圣经中的风象征什么?上帝的灵、祂的大能以及转瞬即逝的事物



  • 希伯来语 ruach 和希腊语 pneuma 每一个词都意指风、气息和灵,因此圣经中的“风”首先指向的是上帝的灵和气息。
  • 在何烈山,“耶和华也不在风中”(列王纪上 19:11)。风可以宣告上帝的临在,但圣经从未将风本身神圣化。
  • 耶稣在约翰福音 3:8 中将圣灵比作风,在约翰福音 20:22 中向门徒吹气,而在五旬节,圣灵降临时伴随着“从天上有响声下来,好像一阵大风吹过”(使徒行传 2:2)。
  • 东风是炎热的沙漠风,即西洛可风,它会使庄稼枯萎并摧毁船只;西风来自海洋,带来雨水;南风带来炎热;北风带来寒冷。钦定本(KJV)称北风“驱散雨水”(箴言 25:23),而其页边注和如 ESV 等译本则称它带来雨水。
  • “四风”代表四个方向,象征整个大地;圣经中并没有列出四种属灵之风。
  • 风也代表短暂的生命和徒劳的努力:《传道书》中的“捕风”意指追求虚空。

In the Bible, wind points above all to the Spirit and breath of God. The Hebrew ruach and the Greek pneuma each mean wind, breath and spirit. Wind also shows God’s power over the sea and the weather, and it stands for whatever is empty and soon gone. Which of these a verse means, its context shows. Scripture never makes the wind itself divine. When the LORD passed by Elijah at Horeb, “a great and strong wind rent the mountains,…

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