but instead of being welcomed, they were treated as enemies. The husbandmen persecuted and killed them. God sent still other messengers, but they received the same treatment as the first, only that the husbandmen showed still more determined hatred.
“Nrog lub siab ntawm ib tug txiv, Vajtswv tau ua siab ntev rau Nws haiv neeg. Nws tau thov ntuas lawv los ntawm tej kev hlub tshua uas pub rau lawv thiab tej kev hlub tshua uas raug rho tawm. Nrog kev ua siab ntev Nws tau tsa lawv tej kev txhaum rau ntawm lawv xub ntiag, thiab hauv kev thev taus Nws tau tos lawv lees paub. Cov yaj saub thiab cov tub txib raug xa mus kom hais tseg Vajtswv txoj cai rau cov neeg tu vaj txiv hmab; tiam sis tsis yog tias lawv yuav raug txais tos, lawv rov raug suav tias yog yeeb ncuab. Cov neeg tu vaj txiv hmab tsim txom thiab tua lawv. Vajtswv tseem xa lwm cov tub txib ntxiv mus, tab sis lawv kuj raug kho ib yam li cov thawj, tsuas yog tias cov neeg tu vaj txiv hmab tau qhia kev ntxub ntxaug uas khov kho dua qub.”
“As a last resource, God sent His Son, saying, ‘They will reverence My Son.’ But their resistance had made them vindictive, and they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill Him, and let us seize on His inheritance.’ We shall then be left to enjoy the vineyard, and to do as we please with the fruit.
“Thaum kawg kawg, Vajtswv txib Nws Leej Tub los, hais tias, ‘Lawv yuav hwm Kuv Leej Tub.’ Tiamsis lawv txoj kev tawm tsam twb ua rau lawv puv npo kev phem chim thiab siab phem pauj kua zaub ntsuab, ces lawv thiaj sib hais hauv lawv tus kheej tias, ‘Tus no yog tus txais qub txeeg qub teg; nej los, cia peb muab Nws tua pov tseg, thiab cia peb txeeb Nws tej qub txeeg qub teg.’ Ces peb yuav nyob tshuav los txaus siab rau lub vaj txiv hmab, thiab ua raws li peb siab nyiam rau cov txiv.”
“The Jewish rulers did not love God; therefore they cut themselves away from Him, and rejected all His overtures for a just settlement. Christ, the Beloved of God, came to assert the claims of the Owner of the vineyard; but the husbandmen treated Him with marked contempt, saying, We will not have this man to rule over us. They envied Christ’s beauty of character. His manner of teaching was far superior to theirs, and they dreaded His success. He remonstrated with them, unveiling their hypocrisy, and showing them the sure results of their course of action. This stirred them to madness. They smarted under the rebukes they could not silence. They hated the high standard of righteousness which Christ continually presented. They saw that His teaching was placing them where their selfishness would be uncloaked, and they determined to kill Him. They hated His example of truthfulness and piety and the elevated spirituality revealed in all He did. His whole life was a reproof to their selfishness, and when the final test came, the test which meant obedience unto eternal life or disobedience unto eternal death, they rejected the Holy One of Israel. When they were asked to choose between Christ and Barabbas, they cried out, ‘Release unto us Barabbas!’ Luke 23:18. And when Pilate asked, ‘What shall I do then with Jesus?’ they cried fiercely, ‘Let Him be crucified.’ Matthew 27:22. ‘Shall I crucify your King?’ Pilate asked, and from the priests and rulers came the answer, ‘We have no king but Caesar.’ John 19:15. When Pilate washed his hands, saying, ‘I am innocent of the blood of this just person,’ the priests joined with the ignorant mob in declaring passionately, ‘His blood be on us, and on our children.’ Matthew 27:24, 25.
