2A In order to participate in the rapture of the overcomers so that we may enjoy the Lord’s parousia (presence, coming) and escape the great tribulation, we must overcome the stupefying effect of man’s living today — 17:26-30:
31 The conditions of evil living that stupefied the generation of Noah before the deluge and the generation of Lot before the destruction of Sodom portray the perilous condition of man’s living before the Lord’s parousia and the great tribulation — Matt. 24:3, 21.
42 As followers of the Lord Jesus, we need to overcome the stupefying effect of the world’s indulgent living by losing our soul-life in this age — Luke 17:31-33.
5二 保全魂生命,与留恋属地、物质的东西有关—31、33节:
5B Preserving the soul-life is related to lingering in the earthly and material things — vv. 31, 33:
72 Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt because she took a lingering look backward at Sodom, indicating that she loved and treasured the evil world that God was going to judge and utterly destroy — Luke 17:32:
9b Although she did not perish, she was not fully saved, but, like the salt that becomes tasteless (Luke 14:34-35), she was left in a place of shame; this is a solemn warning to the world-loving believers — 1 John 2:15-17, 28.
103 Lingering in the earthly things for the sake of our soul’s enjoyment will cause us to lose our soul; that is, our soul will suffer the loss of its enjoyment in the coming kingdom age — Luke 17:33.
11三 路加十七章三十一至三十六节说到我们对被提之呼召的反应:
11C Luke 17:31-36 speaks of our reaction to the rapture call:
121 These verses depict the soul-life in its engagement not with sinful things but with the things of earth; the Lord’s charge here is related to the believers’ overcoming in their practical life — vv. 34-36.
132 Whether or not the living believers participate in the rapture of the overcomers depends on their reaction to the call to go; the rapture will occur secretly and unexpectedly — v. 31:
14a 这呼召在我们身上不会产生最后一分钟神奇的改变,而漠视我们先前在主面前的生活。
14a This call will not produce a miraculous last-minute change in us that has no relation to our previous life with the Lord.
15b 在那一刻,我们会发现我们的心真正所宝贝的;这宝贝若是主自己,我们就不会回头观望—32节。
15b In that moment we will discover our heart’s real treasure; if this treasure is the Lord Himself, there will be no backward look — v. 32.
16c 我们需要十字架作工在我们身上,使我们在灵里与主自己以外的一切人事物完全分开—31节。
16c We need the cross to work in us a thorough detachment in spirit from everything and everyone other than the Lord Himself — v. 31.
173 Certain ones are taken because they have overcome the stupefying effect of self-indulgent living in this age to be raptured into the enjoyment of the Lord’s parousia — vv. 26-30, 34-36.