什麼是「舍金納的榮耀」？The Shekinah glory – What isit?
作者：Compelling Truth 網站 譯者: 駱鴻銘
舍金納的榮耀（Shekinah glory）是希伯來文給神住在地上與人同在所起的名字。 「舍金納」這個詞實際上並沒有出現在聖經中，但在希伯來語裏，它可能的意思是「祂居住」（he caused to dwell），這是對耶和華的神聖鑒查所用的術語。（譯按：shekinah 有「居所」的涵義，用來指耶和華在地上與人同在。）一個著名的舍金納的榮耀的例子，是白天的雲柱和夜間的火柱，引導以色列人在出埃及後穿越曠野（出埃及記十三20～22）。
舍金納的榮耀是上帝在自然界中以肉眼可見的形式顯現。有時候，耶和華的靈會以人形探訪人（創十八1～2）；有時候，耶和華的靈會「大大感動」一個人並賦予他們超自然的能力（士十四6；撒上十6）。但這些都不是舍金納的榮耀。舍金納的榮耀是上帝藉著自然物體與人同在，如雲柱或燃燒的荊棘（出三2）。當摩西在雲中與上帝說話時，就像與祂「面對面」地說話一樣（出卅三11）。但是當摩西要求直接看到上帝的榮耀時，上帝拒絕他，說道：「你不能看見我的面，因為人見我的面不能存活。」（出卅三20）。上帝直接可見的同在，是人的肉眼或心靈無法承受的，會使人死亡。這就是為什麼上帝選擇以其他形式對人顯現的原因。
耶穌基督是上帝向人顯現的最終極形式。歌羅西書二章9節說道，「因為神本性一切的豐盛都有形有體的居住在基督裏面。」耶穌告訴祂的門徒，任何見過祂的人也見過父（約十四9）。耶穌是上帝的顯現。希伯來書優美地描述了耶穌是那位在聖所獻上永恆祭物的大祭司，所以人與上帝之間不再有分離，不再需要獻祭（書九1～28）。當耶穌的身體在十字架上被撕裂時，掛在聖所的幔子也裂為兩半（太廿七51）。這是一個象徵——意思是基督已經完成了恩典的工作，使我們能夠來到主的面前（來四16），也來到住在我們裏面的聖靈面前（雅四5；提後一14）。
The
Shekinah glory – What is it?
The
Shekinah glory is the Hebrew name given to the presence of God dwelling on the
earth. The word "shekinah" does not actually appear in the Bible, but
in Hebrew it can mean "he caused to dwell" and it was the term given to
a divine visitation of Yahweh. A notable example of the Shekinah glory is the
pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night that guided the Israelites
through the desert after their exodus from Egypt (Exodus 13:20–22).
The
Shekinah glory is a visible manifestation of God in the natural world. At
times, the Spirit of the Lord would visit people in human form (Genesis
18:1–2), and at times, the Spirit of the Lord would "rush upon" a
person and give them supernatural powers (Judges 14:6; 1 Samuel 10:6). But
neither of these is the Shekinah glory. The Shekinah glory is the presence of
God in a natural object, like the pillar of cloud or the burning bush (Exodus
3:2). When Moses spoke to God in the cloud, it was the same as speaking to Him
"face to face" (Exodus 33:11). But when Moses asked to see God's
glory directly, God refused, saying "you cannot see my face, for man shall
not see me and live" (Exodus 33:20). The direct visible presence of God is
too much for human eyes or human mind to encounter without dying. This is why
God chooses to appear to man in other forms.
Jesus
Christ was the ultimate form of God appearing to man. Colossians 2:9 says that,
"in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily." Jesus told His
disciples that anyone who had seen Him had also seen the Father (John 14:9).
Jesus was a manifestation of God. The book of Hebrews beautifully describes
Jesus as the High Priest who offered an eternal sacrifice in the holy place, so
there would be no more separation between man and God, and no more need for
sacrifices (Hebrews 9:1–28). When that body was torn on the cross, the veil
hanging over the holy place was also torn in two (Matthew 27:51). This was a
symbol—it meant that Christ had finished the work of grace, giving us access to
the Lord Himself (Hebrews 4:16) and to His Holy Spirit, who came to dwell
within us (James 4:5; 2 Timothy 1:14).