Cov thawjcoj Yudais tsis hlub Vajtswv; yog li ntawd lawv thiaj txiav lawv tus kheej tawm ntawm Nws mus, thiab tsis kam lees txais txhua yam Nws tau thov kom muaj kev sib haum raws li kev ncaj ncees. Khetos, tus uas Vajtswv hlub, tau los lees hais txog tej cai ntawm Tus Tswv uas yog tus tswv lub vaj txiv hmab; tiam sis cov neeg ua liaj ua teb ntawd tau saib tsis taus Nws heev, hais tias, Peb yuav tsis cia tus no kav peb. Lawv khib Khetos txoj kev zoo nkauj ntawm tus cwj pwm. Nws txoj kev qhia zoo tshaj plaws lawv li heev, thiab lawv ntshai Nws txoj kev vam meej. Nws tau ntuas lawv, qhib qhia lawv txoj kev ua neeg siab phem cuav, thiab qhia rau lawv pom cov txiaj ntsig tseeb uas yuav muaj los ntawm lawv txoj kev coj. Qhov no ua rau lawv chim mus txog kev vwm. Lawv raug mob siab los ntawm cov lus qhuab ntuas uas lawv tsis muaj peev xwm ua kom ntsiag to. Lawv ntxub tus qauv siab ntawm txoj kev ncaj ncees uas Khetos niaj hnub muab tso rau ntawm lawv xub ntiag. Lawv pom tias Nws txoj kev qhia tab tom muab lawv tso rau qhov chaw uas lawv txoj kev qia dub yuav raug muab tshem daim npog tawm, thiab lawv txiav txim siab yuav tua Nws. Lawv ntxub Nws tus yam ntxwv ua piv txwv ntawm kev ncaj ncees hauv lus tseeb thiab kev hwm Vajtswv, thiab txoj kev ntsuj plig siab kawg uas tshwm tawm hauv txhua yam Nws ua. Nws lub neej tag nrho yog ib qho lus cem lawv txoj kev qia dub, thiab thaum txoj kev sim siab kawg los txog, txoj kev sim siab uas txhais tias kev mloog lus mus txog txoj sia nyob mus ib txhis lossis kev tsis mloog lus mus txog txoj kev tuag mus ib txhis, lawv tau tsis lees yuav Tus Dawb Huv ntawm cov Yixayee. Thaum nug kom lawv xaiv ntawm Khetos thiab Npala-as, lawv qw nrov nrov hais tias, “Cia Npala-as dim rau peb!” Luka 23:18. Thiab thaum Philaj nug tias, “Yog li ntawd kuv yuav ua li cas rau Yexus?” lawv txawm qw nrog kev npau taws tias, “Kom muab Nws ntsia rau saum ntoo khaublig.” Mathais 27:22. “Kuv puas yuav ntsia nej tus Vajntxwv rau saum ntoo khaublig?” Philaj nug, thiab los ntawm cov pov thawj thiab cov thawjcoj txawm muaj lo lus teb tias, “Peb tsis muaj vajntxwv tsuas yog Xixas xwb.” Yauhas 19:15. Thaum Philaj ntxuav nws ob txhais tes, hais tias, “Kuv tsis muaj txim rau tus neeg ncaj ncees no cov ntshav,” cov pov thawj thiaj koom nrog cov neeg coob uas tsis paub qab hau tshaj tawm nrog kev kub siab tias, “Nws cov ntshav cia poob rau saum peb thiab saum peb cov menyuam.” Mathais 27:24, 25.
“Thus the Jewish leaders made their choice. Their decision was registered in the book which John saw in the hand of Him that sat upon the throne, the book which no man could open. In all its vindictiveness this decision will appear before them in the day when this book is unsealed by the Lion of the tribe of Judah.
“Yog li no cov thawjcoj Yudais thiaj tau ua lawv txoj kev xaiv. Lawv txoj kev txiav txim ntawd raug sau cia rau hauv phau ntawv uas Yauhas pom nyob hauv txhais tes ntawm Tus uas zaum saum lub zwm txwv, yog phau ntawv uas tsis muaj leejtwg qhib tau. Nrog rau tag nrho nws txoj kev chim siab pauj phem, txoj kev txiav txim no yuav tshwm rau lawv pom nyob rau hnub uas phau ntawv no raug qhib tej ntsaws ruaj ruaj los ntawm Tsov Ntxhuav ntawm xeem Yudas.”
“The Jewish people cherished the idea that they were the favorites of heaven, and that they were always to be exalted as the church of God. They were the children of Abraham, they declared, and so firm did the foundation of their prosperity seem to them that they defied earth and heaven to dispossess them of their rights. But by lives of unfaithfulness they were preparing for the condemnation of heaven and for separation from God.
