This week, Pastor Ted Wilson talks about the second coming of Christ, the subject of the twenty-fifth fundamental belief of the Seventh-day Adventists.

本周视频中，魏泰德牧师谈论关于基督复临，它是基督复临安息日会第25条基本信仰的内容。

Prophet Isaiah describes this glorious event, “And it will be said in that day: ‘Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him and He will save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation’” (Isaiah 25:9). In connection to this, “Our God shall come and shall not keep silent; a fire shall devour before Him and it shall be very tempestuous all around Him” (Psalm 50:3).

先知以赛亚这么描写这个荣耀的事件，“到那日，人必說：‘看哪，这是我们的上帝；我们素来等候他，他必拯救我们。这是耶和华，我们素来等候他，我们必因他的救恩欢喜快乐。’”（以赛亚书25:9）与此相关的还有，“我们的上帝要来，决不闭口。有烈火在他面前吞灭；有暴风在他四围大刮。” （詩篇50:3)

While on earth, Jesus told His disciples, “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:2,3).

耶稣在世上时，祂告诉门徒，“我去原是为你们预备地方去。我若去为你们预备了地方，就必再来接你们到我那里去，我在哪里，叫你们也在那里。”( 約翰福音14:2-3)

He repeated this promise with urgency in Revelation 22: “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book” (verse 7). “And behold, I am coming quickly and My reward is with Me to give to everyone according to his work” (verse 12). “Surely I am coming quickly” (verse 20).

在启示录22章，祂急切地重申了这个应许：“看哪，我必快来！凡遵守這书上预言的有福了！”（7节）。“看哪，我必快来！赏罚在我，要照各人所行的报应他。”（7节），“是了，我必快来！”（20节）

When Jesus ascended in a cloud, angels assured the disciples that “this same Jesus, Who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11).

耶稣架云升天时，天使对门徒保证说：“这离开你们被接升天的耶稣，你们见他怎样往天上去，他还要怎样来。”（使徒行传1:11）

It will be a visible return. “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him” (Revelation 1:7). And it will be heard by everyone. “The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God” (1 Thessalonians 4:16).

这将是肉眼可见的复临。“看哪，他驾着云降临，众目要看见他”(启示录1:7)。所有人都会听到。“主必亲自从天上降临，有呼叫的声音和天使长的声音，又有 神的号吹响。”(帖撒罗尼迦前书4:16)。

Ellen White describes this glorious event in Maranatha, page 98, “Christ is coming with power and great glory…While the wicked flee from His presence, Christ’s followers will rejoice…To His faithful followers, Christ has been a daily companion and familiar friend. They have lived in close contact in constant communion with God…They are prepared for the communion of heaven for they have heaven in their hearts.”

怀爱伦在《主必快来》98写道：“基督快要带着权柄和大荣耀的降临。祂将要带着祂自己的荣耀和祂父的荣耀降临。……当恶人在祂面前逃跑时，基督的门徒却要欢呼。……基督是祂忠心门徒每日的伴侣和亲密的朋友。他们在生活上一直与上帝保持密切的联络。 ……。他们已经为享受天国的交谊作好准备，因为在他们的心中已经有了天国。”

The Seventh-day Fundamental Belief #25 states, “The second coming of Christ is the blessed hope of the church, the grand climax of the gospel. The Saviour’s coming will be literal, personal, visible, and worldwide.”

基督复临安息日会基本信仰第25条宣称：“基督复临是教会有福的指望，是福音伟大的顶峰。救主的降临是真实的。救主亲自降临，是肉眼能见的，是普世性的。”

It continues, “When He returns, the righteous dead will be resurrected, and together with the righteous living will be glorified and taken to heaven, but the unrighteous will die. The almost complete fulfillment of most lines of prophecy, together with the present condition of the world, indicates that Christ’s coming is near. The time of that event has not been revealed, and we are therefore exhorted to be ready at all times.”

 “祂复临时，死去的义人将要复活，并与活着的义人一同得荣耀，被接到天上。但那不义的人则要死亡。大多数的预言几乎都完全应验，目前的世界情况更显明，基督复临已经迫近。但那时辰未启示我们，因此我们受教要随时都准备好。”

While His followers will be overjoyed, the wicked “will mourn” as they “see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:30).

当耶稣的门徒们欢天喜地的时候，邪恶的人“将要悲哀”，因为他们“看见人子有能力，有大荣耀，驾着天上的云降临”(马太福音24:30)。

Now, when is Jesus coming?

那么，耶稣什么时候来呢？

Jesus said in Matthew 24, “Learn this parable from the fig tree. When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!” (verses 32-33). But no one knows the exact hour and day, “not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only” (verse 36).

在马太福音24章，耶稣说：“你们可以从无花果树学个比方：当树枝发嫩长叶的时候，你们就知道夏天近了。这样、你们看见这一切的事，也该知道人子近了、正在门口了。”（32-33节）但是没有人知道确切的时间和日期，“天上的使者也不知道，子也不知道，惟独父知道。”（36节）

The prophecies of Daniel and Revelation make it clear that we are at the end of time. But there are still some who doubt that the second coming of Christ is near. Nevertheless, we should not be surprised as the Bible says in 2 Peter 3:3-4, “Scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.’”

但以理书和启示录的预言明确指出，我们正处于末日。但仍有一些人怀疑基督再来的日子是否临近。然而，我们不应该像《彼得后书》3:3-4所说的那样感到惊讶，“该知道在末世必有好讥诮的人，随从自己的私欲出来讥诮说：’ 主要降临的应许在哪里呢？因为从列祖睡了以来，万物与起初创造的时候仍是一样。’”

In verses 8 and 9, Peter instructs and encourages us, “Beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

8-9节，彼得吩咐鼓励我们：“亲爱的弟兄啊，有一件事你们不可忘记，就是主看一日如千年，千年如一日。主所应许的尚未成就，有人以为他是耽延，其实不是耽延，乃是宽容你们，不愿有一人沉沦，乃愿人人都悔改。”

He also urges us to be “in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God…Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless” (verse 14).

他敦促我们：“既盼望这些事，就当殷勤，使自己没有玷污，无可指摘，安然见主。”（14节）

Finally, “do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: ‘For yet a little while, and He Who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him.’ But we are not of those who draw back to perdition but of those who believe to the saving of the soul” (Hebrews 10:35-39).

最后，“你们不可丢弃勇敢的心，存这样的心必得大赏赐。你们必须忍耐，使你们行完了神的旨意，就可以得着所应许的。’因为还有一点点时候，那要来的就来，并不迟延。只是义人必因信得生，他若退后，我心里就不喜欢他。’我们却不是退后入沉沦的那等人，乃是有信心以致灵魂得救的人。”（希伯来书10:35-39）

Let us claim this promise of salvation as we anticipate the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

当我们期待主耶稣基督再来的时候我们去传扬这得救的应许。

Learn more about the second coming of Christ at http://www.adventist.org/second-coming.

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