马在圣经中象征什么?战争、信靠与基督



  • 在圣经中,马主要是战争的动物,圣经用它来询问我们将信靠放在哪里。
  • 《钦定版圣经》提到“马”或“马匹”共154次,从埃及的约瑟到启示录的最后一场战役。
  • 上帝的律法告诉以色列的君王不要增加马匹,但所罗门还是聚集了它们,拥有1400辆战车和12000名骑兵。
  • 诗篇和先知书警告说“靠马得救是枉然的”,并呼吁上帝的子民转而信靠耶和华。
  • 在启示录第6章中,当羔羊揭开印时,白、红、黑、灰四匹马带来了征服、战争、饥荒和死亡。
  • 在启示录第19章中,基督骑着一匹白马,被称为“忠信真实”,天上的众军跟随在他身后。
  • 圣经没有给出梦中马匹的含义,基督徒会用上帝的话语来检验每一个梦。

In the Bible the horse is mostly an animal of war, and Scripture uses it to ask whom we trust. A psalm puts it in one line: “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God” (Psalm 20:7). In Revelation, horses carry God’s judgments and, at the last, Christ himself. That is the thread to hold. God made the horse, and he describes its courage with something close to delight.…

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