T-26.IX:For They Have Come

1. 1Think but how holy you must be from whom the Voice for God calls lovingly unto your brother, that you may awake in him the Voice that answers to your call! 2And think how holy he must be when in him sleeps your own salvation, with his freedom joined! 3However much you wish he be condemned, God is in him. 4And never will you know He is in you as well while you attack His chosen home, and battle with His host. 5Regard him gently. 6Look with loving eyes on him who carries Christ within him, that you may behold his glory and rejoice that Heaven is not separate from you.

2. 1Is it too much to ask a little trust for him who carries Christ to you, that you may be forgiven all your sins, and left without a single one you cherish still? 2Forget not that a shadow held between your brother and yourself obscures the face of Christ and memory of God. 3And would you trade Them for an ancient hate? 4The ground whereon you stand is holy ground because of Them Who, standing there with you, have blessed it with Their innocence and peace.

3. 1The blood of hatred fades to let the grass grow green again, and let the flowers be all white and sparkling in the summer sun. 2What was a place of death has now become a living temple in a world of light. 3Because of Them. 4It is Their Presence which has lifted holiness again to take its ancient place upon an ancient throne. 5Because of Them have miracles sprung up as grass and flowers on the barren ground that hate had scorched and rendered desolate. 6What hate has wrought have They undone. 7And now you stand on ground so holy Heaven leans to join with it, and make it like itself. 8The shadow of an ancient hate has gone, and all the blight and withering have passed forever from the land where They have come.

4. 1What is a hundred or a thousand years to Them, or tens of thousands? 2When They come, time’s purpose is fulfilled. 3What never was passes to nothingness when They have come. 4What hatred claimed is given up to love, and freedom lights up every living thing and lifts it into Heaven, where the lights grow ever brighter as each one comes home. 5The incomplete is made complete again, and Heaven’s joy has been increased because what is its own has been restored to it. 6The bloodied earth is cleansed, and the insane have shed their garments of insanity to join Them on the ground whereon you stand.

5. 1Heaven is grateful for this gift of what has been withheld so long. 2For They have come to gather in Their Own. 3What has been locked is opened; what was held apart from light is given up, that light may shine on it and leave no space nor distance lingering between the light of Heaven and the world.

6. 1The holiest of all the spots on earth is where an ancient hatred has become a present love. 2And They come quickly to the living temple, where a home for Them has been set up. 3There is no place in Heaven holier. 4And They have come to dwell within the temple offered Them, to be Their resting place as well as yours. 5What hatred has released to love becomes the brightest light in Heaven’s radiance. 6And all the lights in Heaven brighter grow, in gratitude for what has been restored.

7. 1Around you angels hover lovingly, to keep away all darkened thoughts of sin, and keep the light where it has entered in. 2Your footprints lighten up the world, for where you walk forgiveness gladly goes with you. 3No one on earth but offers thanks to one who has restored his home, and sheltered him from bitter winter and the freezing cold. 4And shall the Lord of Heaven and His Son give less in gratitude for so much more?

8. 1Now is the temple of the living God rebuilt as host again to Him by Whom it was created. 2Where He dwells, His Son dwells with Him, never separate. 3And They give thanks that They are welcome made at last. 4Where stood a cross stands now the risen Christ, and ancient scars are healed within His sight. 5An ancient miracle has come to bless and to replace an ancient enmity that came to kill. 6In gentle gratitude do God the Father and the Son return to what is Theirs, and will forever be. 7Now is the Holy Spirit’s purpose done. 8For They have come! 9For They have come at last!