“Haiv neeg Yudais khaws cia lub tswv yim tias lawv yog cov uas ntuj ceeb tsheej hlub tshaj, thiab tias lawv yuav tsum raug tsa siab mus ib txhis ua pawg ntseeg ntawm Vajtswv. Lawv tshaj tawm tias lawv yog Abraham cov me nyuam, thiab lub hauv paus ntawm lawv txoj kev vam meej zoo li ruaj khov kawg rau lawv, txog npaum li lawv twv tawm tsam lub ntiaj teb thiab ntuj ceeb tsheej kom tsis txhob muaj leej twg txeeb tau lawv tej cai ntawm lawv. Tiamsis los ntawm tej neej uas tsis muaj kev ncaj ncees lawv tab tom npaj lawv tus kheej rau kev raug txim saum ntuj ceeb tsheej thiab rau kev raug cais tawm ntawm Vajtswv.
“In the parable of the vineyard, after Christ had portrayed before the priests their crowning act of wickedness, He put to them the question, ‘When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?’ The priests had been following the narrative with deep interest, and without considering the relation of the subject to themselves they joined with the people in answering, ‘He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out His vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render Him the fruits in their seasons.’
“Hauv zaj lus piv txwv txog lub vaj txiv hmab, tom qab Khetos tau nthuav qhia rau cov pov thawj pom txog lawv txoj haujlwm siab kawg ntawm kev phem, Nws thiaj nug lawv hais tias, ‘Yog li ntawd, thaum tus Tswv ntawm lub vaj txiv hmab los txog, nws yuav ua li cas rau cov neeg tu vaj ntawd?’ Cov pov thawj tau ua raws zaj lus ntawd nrog kev txaus siab tob kawg, thiab tsis tau xav txog tias zaj lus ntawd muaj feem rau lawv tus kheej li cas, lawv thiaj koom nrog cov neeg teb hais tias, ‘Nws yuav rhuav tshem cov neeg phem ntawd ua rau lawv puam tsuaj kawg nkaus, thiab yuav muab Nws lub vaj txiv hmab xauj rau lwm cov neeg tu vaj, cov uas yuav muab cov txiv raws caij nyoog rau Nws.’”
“Unwittingly they had pronounced their own doom. Jesus looked upon them, and under His searching gaze they knew that He read the secrets of their hearts. His divinity flashed out before them with unmistakable power. They saw in the husbandmen a picture of themselves, and they involuntarily exclaimed, ‘God forbid!’
“Tsis paub hais tias lawv twb tshaj tawm lawv txoj kev puam tsuaj rau lawv tus kheej lawm. Yexus ntsia ntsoov rau lawv, thiab nyob hauv Nws lub ntsej muag uas tshawb nrhiav tob ntawd lawv paub tias Nws nyeem tau tej kev zais cia hauv lawv lub siab. Nws txoj kev ua Vajtswv ci tawm tuaj rau ntawm lawv xub ntiag nrog hwj chim uas tsis muaj leejtwg yuam kev tau. Lawv pom ib daim duab ntawm lawv tus kheej nyob hauv cov neeg ua teb ntawd, thiab lawv thiaj qw tawm los yam tsis nco qab tias, ‘Thov Vajtswv txhob pub li ntawd!’”
“Solemnly and regretfully Christ asked, ‘Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner; this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.’
Yexus Khetos nug hnyav thiab nrog kev tu siab nug hais tias, “Nej puas tsis tau nyeem ib zaug li hauv Vajluskub tias, Pob zeb uas cov kws tsim tsev tsis kam txais ntawd, tib lub ntawd twb los ua lub pob zeb taubhau ntawm lub ces kaum lawm; qhov no yog tus Tswv tes haujlwm, thiab nws yog yam txaus xav tsis thoob rau hauv peb lub qhov muag? Yog li no Kuv hais rau nej tias, Vajtswv lub nceeg vaj yuav raug rho tawm ntawm nej mus, thiab yuav muab rau ib haiv neeg uas txi cov txiv raws li nws. Thiab tus twg uas yuav poob rau saum lub pob zeb no yuav tawg; tabsis rau tus twg uas lub pob zeb no poob los raug, nws yuav muab tus ntawd zom ua hmoov av.”
“Christ would have averted the doom of the Jewish nation if the people had received Him. But envy and jealousy made them implacable. They determined that they would not receive Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah. They rejected the Light of the world, and thenceforth their lives were surrounded with darkness as the darkness of midnight. The doom foretold came upon the Jewish nation. Their own fierce passions, uncontrolled, wrought their ruin. In their blind rage they destroyed one another. Their rebellious, stubborn pride brought upon them the wrath of their Roman conquerors. Jerusalem was destroyed, the temple laid in ruins, and its site plowed like a field. The children of Judah perished by the most horrible forms of death. Millions were sold, to serve as bondmen in heathen lands.
