15神莫大救恩的最后一步,是要领许多的儿子进荣耀里去。罗马八章告诉我们,神在我们身上恩典的工作,开始于祂的预知,经过祂的预定、呼召、称义,终结于祂叫我们得荣耀(29~30)。八章也告诉我们,一切受造之物,正在热切等待神的众子显示出来(得荣耀),指望着受造之物自己,也要得享神儿女之荣耀的自由(19~21)。这要借着主的再来得着成就(腓三21),那时我们要与祂一同显现在荣耀里(西三4);这是我们的盼望(一27)。神的众子这样得荣耀,乃是神救恩的目标,要持续地经过千年国,且要完满的显于新耶路撒冷,直到永远(启二一11、23)(圣经恢复本,来二10注3)。 15The last step of God’s great salvation is to bring His many sons into glory. Romans 8 tells us that God’s work of grace upon us began with His foreknowing, passed through His predestination, calling, and justification, and will end with His glorification (vv. 29-30). Also, Romans 8 tells us that the whole creation eagerly awaits the revelation (glorification) of the sons of God, in hope that the creation itself will enter into the freedom of the glory of the children of God (vv. 19-21). This will be accomplished by the Lord’s coming back (Phil. 3:21), at which time we will be manifested with Him in glory (Col. 3:4); this is our hope (1:27). This glorification of the sons of God, as the goal of God’s salvation, will last through the millennial kingdom and will be manifested in full in the New Jerusalem for eternity (Rev. 21:11, 23). (Heb. 2:10, footnote 3)