1. 想象一下你是何等的神圣！上主的天音必须经由你而向弟兄发出慈爱的召唤，你方能唤醒藏在他内的天音来回应你的呼求。
也想象一下他是何等的神圣！你的救恩正沉睡于他内，与他的自由结合在一起。
不论你多么想要定他的罪，上主仍存在他内。
只要你一攻击上主拣选的家园或向上主的居所宣战，你就无由得知祂也存在你内这一真相。
温柔地对待弟兄吧！
以爱的眼光正视他，因他内怀有基督；唯有如此，你才可能看见他的荣耀，并庆幸天堂从未离开你一步。
2. 他为你带来了基督，使你所有的罪（包括你至今恋恋不舍的那个罪）一并获得了宽恕；请你多信任这人一点儿，岂是过分的要求？
不要忘了，你和弟兄之间只要还存有一丝阴影，基督的面容与上主的记忆就会变得模糊不清。
你难道舍得为那千古宿怨而牺牲祂们？
你已来到了这一圣地，因为祂们就站在你身旁，是祂们的圣洁与平安祝福了这个地方。
3. 仇恨的血迹逐渐消褪，草地恢复了青青欢颜，洁白的花朵在夏阳下光彩熠熠。
在这光明世界里，昔日的死亡阴府转化成一座生命的圣殿；
这都因为祂们的缘故。
祂们的临在护送“神圣性”回归旧地，重登远古的宝座。
因着祂们，奇迹有如春花碧草，遍地绽放，在仇恨焚毁的焦土上欣欣向荣。
祂们会为你化解仇恨所打造的世界。
如今，你所在之处显得如此神圣，天堂迫不及待想与它结合，把它变得如自己一般。
千古宿怨的阴影一逝不返，祂们所至之处，从此不见枯萎与凋零。
4. 一百年，一千年，或者数万年，对祂们又算得了什么？
祂们一来到，时间便功成身退了。
祂们一来到，不曾存在的一切复归虚无。
恨的势力开始臣服于爱，自由照亮了每一个有情生命，并且将他送回天堂；只要一个生命荣归，整个天堂便大放光明。
不圆满之境终于圆满了，天堂洋溢着无边的喜悦，因为属于它的生命终于回家了。
血迹斑斑的大地已然洗净，神智失常之人卸下了疯狂的外衣，他们就在你所在之处加入了天父与圣子的行列。
5. 天堂万分感激你这份礼物，它已被世界扣留太久了。
祂们前来召集自己的人。
尘封已久的礼物终于重见天日，你不再抵制光明照耀其上，因此，也没有任何空间或距离阻挡得了天堂的光明照耀世界了。
6. 人间再没有比“千古宿怨化为眼前之爱”更神圣的地方了。
你在何处为祂们建立家园，祂们便会翩然降临这座生命圣殿。
连天堂都找不到比这更神圣的地方。
祂们会在你献出的圣殿共同住下，作为祂们与你的安息之所。
凡是将仇恨释放给爱的生命，都会化为天上耀眼的明星。
使天堂的光辉倍加灿烂，欣慰地看到一切终于恢复了原状。
7. 天使慈爱地在你头上飞翔，不容罪的阴暗念头侵入，为你护守那已进入你内的光明。
你的足迹会照亮整个世界，因你所到之处，宽恕欣然相随。
世人怎能不感激帮他修复家园而捱过严冬的你？
天堂之主以及圣子对此再造之恩更是铭感不已。
8. 如今，生命之主的圣殿已经重建，再度成为祂的安居之所；这圣殿本来就是祂的创造。
上主安居于此，圣子得以与祂同住，从此永不分离。
祂们感谢你终于欢迎祂们的来到。
复活的基督翩然降临于十字架的废墟，古老的伤痕也在祂的慈目下获得了疗愈。
远古的奇迹终于能以祝福取代那蓄意伤人的千古宿怨。
天父及圣子满怀感激地回到祂们永恒不渝的家园。
圣灵的任务终于圆满完成。
因为祂们已经来到！
祂们终于来到了。
1.藉由你，上主之音慈愛的呼喚著弟兄，好讓他內的天音甦醒並答覆你的呼喚，