“Yexus Khetos yuav tau thim tau txoj kev puam tsuaj ntawm haiv neeg Yudais yog hais tias cov pejxeem tau txais Nws. Tabsis kev khib thiab kev khav theeb ua rau lawv tawv siab tsis txawj txawj yoog. Lawv txiav txim siab tias lawv yuav tsis lees txais Yexus uas yog neeg Naxales ua tus Mexiyas. Lawv tsis lees yuav qhov Kaj ntawm lub ntiajteb, thiab txij ntawd los lawv lub neej raug ncig los ntawm kev tsaus ntuj ib yam li qhov tsaus ntuj thaum ib tag hmo. Txoj kev puam tsuaj uas twb tau raug qhia yav tom ntej lawm thiaj los poob rau saum haiv neeg Yudais. Lawv tej kev ntshaw kub hnyiab ntawm lawv tus kheej, uas tsis raug tswj kav, yog tus ua rau lawv puam tsuaj. Nyob hauv lawv txoj kev npau taws dig muag lawv rhuav tshem ib leeg ib tug. Lawv txoj kev ntxeev siab thiab txoj kev khav theeb tawv ncauj tau coj kev chim siab ntawm lawv cov neeg Loos uas kov yeej lawv los rau saum lawv. Yeluxalees raug rhuav tshem, lub tuam tsev raug ua pob qij txha lov, thiab thaj chaw uas nws nyob raug laij ib yam li ib daim teb. Cov menyuam ntawm Yudas tuag rau hauv tej yam kev tuag uas txaus ntshai tshaj plaws. Muaj ntau plhom leej raug muag mus ua qhev rau hauv tej tebchaws lwm haiv neeg.”
“As a people the Jews had failed of fulfilling God’s purpose, and the vineyard was taken from them. The privileges they had abused, the work they had slighted, was entrusted to others.
“Raws li ib haiv neeg, cov Yudais tau ua tsis tiav hauv kev ua kom tiav Vajtswv lub hom phiaj, thiab lub vaj txiv hmab raug muab rho ntawm lawv mus. Cov txiaj ntsig tshwj xeeb uas lawv tau siv tsis raws cai, tes haujlwm uas lawv tau saib tsis taus, raug muab tso siab rau lwm tus.”
“The parable of the vineyard applies not alone to the Jewish nation. It has a lesson for us. The church in this generation has been endowed by God with great privileges and blessings, and He expects corresponding returns.” Christ’s Object Lessons. 284–296.
“Zaj lus piv txwv hais txog lub vaj hmab tsis yog siv rau haiv neeg Yudais xwb. Nws muaj ib zaj lus qhuab qhia rau peb. Pawg ntseeg hauv tiam neeg no tau raug Vajtswv pub txiaj ntsim thiab koob hmoov loj heev, thiab Nws cia siab tias yuav muaj tej txiaj ntsig rov qab uas phim raws li ntawd.” Christ’s Object Lessons. 284–296.
The book of Joel identifies the history of the latter rain at the end of the world. The latter rain is God’s final warning message of the third angel of Revelation fourteen. Although the latter rain represents the message of the third angel, it also represents the communication process between Divinity and humanity as symbolized by Zechariah’s golden oil, the early and latter rains, the fire from the altar and other representations. The latter rain is not only a message, and the communication process between God and man, but it is also the only sanctified “methodology” of Bible study sustained in God’s Word. That methodology is Isaiah’s “line upon line” found in chapter twenty-eight.
Phau ntawv Yau‑ees qhia txog keeb kwm ntawm nag lig thaum kawg ntawm lub ntiajteb no. Nag lig yog Vajtswv txoj xov ceeb toom kawg, yog ntawm tus timtswv thib peb hauv Tshwmsim kaum plaub. Txawm yog nag lig sawv cev rau txoj xov ntawm tus timtswv thib peb, los nws kuj sawv cev rau txoj kev sib txuas lus ntawm Vajtswv txoj Kev Ua Vajtswv thiab noob neej, raws li raug ua cim los ntawm Xakhaliyas cov roj kub, nag thaum ntxov thiab nag lig, hluav taws ntawm lub thaj, thiab lwm yam kev sawv cev. Nag lig tsis yog tsuas yog ib txoj xov, thiab txoj kev sib txuas lus ntawm Vajtswv thiab tibneeg xwb, tiam sis nws kuj yog tib qho “txheej txheej txheem” ntawm kev kawm Vajlugkub uas raug dawb huv thiab raug txhawb nqa nyob hauv Vajtswv Txojlus. Txoj txheej txheem ntawd yog Yaxayas txoj “kab saud kab, kab saud kab” uas pom nyob hauv tshooj nees nkaum yim.
