问安
在圣经六十六卷书中，启示录是独特的一卷，它带来一个惊喜、一份礼物、和来自耶稣的“启示”，这位耶稣就是那位到世上来拯救世人的救主（约翰福音 3:16-17）。启示录的故事在适切的时间出现，这是很重要的。
启示录是给予第一世纪的教会的一份礼物，那时的信徒感到被孤立和与别的人隔开了，以下的例子或许能帮助我们领会到，这卷书来得是多么合时。当我的双亲从荷兰移居至加拿大时，他们认为他们可能不会再见到家人和好朋友了，因此，从家乡来的书信，便成为与远方挚爱的人的联系了。每当收到书信时，人人都会放下手上的事情，来阅读和细嚼远方挚爱所写的信。
启示录就像一封写给生活在充满挑战的年代的教会群体的“家书”。初期教会有时会怀疑，耶稣为甚么好像离他们那么远，尤其是当罗马帝国的敌对和逼迫增加时就更甚。
藉着使者造访耶稣其中一名最亲密的门徒约翰，耶稣传递了一个信息给祂前途未卜的家人。这封信向他们问安，愿从那昔在、今在、以后永在而来的“恩惠、平安”归与每一个人。
在今天，让我们聆听这个来自我们的主和救主的问安吧。我们不会孤单，因为祂以恩惠平安和永远与祂同活的应许围绕着我们。
主耶稣，你以合时和安慰的话语来激励我们，我们感谢你。阿们。
启示录 1:1-5a
1耶稣基督的启示，就是神赐给他，叫他将必要快成的事指示他的众仆人。他就差遣使者晓谕他的仆人约翰。
2约翰便将神的道和耶稣基督的见证，凡自己所看见的都证明出来。
3念这书上预言的和那些听见又遵守其中所记载的，都是有福的，因为日期近了。
4约翰写信给亚细亚的七个教会。但愿从那昔在、今在、以后永在的神和他宝座前的七灵，
5并那诚实作见证的、从死里首先复活、为世上君王元首的耶稣基督，有恩惠、平安归于你们！他爱我们，用自己的血使我们脱离罪恶，
Greetings
“Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come...“ - Revelation 1:4
Revelation is unique in the mix of the Bible’s 66 books. It comes as a surprise, a gift, a “revelation” from the same Jesus who came to be the Savior of the world (John 3:16-17). The timing of Revelation is important to its story.
Revelation is a gift to the first-century churches at a time when believers were feeling isolated and apart. Perhaps an example can help us appreciate this timing. When my parents immigrated from the Netherlands to Canada, they thought they might never see their family or close friends again. So letters from home became the ties that held loved ones together across a huge distance. When a letter came, everyone stopped what they were doing so they could read and savor what their loved ones far away had written.
Revelation is like a “letter from home” to church communities living in challenging times. At times the early church wondered why Jesus seemed so far away, especially as opposition and persecution increased in the Roman Empire.
Into this uncertainty Jesus sent his family members a message—through an angel, who visited John, one of Jesus’ closest followers. This letter sends greetings to everyone with “grace and peace” from him who is and was and is to come.
Today, listen to this greeting from the Lord, our Savior. We are not alone. He surrounds us with grace and peace and the promise of life with him forever.
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for your timely and comforting words of encouragement. Amen.
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