而你只需想想自己該有多麼神聖！你的救恩便在他內沉睡，而與之同在的則是他的解脫，試想他該有多麼神聖！
不論你有多希望他能受到譴責，上主都在他內。
而你如果攻擊祂選定的居所，並與祂的東道主交戰，就永遠無法明白祂也在你內。
溫柔的看待他吧。
以愛的眼光來觀照他吧，因為基督就在他內，如此你方能著眼於他的榮耀，慶幸天堂並未與你分離。
2.他若把基督帶給了你，使你所有的罪都蒙受寬恕，而不留下任何一點仍受你珍惜，那麼要你給他一點兒信心，又豈會過份？
不要忘了，殘留在你與弟兄之間的陰影遮蔽了基督的容顏和對上主的記憶。
難道你願拿祂們來換取古老的仇恨？
祂們既然和你同在，便已賦予了你腳下的大地純潔與平安，因而那即是聖地。
3.怨恨的血漬已然褪去，大地又變得綠草如茵，花兒也顯得潔白無瑕，在夏日的陽光下閃閃發亮。
往昔的死亡之地如今已在這光明世界裡成為生命的殿宇。
那是祂們的功勞。
祂們的臨在重新舉起了神聖性，使其登上自古便歸屬於它的古老王座。
是祂們的功勞，才使奇蹟得以如花兒、草兒一般迸發自那不毛之地，否則仇恨已使其焦灼，成了一片荒漠。
祂們已化解了仇恨的肆虐。
如今你腳下的大地神聖無比，就連天堂都要前來加入，使其肖似於自己。
古老仇恨的陰影已不見了蹤跡，而祂們一旦降臨，大地上的枯枝敗葉便會從此消失殆盡。
4.在祂們眼裡，百年、千年，甚至萬年、億年，又算得了什麼？
祂們一旦降臨，時間的目的便可達成。
祂們一旦降臨，不曾存在的事物就會灰飛煙滅。
為仇恨佔據的，如今都已交給了愛，而自由則會照亮一切生靈，使其升入天堂；只要每多一個返家，天上的光明就會變得更耀眼。
不完滿的重回了完滿，而天堂的喜樂也有所增長，因為它得回了原屬於它的一切。
血污的大地已被滌淨，瘋狂的心靈也脫下了瘋狂的外衣，並加入了祂們——就在你佇立的這片聖地。
5.天堂對這遲來已久的禮物抱以感激。
因為祂們已前來收割自己的成果。
鎖住的大門已被開啟；遠離了光明的則被放棄，好讓光明加以照亮，並掃除天堂之光與世界之間的空間與距離。
6.何處若有古老的仇恨化為當下的愛，便是聖地中的聖地。
祂們會迅速進入生命的殿宇，因為那兒已備妥了祂們的家園。
天堂中沒有比這更神聖的地方。
而祂們已然降臨，並安居在獻給祂們的殿宇中，那兒既是祂們的安歇之所，也是你的。
仇恨釋放給了愛的則成為天堂之光中無比耀眼的一部分。
而天堂中的所有光芒都會變得更加耀眼，以感激恢復圓滿的一切。
7.天使慈愛的盤旋著，驅走了一切罪的黑暗信念，並把光明維繫在它所到之處。
你的足跡照亮了世界，不論你走到哪兒，寬恕都會欣然與你同行。
世上的人沒有一個不會對你深表感激，因為你恢復了他們的家園，令他們在遇上嚴冬與寒風之時能得到庇護。
而面對如此多的禮物，天堂之主及其聖子的感激難道還會少？
8.如今，供奉著永生上主的殿宇已被重建為祂的東道，而這座殿宇便出自於祂。
祂在哪兒安居，祂的聖子就安居在那兒，和祂永不分離。
而祂們心懷感激，因為祂們終於受到了歡迎。
髑髏地上如今佇立著復活的基督，在祂的目光下，古老的疤痕紛紛癒合。
而古老的奇蹟也前來散播祝福，取代那殺氣騰騰的古老仇恨。
帶著溫柔與感激，聖父與聖子回到了永遠屬於祂們的聖地。
此刻，聖靈的目的達成了。
因祂們已然降臨！
因祂們已然降臨，終於！