At the beginning of ancient and also modern Israel, God, “the husbandman” brought Israel “from the wilderness.” Whether the captivity of four hundred and thirty years captivity in Egypt or the captivity of the Dark Ages from 538 unto 1798, Israel was taken out of “the wilderness,” for a “wilderness” is a symbol of slavery and captivity. Whether ancient literal Israel or modern spiritual Israel God delivered them out of a wilderness captivity and “established” them “as His own chosen possession, the Lord’s vineyard” called to be priests and princes who “were committed” with the privilege of representing “the oracles of God.” The “oracles” for ancient Israel being the Law and to modern Israel being both the Law and the prophecies.
Thaum pib ntawm cov Yixayee thaum ub thiab cov Yixayee niaj hnub no thiab, Vajtswv, “Tus kws tu vaj txiv hmab,” tau coj cov Yixayee “tawm hauv tebchaws moj sab qhua los.” Txawm yog txoj kev poob cev qhev plaub puas peb caug xyoo hauv tebchaws Iyiv, los yog txoj kev poob cev qhev ntawm Tiam Ntuj Tsaus txij xyoo 538 mus txog 1798, cov Yixayee raug coj tawm hauv “tebchaws moj sab qhua” los, rau qhov “tebchaws moj sab qhua” yog ib lub cim ntawm kev ua qhev thiab kev poob cev qhev. Txawm yog cov Yixayee tseeb thaum ub los yog cov Yixayee sab ntsuj plig niaj hnub no, Vajtswv tau cawm lawv tawm hauv txoj kev poob cev qhev hauv tebchaws moj sab qhua thiab “tsa” lawv “ua Nws tej cuab tam uas Nws xaiv tshwj xeeb, tus Tswv lub vaj txiv hmab,” hu lawv los ua pov thawj hwj thiab ua thawj coj muaj koob meej, uas “tau raug muab cob” nrog txoj cai tshwj xeeb ntawm kev sawv cev rau “Vajtswv tej lus qhia.” Cov “lus qhia” ntawd, rau cov Yixayee thaum ub, yog Txoj Kevcai; hos rau cov Yixayee niaj hnub no, yog ob qho tib si Txoj Kevcai thiab tej lus faj lem.
“God has called His church in this day, as He called ancient Israel, to stand as a light in the earth. By the mighty cleaver of truth, the messages of the first, second, and third angels, He has separated them from the churches and from the world to bring them into a sacred nearness to Himself. He has made them the depositaries of His law and has committed to them the great truths of prophecy for this time. Like the holy oracles committed to ancient Israel, these are a sacred trust to be communicated to the world. The three angels of Revelation 14 represent the people who accept the light of God’s messages and go forth as His agents to sound the warning throughout the length and breadth of the earth.” Testimonies, volume 5, 455.
“Vajtswv tau hu Nws pawg ntseeg nyob rau hnub no, ib yam li Nws tau hu cov Yixayee thaum ub, kom sawv ua qhov kaj rau hauv ntiajteb. Los ntawm rab riam txiav loj kawg ntawm qhov tseeb, yog cov lus ntawm thawj tug timtswv, tus timtswv thib ob, thiab tus timtswv thib peb, Nws tau cais lawv tawm ntawm cov pawg ntseeg thiab tawm ntawm lub ntiajteb kom coj lawv los nyob ze Nws hauv qhov dawb huv. Nws tau tsa lawv ua cov uas khaws Nws txoj kevcai thiab tau muab rau lawv cov tseeb loj ntawm tej lus faj lem rau lub sijhawm no. Ib yam li tej lus dawb huv uas tau muab cob rau cov Yixayee thaum ub, tej no yog ib qho kev tso siab dawb huv uas yuav tsum muab tshaj tawm rau lub ntiajteb. Peb tug timtswv hauv Tshwm Sim 14 sawv cev rau cov neeg uas lees txais qhov kaj ntawm Vajtswv cov lus thiab tawm mus ua Nws cov neeg sawv cev kom nrov lub suab ceeb toom mus thoob plaws ntev thiab dav ntawm lub ntiajteb.” Testimonies, volume 5, 455.
