在我居住的地方，8月份是一年中最温暖的日子。早上，如果东方的天空泛红，就很有可能出现暴风雨天气，就像耶稣时代的以色列人所说的那样。
耶稣用这个众所周知的现象给法利赛人和撒都该人“提了个醒”，他们要求祂从天上给他们显一个神迹。作为回应，耶稣用天上的异象来考验他们是否相信祂就是神所膏立的王。
他们已经听到耶稣的教导，看见祂医病的神迹，却仍然否认这些是神迹，也否认耶稣的身份。神在耶稣里赐给他们的礼物，他们充耳不闻，视若无睹。
耶稣还预言了另一个神迹，不是为了满足他们的疑问，而是为了宣告祂将从死里复活。你是否注意到他提到了“约拿的神迹”？这意味着，就像约拿在大鱼肚子里待了三天才被吐到岸上一样，耶稣也会进入坟墓里，第三天从死里复活。
许多怀疑耶稣的人也错过了这个神迹。今天人们仍会错过神迹，但也有许多人看到了，相信了，并与耶稣一起进入复活的生命。你也拥有这种生命吗？
复活的主，你是丰富生命的赐予者。感谢你的奇妙礼物。愿我们能帮助他人看见你真正的身份。阿们。
马太福音 16:1-4
1法利赛人和撒都该人来试探耶稣，请他从天上显个神迹给他们看。
2耶稣回答说：“晚上天发红，你们就说‘天必要晴’；
3早晨天发红，又发黑，你们就说‘今日必有风雨’。你们知道分辨天上的气色，倒不能分辨这时候的神迹！
4一个邪恶淫乱的世代求神迹，除了约拿的神迹以外，再没有神迹给他看。”耶稣就离开他们去了。
"When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,' and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.'" - Matthew 16:2-3
The month of August provides some of the warmest days of the year where I live. And in the morning, if the sky is red in the east, there is a good chance of stormy weather, just as people said in Israel back in Jesus' day.
Jesus used that well-known pattern as a "heads up" to the Pharisees and Sadducees who had asked him to show them a sign from heaven. In return he used a sign of the heavens to test them about their belief in him as God's anointed King.
They had already seen and heard about Jesus' teaching and healing miracles, and they were inclined to dismiss them—and him as well. When it came to the gift that God had given them in Jesus, they had ears but could not hear, and they had eyes but could not see.
Jesus predicted another sign as well—not to satisfy their question but to announce that he would rise from the dead. Did you notice that he mentioned "the sign of Jonah"? This meant that just as Jonah was in the belly of a great fish for three days before being spit out on the shore, Jesus would be in a tomb, and on the third day he would rise from the dead.
Many of Jesus' challengers missed that sign too. People still miss it today, but many see, believe, and live the resurrected life with Jesus. Are you living that life too?
Risen Lord, you are the giver of abundant life. Thank you for your amazing gifts. May we help others to see who you really are. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
