Monday, 21 September 2015

Galatians 4:21-25

율법 아래에 있기를 바라는 사람들이여, 나에게 말해 보십시오. 여러분은 율법이 말하는 것을 듣지 못합니까? 아브라함에게 두 아들이 있었는데, 한 사람은 여종에게서 태어나고 한 사람은 종이 아닌 본처에게서 태어났다고 기록되어 있습니다. 여종에게서 난 아들은 육신을 따라 태어나고, 본처에게서 난 아들은 약속을 따라 태어났습니다. 이것은 비유로 표현한 것입니다. 그 두 여자는 두 가지 언약을 가리킵니다. 한 사람은 시내 산에서 나서 종이 될 사람을 낳은 하갈입니다. '하갈'이라 하는 것은 아라비아에 있는 시내 산을 뜻하는데, 지금의 예루살렘에 해당합니다. 지금의 예루살렘은 그 주민과 함께 종노릇을 하고 있습니다.Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise. These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar. Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

1 comment:

Won-Min Lee said...

What does it mean to be slave to someone ? It means that one has no freedom and is bound to that its master for indefinite amount of time. To be slaves under the law means that a person is literally bound to laws and regulations and cannot see anything beyond since this is the life style he/she has been pursuing. But it's time for us to wake up and to see how current state of slavery to laws that alienate us from relying and depending on the grace of Christ. We should stop the act of relying on self-righteousness and our belief that we can do all on our own. If we are truly sons/daughters of Christ, then we should acknowledge and confess our weakness to Him so that He can interfere within us and work within us. Amen!