Modern Israel was ordained to proclaim the loud cry of the third angel under the power of the latter rain, while manifesting the character of Christ in their personal experience under the power of the Holy Spirit. The loud cry of the third angel is fulfilled during the outpouring of the latter rain, during a time when a false peace and safety latter rain message is being promoted by a class of men who are drunken with the wine of Babylon. These are Isaiah’s drunkards of Ephraim and Joel’s drinkers of wine who have the new wine cut off from their mouths. Those receiving the true latter rain message are represented by Daniel, Mishael, Hananiah and Azariah who rejected the Babylonian food for heavenly fare. These are the one hundred and forty-four thousand who sing the song of Moses and the Lamb, but also of the vineyard, for the vineyard parable was fulfilled in the history of Moses in the beginning of ancient Israel’s covenant relationship, and it was fulfilled again at the end of ancient Israel’s covenant relationship in the history of the Lamb.
Ixayees niaj hnub no raug tsa tseg kom tshaj tawm txoj suab quaj nrov nrov ntawm tus tim tswv thib peb nyob rau hauv lub hwj chim ntawm nag tom qab, thaum tab tom qhia kom pom tus cwj pwm ntawm Khetos hauv lawv txoj kev paub ntawm tus kheej nyob rau hauv lub hwj chim ntawm Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv. Txoj suab quaj nrov nrov ntawm tus tim tswv thib peb raug ua kom tiav thaum lub sij hawm los nag tom qab raug nchuav tawm, nyob rau hauv ib lub caij nyoog uas ib txoj xov nag tom qab cuav hais txog kev thaj yeeb thiab kev nyab xeeb cuav tab tom raug txhawb los ntawm ib pab neeg uas qaug dej qaug cawv los ntawm cov cawv txiv hmab Npanpiloo. Cov no yog Yaxayas cov neeg qaug cawv ntawm Efa‑i thiab Yawyees cov neeg haus cawv txiv hmab uas cov cawv tshiab raug txiav tawm ntawm lawv lub qhov ncauj. Cov uas txais txoj xov tseeb txog nag tom qab raug sawv cev los ntawm Daniyee, Mishees, Hananiyas, thiab Axaliyas, uas tsis kam txais cov zaub mov Npanpiloo kom xaiv tej mov saum ntuj ceeb tsheej. Cov no yog ib puas plaub caug plaub txhiab leej uas hu zaj nkauj ntawm Mauxes thiab tus Menyuam Yaj, thiab kuj yog zaj nkauj ntawm lub vaj txiv hmab, rau qhov zaj lus piv txwv txog lub vaj txiv hmab ntawd raug ua kom tiav nyob rau hauv keeb kwm ntawm Mauxes thaum pib ntawm Ixayees thaum ub txoj kev sib raug zoo hauv lo lus cog tseg, thiab nws raug ua kom tiav dua ib zaug ntxiv thaum kawg ntawm Ixayees thaum ub txoj kev sib raug zoo hauv lo lus cog tseg nyob rau hauv keeb kwm ntawm tus Menyuam Yaj.
The song of the vineyard concludes with a former covenant people being passed by when a new covenant people are being married to the Lord. The Lord passed by those who died in the forty-year wilderness wandering and entered into covenant with Joshua at the very same time he was divorcing those who would die. The Lord was divorcing ancient Israel at the very same time He was marrying the Christian church. The alpha or beginning history is represented by Moses and the omega is represented by the Lamb. The history they both represent is the history of the vineyard parable, thus Isaiah’s song of the vineyard is John the Revelator’s song of Moses and the Lamb.
Zaj nkauj hais txog lub vaj txiv hmab xaus nrog ib haiv neeg ntawm daim ntawv cog lus qub raug hla dhau thaum ib haiv neeg tshiab ntawm daim ntawv cog lus tshiab tab tom raug yuav rau tus Tswv. Tus Tswv hla dhau cov uas tuag rau hauv plaub caug xyoo kev taug kev hauv tebchaws moj sab qhua thiab nkag mus rau hauv daim ntawv cog lus nrog Yausua tib lub sijhawm uas Nws tab tom nrauj cov uas yuav tuag ntawd. Tus Tswv tab tom nrauj cov neeg Ixayees thaum ub tib lub sijhawm uas Nws tab tom yuav lub Koom Txoos Khixatia. Alpha, lossis keeb kwm thaum pib, yog sawv cev los ntawm Mauxes, thiab omega yog sawv cev los ntawm tus Menyuam Yaj. Keeb kwm uas nkawd ob leeg sawv cev yog keeb kwm ntawm zaj lus piv txwv txog lub vaj txiv hmab; yog li ntawd, Yaxayas zaj nkauj txog lub vaj txiv hmab yog Yauhas tus Qhia Tshwm zaj nkauj ntawm Mauxes thiab tus Menyuam Yaj.
We will continue these thoughts in the next article.
Peb yuav txuas ntxiv cov kev xav no hauv zaj lus tom ntej.
“These are not the words of Sister White, but the words of the Lord, and His messenger has given them to me to give to you. God calls upon you to no longer work at cross purposes with Him. Much instruction was given in regard to men claiming to be Christian when they are revealing the attributes of Satan, counteracting in spirit, word, and action the advancement of truth, and are surely following the path where Satan is leading them. In their hardness of heart they have grasped authority which in no way belongs to them, and which they should not exercise. Saith the great Teacher, ‘I will overturn, overturn, overturn.’ Men say in Battle Creek, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are we’ but they are using common fire. Their hearts are not softened and subdued by the grace of God.” Manuscript Releases, volume 13, 222.
“Cov no tsis yog Tej Lus ntawm Muam White, tiam sis yog Tej Lus ntawm tus Tswv, thiab Nws tus tubtxib tau muab tej lus no rau kuv kom kuv muab rau nej. Vajtswv hu kom nej txhob ua haujlwm tawm tsam Nws lub homphiaj ntxiv lawm. Muaj ntau lo lus qhuab qhia uas tau muab hais txog cov neeg uas lees tias yog Khixatia thaum uas lawv tab tom nthuav tawm tej cwjpwm ntawm Xatas, tawm tsam hauv ntsujplig, hauv lus, thiab hauv tes haujlwm rau kev nce qib ntawm qhov tseeb, thiab yeej tab tom taug txoj kev uas Xatas tab tom coj lawv mus. Nyob hauv lawv txoj kev siab tawv thiab siab txhav lawv tau tuav txoj cai uas tsis yog ntawm lawv li kiag li, thiab uas lawv tsis tsim nyog siv. Tus Xibfwb loj hais tias, ‘Kuv yuav muab rhuav, muab rhuav, muab rhuav.’ Cov neeg hais hauv Battle Creek tias, ‘Peb yog lub tuam tsev ntawm tus Tswv, lub tuam tsev ntawm tus Tswv,’ tiam sis lawv tab tom siv hluavtaws uas yog hluavtaws qias neeg. Lawv lub siab tsis tau raug Vajtswv txoj kev tshav ntuj ua kom muag muag thiab txo hwjchim.” Manuscript Releases, volume 13, 222.
“The patience of God has an object, but you are defeating it. He is allowing a state of things to come that you would fain see counteracted by and by, but it will be too late. God commanded Elijah to anoint the cruel and deceitful Hazael king over Syria, that he might be a scourge to idolatrous Israel. Who knows whether God will not give you up to the deceptions you love? Who knows but that the preachers who are faithful, firm, and true may be the last who shall offer the gospel of peace to our unthankful churches? It may be that the destroyers are already training under the hand of Satan and only wait the departure of a few more standard-bearers to take their places, and with the voice of the false prophet cry, ‘Peace, peace,’ when the Lord hath not spoken peace. I seldom weep, but now I find my eyes blinded with tears; they are falling upon my paper as I write. It may be that erelong all prophesyings among us will be at an end, and the voice which has stirred the people may no longer disturb their carnal slumbers.
“Kev ua siab ntev ntev ntawm Vajtswv muaj ib lub hom phiaj, tiam sis nej tabtom rhuav tshem nws. Nws tabtom cia ib qho xwm txheej los txog uas nej yeej xav kom muab tiv thaiv tom qab no, tiam sis thaum ntawd yuav lig dhau lawm. Vajtswv tau txib Eliyas mus pleev roj tsa Haxa-ees, tus neeg lim hiam thiab dag ntxias, ua vajntxwv kav Syria, kom nws thiaj yog ib tug nplawm rau cov Ixayees uas pe hawm dab mlom. Leejtwg paub tias Vajtswv yuav tsis cia nej mus raws tej kev dag ntxias uas nej hlub? Leejtwg paub tias tej tug xibhwb uas ncaj ncees, ruaj khov, thiab tseeb tiag tej zaum yuav yog cov kawg uas yuav tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo ntawm txojkev thaj yeeb rau peb tej pawg ntseeg uas tsis ua tsaug? Tej zaum cov neeg rhuav tshem twb raug cob qhia lawm nyob hauv Xatas txhais tes thiab tsuas yog tos kom ob peb tug ntxiv ntawm cov tuav chij tawm mus, ces lawv yuav los sawv lawv chaw, thiab nrog tus yaj saub cuav lub suab qw hais tias, ‘Kev thaj yeeb, kev thaj yeeb,’ thaum tus Tswv tsis tau hais txog kev thaj yeeb li. Kuv tsis tshua quaj li, tiam sis nimno kuv pom tias kuv ob lub qhov muag plooj ntais vim kua muag; lawv tabtom ntog saum kuv daim ntawv thaum kuv sau. Tej zaum tsis ntev no txhua yam kev cev lus faj lem hauv peb nruab nrab yuav xaus tas, thiab lub suab uas tau ua rau cov neeg sawv tsees yuav tsis muaj ntxiv los cuam tshuam lawv tej kev tsaug zog ntawm cev nqaij daim tawv.”
“When God shall work His strange work on the earth, when holy hands bear the ark no longer, woe will be upon the people. Oh, that thou hadst known, even thou, in this thy day, the things that belong unto thy peace! Oh, that our people may, as did Nineveh, repent with all their might and believe with all their heart, that God may turn away His fierce anger from them.” Testimonies, volume 5, 77.
“Thaum Vajtswv yuav ua Nws tes haujlwm txawv txawv saum npoo ntiajteb no, thaum txhais tes dawb huv tsis ris lub phij xab cog lus ntxiv lawm, kev txom nyem yuav los rau saum cov neeg. Au, yog tias koj twb tau paub lawm, yeej yog koj thiab, nyob rau hnub no uas yog koj hnub, tej yam uas yog rau koj txoj kev thaj yeeb! Au, thov kom peb haiv neeg, ib yam li Nineveh tau ua, hloov siab lees txim kawg lawv lub zog thiab ntseeg kawg lawv lub siab, xwv kom Vajtswv tig Nws txoj kev npau taws kub lug kom deb ntawm lawv.” Testimonies, volume 5, 77.
“If you indulge stubbornness of heart, and through pride and self-righteousness do not confess your faults, you will be left subject to Satan’s temptations. If when the Lord reveals your errors you do not repent or make confession, his providence will bring you over the ground again and again. You will be left to make mistakes of a similar character, you will continue to lack wisdom, and will call sin righteousness, and righteousness sin. The multitude of deceptions that will prevail in these last days will encircle you, and you will change leaders, and not know that you have done so.” Review and Herald, December 16, 1890.
“Yog nej ua raws li lub siab tawv ncauj, thiab vim kev khav theeb thiab kev xav tias koj tus kheej ncaj ncees thiaj tsis lees txim txog koj tej kev yuam kev, ces koj yuav raug tso cia nyob hauv Xatas tej kev ntxias. Yog thaum tus Tswv qhia tawm koj tej kev ua yuam kev los koj tsis hloov siab lees txim los sis tsis qhib ncauj lees, nws txoj kev saib xyuas yuav coj koj rov hla tib thaj av ntawd ib zaug dhau ib zaug ntxiv. Koj yuav raug tso cia kom ua yuam kev uas muaj tus cwj pwm zoo ib yam, koj yuav tseem tsis muaj tswvyim, thiab yuav hu txoj kev txhaum tias yog kev ncaj ncees, thiab hu kev ncaj ncees tias yog kev txhaum. Cov kev dag ntxias coob kawg uas yuav kav nyob rau hauv cov hnub kawg no yuav muab koj包围, thiab koj yuav hloov thawj coj, los koj yuav tsis paub tias koj twb tau ua li ntawd lawm.” Review and Herald, December 16, 1890.